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Global warming will cause explosion in insect numbers: scientists 9:06am Aug 31, 2018 A warmer world likely means more and hungrier insects chomping on crops and less food on dinner plates, a new study suggests.Insects now consume about 10 percent of the globe‘s food, but that will increase to 15 to 20 percent by the end of the century if climate change isn‘t stopped, said study lead author Curtis Deutsch, a University of Washington climate scientist. The study looked at the damage bugs like the European corn borer and the Asiatic rice borer could do as temperatures rise. It found that many of them will increase in number at key times for crops. The hotter weather will also speed up their metabolism so they‘ll eat more, the researchers report in Thursday‘s journal Science. A colony of Russian wheat aphids in a wheat leaf. (AAP) Their predictions are based on computer simulations of bug and weather activity. ―There‘s going to be a lot of crop loss, so there won‘t be as much grain on the table,‖ said study co-author Scott Merrill, an ecology professor at the University of Vermont. The researchers calculate additional losses of 48 million metric tons in wheat, rice and corn from hungry bugs if the temperature rises another 1.5 degrees Celsius from now. The study estimates that in that warmer scenario, American corn, wheat and rice losses from insects will jump by a third above current levels. Bug damage to Russia‘s rice crop would jump sixfold. And nine countries — North Korea, Mongolia, Finland, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Bhutan, Armenia, the United Kingdom and Denmark — would see at least a doubling of wheat loss from bugs.This undated image made available by Frank Peairs in 2007 shows a European corn borer. (AAP) If there are no drastic cuts in emissions from coal, oil and gas, the world will reach that 1.5 degree mark and extra insect loss around 2050 — give or take a decade or so, Deutsch said.

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―In the history of agriculture, one of the most important themes is the continuing struggle between farmers and insects,‖ said Stanford University environmental institute director Chris Field, who wasn‘t part of the study. ―Based on this study, climate change tilts the balance in the insects‘ favour.‖ The Russian wheat aphid is a good example because ―the populations are absolutely insane ... they are born pregnant,‖ Merrill said. ―If you increase the temperature a couple degrees you can see the population growing much faster.‖ The researchers acknowledge that richer countries may be able to reduce projected losses with insecticides and other pest-fighting techniques. The study comes as insect experts across the globe worry about declining numbers of flying insects, especially beneficial pollinators like bees and moths. But while many insects may be declining for a variety of reasons those associated with agriculture crops — especially invasive species — seem to be doing better, said University of Delaware‘s Doug Tallamy, who wasn‘t part of the study, which he considered too broad. University of Illinois entomologist May Berenbaum, called the study distinctive. ―Problem insects are expanding their ranges with climate warming,‖ she said in an email. turtles are becoming a rarity in Queensland Another study in the journal looked at how the world‘s vegetation changed since the last ice age and applied that concept to current warming. The study logged massive changes to Earth‘s landscape around the globe over more than 14,000 years from the last glacier period. The same magnitude of warming — more than 4 degrees Celsius — is projected to occur with human-caused climate change, but may be in only 100 years or so, said study co-author Jonathan Overpeck, a University of Michigan climate scientist. ―It really paints a picture that is a lot more dire,‖ Overpeck said, calling it ―vegetation chaos.‖

No limits: Philippines gears up to scrap caps on rice imports Enrico Dela Cruz

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AUGUST 31, 2018 / 9:48 AM / MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines is gearing up to scrap more than two-decade-old caps on rice imports in the face of raging inflation and the possible threat of trade sanctions over the policy, a revamp that could bring relief to consumers but pain to farmers. Farmers ride on a motorcycle past a ricefield in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro in Philippines, August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro The move would also be a boon to the Philippines‘ main overseas suppliers of the grain, Vietnam and Thailand, with imports seen potentially doubling to 3 million tonnes a year, making the nation the world‘s No.2 buyer after China.Rice prices in the Southeast Asian country‘s shops and markets climbed about 9 percent from January to July to an average 42 pesos (78 U.S. cents) per kilo amid limited supplies due to import delays.That jump has hit consumers hard in a country where rice is at the heart of people‘s diets, and has helped keep inflation at its highest in over nine years.―Pulling down rice prices is crucial to poverty reduction because this staple is a major driver of inflation,‖ Gil Beltran, undersecretary in the department of finance, told Reuters.President Rodrigo Duterte, whose government has been suffering signs of decline in opinion polls in the wake of the high inflation, has been pushing for Congress to give the goahead to replace the import limits with a system of tariffs.The policy shift was approved by the lower house in early August, and head of the Senate food and agriculture committee Cynthia Villar said this week that the upper chamber would start deliberations on the issue ―any day now‖. Different varieties of rice for sale is seen at a food market in Paranaque, Metro Manila in Philippines, August 31, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro Under the move, supply from Southeast Asia will be charged a 35 percent tariff and imports from elsewhere will face duty of up to 180 percent, with proceeds used to help farmers by financing projects to modernize the industry and boost its efficiency. Only about 1 percent of imports come from countries outside Southeast Asia.Even with a 35 percent tariff, imported rice would cost around 30 pesos a kilo, over 10 pesos cheaper than current prices for local grain.The government could raise up to 27 billion pesos annually, or about $500 million, from rice tariffs, according to finance department calculations.But farmer groups said in a paper presented to lawmakers in July that the step would drive down prices for their produce, hurting their business and impacting local supply chains.―The whole rice market chain will be affected as millers, traders, truckers and other service providers could be dislocated by the influx of massive volumes of rice imports that will displace local produce,‖ they said.Production costs are much lower in Vietnam and Thailand, which are blessed with wide plains irrigated by large river systems that allow them to churn out large rice surpluses.―Once the market gates are fully opened and without any restrictions in place, no safety nets can protect the local rice industry from the influx of massive rice imports,‖ said Antonio Flores, secretary general of farmer group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas.

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GRAPHIC: Philippine rice industry - tmsnrt.rs/2LAKqH5 Slideshow (8 Images) SPECIAL TREATMENT The Philippines was allowed to keep the cap when it joined the World Trade Organization and lifted non-tariff barriers on other agricultural products in 1995. It limits private sector imports to 805,200 tonnes a year.That special treatment aimed at protecting local farmers was extended several times until 2017, but some WTO members bargained for non-rice trade concessions. Manila decided not to seek any further extension to avoid more trade-offs.―We are technically in violation of the WTO agreement, which means they can impose sanctions on us anytime,‖ said Roehlano Briones, a research fellow at policy think-tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies. The price spikes have been much more pronounced in the country‘s southern provinces, where residents recently scrambled for limited supplies following a crackdown on rice smuggling that had remained unchecked for years.The crisis in Zamboanga, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi provinces, where residents formed long queues to buy limited emergency supplies, has prompted calls for the resignation of food security officials, including Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol. Smugglers bring as much as 600,000 tonnes a year into the Philippines, based on unverified industry estimates.Pinol said in a Facebook post that while the import caps should be lifted, the country should be wary of becoming overly dependent on cargoes from abroad, especially as climate change and population growth could wreak havoc on international supply down the line.―There will be a time in the near future when the demand for food from their own people would effectively prevent (producers) from exporting,‖ Pinol warned. ―We would end up paying more ... or we would have the money, but there would be no rice available.‖ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-rice-analysis/no-limits-philippines-gears-up-to-scrap-capson-rice-imports-idUSKCN1LG0ET

Basmati exporters on boil as Iran importer defaults TV JAYANT+ T-

Industry has around ₹1,000 crore outstanding from buyers in the Gulf nation NEW DELHI, AUGUST 31

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Indian rice exporters have a sum of nearly ₹1,000 crore stuck mainly because an Iranian importer has defaulted on payments due for aromatic rice exported to the Gulf country, an exporter has said.

The All India Rice Exporters‘ Association (AIREA) admitted that there was a fraud by an Iranian company, but said the things are being sorted out with the both governments seized of the matter. ―The industry has around ₹ 1,000 crore outstanding from Iran,‖ said Gurnam Arora, Joint Managing Director of Kohinoor Foods Ltd. According to Vijay Setia, President of the AIREA, one particular Iranian importer owes a lot of money to Indian exporters. It seems that the Iranian firm has siphoned off the funds, he said. The Iranian government has been giving the currency at a concessional rate to importers so that they can make payments towards exporters from India. The Iranian Rial has witnessed a sharp fall of over 100 per cent against the dollar since March this year on return of US sanctions and worsening economic crisis. ―Three Indian exporters had given us a complaint which we have forwarded to the Apeda and Indian embassy in Tehran,‖ he added. Rice exporters are also in touch Iranian Embassy in Delhi. When appraised him of the fraud committed by the Iranian firm, a senior official at the Embassy assured them of all help. According to the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) data, Indian firms exported basmati 4,26,034 tonnes of basmati rice worth ₹ 3,089 crore during the first three months of the current financial year.

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Shipments up In 2017-18, Iran imported 8,77,422 tonnes of basmati worth ₹ 5,830 crore, according to the official data. Iran accounts for close to 25 per cent of basmati rice exports from India and as a result, it becomes a major differentiator for basmati rice export business, said Gurnam Arora, Joint Managing Director, Kohinoor Foods Limited. China beckons Arora said the trade may be disturbed due to prevailing US sanctions on Iran but was confident that the rice exporters will be able to find newer markets. ―If nothing else, we may have to look for other markets. China, for instance. We are planning a road show in China soon. It‘s true that Chinese people prefer sticky rice, but no harm in trying to introduce them to basmati,‖ Arora said. Apeda is taking a team to China in the third week of September to explore the business opportunities there. AIREA held a meeting of its members on Thursday in which many of those who are exporting rice to Iran expressed the feeling that the sanctions will not affect their prospects much. Apeda has already issued an advisory to all exporters saying that if any firm wants to deal with this particular Iranian company, it has to get an authentic payment commitment against by it would issue valid orders. https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/basmati-exporters-on-boil-as-iranimporter-defaults/article24834818.ece

Next 'Focus on the Farmer' Series Starts Monday By Deborah Willenborg

ARLINGTON, VA -- The USA Rice Daily is taking a break for the Labor Day holiday. But, as we all know, social media never sleeps so be on the lookout Monday for the start of this month's USA Rice "Focus on the Farmer" Facebookseries featuring Sidney Robnett, a young rice farmer from Stuttgart, Arkansas. Follow along with Sidney all week, and look, "like," and, most importantly, share the posts to help spread the U.S. rice story!

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China Trade Trouble Continues By Lesley Dixon WASHINGTON, DC -- Representatives from the U.S. and China concluded two days of negotiations over trade issues last Thursday with no resolution being reached. The meetings wrapped up on the same day the Trump Administration enacted a 25 percent tariff on an additional $16 billion of Chinese imports, bringing the total amount of tariffs levied against Chinese goods to more than $50 billion in an ongoing trade dispute. In response, China has added several U.S. agricultural products, such as wood pellets and fish meal, to the list of goods subject to the 25 percent retaliatory tariff originally implemented on July 6. U.S. rice exports are one of the commodities targeted by this initial retaliation from China, despite the fact that China does not currently accept imports of U.S. rice. In a countermeasure, the U.S. has proposed levying a duty of 10 percent on Chinese rice and a range of other imports. USA Rice is asking the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to raise that number to a reciprocal 25 percent to increase pressure on China to open its markets. The Chinese delegation, led by Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen, met with a U.S. team headed by Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs David Malpass. President Trump stated on Monday that he did not expect these mid-level meetings to result in an agreement, and is prepared to continue his hardline toward China even if it means dragging out tariff disputes. Leaders of both nations will convene at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires at the end of November, a timetable that added urgency to the talks last week. "The objective is to start meaningful discussions about the trade relationship between China and the United States," said Michael Rue, California rice producer and chair of the USA Rice Asia Trade Policy Subcommittee. "At this point, that's all anyone can really say. We don't know how detailed the negotiations were or what it will mean for rice yet, but we are all hopeful that the Administration's efforts to improve the conditions of trade with China will be successful." Meanwhile, Monday wrapped up six days of hearings at the USTR in Washington on the Trump Administration's latest round of proposed measures against Chinese imports. Close to 360 business leaders, trade experts, and industry representatives testified on the potential consequences of what is to be the third round of tariffs on Chinese goods. While there was general agreement among those testifying that measures must be taken to curtail China's unfair trade practices and intellectual property theft, most companies and trade organizations told the administration that tariffs are not a long-term solution.

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"Continuing trade disputes with China are likely complicating our long-term efforts to open the Chinese market, and hampering recent progress made after many years of effort by the U.S. rice industry," said USA Rice President & CEO Betsy Ward.

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How Much Rice Can One Plant Produce?!

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find the answer we will simple count the rice kernels (or seeds) that a single plant is producing. Each rice plant makes a seed head that is comprised of spikelets or blooms, forming grains of rice. Numbers of how much rice a plant produces is dependent on a variety of factors: the rice farmer, rice variety, region the rice was planted (soil type and weather patterns), and more. I just thought this was such a great question that I needed to dedicate an episode of Rice Farming TV to it. Let me know if you have any questions about rice production or farming rice in California. Please share this episode if you found it entertaining and/or educational. Don't forget to subscribe! ₹ Recommended Playlist "Rice Farming TV | Starting at Episode 1": https://goo.gl/j25ujs ₹ Please contact me with any questions or feedback. I will make an effort to respond within 24 hours.

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Egypt agrees to import 1 million tonnes of rice from Việt Nam Update: August, 31/2018 - 15:12

Egypt to import 1 million tonnes of white rice from Việt Nam. — Photo tapchitaichinh.vn

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HÀ NỘI — Egypt has agreed with Việt Nam to import one million tonnes of white rice for the next three to four months after curtailing cultivation earlier this year, head of the rice division of the Egyptian Federation of Industries Rajab Shehata said on Thursday. According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Cairo, Rajab Shehata said that the visit of the President of Việt Nam to Egypt resulted in a trade co-operation agreement involving the supply of one million tonnes of white rice, with the agreement coming into force next week. He said these quantities were in batches of three to four months, which would strengthen the strategic reserve of rice for the next year and the presence of domestic rice stocks in the markets. The Ahram online newspaper reported that in an attempt to make the best use of water resources, Egypt this year reduced the area allowed for water-intensive rice cultivation and imposed tough new penalties on farmers who cultivate it illegally. Traders said the policies would most likely push Egypt to import up to one million tonnes of rice next year after decades of surplus domestic production. "Importation will be the responsibility of the government, not the private sector," Shehata said.

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He did not mention the price of Vietnamese rice but said it would be cheaper than the rice imported from China. Egypt consumes about 3.3 million tonnes of rice annually, and still expects to cover most of that amount through the local harvest, which is usually done in August and September. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; VNS

Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rice export rates dip as rupee flounders; markets eye Philippine boost REUTERST+ T-

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A dip in rice export prices as the rupee plunged failed to stoke fresh demand for the Indian variety this week, but potential orders from the Philippines and elsewhere could provide fresh impetus to markets in Thailand and Vietnam.

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In top exporter India, rates for 5 per cent broken parboiled rice fell by $3 to $386-$390 per tonne this week. The Indian rupee has fallen over 10 per cent in 2018, hitting a record low on Thursday, increasing exporters margin from overseas sales. ―Right now, demand is weak. Even after the recent price fall, African buyers are not active in the market,‖ said an exporter based at Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. India's rice exports in April-July edged up 1 per cent from a year ago to 4.15 million tonnes on upbeat demand from Senegal, Benin and Iran, a government body said. In Thailand, a stronger domestic currency saw benchmark 5 per cent broken rice quoted at $393$395, free on board (FOB) Bangkok, narrowing slightly from last week's $390-$395, traders said. ―We heard nothing about any new deals but some exporters are expecting things to pick up next month from markets in this region like the Philippines and China,‖ a Bangkok-based trader said. The Philippines will import an additional 1,32,000 tonnes of rice to boost stocks in southern provinces, where prices have surged in recent weeks due to limited supply, its agriculture minister said on Wednesday. The Philippines, one of the world's biggest rice importers, usually buys from top producers Thailand and Vietnam. In Vietnam, rates for 5 per cent broken rice remained unchanged at $395$400 a tonne, but prices are expected to pick up over the coming weeks. ―The summer-autumn harvest has come to an end and we have heard about new orders from regional customers,‖ a Ho Chi Minh City-based trader said. The government's General Statistics Office on Wednesday said farmers in the Mekong Delta provinces have started growing rice for the autumn-winter crop, but prolonged rains are slowing down sowing. Meanwhile, rice imports from Bangladesh are expected to fall to 6,00,000 tonnes in the 2018-19 marketing year, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in a report this month. ―The high rate of import duty may deter imports and increase paddy prices indirectly, but it also may affect prices in the retail market and transfer the burden to consumers,‖ the report said. Bangladesh, which had emerged as a major rice importer since 2017 after floods damaged its crops, imposed a 28 per cent tax on rice imports to support its farmers after local production revived. Bangladesh imported a record 3.9 million tonnes in 2017-18, food ministry data showed. https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/indias-rice-export-rates-dipas-rupee-flounders-markets-eye-philippine-boost/article24828132.ece

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Rice export in five months declines by over 100,000 tons compared to same period of last year Submitted by ttwin on Fri, 08/31/2018 - 16:19 Writer: Zeyar Nyein Myanmar has exported over 900,000 tons of rice and broken rice over the past five months, starting from April in the mini budge year, declining by over 100,000 tons compared to the same period of last year but earning more than US$15 million, according to Myanmar Rice Federation. From April 1 to August 17 this year, 909,376 tons of rice and broken rice were exported, earning US$315.283 million. In the previous 2017-2018 fiscal year (from April to August 2017), 1,024,459 tons of rice and broken rice were exported, earning nearly US$300 million. Thus, this year saw a decrease of 115,073 tons but the income has increased by over US$15 million. Thanks to extended global rice market, Myanmar was able to export nearly 3.6 million tons of rice last fiscal year, making a record high in over 50 years. However, an official from Myanmar Rice Federation said rice export could increase this year only if export of rice to China is good. "Rice export via maritime trade route is just normal. It will not decrease. But I am concerned about border trade route. We cannot say exactly about rice export situation. It depends on situation in China and its minimum support price. Maritime trade route will go as it is," said Lu Maw Myint Maung, joint general secretary of Myanmar Rice Federation. As US dollar price increases now, rice export will increase income. Under the system of letter of credit (LC), Myanmar rice exporters have to weigh up extended export within this period. "Exporter cannot sell their rice immediately. When they load rice onto a vessel and an LC comes out, they will make a profit. However, as global rice prices decrease despite dollar appreciation, buyers will want to see loading next two or three months. So, exporters dare not risk. They will make a profit only if loading happens early," said Than Oo, secretary of Bayintnaung Rice Wholesale Centre. In the previous years, export of rice via border routes increased, accounting for 70 percent. Sea route trade was just about 30 percent. Last 2017-2018 fiscal year, rice export by sea increase up to 48 percent. http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/business/14839

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Arroyo open to NFA abolition after rice tariff law RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News Posted at Aug 31 2018 03:51 PM MANILA - Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Friday said she is open to the abolition of the National Food Authority when a law is enacted to impose duties on rice imports. Arroyo also believes that the agency should import the staple grain "at this point in time." "They have to import and when we tariffy importation, maybe NFA can be abolished because then it will be liberalized so it‘s something that can be debated on," she told reporters at the sidelines of her visit to an Aeta community in Pampanga. "It can stay, it can go. To me, I‘m neither here nor there about the situation but right now the most important thing is we should be able to import rice and make it arrive before October," she said. Arroyo said she will check on the status of the measure in the Senate seeking to impose taxes on rice imports since the House of Representatives has passed its version. She said when she saw Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea during budget deliberations earlier this week, she relayed that during the administration's economic managers' discussion, "everything has been addressed except the importation of rice." "He said exactly from the budget hearing he was going to to Malacanang to have a meeting on the importation of rice," said Arroyo. Arroyo also said that government will relax import restrictions on fish and meat, according to Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez. Calls for the abolition of the NFA have snowballed following the increase in prices of rice as well as the discovery of weevil-infested imported rice. https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/31/18/arroyo-open-to-nfa-abolition-after-rice-tariff-law

Rice-growing bodies support proposed ASX listing of SunRice by Grain Central, 31 August 2018 THE Ricegrowers‘ Association of Australia and the Rice Marketing Board (RMB) of NSW have voiced their support for the proposed listing of Australia‘s single-desk rice market, SunRice, on the

Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).A rice crop growing in the Riverina earlier this year. Photo: Rod Gribble

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RGA has encouraged its grower members to vote in support of the proposal because it is seen as enabling SunRice to raise capital required to implement its fiveyear growth strategy.RGA said this capital would help SunRice deliver a more competitive price for rice growers to ensure the crop remains a viable option within farming systems, and secure future success for the rice industry in southern NSW‘s Riverina district.RGA president, Jeremy Morton, said RGA did not believe the proposed listing would change the fundamental purpose of SunRice. ―We feel that this proposal enhances SunRice‘s ability to achieve its overarching purpose of receiving, processing and marketing rice, in order to achieve long-term improvement in both the returns for growers and the profitability of the company,‖ Mr Morton said. SunRice sells branded and value-added rice products on the domestic and export markets, and its growth strategy includes investment in farming systems, supply chains, infrastructure and marketing. The RMB is responsible for obtaining the best possible monetary return for ricegrowers in accordance with NSW Government vesting and export legislation, and said it has found no reason to expect an adverse impact on vesting arrangement from the proposed listing. RGA has asked its members to review information available to them and gain advice when needed about the proposed listing ahead of the vote on whether to support it at SunRice‘s annual general meeting on 20 September. ―The RGA strongly encourages every grower member to make their vote count. In doing so, we recommend growers consider the current and future opportunities and challenges faced by the Australian rice industry.‖ The Riverina rice industry has lost area to cotton in recent years due to high prices for the fibre, and increased ginning capacity. Tree nuts and some other crops have also cribbed area from rice. The board of SunRice announced plans to list on the ASX in May through the transfer of its BClass shares from the National Stock Exchange. If approved by shareholders, the ASX listing will remove current B-Class share ownership restrictions and the 5 per cent shareholding cap, and will allow anyone to invest in SunRice B Class shares up to a new maximum 10pc shareholding cap.

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This will allow the company to take advantage of investor appetite for Australian branded fastmoving consumer goods and agri-stocks, while retaining its dual class structure and A- Class grower shareholder control. For the proposal to proceed a 75pc majority vote of both A and B Class shareholders is required. For the year ended 30 April, 2018, SunRice reported a consolidated revenue of $1.2 billion, a 6pc increase on the previous year (FY17), and a net profit after tax of $45.1 million, a 32pc increase on the previous year. Source: RGA, RMB and SunRice https://www.graincentral.com/news/agribusiness/rice-growing-bodies-support-proposed-asx-listing-ofsunrice/

Jowar falls on reduced offtake PTI | Aug 31, 2018, 14:41 IST New Delhi, Aug 31 () Jowar prices came down by Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today after consuming industries slowed down their buying activity against sufficient stocks position. However, other grains including wheat and rice basmati held steady on scattered demand. Traders said besides easing demand from consuming industries, adequate stocks position, mainly weighed on jowar prices. In the national capital, jowar yellow and white fell by Rs 100 each to Rs 1,700-1,750 and Rs 2,900-2,950 per quintal, respectively. Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,320-2,420, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,970-1,975, Atta Chakki (delivery) Rs 1,980-1,985, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 250-280, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 275-310, Roller flour mill Rs 1,070-1,090 (50 kg), Maida Rs 1,170-1,180 (50 kg) and Sooji Rs 1,200-1,210 (50 kg). Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati rice Rs 9,900, Basmati common new Rs 7,600-7,700, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 6,700-6,800, Permal raw Rs 2,4252,450, Permal wand Rs 2,525-2,575, Sela Rs 3,050-3,150 and rice IR-8 Rs 2,025-2,075. Bajra Rs 1,350-1,355, Jowar yellow Rs 1,700-1,750, white Rs 2,900-2,950, Maize Rs 1,3401,345, Barley Rs 1,560-1,570. SUN KPS ADI ADI

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Gavel falls on final state rice auction Sale of inedible grains brings clearance closer  

31 Aug 2018 at 04:09 NEWSPAPER SECTION: BUSINESS | WRITER: PHUSADEE ARUNMAS

The government is inching closer to fully unloading its hefty rice stocks after selling a combined 267,300 tonnes for animal feed and energy purposes at Thursday's final auction.

Commerce Ministry officials, police and the military carried out an inspection of state rice stocks at a warehouse in Bangkok‘s Klong Sam Wa district in July 2015. SEKSAN ROJJANAMETAKUN The burdensome rice stocks have taken four years to clear, amounting to 17-18 million tonnes accumulated from state-sponsored rice pledging schemes.The government is estimated to incur a loss of at least 500 billion baht from the costly populist programme. Manatsanith Jirawat, deputy director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, said five bidders offered the highest bids for 245,000 tonnes of inedible-grade rice for industrial use and animal feed that is being stored at 18 state warehouses, making up 100% of the amount.

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The combined value totalled 1.66 billion baht, with the winning bid prices averaging 6,670 baht a tonne. In a separate auction for energy purposes, five bidders won 22,300 tonnes kept at 20 state warehouses nationwide, representing 100% of the amount put up for auction. The latter auction fetched 114.19 million baht, with maximum bidding prices averaging 4,584 baht a tonne. Results of the final auctions will be forwarded to the panel handling the state rice sales next week, with approval by the Rice Policy and Management Committee scheduled for next month. "The department's task of handling the rice auctions has been completed," Mrs Manatsanith said. "Since the government took control of the country's administration, the department has organised 32 rice auctions and sold 25,000 tonnes of rice stocks under government-to-government contracts to Indonesia's State Logistics Agency. In total, the department has sold 16.91 million tonnes worth 146.17 billion baht." She said the department is about to finalise the exact amount of state rice stocks accrued by previous governments before the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) assumed management. The State Audit Office, which was assigned by the Rice Policy and Management Committee to handle the audit of state rice stocks controlled by two key state agencies (the Public Warehouse Organisation and the Marketing Organisation for Farmers), reported on July 2, 2014 that the government controlled a total of 18.7 million tonnes. But the audit committee set up by the NCPO to check state rice stocks later found that the supply totalled just 17.76 million tonnes -- indicating that 940,000 tonnes of rice were missing. Adul Chotinisakorn, director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, said the department expects to conclude by September whether the stocks are actually missing or the initial estimate was incorrect. As of Wednesday, Thailand had exported 7.45 million tonnes, up 1.7% year-on-year, with an export value of US$3.75 billion (123 billion baht), up 18.4%. Chookiat Ophaswongse, honorary president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, said the latest rice pledging programme saw an estimated loss of at least 500 billion baht. The previous governments spent about 700 billion baht on similar schemes that offered to buy rice at higher-than-market prices.

IRRI teams up to build capacity, network of young scientists Photo courtesy of IRRI.

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By Holly Demaree-Saddler LOS BAÑOS, THE PHILIPPINES — IRRI and Corteva Agriscience have partnered to build a global community of scientists that will drive solutions to the challenge of food security. Guided by the symposium‘s theme, ―Same Field, Better Yield,‖ plant breeders on rice, wheat, maize, and coconuts have shared their latest practices and research findings with around 200 graduate students from different universities. One of the highlights of the symposium is the lecture of Cornell University‘s Mark Sorrells. He concluded his lecture on molecular breeding and high throughput phenotyping in the 21st century by highlighting the importance of collaboration among different specialists in modernday plant breeding. ―Days are long gone when plant breeders work on isolation,‖ Sorrell said. ―The best plant breeders today are those who work with a team with complementary expertise to develop varieties today.‖ Participants expressed their appreciation for the symposium. ―The symposium was a great opportunity for young scientists to gain international exposure and network,‖ Juniper Boroka Kiss, a plant biology student from the Aberystwyth University, Wales. ―Not only we had leading scientists sharing their experience in breeding, but the poster session kept the conversations going throughout the evening. She is in the country as a participant of the Rice: Research to Production Course, an IRRI Education program for early career researchers and students. ―It has been brilliant to spend a day in the company of a great scientific community in the Philippines," Juniper added. Another symposium participant, Margaret Anne Pelayo from Ghent University, said that she was able to gain a better understanding on current and emerging technologies in plant breeding, agriculture, and biotechnology. ―I can apply this on my work on shoot meristem maintenance in model plant systems with a focus on increasing yield,‖ Pelayo said. The symposium was organized by the Association of Fellows, Scholars, Trainees and Residents of IRRI (AFSTRI). ―Together with AFSTRI, we are conducting the Plant Sciences Symposium to empower future scientists through enhancement of graduate education and networking,‖ said Jason Rauscher, Corteva Agriscience academic relations manager. ―We are very excited that IRRI is being a part of this global series to build the capacity of young plant scientists.‖

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This symposium is a part of a worldwide, student-driven symposia series inaugurated and supported by Corteva Agriscience in 2008. https://www.world-grain.com/articles/10918-irri-teams-up-to-build-capacity-network-of-youngscientists

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This undated image made available by Frank Peairs in 2007 shows a European corn borer. (AAP) If there are no drastic cuts in emissions from coal, oil and gas, the world will reach that 1.5 degree mark and extra insect loss around 2050 — give or take a decade or so, Deutsch said. ―In the history of agriculture, one of the most important themes is the continuing struggle between farmers and insects,‖ said Stanford University environmental institute director Chris Field, who wasn‘t part of the study. ―Based on this study, climate change tilts the balance in the insects‘ favour.‖ The Russian wheat aphid is a good example because ―the populations are absolutely insane ... they are born pregnant,‖ Merrill said. ―If you increase the temperature a couple degrees you can see the population growing much faster.‖ The researchers acknowledge that richer countries may be able to reduce projected losses with insecticides and other pest-fighting techniques. The study comes as insect experts across the globe worry about declining numbers of flying insects, especially beneficial pollinators like bees and moths. But while many insects may be declining for a variety of reasons those associated with agriculture crops — especially invasive species — seem to be doing better, said University of Delaware‘s Doug Tallamy, who wasn‘t part of the study, which he considered too broad. University of Illinois entomologist May Berenbaum, called the study distinctive. ―Problem insects are expanding their ranges with climate warming,‖ she said in an email. Another study in the journal looked at how the world‘s vegetation changed since the last ice age and applied that concept to current warming. The study logged massive changes to Earth‘s landscape around the globe over more than 14,000 years from the last glacier period. The same magnitude of warming — more than 4 degrees Celsius — is projected to occur with human-caused climate change, but may be in only 100 years or so, said study co-author Jonathan Overpeck, a University of Michigan climate scientist.

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―It really paints a picture that is a lot more dire,‖ Overpeck said, calling it ―vegetation chaos.‖ https://www.9news.com.au/2018/08/31/09/06/global-warming-will-cause-explosion-in-insectnumbers

P50,000-P200,000 reward offered for information against rice hoarders BY THE MANILA TIMES ON AUGUST 31, 2018 THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) is coordinating with the private sector for monetary rewards in exchange for information that would lead to the arrest of rice hoarders, Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said on Friday. The ―Report-a-Hoarder Program‖ is in support of President Rodrigo Duterte‘s campaign ―to identify hoarders and to arrest those whore are keeping rice stocks from the market with the help of the private sector,‖ which will initially offer a ―50,000 reward,‖ Piñol told reporters in an interview. An additional P200,000 will be given once the hoarding is validated, Piñol said. He said a trader may be charged with hoarding if his warehouse contained a minimum of 10,000 bags of rice. He reiterated that the reward was a private sector initiative.―The legitimate rice millers and rice traders who, of course, are also concerned that [at]any given time they will be raided said that they might as well [help the government]and volunteer,‖ Piñol said. https://www.manilatimes.net/p50000-p200000-reward-offered-for-information-against-ricehoarders/436628/

Ebonyi suspends rice millers‘ association leaders Published August 31, 2018 Clement Nnachi, Abakaliki Barely 48 hours after Ebonyi State Government sealed off Abakaliki Rice Mill over alleged discovery of adulterated and poisoned rice, the Joseph Nnunu-led leadership of the state Rice Millers Association has been suspended indefinitely.

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This was just as state reopened the market for business after a thorough sanitisation of the rice mill industry. The Senior Special Assistant to Governor David Umahi on Internal Security, Dr Kenneth Ugballa, made disclosed this in Abakaliki, the state capital on Thursday at a joint media briefing on measures adopted by the government to sanitise the mill. He said that the government observed some level of complacency on the part of the leadership of the rice millers association in the saga. ―Government will, in no distant time, set up an interim leadership of the market. The leaders of the market are supposed to be more concerned on this development, but they failed to exhibit commitment in averting the influx of adulterated rice into the market. ―Some of the adulterated bags of rice were found in the shops owned by the leadership of the rice millers. A team of experts went into the market and the whole market was sanitised; bad eggs were flushed out,‖ Ugballa said. He pointed out that the government resolved to reopen the market in order not to make the people who use the place for their economic survival to suffer. He said, ―No Ebonyi citizen should live in panic; the market is now sanitised, people are now free to transact their business in the market without fear.‖ In his remarks, the state Commissioner for Environment, Donatus Njoku, said a total of 378 bags of adulterated rice were confiscated by a team of experts that carried out thorough sanitisation of the market. ―A total of 378 bags of adulterated rice were discovered in the market after investigation, 12 shops were sealed off. They will only be reopened after the police have completed their investigation.

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―On the 28th of August, 2018, the Ministry of Environment discovered that the Abakaliki Rice Mill was infiltrated with adulterated rice with inscription ‗Not fit for human consumption‘. We went and arrested dealers involved and confiscated 378 bags,‖ Njoku added. It would be recalled that the Ebonyi State Government on Tuesday announced the temporary closure of the popular Abakaliki Rice Mill market located in the capital city, owing to alleged discovery of adulterated and poisoned rice. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dr Emmanuel Onwe, said the temporary closure was a precautionary measure to ensure that the mill was secure for proper investigation to be carried out. https://punchng.com/ebonyi-suspends-rice-millers-association-leaders/

PP imports to Ukraine increased by 9% in January-July – media 10:38, 31 August 2018 ECONOMY July PP imports into Ukraine rose to 13,200 tonnes, compared with 10,800 tonnes in June. REUTERS Ukraine's polypropylene (PP) imports increased by 9% year on year in the first seven months of the year, as demand for all PP grades increased, according to MRC DataScope. Overall imports of propylene polymers reached 74,000 tonnes in January-July 2018, compared to 67,700 tonnes a year earlier. Demand for all PP grades increased, but PP block copolymers accounted for the greatest growth, ICIS wrote. Read also Ukrainian July ferroalloy production drops 11.9% to 74,950 mt on year July PP imports into Ukraine rose to 13,200 tonnes, compared with 10,800 tonnes in June. July imports of homopolymers of propylene to the Belarusian market rose to 10,200 tonnes against 8,000 tonnes a month earlier. Overall shipments of homopolymer PP reached 54,700 tonnes in the first seven months of 2018 versus 51,600 tonnes a year earlier. Last month's imports of block propylene copolymers (PP block copolymers) were 1,300 tonnes, compared to 1,200 tonnes in June. Imports of PP block copolymers into the country were about 7,700 tonnes in January-July, compared with about 7,500 tonnes year on year. July imports of of statistical copolymers of propylene (PP random copolymers) came to 1,500 tonnes versus 1,300 tonnes a month earlier. Overall imports of PP random copolymer exceeded 10,200 tonnes in January-July 2018, whereas this figure was 7,400 tonnes a year earlier. Overall imports of other propylene copolymers totalled slightly over 1,300 tonnes over the stated period.

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AT GROUND LEVEL - Satur C. Ocampo (The Philippine Star) - September 1, 2018 - 12:00am Given our abundant arable lands and rich natural resources, we could grow enough of our own food, export those raw or processed products that we are unable to consume, and build an industrial economy. But the Philippine state‘s inexcusable failure to develop our agriculture, over the decades, has instead kept us mired in periodic crises over insufficient supply, unaffordable prices, and dependence on imports. Again we are experiencing the usual finger-pointing due to the shortage of rice in the country‘s markets over the past eight months, leading to the inordinate rise in prices of the staple and other basic necessities. Inflation leapt to a five-year high of 5.7 percent in July, bringing the average inflation rate to 4.5 percent in the first seven months of 2018. And what solution has the Duterte government adopted to this crisis/controversy? It‘s to further liberalize rice importation – by removing quantitative restrictions (QRs) and imposing a 35 percent tariff instead – purportedly to ensure sufficient supplies and stabilize prices. Towards such twin goals, the House of Representatives recently approved on third reading the Rice Tariffication Bill (HB 7735). The bill has yet to be tackled and passed by the Senate before it goes to President Duterte for final approval into law. House Speaker Gloria M. Arroyo pushed for the passage of HB 7735 as one of five economic steps targeted to lower the inflation rate, as discussed in a meeting she had initiated with Duterte‘s economic managers. Other suggestions ranged from setting price ceilings and legalizing rice smuggling, particularly in southern Philippines. The tariffication bill actually fulfills the Philippine government‘s commitment under the World Trade Organization Agreement on Agriculture (WTO-AOA), signed by WTO member states in 1995, to impose tariff, instead of quantitative restrictions, on agricultural imports. The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas and other people‘s organizations opposed the WTO-AOA, calling on the government to withdraw from it because of the inimical impact on Philippine agriculture and the Filipino farmers. But the Senate soon ratified the controversial agreement by passing the Agricultural Tariffication Law (RA 8178). The accord calls for the Philippines to lower the tariff from 50 percent to 35 percent and fix it at that rate for all agricultural product imports. Along with Taiwan and South Korea, the Philippines sought and was allowed to postpone the tariffication under a ―special treatment clause‖ for two sensitive agricultural products: rice and sugar. Thus for 10 years (until June 2005), the Philippines held on to the 50 percent tariff, gradually lowering it to 40 percent (July 2005-June 2012) and to 35 percent (July 2012-June 2017). However, during these periods, the WTO required the Philippines to import rice under what was called ―minimum access volume (MAV),‖ so that imports were made even when there was sufficient supply in the country. The MAV was supposed not to exceed 3 percent of domestic rice output, but after July 2004 this was increased to 4 percent (238,940 metric tons), then to 6

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percent (350,000 MT) from July 2005 to June 2012 and to 7 percent (805,000 MT) from July 2012 to June 2017. After HB 7735 becomes a law, will rice imported at 35 percent tariff result in lower retail prices in the domestic market, as its proponents claim? IBON Foundation has made a study on the matter and concludes: No, rice tariffication will not cause the lowering of the retail prices. It cites three important factors affecting the retail price: 1) the local rice production cost and the Filipino farmers‘ productivity; 2) the milling and marketing costs, both dictated by traders and middlemen; and 3) the prevailing price of rice in the world market. While the government, to some extent, can influence or regulate the first two factors, it cannot control or influence the third, which may be the strongest factor. The price of rice in the world market has been volatile. IBON notes that over 30 years the world price hasn‘t been steady; in fact, the sharp increases tracked during certain periods never settled down afterwards to their previous levels. When the landed cost was $500 per metric ton, its retail price went up to P38/kg, close to the P40/kg prevailing domestic price. Once the landed cost gets to $600/MT, its retail price would rise even higher. Not factored in for these retail price levels are the hauling charges that the traders tack on the retail price. In the last 21 years, IBON points out, the world price of rice has been higher than that of domestic rice. This could be explained by the higher price of better-quality rice used as standard pricing in the world market. The higher cost of imported rice might have been lowered through heavy price subsidy by the exporting country, or settled at a cheaper price by government-togovernment negotiations. But once the Philippines becomes inured to full reliance on importation, or allows private-to-government procurement, IBON warns, there‘s the danger that the world price would pull the domestic price upward, rather than downward. Similarly, the supply of rice from the world market isn‘t steady. According to IBON, only 6 percent of the world‘s rice production is traded in the global market; 94 percent is consumed by the producing countries. Even exporting countries occasionally ban rice exports, to safeguard the stability of supply in their domestic markets. It will thus be perilous for the Philippines to continue neglecting domestic rice production and relying on such a volatile world market for its future importations. Beyond these unreliable factors in rice importation, of greater consideration is tariffication‘s deleterious impact on the Filipino rice farmers. Their rice production and livelihood is endangered by the bigger influx of imported rice. A study by the state-funded Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS) shows a 29 percent reduction in farmers‘ income resulting from a P4 cut in the farmgate price of palay once the tariffication scheme is implemented. For a long time already, Filipino rice farmers have been subjected to exploitative relations: they pay land rent under the leasehold arrangement; they shell out fees for harvesters and threshers; for every 10 of the 2.4 million rice farmers, three or four resort to borrowing from usurers; and

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they pay for the overpriced farm inputs (fertilizers, pesticides) to the buyers of their crops who supply these to them. Enter the WTO. It has imposed onerous conditions depriving the Filipino farmers of sufficient state-funding support. Their production cost is P12/kg while the palay farmgate price is P21/kg. Due to its deregulation policy, the WTO limits state support to only 10 percent of the farmers‘ production cost. Making matters worse, since 1995 the government‘s funding for agriculture hasn‘t reached even 5 percent of the annual national budget.Sad to say, then, it‘s the state that has been gradually killing Philippine agriculture https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2018/09/01/1847595/tariffication-not-answer-rice-supply-price-ills

Smuggling raps filed against sugar, rice importers ABS-CBN News Aug 31 2018 05:24 PM

Customs officials announce the filing of criminal charges against two firms for the alleged illegal importation of sugar and rice. Handout MANILA- The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Friday filed criminal charges against several importers for allegedly smuggling sugar and rice into the country. Officers of Red Star Rising Corporation and Sta. Rosa Farms were slapped with criminal charges over illegal importation, the BOC said.

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Red Star officers Dante Lunar, Leonardo Mallari, Richel Llanes, August Templado, and Bernie Rubia were charged for the alleged illegal importation of sugar worth P21.55 million. The BOC said three shipments of sugar were misdeclared as packaging materials, kitchen utensils, and kraft paper by the company. Sta. Rosa Farms officers Jomerito Soliman, Dolores Opancia, Mary Grace Cayanan, Marileen AvaĂąez, and its licensed customs broker Diosdado Santiago were also slapped with the same charges for allegedly importing 50,000 sacks of rice valued at P120.7 million. The shipments did not carry the necessary National Food Authority (NFA) import permit, the BOC added. Customs Commissioner Isidro LapeĂąa also warned smugglers of agricultural products of the BOC's continued crackdown. "The Bureau will continue its current pursuit to eliminate the smuggling of these agricultural products and bring behind bars all those who would be found liable for these unlawful activities," he said in a statement. https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/31/18/smuggling-raps-filed-against-sugar-rice-importers

26 farmers groups oppose rice import posted September 01, 2018 at 01:40 am by Nathaniel Mariano and Macon Ramos-Araneta

Farmers groups say that importation is not the solution to rice supply problems, nor will it address the long-term food security concerns of the country.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We strongly advise that the removal of the QRs on rice imports should be handled carefully and prudently given the current uncompetitiveness of a large number of rice farmers against cheaper

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imports and the dangers of relying excessively on imports for the food security of the country,” the farmers said. In a position paper on the government‘s move to liberalize rice imports under its so-called tariffication program, the Federation of Free Farmers and 25 other groups said the removal of quantitative restrictions should be handled carefully. ―We strongly advise that the removal of the QRs on rice imports should be handled carefully and prudently given the current uncompetitiveness of a large number of rice farmers against cheaper imports and the dangers of relying excessively on imports for the food security of the country,‖ the farmers said. The farmers said the continued protection of the rice industry is imperative as the government conducts competitiveness-enhancing measures. ―Preserve as many policy tools and options as possible, and introduce effective safety nets to protect local farmers,‖ they urged the government. ―Introduce innovative and more effective programs for rice farmers, and provide the sustained budgetary support for such programs,‖ they added. They also said the bound tariff rate should be set at the maximum possible allowed by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade-Uruguay Round (GATT-UR) regulations—in support of the 180 percent rate proposed by the House version of the tariffication bill. They argued that a high bound rate allows the government to adjust actual or applied tariff rates depending on market conditions. On the other hand, if the bound rate is set to a very low level, the government cannot impose a tariff higher than 40 percent even if the situation warrants it. In this connection, they urged the government review its commitment to a 35-percent special tariff for Thailand and Vietnam, two major rice producers. The position paper represented the views of the FFF, the Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka, Pambansang Katipuan ng Samahan sa Kanayunan, Pambasang Katipunan ng Samahan sa Kanayunan, the Kaisahan ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura, and others. The Palace on Friday said the National Food Authority Council has authorized private traders to import rice beyond the minimum access volume to bring rice prices down. He said the Palace has asked the cooperation of the NFA, headed by Jason Aquino, on the NFA Council‘s move to stabilize rice prices. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said it would be better if the private sector did the rice importation because this would be ―faster‖ and would ―avoid corruption.‖ He added that this was the direction the administration was headed anyway, with the rice tariffication bill.

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Roque said the Senate is also expected to pass the bill, which he said would reduce rice smuggling. ―If the importation for every trader is legalized, the incentive to smuggle would disappear,‖ he said. At present, Roque said NFA remains under the supervision of the Office of the Executive Secretary. It is up to President Rodrigo Duterte if NFA would be brought back to the supervision of the Department of Agriculture, he added. Also on Friday, Senator Francis Escudero asked the Justice Department and the National Bureau of Investigation to look into possible economic sabotage, given the rice shortages being felt in some parts of the country. The government, he said, must protect the agriculture sector, especially the farmers from traders and importers, who by their illegal importation of agriculture products, especially rice, significantly affect the production, availability of supply and stability of prices, and the food security of the state, Escudero said. He also lambasted the ―undeniable undervaluation‖ in most import documents for rice, which clearly violates Republic Act No. 10845 or the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act of 2016. Selling undervalued imports at a higher price was not only illegal, it is ―downright avaricious and immoral,‖ Escudero said. Furthermore, he asked the Department of Trade and Industry to put a cap on the price of rice, as importers and traders are already taking advantage of the rice shortage in some parts of the country. The Zamboanga City government was forced to declare the city under a state of calamity due to a rice shortage that has pushed prices for the grain up to P70 per kilo. However, last week, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the crisis was ―officially over‖ after the supply stabilized due to the arrival of fresh stocks from the National Food Authority and other nearby provinces where harvest has already started. Senator Nancy Binay urged Malacañang to review the government‘s palay buying policy from local farmers as farm-gate prices of unmilled rice continue to rise. By practice, she said the NFA is supposed to buy palay from local farmers and producers. But with farm gate prices at P23 per kilo average, the NFA can‘t move because they are only allowed to buy at between P17 and P20 per kilo. In April, NFA asked the NFA Council that they be allowed to buy palay at P25 per kilo but Malacañang gave them a ceiling of P20.

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The senator said Malacañang should now intervene and push the NFA Council to be sensitive enough in helping local farmers while striking a balance between importing rice and buying locally. Senator Cynthia Villar also urged the DTI to recommend to the President a ceiling on the price of rice.The NFA‘s Aquino has ordered the creation of a technical working group of department managers to coordinate with other government enforcement agencies in their anti-smuggling operations. Aquino cited the President‘s call during his last State of the Nation Address to resolve the artificial rice shortage caused by hoarders and their protectors. Aquino said the group will coordinate closely with different intelligence and enforcement agencies like the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, the Bureau of Customs, the Philippine Coast Guard, the Philippine Ports Authority, the Philippine National Police, NBI and the Philippine Competition Commission. With PNA http://manilastandard.net/news/top-stories/274448/26-farmers-groups-oppose-rice-import.html

PH gears up to scrap caps on rice imports August 31, 2018, 10:00 PM By ENRICO DELA CRUZ (Reuters) The Philippine government is gearing up to scrap more than two-decade-old caps on rice imports in the face of raging inflation and the possible threat of trade sanctions over the policy, a revamp that could bring relief to consumers but pain to farmers. The move would also be a boon to the Philippines‘ main overseas suppliers of the grain, Vietnam and Thailand, with imports seen potentially doubling to 3 million tonnes a year, making the nation the world‘s No.2 buyer after China. Rice prices in the Southeast Asian country‘s shops and markets climbed about 9 percent from January to July to an average 42 pesos (78 US cents) per kilo amid limited supplies due to import delays. That jump has hit consumers hard in a country where rice is at the heart of people‘s diets, and has helped keep inflation at its highest in over nine years. ―Pulling down rice prices is crucial to poverty reduction because this staple is a major driver of inflation,‖ Gil Beltran, undersecretary in the department of finance, told Reuters.

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President Rodrigo Duterte, whose government has been suffering signs of decline in opinion polls in the wake of the high inflation, has been pushing for Congress to give the go-ahead to replace the import limits with a system of tariffs. The policy shift was approved by the lower house in early August, and head of the Senate food and agriculture committee Cynthia Villar said this week that the upper chamber would start deliberations on the issue ―any day now‖. Under the move, supply from Southeast Asia will be charged a 35 percent tariff and imports from elsewhere will face duty of up to 180 percent, with proceeds used to help farmers by financing projects to modernize the industry and boost its efficiency. Only about 1 percent of imports come from countries outside Southeast Asia. Even with a 35 percent tariff, imported rice would cost around P30 a kilo, over 10 pesos cheaper than current prices for local grain. The government could raise up to P27 billion annually, or about $500 million, from rice tariffs, according to finance department calculations. But farmer groups said in a paper presented to lawmakers in July that the step would drive down prices for their produce, hurting their business and impacting local supply chains. ―The whole rice market chain will be affected as millers, traders, truckers and other service providers could be dislocated by the influx of massive volumes of rice imports that will displace local produce,‖ they said. Production costs are much lower in Vietnam and Thailand, which are blessed with wide plains irrigated by large river systems that allow them to churn out large rice surpluses. ―Once the market gates are fully opened and without any restrictions in place, no safety nets can protect the local rice industry from the influx of massive rice imports,‖ said Antonio Flores, secretary general of farmer group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas. The Philippines was allowed to keep the cap when it joined the World Trade Organization and lifted non-tariff barriers on other agricultural products in 1995. It limits private sector imports to 805,200 tonnes a year. That special treatment aimed at protecting local farmers was extended several times until 2017, but some WTO members bargained for non-rice trade concessions. Manila decided not to seek any further extension to avoid more trade-offs. ―We are technically in violation of the WTO agreement, which means they can impose sanctions on us anytime,‖ said Roehlano Briones, a research fellow at policy think-tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies. The price spikes have been much more pronounced in the country‘s southern provinces, where residents recently scrambled for limited supplies following a crackdown on rice smuggling that had remained unchecked for years.

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The crisis in Zamboanga, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi provinces, where residents formed long queues to buy limited emergency supplies, has prompted calls for the resignation of food security officials, including Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol. Smugglers bring as much as 600,000 tonnes a year into the Philippines, based on unverified industry estimates. Piñol said in a Facebook post that while the import caps should be lifted, the country should be wary of becoming overly dependent on cargoes from abroad, especially as climate change and population growth could wreak havoc on international supply down the line. ―There will be a time in the near future when the demand for food from their own people would effectively prevent (producers) from exporting,‖ Piñol warned. ―We would end up paying more … or we would have the money, but there would be no rice available.‖ https://business.mb.com.ph/2018/08/31/ph-gears-up-to-scrap-caps-on-rice-imports/ Edd Gumban

Gloria Arroyo wants more rice imports; raps filed vs smugglers

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―At this point in time, they have to import… the most important thing is to be able to import rice and make it arrive before October,‖ she told reporters in Pampanga when asked what the government should do to bring down consumer prices. Jess Diaz (The Philippine Star) - September 1, 2018 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday called for more rice importation to bring down the price of the staple, which some Mindanao congressmen claim is selling for as much as P70 per kilo in some areas in the Southern Philippines. ―At this point in time, they have to import… the most important thing is to be able to import rice and make it arrive before October,‖ she told reporters in Pampanga when asked what the government should do to bring down consumer prices. She said in her talks with her constituents and poor people in other areas, she found out they are most concerned about the high price of rice. As this developed, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) yesterday announced the filing with the Department of Justice (DOJ) of a P142-million ―large scale agricultural smuggling‖ complaint against importers and brokers of rice and white sugar shipments. Arroyo said she discussed rice importation on Wednesday with Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea in the course of the House appropriations committee hearing on the proposed P6.8billion budget for the Office of the President next year. She added that Medialdea told him that he was going straight to the Palace after the hearing to attend a meeting on rice importation. Asked if she was in favor of the proposed abolition of the National Food Authority (NFA), the agency authorized to import rice, she said she was ―neither here nor there‖ about it. However, she said the imposition of tariff on the importation of the staple could result in the NFA‘s abolition. ―Then, maybe NFA can be abolished because then it will be liberalized,‖ she said. The House of Representatives has passed its version of the bill replacing volume restrictions on rice importation with tariff. As for other counter-inflation measures she and other House leaders have proposed, Arroyo said, ―We have already given our suggestions because the main sources of inflation were identified during our meeting with the economic managers (three weeks ago).‖ She said Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez has informed her that restrictions on the importation of fish and meat would be relaxed, instead of exempting them from tariff as proposed in the House. Smuggling case

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In a statement, the BOC announced the filing of a criminal complaint against the officers of Sta. Rosa Farms, namely Jomerito Soliman, Dolores Opancia, Mary Grace Cayanan, Marileen Avañez and its licensed Customs broker Diosdado Santiago. Sta. Rosa Farms reportedly imported 50,000 sacks of rice, with a total value of P120,707,596.00, without the requisite NFA import permit. Also sued by the BOC for sugar smuggling were officers of Red Star Rising Corp.: Dante Lunar, Leonardo Mallari, Richel Paranete Llanes, August Presillas Templado and Bernie Abrina Rubia. Red Star reportedly illegally imported white sugar with an aggregate value of P21,558,561, including duties and taxes. The three shipments of Red Star were reportedly declared in the manifests as packaging materials, kitchen utensils and kraft paper. The sugar shipments were not supported by any import permit from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA). The sugar products came from Thailand and arrived at the Port of Manila on different dates in July. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña has repeatedly stressed that large-scale smuggling of agricultural products constitutes economic sabotage, which would be severely dealt with by the bureau. As the administration searches for ways to stabilize rice supply, minority lawmakers have threatened to block the 2019 budget of beleaguered Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol. The lawmakers also issued the same threat to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III. They said the two officials should be denied of their budget requests unless they could fully explain the controversies hounding them. ―We will seek the deferment of the plenary consideration and approval of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) budgets if we are not satisfied with the answers of the two secretaries,‖ Minority Leader Danilo Suarez said yesterday. He said if Piñol would insist on keeping his job despite the raging rice crisis, ―he should tell the representatives of the people how he intends to deal with this nagging problem.‖ ―This is principally a production issue, for which the DA is responsible. The agriculture secretary is supposed to ensure that we have sufficient supply of rice and other agricultural products. He cannot blame other people for his failure to do his job,‖ he said. He added that legalizing rice smuggling is not the solution. ―It‘s plain stupidity to call for legalized smuggling of products. They are not solving the problem. They‘re looking at something else,‖ Suarez stressed.

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Resign calls Deputy Minority Leader and Buhay Rep. Lito Atienza reiterated his call for Piñol and NFA administrator Jason Aquino to ―resign if they cannot do their job.‖ He said the rice crisis has been prevailing ―for more than a year now, and yet they failed to ease the situation and could not even offer solutions.‖ Atienza recalled that early last year, Piñol, Aquino and Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr., who heads the NFA council, quarreled over rice supply and importation. ―The President even dismissed an undersecretary of Secretary Evasco on suspicion of corruption on rice importation,‖ he said. Two other deputies of Suarez, Reps. Aniceto Bertiz III and Anthony Bravo of party-lists ActsOFW and Coop-Natco, have issues on alleged fund misuse by Bello. Bertiz said a Commission on Audit (COA) report shows that of the P2.5 billion Congress had allocated for employment assistance for displaced employees and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), Bello used P1.9 billion for ―other programs and administrative expenses.‖ ―Only P600 million was spent to help jobless workers… the purpose for which the P2.5 billion was appropriated. Secretary Bello is responsible for the diversion of the P1.9 billion since the funds were placed under DOLE-Osec (office of the secretary),‖ he said. He said the budget law authorized the labor secretary to use only five percent of the funds for administrative cost. ―Why did Secretary Bello spend 75 percent of the budget for assistance for jobless Filipinos on administrative expenses at a time when so many of our financially strapped workers could have directly benefitted from this huge amount?‖ Bertiz asked. In the course of a budget hearing on Thursday, the DOLE chief denied he misused or diverted the money but could not tell how much he spent for administrative expenses or what ―other programs‖ the P1.9 billion was used for. He promised to submit a detailed report to the appropriations committee. The employment assistance funds were to be distributed equitably among the country‘s 16 regions, but Bertiz said the Ilocos provinces and the Bicol region did not get even a centavo. This means that the DOLE ―made it appear that there were no unemployed and underemployed workers in those two regions last year,‖ he said. ―Other regions were given as small as P40,000 and P90,000. What were clearly bloated, as shown in the COA report, were the administrative expenses. For instance, for Metro Manila,

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Belt-tightening measures posted September 01, 2018 at 12:30 am by Elizabeth Angsioco

Are you also on a ―tightening your belt‖ mode because of the soaring prices of commodities and services? I am, and I know many others who are. I do not even consider myself poor. I wonder how ordinary Filipinos are coping. I do not have to be a doctor of economics to know that the economy is going bad. I feel the pinch and it hurts. Middle class friends say they also do. Recently, I was speaking with someone rich, as in top one percent rich and as before, we got to talk about food, one of our guilty pleasures. He remarked that he has noticed how much the prices of foodstuff have significantly increased. If someone as rich as this guy finds food expensive, we can only imagine how hard it must be for ordinary mortals. Filipinos will not survive without rice. Many of us have this for breakfast, lunch and dinner. But this staple food has become so expensive. We are also running out of stock of this most

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important staple food. The National Food Authority has said that its stocks are only good for three days if the whole country is to be supplied. Worse, the NFA has been accused of improperly storing its rice and some sacks were found to have animal waste. Worst, not only do we now import rice, some of the imported commodities have been found to be infested with weevil or â&#x20AC;&#x2022;bukbok.â&#x20AC;&#x2013; This is unacceptable. I, for one, am quite particular with my rice. I want good, newly cooked, hot rice if I am to eat well. I have no problem with simple viands but I am choosy with my rice. The rice that I best like now costs P72-75 per kilo from the former P50-55 per kilo. I have now settled for the second best which costs P60-65 per kilo. We also make sure that we only cook what we think we can consume in one sitting. Sometimes, we find ourselves running out of cooked rice. Bitin! It is really unthinkable that this agricultural country now has rice-shortage, and has resorted to rice importation. Countries like Thailand and Vietnam studied rice propagation technology in our very own International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) but we have been overtaken by them by many miles. Naiwan na naman tayo sa kangkungan. The big increases in gasoline prices have pushed the prices of virtually everything up the ceiling. I used to enjoy doing the groceries and until recently, did not bother to do lists of things we needed in the house. I bought what I wanted and rarely looked at prices. Now, I do not relish going to the supermarket. If I can afford not to, I do not. Doing this controls my buying habits and only necessities are bought. When I must do the groceries, I now compare prices and buy less. Once, I stuck to buying the things I liked and I ended up paying almost double for my usual P8,000 worth of groceries. Small shops and markets is where we frequently go now. Not only are the prices more reasonable, we are finding that the vegetables and fruits are fresher. I actually like going to Divisoria and I would frequent it if it were easier to go to. My friends have been doing the same. Some of us have even switched from going to high-end salons for our haircuts to the modern barber shops that cater to men and women. We also eat out less and when we do, we go to places that we are sure to deliver because we do not want to pay for something not to our liking. We have set a limit to trying out new restaurants and cafĂŠs. When we go to new places, we first read reviews to lessen the possibility of getting disappointed. Since gasoline is very expensive, I try to stay put in one place as much as possible. However, my work requires me to go to numerous meetings and the P1,000.00 worth of gas on the average only lasts up to two days depending on where my meetings are and how bad the traffic is.

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I do not like driving to Makati and when I must go there, I use Grab. My last trip for a meeting cost me a little over P1,000.00! This is how expensive going from one place to another has become in Metro Manila. I am just thankful that all my kids are now professionals and I no longer have any dependent. I dread to think how ordinary families, especially those with kids in school, are able to make ends meet with the very high cost of living these days. Are they even able to go out for some fun? What kind of food do they eat? Do they content themselves with instant noodles day in and day out? Inflation is on a nine-year high. This means that the buying power of our money is much less. The peso has been going consistently weaker by the day. As of this writing, 1USD equals PhP53.54. Some say that this is good for our exporters but the reality is our export industry is very weak. Many blame the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law for the increase in prices of products and services. Still, this administration is poised to approve TRAIN 2, which, experts say will make matters even worse than how things are now. With the slashing of the budgets for education and health, expect social services to suffer more. Up to what extent will people suffer? There might come a time when tightening of belts will not be enough to cope. History, however, has taught us that a hungry and sickly people is an angry people. Government must beware. http://manilastandard.net/opinion/columns/power-point-by-elizabeth-angsioco/274408/belttightening-measures.html

IRRI teams up to build capacity, network of young scientists Photo courtesy of IRRI. 08.31.2018 By Holly Demaree-Saddler

LOS BAÑOS, THE PHILIPPINES — IRRI and Corteva Agriscience have partnered to build a global community of scientists that will drive solutions to the challenge of food security. Guided by the symposium‘s theme, ―Same Field, Better Yield,‖ plant breeders on rice, wheat, maize, and coconuts have shared their latest practices and research findings with around 200 graduate students from different universities. One of the highlights of the symposium is the lecture of Cornell University‘s Mark Sorrells. He concluded his lecture on molecular breeding and high throughput phenotyping in the 21st

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century by highlighting the importance of collaboration among different specialists in modernday plant breeding. ―Days are long gone when plant breeders work on isolation,‖ Sorrell said. ―The best plant breeders today are those who work with a team with complementary expertise to develop varieties today.‖ Participants expressed their appreciation for the symposium. ―The symposium was a great opportunity for young scientists to gain international exposure and network,‖ Juniper Boroka Kiss, a plant biology student from the Aberystwyth University, Wales. ―Not only we had leading scientists sharing their experience in breeding, but the poster session kept the conversations going throughout the evening. She is in the country as a participant of the Rice: Research to Production Course, an IRRI Education program for early career researchers and students. ―It has been brilliant to spend a day in the company of a great scientific community in the Philippines," Juniper added. Another symposium participant, Margaret Anne Pelayo from Ghent University, said that she was able to gain a better understanding on current and emerging technologies in plant breeding, agriculture, and biotechnology. ―I can apply this on my work on shoot meristem maintenance in model plant systems with a focus on increasing yield,‖ Pelayo said. The symposium was organized by the Association of Fellows, Scholars, Trainees and Residents of IRRI (AFSTRI). ―Together with AFSTRI, we are conducting the Plant Sciences Symposium to empower future scientists through enhancement of graduate education and networking,‖ said Jason Rauscher, Corteva Agriscience academic relations manager. ―We are very excited that IRRI is being a part of this global series to build the capacity of young plant scientists.‖ This symposium is a part of a worldwide, student-driven symposia series inaugurated and supported by Corteva Agriscience in 2008 https://www.world-grain.com/articles/10918-irri-teams-up-to-build-capacity-network-of-youngscientists

Baby food may contain heavy metals, study finds Bill Moak, Consumer WatchPublished 11:00 a.m. CT Aug. 31, 2018

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(Photo: AP file photo) CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE If there ever was a product that you would think was safe, it‘s baby food. Our littlest, most vulnerable members of society are depending on their parents and caregivers to give them healthy foods, but a recent study by Consumer Reports has raised fears that some baby food products might contain heavy metals, many of which are associated with a host of health issues. Consumer Reports recently released the results of a study of 50 nationally distributed baby food products that it had analyzed and tested for contaminants. In a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the organization reported finding dangerously high levels of pollutants such as inorganic arsenic, cadmium and lead. ―Every product had measurable levels of each of these heavy metals,‖ the organization noted in its letter to the FDA on Aug. 16. Among other findings: more than two-thirds of products tested had ―worrisome‖ levels of at least one heavy metal, and 15 of them would ―pose potential health risks to a child regularly eating just one serving or less per day.‖ In particular, products containing rice and/or sweet potatoes were more likely to contain high levels of heavy metals. Health experts say these toxins are potentially much more damaging to infants and toddlers because of their small size and early stages of development. ―Babies and toddlers are particularly vulnerable due to their smaller size and developing brains and organ systems,‖ added James E. Rogers, Ph.D., director of food safety research and testing at Consumer Reports. ―They also absorb more of the heavy metals that get into their bodies than adults do.‖ Packaged baby foods are a staple for many American families, with more than 90 percent of families with children under 3 feeding at least some packaged baby foods to their little ones. Most of the products tested came from the two biggest baby-food manufacturers, Beech-Nut and Gerber. Other brands included Baby Mum-Mum, Earth‘s Best, Ella‘s Kitchen, Happy Baby, Parent‘s Choice (Walmart), Plum Organics and Sprout.

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"We found troublesome levels of heavy metals, in particular inorganic arsenic, cadmium, or lead, in every single sample," noted James Dickerson, PhD, Consumer Reports' chief scientific officer. "These heavy metals shouldn‘t be in food, period.'' They can damage the nervous system, cause cancer, and harm children's development, he says. Dickerson added that although heavy metals are naturally occurring, and found in water and soil used to grow foods, they should not be present in foods being given to babies. "What we are concerned about is if you feed your child this (food with high levels of heavy metals), over the lifetime of their development, particularly during birth to 4, then you will have an increased risk of having cancer, for example," he added. Despite the warnings, though, parents shouldn‘t panic; exposure to heavy metals doesn‘t automatically mean your child will develop problems later. But making a few changes now can help give your child a safer future. Here are a few suggestions from the report: 

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Limit the amount of rice cereal your children eat. Instead, feed your child a variety of cereal-based products, fortified with iron. The study found brown rice was more likely than white to have more inorganic arsenic, and rice cakes, rice cereal and pasta were also high in inorganic arsenic. Consumer Reports suggests trying white basmatic rice or sushi rice instead. Limit packaged snacks, especially those containing rice. Consider alternatives, such as whole foods low in heavy metals including apples, applesauce, avocados, bananas, barley with diced vegetables, beans, cheese, grapes, hard-boiled eggs, peaches, strawberries and yogurt. Be wary of fruit juices. ―The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends not giving any fruit juice to babies in the first year of life, and limiting juice to 4 ounces a day for kids ages 1 to 3 years and 6 ounces for 4- to 6-year-olds, for nutritional reasons,‖ the study‘s authors noted. For more on this story, visit https://www.consumerreports.org/food-safety/heavymetals-in-baby-food/. Cybercrime: What your kids need to know Too much?: Heart Association advises limiting kids‘ screen time

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Rise in Insect Pests Under Climate Change to Hit Crop Yields, Study Says By Daisy Dunne Global warming could increase both the number and appetite of insect pests, new research finds, which could pose a serious threat to global crop production. The study finds that global warming of 2C above pre-industrial levels—which is the limit set by the Paris agreement—could cause pest-related yield losses from wheat, rice and maize to increase by 46 percent, 19 percent and 31 percent, respectively. And each additional degree of temperature rise could cause yield losses from insect pests to increase by a further 10-25 percent, the research shows. Losses from pest infestation are likely to be largest in China, the U.S. and France—three of the world's most important grain producers, according to the findings. Soaring Swarms At present, around 10-16 percent of global crop production is lost to pests—including insects, fungi and bacteria. Thousands of insect species are known to threaten food production. One of the most well-known pests, the desert locust, feeds on a wide range of crops—including rice, maize and sugarcane— and can swarm and strip a crop field within an hour. Other insects, such as the western corn rootworm, target specific crops. The rootworm, for example, feeds on maize during both its larval and adult beetle life stages and currently costs U.S. farmers around $1bn a year in lost revenue.

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The new study, published in Science, explores how climate change could alter the activity of 38 of the world's most-studied insect crop pests. Climate change could increase the activity of insect pests in two ways, according to the research team, which was led by Prof. Curtis Deutsch, an ecologist from the University of Washington. First, rising temperatures boost the rate at which insects can digest food—causing them to demolish crops at a faster rate. Second, in temperate regions, warming temperatures could cause insects—which are ectothermic or "cold-blooded"—to become more active and, thus, more able to reproduce. Crop Countdown For the study, the researchers made of use of existing data on how temperature is known to affect the population growth rate, food consumption rate and overall survival of insect pests under laboratory conditions. The researchers used this information to inform a set of models projecting yield losses from insect pests for wheat, rice and maize under different levels of temperature rise. The projections assumed that total global crop yields will remain the same as today. The charts below show the expected crop yield loss in megatonnes per year as a result of increased insect food consumption—or "metabolic activity"—(purple triangles) and population growth (orange circles and green asterisks) for wheat (A), rice (B) and maize (C) under various levels of global temperature rise. A dashed line is used to indicate the current loss as a result of insect pests.

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[Chart above] â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Projected crop yield losses (megatonnes per year) as a result of increased insect metabolic activity (purple triangles) and two estimations of population growth using different demographic parameters (orange circles and green asterisks) for wheat (A), rice (B) and maize (C) under temperature rise of 1-5C above pre-industrial levels. A dashed line shows the current amount of crop losses from insect pests. Source: Deutsch et al. (2018) The results show that, under 2C of global warming, pest-related yield losses from wheat, rice and maize increase by 46 percent, 19 percent and 31 percent, respectively, when compared to current levels of loss. Each additional degree of temperature rise could cause global yield losses from insect pests to increase by a further 10-25 percent, the results suggest.

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Losses are projected to be largest for maize and wheat because these crops are mostly grown in temperate regions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; where warming is expected to boost insect population numbers, the researchers say.

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Rice, on the other hand, is grown mostly in tropical regions—where temperatures are already optimal for insect reproduction. Further temperature increases are therefore likely to cause small declines in insect numbers, the research finds, leading to an overall smaller effect on yield losses. The maps below show the projected geographic pattern of insect-related yield losses for wheat (A), rice (B) and maize (C) under 2C of global warming. On the maps, dark red shows large percentage increases in crop losses while dark blue shows large decreases. [Map above] — The projected distribution of insect-related yield losses for wheat (A), rice (B) and maize (C) under 2C of global warming. Dark red shows increased losses, while dark blue shows decreased losses. Source: Deutsch et al. (2018) The maps show how the largest losses to crop yields in percentage terms are expected in Europe and North America, including in the U.S. and France—two of the world's largest grain producers. Europe's wheat-growing regions—collectively the most productive in the world—could be particularly affected by losses, the results show. Up to 11 European countries, including the UK, Sweden and Ireland, could face insect-related losses of 75 percent or higher, the study finds. Moderate losses are also projected across much of sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia—two regions currently facing high levels of hunger. Writing in their research paper, the authors said: "Poor grain consumers and farming households, who account for a large share of the world's 800 million people living in chronic hunger, will suffer most." Knowing the Enemy The findings should serve a "call for action on climate change mitigation and adaptation," Prof. Markus Riegler, an insect biologist from Western Sydney University, writes in an accompanying perspectives article. He said: "Everyone must be involved in change: farmers, industries, policymakers, and the wider society. There is also an increased need to focus on plant protection, particularly given that many insecticides are being banned over human and environmental health concerns."

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The research offers "a global perspective" of how climate change could impact the damages caused by pests, said Prof. Christer Björkman, an insect ecologist from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, who was not involved in the study. However, the study does have a few shortcomings, he told Carbon Brief: "One is that the authors only model the pests themselves. This is a great simplification because we know their host plants and their natural enemies are affected by the same temperature changes." Research shows that climate change could impact many of these enemies – including birds, mammals and parasites. Björkman said: "In other words, the study ignores many key ecological interactions of potentially great importance. Another [unconsidered factor is] the nutritional value of plants may change." Research covered by Carbon Brief earlier this week found that the nutritional value of key crops including rice, wheat and maize is likely to fall as CO2 levels rise. If crops become less nutritious, insects will have to consume more plant matter to get the nutrients they need, Björkman said, potentially raising yield losses further. https://www.ecowatch.com/insect-pests-crop-yields-2600805242.html

Rice Milling Machinery Market Segmentation and Analysis by Recent Trends, Development and Growth by Regions to 2023 By Ethan White on August 31, 2018 Rice Milling Machinery Market report provides future growth potentials, key drivers, competitive outlook, Scope, key challenges analysis. The reports also elaborate the growth rate of the Rice Milling Machinery market based on the top company profile analysis. This report offering a detailed analysis, market size and estimate for the developing segment within the Rice Milling Machinery market. The Rice Milling Machinery market was valued at Million US$ in 2017 and is projected to reach Million US$ by 2025, at a CAGR of during the forecast period. In this study, 2017 has been considered as the base year and 2018 to 2025 as the forecast period to estimate the market size for Rice Milling Machinery.

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Rice Production Saves Nigeria $800m – BoA By The Tide August 31, 2018 The Bank of Agriculture (BoA) has disclosed that the Federal Government has saved about 800 million dollars by encouraging local production of rice in the country.The Executive Director, Finance and Risk Management, BoA, Prince Niyi Akenzua, said at a media briefing in Lagos ahead of the ―Meet the Farmers Conference‖ (MTFC) 2018 scheduled for October 10 in the nation‘s commercial hub. The Tide source reports that the conference, which is organised by Crenov8 Consulting, is aimed at exposing African farmers to the opportunities in agro-export, especially to Dubai and other

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Middle-East countries. Akenzua commended the initiative of the government to diversify the economy with special focus on agriculture, urging Nigerians to key into the programmes because of their all-round benefits. He said the government restructured the BoA in 2016 to enable it render critical assistance to the agricultural sector in terms of food security and increased export of agro-products to boost the nation‘s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). ―The Central Bank of Nigeria facilitated a N250 billion intervention fund for the BoA which is being disbursed through the Anchor Borrower‘s Programme. ―In 2017, we disbursed about N100 billion to farmers and we have also disbursed about N50 billion so far in 2018,‖ Akenzua said. He said rice production had increased to a level that people could ever imagined and that the government was targeting early 2019 to fully stop importation of rice. Akenzua said emphasis was being placed on standardising and packaging of agricultural products from Nigeria to make them acceptable to the export market. Earlier, Mrs Bola Oyedele , a representative of Crenov8 Consulting, said Dubai imported over 100 billion dollars worth of food in 2017 from Africa and it is expected to rise to about 400 billion dollars in the next eight years. Oyedele urged Nigeria and other African countries to tap into the huge opportunities that exist to export various agricultural products such as cocoa, rice, gum arabic, palm oil, wheat, maize among others to Dubai particularly and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). She said participants at the conference will be exposed to a wide range of topics such as agro commodity trading in Dubai and GCC, import and exports requirements, laws and policies, financing, shipping and insurance among others. http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/2018/08/31/rice-production-saves-nigeria-800m-boa/

Poisonous Rice: Ebonyi Reopens Abakaliki Rice Mill After Sanitation The Ebonyi government on Thursday ordered the re-opening of the Abakaliki Rice Mill Limited two days after it was sealed following alleged poisonous bags of rice that were discovered in the mill. By The Eagle Online On Aug 30, 2018

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The Ebonyi government on Thursday ordered the re-opening of the Abakaliki Rice Mill Limited two days after it was sealed following alleged poisonous bags of rice that were discovered in the mill. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Governor David Umahi ordered the sealing of the mill on Tuesday, after the state ministry of environment received reports and subsequently discovered bags of rice allegedly labeled ‗not fit for human consumption‘ inside the mill. Dr Kenneth Ugbala, Leader of the inter-ministerial committee, set up by the government to investigate the matter, told newsmen at a news conference in Abakaliki on Thursday that the mill will re-open immediately. Ugbala, who is also Governor David Umahi‘s Senior Special Assistant on Internal Security, said that the mill was reopened because it had been sanitised, the poisonous products confiscated and culpable shops sealed. He said: ―The committee alongside experts and security agencies evacuated the adulterated products from the affected shops and generally sanitised the mill with security agencies making some arrests. ―The state governor reopened the mill to save innocent millers and buyers from untold economic losses and also due to the mill‘s importance to the state‘s economic survival. ―Ebonyi citizens and buyers from across the country are hereby assured that the suspected products have been identified and evacuated, so they could freely process and purchase rice from the mill.‖ The committee leader said that the shops where the poisonous products were confiscated would remain shut till all investigations are concluded. Ugbala said: ―Citizens who purchased rice from the mill within the period under scrutiny should present such products to the concerned ministries of health, agriculture, environment among others, for thorough screening. ―The government expresses serious disappointment with the mill‘s leadership and subsequently suspends it for failing to be an effective liaison between the mill and the government. ―The disappointment is more profound because some of the shops where the poisonous products were discovered allegedly belonged to some leaders of the mill. ―We will consult adequately to appoint a caretaker leadership for it.‖ He debunked the notion that the matter was aimed at witch-hunting the Mill‘s Chairman, Joseph Ununu for winning a mock-delegate election. Ununu is contesting the Abakaliki state constituency seat at the state House of Assembly under the Peoples Democratic Party. He said: ―No member of the committee is from Ununu‘s state constituency or even local government area as issues of delegates‘ election are entirely the party‘s affairs. ―We have also not received any formal notification that he is presently declared missing by his relatives as the entire mill‘s leadership was suspended and not only one person.‖ Chief Donatus Njoku, the State Commissioner for Environment, disclosed that a total of 317 bags were confiscated from 10 shops at the mill during the committee‘s screening exercise. Njoku said: ―Two shops identified to be using substandard weight measurements were also sealed alongside those where the poisonous products were found until all investigations are concluded.‖ Prof. Fidelis Okpata, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, assured the public that any government official found culpable in the matter would be punished no matter how highly placed.

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Okpata said: ―This is a responsible government which will not mortgage the lives of its citizens for the unwholesome commercial dealings of few individuals or groups.‖ https://theeagleonline.com.ng/poisonous-rice-ebonyi-reopens-abakaliki-rice-mill-after-sanitation/

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Spotlight: Change in monsoon pattern feared to impact Pakistan's summer crop Source: Xinhua| 2018-08-31 14:34:31|Editor: ZD

by Misbah Saba Malik ISLAMABAD, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Farmers in Pakistan's Sindh Province may have sleepless nights ahead if their rice crop did not get irrigation water. The country's weather office said that the province this year received far less rains than usual and may seriously affect the agriculture sector in the province. Due to low water level in reservoirs, farmers in Sindh and Punjab provinces could not get enough irrigation water for their cotton crop during the first half of this year. Officials from the country's meteorological department predicted that if the country receives good spell of monsoon rains from July to mid-September, things will get under control for the yield, but to their dismay, this year the country received 47 percent less rains than usual. Sindh and Balochistan were the worst affected provinces with a little or no rain during the current monsoon season, which started on July 1 and lasts till mid September. Khalid Malik, director of the Pakistan Meteorological Department Islamabad, Told Xinhua that Sindh received less than 87 percent rains than usual whereas rainfall in Balochistan diminished by 53 percent this monsoon season. According to local media reports, the rice crop was sown very late in parts of Sindh and Punjab as farmers were fighting the drought. In absence of the rains, the crop is feared to dry out. This year, Sindh could produce 30 percent less cotton than the target set by the government, as many lands could not get water for irrigation and cotton crops could dry out in such areas, according to local reports. Muhammad Saleem, a farmer in Sindh, told Xinhua that currently the situation is better as monsoon rains had a good spell in Punjab and water level has improved in rivers and canals that

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pass Sindh, but due to a less number of rains in Sindh, the forthcoming summer crop including wheat, sugarcane and rice will be affected. Malik said that monsoon rains originates from the Pacific Ocean and this season the sea surface temperature of the ocean was slightly higher than normal and disturbed the monsoon rains cycle. He accepted that among other theories, it cannot be denied that the current disturbance in the monsoon cycle is the outcome of climate change which is becoming more and more obvious in the country with every coming year. "In Pakistan, winter rains take place by Western Depression system originating from the Mediterranean, and summer rainfall mainly takes place due to the monsoon. Last winter the Western Depression system was also disturbed resulting in less rainfall and even lesser snowfall on the country's northern peaks, leading to a shrunk volume of water in reservoirs." The meteorological office director said that when the country receives good monsoon rains, the underground water level increases and the water reservoirs also get filled, but this year the season is almost towards the end and the dams are not filled yet. He added that the lack of dams in the country also serves as a reason of the current drought as rainwater cannot be saved and the excess water goes wasted in the Arabian Sea. "In the absence of adequate infrastructure to save water, the situation for crops gets even worse if there are not enough rains." Pakistan is an agriculture economy and about 70 percent of its population is directly or indirectly associated with this sector. According to an economic survey of Pakistan, agriculture contributes 19 percent to the GDP of the country and about 43 percent of the country's labor force is partially or fully associated with it. Earlier in a conversation with Xinhua, Uzair Qamar, professor of water resources management and engineering in the University of Arid Agriculture Faisalabad, said that the only way to save the country's agriculture is to build reservoirs to save water for irrigation. He said that Pakistan's biggest water reservoirs, the Tarbela Dam and Mangla dams, are already facing erosion issues and their water storage capacity is likely to reduce by 33 percent by 2020, and in the absence of new dams, the irrigation system of the country will be badly affected. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/31/c_137433422.htm

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