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Pakistan to spend billions to enhance exports PAKISTAN PRODUCES 6.8MN TON RICE IN 2015-16 No end in sight in water row between India and Pakistan Ambassador asks Pakistan to access Lebanon market GOVT TO SPEND RS.20BN TO ENHANCE EXPORTS IN THREE YEARS Miss America: Eating rice can be part of a healthy lifestyle Sri Lanka rice crop to shrivel in record drought Always looking for an opportunity to play with fire: Junaid Jamshed on his life and businesses A miracle rice that saved India 150,000 tons of paddy to private millers to stabilise rice prices: PMB Eat local to avoid plastic rice - Ninja Man Are entrenched forces trumping pro-people Cabinet members? Time to return NIA, PCA, FPA, and NFA to the Department of Agriculture CSC introduces road transport of gunny bags to rice millers Government urged to hike tariff on rice imports Researchers promise better seedlings for Kenya rice farmers SUPERSTRAINS OF RICE THAT WILL FEED A CHANGING WORLD Entrepreneur hosts researchers in Mwea as they study rice varieties Rice Starch Market Research Report Now Available at Research Corridor A Taste Of ‗Legendary‘ Hospitality New report: Automatic rice cookers market survey of industry demand, consumption by application, various product types in a new report
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Managing Editor
Abdul Sattar Shah Rahmat Ullah Rozeen Shaukat
English Editor
Maryam Editor Legal Advisor Advocate Zaheer Minhas
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Admiral (R) Hamid Khalid Javed Islam Agha Ch.Hamid Malhi Dr.Akhtar Hussain Dr.Fayyaz Ahmad Siddiqui Dr.Abdul Rasheed (UAF) Islam Akhtar Khan
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Dr.Malik Mohammad Hashim
Assistant Professor, Gomal University DIK
Dr.Hasina Gul
Assistant Director, Agriculture KPK
Dr.Hidayat Ullah Assistant Professor, University of
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Dr.Abdul Basir Assistant Professor, University of
Swabi
Zahid Mehmood PSO,NIFA Peshawar
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Pakistan to spend billions to enhance exports December 19 2016 12:29 AM
A young Pakistani vendor shows a toy to customers at his roadside shop in Rawalpindi yesterday. Internews/Islamabad
The government of Pakistan would spend Rs20bn over the next three years to enhance export competitiveness and institutional strengthening under the Strategic Trade Policy Framework (STPF) 2015/18, sources in the Commerce Division said yesterday. In response to emerging international changes several other initiatives are being implemented to enhance export basket and the market share, they said. Highlighting the steps taken by the government to enhance exports, the sources said sales tax zerorating regime for five export-oriented sectors, textiles, leather, carpets, surgical and sports goods, has been introduced from July this year. Under the short-term export enhancement measures, four product categories, ie, basmati, horticulture, meat and meat products and jewellery are being focused with parallel focus on the foreign markets, including Iran, Afghanistan, China and the European Union. An additional Rs6bn is available for exporters through Textile Policy 2014, they added.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Policy of uninterrupted energy supply has been implemented with zero electricity load- shedding on industrial feeders since October 2015 and zero gas load-shedding for industry since March 2016, they added.The sources also said in order to fulfil long-awaited demand for reducing cost of doing business, the government has taken a major step of reducing electricity tariff by Rs3 for industrial units with effect from January 1, 2016. Further, fuel adjustment has been passed on to the consumers to reduce the cost of production. The export infrastructure is being continuously improved, capacity of Lahore Expo Centre has been doubled, groundbreaking at Peshawar Expo Center and at three 21st Century land ports at Torkham, Wagah and Chaman is also expected this fiscal year.The sources said in order to counter import surge through illegal trade and strengthen trade defence mechanisms, the National Tariff Commission Act has been revamped and approved by Parliament in 2015. Leading business support institutions are being strengthened, they added. The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) has recently been restructured, while Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Company is being revitalised and strengthened, the sources said.TDAP is undertaking various export promotional activities through trade exhibitions and delegations, they said, adding that the availability of affordable finance for the exports sector has considerably improved. They also said the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has further reduced the discount rate, which currently stands at 5.75%.Likewise, the export finance rate, currently at 4.5%, is the lowest in a decade.The sources said Exim Bank is being established to facilitate export credit and for reducing the cost of borrowing for exporting sectors on long-term basis.This will also reduce their risks through export credit guarantees and insurance facilities.The board of directors of the bank have been appointed and it will be functional after completing the technical formalities. Moreover, the federal Cabinet has approved resumption of banking channels between the State Bank of Pakistan and the Central Bank of Iran, which will boost Pakistan‘s rice exports substantially.There is consistent effort for negotiating additional market access for Pakistani products in target markets. FTA negotiations with Turkey and Thailand are at advanced stage, negotiations with Iran on FTA are being initiated and joint research study to assess the potential for a preferential arrangement with Korea is underway, the sources added. http://www.gulf-times.com/story/525191/Pakistan-to-spend-billions-to-enhance-exports 4
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter PAKISTAN PRODUCES 6.8MN TON RICE IN 2015-16 Friday, 16 December 2016 14:51 Parvez Jabri
ISLAMABAD: The introduction of hybrid seeds has resulted in higher production of rice as the country has produced 6.8 million tons of crop during the year 2015-16."The hybrid production has also raised our exports and in the year 2015-16 we have been able to export around 3 million tons of rice," Parliamentary Secretary on National Food Security and Research Rajab Ali Baloch told the National Assembly during the question-hour session.Replying to a question of MNA Aisha Syed, he said the ministry through its research establishments was taking necessary steps to facilitate the fruit growers in the country to increase the production and improve its quality to
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter meet international standards. Due to efforts and work of our experts we have been able to produce hybrid canola, sun flower and maize seeds of international standards, he added. He stated that during the past two to three years no complaint was received with regard to export of rice and "kinnow" adding, "the government has been successful to improve quality of agricultural products and address complains on their packing for the export purpose."He said the government had taken various steps to improve the quality of crops. "We have introduced integrated management strategies for fruit flies control in mango, citrus and guava orchards. We have also introduced Mechanized Harvesting and De-sapping in mangoes."He said the trainings of service providers on export quality production through Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and hot water treatment for mango export and blast chill requirements for "kinnow" export had also been undertaken. http://www.brecorder.com/pakistan/business-a-economy/331966-pakistan-produces-68mn-ton-rice-in2015-16.html
No end in sight in water row between India and Pakistan Hope for peace hangs in balance as World Bank tells the nuclear neighbors to resolve Indus Water Treaty dispute bilaterally
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan A simmering water dispute between India and Pakistan seems to be turning towards another boiling point as both sides continue to stick to their guns despite the World Bank‘s call to resolve the issue bilaterally, experts say. While Indian experts insist the World Bank-brokered 1960 treaty was a huge mistake from the start since it allocated less water to India, Pakistani experts eye their neighbor‘s motives with suspicion, claiming the other side only wants to revoke a longstanding treaty to suit its domestic political agenda. Kashmiris, meanwhile, fear they may literally end up drowning if both sides don‘t deescalate tensions soon. - Dispute over Indian dams The main contention between the two nuclear neighbors is over the ―Indus Water Treaty‖ that allocated three eastern rivers to India – Beas, Ravi and Sutlej – and three western rivers – Indus, Chenab, Jhelum – to Pakistan in 1960. Islamabad is objecting to New Delhi's plans to construct two hydropower dams – the 850megawatt Ratle and the 330-megawatt Kishanganga hydropower scheme -- on the Chenab River on the Indian side, saying the projects would adversely impact on the flow of rivers on its side. The two countries recently initiated two separate processes under the treaty to resolve the dispute over India‘s threat to build the dams. However, on Dec. 12, the World Bank announced a temporary pause in the appointment of a neutral expert, as requested by India, and the chairman of the Court of Arbitration, as requested by Pakistan. ―Both processes initiated by the respective countries were advancing at the same time, creating a risk of contradictory outcomes that could potentially endanger the Treaty,‖ the bank said in a statement. The bank‘s Group President, Jim Yong Kim, urged both sides to resolve the issue mutually instead.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter ―We are announcing this pause to protect the Indus Waters Treaty and to help India and Pakistan consider alternative approaches to resolving conflicting interests under the treaty and its application to two hydroelectric power plants,‖ Kim was quoted as saying in the statement. "This is an opportunity for the two countries to begin to resolve the issue in an amicable manner and in line with the spirit of the treaty rather than pursuing concurrent processes that could make the treaty unworkable over time. I would hope that the two countries will come to an agreement by the end of January," he added. - Pakistan to not accept ‗any change‘ Following World Bank‘s declaration to pause the processes, New Delhi announced it was ready to bilaterally resolve the dispute with Islamabad; however, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup added that ―these consultations should be given adequate time.‖ Meanwhile, Pakistan‘s Special Assistant to the Premier, Tariq Fatemi, said his side will not agree to any changes in the treaty. ―Pakistan will not accept any modifications or changes to the provisions of the Indus Water Treaty. Our position is based on the principles enshrined in the treaty. And the treaty must be honored in letter and spirit,‖ Fatemi was quoted as saying by the local English daily, Dawn, on Saturday. - Trust deficit The demand for "adequate time" by the Indian side has alarmed Pakistani experts, who accuse New Delhi of using ―time buying‖ tactics to its disadvantage. Rabia Sultan, an expert based in the Pakistani city of Lahore, told Anadolu Agency that by insisting on more time India could complete its controversial dam projects during the consultation phase. Sultan warned the construction of the two proposed dams may create water and food shortages in Pakistan.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter ―The construction of a gated structure on the upstream will give India an edge to manipulate and control the [Chenab] river, which may turn out to be very dangerous especially when the two sides are hostile to each other,‖ she said. Also, the dams would hit Pakistan‘s rice crops directly. ―Chenab River is a major source of irrigation water for the area that is famous for its quality rice production. The construction of the two dams may cause water shortage in the area, particularly in low water season,‖ she said. Central and southern parts of Pakistan‘s largest Punjab province are famous for the production of the Basmati rice, which is also a major export item. - ‗Blood and water‘ New Delhi had threatened to stop honoring the Indus Water Treaty after a militant attack on an army base in Indian-held Kashmir left 19 Indian soldiers dead in September last. Senior figures in India accused Pakistan of sponsoring the attackers. An emotional Indian Prime Narendra Modi had also warned "blood and water can‘t flow together". India and Pakistan have already fought three full-scale wars in 1948, 1965, and 1971. - ‗The Great Water Folly‘ Indian experts such as Brahma Chellaney call the 1960 treaty "The Great Water Folly — one of the major strategic problems bequeathed to future Indian generations by the Nehruvian era." Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first prime minister, who was in office between 1947 and 1964. They claim the treaty had allegedly given an unfair share of rivers to Pakistan, while India received less than 20 percent of the total Indus waters. In an opinion piece published in the Indian media outlet Hindustan Times, Chellaney said: ―India‘s naive assumption that it traded water munificence for peace in 1960 has backfired, saddling it with an iniquitous treaty of indefinite duration and keeping water as a core issue in its relations with Pakistan.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter ―As for Pakistan, after failing to achieve its water designs militarily in 1965, it has continued to wage a water war against India by other means, including diplomacy and terrorism. Put simply, 56 years after the IWT [Indus Water Treaty] was signed, Pakistan‘s covetous, water-driven claim to India‘s J&K [disputed Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir region] remains intact.‖ - Kashmiris may ‗drown‘ if treaty revoked Kashmir experts on the Indian-held part of the disputed believe India's aggressive posturing over the changes to the water treaty is merely an attempt at arm-twisting Pakistan. Shakil Ahmad Romshoo, head of the Earth Sciences department at the University of Kashmir, said: "Legally, it [water treaty] cannot be abrogated by one party, no matter what happens. India will have to approach the World Bank to abrogate the Indus Water Treaty, and the World Bank will appoint a bench of judges who will look into the matter. ―And since the reason for calls for abrogation of the treaty are not about problems and concerns of actual water sharing but about politics, World Bank would never agree.‖ About the ―illegal‖ option to stop the water from flowing into Pakistan without approaching the World Bank, Romshoo said at the moment India did not have the infrastructure to do such a thing. But if in the future it achieves such means, then Romshoo warned: ―It would simultaneously mean the drowning of us in [Indian held] Kashmir. It will be a disaster for us in Kashmir." *Zahid Rafiq contributed to this report from Srinagar in Indian-held Kashmir. http://aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/no-end-in-sight-in-water-row-between-india-and-pakistan/709089
Ambassador asks Pakistan to access Lebanon market By PPI Published: December 17, 2016 10
KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Abdul Rauf Alam has asked the business community to explore the untapped trade potential of
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter the Lebanese market.He also urged the government to take steps for promoting greater economic cooperation, which would bring people of the two countries closer.He made the remarks during a meeting with Lebanon Ambassador Mona El Tannir. Leading businessmen were present in the meeting and they discussed ways and means to deepen trade relations between the two countries. Alam briefed the ambassador about functions of trade bodies in Pakistan and invited Lebanese businessmen to visit and hold a single-country exhibition in Pakistan.He emphasised the enormous potential for bilateral trade which both the countries could not explore so far.
Ambassador Tannir pointed out that Lebanon was famous for the production of olives and olive oil. Pakistan was importing olives, generators and some other products from Lebanon but bilateral trade could still be improved, she said. She revealed that Pakistan‘s textiles, rice, handicrafts and carpets were very popular in Lebanon while on the other hand Lebanon offered various opportunities in the tourism sector. ―Pakistan‘s businessmen can benefit from the opportunity to have access to the Lebanese market as the embassy grants visas to Pakistanis for attending lectures, seminars and workshops in the field of medicine, pharmaceutical, information technology and software.‖In words of praise, the ambassador stressed that Pakistan had always assisted Lebanon in every
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter form and during times of crisis for which the Middle Eastern country was grateful to Islamabad. http://tribune.com.pk/story/1265746/ambassador-asks-pakistan-access-lebanon-market/
GOVT TO SPEND RS.20BN TO ENHANCE EXPORTS IN THREE YEARS Saturday, 17 December 2016 15:11 Imaduddin
ISLAMABAD: The government would spend Rs. 20 billion over next three years to enhance Pakistan's export competitiveness and institutional strengthening under Strategic Trade Policy Framework (STPF) 2015-18.In response to emerging international changes, several other initiatives are being implemented to enhance export basket and market share, sources at
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Commerce Division said here on Saturday.The sources said total volume of Pakistan's exports in terms of billion dollars was 24.5 during 2013 and 20.8 during 2016.Highlighting the steps taken by the government to enhance exports, the sources said a sales tax zero-rating regime for five export oriented sectors, i.e textile, leather, carpets, surgical and sports goods has been introduced with from July this year.The other steps were establishment of Export Promotion Council for Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics, and Rice Export Promotion Council, support for import of plant & machinery to strengthen supply chain and encourage value addition and Performance Based Incentive (PBI) to offset burden of higher utility costs and local levies and taxes on export sectors, i.e. per unit price based refund a 4% of 10% over last year's exports.The sources said under short-term export enhancement measures, four product categories i.e. Basmati rice, horticulture, meat and meat products, and jewellery, are being focused with parallel focus on markets including Iran, Afghanistan, China and European Union. An additional Rs. 6 billion is available this fiscal year to exporters through Textile Policy 2014.Policy of uninterrupted energy supply has been implemented with zero electricity loadshedding on industrial feeders since October 2015 and zero gas load-shedding for industry since March 2016.In order to fulfil long, awaited demand for reducing cost of doing business, the government has taken a major step of reducing electricity tariff by Rs. 3 for industrial units with effect from January 1, 2016.Furthermore, the fuel adjustment has been passed on to consumers to further reduce cost of production.The export infrastructure is being continuously improved : capacity of Lahore Expo Centre has been doubled, ground-breaking at Peshawar Expo Center and at three 21st-century land ports at Torkham, Wagha and Chaman is also expected this fiscal year. The sources said in order to counter import surge through unfair trade and strengthen trade defence mechanisms, National Tariff Commission Act has been revamped and approved by Parliament in 2015.The leading business support institutions are being strengthened. Trade Development Authority of Pakistan has recently been restructured while Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Company is being revitalized and strengthened.Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) is undertaking various export promotional activities through trade exhibitions and delegations.The availability of affordable finance for the export sector has considerably improved. The State Bank of Pakistan has further reduced discount rate which currently stands at 5.75%. The Export Finance Rate currently at 4.5% is the lowest in a decade.The sources said Exim Bank is being established to facilitate export credit and for reducing cost of borrowing for exporting sectors on long term basis. This will also reduce their risks through export credit guarantees and insurance facilities.The Board of Directors of the bank have been appointed and it will be
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter functional after completing the technical formalities.Moreover, Federal Cabinet has approved resumption of banking channels between State Bank of Pakistan and Central Bank of Iran, which will boost Pak rice exports substantially. There is consistent effort for negotiating additional market access for Pakistani products in target markets - FTA negotiations with Turkey and Thailand are at advanced stage, negotiations with Iran on FTA are being initiated, and joint research study to assess the potential for a preferential arrangement with Korea is underway http://www.brecorder.com/pakistan/business-a-economy/332098-govt-to-spend-rs20bn-to-enhanceexports-in-three-years.html
Miss America: Eating rice can be part of a healthy lifestyle Miss America Savvy Shields explains why eating rice can be part of a healthy diet for U.S. citizens and the world. Forrest Laws | Dec 16, 2016 Savvy Shields, Miss America 2017, will speak before a large number of audiences during her reign, but few may be more appreciative than the rice farmers she spoke to at the USA Rice Outlook Conference in Memphis, Tenn.
Miss Shields, a 21-year-old senior art major at the University of Arkansas, talked about how she arrived at her personal platform issue of Eat Better Live Better and how rice can be play a role in accomplishing that goal.I grew up in a very healthy home. My mother was always serving us things like strawberries,‖ she said. ―She was from California, and a healthy lifestyle was very important to her."
Miss Shields said when she started college, she was exposed to free pizza and ice cream in the dorm at midnight, and "the ‗freshman 15‘ became all to real for I grew up in a very healthy home. My mother was always serving us things like strawberries,‖ she said. ―She was from California, and a healthy lifestyle was very important to her."
Miss Shields said when she started college, she was exposed to free pizza and ice cream in the dorm at midnight, and "the ‗freshman 15‘ became all to real for me,‖ she said. ―But I gradually
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter came to realize that I simply wasn't focusing or doing as well as I could because of the things I was putting in my body." For more information, visit http://missamerica.org/miss-america/. http://www.deltafarmpress.com/rice/miss-america-eating-rice-can-be-part-healthy-lifestyle
Sri Lanka rice crop to shrivel in record drought December 17, 2016, 7:16 pm ECONOMYNEXT -Sri Lanka is heading for a sharp drop in rice production in the main cultivation season with only a third of the area sown so far amid the worst drought in at least five years, with import restrictions already pushing rice prices up.By early December only 30 percent of the 830,000 hectares of paddy that can potentially be grown during main Maha main rice cultivation season has been sown, B. V. R. Punyawardena, agro-climatologist at Sri Lanka‘s Department of Agriculture said."During my career of 20 years, I have not experienced this kind of bad season," Punyawardena said. "There was a drought in 2012 also. It was not so bad."He was speaking at a forum organized by the United Nations Development Program which has started a program to improve the ability of over 700,000 people living in the Malwatu Oya, Yan Oya and Mi Oya river basins to overcome weather changes.At 73 larger reservoirs operated by Sri Lanka‘s irrigation department there was only enough water to maintain crops in about 30 percent of the usual extent. At a network of about 14,500 minor tanks, water was enough for about 10 percent of the cultivation, Punyawardena said.Sri Lanka‘s Yala, minor irrigation season which has just ended, where about 500,000 hectares of crop can be grown, only around 394,000 hectares were sown this year, according to official data.Due to a weak crop, carry over stores of rice had also diminished, Punyawardena said. After March there rice stocks will tighten.Growing less rice - a water intensive crop grown in inundation conditions - is the correct market response to a drought by farmers, economists say.Already rice prices have moved up, with the market responding quickly to tighter supply conditions and the expected future outlook.In a country where citizens are free, are markets are allowed to work, spiking rice prices can conserve
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter domestic stocks, prompt imports and also move more people into alternative cereals like wheat or potatoes, automatically nipping in the bud any ‗food crisis‘.In Sri Lanka, due to economic nationalism there is no free trade in rice. Imports of close substitutes like wheat are also taxed to force people to eat rice in a vicious nationalist policy, undermining the food freedoms of the poorest, and making the hungry subservient to the farming and rice milling lobby, liberty advocates have pointed out.Maize is also protected with taxes to increase profits of vested interests, pushing up chicken prices and worsening protein malnutrition among kids of poor families, critics say. Milk prices are also high due to a self-sufficiency drive. Cheese is a super luxury good.There is also a land-owner lobby who rent land to growers, who are constantly pushing for higher potato import taxes. Punyawardena said agricultural officers warned farmers early in the season to sow short maturing varieties and to switch to alternative crops that require less water.But farmers do not always listen. Farmers some rice to keep in their houses as ‗food security‘. Due to long standing attitudes they do not trust modern weather warnings.Punyawardena said farmers continue to believe that rains will come.However at the moment authorities were grappling with supplying sufficient drinking water which was a priority, and there were even doubts whether water could be supplied to crops that were already sown. Ravi Chandrapala, head of Sri Lanka‘s Meteorological Department said, unless there was a cyclone near Sri Lanka in the next two weeks, dry weather would continue.Statistically, about 85 percent of the time, rains came for the Maha season, Chandrapala said, showing why farmers may also have faith in the rains based on probability.Weather conditions related to a weak ‗La Nina‘ conditions have also hit rice production in Vietnam, where exports are down 26 percent in the first 11 months of the year.Rainfall had become more erratic in recent years in Sri Lanka with large volumes coming in a short time leaving longer periods with little or no rain creating droughts through annual total rainfall has not diminished, Chandrapala said. This has been linked to man-made ‗climate change‘ earlier known as ‗global warming‘ which has been linked to emission of carbon dioxide, a gas that makes plants grow and sustains life on earth. The label changed over the years an apparent ‗hiatus‘ in global warming over the last decade or so.A crop failure which should only create a financial crisis for farmers in a free country. But in a country like Sri Lanka it can lead to a ‗food crisis‘ unless rulers relax economic nationalism and allow the hungry to import food at reasonable prices."We have a serious problem in the agriculture," Punyawardena said. "We will have a food crisis, unless we import." Sri Lanka‘s government has said it will import some rice as domestic prices spiked. International prices could also move up, with variable La Nina conditions.In a free country, the decision on
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter whether to import a particular food is not made by the state and rulers but by citizens who signal to importers through higher prices.In Sri Lanka with restrictions on rice imports, state agencies which are hit by regular corruption scandals like Lanka Sathosa (previously the Co-operative Wholesale Establishment) import rice with special privileges in some case, leaving room for irregularities.Sri Lanka‘s rice crop is failing after a bumper harvest in the 2015/2016 cropping season when some farmers found it difficult to sell rice at a good profit. Due to long-running autarkic polices aimed at self-sufficiency, prices collapse in Sri Lanka when there is a bumper harvest leaving farmers in trouble, whereas in a country that had an internationalist outward looking farming community, it would boost foreign exchange earnings.In countries like Vietnam, Pakistan or Thailand, export go up when there are bumper harvests giving extra or stable income for farmers, but in Sri Lanka farmers get into financial difficulties even when there is favourable or unfavourable weather, as a result of economic nationalism.Years of autarky has resulted in farmers growing rice varieties which cannot be traded internationally and processing by millers is below par, and leaving a bad odour when cooked. Due to years of protectionism, cost of rice production in many areas is also higher than in some rice producing countries where yields are higher. In the East of Sri Lanka, rice production is more efficient.Similar problems exist with potato and large onion cultivation in Sri Lanka, which also cannot be exported during harvests due to high-cost coming from years of protection and pursuit of self-sufficiency. http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=157383
Always looking for an opportunity to play with fire: Junaid Jamshed on his life and businesses A look back at the legacy left behind by Junaid Jamshed
By Ayesha Shaikh
Articulate, insightful, intelligent and – despite the criticism often directed his way – extremely optimistic, was my initial perception of Junaid Jamshed when I first met him a few months ago at the launch of Jazaa Foods, his FMCG enterprise. 17
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter His journey, from a pop music icon with Vital Signs in the late 1980s, the change of heart and image that brought him back into the spotlight as a religious scholar in the late 1990s, to the
dynamic businessman he is today, has been intriguing to say the least. Given the increasingly diverse product launches that he brought to the market recently, this was perhaps the ideal time to find out exactly what it is that drives Jamshed. He comes from a family of decorated armed forces officers, a fact he shares with great pride; it was therefore expected of him and his two brothers to follow suit. Weak eyesight kept him out of the Air Force, so he joined the Pakistan Army, but once he began dabbling in music, the rigours of army training became too time-consuming to handle. He quit and enrolled at the University of Engineering and Technology in Lahore in 1985, graduated as an engineer and started his first job. That career switch, however, also turned out to be temporary. When 'Dil Dil Pakistan' was released on August 14, 1987 and became a chartbuster, it propelled Jamshed and his band members Rohail Hyatt and Shahzad Hasan to instant stardom. Pursuing a full-time engineering job was no longer feasible and Jamshed plunged headlong into the world of pop music, a first for anyone in his family. With a predominantly female fan following,he made, what many considered, another surprising decision: he got married at 26.
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Upon learning this, I couldn‘t refrain myself from asking Jamshed – who's sitting across the sofa in a tastefully decorated drawing room at his house in Karachi – what makes him take such massive risks? He always takes a moment to gather his thoughts before responding, ―I grew up wanting to be an F-16 pilot; studied premedical in school; enrolled at an engineering university; pursued my passion for music and later gave it all up in my quest to be a better Muslim. I also had a family to support and that prompted me to look for ways I could earn a halal living which led to my first foray into business.‖ Before I could ask why he chose to start a clothing business, he says that his extensive travels during his Vital Signs days exposed him to the latest fashion trends from across the world. Since looking good constituted a major part of his image and there was a dearth of local designers, he often ended up designing his own clothes. Relying on his sense of fashion and ―instinctively knowing what looks good," encouraged him to try his hand at fashion design. A survey of local markets made it evident that there were no quality options available for people who wanted to wear a smartly-cut and tailored shalwar kameez. As he was undergoing a personal metamorphosis during this time and was in the process of changing his wardrobe, he felt the absence of a shalwar kameez brand even more acutely.
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As soon as an opportunity came his way a few years later, Jamshed instantly decided to act upon it without delay (his signature personality trait). Along with his partner Sohail Hamid Khan, J. was launched in 2000, with the idea of creating custom-made khaddi shalwar kameez suits for men. The design philosophy for J. was simple; his own sense of style reflected in every article the brand designed. The risk began paying dividends and within a few years, J. expanded its
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter portfolio to include a women‘s line as well, supplemented by the launch of Almirah, a high-end ensemble brand. Initially, his involvement with both brands was extensive, with each design and print personally reviewed and approved. However, given the rapid expansion that J. experienced, professional textile designers were hired and Jamshed‘s role became more strategic in nature. He is quick to point out that the one thing every J. store will always have are clothes in earth tones and whites, as these are the shades that appeal to him the most. Expecting to be sermonised, I hesitantly asked whether the thought had crossed his mind that going into women‘s clothing or any other business for that matter, would raise eyebrows about it clashing with his ‗religious‘ persona. He smiles and reminds me that ―people often forget that our Holy Prophet (PBUH) was a very skilled and accomplished tradesman. Islam does not prohibit engaging in business, as long as it does not violate its tenets.‖
Muslim women and halal make-up Audio excerpt from interview with JJ, conducted on September 2016
In fact, he attributes his unprecedented success to implementing Islamic principles within each one of his businesses; a case in point was the Returns and Exchange Policy and loyalty card schemes that J. initiated. In his opinion, these policy decisions gave instant credibility to the brand, which in turn led to customer loyalty and retention.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter What I find interesting is that despite never having studied marketing, Jamshed seems to have a flair for transforming a ‗Big Idea‘ into a lucrative product that resonates with the target audience. He invested in Meat One, the first time a halal, packaged premium-quality meat brand was launched in Pakistan, believing that if people are given the option of buying hygienic meat, they will do so. This year alone, with an unrelenting focus on quality and innovation, he entered the food business by launching Jazaa rice, the cosmetic industry with halal makeup, and the personal grooming category with J. Fragrances. Reminiscing, he says it was his mentor, Shoaib Mansoor, who instilled in him the importance of delivering value to people and keeping them engaged; not only in terms of his fans during his music days, but the team responsible for putting his shows together as well. He seems to have carried those values with him. Perhaps that is why he commands unquestioned loyalty and respect from the people he works with; in his absence (as I discovered when dealing with his team) he is reverentially and fondly referred to as ‗Sir JJ‘. As our hour-long conversation draws to a close, I brought up the media backlash he and his family had to face when a few of his controversial statements came to light. Fully prepared for an evasion, the directness of the response left me surprised. ―I have, like most other people, made mistakes. I have also, unlike most, sincerely apologised and repented. My family has remained my strongest support, personally and professionally.‖ Irrespective of his personal or religious views, the popularity of J. which has transcended geographical boundaries, and the unexpected success (in the local and international market) that Jazaa rice, J. Fragrances and Meat One have achieved are testament to the fact that Jamshed‘s success deserves recognition. Given his indefatigable optimism, market foresight and risk-taking nature, no one should be surprised, if in the coming months, we come across yet another innovation from‗JJ‘. The author is a Business Development Executive, The Dawn Media Group. ayesha.shaikh@dawn.com
A miracle rice that saved IndiaA miracle rice that saved India PALLAVA BAGLA | Mon, 19 Dec 2016-07:45am , New Delhi , DNA
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Today Indians are forcibly standing in queues as cash is rationed; 60 years ago Indians were also standing in queues as food was rationed.Staple food like rice and wheat was in short supply; people had to stand in serpentine queues to buy a few kilograms of food grains. Life indeed was tough.In fact most of Asia was on the brink of starvation in the 1950s, then came a miracle plant developed by scientists at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines that experts say ―changed the world‖.
This small rice plant called IR-8 doubled the yields and it led to a farming revolution that saved millions of lives. After the World War II and the horrible great Bengal famine that killed nearly 2-3 million people, a miracle was required to save the lives of starving Indians. Then came this blade of new grass that helped slowly propel India into a new era of food self-sufficiency.Rice in the 1950s was a tall plant that gave few grains and was very prone to lodging or falling over and hence a lot
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter of grain used to get spoilt. The need was to have a short robust plant that had many tillers or grain bearing stems. Scientists at IRRI married two strains of rice one from Indonesia and one from Taiwan and thus was born a plant that saved the world called ‗IR-8‘.Gurdev Khush, a plant geneticist and till recently the chief rice breeder at IRRI, who played a huge role in making IR-8 the ‗miracle plant‘ says usual plant breeding offered incremental small one to two per cent increases in yield but IR8 offered an astronomical doubling of the yield. According to IRRI, ―The IR8 was the first offspring of these intense breeding efforts. It was a semi-dwarf rice and was the result of a cross between Peta, a tall vigorous variety, and Dee-geowoo-gen, a dwarf variety.‖M S Swaminathan, dubbed as the father of the Indian green revolution and former director general of IRRI, says, ―IR made global history as the yield ceiling was broken,‖ adding it is the Indian farmers who were the real saviour as they were always willing to learn and adapt to new technologies.This ‗miracle rice‘ were widely distributed free of cost. The plant was immediately lapped up by the farmers in East Asia http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-a-miracle-rice-that-saved-india-2284285
150,000 tons of paddy to private millers to stabilise rice prices: PMB The Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) is to release some 150,000 metric tonnes of paddy stocks to private rice millers from tomorrow, as an immediate remedy to bring down the price of rice for the festive season, PMB Chairman, M.B. Dissanayaka said.―We will sell the paddy at higher prices than what we purchased at from the farmers,‖ Mr Dissanayaka told the Sunday Times.He said that, initially, paddy stocks would be distributed to small and medium scale rice millers, and later, to wholesale millers in every district. The move came as a measure to maintain steady rice prices in the markets where prices have risen significantly.Meanwhile, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said the Cabinet this week approved to import 300,000 metric tonnes of rice as a buffer stock. 24 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/161218/news/150000-tons-of-paddy-to-private-millers-to-stabilise-riceprices-pmb-221166.html
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Eat local to avoid plastic rice - Ninja Man byCurtis Campbell December 17, 2016 the recent plastic rice health scare, iconic dancehall artiste Ninja Man is calling on the Jamaican Government to seriously promote The Eat What You Grow campaign.―Go back to farming. The youths want work. See now dem a give wi plastic rice and cabbage. The youths want something to do and look how much waste land deh a Jamaica. We have the best land and soil that don‘t even need fertiliser so why aren't we farming?‖ Ninja Man questioned.His comments followed reports that plastic rice has been discovered in Jamaica. Jamaica Customs temporarily imposed a ban on the clearing of rice imports this week and the Bureau of Standards said it had engaged in a major operation to test rice islandwide. There has so far been no evidence of plastic rice being in the island but so Jamaicans appear convinced that a main staple in their daily meals has been contaminated. Norman Grant, president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), said Ninja Man's comments represents an endorsement of the Eat What You Grow campaign and underscores a recognition that eating locally produced is the best option.
"The JAS and the country's 250,000 farmers are ecstatic at the endorsement from Ninja Man," Grant said.He said that Jamaicans should consider replacing importing rice in their diet with starches like yam, cassava, banana and potatoes."I am glad that Ninja Man is on. We want ninja Man to get vocal and eat local. We want all the superstars to get vocal and eat local. I want to call on people like Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels.... to get vocal and eat local," Grant said. "I want the entertainment industry to talk about it, I want them to sing about it. I want them to salute the great work of the 250,000 farmers," he added."I want to hear Carlene Davis, Papa San, Ninja Man, Bounty Killer, Beenie Man talk about it," Grant said of the grow what you eat campaign http://jamaica-star.com/article/entertainment/20161217/eat-local-avoid-plastic-rice-ninja-man
Are entrenched forces trumping pro-people Cabinet members? BY MARLEN V. RONQUILLO ON DECEMBER 18, 2016
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Marlen V. Ronquillo WE small farmers have to admit this. QR, or quantitative restrictions, on rice imports, is an issue that is debatable up to the ends of the earth. If you are against the lifting of QR next year–which I am–I can argue that we, small farmers, need any kind of win, even token ones, and the fight to retain QR on rice imports is worth the effort and the time.The pro-lifting faction of the debate will slap me with this fact. At an allowable MAV (minimum access volume) of 850,000 metric tons a year—the fault of the previous government—retaining the QR would be a worthless victory. With a mandatory importation of 850,000 MT of rice a year, the QR does not serve any purpose at all– except maybe to demonstrate that the government stands for small rice farmers and would not allow the reckless importation of rice, which would take place with the lifting of the QR.
The pro-lifting side—mostly commercial rice importers and profiteers with backing from the NEDA—have this argument: rice economics says that we produce rice at such a high cost that we can‘t compete with Thailand and Vietnam, the region‘s most prodigious rice producers, and also the two countries that supply us with most of our imported rice. So, there is really no sense in negotiating for the extension of the QR, which will lapse next year. We can‘t compete, they repeat, no matter what. On voice timbre and decibel, very few can beat the powerful voice of Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol. But the power of his voice cannot seem to rise above the arguments of the technocrats in Mr. Duterte‘s Cabinet. The secretary, arguing on our behalf, has been telling them that QR is important and has to be extended. It is one thing to have a large MAV. But an open season and an open port for rice importation would be disastrous for small rice farmers, he said, in his passionate defense of the need for a QR extension. That is true. Once the QR is lifted, and the ports are clear to accept any and all volume of rice imports, the last line of defense against reckless rice imports would be gone. The dream of small farmers to produce at least 90 percent of the country‘s rice needs with government support would vanish. Mr. Piñol, more than anything else, is concerned that the QR would relegate the country to a permanent rice importer status, the farmers (and the proud rice-producing tradition) be damned. The squandering of the opportunity to make us, the small farmers, productive and proud. What if rough weather were to make Thai and Vietnamese rice production crash and burn? Where will we get our supply of the staple food? And at what cost?
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Mr. Piñol‘s arguments are grounded in reality. And his fear of a weather-induced drop in the regional rice production has solid basis. Better to help the rice farmers (the funds for supervised food programs have been promised by Mr. Duterte, anyway) than to plunge on clueless into the unknown. Still, Mr. Piñol and the small farmers have been losing in the debate. Manny‘s neighbor at the Elliptical Road, Mr. Mariano of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), sad to say, is also losing the big policy debate over land conversion, a double tragedy for agriculture and small farmers . Ka Paeng, by which Mr. Mariano is popularly known, has proposed a halt to land conversion, which is the right policy to adopt, instead of the reckless practice of real estate developers using prime agricultural lands for housing and subdivision projects. The real estate people have been able to get away with murder because there are so many loopholes to exploit, especially with the LGUs having been given the power to make decisions on land conversions. Ka Paeng wants the ban to be a national policy. The real estate sector, the sector where the players are the wealthiest dollar billionaires, multimillionaires and plain hucksters, have led the opposition to land conversion. Mr. Pernia, invoking voodoo economics, provides the supposed economic justification against the moratorium on land conversion. And the winners are predictable. Mr. Pernia and his bunch of billionaires. I am a small farmer and my economics cannot even distinguish between Samuelson and Krugman (the progressives) and Taylor and Cochrane (the conservatives). How can we argue against the multi-degreed Mr. Pernia? To support Ka Paeng, who made his name marching on the streets and not on getting multiple degrees in macro and micro. And their victory is a national tragedy. The Philippines is short of arable, prime rice lands to begin with. The maximum that can be developed for full-time, year-round irrigated production is only 3.5 million hectares. The developed area is less than 2 million hectares, 1.5 million hectares by our count. In terms of rice culture, no country can beat the Filipino farmer. But we are short on land, and government support for rice production was practically zero under Mr. Aquino. Vietnam, in contrast, has 5 million hectares of prime lands for rice production with full-year irrigation. Thailand has around 9 million hectares. And government support is a year-round thing and an inspired one.Mr. Duterte should come to the aid of the pro-people and pro-poor members of the Cabinet to change the outcome of the debate. After all, his government is supposedly about that– coming to the rescue of small people http://www.manilatimes.net/entrenched-forces-trumping-pro-people-cabinet-members/302351/
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Time to return NIA, PCA, FPA, and NFA to the Department of Agriculture Published December 17, 2016, 10:00 PM By Dr. Emil Q. Javier It is time to make the Department of Agriculture (DA) whole again. The four agencies namely, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) and the National Food Authority (NFA) are: policy-wise and operationally, integral part of the agriculture sector. It does not make sense to create a minidepartment of agriculture in the office of the President.Take the case of the NIA: Among the inputs required to make crop agriculture productive in the humid tropics where we are located, the most vital is the timely availability of water. For the last 60 years we have invested close to R686 billion in the development of 1.71 million hectares of irrigation and drainage systems. However, we have not been able to benefit in full measure from these previous investments. The reported cropping intensity of our irrigation systems is only 137 percent, a far cry from the design objective of 200 percent. Instead of harvesting 3.42 million hectares of irrigated crops per year at full utilization we are able to grow only 2.34 million hectares. The missing 1.06 million hectares had they been planted to rice would have produced conservatively an additional volume of 4.24 million tons of palay worth R68 billion per year. The immediate priority therefore for NIA, apart from constructing new irrigation systems, is how to recover the R68 billion worth of unrealized income each year from underutilization of irrigation facilities. This would require: 1) rehabilitation of run-down canal systems, 2) adoption of intensive rice farming practices, 3) diversification into higher value crops like vegetables, fruits and ornamentals, 4) mechanization and post- harvest processing, and 5) provision of extension and marketing support services. These expertise and support services reside in the other agencies of the DA, namely, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter and Mechanization (PhilMech), the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM), the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI [extension]) and the DA Marketing Services Unit. Clearly for more seamless coordination, NIA is better placed under the direct supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture.The same is true with the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA). The most pressing problems of coconut farmers are: 1) low nut productivity mainly for lack of proper fertilization and culture, and 2) the availability of good seeds to replant the hundreds of millions of senile palm trees. Moreover, the coconut farmers will realize more income if they interplant coffee, cacao, bananas, papaya, pineapple, etc. with their coconut and engage in village-level processing and conversion of different parts of the coconut into more valuable by-products. In the same manner the needed expertise and support services reside mainly in the other agencies of the DA. The PCA will therefore be more effective in helping coconut farmers with the collaboration and support from the rest of the DA family. For fertilizers and pesticides, their regulation and commerce have health and environment implications. A case can be made for the affiliation of FPA with the Department of Health (DOH) or the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Still, given that agriculture is the economic sector with the most interest in the research, development and commercialization of these inputs, DA is the more logical home for FPA. For the National Food Authority, should its mandate be amended solely to focus on maintenance of grain buffer stocks for emergency purposes, and not anymore for market support, NFA could be retained in the office of the President, or alternatively under the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) or the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). In the meantime while NFA is still accountable for market support it is better located under the DA umbrella. Creation of a separateDepartment of Fisheriesand Marine Resources This bring us to the long standing proposal of creating a separate Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources. The rationale of former President B.S. Aquino for carving out NIA, PCA, FPA and NFA from the DA was to lessen the burden on the shoulders of the Secretary of Agriculture so he could address better the needs both of small farmers and fisherfolk.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Indeed, we have so much unrealized potential in the management, utilization and conservation of our aquatic resources. Unfortunately, crops and livestock invariably preoccupy the attention of previous Secretaries of Agriculture to the neglect of fisheries and marine resources. With our productive inland waters, very long coastline next only to Indonesia and our vast marine fisheries resources, the fisheries sector can contribute much more if given the needed dedicated attention and necessary investments. **** Dr. Emil Q. Javier is a Member of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and also Chair of the Coalition for Agriculture Modernization in the Philippines (CAMP). For any feedback, email eqjavier@yahoo.com. Tags: DA, FPA, Manila, manila bulletin, manila news, news today, NFA, NIA, PCA, Time to return NIA PCA FPA and NFA to the Department of Agriculture
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CSC introduces road transport of gunny bags to rice millers December 18, 2016 Telangana
Civil Supplies Commissioner C.V. Anand, IPS, who was paying special attention for recovery of gunny bags lying with rice-millers for several years, also introduced a new system in transportation of new gunny bags resulted in the saving of Rs 8 crore to Rs 10 crore per year.Earlier, new gunny bags used to be transported by rail from Kolkata to the State. Requirement of new gunny bags for Kharif and Rabi seasons put together was estimated at nine crore gunnies. Rail transport used to take a lot of time and caused inordinate delay in loading and unloading by hamalis before it reached the destination. By adopting new road transportation system, time delays are drastically cut by 75% and it used to cost Rs 1590 per bale (500 gunny bags) by rail. Now by road transport, it will to cost only Rs 1000 to 1100 per bale
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter saving Rs 1.40 lakh on transport of 1.5 lakh bales during Kharif season. The gunnies already moved by the road from Kolkota to all the districts of Telangana resulted in net saving of Re 1 per one gunny. Therefore, the total saving on eight crore gunnies will be Rs 8 crore per year. The Commissioner has informed that the Civil Supplies Corporation has decided to move the remaining 7.50 crore gunnies also by road in view of savings. The Civil Supplies Department has decided to purchase four lakh MT of ―Doddu-Biyyam‖ (coarse rice) from the rice millers to meet the requirement of PDS in the State. It was agreed to purchase @ Rs 2400 per quintal, with an understanding that the Corporation shall bear the cost of two gunnies costing Rs 106 as the said proposition may lead to financial loss to the Corporation, the Commissioner held discussions with the rice millers again and convinced them that they can utilize two gunnies already lying with them under CMR accounts for delivering ―Doddu Biyyam‖. This has resulted in a saving of Rs.13.27 crore to the government and at the same time the gunnies lying with the millers will reach Civil Supplies Corporation from time to time. Commissioner C.V. Anand also initiated steps to recover Rs 66 crore from gunny bags stagnated in rice mills since a long time. It is the good old practice of corporation to provide bags to millers for sending the procured paddy for CMR. Millers will send back the rice after milling in the same bags (2:1 ratio) keeping the bags with them. The millers were keeping the remaining bags with them though it was mandatory to send back the remaining bags accumulated at their mills, which resulted in stagnation of onetime used bag and Rs 8.50 for twice used. The amount for non-returned gunny bags is calculated at Rs.66 crore and steps are being taken to collect the money. The Commissioner has directed the officials to collect the amounts by preparing detailed lists of the millers from whom the bags were due. This proposal was approved by the governing council at its meeting. (NSS)http://www.siasat.com/news/csc-introduces-road-transport-gunny-bags-rice-millers1089214/
Government urged to hike tariff on rice imports By Jovee Marie de la Cruz DECEMBER 18, 2016
THE government should raise taxes and customs duties if it really wants to lift the quantitative restriction (QR) on rice, which is set to expire next year, Deputy Speaker Gloria MacapagalArroyo of Pampanga said.The former president, who backed the proposed lifting of the rice QR, said the revenues collected from taxes and customs duties can be used to assist rice farmers.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter ―I am for lifting [the QR]. I think lifting would be more sound. But we have to raise taxes and custom duties and then they can earmark the increase in tax collection to the promotion of rice industry,‖ Arroyo told the BusinessMirror.Earlier, an official of the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said the agency would recommend to the President a tariff ranging from 40 percent to 50 percent for rice imports once the QR is lifted.While some economic managers have been vocal about scrapping the rice import quota, the Cabinet and the President have yet to agree on whether the government would finally go for lifting the QR.
Rep. Josephine Y. Ramirez-Sato of the Lone District of Occidental Mindoro, a vice chairman of the House Committee on Economic Affairs, said the government‘s economic managers should make up its mind whether it would seek an extension of the rice import quota.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Also, Sato said amending Republic Act (RA) 8178, which retained the QR on rice, must be a priority of the current administration if it plans to extend the nontariff trade barrier as it will expire on June 30, 2017.However, a measure amending RA 8178 has yet to be filed in the 17th Congress. Nacionalista Party Rep. Luis Raymund F. Villafuerte Jr. of Camarines Sur said in a statement that the Duterte administration should help palay farmers boost their yields and cut production cost first before scrapping rice-import quotas.If the QR is finally lifted, Villafuerte said, ―palay farmers will be at the losing end‖ because their produce cannot compete with cheaper rice imports. ―Is there any guarantee that the entry of cheap rice imports would lower the price of rice in the market? The government should provide safety nets to our farmers by, among others, helping them cut production, as well as distribution, costs and other postharvest expenses,‖ he added. One way to help farmers, Villafuerte said, is to abolish irrigation fees and restructure the unpaid ones to make it easier for farmers to pay off their debts, while keeping the high tariffs on rice imports. Sato agreed with Villafuerte, saying the extension of the rice-import quota is ―a must‖ for farmers.The government must also step up its efforts to roll out a program to help rice farmers, considering that the rice QR would expire in six months, she said. ―If they are going to seek an extension of the rice-import quota, I suggest they do it now. If not, they should come up with a concrete plan and put in place programs that will shield our farmers from cheap, imported rice flooding the market with the lifting of the rice-import quota,‖ Sato said.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter The lawmaker said the government should deviate from the business-as-usual mode and put in place more safety nets for farmers, particularly those with small landholdings. She said direct support to farmers in the form of seedlings and fertilizer subsidies; free irrigation; capacity-building programs and training to improve production, packaging of rice products; and access to emerging market chains are essential. The government, she said, should also construct more postharvest facilities, which include dryers, milling and storage ―We should ensure better yield and increase farmers‘ incomes,‖ Sato added. According to her, governments from where the Philippines import their rice provide subsidy to their farmers, enabling them to produce quality rice at cheaper cost.While consumers would generally benefit from cheaper rice imports, she said local farmers would not be able to compete against their counterparts in neighboring countries because of the high cost of production. Destruction caused by flood and typhoons, she added, aggravates the situation of small farmers with limited capital.Sato said she is worried that the lifting of the QR on rice would force farmers to shift to planting other crops, or worse, give up farming.―The unrestricted or unregulated importation of rice would not only affect farmers, but would also slow down agricultural production, affecting the country‘s economic growth,‖ she said. ―By now, the Department of Agriculture [DA] should have a plan; put more safety nets that would shield our farmers from this looming crisis,‖ Sato added. Sato said the DA should come up with ways to make the business of rice farming more profitable.Upon the Philippines‘s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the country was allowed to impose the QR on rice for 10 years. When it expired in 2004, the Philippines was able to extend it until 2012. Manila obtained another extension in 2014
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Researchers promise better seedlings for Kenya rice farmers By Munene Kamau Updated Mon, December 19th 2016 at 00:00
A section of a rice research plot in Mwea, Kirinyaga County where production of the crop is set to double per acre after introduction of a new farming technology. KAMAU/STAN DARD Kenyan rice farmers can now access the finest seed varieties in the world thanks to a collaboration between the country's researchers and international agencies. According to John Kimani, the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro) Mwea director, closer collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) of the Philippines and other stake holders in the sector will ease farmers' access to the best rice varieties from all over the world. He said this would help mitigate the country's rice production deficit. Kenya produces 146,000 metric tonnes per year against the consumption requirement of 548,000 metric tonnes. "You can see a huge gap, which calls for imports, which cost the Government over Sh8 billion every year," said Dr Kimani. He however said there were challenges in the uptake of the varieties and satisfying demand, arguing that the crop had been neglected by researchers for a long time. "This is an area we are looking at; rice used to be an orphaned crop with little research going on but now co-operation has enabled the development of the National Rice Development Strategy spearheading rice research for the 23 Coalition for Africa Rice Development member countries,"
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter he said. The researcher thanked the national government for a subsidy arrangement that allows farmers who buy certified rice seeds to use the receipts to access subsidised fertilisers. Abdelbagi Ismail, the principal scientist for the Crop and Environmental Sciences Division of IRRI, said the organisation was working on developing rice varieties that can tolerate local conditions. He said IRRI has been working to bring rice production in Africa to the same level as Asia. Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000227271/researchers-promisebetter-seedlings-for-kenya-rice-farmers https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000227271/researchers-promise-better-seedlings-for-kenya-rice-farmersSUPERSTRAINS
SUPERSTRAINS OF RICE THAT WILL FEED A CHANGING WORLD
Y YOU SHOULD CARE Because this is a mission to make sure a 10 billion-strong globe has enough food on its plate. ―I‘m Swamp Girl,‖ says Indrastuti Rumanti, a bubbly scientist with the Indonesian Center for Rice Research. She‘s just ducked out of a lengthy meeting with her fellow rice-heads here in Bogor, but the conference room is not Rumanti‘s preferred habitat: She‘d rather be mucking about in experimental rice paddies. ―Farmers in those areas are more traditional, still very pure
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter and have a big dedication to their land,‖ she says. ―I would like to help them.‖ Her other goal? Feeding Asia. How those small farmers harvest their swamps will have a global ripple effect. Rumanti and other scientists are at the forefront of a new revolution in rice, developing breeds designed to feed an ever-hungrier population that‘s expected to hit 10 billion by 2060. They are the intellectual heirs of scientists in the first Green Revolution, which began in the 1960s and relied on fertilizers, pesticides and high-yield varieties to triple yields in Asia, outpacing the continent‘s population growth. In recent years, though, those gains have stalled, and the current crop of rice researchers is fighting a new enemy: climate change. The warming planet brings not just heat and drought, but also floods, salinity, disease and toxic soils. The weapon of choice in Green Revolution 2.0? Gene splicing and selective breeding. RUMANTI AND OTHER SCIENTISTS BREED BETTER RICE PLANTS, GENERATION BY GENERATION.
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Rice is the most important staple on the planet, providing more calories than any other food, including wheat, sugar and corn. And nowhere is rice more crucial to the human diet than in
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Asia, where 520 million people get more than half their daily calories from the grain. It‘s not a lucrative crop, though, like biofuel-friendly corn or sugar cane, so corporations don‘t plow big money into research. The renowned International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines — crucible of the Green Revolution — was established as a nonprofit in 1960s by the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations. These days it‘s funded primarily by national governments as well as philanthropic organizations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. IRRI‘s director general, Matthew Morell, is at work on a dizzying array of projects to study the impacts of rice while developing new technologies. Take Bangladesh, for example, the rice-reliant nation of 156 million on the northeastern shoulder of India. Every year cyclones sweep across the Bay of Bengal and poison the country‘s low-lying rice fields with intruding saltwater. Sea levels elevated by global warming are making the problem worse, so the IRRI is hard at work trying to develop a rice strain that can withstand increased salinity. Elsewhere, researchers are encouraging Indonesian palm oil farmers to plant rice alongside their trees for the first three years until the shade kills off the cereal understory. In Africa, the IRRI has introduced 15 hybrid strains of rice that are specially designed to withstand the withering heat of Kenya and Tanzania. Morell is quick to note that the IRRI‘s innovations come from traditional crossbreeding, not genetic modification. Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, have been around since the 1990s and are planted on 11 percent of the globe‘s croplands, including half of America‘s. Nevertheless, concerns over their safety and environmental impact have blocked their use in Europe and Africa. Instead, Rumanti and other scientists breed better rice plants, generation by generation. ―We‘re looking for natural variation, which gives resistance or tolerance to high levels of salinity,‖ Morell says, ―but also looking at ways we can combine salinity tolerance with drought tolerance, with flood tolerance, with disease tolerance.‖ Some experts claim that biotech is not needed to win the race between food production and population growth. Jonathan Foley, executive director of the California Academy of Scientists and a global ecologist, notes that humans consume only 35 out of every 100 calories we grow. The rest is wasted, lost to spoilage or goes to biofuels and animals. Reducing inefficiencies in the food supply chain may not be a ―sexy‖ solution, as he calls it, but it might be enough to stave off hunger. ―We don‘t need GMOs or a lot of fancy tech‖ to feed the world, Foley maintains. ―That‘s just misdirection. We already grow enough food to feed nine or 10 billion people.‖ In fact, for many developing nations, the problem is not a lack of calories — it‘s the kind of calories that are being consumed. According to UNICEF, nearly a quarter of the world‘s children under the age of 5 have stunted growth due to poor diets. Here, rice actually can be a culprit,
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter with white rice targeted as a potential cause of diabetes. Papua New Guinea and other developing nations increasingly fortify rice with vitamins and minerals to address the malnutrition issue. As climate scientists and world leaders work on reducing heat-trapping carbon emissions, Rumanti and her fellow travelers in the rice-improvement movement keep their hands in the earth and their feet in the swamps, fine-tuning a humble but vital grain. ―We can‘t control the climate,‖ Rumanti says. ―We can‘t control the soil condition. We just try to deal with them. http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/superstrains-of-rice-that-will-feed-a-changing-world/74145
Entrepreneur hosts researchers in Mwea as they study rice varieties Dec. 19, 2016, 2:00 am By KIRIMI MURITHI @murithik
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter A team of 18 agriculture experts are in Kenya for three days to conduct a research on improving the rice varieties grown in Mwea to advise on enhancement of food security.The researchers are being hosted by entrepreneur Charles Njiru at the Mwea Nice City. Their research on new varieties will help curb shortages and improve food security.International Research Institute scientist Abdelbagi Ismail said the new variety will increase accessibility of rice grown in Kenya to international markets. http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/12/19/entrepreneur-hosts-researchers-in-mwea-as-they-study-ricevarieties_c1475126
Rice Starch Market Research Report Now Available at Research Corridor December 19, 2016 | by siemon | Research Corridor has published a new research study titled ―Rice Starch Market – Growth, Share, Opportunities, Competitive Analysis and Forecast, 2015 – 2022‖. The Rice Starch market report studies current as well as future aspects of the Rice Starch Market based upon factors such as market dynamics, key ongoing trends andsegmentation analysis.Apart from the above elements, the Rice Starch Market research report provides a 360-degree view of the Rice Starch industry with geographic segmentation, statistical forecast and the competitive landscape. Browse the complete report at http://www.researchcorridor.com/rice-starch-market/ Geographically, the Rice Starch Market report comprises dedicated sections centering on the regional market revenue and trends. The Rice Starch market has been segmented on the basis of geographic regions into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Rest of the World (RoW). The RoW segment consists Latin America and the Middle East & Africa. The Rice Starch market has been extensively analyzed on the basis of various regional factors such as demographics, gross domestic product (GDP), inflation rate, acceptance and others.Rice Starch Market estimates have also been provided for the historical years 2013 & 2014 along with forecast for the period from 2015 – 2022. The research report also provides a comprehensive understanding of Rice Starch market positioning of the major players wherein key strategies adopted by leading players has been discussed. The Rice Starch industry report concludes with the Company Profiles section which includes information on major developments, strategic moves and financials of the key players operating in Rice Starch market. Key Takeaways: Market Dynamics in the Rice Starch Market Key Ongoing Regional Trends
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Legend says that when the galleon trade was at its peak, a ship from the Middle East sailed the Seven Seas, laden with exotic herbs, spices, tobacco and textiles. The ship was named Huma, captained by a flamboyant sailor named Ibrahim. Well known for his penchant for adventure, and his collection of rare and exquisite treasures from his travels, he was the most popular ship captain in the routes connecting Asia to the Middle East. On a dangerous voyage from India, the ship and its captain disappeared in the stormy seas, and down went all the luxurious goods, vintage wines, rare spices and herbs. Some said the storm sank the ship, while others said pirates captured the ship and killed everyone on board.
Huma Island Resort and Spa is a deluxe property located on a remote islet in Busuanga, Palawan
Yet, there was also talk that a shipwrecked traveler lived alone on an uninhabited islet in Palawan and tribesman from the neighboring islands enjoyed visiting him because he would share with them the valuable treasures and luxurious items he had. They knew him as ―a man of great means.‖ Because of his generosity, his islet was always a center for celebrations, until he
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter died. The man‘s identity was never established, but what is interesting is that the tribesmen who befriended him have been calling the islet, Huma, the name of the once mighty ship. The present-day Huma Island Resort and Spa is a 5-star de luxe property on a remote islet in Busuanga, Palawan. Offering breathtaking views, a luxurious lifestyle and an unspoiled underwater marine life, this private island resort prides itself with being able to offer 64 overwater villas and 17 beach villas, each with individual bathtubs and jacuzzis. The property is an unparalleled holiday destination because of its powdery white sand beaches and lush rainforest landscape. The dozen sunken Japanese warships and planes within the area have made it one of the best diving sites in the world. The best way to get there is via a private seaplane, which passengers can take from Manila Bay direct to the resort. If they prefer to spend less on transportation, there are commercial flights to Busuanga, from where they travel by land for 1.5 hour to Sagrada Port, followed by a 30-minute boat ride to the resort. The husband-and-wife team who owns Huma Island Resort and Spa, Dr. Hamad Al Tuwaijri and Louisa Al Chaer, decided to expand the reach of their prized resort‘s hospitality by being able to offer simple, fresh and natural dishes to the local clientele. This prompted them to invest in and open a chain of Lebanese and Mediterranean restaurants in the country. After the success of their first culinary venture, the Al Fairuz Lebanese Cuisine in SM City Clark, they opened recently their first fine dining restaurant in the country, the Huma Mediterranean Cuisine in S Maison at Conrad Manila. The new restaurant serves healthy Mediterranean cuisine, using authentic and fresh spices prepared according to age-old tradition by its culinary team of Lebanese chefs headed by Executive Chef Elias Al Chaer, who is also the owner‘s son. Chef Elias has had 35 years of
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter solid culinary experience in various restaurants in the Middle East and Scandinavia, after graduating from a culinary school in Lebanon. On opening day, the restaurant served us, guests, a sample of their wide selection of delectable items on their menu—Hummus (chickpeas, tahini, lemon and olive oil), Moutabal (grilled eggplant, sesame seeds paste, tahini, lemon and olive oil), Batata Harra (potatoes, red pepper, coriander, chili and garlic fried in olive oil), WarahInab (rice mixed with vegetables, rolled, wrapped in vine leaves boiled in water, salt spices, lemon and olive oil), and Musakhan Chicken (mixture of minced chicken meat in tomato sauce and bÊchamel sauce). From left: Louisa Al Chaer, Chef Elias Al Chaer, Honorary Consul to Lebanon Joseph Assad and Department of Tourism Regional Director Marie Venus Tan cutting the ceremonial ribbon at the opening of Huma Mediterranean Cuisine
I also enjoyed the main course of Ouzi Dajaj (baked chicken, basmati rice, pine nuts, Mediterranean spices) and Fish Trabulsiye (grilled fish with Mediterranean spices).With the newly opened restaurant gaining ground and on its way to another success story, the owners have finalized plans for more of their Lebanese and Mediterranean restaurants to open in SM Dasmarinas, SM Manila, SM BF Paranaque and SM Cebu. From the looks of it, Huma, the galleon in the legend, never got lost. It just veered away temporarily from its usual route but is now back on track, ready to share with us its exotic brand of hospitality and cuisine.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter New report: Automatic rice cookers market survey of industry demand, consumption by application, various product types in a new report WhaTech Channel: Consumer Market Research Published: 19 December 2016
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