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October 11,2017 Vol X ,Issuu 9

Trade Ministry distributes 75,000 tons of rice in market operation Iran, Pakistan to Finalize Free Trade Deal by November Rice exports: REAP urges Kenyan government to grant preferential status Traders demand revision of FTA with ChinaAfrican farmers may soon be adopting PH knowledge, expertise in rice production Amazon farmers discovered the secret of domesticating wild rice 4,000 years ago Domoguen: Rice scientists moving Golden Rice forward to the market Western Innovator: Preserving the world’s small grains Rice Noodle Market Manufacturing Process, Raw Materials, Cost and Revenue 2017 to 2022 Basmati Rice Market by Growth Prospects, Emerging Trends, Share & Revenue by 2022 Long-Grain Rice Seed 2017 Global Market Analysis, Company Profiles And Industrial Overview Research Report Forecasting To 2022 Rice basmati weakens on fall in demand Trade Ministry distributes 75,000 tons of rice in market operation New MoU on rice signed Rice millers get loans to lift storage Cotton plantings in Southern NSW to outstrip rice for first time Rice-laden ships stuck for port congestion More rice coming from Kebbi Rice basmati weakens on fall in demand New MoU on rice signed Government to import 350,000 tons of rice from Myanmar, Thailand and India Rice so nice it was domesticated thrice Simon-Thorsten Wiebusch, Bayer's country group head Digitalisation to secure rice farming DOJ probes complaint vs businessman tagged in rice smuggling Global Rice Milling Machinery Market 2017: Yamamoto, Wufeng, Buhler, Hunan Chenzhou Thailand prepares to bid farewell to ‘the people’s king’ PRICES-KOCHI COMMODITIES

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Trade Ministry distributes 75,000 tons of rice in market operation Jakarta | Tue, October 10, 2017 | 07:29 pm

A worker carries a sack of rice at Cipinang Rice Wholesale Market in East Jakarta. (Antara/Makna Zaezar)

Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita and Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman on Tuesday kicked off the rice market operation by distributing 75,000 tons of rice in Jakarta.The mediumquality rice is sold at a ceiling price of Rp 8,100 (60 US cents) per kilogram, the ceiling price set by the government.

The market operation, which will run from October 2017 to March 2019, uses the government rice reserve, said Enggartiasto at Cipinang Rice Wholesale Market in East Jakarta to mark the start of the market operation. ―The market operation is to supply the market with medium rice. We will supply how much rice is needed by the market,‖ said Enggartiasto, adding that the market operation was being carried out to overcome the scarcity of the medium rice as reported by Antara.

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He suspected traders had an adequate stock of medium rice, but they were reluctant to distribute the commodity to the market after the enforcement of the ceiling price. Traders said the ceiling price had reduced their profit significantly.

The market operation in Jakarta would be carried out by Jakarta city-owned rice distributor PT Food Station Tjipinang Jaya in cooperation with several organizations.

Meanwhile, the government institutions involved in the market operation include the Trade Ministry, the Agriculture Ministry, the Jakarta city Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Trade Agency, the Jakarta Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Food Sovereignty Agency and the Jakarta Food Taskforce. (bbn) http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/10/10/trade-ministry-distributes-75000-tons-ofrice-in-market-operation.html

Iran, Pakistan to Finalize Free Trade Deal by November Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Pakistan and Iran have decided to strike a deal on trade despite slow or no progress regarding the implementation of a payment mechanism and the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project.

Both sides have decided to finalize the proposed free trade agreement before November 2017, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported.

The trade negotiating committee of the two countries has already held two rounds of discussions on FTA and is scheduled to meet by November to put the final touches to the agreement. It is projected that the agreement will increase the 2016 bilateral trade worth $300 million to $5 billion by 2021. ―We have almost finalized the draft of FTA,‖ a trade officer of the commerce ministry said, adding that the next meeting is expected to reach an understanding on the remaining issues.

The non-availability of a payment mechanism casts a shadow on the viability of the muchawaited agreement.

In April 2017, State Bank of Pakistan‘s deputy governor visited Iran and signed a banking payment agreement. Under this agreement, the central banks of the two countries will have to authorize banks for undertaking trade transactions.

On the Pakistani side, SBP has already issued a circular in this regard but not a single bank so far has showed interest in opening a branch in Iran, the plausible reason being a fear of US sanctions against the country.

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Under the existing PTA, Pakistan utilized concessions on 17 tariff lines out of 334 tariff lines in 2016. Due to this poor utilization, Pakistan has provided a wish list of 153 tariff lines to Iran and requested deepening the margin of preferences (MoP) on 22 items already in the PTA. To reciprocate, Iran also provided a wish list of 80 items seeking an MoP from Pakistan.

Looking at Pakistan‘s exports to Iran, rice has the highest trade potential. In 2009, rice exports comprised 80% of Pakistan‘s total exports to the country. But in 2016, these exports fell substantially owing to international sanctions.

Iran‘s rice imports from the world are $517 million, 97% of which are coming from India, since India circumvented the sanctions by using a barter trade model.

Other products with a high trade potential are medical instruments, cotton fabric and woven fabric of cotton. Iran imports these products from other countries while Pakistan‘s exports of these products are non-existent.

There is also discrepancy in the bilateral trade data of the two countries. Data compiled by Pakistan showed exports worth $36 million and imports of $284 million. Contrary to this, the data compiled by Iranian customs showed Pakistani export in the range of $300-350 million while imports worth $600-700 million from Iran.

The only justification that came from the ministry of commerce was that it could be on account of indirect trade via Dubai, smuggling and unregistered trade from border areas via a land route.

Currently, exchangers are the most popular mode of making trade payments between the two countries.

Until the regular banking channel is established for the mode of payment, the target to increase trade to $5 billion in the next four years will remain only on paper, an unnamed senior officer of the commerce ministry said. ―If there is no payment mechanism, then there is no importance of such an agreement,‖ the officer said.

Both sides under the strategic plan agreed to open two more border crossing points, preferably by the end of 2016. Two potential crossing points are at Gabd (Pakistan)-Reemdan (Iran) and Mand (Pakistan)–Pishin (Iran).

No tangible progress was seen on this account as well. Both sides also agreed to ensure international standard border compliance for trucks i.e. standard shield, tent, seal and fuel tanks; along with exchange of customs-related information and electronic trade data sharing.

An official of the energy division said no progress was seen on the issues of the Iran-Pakistan pipeline project. He listed several bottlenecks, including a disagreement on price.

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www.ricepluss.com | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com For Online/Newsletter Advertisment mujahid.riceplus@gamil.com However, there has also been no commitment on the part of Pakistan to seriously negotiate the issue, apparently due to the imposition of American sanctions.

Another issue is the huge investment on the LNG terminal at Port Qasim to meet the growing energy demand through the import of fuel from Qatar. ―You cannot rule out the Qatar factor in delay of finalization of the pipeline project with Iran,‖ the official said. https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-domestic-economy/73877/iran-pakistan-tofinalize-free-trade-deal-by-november

Rice exports: REAP urges Kenyan government to grant preferential status R EC O R D ER R E PO R T

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Rafique Suleman, acting chairman, Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) Monday asked the Kenyan government for preferential duty structure for Pakistani rice to create a balance of trade between the two countries. Chairing a meeting of the managing committee and rice exporters of Kenya at REAP House, Karachi, Rafique Suleman said presently Kenya is getting some $200 per metric ton or 75 percent (whichever is higher) on the import of rice from Pakistan, despite the fact that Pakistan is a major importer of Kenyan tea.

The higher tea import and lower rice exports due to higher duty structure is directly hurting the trade balance, which is largely in favor of Kenya. Trade between Pakistan and Kenya is enjoying a very good trend, however higher duties are major hurdles in improved rice exports to Kenya, he added. "Pakistan is the largest buyer of Kenyan tea, therefore, we request the Kenya government to grant preferential tariff/duty structure for Pakistani rice to create balance of trade," he maintained.

Suleman briefed the meeting that presently, rice exports to Kenya are witnessing a declining trend as Pakistan exported 465,425 metric tons of rice amounting to $ 169 million during last fiscal year 2016-17 (FY17), whereas previously Pakistan had exported approx 0.5 million metric tons of rice amounting to $ 188 million in FY16. He said that with the collective efforts of stakeholders, the declining rice exports to Kenya could be halted.

He said recently Professor Julius K Bitok, High Commissioner of Kenya in Islamabad, along with Hanif Janoo, Hon Consul of Kenya in Karachi, had paid a visit to REAP House and 5

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Pakistani rice exporters had discussed several problems with High Commissioner of Kenya, particularly the issue of theft of their rice cargo during the transit from Kenyan ports to buyers' warehouses, he added.

"We don't have any support from the government of Kenya in this regard, therefore Pakistani rice exporters themselves get cargo insured from certain insurance companies, but unfortunately often don't have their claim refunded. Claims worth thousands of dollars are pending with insurance companies," Suleman said.

Pakistani rice exporters are also facing problems regarding the valuation of rice imported into Kenya by Kenyan authorities and need to address this issue as well.

Moreover, it was also decided that a high-level trade delegation of rice exporters will visit Kenya along with Hanif Janoo for meetings with the Kenyan authorities as well as their counterparts.

The meeting was also attended by members managing committee - Safdar Mehkari, former REAP chairman Mahmood Moulvi and others https://fp.brecorder.com/2017/10/20171010224904/

Traders demand revision of FTA with China RECORDER REPORT OCT 10TH, 2017 LAHORE Chamber of Small Traders on Monday said FTA with China has inflicted heavy losses on Pakistan's economy hence it should be reviewed and balanced immediately. Many industrial units and SMEs have closed as a result of faulty trade deal resulting massive unemployment, Former President ICCI and Patron Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders Dr Shahid Rasheed Butt said. The deal is heavily tilted towards China as Beijing's share in Pakistan total imports has jumped to 29 percent which must be reduced, he added, He said after the FTA with China, Pakistan's exports comprising mainly of rice and cotton rose from 400 million dollars to 1.7 billion dollars while Chinese exports to Pakistan swelled from 1.8 billion dollars to almost fourteen billion dollars which has taken a toll on the economy.

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He said China's FTA with East Asian countries has resulted in further loss of exports to China as Pakistani goods are attracting higher tariffs in China as compared to the goods produced in East Asian nations. Talking to Business Recorder he said not a single trade deal has benefited Pakistan but deal with China remained on the top as far as negative impact on the economy is concerned.

Shahid Butt said Chamber of Small Traders support the demand of the exporters to reduce energy rates in line with the prices prevalent in the competing nations so that Pakistani goods can compete in the international market

https://fp.brecorder.com/2017/10/20171010224927/

African farmers may soon be adopting PH knowledge, expertise in rice production October 10, 2017, 12:17 PM

By Roy Mabasa

Farmers from Africa may soon be adopting Philippines‘ knowledge and expertise in rice production to support food security, boost rural development and alleviate poverty in that region.This developed as 30 agricultural specialists from Africa graduated recently from training programs on quality rice seed production and extension under the three-year development cooperation (2016-2019) of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).

(Photo by Juan Carlo de Vela / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, JICA senior representative Yuko Tanaka said they want to help create opportunities for partner countries like the Philippines to also share with other countries the knowledge and expertise they learned from Japan.―Under this model of cooperation, together we can contribute to poverty alleviation and food security,‖ Tanaka said.

Both IRRI and PhilRice were beneficiaries of JICA‘s development assistance.The eight-week course at PhilRice has enhanced the participants‘ knowledge and skills in rice production with emphasis on the production of quality rice seeds through hands-on activities and laboratory and 7

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field exercises. They were likewise exposed to the different extension methods that can be applied in the promotion and use of quality rice seeds among farmers.

Participants in this course were agriculture extension workers from Africa, Afghanistan and the Philippines.

The activity complements the ongoing rice value chain initiatives of different members of the Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD). IRRI, PhilRice and other global partners are actively supporting CARD‘s agenda of helping double rice production in Africa by 2018.

PhilRice, a government corporate entity that promotes high-yielding and cost-reducing technologies in rice production, has received a Japanese grant aid in the 1980s to upgrade its facilities and research laboratories with Japanese scientists.

JICA noted in its statement that Sub-Saharan Africa has suffered from increasing rice demand since the 1990s.

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) data showed that Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest prevalence of undernourishment in the world at 23.2 percent or one in every four people making agriculture productivity an urgent concern https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/10/10/african-farmers-may-soon-be-adopting-ph-knowledgeexpertise-in-rice-production/ 8

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Amazon farmers discovered the secret of domesticating wild rice 4,000 years ago UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

IMAGE: MONTE CASTELO EXCAVATION IN PROGRESS -- COLLECTING SAMPLES. view more CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

Amazonian farmers discovered how to manipulate wild rice so the plants could provide more food 4,000 years ago, long before Europeans colonised America, archaeologists have discovered.

Experts from the UK and Brazil have found the first evidence that ancient South Americans learned how to grow bigger rice crops with larger grains, but this expertise may have been lost after 1492 when the indigenous population was decimated, research shows.

The evidence of the success of early rice farmers on the vast wetlands near the GuaporĂŠ River in RondĂ´nia state, Brazil, could help modern day plant breeders develop rice crops which are less 9

www.ricepluss.com | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com For Online/Newsletter Advertisment mujahid.riceplus@gamil.com susceptible to disease and more adaptable to the effects of climate change than the Asian varieties. Different species of rice were first grown approximately 11,000 years ago in the Yangtze River, China, and around 2,000 years ago in West Africa.

The University of Exeter study, funded in part by the European Research Council, also shows how important the huge wetlands and tropical forests of lowland South America were in providing food for early human settlers in South America. Ancient inhabitants managed to domesticate cassava, peanuts and chilli peppers crops for food.

The archaeologists analysed 16 samples of microscopic plant remains from ten different time periods found during excavations during 2014 led by the University of SĂŁo Paulo in South West Amazonia. More phytoliths, hard, microscopic pieces of silica made by plant cells, were found at higher ground level, suggesting rice began to play a larger role in the diet of people who lived in the area - and more was farmed - as time went on.

Changes in the ratio of husk, leaf and stem remains found at different ground levels also suggest the Amazon residents became more efficient harvesters over time, bringing more grain and fewer leaves to the site. The rice grown, Oryza sp, also became bigger over time compared to the wild rice first cultivated by the South Americans. This area has been occupied by humans for at least 10,000 years.

Professor Jose Iriarte, from the University of Exeter, who led the research, said: "This is the first study to identify when wild rice first began to be grown for food in South America. We have found people were growing crops with larger and larger seeds. Even though they were also eating wild and domesticated plants including maize, palm fruits, soursop and squash, wild rice was an important food, and people began to grow it at lake or river edges.

"During a time when the climate was getting wetter and the wetlands expanding, this critical seasonal resource that is ripe at the peak of the flooding season when other resources are dispersed and scarce, residents of Monte Castelo began to grow larger rice" Evidence for mid-Holocene rice domestication in the Americas by Lautaro Hilbert and Jose Iriarte from the University of Exeter, Elizabeth Veasey, Carlos Augusto Zimpel, Eduardo Goes Neves and Francisco Pugliese from the Universidade de SĂŁo Paulo, Bronwen S. Whitney from Northumbria University and Myrtle Shock from the Universidade Federal do Oeste de ParĂĄ, is published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uoe-afd100817.php

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Domoguen: Rice scientists moving Golden Rice forward to the market | SunStar Skip to main content SunStar BAGUIO Wed, October 11, 2017 HOME LOCAL NEWS BUSINESS OPINION SPORTS FEATURE LIFESTYLE ENTERTAINMENT HOME / BAGUIO / OPINION / DOMOGUEN: RICE SCIENTISTS MOVING GOLDEN RICE FORWARD TO THE MARKET Time to read 3 minutes Share 24 0 Print a- a+ Read so far Domoguen: Rice scientists moving Golden Rice forward to the market Tuesday, October 10, 2017 By ROBERT DOMOGUEN MOUNTAIN LIGHT IN THE first series of this article entitled ―The Golden Rice Project in the Philippines,‖ we noted that Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) is mainly a third-world problem. VAD is more common in developing countries, where it is often very severe and can cause loss of vision, other health problems, and even death. Those opposing the Golden Rice Project have their followers mostly based in the third world. They propose that promoting a ―diversity of diets‖ can work wonders for the poor. However, they also claim that the traditional sources of vitamin A have declined or disappeared in their countries, if not, unavailable due to high cost and limitations of production. In India and elsewhere in Asia, lakes, and wetlands which used to be sources of fish, shrimp, frogs and aquatic weeds rich in Vitamin A have either dried up or were long poisoned by industrial and residential wastes. In the Philippines, "diversity of diet" could hardly work for the middle class, what more to the poor and the very poor who cannot afford to buy vegetables or fruits regularly. Still, an oppositionist advocates ―effective education and empowering‖ the ―vulnerable sectors of the population as a more sensible approach to addressing VAD than adding yet another source of vitamin A which most likely will not be equitably distributed anyway.‖ The meaning of the rhetoric particularly ―effective education and empowerment‖ has yet to be demonstrated in practice especially in areas abundant with varieties of fruits, vegetables, fishes, and livestock but continue to suffer from persistent VAD. Vitamin A is important for healthy eyes, healthy skin and for fighting infections. Foods that contain vitamin A include liver, milk, eggs and fish-liver oils. The other sources are green, orange, and yellow vegetables and fruits which are good sources of a substance called beta-carotene that can be converted into vitamin A by the human body. A regular intake of these foods is recommended to supply the daily requirements of a person of Vitamin A. Mild forms of vitamin A deficiency can usually be treated without any long-term problems. Nationwide, results of a food and nutrition survey among pre-school children revealed VAD increased from 15.2 percent in 2008 to 20.4 percent in 2013. These figures translate to about 2.1 million Filipino children who are at very high risk of becoming blind or even dying due to preventable infections. VAD increases vulnerability to illnesses including measles, respiratory infections, and diarrhea, which are the leading causes of death among children in developing countries. Scientists involved in the development of golden rice (GR) say that complete balanced diets are the best solution to VAD. But in areas where balance diets are also a problem, GR ―provides an excellent complement to fruits, vegetables, and animal products in the 11

www.ricepluss.com | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com For Online/Newsletter Advertisment mujahid.riceplus@gamil.com diet, and to fortified foods and vitamin supplements.‖ In third world countries, it is the poor families who hardly eat three square meals a day and are dependent on cheap staples that need VAD fortified rice. Among poor farmers, the problem is especially felt during occurrences of drought or when not in season, fruits and vegetables are hardly available, are expensive and beyond their means. Vitamin A fortification and supplementation programs are part of the solution but nothing beats GR being made available to poor farmers to grow on their farms and harvest as a regular part of their diet. A product of the public sector ―with the realistic hope of saving the lives and sight of millions of children in the developing world, GR is like any natural rice, according to rice scientists at Philrice. Through its development, all possible risks in its propagation are being resolved in the laboratory before it is released to the farmers for them to grow on their farms. Since the time GR research was started in the Philippines, rice scientists at Philrice and IRRI never stopped working to make it available to local farmers and ultimately consumers, according to Dr. Roel Suralta, GR Project team leader at Philrice. From the beginning, it was their commitment and ardent desire to ascertain if GR can really be an effective solution and remedy to the VAD problem. This is the main reason why they have been sensitive to the public and their peers‘ opinions of their activities, according to Dr. Suralta. ―We are committed to doing the science right and making sure we comply with regulations along the way,‖ he wrote in response to an email I sent to him. Their good work is being appreciated and rewarded in spite of the challenges. After militant activist destroyed their experiment in Pili, Camarines Sur in 2013, the Golden Rice Project got more support from Filipino farmers and local government units, Dr. Suralta said. ―Over the years and at each stage of the project, we kept key stakeholders informed of our GR research activities. In the conduct of our multi-location field trials, we are supported by local government unit officials and community leaders who are well informed of the ultimate goal of our research – to develop GR varieties with good levels of beta-carotene. Dr. Suralta said that as partners, the farmers and LGUs are a great help in ensuring GR could be evaluated as a potential way to reduce vitamin A deficiency. We are working together to develop this rice in a manner that complies with national policies at every step of the way, he explained. ―We are pleased that for each of our five field research sites, the barangay (village), municipal (city) and provincial governments adopted resolutions in favor of our Golden Rice research activities, especially the conduct of the field trials. These local leaders have remained actively interested in and are supportive of our work ever since, participating along with members of our locally-based Institutional Biosafety Committees and the media in regular seminars about biotechnology, healthier rice, and Golden Rice,‖ Dr. Suralta said. – To be continued. Ads by Kiosked Tags: RICEGOLDEN RICE Published in the SunStar Baguio newspaper on October 10, 2017. Latest issues of SunStar Baguio also available on your mobile phones, laptops, and tablets. Subscribe to our digital editions at epaper.sunstar.com.ph and get a free seven-day trial. VIDEO : Dianne Medina ug Rodjun cruz engaged na Powered

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Western Innovator: Preserving the world’s small grains For more than three decades, Harold Bockelman has maintained USDA‘s National Small Grains Collection in Aberdeen, Idaho.

John O’Connell Capital Press Published on October 9, 2017 2:38PM

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JOHN O‘CONNELL/CAPITAL PRESS Harold Bockelman, curator of the National Small Grains Collection in Aberdeen, Idaho, with variety plots from the collection.

Buy this photo ABERDEEN, Idaho — USDA has made ordering seed from its vast National Small Grains Collection similar to shopping for merchandise online.Since 1898, the facility has preserved more than 143,000 types of wheat, barley, oats, rice, rye, triticale and wild relatives originating from throughout the world, maintaining a pool of genetics to help scientists tackle some of the great challenges facing agriculture.Harold Bockelman, the collection‘s curator of more than 30 years, explained crop researchers may search his online database for specific numbered lines, or by desired traits. The grain types, called accessions, are paired with descriptions and photographs. Map coordinates accompany some of the land-race accessions, which were cultivated over thousands of years, to show their place of origin.

Shoppers fill a virtual cart upon making their selections, though Bockelman‘s service is free of charge. ―It looks more like an Amazon site than it used to,‖ Bockelman said.

In an average year, Bockelman and his staff mail more than 50,000 envelopes, each containing 5 grams of seed, to roughly 800 domestic and international crop researchers and cereal breeders.

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Frank Curtis, chief operating officer with Limagrain Cereal Seeds of Fort Collins, Colo., said the collection has provided his company with invaluable genetic material. Most recently, Curtis said Limagrain propagated seed from about 2,000 of the collection‘s barley lines, hoping to cross them with European varieties to develop early maturing, drought-resistant malt lines adapted for Northwest conditions. ―It‘s a wonderful initiative,‖ Curtis said of the collection. ―Anything that has been in the gene pool and has potential use is preserved for all time.‖ For several years, varieties from the collection have also been sent to Kenya and Ethiopia, where they‘re being evaluated for resistance to a destructive stem rust found there, based on the concerns that it could spread.

The collection includes about 50,000 wheat, 33,000 barley, 20,000 oat, 19,000 rice, 2,000 rye and 2,000 triticale accessions, plus wild relatives. Each spring and fall, Bockelman and his staff plant a few thousand of the collection‘s accessions to replenish seed and evaluate them in research fields at Aberdeen. Accessions are planted in 10-foot strips, separated by ―guard rows‖ of unrelated crops. The staff uses a Japanese rice binder to harvest them.

Seed at the facility is stored at 42 degrees and 25 percent humidity and remains viable for up to 25 years. The collection is backed up by seed frozen in liquid nitrogen in Fort Collins, Colo., where it can be stored for up to 100 years. New accessions are added periodically. Bockelman now plans to add a wild barley collection obtained through an exchange by a Minnesota scientist. ―We still look out for possibilities to obtain other collections from throughout the world, but not so much now because our collection is fairly complete,‖ Bockelman said.

Harold Bockelman Age: 68 Education: Undergraduate degree from Purdue University and a Ph.D. in plant genetics from University of California-Davis Hometown: Aberdeen, Idaho Job: Supervisory agronomist with USDA and curator of its National Small Grains Collection Innovation: Maintaining USDA‘s National Small Grains Collection for more than 30 years and helping to make accessing its materials more convenient

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Rice Noodle Market Manufacturing Process, Raw Materials, Cost and Revenue 2017 to 2022 By admin October 10, 2017

Global Rice Noodle Market Research Report 2017- 2022 presents an in-depth assessment of the Rice Noodle which includes enabling technologies, key trends, market drivers, challenges, standardization, regulatory landscape, deployment models, operator case studies, opportunities, future roadmap, value chain, ecosystem player profiles and strategies. The report also presents forecasts for Rice Noodle investments from 2017 till 2022.

This study answers several questions for stakeholders, primarily which market segments they should focus upon during the next five years to prioritize their efforts and investments. These stakeholders include Rice Noodle manufacturers such as: JFC International, American Roland Food Corp., Eskal, Nan Shing Hsinchu, Cali Food, Nature soy, Mandarin Noodle Manufacturing, Ying Yong Food Products, J.D. Food Products, Leong Guan Food Manufacturer, etc.

Primary sources are mainly industry experts from core and related industries, and suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, service providers, and organizations related to all segments of the industry‘s supply chain. The bottom-up approach was used to estimate the global market size of Rice Noodle based on end-use industry and region, in terms of value. With the data triangulation procedure and validation of data through primary interviews, the exact values of the overall parent market, and individual market sizes were determined and confirmed in this study.

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What will be the market size and the growth rate in 2022?

What are the key factors driving the global Rice Noodle market?

Who are the key market players and what are their strategies in the global Rice Noodle market?

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Trending factors influencing the market shares of the top 5 regions across the globe.  What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the global Rice Noodle market?  What trends, challenges and barriers are influencing its growth?  What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global Rice Noodle market?  What are the key outcomes of the five forces analysis of the global Rice Noodle market?

This independent 108 page report guarantees you will remain better informed than your competition. With over 170 tables and figures examining the Rice Noodle market, the report gives you a visual, one-stop breakdown of the leading products, submarkets and market leader‘s market revenue forecasts as well as analysis to 2022.

Geographically, this report is segmented into several key Regions, with production, consumption, revenue (million USD), and market share and growth rate of Immunotherapy Drugs in these regions, from 2012 to 2022 (forecast), covering regions be :- North America, China, Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan, India etc.

The report provides a basic overview of the Rice Noodle industry including definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. And development policies and plans are discussed as well as manufacturing processes and cost structures. Then, the report focuses on global major leading industry players with information such as company profiles, product picture and specifications, sales, market share and contact information. What‘s more, the Rice Noodle industry development trends and marketing channels are analyzed.

The research includes historic data from 2012 to 2016 and forecasts until 2022 which makes the reports an invaluable resource for industry executives, marketing, sales and product managers, consultants, analysts, and other people looking for key industry data in readily accessible documents with clearly presented tables and graphs. The report will make detailed analysis mainly on above questions and in-depth research on the development environment, market size, development trend, operation situation and future development trend of Rice Noodle on the basis of stating current situation of the industry in 2017 so as to make comprehensive organization and judgment on the competition situation and development trend of Rice Noodle Market and assist manufacturers and investment organization to better grasp the development course of Rice Noodle Market.

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Chapter 1, to describe Rice Noodle Introduction, product scope, market overview, market opportunities, market risk, market driving force;

Chapter 2, to analyze the top manufacturers of Rice Noodle, with sales, revenue, and price of Rice Noodle, in 2016 and 2017;

Chapter 3, to display the competitive situation among the top manufacturers, with sales, revenue and market share in 2016 and 2017;

Chapter 4, to show the global market by regions, with sales, revenue and market share of Rice Noodle, for each region, from 2012 to 2017;

Chapter 5, 6, 7,8and 9, to analyze the key regions, with sales, revenue and market share by key countries in these regions;

Chapter 10and 11, to show the market by type and application, with sales market share and growth rate by type, application, from 2012 to 2017;

Chapter 12, Rice Noodle market forecast, by regions, type and application, with sales and revenue, from 2017 to 2022;

Chapter 13, 14 and 15, to describe Rice Noodle sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers, Research Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source.

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Basmati Rice Market by Growth Prospects, Emerging Trends, Share & Revenue by 2022

By Pragati Pathrotkar October 9, 2017

The global market for basmati rice is witnessing a noticeably high growth, at present, and is expected to continue on the same track over the next few years. This report by Transparency Market Research (TMR) attempts to present a comprehensive analysis of the global basmati rice market by examining the prominent trends, growth drivers, limitations, and opportunities and the impact of these factors on the demand for basmati rice between 2017 and 2022. It also examines the potential of this market at the global as well as the regional level.

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Further, a detailed analysis of the value chain, which offers an exhaustive overview of the worldwide market for basmati rice has been offered in this research study, encompassing the analysis of the attractiveness of the market, in which, the end users are characterized on the basis of their size of the market, rate of growth, and general attractiveness.

Download Report TOC at https://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/report-toc/31745 Global Basmati Rice Market to Report 11.0% CAGR between 2017 and 2022 Rice is one of the most crucial food crop and a staple for more than half of the population across the world. Owing to its fine quality, fragrance, and taste, basmati rice has gained a premium status among all the type of rice available, globally. ―Thanks to the premium position basmati rice enjoys in the global rice market, the worldwide basmati rice market has been proliferating substantially,‖ says a TMR analyst. Nearly 90% of the production as well as consumption of basmati rice is centered in Asia, with China and India being the most prominent producers, as well as consumer of this type of rice.

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Rice basmati weakens on fall in demand New Delhi, Oct 10 Rice basmati prices fell by up to Rs 400 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today owing to considerable fall in demand at prevailing higher levels. Traders attributed the fall in rice basmati prices to fall in demand from stockists and rice mills at existing higher levels. In the national capital, rice basmati common and Pusa-1121 variety slipped to Rs 7,400-7,600 and Rs 6,200-6,500 from previous levels of Rs 7,700-7,800 and Rs 6,600-6,700 per quintal respectively. Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,100-2,350, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,760-1,765, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,765-1,770, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255290, Roller flour mill Rs 950-960 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,030-1,040 (50 kg).

Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 7,400-7,600, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 6,200-6,500, Permal raw Rs 2,200-2,225, Permal wand Rs 2,250-2,275, Sela Rs 2,300-2,400 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,850-1,875, Bajra Rs 1,180-1,185, Jowar yellow Rs 1,400-1,450, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,270- 1,275, Barley Rs 1,435-1,445. https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/rice-basmati-weakens-on-fall-in-demand/1164425

New MoU on rice signed Local company Virasun Development and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)‘s International Trading on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the purchase and sale of 50,000 tonnes of milled rice and 50,000 tonnes of organic fertilizers per year, according to a senior official working for the Ministry of Agriculture.Hean Vanhan, the director-general of the General Directorate of Agriculture at the Ministry of Agriculture, who presided over the signing ceremony, told Khmer Times yesterday that Cambodia has previously only exported small amounts of milled rice to the Emirates, adding that the new agreement was an excellent development for the industry.

Mr Vanhan said that Virasun Development will sell 50,000 tonnes of milled rice to International Trading per year. In turn, the Cambodian company will purchase 50,000 tonnes of fertilizer materials from the enterprise. ―The Ministry of Agriculture, and particularly the General Directorate of Agriculture, plays a key role in facilitating those challenges encountered by the private sector and fostering this type of agreement,‖ Mr Vanhan said.

The government official added that both companies need to comply with Cambodian law and make sure all proper registrations and quality tests are carried out before the fertilizers are brought into the country.

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Rice millers get loans to lift storage 11-Oct-2017 Chea Vannak / Khmer Times

The Rural Development Bank is giving loans to increase storage capacity. KT/Chor Sokunthea Three rice millers were recently selected to become recipients of short-term emergency loans disbursed by the Rural Development Bank (RBD), an initiative that aims to boost their storage capacity during harvest season as well as bolster paddy prices for farmers.

The loans will be used to build storage facilities such as depots and silos.

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Another recipient for a loan, Khmer Food Group, was chosen to build silos in the provinces of Prey Veng and Takeo, according to a statement from the RDB. More than 10 companies filed applications to gain access to the loans. The deadline for applications closed on September 22.

Through similar schemes, the government has disbursed more than $30 million in loans that have enabled rice millers to build silos and storage depots throughout the country. Loans are repaid at a five percent interest rate over a period of 10 years.

The first $15 million loan was awarded in April to the Cambodia Rice Bank and will be employed to build storage facilities in Battambang province.

The Cambodia Rice Bank is the kingdom‘s first private large-scale rice storage facility aimed at centralising rice paddy harvested in Battambang province.

Song Saran, the CEO of Amru Rice Cambodia, told Khmer Times earlier in the year that through this loan scheme the RDB is helping support the creation of the Cambodian Agriculture Cooperative Cooperation (CCAC) in Kampong Thom province, an organisation that will be used to store, process and export rice.

The CCAC), which is set to be completed in Kampong Thom province by the end of the year, will be the first large-scale farm cooperative venture in Cambodia. ―Products from Preah Vihear and Siem Reap will benefit from this centre,‖ Mr Saran said.

Hun Lak, the vice-president of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF), told Khmer Times that some rice millers require more funds than what the RDB offers, forcing many of them to seek financial support from foreign investors.

From January to September this year, Cambodia exported about 420,000 tonnes of milled rice to 60 international markets, an increase of 16 percent compared with the same period last year.

The main markets are China, France and Poland, according to government reports

Cotton plantings in Southern NSW to outstrip rice for first time EMMA FIELD, The Weekly Times October 10, 2017 6:00pm

COTTON plantings in Southern NSW are tipped to double this season, amid high water allocations, excellent planting conditions and good prices.And for the first time cotton planted in the Riverina will outstrip rice plantings.

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While in the Murray Valley, traditionally a strong rice-growing region, Monsanto predicts plantings are up 36 per cent to 4020ha, while in the Lachlan system cotton acreage is tipped to rise 49 per cent to 18,500ha.A reasonably large rice crop is predicted to be planted in the NSW Riverina.

Last month the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences forecast 84,000ha of rice would be planted this year and, if realised, it will be the third largest crop in the past decade and up on the 80,000ha planted last season.

Monsanto southern NSW regional business manager Luke Sampson said the region was on track for the second year in a row of record cotton production. He said good water allocations in the irrigation regions was a major reason for the lift in cotton plantings, along with better potential profitability for growers compared with other crops such as rice and corn.―The upside potential is significantly better in cotton than corn or rice.

If (farmers) have a good growing season in the southern region the upside yield potential is much better,‖ he said.

Cotton Australia southern valleys regional manager Honi Anderson said last season‘s crop was affected by wet conditions that prevented plantings, but conditions this year had been ideal.―There‘s existing growers who are planting a lot more than last year, and new growers who are opting for cotton for the first time,‖ she said.

Rice Growers Association president Jeremy Morton said they would still ―like higher water allocations‖ but he believed there would be good rice plantings because a lot of water had been carried over from last year. http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/agribusiness/cotton-plantings-in-southern-nsw-to-outstrip-rice-forfirst-time/news-story/571a8ff95e7cff002be96a6b09fc7a6d

Rice-laden ships stuck for port congestion 12:00 AM, October 10, 2017 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:00 AM, October 10, 2017

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A number of rice-laden vessels have started arriving at the Chittagong port but unloading of the staple is being delayed due to logistical shortcomings at the port.A dearth of the required number of lighter vessels and a lack of jetties in the port mainly delayed the discharge. Foul weather with incessant rain also played a part.

A total of 15 vessels carrying 3.23 lakh tonnes of rice imported from Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar have arrived in the last three months. The vessels took on average a month to discharge the commodity, with one taking as long as 45 days to complete the process.

Another vessel arrived on September 19 but it is still being offloaded, according to data from the Chittagong Port Authority and the food department.After the arrival of a ship at the outer anchorage, a portion of the goods needs to be transferred to the small-sized lighter vessels to decrease the ships' draft to get access for berthing at a port jetty.

Once at the jetty, the rest of the cargo is unloaded as well as those from the lighter vessels.In case of rice, another 5-6 days are needed to complete sample test and other customs procedures.But in at least three cases the food department team could not reach the vessel at the outer anchorage due to heavy rain and cancelled the trip halfway through, said Md Zahirul Islam, controller of movement and storage under the food and disaster management ministry. ―Foul weather wasted most of our time,‖ he said, adding that the shortage of lighter vessels and the non-availability of enough jetties at the port were the other reasons for the delay.It hampered the discharge of goods both at the outer anchorage and the port jetty.The 15 vessels had to wait at the bay for an average of 15 days before getting the permission for berthing at the port.

Many of the allocated lighter vessels that usually carry clinkers and fertilisers were not considered fit for carrying rice by the food department, so they needed to be replaced, said Abul Hossain, managing director of Uni Ship, the local agent for most of the foreign ships.

The CPA dedicated two of its jetties for giving priority to the rice-laden ships but sometimes it was not possible as the port was already facing huge vessel congestion, Islam said. http://www.thedailystar.net/business/rice-laden-ships-stuck-port-congestion-1474084

More rice coming from Kebbi Posted By: Frank Ikpefan On: October 10, 2017 In: Northern Report

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The EU, in collaboration with Oxfam, is implementing a Pro Resilience Action (PROACT) Project to further increase the production capacity of farmers in the state.

Because of the PROACT project, more farmers have embraced rice farming using modern techniques and improved inputs acquired under the project. Already, farmers in the state have received farm inputs under the project to drive dry season farming. No fewer than 6,000 bags of fertilisers have been distributed to 1,500 farmers in the state.

A member of the village savings and loan scheme (VSLA) in Goriyo-Damana community, Birnin Kebbi, Abubakar Hakimi, told our reporter he had already received 30 bags of fertilisers from Oxfam for dry season farming.

He said he could barely afford two bags of fertilisers before Oxfam began distributing the item to smallholder farmers in the state.

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Rice basmati weakens on fall in demand

By PTI | 10th October 2017 04:12 PM | 10th October 2017 04:12 PM New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) Rice basmati prices fell by up to Rs 400 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today owing to considerable fall in demand at prevailing higher levels.Traders attributed the fall in rice basmati prices to fall in demand from stockists and rice mills at existing higher levels.

In the national capital, rice basmati common and Pusa-1121 variety slipped to Rs 7,400-7,600 and Rs 6,200-6,500 from previous levels of Rs 7,700-7,800 and Rs 6,600-6,700 per quintal respectively.

Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,100-2,350, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,760-1,765, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,765-1,770, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 950-960 (50 kg), Maida Rs 9901,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,030-1,040 (50 kg).

Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 7,400-7,600, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 6,200-6,500, Permal raw Rs 2,2002,225, Permal wand Rs 2,250-2,275, Sela Rs 2,300-2,400 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,850-1,875, Bajra Rs 1,180-1,185, Jowar yellow Rs 1,400-1,450, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,270- 1,275, Barley Rs 1,435-1,445. PTI SUN KPS ADI MKJ . http://www.newindianexpress.com/pti-news/2017/oct/10/rice-basmati-weakens-on-fall-in-demand1669643.html 35

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New MoU on rice signed October 11, 2017 Khmer Times Share:

Officials signing the MoU on Monday. Supplied Local company Virasun Development and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)‘s International Trading on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the purchase and sale of 50,000 tonnes of milled rice and 50,000 tonnes of organic fertilizers per year, according to a senior official working for the Ministry of Agriculture.

Hean Vanhan, the director-general of the General Directorate of Agriculture at the Ministry of Agriculture, who presided over the signing ceremony, told Khmer Times yesterday that Cambodia has previously only exported small amounts of milled rice to the Emirates, adding that the new agreement was an excellent development for the industry.

Mr Vanhan said that Virasun Development will sell 50,000 tonnes of milled rice to International Trading per year. In turn, the Cambodian company will purchase 50,000 tonnes of fertilizer materials from the enterprise. ―The Ministry of Agriculture, and particularly the General Directorate of Agriculture, plays a key role in facilitating those challenges encountered by the private sector and fostering this type of agreement,‖ Mr Vanhan said.

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Mr Vanhan also said that basmati rice is the preferred rice variety in the Emirates, but noted that the Arab nation also needs imports of other rice varieties to meet demand from migrant workers.

Cambodia exported about 420,000 tonnes of milled rice to 60 international markets in the first nine months of the year, an increase of 16 percent compared with the same period last year. The main export markets for the product are China, France and Poland, according to official reports http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085642/new-mou-rice-signed/

Government to import 350,000 tons of rice from Myanmar, Thailand and India  

Asif Showkat Kallol Published at 10:42 PM October 10, 2017

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An MOU was signed with Myanmar on September 17 and the cost per ton rice will be $442 The Ministry of Food‘s controversial proposal to import 100,000 tons of rice from Myanmar amid heightened tensions over the Rohingya crisis, will be placed at cabinet committee meeting on public purchase on Thursday for approval at the cost of Tk366.86 crore, officials said.

An MOU was signed with Myanmar on September 17 and the cost per ton rice will be $442, according to the Ministry of Food‘s proposal.

Bangladesh, normally the world‘s fourth-biggest rice producer, has emerged as a major importer of the grain this year after floods damaged crops and sent the prices of the staple to record highs.

The country is currently is facing a rice shortage of 1.5 million tons.

To make sure there is an adequate supply of rice, the government is also going to import a total of 250,000 tons of rice from Thailand and India to shore up depleted stocks of the staple grain, head of the state grain buyer said on Monday, according to Reuters. ―We will buy 150,000 tons of parboiled rice from Thailand at $465 a ton and another 100,000 tons from India‘s PEC at $455 a ton,‖ Badrul Hasan of the Directorate General of Food, Bangladesh‘s procurement agency, told Reuters.

The prices include shipping, insurance and discharge costs.

According to the sources at the Ministry of Food, the price of rice per kg has risen by 39% over the last nine months in Bangladesh, while it has only risen by a mere 6% globally.

However the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh said coarse rice was selling at Tk46-50 per kg in Dhaka in August and the price rose to Tk54 per kg in September. In January, the cost of coarse rice was Tk38.Meanwhile the cost of fine grain rice has been skyrocketing, selling at Tk70 per kg last month.

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Rice so nice it was domesticated thrice

By Dennis NormileOct. 10, 2017 , 3:45 PM Rice is unique among wild plants for having been domesticated independently on three continents: Asia, Africa, and now South America, researchers have discovered. The New World variety, tamed about 4000 years ago, apparently was abandoned after Europeans arrived. But its genetic legacy could potentially help improve Oryza sativa, the Asian rice species that is now a dietary staple for half the world‘s 38

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Despite widespread consumption of wild rice by indigenous peoples, scant evidence supported the grain‘s domestication in the New World. But botanists have become increasingly adept at analyzing phytoliths, microscopic bits of silica drawn from the soil that accumulate in the tissues of plants as they grow. Phytoliths persist after the vegetation decays and scientists can decipher, from their shapes, the genus and sometimes the species of plant in which they formed and whether they came from the stalk, leaves, or seeds.

A group led by archaeobotanist José Iriarte of the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom examined 320 rice phytoliths recovered from a trench at Monte Castelo, an archaeological site in the southwestern Amazon basin in Brazil that was occupied for millennia: from more than 9000 years ago into the 14th century. The phytoliths increased in size and number from the oldest layers of the dig to the youngest, indicating that ―wild rice was modified by human intervention to produce larger grains,‖ the authors conclude in a paper published online this week in Nature Ecology & Evolution. It‘s ―another proof of the ingenuity of Native American plant breeders,‖ Iriarte says. ―The paper is convincing,‖ says Charles Clement, a plant geneticist at the National Institute of Amazonian Research in Manaus, Brazil, who was not involved in the study.

Previous investigators missed rice domestication in the region, he says, because phytolith analysis ―has only started to be used to search for signs of domestication (in Amazonia) in the last decade.‖ ―Whether in Asia, Africa, or South America, local populations recognized the great potential of the Oryza plants and made use of them, which finally led to the advent of domesticated rice,‖ adds Zhao Zhijun, an archaeobotanist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences‘s Institute of Archaeology in Beijing, who was not involved in the study.

Researchers collecting soil samples bearing rice phytoliths at the Monte Castelo archaeological site in Brazil.

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Iriarte‘s group suggests that New World rice cultivation was a response to increasing rainfall at Monte Castelo from 6000 to 4000 years ago that could have expanded wetlands and caused seasonal flooding. Such conditions would be unfavorable for other food resources but suited for the wild Oryza species, prompting farmers to manipulate and ultimately domesticate rice even while they grew maize and other crops, such as squash.

The authors suggest that the indigenous population decline and cultural disruption during European colonization was a death knell for domesticated rice in the Americas. Gross suggests that researchers can now look in wild rice populations for genetic traits that early Amazonian farmers bred for; if these persist, they might be exploited for improving modern cultivated varieties http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/rice-so-nice-it-was-domesticated-thrice

Digitalisation to secure rice farming Economy October 11, 2017 01:00

By CIMI SUCHONTAN SPECIAL TO THE NATION WITH the rise in smartphone usage in Thailand, Bayer‘s country group head Simon-Thorsten Wiebusch said the next step to improve local rice crops may come from ―digitalization‖ . ―Digitalisation provides a host of methods to efficiently cultivate rice,‖ said Wiebusch, who with other sponsors such as German state funded GIZ, show how high-tech drones can monitor, measure and protect hectares of paddy fields.

The collected aerial data can do within minutes what takes days on foot.

Thai rice, which is a key commodity export worth Bt25 billion and a food industry worth more than Bt156 billion, has been ―struggling‖ in recent years, due to weak prices and growing competition. ―Digital apps makes farming easier, allowing young Thais to stay on the farms without moving to cities,‖ he said.

Wiebusch recognises most Thai farmers are deeply attached to family-owned plots but need assistance or make them more profitable.

The Western assumption was urban migration is inevitable but that iew is now seen as simplistic and flawed, he observed. On travels to Vietnam, Wiebusch saw ―they ―bury their dead at the edge of rice fields‖.

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This is where Wiebusch said Bayer could provide digital know-how and equipment to level the playing field, Digitalisation and mechanization ―can overcome the problem of Thailand‘s ageing society as fewer children are born, to work the farms,‖ he offered.

The average size of Thai families has shrunk to 4, even in rural areas. This makes it hard to sustain output, he reasoned.

Bayer recently showcased a joint German-Thai private-public sector rice project In Ubon Ratchathani where 4.2 million rai of ―khao hom mali‖ (jasmine rice) are cultivated.

Farmers at Baan Bua Thein village said they have cut planting costs by 20 per cent while raising yields by 20 per cent as well.

This means a hefty rise in earnings,‖ said Apichart Pongsrihadulchai, a key architects of BRIA (Better Rice Initiative for Asia).

BRIA encourages the use of new technology, including fertiliser, pesticide and drones.

Rapidly collected drone data tells farmers when crops are ripe for harvest, which must be done quickly to prevent the crop from spoiling, he said.

Small farmers will be around for quite some time here, Wiebusch deduced. The glamour of urban migration has faded fast in the digital age.

Lifetime employment and huge pensions are a thing of the past. More Thais now realise it is safer to stay on the farm that was for centuries a natural safety net. ―If they lose their jobs in cities, they will starve the minute they run out of cash.

But on the farms, they can survive off the land without the need for money,‖ Apichart added.

Thailand, with more than 70 per cent of the population in agriculture, has never fully bought into city migration as a panacea for its ills.

The corporate world is less sound than once believed after the 1997 financial crash wrecked the Kingdom and nearby countries.

Foreign punters who expected Thailand to implode were surprised when thousands of laid-off workers retreated to the farms, preventing civil unrest.

It allowed Thailand to repay IMF for emergency funds ahead of schedule, never to blindly trust Western banking again.

As such the 2007-2008 Wall Street Crash had little impact here as Thailand was not exposed to the sub-prime disaster.

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Many global food companies remain sanguine about gaining control of the market by squeezing out small farmers, unconcerned about the suffering they bring.

In recent decades, Thais have to fend off attacks by foreign governments who have accused Thailand of ―stealing market share‖ just so they can sell their rice, while depriving Thai farmers of the receipts.

The Philippines based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) had for decades experimented with ―super-rice‖ strains to feed the world. Had they succeeded, Thai farmers would have been impacted by a rice glut and plunging prices.

More recently, the attempt to introduce genetically modified (GMO) rice was exposed by Indian farmers as a ploy to control cultivation by forcing farmers to buy seeds from GMO companies like Monsanto.

Wiebusch added that it may be time for discussion to ―regulate‖ rice farming. But in view of the fallout from the rice price pledging catastrophe, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has warned government or stop making such guarantees or getting the state overly involved in rural activities, which has often ended in tears. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/Economy/30329005

Customs seizes 3, 278 bags of rice, 55 vehicles ON OCTOBER 10, 20171:41

PMIN NEWSCOMMENTS The Niger Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says it generated N1.9 billion from January to September, the same period it seized 3, 278 bags of rice and 55 vehicles. The Area Controller, Mr. Benjamin Binga, told newsmen on Tuesday in Minna that the command said the goods were impounded with Duty Paid Value of N52.6 million and 51.6 million respectively during the period.

According to him, the command, made up of Niger, Kogi and Kwara states, will meet its 2017 revenue target of N2.8 billion by the end of the year. The controller stressed that customs personnel would continue to mount surveillance and adopt measures to make smuggling impossible in the area. ―The command has deployed competent officers to manage all identified illegal routes used by smugglers to bring in unwholesome goods into the country,‖ Binga said.

He solicited for the support of community leaders in the three states to assist customs field officers with vital information on the movement of smugglers https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/10/customs-seizes-3-278-bags-rice-55-vehicles/

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Davidson Bangayan, the alleged "rice smuggling king" David Tan, is interviewed by the media after showing up at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) headquarters in Manila in 2014.

Bangayan denied he is "David Tan." ABS-CBN News MANILA - The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating a refiled complaint against alleged big-time rice smuggler Davidson Bangayan aka ―David Tan‖ and several others over alleged illegal activities aimed at monopolizing the supply and distribution of rice in the local market.

The preliminary investigation by a 3-member DOJ panel, headed by Assistant State Prosecutor Eden Valdes, is on the complaint of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Anti-Graft Division which was refiled on August 29, two years after the justice department remanded to the bureau its original complaint filed in August 2014.

The NBI investigated Bangayan and company upon the request of the Senate, through its Committee Report No. 763 (Committees on Agriculture and Food, Ways and Means, Trade and Commerce, and Accountability of Public Officers).

In the refiled complaint, Bangayan was charged with (1) monopolies and combinations in restraint of trade, as penalized under Article 186 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC); (2) bid fixing, as penalized under Section 65 of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 (Government Procurement Act); (3) using fictitious name or concealing true name, as penalized under Article 178 of the RPC; and (4) violation of Commonwealth Act No. 142, as amended by RA No. 6085.

His co-respondents in the first alleged offense are Judilyne Lim, David Lim, and Leah Echiveria of Cebu-based DGL Commodities; Elizabeth Faustino; and Eleanor Rodriguez. For the second alleged offense: Judilyne Lim, Faustino, Rodriguez, and Echiveria.

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The NBI alleged that respondents schemed to recruit rice farmers in order organize them ―for the purpose of acquiring substantial allocations on the PSF-TES importation program with the end goal of monopolizing the supply of rice.‖ ―[T]he aforementioned individuals conspired or agreed to organize the farmers cooperatives and organizations as well as other juridical personalities in order to monopolize the supply and distribution of rice thru pre-arranged bidding and other false pretenses thereby preventing free competition in the market. ―With the acts of subject Bangayan and company, the other capable individuals were denied of their share on the allocation of the rice importation,‖ the NBI complaint read.

According to the bureau, the scheme cornered government‘s rice import allocations, through the National Food Authority (NFA), in 2012 using 25 farmers‘ organizations and cooperatives, and single proprietors that did not have the necessary financial and logistical capabilities as ―dummies.‖ The NBI said bidders for NFA rice allocations were financed in exchange for a small percentage per sack as "share."

The NBI urged the DOJ to furnish copies of the complaint to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) "for possible audit" of the single proprietorships and corporations ―used by the financiers as dummies in the importation of rice, as well as the financiers themselves, to determine their actual tax liabilities, and to examine the bank transactions of the financiers including their identified employees or agents.‖ The DOJ gave respondents up to October 12 for the filing of their counter-affidavits; another setting is scheduled on October 30.

It may be recalled that in a news conference on January 7, 2014, then Davao City Mayor and now President Duterte threatened to kill Bangayan, who was suspected of being behind rice smuggling activities in the city. Mr. Duterte reiterated the warning during a Senate hearing on rice smuggling on February 3, 2014, where Bangayan was also present.

"I will gladly kill him; I will not hesitate. I will do it for my country," Duterte said.

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Thailand prepares to bid farewell to ‘the people’s king’ October 11, 2017 7:39am

By AMY SAWITTA LEFEVRE AND PANU WONGCHA-UM, Reuters BANGKOK - Thailand is putting the finishing touches this month to a lavish five-day funeral ceremony in a final goodbye to its late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who helped shape the Southeast Asian nation for decades after World War Two.Many of the hundreds of thousands of black-clad mourners are expected to camp for days near Bangkok's Grand Palace to capture a good view of the ceremonies, which will be guarded by 78,000 police officers and culminate in the cremation on Oct. 26.

"October is a sad period," Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who announced plans for a national election next year, told reporters in the capital on Tuesday. "I ask that politicians and political parties be peaceful and orderly."Artisans have worked for ten months in Bangkok's ancient quarter to build an elaborate cremation site fashioned after a vision of heaven, where Thais believe dead royals return to live above Mount Meru, a golden mountain in Hindu mythology.

The funeral of King Bhumibol, who died on Oct. 13 last year after seven decades on the throne, is also a time of uncertainty for some Thais, said a Thailand-based analyst, who declined to be identified because of sensitivities around the monarchy."In many ways the king was Thailand and his death has left a huge vacuum in the Thai psyche," said the analyst, pointing to social and political upheavals in recent decades.

"What happens after his funeral? Where will Thailand head next? These are profound questions that must be answered."

Ancient traditions The late king was succeeded by his son, King Maha Vajiralongkorn, or Rama X, who has overseen sweeping changes to the royal household, including the running of palace finances.

Though steeped in ancient traditions, the funeral of King Bhumibol will permit more public participation than those of previous kings, said Thai monarchy expert Tongthong Chandransu.

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www.ricepluss.com | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com For Online/Newsletter Advertisment mujahid.riceplus@gamil.com "A strong bond has been formed between the people and the monarchy – the strongest compared to past reigns," Tongthong told Reuters. "So we can see more people participation in the royal funeral of this king."

Among the many royal objects restored for the funeral is a golden chariot that will carry the king's body in a giant ornate urn to the cremation site.

The urn will move to the Royal Crematorium before the cremation on the night of Oct. 26, which has been declared a national holiday.More than 3,000 performers will join in a nightlong final tribute of music and puppet shows to end a year of mourning.Thais devoted to the memory of the king have folded paper flowers for his cremation, making 10 million in Bangkok alone, city authorities said.

"This is our 'Mandela', or our 'Princess Diana', moment," said graphic designer and selfproclaimed royalist Apichai Klapiput."What the world will see is rivers of tears that show how much Thais love King Bhumibol Adulyadej. He was the people's king." —Reuters http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/world/629065/thailand-prepares-to-bid-farewell-to-thepeople-s-king/story/

PRICES-KOCHI COMMODITIES

By PTI | Published: 10th October 2017 05:45 PM | Last Updated: 10th October 2017 05:45 PM

Kochi, Oct 10 (PTI): Ginger (Inferior) Rs.11,000/-, Ginger (Medium) Rs.12,500/-, Ginger (Best) Rs.13,500/-, Turmeric Salem Rs.8,700/- Turmeric-Erode(Agmark) Rs.9,200/Nuxvomica Rs.1850/-Ambahaldhar Rs.7000/- Kolinjan Rs.4300/- Kachura Rs.4,000/Kapurkatchili Rs.14,000-17,000/- Betelnuts (Old) Rs.Nil, Betelnuts (New) Rs.19,500-20,500/Rice Raw (NO.2) Rs.2600/- Rice Raw(No.1) Rs.3200/- Rice Boiled (Surekha) Rs.3500-3800/Rice Jaya (Boiled) Rs.3,800-3900/- Rice Broken Rs.2200-2300/- Wheat Rs.2,550-2,650/Chola Rs.1500-1550/-,Chillies Rs.6,800-15,000/-, Bengal Gram Rs.6,700-7,500/- Black Gram Rs.7,500-8,400/- Gingelly Rs.11,000/- Green Gram Rs.6,500-7,000/-, Horse Gram Rs.6,900/-, Peas Dal Rs.3,450-4,300/-, Toor Dal Rs.5,500-6,500/- Pepper New Rs.40,600/-, Pepper light Rs.40,000.00, Pin Heads (Cheer)Rs.15,000.00, Sugar (per bag) Rs.4,120/-(All rates per quintal).

COIR YARN : Cochin Parur Thin (85 M/Kg) Rs.3,600/- Vycom Thick 200/Kg) Rs.3,900/-, Choriwal Thin Rs.5,000/- PTI CR RBS . http://www.newindianexpress.com/pti-news/2017/oct/10/prices-kochi-commodities-1669967.html

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