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15th October, 2014
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Thai farmers grow rice for life Riverina farmers 'confused' by NSW Government water allocation as dam levels strong Korean Gov’t to Buy New Rice in Preemptive Measure to Curb Oversupply China’s rice exports drop in Q1-Q3 NSW Government water allocation as dam levels strong White, Red, Black or Wild—Which Kind of Rice is Your Favorite? TABLE-India Grain Prices - Delhi - Oct 15 Burma to Begin Rice Exports to NE India Matco Rice strengthens market presence CRI experiment cultivation of genetically modified rice in Ghana Osh and Uzgen to host International Rice Festival Millers yet to give 29000 MT rice Basmati dispute between Pak traders, MP boils over USA Rice Targets Mexican Gourmands at Expo Mun River lowest in 20 years Rice Prices
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News Detail…. Thai farmers grow rice for life Xinhua October 15, 2014
BANGKOK: Most Thai rice farmers are used to producing rice for a living on a permanent basis and cannot turn to doing any occupation other than the rice-growing business, said a leading Thai farmer. Thai Rice Farmers Association president Vichian Puanglamjeak was responding to the military-led government‘s policy to reduce quantitative production of rice in all regions of Thailand and to prevent oversupply and price slumps in both domestic and world markets. But the association‘s chief told Xinhua that millions of farmers nationwide will not quit the rice farming as it is already their permanent career.
Neither will they turn to other agricultural occupations, albeit otherwise endorsed by the government under non-elected Premier Prayuth Chan-ocha, according to the association‘s leader.―We farm rice as a lifetime occupation passed along from our forebears. We do not know how to do any job other than rice farming, at which we are adeptly capable,‖ Vichian said.―If we turned to growing soybeans, for instance, we might unknowingly make a surplus of soybeans in the market. Its price would certainly plummet and we would undoubtedly suffer a loss.
That being said, what‘s the essential difference between growing rice and producing an alternative crop?‖ he said.Instead of pressing the farmers in all parts of the country to cut their rice output and turn to other crops, the government should find ways and means to secure new rice markets and diversify rice products so that oversupply of rice will not occur in the future,‖said Vichian.Premier Prayuth earlier declared his government policy would be to stop subsidizing the farmers, as had been the case with a populist rice program of the previous government, to reduce the acreages of rice farms and to set up the ―zoning‖ of them nationwide. Besides the rice farmers, the premier also plans to cut rubber plantations in all regions of the country for price-bolstering reasons.In order to prompt the rice farmers to reduce production volumes, the government will give cash as a compensation grant to an estimated 1.9 million families of farmers who currently possess a maximum of six acres of farmland each and to some 660, 000 other families who currently own more than six acres each. Those who have a maximum of six acres will be given 33.3 U.S. dollars for every 0.4 acre of their farm and those who have more than six acres will be given a maximum of 500 dollars.They are meant either to cut their quantitative production of rice or entirely give up their rice-growing business and turn to other crops such as sugarcane,
tapioca and maize, or to do other jobs, according to the government policy, primarily designed to slash a yearly volume of Thai rice, which has reportedly amounted to about 25 million tons. But Vichian expressed his strong objection to such a government policy.―Even if the rice prices increased in the domestic market due to a remarkable drop in production volumes, it would not necessarily assure that the rice prices in the world market would accordingly go up,‖ he told Xinhua.He added that the money which the government will shortly begin to hand out to the farmers will be far from enough to make ends meet, let alone to repay their debts owed to the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, local savings cooperatives and loan sharks. ―The rice prices have considerably lowered in the domestic market and the farmers have sold much less than 500 dollars a ton. We already earned less from the sales of our rice and we might earn even less than now if our production volume was slashed under such government policy. ―Who should be held responsible for such predictable losses, which would very likely put us in more trouble?‖ he asked rhetorically.
Riverina farmers 'confused' by NSW Government water allocation as dam levels strong BY ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE REPORTER JAKE STURMER IN GRIFFITHOctober 15, 2014, 6:03 pm
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Korean Gov’t to Buy New Rice in Preemptive Measure to Curb Oversupply
Posted on October 15, 2014 by Korea Bizwire in Agriculture, Editor's Choice, Food/Beverage, Policies & Politics Rice fields in south korea (Wikimedia Commons) SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The government has decided to intervene in South Korea‘s rice market as it announced it would purchase up to 180,000 tons of rice to ensure a stable national supply, its first
The KOSTAT predicts that this year‘s gross output of rice is more than the average year‘s by 3.5%, albeit lower than the last year. Although rice is the staple food for Koreans, demand for it is in notable decline. (image: Kobizmedia/Korea Bizwire)
move since 2010.Growing worries that a bumper crop of rice and a decline in rice consumption may cause oversupply and prices slump, prompted the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs(MAFRA), to buy freshly harvested rice of this year, plus another large amount of rice for an international aid in case of emergency. This is largely due to notable declines in rice consumption in the domestic market. According to MAFRA, South Korea‘s estimated per capita rice consumption is about 64.4 kilograms for one year beginning November this year. Annual rice consumption per person in South Korea recorded 132.4 kilograms in 1980 and that has steadily been on the wane and it will near 50 kilograms by 2022 according to ―An estimated amount of rice to be harvested in 2014, as the Statistics Korea (KOSTAT)predicts, is 4.18 million tons, down 1.1% from the previous year, but led by a decline in rice consumption, the demand of rice for one year from November in 2014 to October in 2015 will amount only to about 4 million tons,‖ said Kim Kyungkyu, a senior official on food policy at the ministry, on October 14. ―Given the figures, the government intends to purchase the surplus new rice and put it aside, in an effort to prevent rice oversupply and secure new rice markets,‖
MAFRA is determined to buy the rice surplus, but the government will make its final decision on the exact amount of rice to purchase in the following month when the yield and price of rice will be identified in concrete after harvest. It however will not put the purchased rice back on the market unless its intervention is urgent as the price of rice gets to be unstable, added the official.Along with the purchase of the new rice surplus, estimated at 180,000 tons, the government will buy additional 370,000 tons of rice for public stock and another 30,000 tons, in order to secure food security in an emergency caused by temporary and large scale calamity and to distribute them to the countries in need, according to the scheme of ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve. Korea’s average rice yield from each unit area of 10 hectares is predicted to rise 1 percent to 513 kilograms, according to the government. (image: Pixabay) By Eugene Yu (eugene@koreabizwire.com)
China’s rice exports drop in Q1Q3 15.10.2014 China exported 179,061 tons of rice in the first nine months of 2014, dropping 50.7$37; on-year, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs on October 13th.Meanwhile, gross rice export value declined 48.3$37; on-year to $157.27 million during the same period.In September alone, rice export volume totaled 43,489 tons and export value amounted to $34.92 million.
NSW Government water allocation as dam levels strong BY ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE REPORTER JAKE STURMER IN GRIFFITHOctober 15, 2014, 6:03 pm
ABCGriffith ricegrower Chint Quarisa is confused by the water allocation. Riverina farmers have called for an urgent rethink of the way water allocations are made
are frustrated by the limited amounts of water they are receiving.Without certainty in the amount of water they will have, they do not know how much to plant.Allocations increased today by 3 per cent to a total of 40 per cent but Griffith rice grower Chint Quarisa is frustrated."The dams are somewhere between 65 and 80 per cent full and last year they were even more than that and here we have a 40 per cent allocation announcement," he said. "I'm very confused. What do the bureaucrats in Sydney want us to do?" Mr Quarisa has 360 acres to plant rice in, but he is having to seriously reconsider how much he will sow this year."The market out there needs the rice and wants it and we're not getting the water to grow it when it's up there in the mountains," he said.It is a view shared by the Griffith City Council."Last year it's estimated that the reduction in water cost this community between $55 million and $60 million [and] the way we're headed it's going to have the same effect this coming year," the town's mayor, John Dal Broi, said.
in the region.
"Traditionally, farmers, if they've got a dollar they'll spend it in the community."But at the moment they are [holding their money] because they haven't got any confidence in the future."The smaller farmer, the famed [figure] that built this area, is going to start to suffer and wither and I don't know what's going to happen - I don't like to think about it." Now is the critical time for planting rice, but many farmers on general security allocations
Over-allocation 'does not end well', minister says The New South Wales Office of Water is making the conservative allocations to avoid a repeat of the late 2000s, when some allocations had to be revoked."One of the issues that you do not want to face as a government ... is over-allocating water to farmers, so that farmers are making decisions about water they might not necessarily receive," NSW Water Minister Kevin Humphries said."We've had instances of that in the past and I can tell you it does not end well."You end up with failed crops and it usually ends up in litigation as well. "Griffith farmer and Mirrool Ricegrowers' Association branch president Hayden Cudmore remembers it all too well."It wasn't great for business," he said."Crops had to be turned off and died; people had signed grain contracts on the back of announced allocations."It was a very expensive process for people to go through to have allocations revoked."He said it was important to understand the process and he accepted the current limits."I'm comfortable where things are at at the moment," he said."Of course I'd like more water, we'd all like more water, but the reality is we haven't had the inflows to announce that water."
looking at dam levels."[Farmers] are telling me 'look, there's heaps of snowfall, there is rainfall, the dams - one's at 80 per cent, the other's at nearly 70 per cent - and we've only got [a low] allocation'," he said."With that sort of water in the dams at present, they're frightened for the future. "This whole issue of allocation, of carryover water, has to be looked at."But the Minister is unlikely to make any changes, telling the ABC "the balance is there in the short-tomedium term"."You're always going to get people agitating for more water, depending on the class of water that they're holding that's nothing new," he said."There are a few things that we can do into the future in the Murrumbidgee which might help in terms of water delivery [such as] an additional water storage location back up the system. Kenya: New Thiba Dam to Boost Rice Farming By Wambugu Kanyi
Carryover plan 'has to be looked at', council says
A five-kilometer-square mega dam will be built for Sh13 billion at Mwea, Kirinyaga county.The project covering more than 48,000 acres will improve rice farming through irrigation.Deputy Governor Julius Njiiri made the announcement when he launched the taxpayers' week in Nyeri town yesterday.Njiiri said construction works will begin in January.
The Griffith City Council said much of the confusion was caused by carryover.Carryover allows general security irrigators that do not use all of their allocation to keep 30 per cent until next year, when it needs to be factored in when
A Japanese financier will fund the project, he said.Compensation of residents affected by the project is underway."The new dam will multiply rice production in Mwea by increasing water coverage," Njiiri said.He said the county government is wooing local
and foreign investors."The region has a promising future for business," Njiiri said.
White, Red, Black or Wild— Which Kind of Rice is Your Favorite? Shoppers Warm Up to PremiumPriced Rice; Authentic Basmati Sales of specialty rice like basmati and red rice grow as Americans discover new flavors and grains. WSJ's Sarah Nassauer and Tanya Rivero discuss. Photo: F. Martin Ramin for WSJ By SARAH NASSAUER
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The Sacramento, Calif., resident says she is now eating more rice because there is a wider variety of textures and flavors to choose from. ―If you only eat the white stuff it‘s always the same,‖ says Ms. Ragsdale, who works in communications for her local city government.The shift in habits has rice sellers and retailers salivating. Amira Nature Foods, one of the largest sellers of Indian-
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grown basmati globally, hopes to expand its
Humble rice is becoming sophisticated fare in American homes.More shoppers are buying up pricey, aromatic rice varieties such as imported basmati and jasmine, blends of unusual red and black grains, and fine-tuning their rice-cooking technique. Until recently, Americans ate the revered staple grain as an afterthought, seeing it as an inexpensive carbohydrate or a way to break the potato monotony.
now limited sales in the U.S., says Karan A.
The grain, a $2.2 billion U.S. business, is getting its due as shoppers flock to ethnic foods that feel authentic and search for interesting grains that boast health benefits like fiber, protein or other nutrients.While rice sales overall are growing—the majority white long-grain rice—sales of specialty rice including basmati, red and blends are rising much faster.―I had no idea these rices existed,‖ says 58-year-old Christina Ragsdale, of the dark red, black and blends of rice appearing more frequently at her local supermarket. ENLARGE
Amira Nature Foods sells basmati rice grown at the base of the Himalayas. F. MARTIN RAMIN/THE
Chanana, chairman and chief executive of the Dubai-based company.The company recently hired advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide and put its rice in eyecatching metallic gold packaging. It hopes to signal to mainstream shoppers that its basmati, grown at the foothills of the Himalayas, is precious because of its origins and superior to the less flavorful white longgrain rice most American shoppers grew up
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more fiber than white rice. That is because the bran, the outer layer on each grain, hasn‘t been polished off to reveal the starchy white interior. Some varieties, such as wild rice, also have more protein than lightercolored grains.Lundberg brand wild rice has 6 grams of protein per serving, while its short-grain brown rice has 3 grams per serving. A medium sized potato has about 4.3 grams of protein.Grains of all sorts, including new rice varieties, are seen as increasingly healthy by shoppers, says Keith Dailey, a spokesman for Kroger Co., the largest traditional grocery company in the U.S. The grocer is giving more space on shelves to new, pricier grains, including basmati, Italian Arborio and Thai jasmine rice, along with quinoa, chia and freekeh, a roasted wheat, he says.―Basically take your birdseed container and empty it out,‖ quips Todd
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marketing for Lundberg Family Farms, a mostly organic rice seller based in Richvale, Calif. Sales of the company‘s organic heirloom rice, dark red and black rice and grain blends are rising fast. Shoppers are starting to understand that different rice has different flavors or nutritional benefits, a turning point for American rice eating, says Mr. Kluger.U.S. sales of basmati and jasmine, known as aromatic rice for their nutty, floral aroma and flavor when cooked, hit $283 million over the 52 weeks ended Aug. 30, up 63% over the past four years, according to Nielsen data provided by Riviana Foods Inc., the largest seller of rice in the U.S. Sales of rice overall grew about 7.4% over the same period. Aromatic rice and blends are sold for sometimes twice as much as white, long-grain rice.Still, rice cooking continues to be an intimidating prospect for the uninitiated.As a result, companies have sold quick-cook and boilin-a bag varieties to cut lengthy cook times and tricky liquid-to-rice ratios. ―We have solved a problem for millions of people who can‘t cook rice correctly,‖ says Paul Galvani, senior vice president of marketing for Riviana, which sells several brands including Minute Rice, Mahatma and Success Rice. The company is owned by Madrid-based Ebro Foods SA.Fast-cooking varieties are precooked, then dehydrated, before they are packaged so the final phase of cooking can happen in minutes.Rice cookers can help, say rice companies. The small, often inexpensive appliances can be turned on then left alone because they stop cooking automatically when water is absorbed, but they keep rice warm. The feature forgives
small miscalculations in the liquid-to-rice ratio.RiceSelect, a Houston-based company owned by RiceTec Inc., is giving away 5,000 rice cookers as part of a social media and blogger campaign aimed at people 35 and under who might be learning how to cook, says Louis Fernandez, director of marketing for the company. RiceSelect sells rice blends and U.S.-grown basmati, Arborio and jasmine in clear plastic tubs.In the U.S., rice is grown primarily in six states in the mid-south and Northern California, all of which accounts for less than 2% of global rice production, according to the Agriculture Department. Most rice is produced in Asia and India.At West Coast Costco stores, where Indian rice seller Amira now sells 10- and 20-pound bags of basmati, rice cookers are often set up in aisles to offer samples, says Mr. Chanana, the chief executive.The rice is served plain so shoppers ―can check the real pure flavor,‖ he says.The best basmati is grown in the foothills of the Himalayas and has a specific floral, nutty flavor as a result, says Mr. Chanana, who is in the fourth generation of his family to run the company. U.S. growers say their aromatic rice is also high quality, but it can have a different texture and flavor. Amira buys its basmati from about 200,000 small farmers in India, says Mr. Chanana. The brand‘s rice and other basmati are often aged for a year or longer in burlap bags after harvest to bring out the rice‘s aromatic flavor. Then the grain‘s husk is removed.White rice is polished to remove bran, giving the end product a pearly white color, says Mr. Chanana. A high-quality basmati elongates when cooked and has uniform color and size, he says. TABLE-India Grain Prices-Delhi- October 15
TABLE-India Grain Prices - Delhi Oct 15
Rates by Asian News International, New Delhi Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:27pm IST Tel: 011 2619 1464 Indicative Previous Grains
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(in rupees per 100 kg unless stated) --------------------------------------------------------Wheat Desi 2,650.
1,900-2,700
1,850-
Wheat Dara 1,700.
1,600-1,750
1,600-
1,700-1,750
Maida (per bag) 1,500-1,800.
Rice Sela 2,700. I.R.-8 2,500. Gram 3,800. Peas Green 3,000.
Jowar white 1,600.
1,100-1,400
1,400-1,600
2,300-
1,500-
1,400-
Maize 1,520.
1,300-1,520
1,300-
Barley 1,650.
1,500-1,650
1,500-
Burma to Begin Rice Exports to NE India
1,800-1,900
2,100-2,200
Rice Basmati(Common) 8,500-9,200. Rice Permal 2,400.
Bajra 1,800.
2,300-2,700
Source: Delhi grain market traders.
Roller Mill (per bag) 1,600-1,900.
Sooji (per bag) 2,000.
Peas White 3,700.
1,700-
7,700-8,500
2,100-2,300
2,600-2,700
1,900-2,000
2,620-3,820
2,400-3,000
2,000-
2,400-
2,100-
2,600-
2,400-
By KYAW HSU MON / THE IRRAWADDY| Wednesday, October 15, 2014 | RANGOON — Burma and India are putting the finishing touches on a major rice export deal, set to begin this month, which will facilitate the sale of about 20,000 metric tons of Burmese rice into Northeast India every month for the coming year.The Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF), Burma‘s main independent rice industry oversight body, recently met with Indian diplomats to discuss details of the arrangement.―The Indian Embassy [in Rangoon] announced the tender for rice imports last week, but they only received two tenders and they were very expensive.
provide local transport once the products cross the border, and the two sides are still discussing tax rates, quality control procedures and other logistical hurdles. Chit Khine said that once those details are agreed upon, the Indian government will reopen the tender process and the Burmese firms will reapply. That‘s why they came to us for further discussion,‖ said Chit Khine, chairman of MRF.India recently opened bidding for a rice sales contract to supply parts of Mizoram and Manipur, two remote northeastern states that border Burma. According to MRF, two Burmese companies asking for US$800 per ton were the only bidders. The Indian government then approached the MRF to negotiate a counter offer at half the price.Chit Khine said that MRF has agreed to a sale price of $400 per ton, but that sellers will only transport the commodity to the border station, from which Indian buyers will have to arrange pick-up and transport to their local warehouses. Burmese sellers said that their initial prices were high because of difficult and expensive transport conditions, as well as an uncertain political atmosphere in Northeast India. The area has long struggled with minority insurgencies and political upheaval that often takes the form of bandhs, a popular form of protest whereby huge territories are immediately cut off by blockading one of the region‘s few main roads.―We told them that we could only bring rice to the border stations at Tamu [in Sagaing Division] or Rihkhawdar [in Chin State], because we don‘t know what the situation is inside India,‖ Chit Khine said.India has agreed to
Dr. Soe Tun, secretary of MRF, told The Irrawaddy that the Indian government has committed to purchasing at least 200,000 tons of rice from Burma over the next year. State media reported earlier this year, however, that India had previously vowed to buy well over twice that amount. MRF estimated that Burma is capable of exporting just over one million tons of rice per year while still meeting domestic demand. Once the agreement is signed, Burma will begin legal rice exports to India for the first time. China currently takes the bulk of Burma‘s outbound rice, but cross-border rice sales between the two are still technically illegal. Chinese officials are working with MRF to establish quality control facilities and regulations, and MRF anticipates that China will soon become a long-term trade partner once they secure a legal contract.The World Bank has estimated that up to 70 percent of Burma‘s population relies on agriculture as their primary source of livelihood. Burma is expected to be the fifth-largest rice producer in Asean during the 2014-15 financial year—behind Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines. Only two of those countries, Vietnam and Thailand, are exporters. Related Posts:
Image : A farmer plants rice seedlings in a paddy field on the outskirts of Rangoon. (Photo: Reuters)
CRI experiment cultivation of genetically modified rice in Ghana
Matco Rice strengthens market presence
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KARACHI (PR): Pakistan‘s largest basmati rice exporter, Matco Rice has announced the launch of Falak Brown Rice to cater to the growing demand of its health and taste conscious consumers across the globe including Pakistan. The launch was held at an event where the company, in continuation of its effort to improve the lives of persons with disabilities, signed an MoU with Network of Organizations Working for People with Disabilities, Pakistan (NOWPDP). The MoU was signed by Jawed Ali Ghori, Chairman, Matco Rice and Amin Hashwani, Chairman, NOWPDP. As per the MoU, Matco Rice will share the profit that is earned through the sales of Falak Brown basmati rice for NOWPDP‘s social welfare projects.
Th e Cro ps Res ear ch Inst itute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research at Fumesua near Kumasi has embarked on a trial cultivation of genetically modified rice.The experimental research work which is being carried out at a confined field at Nobewam near Konongo in the Asante Akyem Central District is funded by the United States Agency for International Development through Africa Agricultural Technology Foundation based in Nairobi Kenya. Under the National Biosafety Law, the allocated land for Genetically Modified rice confined field trial is being monitored under strict conditions by the management of the CRI and the sponsors of the project.Management and sponsors of the project have paid a working visit to the site to acquaint themselves with the progress of the project.Speaking to Radio Ghana after the tour, the Rice Project Manager in-charge
of Uganda and Ghana, Dr. Kayode Sanni expressed satisfaction with the progress made so far as part of efforts at addressing food security, reduce poverty and improve livelihood of the citizenry. He disclosed that the phase one of the project has duration of five years and hoped with the efforts and commitments exhibited by the research team particularly in Ghana, it will achieve its aim at addressing economic, social and environmental challenges afflicting the poor in developing African countries.Dr. Sanni hinted that farmers stand to benefit mostly from cultivating genetically modified crops since the technology is much less expensive. He observed that the country is gradually warming up to the task of addressing its research needs with the help of the CSIRCRI hence the need for closer collaboration of all stakeholders for accelerated economic and agricultural development.The Acting Director of the Crops Research Institute Dr. Emmanuel Otoo was satisfied with all the measures taken to ensure a successful implementation of the project.He therefore commended the donors for the trust repose in the institute. GBC
Osh and Uzgen to host International Rice Festival
15/10/14 08:45, Bishkek – 24.kg news agency, by Kanykei MANASOVA The international Festival of Rice will be held in the cities of Osh and Uzgen of Osh province on October 23-24. This was reported by a member of the organizing committee on preparation and holding Saltanat Barakanova.According to her, its main goal - to create conditions for exchange of experiences and interpenetration of national cultures and traditions of the people, engaged in cultivation of rice. For preparation and holding of the festival of international level, the Prime Minister Dzhoomart Otorbayev instructed to create organizing committee, headed by the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Taalaibek Aidaraliev.The program includes opening and closing ceremonies, scientific-practical conference, exhibition of agricultural products, visiting rice plantations and processing plants in Uzgen district. It is expected that scientists, specialists in this growing culture from a number of foreign countries and representatives of international organizations will attend the festival. Expenses are paid for by sponsors.
Millers yet to give 29000 MT rice Siraj Mohammad,TNN | Oct 15, 2014, 12.34 PM ISTBHUBANESWAR: Notwithstanding several reminders, the state government has failed to receive 29,000 MT
of rice from millers for 2012-13 kharif marketing season.This came to light during a recent review meeting of paddy procurement and recovery position of rice from millers for kharif marketing seasons 2012-13 and 2013-14. Food supplies secretary Madhusudan Padhi chaired the meeting. "The government has taken a serious note of poor delivery of huge quantity of rice by millers," said a government officer, seeking anonymity. The officer said the meeting decided to take strong action against 20 millers, identified as major defaulters during 2012-13, in eight districts. Besides issuing notices, the government would lodge FIRs and initiate certificate cases against them, the officer added.Official sources said of eight districts, 8,000 MT of rice are supposed to be collected from Balasore followed by 6,800 MT from Ganjam and 3,260 MT from Sambalpur. Other districts are Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Bhadrak and Kalahandi. With procurement of over 42 lakh MT of paddy during 2013-14 kharif, the government has started receiving rice delivery from millers, the officer said. So far, the government has received over 2 lakh MT of rice. Of the total receipt, Food Corporation of India (FCI) received nine lakh MT, the officer added.According to normal practice, the state government procures paddy through different agencies and give them to millers. Thereafter, the FCI according to its target takes rice. Stay updated on the go with The Times of India’s mobile apps. Click here to download it for your device.
Basmati dispute between Pak traders, MP boils over Written by Milind Ghatwai | Bhopal | Posted: October 14, 2014 3:32 am Madhya Pradesh, which early this year celebrated a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for its basmati rice now has a new enemy — Pakistan.Lahore-based Basmati Growers‘ Association (BGA) has moved the Chennai-based Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in appeal against the order of the Assistant Registrar of Geographical Indications that gave the aromatic rice produced in MP the coveted tag it had been seeking for a long time.Stating that basmati is a name for a slender, aromatic and long grain variety of rice grown in the specific geographical area at the foothills of the Himalayas in Pakistan, the BGA has argued in the appeal, filed through Shafiullah Khan, a Pakistan national based in New Delhi, ―Only the rice grown in certain areas of Punjab in Pakistan, where the rice kernels are grown on conventional rice lands and they interact with the environment, atmosphere, soil and climate to yield exquisite rice can be called ‗basmati‘ in the true sense‖. Insisting that ―these parts of the IndoGangetic plains are the traditional basmati rice yielding areas, the appeal has quoted a renowned Punjabi poet Syed Waris Shah whose work ―Heer‖ (written in 1766) mentions basmati grown in the Punjab of those days that are now within the territorial jurisdiction of Pakistan.Principal Secretary (Agriculture) Rajesh Rajora told The Indian Express that the IPAB was yet to issue notices on the appeal but the state government was seeking legal opinion.―Now we will be fighting against
Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Agency (APEDA), an Indian entity, and Pakistan,‘‘ the bureaucrat said, adding jurisdictional issues will come into play.While Pakistan filed its appeal a few months ago, the MP government got a copy of the appeal only recently. The APEDA, that functions under Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, had also challenged the assistant registrar‘s decision.APEDA had previously rejected MP‘s claim that its rice growing areas, especially Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Sheopur, Datia, Shivpuri, Guna, Vidisha, Raisen, Sehore, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur and Narsinghpur, were deserved the GI tag. Chennai-based Geographical Indications Registry quashed the objections raised by APEDA creating possibility of an exciting future for basmati and its growers in Madhya Pradesh.Incidentally, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had in February blamed the then UPA government for APEDA‘s stand on basmati grown in MP.
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BURI RAM - The Mun River, which runs through several northeastern provinces, has hit its lowest level in two decades as drought impacts upon more than 10,000 rai of rice paddies. The Mun River, which runs through several northeastern provinces, has hit its lowest levels in two decades as drought impacts more than 10,000 rai of rice paddies. (Photo by Surachai Piraksa)
With below-average amounts of rain and no water released from a dam in Nakhon Ratchasima, a stretch of the Mun River in Buri Ram's Satuk district measured only 3.65 metres deep Wednesday, down from nearly five metres this month last year.Opas Chanadee, an official at the Irrigation Office in Satuk district said the water level was the lowest seen in the past two decades. It was possible the river might run completely dry,
as it did in 1989, he said. By comparison, the Mun's record high-water mark is 8.69m.At current levels, the Mun likely doesn't have sufficient supplies for agriculture, livestock and fishery industries. The hardest hit will be farmers who have grown rice in more than 10,000 rai along the river. Water levels have been dropping 10cm a day over the past week.
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