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OPEN LETTER TO PM TO SAVE SME UNITS FROM CLOSURE SEPTEMBER 1 2017

The Union of Small and Medium enterprises (UNISAME) has sent open letter to prime minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to take prompt steps to save the SME units of textiles, rice, foodstuffs and light engineering from closure.

President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver invited the attention of the PM to the difficulties faced by the sector and urged him to take high impact steps to stimulate the dying SME units and revive them to meet the challenges.

The Union has expressed the need for lowering rates of electricity to reduce cost of production and secondly demanded low cost finance for alternate energy.

The Union requested the PM not to increase fuel prices and to in fact reduce them as transportation has become very costly. The other very urgent and important requirements are affordable bridge finance, low insurance premium,reduction in import duties on raw materials and last but not the least is marketing support.

There is no marketing support for the SME sector and the small to medium sized entrepreneurs have no platform which can introduce them to the international markets.

The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) caters to the big industrialist and big exporters and has no specific agenda for the SMEs. The Union has reminded the PM that time is short for his government and he needs to take bold and immediate steps for serious remedies for the sector. The rice units have closed down and also the textile sector is n turmoil. Both these are foreign exchange earners for the country. The light engineering sector has vast scope for growth and up gradation and needs technical support.

Thaver said the SME sector expects encouragement, support and facilitation from the business friendly government of PML and firmly believes that it can contribute towards economic growth if the government reduces taxes, duties and offers low mark up for sectors which have high potential for growth.

Thaver urged the PM to do brainstorming with UNISAME, Pervaiz Malik federal commerce minister and Murtuza Jatoi federal minister for industries and chairman of the Small and Medium Development Authority (SMEDA) for fast track revival of the SME sector on modern lines.

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How an angry lolly man revolutionised the modern sushi industry 

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Kisaku Suzuki, creator of the world's first sushi robot, once ran a company that made lolly-wrapping machines. And he was angry.

Why had the Japanese government embarked on a policy to limit rice production, effectively paying some farmers to keep their paddy fields idle?

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In the 1970s Kisaku Suzuki invented the sushi robot which revolutionised the market. Today most of the sushi eaten in Japan is made by a robot.

For Suzuki, rice was the sacred heart of the country's economy. He started to think about how to make the staple food more popular, so that Japan had no reason to restrict the crop.

And that's when it came to him: he would use his firm's knowledge of sweetspackaging machines to develop the robot. The idea, while off-the-wall in the mid-1970s, had a simple premise. If he could lower the cost of making sushi by mechanising parts of the process and reducing the need for highly paid chefs, he could bring the previously elite Japanese dish to the masses, and in doing so increase demand for rice.

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Four decades later, Suzumo Machinery Co.'s robots are used by about 70,000 customers around the world, ranging from sushichains to factories, and account for about 70 per cent of the market for the equipment at restaurants, according to Suzumo's estimates.

Kaiten sushi, also known as conveyor-belt sushi, has become a $US6 billion ($7.6 billion) industry in Japan alone, partly thanks to Suzuki's invention.

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Cheap sushi "couldn't have happened without our machines," says Ikuya Oneda, who succeeded Suzuki as Suzumo president in 2004, a year before the founder died, and took over his life's work. "You can certainly say that."

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When Suzuki started to create his robot, he met nothing but resistance. In 1976, sushi was still largely a food for special occasions. It was mostly sold through a legion of small restaurants, where artisan chefs dispensed morsels with no price tags and charged how they saw fit.

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Wrapped pieces of sushi exit a Suzumo Machinery Co. sushi robot. Photos: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg Not surprisingly, those chefs were up in arms when they heard about Suzumo's plan. In their view, it took 10 years to train someone to make sushi.

No machine could possibly do the job.

Suzumo asked some of the very people it was trying to depose to give their opinions on the prototype. "They said, 'This is no good, this is terrible, I don't know what this is,'" said Oneda, 73, who became chairman of the company this year. 

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A piece of sushi made by Suzumo's SGP-SNB machine Photos: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg After three years, Suzumo was nowhere near its goal and running out of cash.

We thought "the company would go down the tubes," Oneda said. "We thought about quitting."

Suzumo stuck with the task, and two years later the sushi chefs finally said the machine was usable. In 1981, the company completed its first robot, which formed sushi rice into balls called nigiri. These days, it offers 28 different sushi machines.

"What they've done is allow kaiten restaurants to democratise and make good Japanese food affordable and accessible," says Robin Rowland, chairman and chief executive officer of Yo!, a British sushi chain with almost 100 restaurants globally. "We serve 7 million guests a year. You're talking about 500 to 600 dishes on our belts in the UK. It's a lot of food. And you need to automate some of that."

But even so many years later, the debate still rages about the machines. For purists, if you use robots, it just isn't the same.

"It's an entirely different genre," says Yoshikazu Ono, son and heir of Jiro Ono, the masterchef featured in the documentary "Jiro Dreams of Sushi."

"Sushi isn't just balls of rice. The process is the most important thing. It requires relentless practice to make just one piece of sushi rice -- things like how you select, prepare and cook the rice, how much water you use, and so on. You can't get that from a robot."

An employee puts rice into a Suzumo sushi robot. Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

At the headquarters of Kura Corp., about an hour south of Osaka, Kunihiko Tanaka bristles when he hears that argument. For the president and founder of Japan's second-largest sushichain, and a longtime Suzumo customer, the artisans are on the wrong side of history.

"The era where it's OK to make sushi with your bare hands is over," Tanaka says, referring to artisan sushi chefs in general. "They still do that, and say that is the real sushi. Things that should be changed should be changed."

Already, about three-quarters of Japanese people say that when they eat sushi, it's from a conveyor belt, according to a survey published by fishery company Maruha Nichiro in March. Almost half of them choose which restaurant based on price.

Michael Booth, a food writer whose latest book, "The Meaning of Rice," is set for publication in October, sees room for both types.

"I want everyone to get a chance to taste what amazing sushifrom Jiro tastes like, because it's a very, very different experience," Booth says. "But then again, cheap, mass-produced sushi is like the entry drug into the sushi world, and that can be a good thing, too. People are exposed and may become curious as to what great sushi tastes like."

In a sense, Suzumo dealt a blow to one part of traditional Japan, the artisan sushi business, so that another could prosper: the rice industry. It was an act of political subversion, attempting to derail the government's policy of controlling the price of rice.

"As tastes became westernised, demand for rice began to decline," says Eiji Minemura, an official at Japan's agriculture ministry. "We took the policy of decreasing production to adjust to oversupply."

A chef at a Kura Corp. sushi restaurant near Osaka uses a Suzumo sushi robot. Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

Oneda and his colleagues' actions show they never agreed. After developing their first sushi machines, they helped pioneer an iconic Japanese hamburger that uses rice patties instead of bread. They helped mechanize the kitchens of

rice-bowl restaurants. And they even made a California roll sushi robot, as they targeted U.S. demand for the food as a healthy and trendy choice.

It's true that by one narrow definition, Suzumo didn't succeed. Japan has kept controlling rice production since first introducing the policy in 1971. And demand for rice has fallen.

Still, the company's share price has more than tripled since a low in February last year. Investors think Suzumo will benefit from the labour shortage in Japan, and the overseas sushiboom, Oneda says. Of the three analysts covering the stock, all recommend buying. The shares rose 1 per cent in morning trading in Tokyo on Thursday.

But for all the fanfare, Oneda -- as he carries on Suzuki's legacy -- is still thinking about the rice.

"Do you eat a proper breakfast?" he asks the Japanese reporter. "What do you eat? I bet it's bread, right?

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India is a country whose population largely depends on agriculture, with 50% of its population being employed in agriculture, and revenue from agriculture and other allied fields contributing 13.7% of our country‘s GDP. Most farmers in India face various challenges on a day-to-day basis and disposing off the agricultural residue that remain after a crop is successfully harvested, is one such major issue faced by millions of farmers.

Agricultural residues include various parts of the crop that cannot be used as food, like the stalk, stubbles, leaves, husks and seed pods. Conventional ways of disposing these residues have generally relied on using these residues as fodder, as fertilizers after being ploughed into the ground, or burning them completely. Additionally, newer methods of utilizing and disposing these

crop residues, like converting them into biofuels, are all promising, but have not yet been fully developed. Thus, there is a genuine need for further study and research in this area to come up with more functional, practical and efficient ways of disposing or recycling the crop residues. One such study by the scientists from CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum and AS College, looks at enhancing and optimising the burning efficiencies of four agricultural residues: corn cob, wheat straw, rice straw and rice husk, in order to produce the maximum amount of bio-oils as a by-product.

The scientists carefully studied the pyrolysis of crop residues. Pyrolysis refers to the thermal degradation of organic matter in the absence of oxygen under high temperatures, and is known to release liquid and gaseous by-products, while leaving a carbon- enriched char behind. The process of pyrolysis is frequently used to get rid of vegetation and agricultural residues as it is quick, easy and convenient. The scientists studied the effect of pyrolysis temperatures and biomass type on the yield of bio-oils as a by-product. While wheat and rice straw yielded maximum bio-oils at 400 ℃, corn cob and rice husk yielded maximum bio-oils when burnt at 450℃. Corn cob was also shown to yield the maximum amount of bio-oils, while rice husk yielded the least. Such studies could help our farmers dispose off these agricultural residues in more efficient ways in the future https://researchmatters.in/shots/helping-farmers-dispose-agricultural-residues-better

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Minister for women and child welfare Paritala Sunita addressing the one- day workshop in Vijayawada on Monday

Vijayawada: Civil supplies Minister Prathipati Pulla Rao said on Monday the State and Central Governments are spending Rs.630 crore every year to supply rice to the white ration card holders through the Public Distribution System. He said the Government is trying to ensure food security by distributing nutrition food to the pregnant women and lactating mothers.

Pullarao participated in the one- day workshop conducted on National Food Security Act 2013 and The Andhra Pradesh Food Security Rules 2013 organised by Department of Civil supplies in a hotel on Monday.

Addressing the gathering, Prathipati Pullarao said the Government is using modern technology to ensure supply of rice through the fair price shops. He said efforts were on to transform the fair price shops as the mini shopping malls with various products.

He said 750 employees are working in real time governance to verify the functioning of the Government machinery and to get feedback on the services of the Government to the people.

Minister for women development and child welfare Paritala Sunitha said Andhra Pradesh has become a role model for rice distribution by implementing e-pose system. She asked the officials to give directives to the dealers to give subsidy on the gas supplied by civil supplies department to the Anganwadi centres http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2017-09-04/AP-turns-a-rolemodel-in-rice-distribution-Paritala-Sunitha/324119 Skip to main content

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IRICA Sets Deadline for Rice Import Clearance

1. Economy 2. Domestic Economy Tuesday, September 05, 2017

IRICA Sets Deadline for Rice Import Clearance

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he Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration announced on Monday

that rice importers have until Friday to clear their shipments from customs terminals.

Rice imports are banned in Iran every year from late June to late November to support local farmers and domestic production, Mehr News Agency reported.

The ban pertains to grain order registrations during the abovementioned period, meaning orders placed before the ban may be entitled to customs clearance past the deadline.

Iranians consume 3.2 million tons of rice a year, of which about 1 million tons are imported.

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Nepal’s growing dependency on farm imports should be assessed with food security

- BIJENDRA MAN SHAKYA

Nepal needs a home-grown plan that includes incentives for farmers who have been suffering from depressed prices due to the largesse that rich countries heap upon their farmers

Sep 5, 2017-Is Nepal still devoted to farming as it was before? It would not be incorrect to say no. If the countryâ€&#x;s food import bill for the last couple of years is any indication, the answer is an emphatic no. Nepalâ€&#x;s agricultural imports reached the Rs200 billion mark in the last fiscal year. This is equivalent to one-fifth of that yearâ€&#x;s total imports, and roughly eight times the figure from a decade ago. Agricultural imports have been increasing for more than a decade. For an economy where agriculture accounts for one-third of the Gross Domestic Product and employs three-

fourths of the country‟s households, this is a matter of intellectual curiosity. Here are two contradictory views in this regard.

One, according to optimists, the increased farm imports reflect a growing demand for high quality food following a rise in people‟s income. As families lift themselves out of poverty, they start to buy higher quality cereals, like basmati rice for instance, and consume more meat which puts greater stress on grain production and imports. Since this argument is based on people‟s increased income and their tendency to consume more food, the growing agricultural imports are nothing to be concerned about. Although food imports can enlarge the trade deficit, we need not worry as long as the country‟s net receipts of foreign exchange, for example, remittance sent home by migrant workers, can cover the importbills.

On the other hand, pessimists question the country‟s increased dependency on food imports and its food security in the long run.

There are two explanations behind this view. While imports of subsidised farm products have surpassed domestic output, the country‟s farms lie fallow due to a shortage of farm labour. If both problems deepen, Nepal‟s dependency on agricultural imports will grow further. The country will inevitably sink into a food crisis if food exporting countries rein in shipments or farm subsidies are outlawed internationally. Moreover, the country will face a grave situation if nothing is done to improve farming at home. Nepal‟s agriculture sector, thus, deserves protection at least on the basis of food security as commonly practiced globally.

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Providing protection to the farming sector is an international phenomenon. Subsidies occupy a central role in the production and export of farm products in rich countries. Considering food security, geographically small but wealthy countries like Japan and South Korea have been imposing outright barriers to rice imports. These countries levy as high as 800 percent of tariff on rice imports. The European Union (EU) is a keen supporter of farm subsidies as it has a common agricultural policy (CAP).

Although CAP costs billions of dollars a year and accounts for 40 percent of the total EU budget, the programme has been continued for the protection of 2 percent of its farm workforce.

It is an irony that agriculture in Nepal has rarely been provided incentives. Already a net food importing country, it has been threatened by growing competition from imports and dwindling domestic production. The growth rates for both agriculture and population are almost the same, a meagre 1.3 percent. This means a possible drop in the food surplus if a natural disaster were to occur. Given this situation, Nepal urgently needs a revolutionary plan to control food imports and boost falling farm productivity.

Two conditions will have to be fulfilled for this to happen. One, domestic prices for grain will have to rise to incentivise farmers.

The simplest way to do this would be imposing high tariffs on food imports. But this is not desirable as it will affect consumers at large and goes against the peopleâ€&#x;s welfare.

Outcome driven plans Alternately, productivity related subsidies can be offered to help offset the price variation with imported products. These subsidies can be direct cash incentives or subsidised agriculture credit. Next, investments in infrastructure, primarily irrigation and access roads to agriculture markets, are crucial from the governmentâ€&#x;s side as the former is meaningless without the latter.

There has been no shortage of plans designed to develop agriculture in Nepal. One of the popular programmes is the donordriven Agricultural Perspective Plan (APP) which was much hyped without satisfactory yields. This is because past programmes were influenced largely by external advice which sought to promote free trade and was hostile to protection. Nepal needs a home-grown plan that includes incentives for farmers who have been suffering from depressed prices due to the largesse that rich countries heap upon their farmers and uncontrolled imports. This approach will help Nepal to reduce import dependency and ensure food security.

If not, the feast might turn into a famine in the long run.

Shakya is an associate professor of economics at Tribhuvan University Published: 05-09-2017 08:08

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Bill Reed spent his career on the Grand Prairie, but he was raised in the Tennessee mountains. In retirement, he‘s aiming for even higher ground, at least metaphorically. ―I always thought it would be neat to go to Dallas Theological Seminary,‖ said Reed, who retired a month ago after 37 years at Riceland Foods in Stuttgart, finishing as senior vice president for corporate communications and public affairs. ―I once heard a conference speaker say that a guy who is 60 years old and in good health probably has 25 good years ahead,‖ Reed told Arkansas Business. ―And I thought, the folks working under me at Riceland are very good, ready to take over, and I‘d been considering taking a leadership role at my church [Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, where he leads young adults]. So I started online two years ago, and I‘m about a quarter of the way‖ to a seminary degree.

He plans to knuckle down finish the degree, he said. ―I‘ve had a great career in agriculture, and I‘m still hugely interested, but the spiritual side is a vision of mine, and I hope to get there.‖

The agriculture interest began in Lake City, Tennessee, recently renamed as Rocky Top, where a helpful county extension agent inspired him to attend the University of Tennessee. ―My grandparents were subsistence farmers who ate what they grew and grew what they ate. They had chickens, ducks and hogs; I raised pigs as a 4-H project.‖

As a college junior, he won a 4-H scholarship and spent a summer with DeKalb, the Illinois seed company now owned by Monsanto. ―I wanted to work in the genetics lab,‖ Reed said. ―They said, ‗What about the communications and marketing department?‘ I said, ‗Well, it‘s your money!‘‖ It wasn‘t like a job, Reed said. ―It just seemed natural and fun. So I finished up requirements for my plant science degree and loaded up on electives in the UT communications college.‖ For graduate school, there was only one stand-alone agriculture journalism program at the time, ―and that was in Madison,‖ at the University of Wisconsin. Reed took his master‘s there.

In 1976 he was recruited by the University of Arkansas‘ Cooperative Extension Service, working out of Little Rock as a print media specialist. He and his wife, Janice, loved it. ―Arkansas was new to us, and it seemed that every weekend we‘d be in some new town for a new festival.‖ Riceland called in 1979, and except for a year and a half as director of communications for UT‘s Institute of Agriculture, he was there until he retired.

―The late ‘70s were quite a challenge because agriculture was in turmoil, with high interest rates, low prices and farms going under.‖ But personally Reed did well. ―I enjoyed communicating with farmers, and my goal was to speak for the rice industry.‖ Richard Bell became president and Riceland‘s CEO in 1981, and Reed often traveled with him to testify before Congress; Bell eventually called on Reed to testify. ―I said what if they ask a question I can‘t answer?‖ Reed recalled. They can‘t, Bell replied. ―They‘re congressmen, they can do whatever they want,‖ Reed said. But Bell insisted Reed couldn‘t be stumped, for a simple reason: With his background, he‘d know all the answers. ―It was a great career,‖ Reed said. ―I‘ve known all the senators and House members from Arkansas since the early ‘80s. David Pryor on the Senate Agriculture Committee, Dale Bumpers on appropriations. Blanche Lincoln was the first female chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee. She learned to drive by taking her father from Helena to Stuttgart for Riceland board meetings.‖ Reed counts former U.S. Rep. Marion Berry as a friend. ―Relationships with those people and their staffs were deeply rewarding. Those staff folks make that operation run.‖ Reed offered no parting advice for Kevin McGilton or Ben Noble, Riceland vice presidents who are taking over parts of his portfolio. He called McGilton capable and experienced, and he has a fond history with Noble. ―I‘ve known Ben since what I think was his first week working for Bumpers. He had lots of energy; he didn‘t walk anywhere. He was always running.‖ About eight years ago, when Reed was covering rice issues at the Arkansas Capitol, he told the Arkansas Rice Federation he was being run ragged and needed some help. ―Here came Ben Noble, moving to Little Rock to work for the rice industry. When he took the job at Riceland, I told him that now I was responsible for two of his career moves

http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/118560/after-long-agcareer-bill-reed-grows-spiritually Agriculture Minister on Merchants Selling Rice above the Highest Retail Price Monday, 04 September 2017 | 08:35 WIB

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Rice JAKARTA, NETRALNEWS.COM - The Government through the Ministry of Commerce has issued the Highest Retail Price (HET) for rice commodities valid from September 1. However, there are still traders selling rice above the HET.

The Minister of Agriculture Amran Sulaiman understood this. He considered it fair if the merchant has not been entirely selling the rice at the Highest Retail Price set by the government. According to him, HET socialization to rice traders still takes time.

"Be patient. We are under socialization process, give them a chance [for adjustments]," said Minister Amran, Sunday (9/3/2017).

The government continues to try to embrace all parties so that price uniformity can occur. Education on HET implementation is also continuously conducted so as not to generate negative perceptions on traders and communities.

"I am with traders almost, once twice, communicating continuously. This is something good. Traders are accepting because the government socializes. The faster the better," he explained.

However, Minister Amran disagreed with the proposal to revoke a business license if merchants sell rice below the designated HET. "Don't give sanction.

We embrace [them]. Do not get fuss," he concluded. (*) http://www.en.netralnews.com/news/business/read/10597/agriculture.minister.on.merchants.selling.ri ce.above.the.highest.retail.price

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BY TITA VALDERAMA ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2017ANALYSIS

TITA C. VALDERAMA

RICE is an important part of the Filipino meal. A Filipino breakfast, lunch or dinner is not complete without rice, even if you have other carbohydrate-rich food like bread or pasta.

Some of us even have rice meals for snacks. We tend to eat more rice with favorite Filipino recipes such as adobo, sisig, and kare-kare.

Suggest removing rice from the Filipino diet and you‘ll be in big trouble. Remember when it was reported, albeit erroneously, that Sen. Cynthia Villar was planning to file a bill to restrict restaurants from offering unlimited rice servings, known as unli-rice in support of government efforts toward self-sufficiency in rice production?

She was pilloried and called names. Issues raised against her family that had been long forgotten were resurrected and memes against her went viral in the Internet. Villar, who chairs the committee on agriculture and food at the Senate, had to issue a clarification that she was simply raising concern over the dietary implications of eating rice in excessive quantity.

We at The Manila Times learned some of the complex issues about rice from Dr. Bruce J. Tolentino, deputy director general of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), who graciously visited the office on Thursday last week. He gave us a substantive briefing on what IRRI is about and what it has been doing.

One of the many interesting information we learned was that the Philippines may soon have climate-smart rice variety that can withstand drought and flood. IRRI and its local counterpart, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), have already submitted the 2in-1 (drought and submergence) tolerant rice for approval by the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI).

Once this is approved for commercial use, the country may be importing less rice or attain self-sufficiency as it confronts the challenges of climate change.

The Times has run a story on this (http://www.manilatimes.net/irri-developing-climateresilient-rice/347936/) and other more newsworthy parts of Tolentino‘s presentation and statements so let me just write here some tidbits of the load of information we got.

The visit was prompted by a mention of IRRI in this column three weeks ago (http://www.manilatimes.net/declining-agri-budgets-wont-entice-youth-go-farming/344302/) when I said: ―We hardly hear about the IRRI nowadays. Perhaps, the government could again boost its support for the IRRI by sending more trainees to spur renewed interest in the agriculture sector.‖ Tolentino happened to read it and sent me a message right away offering a full briefing to the editorial team.

From the briefing, another interesting study on IRRI‘s plate delves on the traits of heirloom rice varieties. Red, purple and black rice mostly harvested in the Cordilleras are high in antioxidants and some say these may have cancer-fighting properties.

―We are working with biologists and health experts (to find out) if these varieties can be used as medicines, not just food,‖ Tolentino said.

IRRI is likewise experimenting on making rice more nutritious by inserting zinc, iron and Vitamin A through genetic engineering. This would be a better option to the white rice which, when taken in excess, cause Type-2 diabetes.

Through the C3 (rice)-C4 (corn) photosynthesis, IRRI is also looking at the possibility of making rice behave like corn which was found to be a more efficient factory of food. This will, however, take 15 to 20 more years of anatomical and biochemistry changes and testing.

What may not be known to many is that IRRI has a rice gene bank at its headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna that has 128,000 rice varieties, of which less than 5 percent is in use, and less than 3 percent is in commercial production.

The Philippines has 7,000 rice varieties while India, which has a much bigger land area, has the biggest contribution of 13,000.

Apart from the researches that IRRI has been doing, it was enlightening to learn that IRRI is neither part of the Philippine government nor of the United Nations. It is not a nongovernment organization either.

It is an international organization created by a treaty with 28 country-signatories. ―It is kinda unique…one of a kind,‖ said Tolentino, who served as agriculture undersecretary from 1986 to 1993. He was an intern at the old Manila Times in 1970, before getting a degree in Mass Communications from the St. Louis University.

IRRI‘s sprawling headquarters is located within the University of the Philippines in Los Baños (UPLB). The land where it sits was part of the property owned by the heirs of the national hero Jose Rizal which was acquired by the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations in 1960. In the event that IRRI ceases operations, the land will go to UPLB with which it has a lease agreement renewable every 25 years.

IRRI‘s mandate is international while PhilRice, which is part of the Philippine government, takes care of the local research and training of farmers. ―We don‘t want to intrude into what government can do. The national government has PhilRice. We work with DA and Philrice,‖ Tolentino explained.

The Ford and Rockefeller Foundations have stopped funding IRRI for almost 20 years now.

The United States, Australia and the Philippines are its top three funders now. The funding from the Philippines is coursed through the DA and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in the context of the country‘s national rice program.

Tolentino wishes though that the Philippine government would infuse more funds into irrigation to boost rice production. He noted that while 30 percent of the agriculture department‘s budget supposedly goes to irrigation, there has been no corresponding improvement in the size of irrigated land.

Perhaps it would be a great help if our politicians were to put their pork barrel money where their mouths are. It is not true that the pork barrel is gone. It‘s still in the budget. They just made it more difficult for us to find where it is hidden.

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Fuel, electricity, rice prices to push August inflation higher By: Daxim L. Lucas - Reporter / @daxinq Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:12 AM September 04, 2017

Prices of goods and services in the domestic economy are expected to have risen at a faster clip in August, due mainly to the rising cost of petroleum products as well as the increase in electricity rates in areas served by Meralco, the country‘s largest power retailer.

In a statement, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas‘ Department of Economic Research said its forecast ―suggests that August 2017 inflation could settle within the 2.6-3.4 percent range.‖ This range is skewed upward from the inflation rate of 2.8 percent recorded in July.

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―Increases in domestic petroleum prices, electricity rates in Meralco-serviced areas, and rice prices along with the depreciation of the peso could contribute to upward price pressures for the month,‖ BSP‘s research unit said.

The central bank‘s forecast jibed with the expectations of the Department of Finance‘s chief economist, Undersecretary Gil Beltran, who said his office expected the prices of goods and services to have risen by 3.1 percent in August. ―The main reasons are food and oil, petroleum products,‖ Beltran said in a press briefing. ―For food, we are reaching the point wherein the supply in the market is low because it is the rainy season. But once harvest time comes, the prices will normalize.‖ ―By October food prices will start to decline for rice,‖ he said, adding that the overall food price basket had remained muted because of the decline in chicken prices, brought about by the recent outbreak of avian flu north of Metro Manila.

The increase in inflation was due mainly to rice and gasoline prices, he stressed, adding that the thinner rice stocks being experienced usually bottoms out in October when the rainy season ends, allowing the replanting of crops.

Meanwhile, the central bank said that it was keeping a close eye on inflation, including the potential effects of the weakening of the local currency against the US dollar. ―Moving forward, the BSP will continue to assess domestic and external factors that affect the balance of risks surrounding the inflation outlook in line with its mandate of delivering price stability conducive to a balanced and sustained economic growth,‖ the central bank said

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Constitution hinders mineral mining –Ishaku Posted on Sep 4, 2017 in Politics | 0 comments From Samuel Bello, Abuja

Governor of Taraba State and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Darius Ishaku in this interview spoke on happenings in the state and ideas for national development.

Have you read Trendiee Today? Click here to read PDP was in power for 16 years, maybe as a result of some lapses they lost in 2015 election, has PDP learnt any lesson from that event?

Indeed, having lost an election and we are now in the opposition, we know the bitterness of being an opposition and we have learnt our own lessons too. PDP made her own mistakes just like any human organization that stays too long in a particular place would, there are obvious abuses in the party. A committee have been set up to look into what had gone wrong and how we can correct it and we are in the bid of correcting it, and we would make sure that what happened before does not occur again. We would correct it and put the party into a firm setting.

For Nigeria to get proper and good democracy, we need to as of a necessity, have vibrant political parties. Deceiving of political leaders starts from the party. If the party is well structured and properly stabilised to filter its leadership, then it will be easy to have a very good leader from any party. For example, I was in Minnesota when Obama came during their primaries to campaign with eight other party members, we watched him in the auditorium. After the debate, a professor turned to me and asked me what my take was on the debate of the eight people; I told him that the whole eight party members who are looking for nomination for the ticket of the Democrats in America are ‗A‘ class. Now the question is strategizing which the A‘s are and I said Obama was an A triple plus, but he won‘t get it because he is black. Clinton is ‗A‘ double plus and she is likely to get it but Americans are not ready for a female president yet. So I graded them and as God would have it, Obama became the president and Biden which I graded in A class, became the Vice president. So the critical point of repairs is from the political parties.

Reports have it that there is an Agric revolution going on in Taraba State; can you give us an idea of what is going on there?

Yes there is an agricultural revolution going on in Taraba State. Before I resumed office, I have always said the state is nature‘s gift to the nation and is nature‘s gift to herself. We have three very important things, if we harness correctly in Taraba, it would stop me from coming to Abuja to get the monthly stipends. Agriculture, mining, and tourism among others are what I am concentrating on.

As for Agriculture, we are there and we are working assiduously to make sure that we get a lot of people to farm rice.

Taraba State can supply the whole country with rice. I understand that about $8 billion is spent annually to import rice. That can be wiped out by Taraba and one or two other states in the country. We would not need to be importing rice, it is available here. I used to farm rice in the 80‘s, I had four square kilometres of rice farm and I was doing well. I know all the rice millers in Abakiliki, but when they lifted the ban on rice importation, my rice farm came down, all the farmers near my office went to Bentachi and they collected it, but now we are on the rise, we are on soyabeans. We are on cassava too; we have a cassava mill in the state. We are also going to palm oil; we have started something on cocoa.

The luck we have in the state is that, from the temperate climate to the tropical, we have it. I have started with the tea and it is doing very well, it has been passed in Germany. Our problem now is the quantity that we need to export. We

have started on coffee, it is also in the high land and it would do well there. Wheat has been recommended for us on the high lands but I want to start one at a time. On the low lands, we have the rice which we are working very hard on, I established the best green House in the country, Taraba vegetables, if you go to Shoprite, I am sure one will get it there and other shops in town. We are working very hard on agriculture. We are trying to work hard on bailey seed and soya beans that is our targeting export; we are trying to work hard on rice and cassava to feed our people.

Taraba has a lot of potentials when you talk of agriculture.

The truth is that diversification is very much possible, and it is already working in Taraba State. One time when we were bringing our truck vegetables to Abuja, somebody spotted it in Karu (an Abuja suburb), he followed the truck to where they offload the contents and when the manager came out, he asked if it is true that they have vegetables, so they opened the truck for him to see and he said he was buying from somewhere else, we told him to come and buy from us and we would supply him so he can supply to whoever. It is already working because these vegetables that are being consumed in Abuja are mostly brought in from our side. A country that does not feed herself is not yet a country. Everybody is stopping exportation, very soon oil would be old fashion but if you can feed yourself you are comfortable.

Is there any other sector that you think could help the country‘s diversification agenda apart from agriculture?

Mining is a huge potential. If you ask me, I would get more money from mining in Taraba than agriculture. Problem of mining is the law, the law gave the federal government exclusive right on the mining but there is a snap. The constitution gives the states right over the land and gave the federal government the right over the mining but the point is, would you mine without going through the land? There is a problem there; there is a need for harmonisation because all the states, inclusive of mine, are afraid. As of now, if you want to start mining it has to be from Abuja, and you have to get the license.

I had a case where a fellow had a certificate since 1978 on a land. But when he came, there was an owner of the land. The fellow went ahead and put his rig and started, I said ‗no and asked the police to quit him.‘ You cannot mine on somebody‘s land. So unless these kinds of conflicts are resolved, the mining is painfully not being exploited.

I was in Germany for a mining workshop and I found out that a lot of these countries have gone round and broken these laws, an example is Chile, they have a very good mining law, how I wish we could learn from other countries that are mining. Australia is also good in mining, these are countries we should look into their laws, see how we can harmonise it. If I am a state governor and I am given a full license and I mine, let the federal government get her own taxes, let the state government get her taxes and then we develop the people within the mining sector, I am very sure that mining can give Nigeria a lot of money.

You were accused of mismanaging N130b in two years, how do you react to this allegation?

It is just like anybody accusing a journalist of talking too much, is that an accusation? The person did not come out with any facts. Even if I give one of my booklets to a blind person he will see that within two years my state had never gotten 30percent pass in West African Examination Council (WAEC). Last year we had 67.3percent. This is a state that came first in WAEC, in the north, for the first time after 27 years of its creation. And we were 8th in the country that is in education.

You need an opposition, but let the opposition criticise you properly not crazy criticism that is going on. The same man said that I spent the whole money of Universal Basic Education (UBE), but the contracts were just awarded last week. The point is that we take our time to go through due process.

When I resumed office, I called a meeting of the water board the next day because when I was driving to my office, I saw people fetching water from streams and I asked why, they said there has been no water for almost a year in the town. I called the Permanent Secretary who is a female; I gave her two weeks to make sure there was water. I told her to give me three names for her replacement and she did that. I did that so that incase she unable to perform the task, I will put the other person.

I also called the Head of Service to tell me what they need and I will give them and in less than two weeks we got water running from the tap. The same thing with electricity, we have done a lot of things. My state is one of the first states that have a digital television station with studio; I have a mobile van that can broadcast live anywhere I am in the state.

What is your take on the recent pro and anti-Buhari protests?

I told them in my church that it is now that I understand when they mean, when they say ‗pray for your leaders,‘ the Christian faith encourages it. When your leader is sick, you need to pray for him because if he is not well, you too are in trouble. A leader has to be well to take a decision that affects you and I. We should be sympathetic and pray for the president to get well. I do not support any protests; I will rather support people to be praying continuously for him to get well. The machineries are already in place and they are working. We should intensify the efforts of praying for our leaders, this is what we are taught religiously and we should imbibe that culture. When you go on demonstration you are creating another problem, sometimes it starts peacefully, sometimes it does not end peacefully.

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Rice mills seek removal of GST on branded rice M. Soundariya Preetha COIMBATORE,SEPTEMBER 02, 2017 20:33 IST

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Bran too should be free of tax, demand industry bodies Implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has not gone well for many rice millers, especially those who produce branded rice in the southern States.

Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, chairman of All India Rice Millers‘ Federation, said that earlier, some States had nil tax on rice while some had 5% tax.

Under GST, there is no tax on rice and hence, prices have come down in many places.

However, branded rice, which is just 2% to 3 % of the market, attracts a 5% rate. ―We have sought bringing branded rice also under 0% GST.‖ Similarly, rice bran sold for solvent purposes attracts 5% GST while there is no tax on bran meant for cattle or poultry feed. More than half the volume goes to the feed industry. GST on bran should be removed, he said.

K.S. Jagadeesan, former president of the Tamil Nadu Federation of Rice Mill Owners and Paddy, Rice Dealers‘ Association, said southern States are major rice consumers.

Awareness on rice brands had been high in Tamil Nadu and there are more than 100 brands in the State, he said. ―It is the Government that supported and encouraged millers in Kangeyam to modernise mills and develop brands. We did that and now branded rice attracts 5%. This increases the cost of rice,‖ according to Mr. Jagadeesan.

D. Thulasingham, president of the Tamil Nadu federation, added that after implementation of GST, many millers in the State do not use the brand. The federation representatives met State Government officials recently and said the State should appeal to the Centre to remove the GST on branded rice. ―The council should at least remove the GST on all non-basmati rice,‖ he said. Similarly, a rice mill owner supplies bran to a trader and would not know what the bran would be used for. Hence, GST on bran should be removed. Though job work attracts 18%, it would not be applicable for the rice sector. The Government should give a clear notification on this, he said http://www.thehindu.com/business/rice-mills-seek-removal-of-gst-on-brandedrice/article19611298.ece

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Areas for shifting Nellore rice mills identified SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NELLORE,SEPTEMBER 02, 2017 23:51 IST

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Health hazard: The move is aimed at preventing pollution in the residential areas. | Photo Credit: K_ RAVIKUMAR

Decision on tax exemption and compensation soon The long-standing search for safe locations for shifting rice mills from Nellore city limits has ended, as the district officials finally zeroed in on four remote places near the national highway in the district, for carrying out their shifting plans .

The rice mill owners are now under pressure to select any of these locations.

District Collector R. Mutyala Raju has already given directions regarding the latest exercise pertaining to the Rice Mill Owners‘ Associations operating in the district limits.

The four locations identified, are located at the Kisan SEZ in Racharlapadu, Cherukumudi in Manubolu mandal, Amancherla in Nellore Rural limits, and Sirasanambedu in Nayudupeta area. These locations have been finalised after an elaborate exercise to evaluate the development of adequate facilities like

roads, electricity and water, to meet the future needs of the rice mills to be shifted there.

The demand for shifting the mills gained momentum considering Nellore city has been expanding and developing by leaps and bounds. Recently, smart city project has also been taken up to improve amenities and living conditions here.

Pollution As the outlying areas saw enhanced residential development, the rice mills located there were seen as a major problem because of the pollution.

During the interactions taken up towards this shifting, the millers‘ association leaders are stated to have sought tax exemptions, compensation and also water supply in the locations.

A final decision is expected soon after the issue is taken up for consideration for the approval of the government http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/areas-for-shifting-nellore-rice-millsidentified/article19612494.ece

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2 Sep 2017 at 08:00 6,425 viewed18 comments WRITER: PATPON SABPAITOON

Dr Warong Dechgitvigrom, a former Democrat MP for Phitsanulok, left, and Rames Rattanachaweng, deputy party spokesman and member of the party's legal team, address a press conference on Friday. They insist a formal investigation into the rice-pledging scandal involving the previous administration began before the National Council for Peace and Order was established and is not a political ploy to persecute any person or party. (Photo by Pawat Laopaisarntaksin) -+

The Democrat Party is stepping up to defend a ruling by the Supreme Court‘s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions that sentenced former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom to 42 years in jail over bogus government-to-government rice sales, saying the decision was ―legal and righteous‖.

The rice sales were part of the former Yingluck Shinawatra administration's loss-making, ricepledging scheme.

Democrat Party deputy spokesman Rames Rattanachaweng said those who are against the court's ruling are trying to politicise the issue and discredit the judiciary by connecting it to the fact that the country is now under a military government.

The attempt was aimed at helping former premier Yingluck, who failed to show up to hear the court's ruling in another case related to the rice-pledging scheme last Friday, to seek asylum status, he said.

Ms Yingluck faced a dereliction-of-duty but not corruption charge for the way she managed the scheme.

The Supreme Court‘s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions was established in 1997 and not by the junta, Mr Rames stressed.

The court has ruled on many cases and all the judges are professional and not military-appointed, he added. ―When Mr Thaksin realised the judicial branch could not be meddled with, the only option was to try and undermine its credibility,‖ he said.

Warong Dechgitvigrom, a former Democrat MP known as the key whistleblower on the ricepledging scheme, said the investigation into the controversial policy was initiated by the Democrat Party in the context of a fledgling democracy.

The party, the main opposition party in parliament, scrutinised the Yingluck government in relation to the scheme. ―The investigation has been conducted fairly. We did our job in parliament using the system of checks and balances through both the legislative and judicial branch," Dr Warong said.

He refused to see any political motivation in the party's move to chase up the case. ―This case is not political," he said. "There was no interference whatsoever [from the authoritarian regime],‖ he said.

The rulings in the rice cases will set a new standard for corruption cases and will discourage government officers from violating the law, he added. ―This is the first time high-level politicians, civil servants and business people who have engaged in corruption have been chased and prosecuted.

"That will encourage government officials to carry out their jobs righteously and deter them from corrupt acts,‖ Dr Warong said.

He said it was regrettable Ms Yingluck failed to show up at court but that this reflected ―her character‖.

When asked to comment on her suspected whereabouts, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Busadee Santipitaks said on Friday the ministry had no new information.

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GALLERY: Rice County Steam and Gas Engine Show brings family fun, history 

By KELSEY O’HARA kohara@northfieldnews.com

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Carmen Sevick, secretary for Steam & Gas Engines, Inc., contributed her own tractor for display as well as some from her family members during the 43rd annual Steam and Gas Engine Show. (Kelsey O’Hara/Northfield News) 

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A new addition to the show this year was a petting zoo where families can get up close and personal with horses, pigs, baby calves and more throughout the day. (Kelsey O’Hara/Northfield News) 

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Steam engines and various antique machinery are displayed throughout the 53-acre lot and can even be found meandering through the streets for visitors to witness. (Kelsey O’Hara/Northfield News) 

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Several historic buildings on property were relocated and now can be explored during the show with new restorations, including a log cabin from Kenyon, a blacksmith shop and a family home from Dundas.

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This year’s featured tractor is John Deere and the winner of the raffle will own their own John Deere tractor (Kelsey O’Hara/Northfield News) 

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Saw Mill at the Steam and Gas Show. (Kelsey O’Hara/Northfield News) 

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Blacksmith shop at the Steam and Gas Show. (Kelsey O’Hara/Northfield News) 

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Families pick from a variety of activities from petting zoos, exploring displays, eating food or enjoying the playground at the Steam Engine and Gas Show. (Kelsey O’Hara/Northfield News) 

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The Rice County Steam and Gas Engine Show took place this Labor Day weekend from Friday to Sunday on the Rice County Steam and Gas Engine showgrounds, 3 miles south of Northfield.

The show started on Friday, Sept. 1, and ends on Sunday, Sept. 3. The gates opened at 7 a.m. The weekend revisited past farming traditions with several tours, activities and exhibits including steam and gas engine displays, grain threshing demonstrations, an old-time blacksmith shop, antique tractors, horse-drawn wagon rides, live music, tractor pulls, food stands, raffles and more.

Carmen Sevick, secretary for Rice County Steam & Gas Engines Inc., said she grew up in the Steam & Gas Engines club and enjoys volunteering each year’s show, especially now that she can include her whole family. ―I was raised on a farm, so I’ve always lived this lifestyle,‖ Sevick said. ―But I love seeing my children and my grandchildren get excited about the show and want to participate together.‖ In addition to the annual three-day Steam and Gas Engine Show, Rice County Steam and Gas hosted its two-day Swap Meet and Flea Market earlier this year. Vendors from all across Minnesota sell everything from baked goods to antiques.

The show also includes a featured manufacturer each year, and this year’s featured tractor manufacturer was John Deere, a well-known American corporation that manufactures agricultural machinery and lawn care equipment.

President of Rice County Steam & Gas Engines Inc., Roger Janak, said since the show moved to Rice County in 1998, the exhibits and activities has grown for show-goers to see and now provides a similar experience to larger shows across the United States. ―If you’ve never been to a thrashing show, this show has all of the things that all of the bigger shows have,‖ Janak said. ―Steam engines, saw Mills, antique displays: we have them all but on a smaller scale and right here in Rice County’s backyard.‖ Janak said he hopes to continue expanding more into the years for the show and encourage the next generation to pick up where the club leaves off.

For more information about the club and the show, visit ricecountysteamandgas.com.

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Water Damage From Hurricane Harvey Extended Far Beyond Flood Zones

By FORD FESSENDEN, ROBERT GEBELOFF, MARY WILLIAMS WALSH and TROY GRIGGS SEPT. 1, 2017

As the government begins to assess the damage from Hurricane Harvey, it is clear that much of the damage occurred outside of the boundaries drawn on official flood maps.

Harris County Lake Houston Sheldon Reservoir

Addicks Reservoir San Jacinto River

H O U S T O N Buffalo Bayou

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A red dot ⬤ represents a flooded building outside of a flood zone.

Pink dots ⬤ represent flooded buildings within a flood zone.

10 miles Source: Building damage estimates from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, through Aug. 31

About 40 percent of the buildings estimated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to have been flooded in Harris County, Tex., are in areas considered to be “of minimal flood hazard.”

That finding, by a New York Times analysis of FEMA‟s data from Harris County, Tex., is similar to a report Friday by researchers at the University of CaliforniaDavis. They used satellite imagery to determine that half of the land that flooded in the county, whose seat is Houston, was outside of official flood zones.

The researchers, at the university‟s Natural Hazards Research and Mitigation Group, said their finding “points almost inescapably to local factors such as runaway development and lack of balanced hydrologic planning.”

“By some calculations, the current flooding represents the third „500-year‟ flood in the Houston area in the past three years,” they wrote, using a term to express a low likelihood of major flooding.

Heavy flooding outside the official flood zones means that many property owners in the county are unlikely to have insurance coverage, unless they happen to be large commercial establishments that could buy it from insurance companies.

Insurers are generally unwilling to sell flood coverage to homeowners, so individuals who want it must get it from the National Flood Insurance Program.

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But the federal program‟s rules and pricing come from FEMA‟s flood maps, and the designations on those maps are increasingly being called into question.

A study last year by researchers at Texas A&M University and Rice University found “a growing disconnect between the 100-year flood plain and the location of the actual losses.”

The study, published last month in Natural Hazards Review, looked at two portions of the Harris County watershed, to find out what was driving flooding outside the officially designated zones. It compared FEMA‟s mapping methods with newer hydrological models, and found the new models could greatly improve the understanding of flood risk, as well as help officials communicate the risk to people in harm‟s way.

The researchers also found that some property owners in the Houston area did buy flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program, even though their homes were not in flood zones and they were not required to buy it.

“Houston has urban storm water flooding, flooding due more to inadequate storm water drainage” than conventional factors, said Chad Berginnis, executive director of the Association of State Floodplain Managers, based in Madison, Wis. He was not involved in the Texas study.

He said that the risk of flooding from inadequate storm-water drainage was not usually picked up by the FEMA maps, because it could happen far from rivers and coasts, bodies of water that would be expected to flood.

Homes in this part of a neighborhood near the Barker Reservoir are outside official flood zones. Win Mcnamee/Getty Images

“Unless FEMA is really pushed, usually by a very progressive community that is managing its storm water, they do not factor in local storm water drainage systems,” he said. “Even when they are pushed, I would characterize it as a minor consideration.”

FEMA updates its flood maps in response to population growth or other local changes. It says it does take urban land use and infrastructure into account, as well as elevation and proximity to rivers and coasts.

Harris County had just received a new flood map in January, and experts said it did not pick up storm water drainage risks.

“That type of flooding is not shown on the maps,” said Carolyn Kousky, director of policy research at the Risk Management and Design Processes Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. “And it‟s a problem nationwide.”

She said that in President Trump‟s budget proposal this year, money for improving the flood maps had been cut, as was money for the Pre-Disaster Mitigation program, the only federal program for reducing flood risk before there is actually a flood. Congress has not yet acted on the administration proposal.

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Climate Change Already Impacting Wheat, Rice, Corn, Soybean Yields Worldwide

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Of the major staple crops, corn is expected to suffer most from increased temperatures caused by climate change (Photo by PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images) Increased temperatures from climate change will reduce yields of the four crops humans depend on most—wheat, rice, corn and soybeans—and the losses have already begun, according to a new meta-study by an international team of researchers.

Humans depend for two thirds of their calories on these four staple crops, but yields of wheat are expected to decrease by 6%, rice by 3.2%, maize by 7.4%, and soybean by 3.1%.

"By combining four different methods, our comprehensive assessment of the impacts of increasing temperatures on major global crops shows substantial risks for agricultural production, already stagnating in some parts of the world," the scientists say in the study, which appears in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"Yield increase has slowed down or even stagnated during the last years in some parts of the world, and further increases in temperature will continue to suppress yields, despite farmers’ adaptation efforts." The study, led by Chuang Zhao of Peking University, cites three other studies documenting declines in crop yields in Europe, Africa, India, China, Central and South America and other regions.

The study of studies was conducted by scientists in China, Germany, Belgium, Italy, France, Spain, The Philippines, and the United States, including the University of Florida, Stanford University, the University of Chicago, and Columbia University in New York. They hoped to settle a question that seemed to have produced conflicting results in the many studies they reviewed: what are the effects on crop yields of temperature increases from anthropogenic climate change?

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The study rebuts an argument made by those who argue against mitigating climate change because they say higher CO2 concentrations will increase crop yields. That argument, the scientists say, fails to account for higher temperatures: "While elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration can stimulate growth when nutrients are not limited, it will also increase canopy temperature from more closed stomata," the scientists say. The stomata are the pores plants use to exchange gases and moisture with the atmosphere. When plants close stomata because of higher temperatures they may conserve water but lose the ability to absorb CO2.

Higher temperatures can also increase atmospheric absorption of water in the plants and in the soil, provoke heat waves and stimulate pests and weeds.

The study anticipates that crop yields will improve in some areas because higher temperatures will lengthen the growing season, but it finds net losses worldwide.

The scientists acknowledge uncertainty about the interactions between temperature, rainfall and increased CO2 concentrations in different regions. They note that different crops respond differently in different regions and under different conditions, so they call for increased local analysis and local strategies: "Differences in temperature responses of crops around the world suggest that some mitigation could be possible to substantially affect the magnitude (or even direction) of climate change impacts on agriculture. These impacts will also vary substantially for crops and regions, and may interact with changes in precipitation and atmospheric CO2, so a reinvigoration of national research and extension programs is urgently needed to offset future impacts of climate change, including temperature increase on agriculture by using crop- and region-specific adaptation strategies."

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BY JAIME PILAPIL, TMT ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2017TODAY'S HEADLINE PHOTOS, TOP STORIES

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the global agricultural research and training organization that has been in the Philippines since 1960, has made strides in its new and important mission: producing rice ready for climate change. ―Climate change is a serious problem and rice is vulnerable. How to make rice resilient is our job and our next giant leap,‖ V. Bruce Tolentino, deputy director general of IRRI, said during a roundtable discussion with The Manila Times editors on Thursday.

CLIMATE-SMART V. Bruce Tolentino, deputy director general of the International Rice Research Institute, speaks during a roundtable discussion with The Manila Times editors. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN Although IRRI has developed several rice varieties that are flood-resilient, another big challenge is how to grow rice in poor soil, even in swamps, because land is becoming scarce, he said.

Climate change has decreased arable land, in addition to increasing temperatures and sea levels, he noted. ―We are having dialogues with each government and we work collaboratively to solve problems and ensure stable supply of quality rice,‖ said Tolentino, who was an intern at The Manila Times in the 1970s.

Tolentino said 112 million tons of rice, the staple of half of the world‘s population, would be needed to feed the world by 2040.

Fortunately for the Philippines, it has become the fastest-growing country in terms of rice yield, better than Thailand and Vietnam. Central Luzon and Cagayan Valley remain the biggest producers.

Yet Manila continues to import rice from the two countries. Tolentino noted that Thailand and Vietnam have bigger rice fields, while the Philippines has to manage three major crops, namely rice, corn, and abaca.

Ninety percent of rice is produced in Asia, with China accounting for 30 percent and India, 27 percent. Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, including the Philippines, account for the rest.

Golden Rice approval sought Aside from producing ―climate-smart‖ rice varieties, Tolentino said there should be huge investments in irrigation and the propagation of the so-called ―Golden Rice,‖ a variety that has higher nutrients, particularly iron and zinc. ―Once the permit is released, then we can do human tests. No one has tasted Golden Rice yet,‖ he said.

IRRI and the state-run Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have submitted the variety to the Bureau of Plant Industry for approval. New Zealand has approved it while IRRI is awaiting Bangladesh‘s go-signal, he said.

More scientists needed Tolentino said IRRI produces knowledge for global food security, particularly to ensure the continuous supply of rice. ―We don‘t sell our technology. If you want a variety of seed, you write us and we will send to you the seed,‖ he said.

But the Philippines must produce more scientists to keep IRRI alive, noting that some Filipino scientists have been lost to more lucrative jobs abroad. ―We are not investing much in science. Scientific works now are collaborative outputs. We should form an environment conducive for scientists,‖ he said.

IRRI, headquartered in the Philippines with offices in 36 countries, was opened at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) campus nearly six decades ago because at the time, it was the only university in Asia with an agronomy department.

For years it was financed by the Ford and Rockefeller foundations, but is now mostly funded by governments like the United States and Australia and by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Philippines is the third biggest contributor to the IRRI. IRRI has 1,300 personnel, about 900 of them graduates of UPLB and major agricultural universities in the country

http://www.manilatimes.net/irri-developing-climate-resilientrice/347936/Climate

Change Already Impacting Wheat, Rice, Corn, Soybean Yields Worldwide

Jeff McMahon , CONTRIBUTOR I cover green technology, energy and the environment from Chicago. Opinions

expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.

Of the major staple crops, corn is expected to suffer most from increased temperatures caused by climate change (Photo by PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images) Increased temperatures from climate change will reduce yields of the four crops humans depend on most—wheat, rice, corn and soybeans—and the losses have already begun, according to a new meta-study by an international team of researchers.

Humans depend for two thirds of their calories on these four staple crops, but yields of wheat are expected to decrease by 6%, rice by 3.2%, maize by 7.4%, and soybean by 3.1%.

"By combining four different methods, our comprehensive assessment of the impacts of increasing temperatures on major global crops shows substantial risks for agricultural production, already stagnating in some parts of the world," the scientists say in the study, which appears in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"Yield increase has slowed down or even stagnated during the last years in some parts of the world, and further increases in temperature will continue to suppress yields, despite farmers’ adaptation efforts." The study, led by Chuang Zhao of Peking University, cites three other studies documenting declines in crop yields in Europe, Africa, India, China, Central and South America and other regions.

The study of studies was conducted by scientists in China, Germany, Belgium, Italy, France, Spain, The Philippines, and the United States, including the University of Florida, Stanford University, the University of Chicago, and Columbia University in New York. They hoped to settle a question that seemed to have produced conflicting results in the many studies they reviewed: what are the effects on crop yields of temperature increases from anthropogenic climate change?

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The study rebuts an argument made by those who argue against mitigating climate change because they say higher CO2 concentrations will increase crop yields. That argument, the scientists say, fails to account for higher temperatures: "While elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration can stimulate growth when nutrients are not limited, it will also increase canopy temperature from more closed stomata," the scientists say. The stomata are the pores plants use to exchange gases and moisture with the atmosphere. When plants close stomata because of higher temperatures they may conserve water but lose the ability to absorb CO2.

Higher temperatures can also increase atmospheric absorption of water in the plants and in the soil, provoke heat waves and stimulate pests and weeds.

The study anticipates that crop yields will improve in some areas because higher temperatures will lengthen the growing season, but it finds net losses worldwide.

The scientists acknowledge uncertainty about the interactions between temperature, rainfall and increased CO2 concentrations in different regions. They note that different crops respond differently in different regions and under different conditions, so they call for increased local analysis and local strategies: "Differences in temperature responses of crops around the world suggest that some mitigation could be possible to substantially affect the magnitude (or even direction) of climate change impacts on agriculture. These impacts will also vary substantially for crops and regions, and may interact with changes in precipitation and atmospheric CO2, so a reinvigoration of national research and extension programs is urgently needed to offset future impacts of climate change, including temperature increase on agriculture by using crop- and region-specific adaptation strategies."

By Jeff McMahon, based in Chicago. Follow Jeff McMahon on Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter, or email him here. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2017/09/01/climate-change-already-impacting-wheatrice-corn-soybean-yields-worldwide/#3494db04777bTHE MANILA TIMES ROUNDTABLE

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BY JAIME PILAPIL, TMT ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2017TODAY'S HEADLINE PHOTOS, TOP STORIES

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the global agricultural research and training organization that has been in the Philippines since 1960, has made strides in its new and important mission: producing rice ready for climate change. ―Climate change is a serious problem and rice is vulnerable. How to make rice resilient is our job and our next giant leap,‖ V. Bruce Tolentino, deputy director general of IRRI, said during a roundtable discussion with The Manila Times editors on Thursday.

CLIMATE-SMART V. Bruce Tolentino, deputy director general of the International Rice Research Institute, speaks during a roundtable discussion with The Manila Times editors. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

Although IRRI has developed several rice varieties that are flood-resilient, another big challenge is how to grow rice in poor soil, even in swamps, because land is becoming scarce, he said.

Climate change has decreased arable land, in addition to increasing temperatures and sea levels, he noted. ―We are having dialogues with each government and we work collaboratively to solve problems and ensure stable supply of quality rice,‖ said Tolentino, who was an intern at The Manila Times in the 1970s.

Tolentino said 112 million tons of rice, the staple of half of the world‘s population, would be needed to feed the world by 2040.

Fortunately for the Philippines, it has become the fastest-growing country in terms of rice yield, better than Thailand and Vietnam. Central Luzon and Cagayan Valley remain the biggest producers.

Yet Manila continues to import rice from the two countries. Tolentino noted that Thailand and Vietnam have bigger rice fields, while the Philippines has to manage three major crops, namely rice, corn, and abaca.

Ninety percent of rice is produced in Asia, with China accounting for 30 percent and India, 27 percent. Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, including the Philippines, account for the rest.

Golden Rice approval sought Aside from producing ―climate-smart‖ rice varieties, Tolentino said there should be huge investments in irrigation and the propagation of the so-called ―Golden Rice,‖ a variety that has higher nutrients, particularly iron and zinc. ―Once the permit is released, then we can do human tests. No one has tasted Golden Rice yet,‖ he said.

IRRI and the state-run Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have submitted the variety to the Bureau of Plant Industry for approval. New Zealand has approved it while IRRI is awaiting Bangladesh‘s go-signal, he said.

More scientists needed Tolentino said IRRI produces knowledge for global food security, particularly to ensure the continuous supply of rice. ―We don‘t sell our technology. If you want a variety of seed, you write us and we will send to you the seed,‖ he said.

But the Philippines must produce more scientists to keep IRRI alive, noting that some Filipino scientists have been lost to more lucrative jobs abroad. ―We are not investing much in science. Scientific works now are collaborative outputs. We should form an environment conducive for scientists,‖ he said.

IRRI, headquartered in the Philippines with offices in 36 countries, was opened at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) campus nearly six decades ago because at the time, it was the only university in Asia with an agronomy department.

For years it was financed by the Ford and Rockefeller foundations, but is now mostly funded by governments like the United States and Australia and by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Philippines is the third biggest contributor to the IRRI. IRRI has 1,300 personnel, about 900 of them graduates of UPLB and major agricultural universities in the country          

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HAMBURG: Iraq's state grains buyer purchased a total of around 60,000 tonnes of rice in an international tender which closed this week, European traders said on Thursday.

Some 30,000 tonnes will be sourced from Pakistan and 30,000 tonnes from Uruguay, they said.

The Pakistani rice was purchased at $416 a tonne c&f free out. Pakistani rice had been offered at the lowest price in the tender although the country has not been offered in Iraq's purchase inquiries recently.

The Pakistani purchase is made under the additional condition that a sample must be submitted to Iraq's state grain board before contracting. A delegation from the grain board must also attend the loading of the cargo, traders said.

The rice from Uruguay was purchased $580.50 a tonne c&f free out, traders added.

The tender had closed on Sunday, Aug. 27, with offers having to remain valid up to Thursday.

Volumes in Iraq's tenders are nominal and the country can buy more than requested in the tender.

Iraq made no purchase in its previous international tender to buy rice which closed on July 30.

The country has been struggling to import grain for its food subsidy programme after introducing new payment and quality terms that left trading houses unwilling to participate in its international tenders.

Iraq is expected to produce about 250,000 tonnes of rice this year, suggesting the country will face a shortfall of about 1 million tonnes, which will need to be covered by imports

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Pakistan are seeing more intense monsoon rains The total rainfall does not have to be unusual to do great damage

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WITH the giant Himalayas caging its towering clouds, the great basin where the Brahmaputra merges with the Ganges and Meghna rivers is prone not only to heavy rainfall but also to sudden deluges. Bits of the Indian state of Meghalaya receive over 11 metres (36 feet) of rain a year, making them the wettest places on the planet. Where there is so much water plus so many people—the basin, which covers just 1% of the world‘s land area, is home to one in ten of its people—flooding is a perpetual hazard. In the thickening heat of every summer the locals greet the monsoon with both relief and trepidation.

This year‘s monsoon has seen as many as 1,000 Indians killed in floods, half of them in the country‘s poorest state, Bihar, where 12m people may have abandoned their homes. On August 29th 33cm of rain practically shut down Mumbai; on the 31st a building there collapsed.

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In neighbouring Bangladesh, flooding killed more than 144 in August, with some 11m people affected. As much as a third of the country was briefly submerged when waters peaked late in the month. A similar number lost their lives in Nepal.

The region has seen worse. In 2007 floods killed 3,300 people in India and Bangladesh. In 2010 flooding killed 2,100 people in Pakistan, and in 2013 some 6,500 people died due to floods in India. Bangladesh saw catastrophic floods in 1974, 1987, 1988 and 1998, when the capital city, Dhaka, was inundated. In July 2005 Mumbai received almost a metre of rainfall in a single 24hour period.

But the death toll in this year‘s floods is still high—even though, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), this summer has been no wetter than the long-term average for rain across northern India. Despite floods in Assam in April, in Gujarat in July, in Bihar in August and most recently in Mumbai, this monsoon‘s rainfall is still some 3% below average.

This contrast is part of a pattern. In recent decades the volume of rain brought by the monsoon (which in a typical year provides 85% of all India‘s rainfall) has declined; this year‘s slightly sub-par affair is being greeted across most of the subcontinent as a welcome return to form after a couple of dry years. At the same time the incidence of short periods of sudden, torrential rain has been increasing, particularly in July and August. A paper published in Nature Climate Change in 2014 by researchers at Stanford states that the intensity of extremely wet spells and the frequency of extremely dry spells during the South Asian monsoon season have been increasing since 1980. ―We are looking at rainfall extremes that only occur at most a few times a year, but can have very large impact,‖ says Noah Diffenbaugh of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.

His team found that central India‘s average July and August rainfall has fallen from 1cm a day to about 0.9cm a day over the past 60 years. However its day-to-day variability has increased. At some level, these stronger rains may be compensating for an overall weakening of the monsoon.

Pushed to extremes

In Bangladesh, this year‘s floods are the most extensive since 1998, when two-thirds of the country was inundated, over 1,000 people died and 30m were affected. More than half a million houses have been destroyed; the overflowing Brahmaputra, locally known as the Jamuna, has washed away embankments and cut train links. Over 6,000 square kilometres of standing crops have been damaged, and farmers in the north of the country will not be able to replant their paddies. (As ever, Dhaka‘s politicians have accused India of not giving them enough notice before releasing floodwater down the more than 50 rivers that flow from India to Bangladesh.)

But loss of life has been limited, in part because of investments in risk management. The defences around Dhaka have held, though the city‘s Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre says the level of the Brahmaputra is still threatening embankments south of the capital. Forecasting has improved. Text messages are now used to warn of disasters. The days when cyclones would leave hundreds of thousands dead seem now to be in the past.

The government is providing food assistance to 2.8m people. Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister, has reassured the public that there will be enough food. That she had to say so was disquieting.

In usually food-self-sufficient Bangladesh, which is the world‘s fourth-largest rice producer, stocks are depleted. An earlier, unseasonal flood ruined rice crops in north-eastern Sylhet and sent rice prices spiralling.To limit the political fallout, the government cut the duty on rice imports from 28% to 2% and ordered 1.5m tonnes from overseas. That should succour the displaced as they watch the monsoon tail off and the waters recede—and start to prepare for the challenges of the next year.

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It was purchased at $380 a tonne C&F Mauritius.

The rice was sought for delivery between Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 in shipping containers.

The purchase marked another return of Pakistani rice to export markets following the purchase of 30,000 tonnes of rice from Pakistan by Iraq on Thursday

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For this edition of Global Japan we visit Senegal. Japanese assistance to Africa dates back to the 1950s, and has intensified since the establishment of TICAD, 24 years ago. The Tokyo International Conference on African Development is aimed at improving development on the continent.

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The model of Japanese cooperation in Africa is very important. It is almost unique in the world, focusing on shared technology, teaching, and support – the goal is to deliver not just performance but also autonomy in the long term.

A good example is the plan to improve productivity of rice. The project is being implemented under the guidance of JICA – the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

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In the Podor district 600 farmers work on 700 hectares. With the help of Japanese experts, they have completely rehabilitated the irrigation works, and refined their techniques of cultivation to make it more efficient. ―We have been trained and we‘re now able to do the repairs on the canals ourselves,‖ explains Mamadou Oumar Dia, President of Diatar 2 Farmers‘ Organisation. ―We produce much more rice, we can do two crops a year, which was very complicated before the intervention of the Japanese. ― Amadou Tidiane Mbaye, an agricultural engineer, is also impressed with the progress: ―Irrigation used to take 15 days for the 77 plots; now it takes seven days. Diesel consumption has been reduced by 30 percent, which has lowered irrigation costs and improved the income for producers. ― According to Takashi Hotta, an agricultural expert for JICA, yields have risen from four to seven tonnes of rice per hectare, and producers‘ incomes have increased by an average of 20 percent.

But JICA says the gains also have to be sustainable:

―The idea is to be able to transmit techniques for the long term. We‘re not talking about very complicated techniques, but something more simple, adapted to their skills, and that can last.‖ The philosophy of Japanese cooperation in Africa is to share with the local population, and to meet the specific needs of each region. ―It‘s a two-way process that always involves dialogue,‖ says JICA Senegal Field Operations Manager Kaori Tanaka. ―We don‘t introduce our technology with a view to asserting our presence; we gather a lot of advice from the field to adapt the technology we use.‖ Agricultural engineer Alassane Ba is impressed with the Japanese teaching methods: ―The Japanese share by practice and that‘s extraordinary; and the Senegalese applied this Japanese know-how, which has made it possible to improve yields, improve incomes and stabilise populations in their territory.‖ Improved productivity is one thing, but the potential to increase the attractiveness of Senegalese rice and rely less on imports, is also enormous. For this, the Japanese have provided new equipment for sorting rice, which has greatly enhanced the different varieties. ―There is complete homogeneity with the three varieties that we produce: We no longer need to sort the rice two or three times, it‘s all done in one process,‖ says Amadou Basse, the Delta 2000 Factory Manager.

The TICAD Ministerial Meeting in the Mozambique capital Maputo was organised by Japan. As well as African countries nations from all over the world attended along with international organisations and the private sector.

One of those attending was Taro Kono, the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Japan. He told euronews that since the last TICAD conference over five billion dollars have been invested in Africa. Mr Kono would like to see more investment in infrastructure to improve connections between African nations, but he says there must be oversight: ―It is important that we verify the infrastructure to ensure it meets international standards and that projects are managed in an open and transparent manner.‖ MORE ABOUT      

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THERE‘S no need to increase rice yields to 6 metric tons (MT) per hectare for the Philippines to become self-sufficient in the next five years, a senior International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) official said. ―I think 6 … is a bit too high target and it‘s not necessary … If we can go to about 4.5 … we are already self-sufficient by that point,‖ IRRI Deputy Director Bruce Tolentino said in a roundtable interview with editors and reporters of The Manila Times. ―You don‘t have to be to have a very, very high target,‖ he added.

With the Philippines rice yields having hit 3.87 MT per hectare last year, Tolentino said: ―It‘s doable and I think I would say that kind of a target is achievable within the medium term.‖ Underscoring the importance of new technologies to ensure the continued sustainability of production, he said Filipino rice farmers should now use climate-resilient crops and other interventions given increased weather-related risks. ―I do believe that Filipino farmers are very technology-friendly, and if we focus on improving yields, I believe we can achieve it,‖ he said. ―It‘s not necessarily higher yield, but at least it‘s a loss prevention,‖ the IRRI official added.

Tolentino also said that it was very important to have consistent programs and investments to attain rice self-sufficiency in the next five years. ―These include irrigation, rural infrastructure, improving seeds, and the local government units must be assisted so that they can extend the technology to farmers,‖ he said.

Tolentino said that while self-sufficiency was ―powerful message‖ for ordinary Filipinos, other goals could be considered such as ideal yields or even nutritional benefits.

Existing science already allows for higher yields and nutritional values, he noted that the country was lacking in terms of investments in agriculture research and development, and not just in terms of rice.

―I do believe that public budget should also be increased for our other commodities such as coconut, corn, and high-value crops… [T]he investment in the budget of the government should be spread out even in among all of these crops so that the farmers have a choice and they‘re not imprisoned by just one crop,‖ he said. ―You cannot support rice farmers only. http://www.manilatimes.net/rice-yields-already-near-self-sufficiency/347964/THE MANILA TIMES ROUNDTABLE

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The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the global agricultural research and training organization that has been in the Philippines since 1960, has made strides in its new and important mission: producing rice ready for climate change. ―Climate change is a serious problem and rice is vulnerable. How to make rice resilient is our job and our next giant leap,‖ V. Bruce Tolentino, deputy director general of IRRI, said during a roundtable discussion with The Manila Times editors on Thursday.

CLIMATE-SMART V. Bruce Tolentino, deputy director general of the International Rice Research Institute, speaks during a roundtable discussion with The Manila Times editors. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN Although IRRI has developed several rice varieties that are flood-resilient, another big challenge is how to grow rice in poor soil, even in swamps, because land is becoming scarce, he said.

Climate change has decreased arable land, in addition to increasing temperatures and sea levels, he noted. ―We are having dialogues with each government and we work collaboratively to solve problems and ensure stable supply of quality rice,‖ said Tolentino, who was an intern at The Manila Times in the 1970s.

Tolentino said 112 million tons of rice, the staple of half of the world‘s population, would be needed to feed the world by 2040.

Fortunately for the Philippines, it has become the fastest-growing country in terms of rice yield, better than Thailand and Vietnam. Central Luzon and Cagayan Valley remain the biggest producers.

Yet Manila continues to import rice from the two countries. Tolentino noted that Thailand and Vietnam have bigger rice fields, while the Philippines has to manage three major crops, namely rice, corn, and abaca.

Ninety percent of rice is produced in Asia, with China accounting for 30 percent and India, 27 percent. Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, including the Philippines, account for the rest.

Golden Rice approval sought Aside from producing ―climate-smart‖ rice varieties, Tolentino said there should be huge investments in irrigation and the propagation of the so-called ―Golden Rice,‖ a variety that has higher nutrients, particularly iron and zinc. ―Once the permit is released, then we can do human tests. No one has tasted Golden Rice yet,‖ he said.

IRRI and the state-run Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have submitted the variety to the Bureau of Plant Industry for approval. New Zealand has approved it while IRRI is awaiting Bangladesh‘s go-signal, he said.

More scientists needed Tolentino said IRRI produces knowledge for global food security, particularly to ensure the continuous supply of rice.

―We don‘t sell our technology. If you want a variety of seed, you write us and we will send to you the seed,‖ he said.

But the Philippines must produce more scientists to keep IRRI alive, noting that some Filipino scientists have been lost to more lucrative jobs abroad. ―We are not investing much in science. Scientific works now are collaborative outputs. We should form an environment conducive for scientists,‖ he said.

IRRI, headquartered in the Philippines with offices in 36 countries, was opened at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) campus nearly six decades ago because at the time, it was the only university in Asia with an agronomy department.

For years it was financed by the Ford and Rockefeller foundations, but is now mostly funded by governments like the United States and Australia and by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Philippines is the third biggest contributor to the IRRI. IRRI has 1,300 personnel, about 900 of them graduates of UPLB and major agricultural universities in the country

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USDA Invests $12.6 Million to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals Friday, September 1, 2017

Media contact: Sally Gifford, 202-720-2047 WASHINGTON, D.C. September 1, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $12.6 million to support the training of 55 doctoral candidates and 52 postdoctoral scholars. Funding is made through NIFA‘s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. ―Agricultural science depends on new ideas and new perspectives,‖ said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. ―NIFA support for these predoctoral and postdoctoral candidates is helping foster an inclusive arena and cultivate future agricultural science leaders who can solve future food challenges.‖

AFRI is America‘s flagship competitive grants program that provides funding for foundational and translational research, education, and extension projects in the food and agricultural sciences. AFRI‘s Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences Education and Literacy Initiative (ELI) seeks to boost the number of qualified graduates in the food, agriculture, natural resources, and human (FANH) sciences through support for K-14 teachers, undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars. Predoctoral fellowships support doctoral candidates as they conduct dissertation research.

Postdoctoral fellowships support the work of early career scientists. All AFRI fellowships support research, education, extension, or integrated projects in the AFRI Farm Bill priority areas of plant health and production and plant products; animal health and production and animal products; food safety, nutrition, and health; bioenergy, natural resources, and environment; agriculture systems and technology; and agriculture economics and rural communities.

Fellowships were awarded to students in 35 states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.

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Among past fellowships, a postdoctoral fellow converted her fellowship into a standard grant, developing her own research laboratory at the University of Richmond. She provided additional training and professional development opportunities to 16 undergraduate students while examining the southward spread of the invasive gypsy moth. A predoctoral fellow at Colorado State University was able to extend his understanding in plant disease resistance through bioinformatics and agricultural experiences with collaborators at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines.

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Dr. Chrisitan De Guzman, Southeast Missouri State University, spoke to attendees of the Missouri Rice Council Field Day about varieties in the trial plots answering their questions about his research.

―I believe they are looking for which varieties are most suitable to them because most of our resourceful research here- they try to evaluate it and see if it is applicable to their farms,‖ De Guzman told Jamie. ―So I believe for my specialization, which is rice breeding, it more about which varieties are preforming best here in our region.‖ De Guzman also spoke about the future of rice breeding, noting that he looks forward to having technologies that allow for more DNA markers. Being able to look at a plant‘s gene sequence and understanding how it will preform in the field without the need to plant it will really reduce time and expenses to bring new varieties to market. The computational part of managing data is another aspect he sees playing a large role in the future.

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Bangladesh is looking to import rice from Myanmar to tide over an impending food crisis caused by devastation of croplands by floods.

A Bangladesh diplomat in Yangon told Mizzima that his country was looking at importing anything between 100,000 to 300,000 Metric tonnes of rice from Myanmar.

"Depending on what Myanmar is capable of selling us, we would like to expedite these imports," said Hasan Khaled Foisal, Commercial Counsellor of Bangladesh embassy in Yangon.

He told Mizzima that the recent devastating floods in Bangladesh, that has killed nearly 60 people in 13 districts, has caused huge damage to croplands.

"So our government is trying to build up sufficient reserves of food grains so that there is no crisis," Khaled Foisal said.

Earlier Bangladesh media had reported that the country's food minister had cleared a government-to-government deal with Vietnam.

The cabinet committee on public purchase, headed by the finance minister, cleared the import of 250,000 tonnes of rice at Tk 9.08 billion recently.

Bangladesh will buy 50,000 tonnes of parboiled rice at $470 per tonne and another 200,000 tonnes of white rice at $430 per tonne, Cabinet Division's Additional Secretary Mostafizur Rahman said at a media briefing.

Vietnam’s state-run Vinafood 2 will supply 60 percent of shipments through Chittagong port and 40 percent through Mongla port.

Bangladesh last imported 250,000 tons of rice from Vietnam in fiscal 2011-12.

The stock in government warehouses until Apr 27 stood at 305,000 tonnes against 750,000 tonnes in the same month last year, according to data posted on the food ministry's website.

Bangladesh is desperately trying to import from multiple sources to tide over the crisis because the floods have devastated a huge area producing food grains.

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Dr Bhagya Rani Banik joined Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) yesterday as the executive chairperson.

She took the charge of the country's apex agro-research body as the first female head of the council in its over four-decade history.

Earlier, she had served Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) since June 2016 as the institution's firstever woman director general.

Dr Banik made significant contributions towards the development of improved crop varieties and production technology of rice, maize, millet, barley and spices. She has 37 scientific publications in different journals at home and abroad.

Born on December 31, 1958 in Comilla, she joined Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) on September 5, 1983 as a scientific officer and was promoted to the position of its director over the years.

Dr Banik obtained BSc Ag (Hons) degree from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in 1982 and post graduate degree from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh in 1987.

She did her PhD in 2003 from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur.

On May 2, 2017, Dr Banik received The Daily Star-IPDC Unsung Women Nation Builders Award for her achievements as a distinguished agriculturist.

Meanwhile, BRRI Director (Administration) Dr Shahjahan Kabir took charge of the institute as its new DG yesterday.

He obtained his BSc (Hons) degree in 1987 and MSc in 1988 from Rajshahi University. He did his PhD degree on Geo-Statistical Modeling from Jahangirnagar University in 2011

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The Cambodian government plans to build up the brand name of Phnom Penh kuyteav, to make the popular noodle soup dish well-known both locally and overseas.

According to Soeng Sophary, spokesperson at the Ministry of Commerce, the first discussions with the private sector to get more inputs on how to popularise Phnom Penh kuyteav were held yesterday. ―The Vietnamese have their own pho, while the Chinese also have various kinds of popular noodles. So why doesn‘t Cambodia have its own noodles, too?‖ Ms Sophary told Khmer Times.

Din Somethearith, president of the Cambodia Hotel Association, who was at the meeting with the ministry, supported the government‘s plan for Phnom Penh kuyteav. ―Phnom Penh kuyteav will soon be able to join Vietnam‘s pho and Thailand‘s som tum as world famous dishes,‖ said Mr Somethearith.

Son Saran, owner of Amru Rice (Cambodia), one of the leading rice millers and exporters, also welcomed the initiative. ―It is a good move on the part of the government to promote more local products,‖ said Mr Saran.

Amru Rice also produces rice noodles for local markets and has plans to export them to Europe. ―I hope the brand ‗Made in Cambodia‘ will be on the packets of Amru Noodle, to make them famous overseas,‖ added Mr Saran.

The fragrant flavoured Phnom Penh kuyteav noodle soup holds a special place in the hearts of Cambodians and can be found in almost every street corner.

Ms Sophary said that there were lots of noodle sellers and restaurants that broadly labelled all kinds of noodle soup dishes as Phnom Penh kuyteav. ―There is no respect to the quality of the original Phnom Penh kuyteav and we need to set a standard for this popular Cambodian dish,‖ she said.

Ms Sophary said she wanted all sellers of the popular noodle soup and noodle makers to come together with ministry officials and the private sector to discuss the matter further. http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080935/plans-phnom-penh-

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Matthew Rhine from the MU Fisher Delta Research Center presented information about a new app at the recent Missouri Rice Council annual Rice Field Day at the Rice Research Farm in Campbell, Missouri. The Crop Water Use app, available from CropWater.org, is helping growers make the best use of their irrigation systems. ―What we‘ve done with the development of the Crop Water Use app is, we want to make it more efficient for farmers to irrigate each of their crops. So they can put each of their fields into the app, they can put in the soil type, the crop they‘re using, planting date, rooting depth that they want to use and it‘s going to essentially give us the soil/water balance for that particular field, so they can monitor what they‘re loosing in evaporation, transportation, and what they‘re putting back with irrigation. So it‘s going to tell them exactly the day they‘re going to trigger their irrigation for that crop,‖ Rhine explained.

The app takes into account water lost through evaporation, transpiration of the plant, and ground water. It factors in how much water the plant can use based on the growth stage of the crop and it triggers a signal for irrigation.

In addition, researchers are working to establish ideal root depth for various crops. Roots that grow longer can wait longer for water, but at what depth is the yield optimal? Trials last season suggested irrigation necessary to keep cotton roots near the 6 inch mark caused a loss of yield, while 18 inches may be too inefficient for rice.

Learn more about the Crop Water Use app and irrigation scheduling in Jamie‘s full interview

INTERVIEW WITH MATTHEW RHINE, MU FISHER DELTA RESEARCH CENTER here:

View and download photos from the event here: Missouri Rice Field Day Photo Album

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Published 9:43 am Thursday, August 31, 2017 Column: A Backward Glance: By Sue Wilken There was a scream, and the next thing I knew, I was in the water wearing hiking boots, jeans, a tank top, long sleeved shirt, raincoat with flannel liner, and a hat. It had been raining, but being wet was a moot issue now. I checked to see my passenger was OK, he was talking and gagging, but OK. Good thing I’m a swimmer, because swimming with all those clothes is challenging. No panic, but what a way to start…

When I was in grade school we studied the Indians. Now known as Native American, in those days, ―Indian‖ was the term everyone used. Learning about Native American culture, and seeing pictures of how they harvested wild rice, I thought it would be the coolest thing!

No machinery, just a pole and some sticks and a canoe. I never dreamed that one day I would actually be able to do it!

Fast forward 45 or so years: my father-in-law provided the perfect opportunity for me to experience wild ricing like a Native American. He has been harvesting wild rice for almost 60 years and he asked me to pole for him. Of course I said yes, took vacation time from work, bid my husband good-bye and head out with ―Dad.‖ We went to Marshall Lake where I learned to stand up in the rear of the canoe and using a 14 foot pole, push the boat through the water while Dad flailed the rice over the side just like the Native Americans have done for hundreds of years. After ricing for four days we had about 500. It was hard work poling the canoe, but it was a lifelong dream coming true, and spending quality time with this man was worth the effort.

Life tends to take you down unexpected roads, and I was unable to rice with him for several years, but hoped to do it this year. Last Thursday, he called to say the rice was good, could I be in Brainerd the next day? I packed my bags, bid my husband good bye and head out.

When we arrived at Marshall Lake, the rice was magnificent! Such heavy rice, a little green, but he said he had never seen the crop so thick. As I climbed into the back of the canoe, took my pole, and tried to get comfortable, I realized I had been away from it too long, and

my legs were shaking like soft set Jell-O. Not a quitter, I concentrated, and he talked me through the jungle-like foliage in search of the perfect rice. We were doing well, and my confidence was building. It wasn’t long before I found my ―sea legs‖ and we were talking about his years of ricing. We took a short break, and Dad pushed the rice to the bow of the canoe, saying he felt good about the amount of rice we had, and was very pleased with the quality. Getting back to work, we headed into heavier rice, when suddenly, it happened.

I don’t really know what happened, but I felt myself falling, screamed, and the canoe capsized. As we surfaced, Dad was coughing but seemed fine. My next question was what do we do now? Much to my surprise, his response was, ―I don’t know!‖ Apparently in all his years of ricing he had never capsized in deep water. (It had only happened three times and he was always able to stand up and right the canoe.) This water, however, was deep and we couldn’t reach bottom. Our lunch boxes, water bottles and the bag of life jackets were bobbing around in the water, and our rice was gone. We tried to right the canoe, but without being able to lift it high enough, we couldn’t get the water out and it started to sink, so we turned it upside down and decided to call for help. Other ricers were in the area, so I put my hat on the end of my pole and called in my loudest voice ―HELP!‖ A pair of ricers arrived shortly to help us, but Dad was getting alarmingly cold. Our rescuers were concerned about hypothermia. Not having swam in years, he was tiring. His voice was weakening and he agreed they should call 911. That was when I first realized the seriousness of our dilemma. While we waited for the water patrol, the men helped me upright the canoe. Using our lunch boxes, we bailed most of the water out. The guys signaled a nearby team to help. With a canoe on either side of ours, I was able to pull myself into the canoe, but Dad was getting too cold. The men lifted him by his belt and helped him into the canoe. Once settled, we decided to head toward the landing because we would stay warmer if we were moving rather than sitting still, waiting for rescue. I declared I wasn’t up to poling the boat, I certainly did not want to stand up! They agreed and loaned us a paddle, and we headed out for the landing.

The rice was so thick and high you could not see anything without standing up. We headed in what looked like the right direction hoping to connect with the rescue boat. We gave up trying to get the paddles into the water, we just poked the paddles into the rice stalks and pushed our way along. Hearing the sirens, we knew help was on the way if only they could find us in this jungle! When I heard the boat in the distance, I put a white bag on my paddle, and waved it in the air to signal where we were.

The rescue boat found us, assessed our situation and aided Dad into their boat. After being assured that I was OK, they left for shore and the ambulance. I heard yelling and realized the pilot was telling me to raise my paddle again, because even though he was less than 30 feet from me, he couldn’t see the canoe through the rice and he was afraid running into me!

When I lifted my paddle, he swung by to say he would be back soon. Once Dad was transported to shore, the rescue boat returned for me. I cautiously climbed into their boat and tied the canoe to the front, holding the rope to keep it lined up with the rescue boat. I was taken to the ambulance where I warmed up, had my vitals checked, and assured the paramedic, yet again, that I was fine. Soon they left, and the water patrol helped Dad load up the canoe.

Afterward, I told Dad I couldn’t rice with him anymore, he needed someone much stronger and more skilled. He later said he was disappointed that I was not willing to go again. In my thinking, anyone can capsize once in a canoe, but to do so again and put someone else at risk sounds like some kind of stupid. I decided I was not willing to take the risk. So there you have it: my rice harvesting career ended with a big splash. But I had an experience I will never forget, and I did learn to harvest rice like the Native Americans. I lived the dream!

I would like to thank men in the canoe who helped us, I don’t know what would have happened had they not responded; the Aikin County Water Patrol for coming to our rescue with skill, kindness and respect; and the paramedics for their patience, professionalism, and the warm ambulance.

Sue Wilken is the executive director of A Place To Belong and a resident of Fergus Falls.

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Sushi maker: An employee inspects a compact sushi-making machine at the Suzumo Machinery Co factory in Kawashima, Saitama. Suzumo Machinery‘s robots are used by about 70,000 customers around the world. — Bloomberg

TOKYO: Kisaku Suzuki, creator of the world‘s first sushi robot, once ran a company that made candy-wrapping machines. And he was angry.

Why had the Japanese government embarked on a policy to limit rice production, effectively paying some farmers to keep their paddy fields idle? For Suzuki, rice was the sacred heart of the country‘s economy. He started to think about how to make the staple food more popular, so that Japan had no reason to restrict the crop.

And that‘s when it came to him: he would use his firm‘s knowledge of candy-packaging machines to develop the robot. The idea, while off-the-wall in the mid-1970s, had a simple premise. If he could lower the cost of making sushi by mechanising parts of the process and reducing the need for highly paid chefs, he could bring the previously elite Japanese dish to the masses, and in doing so increase demand for rice.

Four decades later, Suzumo Machinery Co.‘s robots are used by about 70,000 customers around the world, ranging from sushi chains to factories, and account for about 70% of the market for the equipment at restaurants, according to Suzumo‘s estimates. Kaiten sushi, also known as conveyor-belt sushi, has become a US$6bil industry in Japan alone, partly thanks to Suzuki‘s invention. Cheap sushi ―couldn‘t have happened without our machines,‖ says Ikuya Oneda, who succeeded Suzuki as Suzumo president in 2004, a year before the founder died, and took over his life‘s work. ―You can certainly say that.‖ When Suzuki started to create his robot, he met nothing but resistance. In 1976, sushi was still largely a food for special occasions. It was mostly sold through a legion of small restaurants, where artisan chefs dispensed morsels with no price tags and charged how they saw fit. Not surprisingly, those chefs were up in arms when they heard about Suzumo‘s plan.

In their view, it took 10 years to train someone to make sushi. No machine could possibly do the job. Suzumo asked some of the very people it was trying to depose to give their opinions on the prototype. ―They said, ‗This is no good, this is terrible, I don‘t know what this is,‘‖ said Oneda, 73, who became chairman of the company this year.

After three years, Suzumo was nowhere near its goal and running out of cash. We thought ―the company would go down the tubes,‖ Oneda said. ―We thought about quitting.‖ Suzumo stuck with the task, and two years later the sushi chefs finally said the machine was usable. In 1981, the company completed its first robot, which formed sushi rice into balls called nigiri. These days, it offers 28 different sushi machines. ―What they‘ve done is allow kaiten restaurants to democratize and make good Japanese food affordable and accessible,‖ says Robin Rowland, chairman and chief executive officer of Yo!, a UK sushi chain with almost 100 restaurants globally. ―We serve seven million guests a year.

You‘re talking about 500 to 600 dishes on our belts in the UK. It‘s a lot of food. And you need to automate some of that.‖ But even so many years later, the debate still rages about the machines. For purists, if you use robots, it just isn‘t the same. ―It‘s an entirely different genre,‖ says Yoshikazu Ono, son and heir of Jiro Ono, the masterchef featured in the documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi. ―Sushi isn‘t just balls of rice. ―The process is the most important thing. It requires relentless practice to make just one piece of sushi rice -- things like how you select, prepare and cook the rice, how much water you use, and so on. You can‘t get that from a robot.‖ — Bloomberg

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In the 1970s Kisaku Suzuki invented the sushi robot which revolutionised the market. Today most of the sushi eaten in Japan is made by a robot.

For Suzuki, rice was the sacred heart of the country's economy. He started to think about how to make the staple food more popular, so that Japan had no reason to restrict the crop.

And that's when it came to him: he would use his firm's knowledge of sweetspackaging machines to develop the robot. The idea, while off-the-wall in the mid-1970s, had a simple premise. If he could lower the cost of making sushi by mechanising parts of the process and reducing the need for highly paid chefs, he could bring the previously elite Japanese dish to the masses, and in doing so increase demand for rice.

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Four decades later, Suzumo Machinery Co.'s robots are used by about 70,000 customers around the world, ranging from sushi chains to factories, and account for about 70 per cent of the market for the equipment at restaurants, according to Suzumo's estimates.

Kaiten sushi, also known as conveyor-belt sushi, has become a $US6 billion ($7.6 billion) industry in Japan alone, partly thanks to Suzuki's invention http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/how-an-angry-lolly-man-revolutionised-the-modernsushi-industry-20170831-gy80nm.html

PNG’s only rice factory out of business BY: Carolyn Ure 08:51, September 1, 2017

The country‘s only locally owned rice factory halted production over a year ago due to financial constraints.

This was revealed following the discovery of a break and enter of the Village Garden Rice Factory on Sunday, August 27.

TVWAN news was on site the next day where they were reliably informed by locals that the rice factory was abandoned for more than 1-and-a-half-year and has been out of operation since then.

However, managing director of Village Garden Rice, Koren Maso, said that doesn‘t change the fact that they lost valuable equipment, including a multi-purpose compressor and two N70 batteries.

The news of the break and enter was published on social media by Maso on Monday, August 28th.

This prompted TVWAN news to travel out to Kinakon Community, located next to Pacific Adventist University outside Port Moresby, where the factory is located.

While on site, this newsroom gathered from locals that the factory was out of operation for almost 2 years.

Pacific Adventist University administration later confirmed that the factory belonged to the university and was leased to Village Garden Rice in 2015. However, the owners of Village Garden Rice found themselves locked out after 4 months for owing PAU outstanding rental fees.

Further enquiry by this newsroom confirmed that the administration of PAU had no knowledge of the break and enter.

Maso, in an interview, admitted this information was true and explained financial constraints threw the business out of operation.

He clarified that the K3 million obtained from the National Development Bank as seed capital was not enough to fund the continuation of rice milling and production after the first and last harvests in May and November 2015.

Maso said the government, in its 100 day economic restoration plan, looks to reduce rice imports and despite the equipment loss and previous financial constraints, Village Garden Rice business will capitalise on this and as an established business in rice milling, plans to revive operations.

Maso said school and prison messes and churches are targeted distribution groups.

(Maso in the factory after the incident)

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Vietnam: Superior quality rice yields hope for Vietnamese farmers

Experts at a recent conference in Ho Chi Minh City urged Vietnam agriculture to move away from high-yield to superior quality rice varieties to best compete with other rice exporters in the Asian region such as India and Thailand. The European Union will offer the Vietnamese rice segment import duty-free tariff rate on increased quotas when the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement comes into force, which should happen sometime in 2018, said Tran Ngoc Thach, director of the Mekong Delta Rice Research. Therefore, Mr Thach advises the segment to change production practices post haste to fully capitalize on the advantages posed by these beneficial quotas and lower border taxes. According to the Agreement as approved by the Delegation of the EU to Vietnam, the European states will permit duty free import of 30,000, 30,000 and 20,000 metric tons milled rice, fragrant rice, and husked rice, respectively. The agreement also provides for a 50% reduction in tariffs on broken rice with the remaining tariff phased out over a five year period, noted Mr Thach. He emphasized the point that many experts believe that the preferential border tax could potentially save the Vietnamese rice segment US$20 million annually, which is a tremendous savings. Mr Thach continued to say that though Vietnam has been hailed as the globe's third largest rice exporter, its rice consignments to the EU

over the past few years can be described as lacklustre at best. He noted that over recent years, Vietnamese rice exports dipped because far too many actors in the segment focused too much on planting high-yield rice.

Meanwhile, other countries are concentrating on higher-quality rice production. According to a report by the Vietnam Food Association, Mr Thach said, that rice exports to the EU market dropped from 24,000 to 20,000 metric tons in 2014, a further 18,000 tons in 2015 and again in 2016. The EU is a demanding market with strict requirements for factors ranging from product quality to environmental standards as well as the brand prestige and production process, Mr Thach said. In addition, though not being regular rice eaters, EU customers prefer rice of higher quality than Vietnamese rice. That's why Vietnam has become less competitive against other rice exporting nations. It is no secret that European consumers are fonder of fragrant rice from Thailand, while the Vietnamese rice segment is only now just beginning to focus its efforts to elevate its image, Mr Thach concluded. Huynh Van Nghiep, deputy director of the Mekong Delta Rice Research Institution, in turn said it is hard for the Vietnamese industry to compete on an equal footing with Thailand, but the country can learn from the experience of Cambodia. The Cambodian rice segment is on the mend, Mr Nghiep noted, due to its winning the world's 'best rice' title for three consecutive years. He suggested if the Vietnamese segment would switch away from growing high-yield and short-term rice varieties that the improved production practices would help create better tasting varieties of rice. Therefore, to better compete with other countries in the Asian region, farmers and other actors in the industry should expeditiously shift from high-yield to superior-quality rice varieties, Mr Nghiep said. The Vietnamese industry targets US$3.5 billion of rice exports by 2020 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has unveiled a strategy for developing rice exports in 2016-20 that targets reversing a declining trend over the last two years and increasing overseas sales to US$3 billion in 2017. It also targets a gradual shift towards export of high-quality, high-value, organic, nutritional, specialty and Vietnam brands of rice and rice-based products. The export of low-quality white rice is expected to fall to 15% of total shipments by 2020 and 10% by 2025. In the latter year medium-quality white rice will account for 20% and high-quality white rice, fragrant rice and glutinous rice for 60%. The ministry will make efforts to diversify export markets, with a focus on markets with demand for high-quality rice. The ministry has sent the draft strategy to relevant ministries and industries to solicit their opinions.

Author Name: http://www.blackseagrain.net/novosti/vietnam-superior-quality-rice-yields-hope-forvietnamese-farmers Date: 07-Sep-2017

Iran’s Rice Import Ban to Stay Until November 21

Iran imports about 800,000 tons of rice every year.

The ongoing seasonal ban on rice imports will be in effect until Nov. 21, Deputy Agriculture Minister Yazdan Seif said, noting that the ban started as of August.

“Every year and during the rice harvest season, the government bans rice imports in support of local farmers and domestic production. Traders who have already made order registrations can import their cargos after the deadline. During the ban period, no imports will take place,” he was quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.

On Monday, the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration announced that rice importers have until Friday to clear their shipments from customs terminals.

The ban pertains to grain order registrations during the abovementioned period, meaning orders placed before the ban may be entitled to customs clearance past the deadline.

Iranians consume 3 million tons of rice a year while domestic production stands at 2.2 million tons.

Therefore, there is need for around 800,000 tons of imports every year.

The Agriculture Ministry expects domestic rice production to increase by 10-15% in the current Iranian year (started March 21), because of favorable weather condition and timely distribution of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, machinery and equipment among local farmers.

“We need imports, but imports that are limited and controlled,” Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati has been quoted as saying.

Imports are made mainly from the UAE, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey and Iraq.

The two northern provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran are home to a majority of Iran’s paddy fields.

A total of 81% and 70% of rice harvest in the two provinces respectively were mechanized in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017).

According to the Central and West Asia Rice Center, with around 54% of Central and West Asia’s paddy fields located in Iran, the country accounts for 61% of the regions’ combined rice production.

Author Name: https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-business-and-markets/71938/irans-riceimport-ban-to-stay-until-november-21

Indian Organic Market To Touch $1.36 Billion By 2020: IFOAM

According to the study, it has proven that cereals and oilseeds are among the major grown organic crops in the Asia

The area of organic agricultural land in Asia is almost four million hectares, suggests a report from international federation of organic agriculture movements (IFOAM). It is just 0.2 per cent of total agriculture area in the region. Eight per cent of the global organic land area is in Asia. As compared to 2001 the organic land in Asia has also increased around eight fold in 2015. The major increase in the organic land area has seen in 2014-15 that is 11 per cent. A country with the largest organic agriculture area is China (around 1.6 million hectares) it is well expected as China’s geographical area is also one of the largest in the world (even with the maximum world population). India, on the other hand, has the most number of organic product producers around the world. Nations with highest organic shares of total organic lands are Timor-Leste (6.6 per cent) and Sri Lanka (3.5 per cent).

According to the study, it has proven that cereals and oilseeds are among the major grown organic crops in the Asia. Organic oil seeds production gives a neck to neck competition between China and India. Rice is the organic produce where China leads the world. The Market According to the international federation of organic agriculture moments (IFOAM) report most of the organic market data cannot be gathered from Asia due to various reasons but watching the trend of major Asian economies like China, India and East Asia assumptions of organic market growth can easily be derived as a result. According to the outlook, “Eight countries provided organic retail sales values, less than 20 per cent of the countries with the organic data. As per IFOAM, “From the data available we can assume that a whopping 6.3 billion euros of organic produce had been sold in Asia. China alone had witnessed some 4.7 billion euros of domestic trade making it world’s fourth biggest organic market. Japan has also marked its presence in the domestic market as per the data old of 2009 Japan had a domestic trade of one billion euros. South Korea has also marked a 281 million euros domestic trade.

India & Policies Significant growth in Organic produce in India is due to conducive policies that had led to increase the use of third party certification areas and the promotion of participatory guarantee scheme. Few pioneering civil society organisations involved in facilitating PGS has also influenced union government’s policies for organic farming (IFOAM & FiBL outlook). India is amongst very nations in the world, where PGS is recognised and promoted by the government. Outlook also notes that there are many areas in India which witness Organic farming as a tradition. These land tracts are often found in many areas of North-East, few Northern and central Indian regions which are not included in organic farming but do not use chemical pesticides and fertilisers as a traditional practice. A Study by ASSOCHAM projects India’s organic trade, it may also rise up to 1.36 billion US dollars by the year 2020 from .36 billion US dollars in 2014.

Author Name: http://businessworld.in/article/Indian-Organic-Market-To-Touch-1-36-Billion-By-2020IFOAM/06-09-2017-125446/ Date: 06-Sep-2017

Government to evaluate implementation of rice ceiling price

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government will evaluate the implementation of the ceiling price of rice in modern and traditional markets, with the commoditys average price currently at Rp10,610 per kilogram (kg)

for medium-quality rice. Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita stated here on Tuesday that rice traders claimed they still had earlier rice stocks bought at a higher price due to which they will need a transition period before they can adhere to the ceiling price for medium- and premium-quality rice. "The regulation (of the rice ceiling price) came into effect on Sept 1, and there are previous stocks. Next week, we will evaluate to review its implementation. We can warn (the traders)," Enggartiasto noted. Ministerial Regulation No. 57 of 2017 on the rice ceiling price will be effective not only for modern markets but also for traditional markets. "We have summoned the Indonesia Retailers Association, as they could sell their previous stocks, but the price must be lowered. In traditional markets, they still have a transition period, as they have to first sort out the rice types," the minister added. The government has set the rice ceiling price for medium and premium quality in a bid to maintain the peoples purchasing power and control the inflation rate. The ceiling price for mediumquality rice in the regions of Java, Lampung, South Sumatra, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, and Sulawesi was set at Rp9,450 per kg while for premium quality at Rp12,800 per kg. For Sumatra region except Lampung and South Sumatra, East Nusa Tenggara, and Kalimantan, the ceiling price for medium-quality rice was set at Rp9,950 per kg and Rp13,300 per kg for premium quality. For Maluku, including North Maluku and Papua, the ceiling price of medium-quality rice was set at Rp10,250 per kg and Rp13,600 per kg for premium quality. The government has categorized the commodity into three types based on Agriculture Ministers Decree No. 31 of 2017 on rice quality. The first type is medium-quality rice, with minimum 95 percent of milling degree, maximum 14 percent of moisture content, and maximum quantity of broken rice at 25 percent. Mediumquality rice can be sold in bulk or packages, with labels detailing the quality and its ceiling price. The second type is premium-quality rice, with 95 percent of milling degree, maximum moisture content of 14 percent, and maximum quantity of broken rice at 15 percent. This type of rice must be sold in packages, with labels detailing the quality and its ceiling price. Another rice category was special rice including Thai Hom Mali, Japonica, Basmati, sticky rice, organic rice, and rice, with a geographical indication certificate. The commoditys average price has also recorded an increase since the implementation of the ceiling price in early September. According to the ministrys Basic Necessities Monitoring System, the national average price for medium-quality rice as of Tuesday was Rp10,610 per kg, a slight increase from Rp10,596 per kg on Monday.(*) Author Name: http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/112518/government-to-evaluate-implementation-ofrice-ceiling-price Date: 05-Sep-2017

Farmers across India are sowing more cotton, less oilseeds and pulses In charts: Farmers across India are sowing more cotton, less oilseeds and pulses

Cotton acreage has increased by 18%.

Farmers sow seeds in the paddy fields of Yeoor village in Thane near Mumbai. | Praful Gangurde/Hindustan Times As September comes around with the promise of the first harvests in a few weeks, data released by the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday indicate that the overall kharif season sowing acreage as of the end of August is 0.5% less than the previous year. This year, farmers across India have moved decisively away from what were once profit-making crops such as oilseeds as well as jute, whose profit margins continue to remain insignificant. The equilibrium in sowing acreage comes almost entirely from an 18% increase in cotton acreage and 9% increase in sugarcane acreage.

This sowing acreage data only covers oilseeds and foodgrains such as cereals and pulses. Horticulture production, however, has outpaced other foodgrain production for five consecutive years now and is the reason for India’s continued agricultural growth. Farmers across the country have chosen to invest more in cotton this year. The highest increase comes from Telangana, which has sown 18.24 lakh hectares of cotton against last year’s 12.5 lakh hectares, representing a 5% increase.

At 3.57 lakh hectares, Telangana’s pulses acreage is far lower than that of other states. However, this represents a significant drop of 50% from the previous year, when farmers in the state sowed pulses across 7.13 lakh hectares. Sowing of pulses has also declined sharply in other parts of central India, including the large producer states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. However, farmers in Rajasthan, which is the largest producer of pulses in India, sowed more pulses this year than the previous year, as did farmers in Madhya Pradesh, with mostly urad being sown. Much of the decline in pulses comes from arhar, also known as tur.

Farmers across the country sowed arhar between 4% less in Madhya Pradesh and 40% less in Telangana. This was one of the crops against whose low market prices farmers had protested in June.

Cereal production continues to remain low. While rice sowing in Assam had peaked in 2015-’16, its acreage dropped sharply the next year and dipped once again this season. Meanwhile, farmers in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest producers of rice, continue to steadily sow more of the cereal. Oilseeds, particularly soyabean, have also declined by 7% in this sowing season. India’s markets are flooded with cheap oil imports, which has resulted in lower prices for oilseeds across the board, particularly soyabean. Farmers in Madhya Pradesh had gone on strike and protestedviolently in June after the market price of soyabean dipped below

the minimum support price offered by the Union government. Soyabean acreage in this state has dropped by 8%, though some farmers at least seem to have sown more of sesame this year than last. Groundnut sowing increased in Gujarat, despite distress there due to low prices.

The Agriculture Ministry tracks the historically important jute in its own data field. The fibre continues to decline in West Bengal, which grows half of the jute produced in India. It has also almost dwindled entirely out of Assam and Bihar. Despite a global slump in sugar markets, sugarcane, a crop known to guzzle water,

continues to be popular in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. Acreage increased from 6.33 lakh hectares in 2016-’17 to 9.18 lakh hectares in Maharashtra, and from 21.79 lakh hectares to 22.66 lakh hectares in Uttar Pradesh.

IRAN – IRICA Sets Deadline for Rice Import Clearance

The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration announced on Monday that rice importers have until Friday to clear their shipments from customs terminals. Rice imports are banned in Iran every year from late June to late November to support local farmers and domestic production, Mehr News Agency reported. The ban pertains to grain order registrations during the abovementioned period, meaning orders placed before the ban may be entitled to customs clearance past the deadline. Iranians consume 3.2 million tons of rice a year, of which about 1 million tons are imported.

Author Name: https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-domestic-economy/71779/irica-sets-deadlinefor-rice-import-clearance Date: 05-Sep-2017

Japonica field trials Cambodia is keen to grow Japonica rice and the Ministry of Agriculture is currently conducting field trials to explore the possibility.

“We are currently studying how Japonica rice can be grown in the country and it will take three to four years to know the full results,” said Hean Vanhan, director-general of the Agriculture Ministry’s general directorate of agriculture.

“If Japonica rice can be grown successfully in Cambodia, it can be exported to Japan and South Korea,” he added.

Demand for Japonica rice accounts for 20 percent of the total global demand for rice. Because of its high quality, Japonica rice is often sold at a high price.

Song Saran, CEO of Amru Rice, said his company was also conducting field trials of growing Japonica rice.

“It will take time to finalise the results,” he said, without going into the details.

He said there were also a few other rice producers in Takeo and Prey Veng provinces conducting field trials.

Author Name: http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5081482/japonica-field-trials/ Date: 05-Sep-2017

Thailand approves $2.2 bln rice farmer aid The Thai government will offer rice farmers a total of $US2.2 billion in loans and handouts to help stabilise prices.

Thailand's government has announced $US2.2 billion ($A2.8 billion) in loans and handouts to help stabilise prices for rice farmers, a politically influential group whose heartland is in regions where opposition to the military junta is strongest.

Thailand's staple food has long been a factor in its politics. The announcement by the commerce ministry came a week after former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra fled into exile ahead of a court verdict in a criminal negligence case over a rice subsidy scheme that cost billions of dollars. The ministry said it would provide $US1.57 billion in handouts to farmers and $US633 million in loans that will cover 3.7 million households. The program will span the seasonal harvest from the start of November this year to the end of February 2018. "This is to help take 2 million tonnes of rice from the market," Nuntawan Sakuntanaga, head of the commerce ministry's department of internal trade, told reporters. The government introduced similar short-term loans and cash handouts for rice farmers last year that cost the state $US2.3 billion to cover four million households during the same period. "This subsidy program is essentially similar to past rice subsidies introduced by previous governments," said Somporn Isvilanonda, a senior fellow at the Knowledge Network Institute of Thailand who is critical of subsidies. "The bottom line is these cash handouts create more debt for farmers," Somporn said. After hitting a four-year high earlier this year, the price of benchmark Thai 5-percent broken white rice has tumbled by nearly 20 per cent over the last two months to $US372.50 per tonne, its lowest since April.

Thailand's main rice-growing areas are the northeastern and central regions, which have traditionally been strongholds of support for the populist Shinawatra movement of Yingluck and her brother Thaksin, who was overthrown in a 2006 coup.

Author Name: http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/breaking-news/thailand-approves-22-bln-ricefarmer-aid/news-story/0fc936df0df86988648144f5a0cc09d5 Date: 05-Sep-2017

Thailand rice consumption, exports increase with government sales

With the restart of government rice stock sales in Thailand, utilization of the crop in swine and poultry feed rations is expected to increase along with exports, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). Exports in 2016-17 are expected to reach 11 million tonnes, and almost all of the government stocks are likely to be depleted. The government restarted sales in August following a two-month suspension. Strong demand from Middle Eastern and African countries pushed exports to 6.4 million tonnes from January through July. Parboiled rice exports increased to 1.5 million tonnes, up 40% from a year ago. “Exports of white rice also increased 10% to 15% from the same period last year driven by the sale of government stocks, which makes Thai rice price more competitive than Vietnamese rice,” the FAS said. As the government continues the sale of feed/industrial quality and deteriorated rice stocks, consumption for 2016-17 was revised up to 12 million tonnes. That’s a 32% increase from 2015-16 due to the utilization of rice from government stocks for the production of energy, fertilizer, and poultry and swine feed. The government has sold approximately 3.7 million tonnes of feed/industrial quality rice, and 500,000 tonnes of deteriorated rice since January 2017. Feed-quality rice stocks are being used for swine and poultry feed as a substitution for broken rice and corn. Prices of feed-quality rice stocks are 25% below the current market prices for broken rice, and 15% below the market prices for corn, the FAS said. With the expected depletion of the government’s rice stocks this year, rice consumption for 2017-18 is expected to drop 4% to 11.5 million tonnes. The FAS also noted that flooding in July and August has had minimal impact on 2017-18 rice and corn production. About 90% of the flooding during the monsoon depressions occurred in main-crop rice growing area, accounting for 2% to 3% of total rice production. However, it involved mainly the 2017-18 rice that was in the vegetative stage and can be replanted. Offseason rice for 2016-17 was not hit by flooding. The rice production forecast for 2017-18 remains unchanged at 20.4 million tonnes, the FAS said. “This is approximately a 6% increase from MY2016-17 due to favorable weather conditions and sufficient irrigation supplies,” the FAS said in the report.

Author Name: http://www.blackseagrain.net/novosti/thailand-rice-consumption-exports-increase-withgovernment-sales Date: 04-Sep-2017

Rice mills seek removal of GST on branded rice

Bran too should be free of tax, demand industry bodies Implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has not gone well for many rice millers, especially those who produce branded rice in the southern States. Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, chairman of All India Rice Millers’ Federation, said that earlier, some States had nil tax on rice while some had 5% tax. Under GST, there is no tax on rice and hence, prices have come down in many places. However, branded rice, which is just 2% to 3 % of the market, attracts a 5% rate. “We have sought bringing branded rice also under 0% GST.” Similarly, rice bran sold for solvent purposes attracts 5% GST while there is no tax on bran meant for cattle or poultry feed. More than half the volume goes to the feed industry. GST on bran should be removed, he said.

K.S. Jagadeesan, former president of the Tamil Nadu Federation of Rice Mill Owners and Paddy, Rice Dealers’ Association, said southern States are major rice consumers. Awareness on rice brands had been high in Tamil Nadu and there are more than 100 brands in the State, he said. “It is the Government that supported and encouraged millers in Kangeyam to modernise mills and develop brands. We did that and now branded rice attracts 5%. This increases the cost of rice,” according to Mr. Jagadeesan. D. Thulasingham, president of the Tamil Nadu federation, added that after implementation of GST, many millers in the State do not use the brand. The federation representatives met State Government officials recently and said the State should appeal to the Centre to remove the GST on branded rice. “The council should at least remove the GST on all

non-basmati rice,” he said. Similarly, a rice mill owner supplies bran to a trader and would not know what the bran would be used for. Hence, GST on bran should be removed. Though job work attracts 18%, it would not be applicable for the rice sector. The Government should give a clear notification on this, he said.

Author Name: http://www.thehindu.com/business/rice-mills-seek-removal-of-gst-on-brandedrice/article19611298.ece Date: 02-Sep-2017

Rice mills seek removal of GST on branded rice

Bran too should be free of tax, demand industry bodies Implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has not gone well for many rice millers, especially those who produce branded rice in the southern States. Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, chairman of All India Rice Millers’ Federation, said that earlier, some States had nil tax on rice while some had 5% tax. Under GST, there is no tax on rice and hence, prices have come down in many places. However, branded rice, which is just 2% to 3 % of the market, attracts a 5% rate. “We have sought bringing branded rice also under 0% GST.”

Similarly, rice bran sold for solvent purposes attracts 5% GST while there is no tax on bran meant for cattle or poultry feed. More than half the volume goes to the feed industry. GST on bran should be removed, he said.

K.S. Jagadeesan, former president of the Tamil Nadu Federation of Rice Mill Owners and Paddy, Rice Dealers’ Association, said southern States are major rice consumers. Awareness on rice brands had been high in Tamil Nadu and there are more than 100 brands in the State, he said. “It is the Government that supported and encouraged millers in Kangeyam to modernise mills and develop brands. We did that and now branded rice attracts 5%. This increases the cost of rice,” according to Mr. Jagadeesan. D. Thulasingham, president of the Tamil Nadu federation, added that after implementation of GST, many millers in the State do not use the brand. The federation representatives met State Government officials recently and said the State should appeal to the Centre to remove the GST on branded rice. “The council should at least remove the GST on all non-basmati rice,” he said. Similarly, a rice mill owner supplies bran to a trader and would not know what the bran would be used for. Hence, GST on bran should be removed. Though job work attracts 18%, it would not be applicable for the rice sector. The Government should give a clear notification on this, he said.

Author Name: http://www.thehindu.com/business/rice-mills-seek-removal-of-gst-on-brandedrice/article19611298.ece Date: 02-Sep-2017

Mauritius buys 6,000 tonnes white rice in tender from Pakistan

HAMBURG: Mauritius' state purchasing agency has purchased 6,000 tonnes of long grain white rice to be sourced from Pakistan in an international tender which closed on Aug. 24, European traders said on Friday. It was purchased at $380 a tonne C&F Mauritius. The rice was sought for delivery between Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 in

shipping containers. The purchase marked another return of Pakistani rice to export markets following the purchase of 30,000 tonnes of rice from Pakistan by Iraq on Thursday.

Author Name: http://www.brecorder.com/2017/09/01/367478/mauritius-buys-6000-tonnes-white-rice-intender-from-pakistan/

Thailand approves $2.2 billion in help for rice farmers BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s government on Friday announced $2.2 billion in loans and handouts to help stabilize prices for rice farmers, a politically influential group whose heartland is in regions where opposition to the military junta is strongest.

Thailand’s staple food has long been a factor in its politics.

The announcement by the commerce ministry came a week after former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra fled into exile ahead of a court verdict in a criminal negligence case over a rice subsidy scheme that cost billions of dollars.

The ministry said it would provide $1.57 billion in handouts to farmers and $633 million in loans that will cover 3.7 million households. The program will span the seasonal harvest from the start of November this year to the end of February 2018.

“This is to help take 2 million tonnes of rice from the market,” Nuntawan Sakuntanaga, head of the commerce ministry’s department of internal trade, told reporters.

The government introduced similar short-term loans and cash handouts for rice farmers last year that cost the state $2.3 billion to cover 4 million households during the same period.

“This subsidy program is essentially similar to past rice subsidies introduced by previous governments,” said Somporn Isvilanonda, a senior fellow at the Knowledge Network Institute of Thailand who is critical of subsidies.

“The bottom line is these cash handouts create more debt for farmers,” Somporn said.

After hitting a four-year high earlier this year, the price of benchmark Thai 5-percent broken white rice has tumbled by nearly 20 percent over the last two months to $372.50 per tonne, its lowest since April.

Thailand’s main rice-growing areas are the northeastern and central regions, which have traditionally been strongholds of support for the populist Shinawatra movement of Yingluck and her brother Thaksin, who was overthrown in a 2006 coup.

Author Name: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-nuclear/north-korea-detonates-its-sixth-andmost-powerful-nuclear-test-yet-idUSKCN1BD0VW Date: 01-Sep-2017

USA Rice will be closed Monday, September 4, in observance of Labor Day. USA Rice Daily will resume publication on Tuesday, September 5, 2017.

September 1, 2017 USA Rice's Ward Attends Annual California Field Day Activities and Visits Mills

By Deborah Willenborg

A beautiful day for a Field Day Photo: Jim Morris, CRC

BIGGS, CALIFORNIA -- The Annual California Rice Field Day was held here this week under sunny, hot skies. But all thoughts were on rice brethren in Texas and Louisiana and the Rice Field Day program was led by California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation Chair Bert Manuel who began the event with a moment of silence for those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

The Rice Experiment Station here boasts about 50,000 different lines of rice planted on 350 acres. Director Kent McKenzie noted, "It takes a decade or more to come up with a variety when you make a new cross pollination and then we increase the seed, decide on which ones we want to release and release those to the growers." The experimentation station opened in 1912 and holds Field Day on the last Wednesday of August every year.

The field day gave growers and others in the rice industry an opportunity to observe and

discuss research in progress at the station with field tours emphasizing progress in rice variety improvement, disease, and insect and weed control.

USA Rice's Betsy Ward and CA rice farmer Josh Sheppard

USA Rice President & CEO Betsy Ward attended the field day and thanked the California rice industry for its continued support. "I look forward to this event every year as it gives me an opportunity to meet with rice industry members and discuss the state of rice markets and the upcoming harvest," she said.

Photo: Jim Morris, CRC

Ward also toured the facilities of USA Rice Millers' Association (RMA) Chair Alex Balafoutis and USA Rice and RMA Board member Chris Crutchfield while in California.

PGP International specializes in rice flours and blends, and is an extrusion specialist that offers an assortment of extruded crisp products made using rice, among other ingredients.

"I had a fascinating tour of the PGP facilities and saw some technology and processes that are quite unique in the rice industry. It is easy to see why Alex and his company are so successful both in the United States and abroad as they offer a wide array of value-added rice products for many different applications," said Ward.

"The American Commodity Company's mill in Williams was really impressive as well, with state of the art equipment and great enthusiasm among the mill staff for the high quality rice products produced there," she added.

ACC is not only a major supporter of USA Rice, they are also help fund the Rice Leadership Program that trains the next generation of rice industry leaders.

"To see the investment that is made in new equipment and technology to make superior rice and rice products is an inspiration and highlights the need for us to continue to seek new and improved market access for our members," said Ward.

Ward also met with the Executive Committee of the California Rice Commission (CRC) to discuss USA Rice activities that support the goals of CRC and the California rice industry.

"As one of the key rice states in terms of both financial and volunteer member participation in USA Rice, we are very grateful to California for their support," said Ward.

#ThinkRice with USA Rice Photo Contest

By Deborah Willenborg

Last year's prize winning photo

ARLINGTON, VA -- It's September National Rice Month and USA Rice is kicking the celebration off with a new photo contest, calling for members to post images from their rice farm operations on social media channels along with the hashtag #ThinkRice.

"A big part of what we do is tell the rice story - sustainably-grown, safe, healthy, delicious, versatile, and coming from local family farms - and we tell that story all the time, but we all know how many words a picture is worth," said Michael Klein, vice president of Marketing, Communications, and Domestic Promotion. "Consumers get really excited when they see pictures from the farm. Research shows people want to know where their food is coming from and who is responsible for growing it, and these photos go such a long way."

Klein said contest entries are not limited to harvest.

"We want to show people every phase of rice production and life on a rice farm," he said.

"What's commonplace to our growers is fascinating to the general public."

Photos posted through October 1 with the #ThinkRice will be eligible to win a free registration to the 2017 USA Rice Outlook Conference held December 10-12 in San Antonio, Texas.

Government to evaluate implementation of rice ceiling price 5th September 2017 | 1.549 Views

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government will evaluate the implementation of the ceiling price of rice in modern and traditional markets, with the commoditys average price currently at Rp10,610 per kilogram (kg) for medium-quality rice.

Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita stated here on Tuesday that rice traders claimed they still had earlier rice stocks bought at a higher price due to which they will need a transition period before they can adhere to the ceiling price for medium- and premium-quality rice.

"The regulation (of the rice ceiling price) came into effect on Sept 1, and there are previous stocks. Next week, we will evaluate to review its implementation. We can warn (the traders)," Enggartiasto noted.

Ministerial Regulation No. 57 of 2017 on the rice ceiling price will be effective not only for modern markets but also for traditional markets.

"We have summoned the Indonesia Retailers Association, as they could sell their previous stocks, but the price must be lowered. In traditional markets, they still have a transition period, as they have to first sort out the rice types," the minister added.

The government has set the rice ceiling price for medium and premium quality in a bid to maintain the peoples purchasing power and control the inflation rate.

The ceiling price for medium-quality rice in the regions of Java, Lampung, South Sumatra,

Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, and Sulawesi was set at Rp9,450 per kg while for premium quality at Rp12,800 per kg.

For Sumatra region except Lampung and South Sumatra, East Nusa Tenggara, and Kalimantan, the ceiling price for medium-quality rice was set at Rp9,950 per kg and Rp13,300 per kg for premium quality.

For Maluku, including North Maluku and Papua, the ceiling price of medium-quality rice was set at Rp10,250 per kg and Rp13,600 per kg for premium quality.

The government has categorized the commodity into three types based on Agriculture Ministers Decree No. 31 of 2017 on rice quality.

The first type is medium-quality rice, with minimum 95 percent of milling degree, maximum 14 percent of moisture content, and maximum quantity of broken rice at 25 percent.

Medium-quality rice can be sold in bulk or packages, with labels detailing the quality and its ceiling price.

The second type is premium-quality rice, with 95 percent of milling degree, maximum moisture content of 14 percent, and maximum quantity of broken rice at 15 percent.

This type of rice must be sold in packages, with labels detailing the quality and its ceiling price.

Another rice category was special rice including Thai Hom Mali, Japonica, Basmati, sticky rice, organic rice, and rice, with a geographical indication certificate.

The commoditys average price has also recorded an increase since the implementation of the ceiling price in early September.

According to the ministrys Basic Necessities Monitoring System, the national average price for medium-quality rice as of Tuesday was Rp10,610 per kg, a slight increase from Rp10,596 per kg on Monday.(*) http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/112518/government-to-evaluate-implementation-of-rice-

Madhya Pradesh basmati claims spark protest, exporters, farmers ceiling-price

Madhya Pradesh basmati claims spark protest, exporters, farmers call it unjustified

Indian farmers and traders enjoying premium in the world basmati rice markets due to the geographical indication (GI) status of the aromatic, long-grained cereal have come up against Madhya Pradesh’s “unjustified bid” to partake in the success.

Indian farmers and traders enjoying premium in the world basmati rice markets due to the geographical indication (GI) status of the aromatic, long-grained cereal have come up against Madhya Pradesh’s “unjustified bid” to partake in the success. While the Chennai-based GI Registry is set to decide on MP’s application for inclusion of the state’s several districts

as traditionally basmati-growing on Thursday, the current holders of the GI tag — 77 districts across seven states on the Indo-Gangetic Plain — have argued that if the central Indian state’s plea is accepted, the GI would lose its goodwill and exclusive credentials. Also, it will give a window for other countries including Pakistan and China to claim the GI benefits.

Exporters under the banner of the All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA) wrote to the commerce ministry saying inclusion of MP in basmati-rice-grown areas would “open up a plethora of appeals to include other areas which would dilute GI credentials of India”. The expansion of the GI region for basmati would hit India’s exports of the item, even as exporters’ price realisation is already under pressure. India exported basmati rice worth Rs 21,604 crore in 2016-17 against the all-time high shipments of Rs 29,300 crore in 201314 despite volumes having risen. Currently, 11 districts in Pakistan also grow basmati rice and export the item to Europe thanks to an India-Pakistan agreement. “This GI ownership of basmati rice is an understanding between the European Union and India-Pakistan giving us an edge over the rest of the world. Any distortion in the well-defined and historically established boundaries of the GI zone will damage the uniqueness and creditability of basmati,” AIREA president Vijay Setia said in a letter to commerce secretary Rita Teaotia. Setia has cautioned that many other countries are claiming that they too can grow basmati rice. In February 2016, seven years after filing the application, the GI Registry granted GI certification for basmati rice to the Agricultural and Processed Food Exports Development Authority (APEDA) under the commerce ministry. The registry also allowed stakeholders from Madhya Pradesh to submit fresh documents for inclusion in basmatigrown areas. The Madhya Pradesh government in its submission had stated that gazetteers from British times refer to cultivation of basmati rice in the state and that climatic conditions in the state are as favourable as in other states to growing the rice. The districts of Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Sheopur, Vidisha, Raisen, Sehore, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur and Narsingpur used to grow basmati rice, it said. Besides AIREA and APEDA, the Punjab and Haryana governments have already contested the evidence of Madhya Pradesh, describing those as unscientific and without any proper verification. India commands an 85% share in global basmati trade at present. Following the GI notification, farmers in 77 districts of seven states — Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir — have the special right to grow basmati rice. GI, a form of intellectual property right (IPR), is distinct from other forms of IPRs as it ascribes the exclusivity to the community in a defined geography rather than to an individual as in the case of trademarks and patents. A GI tag can be issued for agricultural, natural or manufactured goods that have a unique quality, reputation or other characteristics attributable to its geographical origin. A GI registration gives the registered proprietor and authorised users the legal right to the exclusive use of the GI, and no unauthorised person can use the tag. For example, Darjeeling tea, Kancheepuram silk, Mysore silk,

Hyderabad haleem, Mizo chilli products, etc, sold with the GI tag get premium pricing as well. According to official data, 272 products have got GI certification for preserving their uniqueness so far.

Author Name: http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/madhya-pradesh-basmati-claims-spark-protestexporters-farmers-call-it-unjustified/833937/ Date: 01-Sep-2017

Government to evaluate implementation of rice ceiling price 5th September 2017 | 1.549 Views

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government will evaluate the implementation of the ceiling price of rice in modern and traditional markets, with the commoditys average price currently at Rp10,610 per kilogram (kg) for medium-quality rice.

Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita stated here on Tuesday that rice traders claimed they still had earlier rice stocks bought at a higher price due to which they will need a transition period before they can adhere to the ceiling price for medium- and premium-quality rice.

"The regulation (of the rice ceiling price) came into effect on Sept 1, and there are previous stocks. Next week, we will evaluate to review its implementation. We can warn (the traders)," Enggartiasto noted.

Ministerial Regulation No. 57 of 2017 on the rice ceiling price will be effective not only for modern markets but also for traditional markets.

"We have summoned the Indonesia Retailers Association, as they could sell their previous stocks, but the price must be lowered. In traditional markets, they still have a transition period, as they have to first sort out the rice types," the minister added.

The government has set the rice ceiling price for medium and premium quality in a bid to maintain the peoples purchasing power and control the inflation rate.

The ceiling price for medium-quality rice in the regions of Java, Lampung, South Sumatra, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, and Sulawesi was set at Rp9,450 per kg while for premium quality at Rp12,800 per kg.

For Sumatra region except Lampung and South Sumatra, East Nusa Tenggara, and Kalimantan, the ceiling price for medium-quality rice was set at Rp9,950 per kg and

Rp13,300 per kg for premium quality.

For Maluku, including North Maluku and Papua, the ceiling price of medium-quality rice was set at Rp10,250 per kg and Rp13,600 per kg for premium quality.

The government has categorized the commodity into three types based on Agriculture Ministers Decree No. 31 of 2017 on rice quality.

The first type is medium-quality rice, with minimum 95 percent of milling degree, maximum 14 percent of moisture content, and maximum quantity of broken rice at 25 percent.

Medium-quality rice can be sold in bulk or packages, with labels detailing the quality and its ceiling price.

The second type is premium-quality rice, with 95 percent of milling degree, maximum moisture content of 14 percent, and maximum quantity of broken rice at 15 percent.

This type of rice must be sold in packages, with labels detailing the quality and its ceiling price.

Another rice category was special rice including Thai Hom Mali, Japonica, Basmati, sticky rice, organic rice, and rice, with a geographical indication certificate.

The commoditys average price has also recorded an increase since the implementation of the ceiling price in early September.

According to the ministrys Basic Necessities Monitoring System, the national average price for medium-quality rice as of Tuesday was Rp10,610 per kg, a slight increase from Rp10,596 per kg on Monday.(*)

http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/112518/government-to-

Rice basmati strengthens on rising demand evaluate-implementation-of-rice-ceiling-price

PTI | Sep 2, 2017, 23:17 IST

New Delhi, Sep 1 () Rice basmati prices strengthened by Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today on rising demand.

However, other grains moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and pegged at last levels.

Traders besides rising demand from stockists and retailers against restricted supplies from producing regions mainly kept rice basmati prices higher.

In the national capital, rice basmati Pusa-1121variety edged higher by Rs 100 to Rs 5,200-5,300 per quintal. Non-basmati rice permal raw, wand and IR-8 also settled higher at Rs 2,200-2,225, Rs 2,250-2,275 and Rs 1,850-1,875 from previous levels of Rs 2,150-2,175, Rs 2,200-2,225 and Rs 1,825-1,850 per quintal respectively.Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,100-2,350, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,755-1,760, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,760-1,765, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 950-960 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,030-1,040 (50 kg).

Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 6,400-6,600, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 5,200-5,300, Permal raw Rs 2,200-2,225, Permal wand Rs 2,250-2,275, Sela Rs 2,300-2,400 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,850-1,875, Bajra Rs 1,205-1,210, Jowar yellow Rs 1,425-1,475, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,320-1,325, Barley Rs 1,460-1,470. SUN KPS ADI MKJ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/rice-basmati-strengthens-on-risingdemand/articleshow/60342385.cms

Iranian importers default on Indian rice

deals – trade sources NEW DELHI, (Reuters) - Iranian importers have defaulted on payments for about 125,000 tonnes of basmati rice from India, Tehran’s top supplier of the premium aromatic grain, raising concerns about future shipments of the grade that fetches nearly $2 billion a year to New Delhi.

Iranian buyers have refused to take the delivery of basmati rice containers worth nearly $125 million citing a crash in domestic prices, said the Indian sources directly involved in these deals.

Higher imports from other suppliers, including Pakistan, had bumped up supplies to Tehran, they said.

Reuters could not contact Iranian buyers involved in the deals.

Indian suppliers of these cargoes, mostly small exporters, said their Iranian partners had wilfully reneged on the contract. The containers are now lying at Iran’s major cargo port of Bandar Abbas. (Reporting by Mayank Bhardwaj; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani) Author Name: https://in.reuters.com/article/india-iran-rice/iranian-importers-default-on-indian-rice-dealstrade-sources-idIND8N1J400E Date: 01-Sep-2017

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Baldwin: Weed problems increasing in Arkansas rice Ford Baldwin | Aug 31, 2017 We need some help on rice weed control and we need it fast. We have a lot of clean rice fields in Arkansas, but we also have a lot of ugly fields. In some areas of the state we have the most grown-up fields I have ever seen. Barnyardgrass and weedy rice seem to be the two main culprits, but sedges and sprangletop are rampant as well. I have seen field after field flat on the ground by heading, and I wonder if some of them will even be harvested.

A lot of the weedy fields are under the care of excellent consultants who know what they are doing and have thrown the herbicide “kitchen sink� at the weeds to no avail. I hate to

think how much money has been spent on some of these fields, but I know it is not sustainable.

Related: Provisia rice to be companion technology for Clearfield Perhaps we can blame some of the problem on a wet year and residual herbicides dissipating much quicker than normal.

There is no question that herbicide resistance in barnyardgrass, the sedges and weedy rice is playing an increasing role. In some of the worst fields I have seen, the envelope on continuous rice and especially continuous Clearfield has been pushed too far.

Related: Adding new modes of action to boost rice weed control There is a new sedge that I received numerous calls on this year — white sedge or white margin sedge. It is an annual sedge that gets very large and has a white shiny look to the leaves. The head resembles yellow nutsedge, but it is much larger and darker in color.

Control at this point is somewhat anecdotal. Apparently it is walking right through the ALS inhibitors. One consultant tried some propanil plus Basagran on it as a small field trial and had good results.

We are fortunate to have some new rice herbicides coming, and they cannot get here quick enough. Provisia rice, Loyant, and Rogue are all getting close. All of these have promise, and at the same time each will have some things we will have to learn to work with.

We also need a registration for Warrant in rice. This herbicide has shown a lot of promise in research, but any interest in a registration seems to be on-again, off-again.

If we cannot get these new herbicides in place soon we will have increasing acres we cannot grow rice on. However, we cannot simply continue trying to fix a herbicide problem with another herbicide. A long look needs to be taken as to why a lot of acres are in the mess they are in and correct some overall management issues 1. http://www.deltafarmpress.com/rice/baldwin-weed-problems-increasing-arkansas-rice Home 2. Industry 3. Agriculture, processed food exports up 6% in April-July

Agriculture, processed food exports up 6% in April-July India‘s agricultural and processed food products exports in the first four months of current fiscal rose by more than 6% to Rs 37,013 crore in comparison to a year ago period, indicating a possible revival in scenario.

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India‘s agricultural and processed food products exports in the first four months of current fiscal rose by more than 6% to Rs 37,013 crore in comparison to a year ago period, indicating a possible revival in scenario. Officials sources told FE that rise in rice exports mainly because of robust demand from Iran, country‘s biggest destination for basmati rice and marginal fall in buffalo meat shipment after a sharp fall in first two month of current fiscal, helped overall exports of agricultural products from the country.

According to data from the Agricultural and Processed Food Products and Export Development Authority (Apeda), the shipment of basmati rice rose by more than 24% to Rs 10,126 crore during April-July 2017-18 while non-basmati rice export grew by about 10% to Rs 6,399 crore.

However, rice exporters say that the shipment may slow down a bit as Iran has put a temporary curb on imports as domestic crops are expected to enter the market shortly. ―The realisation from basmati rice exports has improved in the current fiscal. Next couple of months we would get a clear picture on shipment trend,‖ Vijay Setia, President, All India Rice Exporters Association, told FE. Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and European Union are the key destination for India‘s basmati rice shipment. From a record shipment of Rs 29,300 crore (3.7 million tonne) in FY14, the basmati rice exports have shrunk to Rs 21,604 crore (4 million tonne) in FY17 because of lower realisation attributed to higher outputs. After slowing down in first couple of months in current fiscal because of crackdown on illegal abattoirs in Uttar Pradesh, the buffalo meat exports was marginally down at Rs 7,326 crore in comparison to year ago period. In the first quarter of FY18, buffalo meat exports were Rs 5,473 crore, or slightly higher than the `5,445 crore in the same period last year.

However, in case of fruits and vegetables and groundnut, the exports in April-July (201718) have shrunk around 7% and 42%, respectively. ―We expect fruits and vegetables exports to revive in the next few quarters of the current fiscal and overall we anticipate a higher shipment in comparison to last year,‖ said D K Singh, chairman, Apeda. India‘s farm and processed foods exports had fallen to `1.08 lakh crore in FY17 against `1.31 lakh crore in FY15. Analysts say that in the current fiscal the exports could revive.

Former commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman had last year stated that the primary reasons for the decline in agricultural exports include low commodity prices in the international market, shrinking global demand and high domestic prices, compared with the international prices. The problem was compounded by unfavourable currency rate movements compared with competing countries. Apeda monitors shipment of 22 commodities such as rice, wheat, buffalo meat, fruit and vegetables, pulses and other meat products.

The authority has been focusing on 20-odd clusters located for sustaining growth in the country‘s food products‘ exports.

These include basmati rice (Haryana and Punjab), buffalo meat (western Uttar Pradesh), grape and wine (Nashik region, Maharashtra), pomegranate (Satara and Pune regions of Maharashtra), dehydrated onions and garlic (Gujarat), poultry or egg (Namakkal, Tamil Nadu) and mango pulp (Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra

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PTI | Sep 2, 2017, 23:17 IST

New Delhi, Sep 1 () Rice basmati prices strengthened by Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today on rising demand.

However, other grains moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and pegged at last levels.

Traders besides rising demand from stockists and retailers against restricted supplies from producing regions mainly kept rice basmati prices higher.

In the national capital, rice basmati Pusa-1121variety edged higher by Rs 100 to Rs 5,200-5,300 per quintal. Non-basmati rice permal raw, wand and IR-8 also settled higher at Rs 2,200-2,225, Rs 2,250-2,275 and Rs 1,850-1,875 from previous levels of Rs 2,150-2,175, Rs 2,200-2,225 and Rs 1,825-1,850 per quintal respectively.Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,100-2,350, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,755-1,760, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,760-1,765, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 950-960 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,030-1,040 (50 kg).

Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 6,400-6,600, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 5,200-5,300, Permal raw Rs 2,200-2,225, Permal wand Rs 2,250-2,275, Sela Rs 2,300-2,400 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,850-1,875, Bajra Rs 1,205-1,210, Jowar yellow Rs 1,425-1,475, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,320-1,325, Barley Rs 1,460-1,470. SUN KPS ADI MKJ

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"I've been diagnosed with terminal cancer," the CEO told his vice-presidents. "The doctors say that I have two years to live. You three have run this business for years, but I want to hand it over to just one of you as sole owner.

"So, for the next two years, I'm giving you an extra task."

He reached into his desk, and pulled out three small burlap bags. "Seeds," he said. "I'm not going to tell you what to do with them."

Two years later, he called the three vice-presidents to his hospice bedside.

"Tell me what you did with my seeds," he ordered.

The first vice-president stepped forward. "I knew that the seeds were a challenge," he explained. "Obviously, the seeds themselves were worthless. You wanted to see what I could do with nothing. So I put them on e-bay. I traded them for someone's left shoe. Which I traded up for a broken skateboard. And I traded that for a package of bubblegum that had never been chewed…

"Every day for the last two years, I have made a trade of some kind on your behalf.

"And so, today, I'm happy to present to you this certificate. You are currently the sole owner of the country of Liberia."

The dying CEO glanced at the title document, and placed it on his bedside table without comment.

The second vice-president stepped up.

"Unlike my associate here," he said, nodding at the first vice-president, "I realized that the seeds you gave me had a symbolic value. They represented the agricultural industry. So I leveraged your seeds into commodity futures. I bought on margin. I sold short. I patented basmati rice and maple syrup—no one can use them now without paying you a royalty.

"I manipulated international transfer payments to minimize declared incomes and maximize intercorporate profits. I stored the revenue in untraceable offshore bank accounts.

"At this point, you control the world market for coconut palm oil, cassava roots, and tofuburger patties."

The CEO looked at the third vice-president.

"I have to disagree with both of my colleagues," he said. "I assumed that the seeds were, in fact, seeds. I didn't know what kind of seeds, so I planted them. I got sunflowers, which produced more seeds. I got salvia, and lupines, and marigolds. There were some funny looking little bulbs; they gave me gladiolus, allium, and oriental lilies.

"I took some surplus seedlings to a church yard sale, and exchanged them for wisteria and honeysuckle vines, and some dahlia tubers.

"I now have deep pendulous purple blossoms over my patio. I have more than 40 varieties of roses. The compost that I dig into the vegetable garden gives me tomatoes, beans, and peas. Butterflies flit around the buddleia bushes in the day; bees buzz in the lavender; koi swim in the pond.

"It's beautiful, and peaceful. After a tough day at the office, it feels like a deep pool of calm when I go home. Would you like me to take you to see what your seeds have become?" he offered.

The CEO shook his head. "No need," he said. "I've made my choice. I'm turning my company over to‌ Author Jim Taylor lives in Lake Country: rewrite@shaw.ca

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"I've been diagnosed with terminal cancer," the CEO told his vice-presidents. "The doctors say that I have two years to live. You three have run this business for years, but I want to hand it over to just one of you as sole owner.

"So, for the next two years, I'm giving you an extra task."

He reached into his desk, and pulled out three small burlap bags. "Seeds," he said. "I'm not going to tell you what to do with them."

Two years later, he called the three vice-presidents to his hospice bedside.

"Tell me what you did with my seeds," he ordered.

The first vice-president stepped forward. "I knew that the seeds were a challenge," he explained. "Obviously, the seeds themselves were worthless. You wanted to see what I could do with nothing. So I put them on e-bay. I traded them for someone's left shoe. Which I traded up for a broken skateboard. And I traded that for a package of bubblegum that had never been chewed…

"Every day for the last two years, I have made a trade of some kind on your behalf.

"And so, today, I'm happy to present to you this certificate. You are currently the sole owner of the country of Liberia."

The dying CEO glanced at the title document, and placed it on his bedside table without comment.

The second vice-president stepped up.

"Unlike my associate here," he said, nodding at the first vice-president, "I realized that the seeds you gave me had a symbolic value. They represented the agricultural industry. So I leveraged your seeds into commodity futures. I bought on margin. I sold short. I patented basmati rice and maple syrup—no one can use them now without paying you a royalty.

"I manipulated international transfer payments to minimize declared incomes and maximize intercorporate profits. I stored the revenue in untraceable offshore bank accounts.

"At this point, you control the world market for coconut palm oil, cassava roots, and tofuburger patties."

The CEO looked at the third vice-president.

"I have to disagree with both of my colleagues," he said. "I assumed that the seeds were, in fact, seeds. I didn't know what kind of seeds, so I planted them. I got sunflowers, which produced more seeds. I got salvia, and lupines, and marigolds. There were some funny looking little bulbs; they gave me gladiolus, allium, and oriental lilies.

"I took some surplus seedlings to a church yard sale, and exchanged them for wisteria and honeysuckle vines, and some dahlia tubers.

"I now have deep pendulous purple blossoms over my patio. I have more than 40 varieties of roses. The compost that I dig into the vegetable garden gives me tomatoes, beans, and peas. Butterflies flit around the buddleia bushes in the day; bees buzz in the lavender; koi swim in the pond.

"It's beautiful, and peaceful. After a tough day at the office, it feels like a deep pool of calm when I go home. Would you like me to take you to see what your seeds have become?" he offered.

The CEO shook his head. "No need," he said. "I've made my choice. I'm turning my company over to‌ Author Jim Taylor lives in Lake Country: rewrite@shaw.ca 1. http://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/442621013.html Home 2. Opinion 3. How India is paying the price of rice exports to Iran; the story is of crashed markets, reneging buyers

How India is paying the price of rice exports to Iran; the story is of crashed markets, reneging buyers There are whispers in the market that Iranian buyers are yet to pay for 1.25 lakh tonnes of rice—valued at nearly Rs 875 crore—that had been shipped out in 6,000 containers a few months back.

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There is now the risk of non-payment/delayed payment/outright loss against large volumes of basmati rice shipped to Iran. There are whispers in the market that Iranian buyers are yet to pay for 1.25 lakh tonnes of rice—valued at nearly Rs 875 crore—that had been shipped out in 6,000 containers a few months back. Small- and medium-sized exporters had entered into contracts with Iranian buyers for rice priced at Rs 65,00070,000 per tonne—with the average value almost 25% higher than those realised in 201617. Reportedly, the Iranian rice market has crashed and buyers have reneged on the contract price. But after protracted negotiations, cargoes are being accepted at a discounted value of around Rs 44,000-50,000/tonne—which effectively means a price cut of about 30%, or an outright loss of Rs 260 crore.

Even then, the payment is being offered on a deferred basis, against future purchases by inflating invoice values. This is as per mutual convenience. However, such settlement may vary depending on the understanding between the parties. The result of nonpayment/loss at such scale is that payments to farmers for the paddy could also get delayed. Suppliers of PP bags, transporters and handling agents at the port may also remain unpaid. Since exporters generally avail pre-shipment credit from banks, ultimately, banks are exposed to the risk of non-payment—that may worsen the bad loan count. Iran has a regular requirement of Indian Pusa 1121 (parboiled) basmati rice, varying between 0.7 million tonnes (mt) to 1 mt annually depending upon its domestic output. Value-wise, Indian shipment to Iran touched $1.8 billion in FY14, but was down, at $0.57 billion, in FY17. India ships out about 4 mt of such rice in to international markets annually without any serious payment problems.

It is not the first time that shippers have had to face delayed-/non-payment by Iranian buyers. There have been defaults/short payments in past as well. There has been frequent

recurrence of such non-payment, wherein sellers have either suffered a total loss or loss of profit. Even soyabean meal cargoes in the past have met a similar fate. It is immaterial whether the buyer is a private party or an entity run by the government of Iran.

The distinctive feature of this trend is that the same Iranian buyers often front new companies as purchasers, while Indian counter-parties conclude rice contracts at seemingly advantageous prices. Once the shipment is made, shipping documents are forwarded usually on DP (documents to be delivered to buyer by the bank against payment) or other terms, but seldom against letters of credit.

Iranian buyers dither in making payments through banking channels; shipping documents are allowed to stagnate in Iranian banks or are declared deficient while rice is not lifted from the destination port. With the stalemate on payment and fear of cargo going bad, sellers rush to Iran to settle the matter—resulting in the Iranians forcing discounts or settlement at arbitrary terms.At a time when the government is focusing on farm income growth, it is important that this issue is resolved once and for all. The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda) is the India‘s controlling body for export of basmati rice. Allowing open and free exports of rice to Iran must be reviewed, and such exports need to be secured with suitable restrictions.

Put simply, this could be enforced through a ―canalised payment mechanism‖ via an authorised agency like Apeda. A possible procedural format for this could be as follows: An exporter/seller may sign a contract with an Iranian buyer with the stipulation of 100% advance payment to be made to Apeda within 7-10 days of the contract signing. The date of receipt of payment by Apeda could be treated as the effective date of contract. Apeda then notifies this date to both the seller and buyer; custom may clear cargo offered by seller for shipment after receipt of written acknowledgement from Apeda of payment having been received from Iran. The buyer can nominate its inspection agency with the condition that inspection at loading port being deemed final.

Apeda should effect payment to the seller after receipt of shipping documents that require compliance—as agreed in the contract—and issue a ―no objection certificate‖ to the bank

of the seller so that foreign exchange earnings accrue to the seller/shipper. In case the seller defaults in making shipment, Apeda should remit the funds back to the buyer at the cost of seller, including any difference in the rate of exchange, and it shall not be liable for any quality/quantity/delayed shipment claims whatsoever. Apeda/the directorate general of foreign trade will also list buyers who have earlier reneged on commitments, as also the brand names of the rice they sell in the Iranian market, and maintain an abeyance list for them.

The government can also nominate another trading PSU for the said purpose if Apeda is not willing to undertake this activity. Such a payment security system should be tried for at least two years, and depending upon its efficacy, can be reviewed thereafter. Exports without receipt of full payment retard economic activity. When a suitable security mechanism is introduced and fake importers are filtered out, buyers with respectable credentials and financial capabilities will trade with Indian counter parties. Exports will be truly rewarding when transactions are considered clean and above board and probability of disputes diminish

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PTI | Sep 2, 2017, 23:17 IST

New Delhi, Sep 1 () Rice basmati prices strengthened by Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today on rising demand.

However, other grains moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and pegged at last levels.

Traders besides rising demand from stockists and retailers against restricted supplies from producing regions mainly kept rice basmati prices higher.

In the national capital, rice basmati Pusa-1121variety edged higher by Rs 100 to Rs 5,200-5,300 per quintal. Non-basmati rice permal raw, wand and IR-8 also settled higher at Rs 2,200-2,225, Rs 2,250-2,275 and Rs 1,850-1,875 from previous levels of Rs 2,150-2,175, Rs 2,200-2,225 and Rs 1,825-1,850 per quintal respectively.Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,100-2,350, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,755-1,760, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,760-1,765, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 950-960 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,030-1,040 (50 kg).

Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 6,400-6,600, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 5,200-5,300, Permal raw Rs 2,200-2,225, Permal wand Rs 2,250-2,275, Sela Rs 2,300-2,400 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,850-1,875, Bajra Rs 1,205-1,210, Jowar yellow Rs 1,425-1,475, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,320-1,325, Barley Rs 1,460-1,470. SUN KPS ADI MKJ

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Sumayya Usmani's culinary journey: North Indian cookery in the Highlands Sumayya Usmani

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Sign up SITTING in a lovely kitchen in a Highland town that straddles the River Lossie, listening the story of two North Indian sisters and their journey of flavour and authentic homecooking, was a surreal way to spend a weekend. Manjinder Deshi-Dhami (Manju) and Sharanjit Deshi (Sharan), both moved separately to Scotland a couple of decades ago.

They carried with them endearing memories of their father‘s cookery and a wealth of North Indian culinary techniques.

Sharan moved to Elgin from a tiny village in Shahpur, Uttar Pradesh, with her then husband, and some years later, Manju did the same, leaving behind their parents. I was lucky enough to meet their mother, who told me of how wonderful peaceful their little village is: "Everyone lives together in harmony and celebrate each others festivals together."

The Deshi sisters grew up in a home where, unusually, their father cooked all the meals, and as Manju recalls: "My mother was really spoilt, as Dad did all the cooking." The sisters grew up watching and helping their beloved father in the kitchen, learning the fundamentals of cooking North Indian cuisine. "We were told how you heat the oil, add the spices, wait until it is time to add onions then wait until they are cooked before adding other ingredients."

A farmer by birth, their father much preferred driving trucks and cooking for his family and others. They remember fondly that many ladies from the village would bring over their ingredients for their father to make them mango achar or semolina ladoo (round sweets). Their home was always filled with people, food took centre-stage in their lives, and all this revolved around their father.

The Dhesi sisters were happy in Scotland, until their father passed away early in 2009.

Suddenly their whole lives felt empty and they felt lost in this country now that this strong pillar in their lives was no more. They struggled for a while, and then realised that the way to carry his memory was through the flavour he had taught them.

Then around 2011, determined to be strong for their mother and find inner peace, the Deshi sisters began to cook the recipes they grew up with and had learned from their father, not only for themselves but for other people, by going to homes and catering for dinner parties. Their aim was to cook together, share their passion for North Indian food, family recipes and memories of their childhood and their father with others. This helped them feel close to their father, even though he was no longer with then. "When we cook," say the sisters, "we don‘t talk to each other, we both do different jobs, but feel like our father is talking to us through our cooking, telling us how to make the recipe the way we watched him cook, carrying his flavours through us and keeping us on the right path."

The Deshi sisters also host cookery classes in Murray College and Oakwood Cookery School and their catering operation is called Authentic Indian Kitchen, which they feel clearly defines their food: authentic. Sharing their knowledge of flavour and memory is a deep passion and doing so doesn‘t feel like work, they tell me sisters say.

We spent the morning sharing stories of the flavours of North India that I recognise, as my father‘s family was from Uttar Pradesh as well. The cooking styles I learnt from my Dadi (paternal grandmother) were so similar to the ones the Deshi sisters teach. We laughed and shared the ideas of cooking by "andaza" (estimation and sensory cooking),

the resulting difficulties in recipe writing and the fact no two people can ever replicate the same recipe exactly. This has to do with the "weight of the hand that is measuring spices", the sisters say; different hands will change the way the recipe tastes, even if it is merely a little. Growing up, I was told by my grandmothers that each person has their own "haath may mazza" (flavour in one‘s hand), which results in this subtle change of flavour in recipes.

The two sisters say they plan to one day open a restaurant, but for now they are content sharing their flavour with others in this way. They admit that can not cook without each other. Sharing their father‘s love of cooking, creating dishes close to their hearts with others and remembering him fondly through this process is what keeps them happy, positive, but most of all, helps preserve his legacy of flavour.

Special thanks for Ghillie Basan and Manju Deshi-Dhami and Sharan Deshi Authentic Indian Kitchen, Elgin: http://authenticindiankitchen.com .

Urad ki Daal (White Lentil)

By Deshi-Dhami and Sharanjit Deshi This recipe is very close to our hearts as it was one of our dad‘s favourites. So make sure you don't over-cook your lentils and it has a nice thick gravy texture, not too runny or too dry. This particular dish goes really well with rice and is a very simple summer and early autumn comfort food.

Preparation time: 5-10 minutes Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes Ingredients: White lentils: 150g Onion: 1, finally chopped Garlic: 8 cloves Fresh green chillies: 2 ( small and thin), finally chopped Cumin seeds: 1 tsp

Asafoetida: 1/2 tsp Cooking oil: 2 tbsp Turmeric: 1 tsp Garam Masala: 1/2 tsp Salt to taste Method Wash the lentils properly under cold water. Now add lentils to a pan with 350ml water and cook on medium heat for about 10 minutes, making sure you keep the crunchiness to the lentils.

Turn the heat off and add chopped green chillies and put the lid on. At this point don't stir your lentils too much Now put a shallow pan on a medium heat and add cooking oil. Let the oil heat up and check it before adding any spice by throwing in a few seeds of cumin. If starts to sizzle straight, away then it's ready.

Add cumin seeds, cook for few seconds and add whole garlic cloves and cook until slightly golden brown.

Add chopped onion and cook them until deep brown in colour Add salt and turmeric and cook for few seconds Now turn the heat off and add asafoetida, mix well and add this mixture to the lentils.

Add garam Masala and give a gentle stir Serve hot with plain basmati rice or with chapatis

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I was going through my mother's old recipe cards the other day, hunting in her vast collection of handwritten formulas for an old favourite sweet treat. Travelling down memory lane, recalling Millie's boozy pudding, Maude's shortbread and Hazel Hogg's rum balls, I came across some cards penned in my father's

precise, neat hand. My mother's recipes ran all over the page like riddles that few other people could ever decipher but Dad had a crisp, italic style that was easy to read and, as you might expect from an engineer, his recipes made sense. There they were, neatly written with capped headings: Tamarillo Chutney - Lois Daish, Gherkins - Maude, Pickled Onions, Pickled Beetroot.

While Mum ensured the larder was kept stocked with preserved fruits and jams, the savoury pickles and preserves were largely our father's domain. Each year he would fill the pantry shelves with his creations, which my mother would draw on for our meals and entertaining.

She loved having people over and disliked eating out, informing us that it was a waste of money when she could easily make something more delicious at home.

Through his work, my father often had lunch meetings at different cafes and restaurants. At dinner I would quiz him at length about where he had been for lunch and what he had eaten.

I was about 9 when he started to take me out to eat in the city. We would head downtown, usually on a Friday night, and find little hole-in-the-wall cafes to try.

One of our favourite haunts was a tiny, slightly grungy Chinese cafe in Vivian St, Wellington. It had Formica tables and fluorescent strip lighting, and a bathroom you just knew you didn't want to go to, but the food was delicious. As soon as we sat down they would come out with a big stack of thin-sliced buttered supermarket white bread, which always seemed weird when we were about to eat an Asian meal.

I guess I would have been about 13 when Dad took me to a snazzy new restaurant around the waterfront on Oriental Bay. I remember ordering the sauteed scallops and insisting there was something wrong with them. Poor Dad was so embarrassed, this precocious kid making such a fuss, but there was no stopping me. I wangled my way into the kitchen and asked to see how the scallops were cooked. As soon as I saw the white wine going into the steel pan after the scallops had been browned in butter, I knew what was giving them the nasty metallic taste. I informed the chef that the sauce had oxidised and he needed to change the pan. He nodded his head in disbelief as I explained the chemistry. Had we not already eaten I have no doubt he would have stomped on the scallops before serving them to me, so outraged was he by my challenge. I'm

pretty sure that was the last time Dad took me out to eat - my culinary lexicon had now expanded to places that made me a complete pain in the neck as a dining companion.

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Thinking back, there are so many things I learned from my father that, at the time, I never appreciated. As well as practical things, such as learning to drive, growing a vegetable garden and keeping bees, Dad taught me to be curious, to keep asking questions, to ask if I needed help, and to go that little bit further to be the best I could be. His mantra of kindness, charm, honesty and diligence, taught me what you need to get you all the places you might want to be in life.

If he was here today I would love to make him breakfast in bed this Father's Day to thank him.

Here are some ideas of what you might cook for your dad.

Creamy Smoked Fish Kedgeree Ready in 30 mins Serves 4 4-6 eggs 2 Tbsp butter 1 large onion, diced 2 Tbsp curry powder A pinch of chilli flakes or cayenne pepper 4 cups cooked basmati rice 2 cups flaked boneless, skinless smoked fish 1 cup sour cream or lite sour cream 3 Tbsp lemon juice Salt and ground black pepper, to taste Âź cup parsley leaves, finely chopped Lemon wedges, to serve (optional)

Place eggs in a pot, cover with water, bring to a boil and simmer for 8 minutes.

Cool under cold water before removing shells and cutting boiled eggs into wedges. While eggs cook, heat butter in a large, heavy-based frying pan and fry onion over medium heat until softened and starting to brown (about 8 minutes).

Add curry powder and cayenne and cook for about another 30 seconds. Stir in cooked rice, smoked fish, sour cream and lemon juice, season with salt and pepper and cook over high heat for about 3 minutes until warmed through.

Transfer to a serving dish, top with wedges of egg and sprinkle with parsley.

Serve with lemon wedges, if using, to squeeze over the top.

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Annabel says: Created in the melting pot of the British Raj, this delicately spiced rice with hard-boiled eggs and smoky fish is a weekend brunch classic. It's also a great way to use up leftover cooked rice.

Tomato Wiggle

Photo / Annabel Langbein Media Ready in 30 mins Serves 3-4 2 Tbsp olive oil 2 onions, finely diced 2 large red peppers, finely diced 6 tomatoes, cut into 1cm dice A pinch of chilli flakes or cayenne pepper Salt and ground black pepper, to taste 6 eggs, lightly whisked 2 Tbsp parsley leaves, chopped To serve (optional) Crispy bacon rashers Toast Heat oil in a large frying pan and cook onions, peppers, tomatoes and chilli over a medium heat, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened and the liquid from the tomatoes has almost all evaporated (about 20 minutes). Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add eggs to pan while stirring so they cook like a scramble through the tomato mixture. Sprinkle with parsley and extra pepper and serve hot with bacon and toast, if desired.

Annabel says: This breakfast dish was one of my mother's specialties that Dad always loved. How it got this name is a piece of family history I will never know, but essentially it's just a tender scramble of egg through tasty, homemade tomato sauce.

Bubble and Squeak

Photo / Annabel Langbein Media Ready in 30 mins Serves 4-6 3 cups cooked mashed potato 1 cup cooked shredded cabbage or brussels sprouts Salt and ground black pepper, to taste Âź cup water 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 Tbsp butter To serve (optional) Fried eggs Crispy bacon rashers Toast Mix mashed potato with cabbage or brussels sprouts, salt, pepper and water.

Heat oil and butter in a heavy-based frying pan, add potato mixture and cook over medium heat without turning until well crusted and golden (about 10 minutes). Turn in large sections and cook the other side (another 10 minutes). Serve with eggs, bacon and toast, if using.

Annabel says: Leftover potato fried with cooked cabbage or brussels sprouts is the ultimate breakfast. Mixing the potato with water makes a wetter mixture, which, as it cooks, produces steam that creates a thick, golden crust. Don't be tempted to flip it until the crust is well formed - it takes a good 10 minutes over medium heat on each side.

For more great breakfast recipes see Annabel's new guide to affordable eating, Cheap Thrills (Annabel Langbein Media, $24.95), on sale now at Paper Plus, The Warehouse and all good bookstores. Find out more at annabel-langbein.com or follow Annabel on Facebook or Instagram

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One of the best things about doing an annual Christmas show is learning new recipes for food and cocktails from a selection of brilliant professionals. High on my list of favourites is Angela Malik, who is such a kind and encouraging teacher. I hope my passion for all things Indian comes through loud and clear in the book, but learning this recipe from Angela really changed my cooking because there is nothing you cannot cook in her masala sauce. Ben brings all sorts of stuff home – rabbit, pheasant, mutton and various kinds of fish – and all have been chucked in the masala and come out the better for it. Biryani is an all-in-one rice dish containing meat and veg. Angela‘s version, with lamb koftas, dried fruit and masala sauce, is superb. I particularly like the crusty bits of rice at the bottom of the pan.

SERVES 8 FOR LAYERING THE BIRYANI 3 oranges, zest of 2 and juice of all 3 100g pitted prunes 100g dried apricots 1 tbsp sunflower oil, for frying 2 onions, peeled and sliced 50g butter FOR THE RICE 450g basmati rice 3 litres water 2 tsp salt 2 black or green cardamom pods 2 x 5cm cinnamon sticks 4 cloves 2 bay leaves

bunch of fresh coriander, stalks chopped and leaves roughly chopped FOR THE MASALA SAUCE 3 tbsp sunflower oil 2 medium onions, peeled and finely chopped or whizzed in a blender 2 tbsp ginger paste 1 tbsp garlic paste 1 cinnamon stick 1 bay leaf 1 black or green cardamom pod 200g chopped tomatoes (tinned or fresh) 100ml water 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp ground coriander 1 tsp garam masala ½ tsp ground turmeric Ÿ tsp red chilli powder 1 tsp salt 3 tbsp plain yoghurt FOR THE KOFTAS 500g leg of lamb meat, minced, or use 500g lamb mince 1 onion, peeled and grated 1 large egg, beaten

2 tsp ginger paste 1 tsp garlic paste 2 tsp garam masala ½ fresh green chilli, chopped 2 tsp chopped coriander leaves salt, to taste 1 tbsp sunflower oil ● Start by soaking the fruit for layering the biryani and preparing the rice. Put half the orange zest into a bowl, then add all the orange juice and the dried fruit. Set aside.

Wash the rice in a sieve, tip into a large bowl and cover with cold water. Set aside. ● Now prepare the masala sauce. Heat the oil in a heavy-based saucepan. Add the onions and fry over a moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until golden brown. This will take at least 10 minutes. Add the ginger, garlic and whole spices. Fry for about a minute, until you feel the ginger paste starting to stick to the pan. Add the tomatoes and water. Cover and cook on a medium heat, mashing the mixture down every now and then, until it becomes a pulp, about 10 minutes. Add the ground spices, the salt and yoghurt and stir thoroughly. ● To make the koftas, put the lamb in a bowl and add the onion, egg, ginger, garlic, spices, coriander and salt. Mix well. Shape the mince mixture into balls about 3cm-5cm in diameter. Heat the oil in a large frying pan. When hot, fry the koftas, in batches, on all sides for 2-3 minutes. Set aside on a plate. ● While the koftas are cooking, fry the ‗layering‘ onion in the oil in a saucepan until golden, at least 10 minutes. Stir frequently, then set aside once done. ● Drain the rice. Boil the 3 litres of water in a large saucepan with the salt. Add the spices, bay leaves and some of the chopped coriander leaves to the pan. Once it reaches a rolling boil, add the rice. Bring back to the boil and cook for about 4 minutes: it should still be hard in the middle. Drain the rice and remove the cinnamon and bay, then add extra salt to taste. Mix in the orange zest reserved from the layering ingredients. Decant the rice into a large bowl. ● Preheat the oven to 170C/fan 150C/gas 3. Drain the fruit, reserving the liquid. Now you have to layer the biryani. In a large, wide ovenproof casserole pan, melt the butter.

Add half the rice and spread evenly in the bottom of the pan. Add a layer of half the fried onions, then half the apricots and prunes. Add all the koftas in one layer, then cover with the masala sauce. Spoon the remaining rice on top and spread it over the koftas.

Top with the remaining fruit and finish with the rest of the fried onions. ● Pour the reserved orange juice all over the layers. Cover the pan tightly with a lid and cook on a high heat for 5 minutes. Transfer to the oven for a further 30-40 minutes.

After 30 minutes, pinch a few rice grains between your fingers. If they are tender, take the dish out of the oven. If overcooked, the rice will turn mushy. ● The biryani can be served straight from the pan or turned on to a large, flat dish. In both cases, garnish with the remaining coriander. The crusty layer from the bottom of the pan is a delicacy.

ON THE SIDE Angela Malik would serve this with pomegranate raita (seasoned with cumin, chilli, black pepper and fresh coriander) – such an interesting change from the usual cucumber version. See the full recipe in the book

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Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter Farmer Josh Sikes holds a soybean plant in his field near Vinton, La. Sikes has 1,200 acres of soybeans, but not all of it flooded from Tropical Storm Harvey.

CROPS>SOYBEANS Harvey creates problems for Louisiana farmers

Soybean fields flooded. Rice sprouting. Pastures too wet to harvest.

Bruce Schultz 1 | Sep 01, 2017 Farmers Adam Habetz and Josh Sikes were getting their first look at their crops on Aug. 30 just after Tropical Storm Harvey had passed over western Calcasieu Parish.

“I was not expecting this,” Sikes said as he looked over about 80 acres of flooded soybeans. “I‟m going to lose a lot of beans.”

Related: Southwest Louisiana farmers scramble ahead of approaching hurricane But a larger area of his soybeans on higher ground appeared to have been spared from high water.

Rice that should have been harvested was already sprouting in Sikes‟ and Habetz‟s fields, not from flooding but from being continuously wet with constant rainfall.

Related: Hurricane threatens balance of 2017 Louisiana rice harvest Near the Texas-Louisiana line, Habetz has about 115 acres left to harvest after harvesting 125 acres, and Sikes said he still had 600 acres remaining after harvesting 250 acres.

LSU AgCenter extension rice specialist Dustin Harrell said sprouted rice can still be sold and milled, although farmers will get less money for damaged grain. If the grain is broken, it can be used for pet food.

A phone survey revealed that about 10,000 acres of first-crop rice remains left for harvest in south Louisiana, he said. The state has almost 400,000 acres of rice this year.

The biggest losses appear to be in Calcasieu, Cameron, Vermilion and Jefferson Davis parishes.

Ratoon rice big unknown

“The big unknown at the moment is the ratoon rice in that area,” Harrell said. “Ratoon rice is very important economically, and it, too, can be lost if the ratoon stubble remains submerged for several days.”

That‟s what farmer Paul Johnson tried to prevent Wednesday. He was in a boat and used hay bales to plug levee breaks that were flooding his ratoon crop. “That seems to be holding right now. I don‟t think it‟s coming up anymore,” he said of the water level in the field.

Johnson‟s farm near Bell City got 17 inches of rain from Thursday to Wednesday, and most of it fell Tuesday. But he said he‟s keeping an eye on two potential threats: a storm brewing in the Atlantic and an area of disturbed weather in the Bay of Campeche.

The north Louisiana harvest was shaping up to be a bumper crop before Harvey, Harrell said.

Keith Collins, LSU AgCenter extension agent in Richland Parish, said it‟s too early to know if the storm hurt north Louisiana rice. He said winds were about 25 miles an hour, and rain has not been excessive.

“Hopefully in next two to three days with sunshine predicted, we will dry out enough for folks to get out and assess damage,” Collins said.

Cotton crop

The cotton crop in north Louisiana is close to harvest, and about 20 percent of the corn remains to be harvested. AgCenter cotton and corn

specialist Dan Fromme said he‟s not heard of any damage to either crop from Harvey.

“It‟s still a little early to tell,” he said. “We‟ll know more next week.”

No crop flooding from Harvey has been reported in north Louisiana.

Sikes still was concerned about what Harvey could do to his 3,000 acres of cotton in Tensas Parish.

“I was ready to defoliate before this,” Sikes said. “If Harvey will get on out of here, I don‟t think we will see much more of a yield loss than what we were predicting we were already going to lose from all the previous bad weather cycles recently.”

Habetz checked a field of second-crop rice that wasn‟t completely covered by high water. Muddy conditions for the first crop harvest resulted in rutted fields that have left large gaps in the rice.

Pastures too wet to harvest

Habetz also is concerned about hay for his cattle. Pastures have been too wet to harvest hay throughout the summer, and field conditions have been too wet to bale rice straw.

“It‟s been so wet all summer,” he said. “Nobody‟s got any hay.”

Habetz‟s cousin, Fred Habetz, said his rice just a few miles from the Texas state line had gotten 12 inches of rain since the downpours started Thursday, Aug. 24.

Not fully matured

Most of Fred Habetz‟s fields hadn‟t fully matured, so his rice had not started sprouting. But he was worried that his fields might flood again from the opening of the dam at Toledo Bend just like they flooded in spring 2016.

Fred Habetz said he had to replant his rice this year because ducks ate his seed.

Craig Zaunbrecher, of Welsh, said he had 300 acres of rice that flooded. He had to replant that field because of flooding in the spring.

“We‟re very concerned about it,” he said. “Looks like we‟re going to lose it twice.”

Problems aren‟t limited to rice and soybeans, however.

Andrew Granger, LSU AgCenter extension agent in Vermilion Parish, said westerly winds Wednesday afternoon started blowing sugarcane down as Harvey moved inland.

“Tall cane and muddy ground are not a good combination,” Granger said.

Granger said the cane will continue growing, but it will start curving, and that makes planting whole stalks of cane difficult. Farmers may have to use cut pieces of stalk, called billets, for planting.

Lodged cane also can affect yields, Granger said. “That remains to be seen.”

Herds moved to higher ground

Many cattle owners had moved their herds to higher ground, but they may wait until after the hurricane threat has passed to relocate them, Granger said.

Jimmy Meaux, LSU AgCenter extension agent in Calcasieu Parish, said water is continuing to rise in some areas, particularly near Creole.

Some cattle herds there are in standing water up to 36 inches deep.

Water in the east side of the parish is likely to recede before the west side, where more flooding from the Toledo Bend release is likely, he said.

Kevin Savoie, LSU AgCenter and Sea Grant extension agent in Cameron Parish, said floodwater from the north will have to pass through Cameron Parish, and that will cause high water to remain in the area.

“We‟re trying to get back to normal,” Savoie said. The storm surge only amounted to 1-2 feet of water, and heavy rains caused most flooding.

“We‟ve got a bad mosquito problem on the way,” he said. Spraying operations for the insects have been stalled because of stormy weather, giving mosquitoes a head start.

Bradley Pousson, LSU AgCenter extension agent in Cameron Parish, said cattle owners are worried about feeding their herds. “We are searching for hay right now,” he said. “It‟s scarce, and some are already asking for some.”

Keith Hawkins, LSU AgCenter extension agent in Beauregard Parish, said the water release from Toledo Bend will cause problems for loggers working near the Sabine River.

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Ron Nichols, USDA-NRCS From left, C.J., Jeff and Greg Durand agree that improving soil health is key to the long-term health of their south-central Louisiana farming operation.

CROPS>RICE Rice, crawfish, and healthy soil: Durands' recipe for future

For the Durand family of St. Martin Parish, La., rice and crawfish are important ingredients in their special recipe for improving soil health.

Ron Nichols | Sep 07, 2017 Rice and crawfish are staples of Louisiana cuisine. But for the Durand family of St. Martin Parish, La., rice and crawfish are also important ingredients in their special recipe for improving soil health.

While rice and crawfish farming offer unique soil health management challenges, the Durands are undaunted in their desire to improve the health of the resource they see as the future of their family‟s farming operation.

SPONSORED CONTENT Deltapine Industry Voice_TX Early Harvest SEP 07, 2017 “Soil health gives us the ability to grow a good crop, to be sustainable for the future,” says Jeff Durand. “We have to take care of the soil we‟re blessed with to grow food for our families, our neighbors and the world — so it can be productive for generations to come.”

Jeff, along with this brothers, Greg and C.J., began farming with their father in the early 1970s, raising exclusively crawfish, but by 1980, the Durands began growing rice as part of their farming operation. From the beginning, the Durands utilized no-till rice planting.

To ensure proper water depth and distribution across the fields, precision land-levelling is a necessary practice in both rice and crawfish production. Unfortunately, that requires excavating some higher areas of the fields, which removes soil organic matter and adversely affects soil health.

The Durands initially began looking for ways to improve soil health in the excavated areas of their fields, but the more they learned about

restoring soil health in low-yielding areas, the more they realized those principles could be applied to their higher-yielding areas, too.

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http://www.deltafarmpress.com/soybeans/harvey-createsproblems-louisiana-farmers Rice basmati strengthens on

rising demand Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 6,300-6,400, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 4,950-5,025, Permal raw Rs 2,150-2,175, Permal wand Rs 2,200-2,225, Sela Rs 2,300-2,400 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,825-1,850, Bajra Rs 1,170-1,175, Jowar yellow Rs 1,400-1,450, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,3101,320, Barley Rs 1,450-1,460

New Delhi, Aug 12 Rice basmati prices advanced by up to Rs 200 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today on increased demand from stockists.

However, barley slipped on reduced offtake by consuming industries.

Traders said increased demand from stockists against restricted supplies from producing belts mainly kept rice basmati prices higher.

In the national capital, rice basmati common and Pusa-1121 variety strengthened to Rs 6,300-6,400 and Rs 4,950-5,025 from previous levels of Rs 6,200-6,300 and Rs 4,800-4,825 per quintal, respectively.

On the other hand, barley fell by Rs 25 to Rs 1,450- 1,460 per quintal.

Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,100-2,350, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,780-1,785, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,785-1,790, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs

255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 970-980 (50 kg), Maida Rs 1,010-1,020 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,040-1,045 (50 kg).

Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 6,300-6,400, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 4,950-5,025, Permal raw Rs 2,150-2,175, Permal wand Rs 2,200-2,225, Sela Rs 2,300-2,400 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,825-1,850, Bajra Rs 1,170-1,175, Jowar yellow Rs 1,400-1,450, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,310-1,320, Barley Rs 1,450-1,460 https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/rice-basmati-strengthens-on-rising-demand/1122251/?next

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By Fatih Karimov – Trend: #Iran imported 48.041 million tons of goods, worth 19.442 billion, during the first five months of the current fiscal year (started March 20, 2017).

The figure indicates a 16.49 percent increase in terms of value compared to the same period of preceding year, the Iranian Customs Administration reported Aug. 30.

Average price for each ton of Iran's imported goods in the mentioned period was around 1,367, indicating a rise by 8.84 percent, YOY. Rice worth 963 million topped the list of Iran's imported goods during the five-month period.

Corn fodder (612 million), cars with 1,500-2,000 cc engines (515 million), car parts (434 million) and soybean meal (410 million) were the other goods mainly imported to the Islamic Republic in the first five months of the current fiscal year (March 20-Aug. 22). #China was the main exporter of goods to #Iran in the mentioned period. #Iran imported 4.256 billion worth of goods from #China in the five-month period.

After China, the #UAE (3.341 billion), #SouthKorea (1.346 billion), #India (1.266 billion) and#Turkey (1.138 billion) were other four biggest exporters of goods to Iran

Export Summary-South Korea buys corn, Taiwan tenders for corn http://menafn.com/1095801627/Rice-tops-Irans-imports

Reuters | Apr 25, 2017, 02.51 AM IST

April 24 (Reuters) - Snapshot of the global export markets for grains, oilseeds and edible oils as reported by government and private sources as of end of business on Monday:

CORN PURCHASE: South Korea's Feed Leaders Committee (FLC) purchased about 65,000 tonnes of corn to be sourced from optional origins in a deal late last week, European traders said.

FEED WHEAT PURCHASE: Malaysian interests have in past days purchased an unknown volume of feed wheat from Moldova in east Europe for May shipment in containers, European traders said on Monday.

CORN TENDER: Taiwan's MFIG purchasing group has issued an international tender to buy 40,000 to 65,000 tonnes of corn which can be sourced from the United States, Argentina, Brazil or South Africa, European traders said. The tender closes on April 26, they said. Shipment is sought in July.

DURUM TENDER: Algeria's state grains agency OAIC has issued an international tender to purchase a nominal 50,000 tonnes of durum wheat, European traders said.

The tender closes on April 26, they said. Shipment was sought in the first and second half of June. Volumes in Algeria's tenders are nominal and the country frequently purchases more than the volumes initially sought.

FEED GRAIN TENDER: A group of Israeli private buyers has issued international tenders to purchase up to 100,000 tonnes of corn, 45,000 tonnes of feed wheat and 30,000 tonnes of feed barley all to be sourced from optional origins, European traders said. The tenders close on April 26, traders said.

PENDING TENDERS: WHEAT TENDER UPDATE: The lowest price offer in a tender from Iraq's state grains board for at least 50,000 tonnes of hard wheat was from Russia, an origin not permitted under the tender terms, European traders said. The tender had requested wheat sourced only from the United States, Canada or Australia, they said. No purchase was believed to have been made and negotiations continue.

RICE TENDER: Iran's state grains buyer GTC issued tenders to buy at least 65,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand and India, signaling a return to seeking international bids after the easing of sanctions, European traders said. Traders said Iran had largely purchased rice through lengthy direct negotiations before the relaxation of Western sanctions, which were imposed over the nation's nuclear program. The new tenders,

with a closing date of April 18, sought 50,000 tonnes from Thailand and 15,000 tonnes from India for May shipment.

CORN TENDER: Turkey's state grain agency TMO has issued an international tender to purchase and import up to 44,000 tonnes of animal feed corn to be sourced from the European Union and Moldova. The tender closes on April 25, with offers having to remain valid until April 26.

WHEAT AND CORN TENDER UPDATE: A Libyan state grain buying agency again delayed the offer deadline in an international tender to purchase 100,000 tonnes of milling wheat, 50,000 tonnes of durum wheat and 75,000 tonnes of yellow corn, this time until May 9, European traders said. The tenders were originally issued in February but have been repeatedly postponed. Shipment of the grains was originally sought in April and May. (Compiled by Karl Plume in Chicago)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/internationalbusiness/export-summary-south-korea-buys-corn-taiwan-tenders-forcorn/articleshow/58352010.cms Minister: Nigeria’ll be self-sufficient in rice by end of 2017

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FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn WhatsApp Nigeria will be self-sufficient in rice production by the end of this year, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbeh has said.

Ogbeh, who gave the assurance at the First International Cocoa Summit, organised by the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment, in collaboration with Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAN), in Abuja, noted that rice production had improved tremendously across the country as a result of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)‘s Anchor Borrowers‘ Programme (ABP).

According to him, the programme has supported farmers through inputs distribution and loans to boost rice production across the country. While pointing out that rice is one major staple food consuned by almost every Nigerian, Ogbeh said the move was in line with President Muhammadu Buhari‘s agenda to diversify the economy through the agric sector. He, however, advised rice farmers to reduce the price of a tonne of paddy rice from N150,000 to N120,000 to make it affordable for millers and discourage smuggling. ‖By the end of this year, we can tell you that we are self-sufficient in rice,‖ Ogbeh declared, expressing regrets on the increasing number of malnourished children across the country.

He hinted that the Federal Government, through his ministry, would encourage land clearing, fertiliser application through extension workers to promote cocoa production.

He said:―We are planning a re-launch of cocoa to draw national attention to its strategic importance, but the big thing is to help processors at home and increase consumption.

Everything is not about export; nowadays, the export market is choked, forcing prices down while farmers are losing money.

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Rice sowing lags behind by 1.5% so far 2017/

PTI | Sep 2, 2017, 23:20 IST

New Delhi, Sep 1 () Sowing of rice, the main kharif crop, is lagging behind by 1.5 per cent at 366.30 lakh hectare so far this crop year, but the gap is likely to be covered coming weeks in Tamil Nadu and Assam.

Apart from rice, area so far sown to pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals and even jute/mesta is lower than the year-ago period, according to the Agriculture Ministry's latest data.

Sowing of kharif (summer) crops begin with the onset of southwest monsoon from June and the harvesting from October. The sowing operations is almost coming to the closure.

As per the data, rice has been sown in 366.30 lakh hectare so far in the 2017-18 kharif season as against 372.03 lakh hectare in the same period last year.

Similarly, less area has been covered under pulses at 137.61 lakh hectare as against 143.08 lakh hectare, while that of coarse cereals in 180.60 lakh hectare as against 183.44 lakh hectare and oilseeds in 166.80 lakh hectare when compared with 180.81 lakh hectare in the said period.

"The gap in rice coverage was mainly because of Tamil Nadu and Assam. The sowing window is open till December in these states. Planting will get a boost with current good rains," a senior Agriculture Ministry official said.

Among cash crops, area sown to sugarcane has increased to 49.88 lakh hectare so far this kharif season from 45.64 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.

Similarly, cotton acreage has also gone up to 119.88 lakh hectare from 101.72 lakh hectare in the said period.

However, sowing area of jute/mesta remained lower at 7.05 lakh hectare so far this season when compared with 7.56 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.

Total area sown to all kharif crops was also down at 1,028.14 lakh hectare from 1,034.28 lakh hectare in year-ago period.

The Met Department has projected 'normal' southwest monsoon rains this year. So far, there is 6 per cent shortfall. LUX SRK http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/rice-sowing-lags-behind-by-1-5-sofar/articleshow/60342459.cms SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 / 4:06 PM / 6 DAYS AGO

Thailand approves $2.2 billion in help for rice farmers FILE PHOTO: A woman works in a rice field in Khon Kaen, Thailand July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Panu Wongcha-um

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand‘s government on Friday announced $2.2 billion in loans and handouts to help stabilize prices for rice farmers, a politically influential group whose heartland is in regions where opposition to the military junta is strongest.

Thailand‘s staple food has long been a factor in its politics.

The announcement by the commerce ministry came a week after former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra fled into exile ahead of a court verdict in a criminal negligence case over a rice subsidy scheme that cost billions of dollars.

The ministry said it would provide $1.57 billion in handouts to farmers and $633 million in loans that will cover 3.7 million households. The program will span the seasonal harvest from the start of November this year to the end of February 2018. ―This is to help take 2 million tonnes of rice from the market,‖ Nuntawan Sakuntanaga, head of the commerce ministry‘s department of internal trade, told reporters.

The government introduced similar short-term loans and cash handouts for rice farmers last year that cost the state $2.3 billion to cover 4 million households during the same period. ―This subsidy program is essentially similar to past rice subsidies introduced by previous governments,‖ said Somporn Isvilanonda, a senior fellow at the Knowledge Network Institute of Thailand who is critical of subsidies.

―The bottom line is these cash handouts create more debt for farmers,‖ Somporn said.

After hitting a four-year high earlier this year, the price of benchmark Thai 5-percent broken white rice has tumbled by nearly 20 percent over the last two months to $372.50 per tonne, its lowest since April.

Thailand‘s main rice-growing areas are the northeastern and central regions, which have traditionally been strongholds of support for the populist Shinawatra movement of Yingluck and her brother Thaksin, who was overthrown in a 2006 coup.

Reporting by Aukkarapon Niyomyat, Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um; Writing by Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panu Wongcha-um; Editing by Matthew Tostevin and Dale Hudson Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. #ENVIRONMENT SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 / 10:57 AM / UPDATED 5 MINUTES AGO

Hurricane Irma leaves 11 dead as it tears through Caribbean Scott Malone 7 MIN READ

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Hurricane Irma plowed past the Dominican Republic on Thursday after devastating a string of Caribbean islands and killing at least 11 people as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century took aim at Florida.

With winds of around 180 mph (290 kph), the storm lashed several small islands in the northeast Caribbean, including Barbuda, St.

Martin and the British Virgin Islands, tearing down trees, flattening homes and causing widespread damage.

The eye of the hurricane passed north of Puerto Rico early Thursday, battering the U.S. territory with high winds and heavy rains and leaving nearly 70 percent of the population without electricity, Governor Ricardo Rossello said.

The eye of Irma was moving west-northwest off the northern coast of the Dominican Republic on Thursday morning, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

Irma‘s precise course remained uncertain but it was likely to be downgraded to a Category 4 storm by the time it makes landfall in Florida, according to the NHC. Irma has become a little less organized over the past few hours but the threat of a direct hurricane impact in Florida over the weekend and early next week was increasing, the NHC said.

Authorities in the Dominican Republic ordered the evacuation of towns along the northern Atlantic coast, as the storm ground toward the port and tourist destination of Puerto Plata. ―There is a lot of wind and rain,‖ Puerto Plata Assistant District Attorney Juan Carlos Castro Hernandez told Reuters by telephone. ―We expect things to get worse.‖ At least 8 people were killed in the tiny French-Dutch island of Saint Martin, with 23 others injured, and the toll was likely to rise as emergency services reached isolated communities, officials said. ―ENORMOUS DISASTER‖

―It is an enormous disaster. Ninety-five percent of the island is destroyed. I am in shock,‖ Daniel Gibbs, chairman of a local council on Saint Martin, told Radio Caribbean International.

Television footage from the island showed a damaged marina with boats tossed into piles, submerged streets and flooded homes. French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday to coordinate an emergency humanitarian response http://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-rice/thailand-approves-2-2-billion-in-help-for-rice-farmersidUSKCN1BC4M5?il=0

Government to evaluate implementation of rice ceiling price 5th September 2017 | 1.553 Views

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government will evaluate the implementation of the ceiling price of rice in modern and traditional markets, with the commoditys average price currently at Rp10,610 per kilogram (kg) for medium-quality rice.

Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita stated here on Tuesday that rice traders claimed they still had earlier rice stocks bought at a higher price due to which they will need a transition period before they can adhere to the ceiling price for medium- and premium-quality rice.

"The regulation (of the rice ceiling price) came into effect on Sept 1, and there are previous stocks. Next week, we will evaluate to review its implementation. We can warn (the traders)," Enggartiasto noted.

Ministerial Regulation No. 57 of 2017 on the rice ceiling price will be effective not only for modern markets but also for traditional markets.

"We have summoned the Indonesia Retailers Association, as they could sell their previous stocks, but the price must be lowered. In traditional markets, they still have a transition period, as they have to first sort out the rice types," the minister added.

The government has set the rice ceiling price for medium and premium quality in a bid to maintain the peoples purchasing power and control the inflation rate.

The ceiling price for medium-quality rice in the regions of Java, Lampung, South Sumatra, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, and Sulawesi was set at Rp9,450 per kg while for premium quality at Rp12,800 per kg.

For Sumatra region except Lampung and South Sumatra, East Nusa Tenggara, and Kalimantan, the ceiling price for medium-quality rice was set at Rp9,950 per kg and Rp13,300 per kg for premium quality.

For Maluku, including North Maluku and Papua, the ceiling price of medium-quality rice was set at Rp10,250 per kg and Rp13,600 per kg for premium quality.

The government has categorized the commodity into three types based on Agriculture Ministers Decree No. 31 of 2017 on rice quality.

The first type is medium-quality rice, with minimum 95 percent of milling degree, maximum 14 percent of moisture content, and maximum quantity of broken rice at 25 percent.

Medium-quality rice can be sold in bulk or packages, with labels detailing the quality and its ceiling price.

The second type is premium-quality rice, with 95 percent of milling degree, maximum moisture content of 14 percent, and maximum quantity of broken rice at 15 percent.

This type of rice must be sold in packages, with labels detailing the quality and its ceiling price.

Another rice category was special rice including Thai Hom Mali, Japonica, Basmati, sticky rice, organic rice, and rice, with a geographical indication certificate.

The commoditys average price has also recorded an increase since the implementation of the ceiling price in early September.

According to the ministrys Basic Necessities Monitoring System, the national average price for medium-quality rice as of Tuesday was Rp10,610 per kg, a slight increase from Rp10,596 per kg on Monday.(*)

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http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/112518/government-toevaluate-implementation-of-rice-ceiling-price Thailand rice consumption,

exports increase with government sales 04.09.2017

| UkrAgroConsult With the restart of government rice stock sales in Thailand, utilization of the crop in swine and poultry feed rations is expected to increase along with exports, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

Exports in 2016-17 are expected to reach 11 million tonnes, and almost all of the government stocks are likely to be depleted. The government restarted sales in August following a two-month suspension.

Strong demand from Middle Eastern and African countries pushed exports to 6.4 million tonnes from January through July. Parboiled rice exports increased to 1.5 million tonnes, up 40% from a year ago. ―Exports of white rice also increased 10% to 15% from the same period last year driven by the sale of government stocks, which makes Thai rice price more competitive than Vietnamese rice,‖ the FAS said.

As the government continues the sale of feed/industrial quality and deteriorated rice stocks, consumption for 2016-17 was revised up to 12 million tonnes. That‘s a 32% increase from 2015-16 due to the utilization of rice from government stocks for the production of energy, fertilizer, and poultry and swine feed.

The government has sold approximately 3.7 million tonnes of feed/industrial quality rice, and 500,000 tonnes of deteriorated rice since January 2017. Feed-quality rice stocks are being used for swine and poultry feed as a substitution for broken rice and corn. Prices of feed-quality rice stocks are 25% below the current market prices for broken rice, and 15% below the market prices for corn, the FAS said.

With the expected depletion of the government‘s rice stocks this year, rice consumption for 2017-18 is expected to drop 4% to 11.5 million tonnes.

The FAS also noted that flooding in July and August has had minimal impact on 2017-18 rice and corn production. About 90% of the flooding during the monsoon depressions occurred in main-crop rice growing area, accounting for 2% to 3% of total rice production.

However, it involved mainly the 2017-18 rice that was in the vegetative stage and can be replanted. Off-season rice for 2016-17 was not hit by flooding.

The rice production forecast for 2017-18 remains unchanged at 20.4 million tonnes, the FAS said. ―This is approximately a 6% increase from MY2016-17 due to favorable weather conditions and sufficient irrigation supplies,‖ the FAS said in the report http://www.blackseagrain.net/novosti/thailand-rice-consumption-exports-increase-with-governmentsales

Rice basmati strengthens on rising demand PTI | Sep 2, 2017, 23:17 IST

New Delhi, Sep 1 () Rice basmati prices strengthened by Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today on rising demand.

However, other grains moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and pegged at last levels.

Traders besides rising demand from stockists and retailers against restricted supplies from producing regions mainly kept rice basmati prices higher.

In the national capital, rice basmati Pusa-1121variety edged higher by Rs 100 to Rs 5,200-5,300 per quintal. Non-basmati rice permal raw, wand and IR-8 also settled higher at Rs 2,200-2,225, Rs 2,250-2,275 and Rs 1,850-1,875 from previous levels of Rs 2,150-2,175, Rs 2,200-2,225 and Rs 1,825-1,850 per quintal respectively.Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,100-2,350, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,755-1,760, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,760-1,765, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 950-960 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,030-1,040 (50 kg).

Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 6,400-6,600, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 5,200-5,300, Permal raw Rs 2,200-2,225, Permal wand Rs 2,250-2,275, Sela Rs 2,300-2,400 and

Rice IR-8 Rs 1,850-1,875, Bajra Rs 1,205-1,210, Jowar yellow Rs 1,425-1,475, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,320-1,325, Barley Rs 1,460-1,470. SUN KPS ADI MKJ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/rice-basmati-strengthens-on-risingdemand/articleshow/60342385.cms BUSINESS

Rice mills seek removal of GST on branded rice M. Soundariya Preetha COIMBATORE,SEPTEMBER 02, 2017 20:33 IST

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Bran too should be free of tax, demand industry bodies Implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has not gone well for many rice millers, especially those who produce branded rice in the southern States.

Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, chairman of All India Rice Millers‘ Federation, said that earlier, some States had nil tax on rice while some had 5% tax.

Under GST, there is no tax on rice and hence, prices have come down in many places.

However, branded rice, which is just 2% to 3 % of the market, attracts a 5% rate. ―We have sought bringing branded rice also under 0% GST.‖ Similarly, rice bran sold for solvent purposes attracts 5% GST while there is no tax on bran meant for cattle or poultry feed. More than half the volume goes to the feed industry. GST on bran should be removed, he said.

K.S. Jagadeesan, former president of the Tamil Nadu Federation of Rice Mill Owners and Paddy, Rice Dealers‘ Association, said southern States are major rice consumers.

Awareness on rice brands had been high in Tamil Nadu and there are more than 100 brands in the State, he said. ―It is the Government that supported and encouraged millers in Kangeyam to modernise mills and develop brands. We did that and now branded rice attracts 5%. This increases the cost of rice,‖ according to Mr. Jagadeesan.

D. Thulasingham, president of the Tamil Nadu federation, added that after implementation of GST, many millers in the State do not use the brand. The federation representatives met State Government officials recently and said the State should appeal to the Centre to remove the GST on branded rice. ―The council should at least remove the GST on all non-basmati rice,‖ he said. Similarly, a rice mill owner supplies bran to a trader and would not know what the bran would be used for. Hence, GST on bran should be removed. Though job work attracts 18%, it would not be applicable for the rice sector. The Government should give a clear notification on this, he said

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Rice sowing lags behind by 1.5% so far branded-rice/article19611298.ece

PTI | Sep 2, 2017, 23:20 IST

New Delhi, Sep 1 () Sowing of rice, the main kharif crop, is lagging behind by 1.5 per cent at 366.30 lakh hectare so far this crop year, but the gap is likely to be covered coming weeks in Tamil Nadu and Assam.

Apart from rice, area so far sown to pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals and even jute/mesta is lower than the year-ago period, according to the Agriculture Ministry's latest data.

Sowing of kharif (summer) crops begin with the onset of southwest monsoon from June and the harvesting from October. The sowing operations is almost coming to the closure.

As per the data, rice has been sown in 366.30 lakh hectare so far in the 2017-18 kharif season as against 372.03 lakh hectare in the same period last year.

Similarly, less area has been covered under pulses at 137.61 lakh hectare as against 143.08 lakh hectare, while that of coarse cereals in 180.60 lakh hectare as against 183.44 lakh hectare and oilseeds in 166.80 lakh hectare when compared with 180.81 lakh hectare in the said period.

"The gap in rice coverage was mainly because of Tamil Nadu and Assam. The sowing window is open till December in these states. Planting will get a boost with current good rains," a senior Agriculture Ministry official said.

Among cash crops, area sown to sugarcane has increased to 49.88 lakh hectare so far this kharif season from 45.64 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.

Similarly, cotton acreage has also gone up to 119.88 lakh hectare from 101.72 lakh hectare in the said period.

However, sowing area of jute/mesta remained lower at 7.05 lakh hectare so far this season when compared with 7.56 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.

Total area sown to all kharif crops was also down at 1,028.14 lakh hectare from 1,034.28 lakh hectare in year-ago period.

The Met Department has projected 'normal' southwest monsoon rains this year. So far, there is 6 per cent shortfall. LUX SRK

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Indonesia caps rice prices in bid to keep food costs stable Published 4:06 AM ET Tue, 5 Sept 2017Reuters

JAKARTA, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Indonesia's trade ministry has capped retail prices for most types of rice, looking to "maintain stability" in the cost of the commodity which lies at the heart of cuisine in the Southeast Asian nation.

Although prices for the grain have been relatively steady this year, the step comes as authorities intensify measures to ensure food prices remain in check as they are politically-sensitive due to their impact on the poor.

Rice prices also carry a heavy weighting in calculating the country's consumer price index.

The decree, issued last week with immediate effect, puts ceiling prices at between 9,450 rupiah to 10,250 rupiah ($0.71-$0.77) per kilogram (kg) for 25-percent broken rice, or what authorities call "medium rice," depending on where the grain is sold in the archipelago.

Those ceiling prices were below national average of medium rice prices in 2017, which have so far fluctuated between 10,540 rupiah to 10,756 rupiah a kg, according to trade ministry data.

The government also set the maximum prices for 15-percent broken rice, or "premium rice" at 12,800 rupiah to 13,600 rupiah per kg.

Other types of rice the government considers "special" are exempt from the new rules.

The move comes in the wake of a crackdown on some Indonesian rice companies. Last month, police detained the chief executive of rice company PT Indo Beras Unggul, a unit of food company PT Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food, over allegations of false product labeling.

Indonesia's annual inflation rate has been manageable so far in 2017, the central bank has previously said. In August, the rate was 3.82 percent, comfortably inside Bank Indonesia's 3-5 percent target range for 2017, the statistics bureau reported on Monday. ($1 = 13,339.0000 rupiah) (Reporting by Bernadette Christina Munthe; Writing by Gayatri Suroyo; Editing by Joseph Radford) https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/05/reuters-america-indonesia-caps-rice-prices-in-bid-to-keep-foodcosts-stable.html SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 / 1:21 PM / 2 DAYS AGO

Nagpur Soybean, Soyoil, Soymeal Open- September 5, 2017 Reuters Staff 5 MIN READ

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Nagpur Soybean, Soyoil, Soymeal Open-September 5 Nagpur, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Coconut KP oil prices today zoomed up in Vidarbha region of Western Maharashtra on increased offtake by vanaspati millers amid a firming trend in producing region.

Buying activity in this edible oil picked up because of festival season. Trading activity in major edible and non-edible oil reported weak as no trader was in mood for any commitment, adopting wait and watch move, according to sources.

***** VIDARBHA MARKETS OILS * Cottonseed, Groundnut loose, Groundnut refined, Sunflower refined, Linseed, Rapeseed, Castor and Coconut KP oil ruled steady here in thin trading activity. * Traders expect nearly steady trend in major edible and non-edible oils here.

SOYMEAL * Soymeal prices today ruled steady here on subdued demand from South-based traders amid ample stock in ready position.

NAGPUR

Tuesday’s open

Previous close

Soyoil refined crushing plant delivery

709

709

Soyoil solvent crushing plant delivery

669

669

Cottonseed refined

715

715

Cottonseed solvent

695

695

Groundnut oil (loose)

1,050

1,050 Groundnut oil refined (15 Litre)

1,650

1,650 Sunflower oil refined

750

750

Linseed oil

770

770

Rapeseed oil (for 15 kg)

1,180

1,180 Castor oil (for 15 kg)

1,600

1,600 Coconut KP oil (for 15 kg)

2,600

2,550 AMRAVATI Soyoil refined

703

703

Soyoil Solvent

662

662

Cottonseed refined

715

715

Cottonseed solvent

695

695

Soyoil refined

702

702

Soyoil Solvent

661

661

Cottonseed refined oil

715

Cottonseed solvent

695

695

715

715

AKOLA

715

DHULIA Soyoil refined AURANGABAD Soyoil refined 716

716

JALNA Soyoil refined 716

716

715

715

NANDED Soyoil refined

Soyoil refined prices at other places in Maharashtra : Adilabad – 717, Baramati – 717, Latur - 716, Parbhani – 718, Koosnoor – 716, Solapur – 715, Sangli – 717.

Nagpur soymeal prices in rupees per tonne Tuesday’s open

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Soymeal (Nagpur)

27,000-27,500

27,000-

27,500 Soymeal prices at other places in Maharashtra : Adilabad – 27,700 Akola – 27,400, Washim – 27,300, Dhulia – 27,000, Hingoli – 28,500, Jalna – 27,500, Nandurbar – 28,100, Khamgaon – 27,300, Latur – 28,500, Nanded – 28,700, Parbhani – 27,900, Solapur – 28,500, Supa – n.a., Dharwad – 28,800, Sangli – 28,600 WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 33.2 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 24.1 degree Celsius Rainfall : Nil

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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Septmember 06, 2017 Reuters Staff 6 MIN READ

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Nagpur, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Gram and tuar prices reported down in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC) here on poor demand from local millers amid good supply from producing regions. Easy condition in other foodgrain mandis in the regions and fresh fall in Madhya Pradesh pulses also affected prices here.

About 700 of gram and 300 bags of tuar were available for auctions, according to sources.

FOODGRAINS & PULSES GRAM * Gram varieties moved down in open market on poor buying support from local traders.

TUAR * Tuar varieties declined in open market in absence of buyers amid good supply from producing regions. * Moong varieties reported weak in open market on lack of demand from local traders amid release of stock from stockists. * In Akola, Tuar New – 4,300-4,500, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,3006,500, Udid Mogar (clean) – 8,200-8,800, Moong Mogar (clean) 6,600-7,100, Gram – 5,5005,800, Gram Super best – 8,600-9,000 * Wheat, rice and moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and settled at last levels in thin trading activity.

Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg FOODGRAINS Gram Auction Gram Pink Auction Tuar Auction

Available prices 4,800-5,940 n.a.

3,600-4,275

Previous close 5,000-5,950 2,100-2,600 3,700-4,400

Moong Auction

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Udid Auction

3,900-4,200

n.a.

Masoor Auction

4,300-4,500

n.a.

Wheat Mill quality Auction

2,600-2,800 1,600-1,650

Gram Super Best Bold

1,600-1,670

8,500-9,200

Gram Super Best

n.a.

Gram Medium Best

8,800-9,500

n.a.

7,600-8,000

Gram Dal Medium

n.a.

n.a

Gram Mill Quality

5,900-6,000

Desi gram Raw

5,800-6,000

Gram Kabuli

7,800-8,200 6,000-6,100 5,900-6,050

12,500-13,500

Tuar Fataka Best-New

12,500-13,500

6,700-7,000

6,800-7,200

Tuar Fataka Medium-New

6,400-6,600

6,400-6,700

Tuar Dal Best Phod-New

6,200-6,400

6,300-6,500

Tuar Dal Medium phod-New

5,700-6,000

Tuar Gavarani New

5,800-6,200

4,400-4,600

4,600-4,800

Tuar Karnataka

4,800-5,000

4,950-5,150

Masoor dal best

5,200-5,400

5,200-5,400

Masoor dal medium Masoor

4,600-4,900 n.a.

n.a.

Moong Mogar bold (New)

7,200-7,500

Moong Mogar Medium

6,700-7,000

Moong dal Chilka

7,300-7,700 6,700-7,200

5,500-6,200

Moong Mill quality Moong Chamki best

4,600-4,900

n.a.

5,600-6,400 n.a.

7,000-8,000

7,000-8,000

Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 8,600-9,600

8,600-9,600

Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG)

6,500-7,600

6,500-7,600

Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG)

4,800-5,300

4,800-

5,300 Batri dal (100 INR/KG)

5,000-5,500

Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)

3,000-3,200

5,000-5,500 3,000-

3,200 Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)

2,900-3,000

2,900-

3,000 Watana White (100 INR/KG)

3,500-3,700

3,500-

3,700 Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)

3,600-4,800 1,900-2,000

Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG)

1,850-1,950

3,600-4,800 1,900-2,000 1,800-

1,900 Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)

2,100-2,300

2,100-

2,300 Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG)

2,100-2,400

2,100-2,400

Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG)

1,900-2,000

1,900-

2,000 Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG)

n.a.

n.a.

3,000-3,600 2,200-2,700

3,000-3,600 2,200-

2,700 Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG)

3,300-3,500 2,900-3,200

3,300-3,500 2,900-

3,200 Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG)

2,600-2,900 2,500-2,700

2,600-2,900 2,500-

2,700 Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG)

2,300-2,400

2,300-

2,400 Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG)

3,800-4,200 3,500-4,000

3,800-4,200 3,500-

4,000 Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG)

5,000-5,500

5,000-

5,2500 Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG)

4,600-4,900 10,000-14,000

4,600-4,900 10,000-

14,000 Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG)

5,100-7,600

5,100-

7,600 Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG)

4,800-5,000 4,300-4,500

4,800-5,000 4,300-

4,500 Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG)

2,000-2,200

2,000-

2,200 Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)

1,800-2,000

1,800-2,000

WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 34.0 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 24.9 degree Celsius Rainfall : 2.6 mm FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of thundery development.

Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 34 and 24 degree Celsius respectively.

Note: n.a.--not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices)

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Kharif crop sowing crosses 1 ,028 lakh hectare area India Infoline News Service | Mumbai | September 02, 2017 11:45 IST

The total sown area for kharif crop stood at 1,028.14 lakh hectare, as on September 1, 2017, as compared to 1,034.28 lakh hectare at this time last year, reported data published by the Ministry of Agriculture.

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The total sown area for kharif crop stood at 1,028.14 lakh hectare, as on September 1, 2017, as compared to 1,034.28 lakh hectare at this time last year, reported data published by the Ministry of Agriculture.

The report said that rice has

been sown in 366.30 lakh ha, pulses in 137.61 lakh ha, coarse cereals in 180.60 lakh ha, sugarcane in 49.88 lakh hectare, and cotton in 119.88 lakh ha. Whereas, sowing of oilseeds stood at 166.80 lakh ha in 2017-18 as against 180.81 lakh ha sown in 2016-17 and sowing of jute and mesta stood at 7.05 lakh ha as compared to 7.56 lakh ha sown in 2016-17.

Kharif crops or monsoon crops are plants that are cultivated and harvested in South Asia during the rainy season, which lasts from April to October depending on the area. The kharif crops include rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet/bajra, finger millet/ragi (cereals), arhar (pulses), soyabean, groundnut (oilseeds), cotton, etc. The rabi crops include wheat, barley, oats (cereals), chickpea/gram (pulses), linseed, mustard (oilseeds), etc. contents herein is specifically prepared by ‗Dalal Street Investment Journal‘, and is for your information & personal consumption only. India Infoline Limited or Dalal Street Investment Journal do not guarantee the accuracy, correctness, completeness or reliability of information contained herein and shall not be held responsible Disclaimer: The

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IRICA Sets Deadline for Rice Import Clearance

1. Economy 2. Domestic Economy Tuesday, September 05, 2017

IRICA Sets Deadline for Rice Import Clearance

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he Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration announced on Monday

that rice importers have until Friday to clear their shipments from customs terminals.

Rice imports are banned in Iran every year from late June to late November to support local farmers and domestic production, Mehr News Agency reported.

The ban pertains to grain order registrations during the abovementioned period, meaning orders placed before the ban may be entitled to customs clearance past the deadline.

Iranians consume 3.2 million tons of rice a year, of which about 1 million tons are imported.

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Colombia lifts import restrictions on US paddy rice clearance

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Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and the U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer Aug. 17 announced an agreement reached with the government of Colombia to allow for expanded market access for United States exports of paddy rice.

A previous agreement in 2012 between both countries enabled exports of U.S. paddy rice to Colombia, but under strict and costly requirements related to phytosanitary concerns. The new agreement lifts these requirements and expands access beyond the single port of Barranquilla, which was the only port previously open to U.S. exporters.

The new agreement reflects the close trade ties between the U.S. and Colombia, and the high quality and safe rice produced by the U.S. rice industry. The agreement,

combined with preferential access under the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, will further accelerate increased U.S. exports of food and agriculture to Colombia.

Perdue said the announcement ―is another great testament of our determination to expand export opportunities for America’s farmers and ranchers and to ensure fair trade with our international partners. This agreement expands opportunities for U.S. rice producers in the important Colombian market. It also underscores the value of improved relationships to solve problems, based on a solid trade agreement that benefits both parties and on a commitment to science-based rule-making.‖ Lighthizer said, ―I welcome this new agreement and the expanded marketaccess and opportunity it will afford to U.S. exporters of paddy rice. This outcome is a result of the administration’s efforts to enforce international tradecommitments on behalf of the American people, and to deepen our bilateral ties with key trading partners, particularly allies like Colombia.‖ Colombia is the United States’ 12th largest export market for food and agricultural products, with exports valued at over $2.4 billion in 2016—a sharp increase over exports prior to completion of the CTPA, when Colombia ranked as the 26th market for U.S. food and agricultural exports in 2011, with an associated value of $1.12 billion. Exports of milled rice to Colombia have increased dramatically since entry into force of the CTPA in 2012, averaging $79 million per year compared to $3 million in 2011.

Exports of paddy rice since 2012, when the CTPA entered into force and the letter exchange provided for market access, have constituted a small but growing share of total U.S. rice exports to Colombia, reaching $15 million in 2016. Under the new agreement on paddy rice, costly and unnecessary fumigation and processing requirements are rescinded, and access expanded to all ports of entry in Colombia.

Paddy rice, also known as ―rough rice,‖ is the whole rice grain, along with its hulls. It is harvested directly from rice fields or paddies and transported or exported to processing facilities. As part of the processing, the protective hull is removed, leaving only the actual rice kernel for consumption. By leaving the sturdy hull on, it is possible to store the kernels for several months without incurring product losses due to spoiling or infestation. ―USA Rice has worked for years to mitigate Colombia’s import restrictions on U.S. paddy and yesterday’s announcement caps this effort,‖ said Dick Ottis, chairman of the USA Rice Merchants’ Association. ―We can now ship paddyrice to any port in response to market demand and under commercially viable fumigation requirements.‖ Through the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, Colombia went from being the 51st largest export market for U.S. rice in 2011 to the U.S.’s 11th largest export market in 2012. Exports have remained high each year including last year where the U.S. exported over 140,000 metric tons of rice to Colombia, 41 percent of which was rough rice.

Even though Colombia has been a strong market for U.S. rice for the past five years, fairly onerous restrictions have hindered additional exports of paddyrice. The elimination of these restrictions is welcome news to the rice industry. ―USA Rice would like to thank Secretary Perdue, Ambassador Lighthizer and our strong partners at the Foreign Agricultural Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for their persistent work in ensuring U.S. rice is given the ability to compete freely and fairly in our export markets,‖ said USA Rice President and CEO Betsy Ward.

Larry Dreiling can be reached at 785-628-1117 or ldreiling@hpj.com. http://www.hpj.com/crops/colombia-lifts-import-restrictions-on-us-paddy-rice/article_addf35bc-8f3511e7-b4c5-9fe9809bd566.html