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FDA data shows arsenic in rice, juice and beer Rice: Mexico Approves Brazil Paddy Imports, Increasing U.S. Competition New rice body gets president Filipino, Japanese scientists to develop new rice varieties Hotter nights may cause rice yields to fall Rice farmers target US$400m from production TCEQ Proposal Could Mean More Dry Years for Rice Farmers Rice farmers target US$400m from production Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-May 20 Scientists near end-stage for 200 new rice varieties Climate-smart rice now grown by 10 million farmers Steaming basmati exports treble millers’ profits USA Rice Exhibits at 2014 Seoul Food & Hotel Food Show CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures
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FDA data shows arsenic in rice, juice and beer By Consumer Reports, Published: May 20
Data from the Food and Drug Administration has found arsenic levels in rice and rice products comparable to those found by Consumer Reports in its own investigation. And the FDA found another surprising source of arsenic: beer, which sometimes uses rice as an ingredient. ● Arsenic in rice. Consumer Reports’ statistical analysis of the FDA’s test results from more than 1,300 samples found that among types of white rice, the parboiled version tended to have the highest levels of inorganic arsenic, with an average of 114 parts per billion (ppb). Instant rice had the lowest, averaging 59 ppb. Also noteworthy: Medium-grain rice from California tended to have lower levels of inorganic arsenic than rice originating from other areas of the United
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States. Although inorganic arsenic is a known carcinogen, there are no federal limits for it in juice, rice or most other food. As Consumer Reports continues to investigate arsenic in the food supply, new scientific studies add to the evidence that long-term dietary exposure to arsenic poses a health risk. Here’s an overview of some significant developments regarding arsenic in food in the past year:In some cases, the inorganic arsenic levels that the FDA found in rice products were even higher than Consumer Reports’ test results from 2012. That was true for rice beverages that are used as a milk replacement, which underscores CR’s advice that children younger than 5 should not have rice drinks as part of a daily diet.The FDA found elevated levels of arsenic in beer after testing 65 samples, all of which the agency says included some form of rice as an ingredient. The results showed that 10 of them contained inorganic arsenic levels that ranged from 15 ppb to 26 ppb, significantly more than the federal drinking-water limit of 10 ppb for total arsenic. The agency plans no further testing of beers.Based on its full data, the FDA is ―conducting a risk assessment as the next step in a process to help manage possible risks associated with the consumption of rice and rice products,‖ says Theresa Eisenmann, an FDA spokeswoman.Recent scientific evidence suggests that those risks can be significant. Last July, researchers in the United Kingdom and India published a groundbreaking study providing the first evidence that frequently eating rice with high amounts of total arsenic can lead to genetic damage in cells that are associated with cancer. ● Test results for juices. In a first step toward reducing Americans’ unnecessary exposure to arsenic in food, the FDA last year proposed an ―action level‖ of 10 ppb for inorganic arsenic in apple juice. This provides a benchmark for juicemakers and an enforcement tool for regulators. The FDA stated that the 10 ppb guidance to industry ―will help keep out of the food supply even the occasional lot of apple juice‖ containing arsenic above that level. But the fact that most of the apple-juice samples that the FDA tested already had inorganic arsenic levels below 10 ppb is one reason Consumer Reports’ safety experts concluded that the agency’s proposed guidance doesn’t sufficiently protect public health. In written comments submitted to the FDA after thoroughly reviewing the rationale behind its proposal, CR’s experts urged the agency to set a tougher level that ―creates an incentive for the marketplace to reduce levels of inorganic arsenic in apple juice and thereby reduce risk — not simply maintain the status quo.‖
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In calculating the risks of arsenic exposure from apple juice, the FDA also appears to have significantly underestimated how much juice children drink. A Consumer Reports survey of parents conduced in 2011 found that on the day before the survey, more than 25 percent of children younger than 6 consumed more than eight ounces of apple juice, which was the highest daily consumption estimate used by the FDA, and 12 percent drank 16 ounces or more. Ever since the release of its test results for arsenic in juice in 2011, Consumer Reports has recommended setting a limit of 3 ppb of total arsenic for apple juice. If that is not immediately feasible, its experts say that it should be no higher than 4.4 ppb, which is the inorganic arsenic level the FDA used when calculating the risk it deems acceptable. They also urged the FDA to set action levels for other juices, such as pear and grape, where tests have found inorganic arsenic levels much higher than 10 ppb.The FDA is reviewing the comments it has received to determine whether revisions are needed in its proposed guidance, according to Eisenmann. She says the agency is continuing to collect and test more juice samples for arsenic but cannot predict when it will publish those results. Copyright 2014. Consumers Union of United States Inc.
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Rice: Mexico Approves Brazil Paddy Imports, Increasing U.S. Competition AgFax.Com - Your Online Ag News Source By Sarah Moran, USA Rice Federation Brazil has joined the United States as the only other country allowed to export paddy rice to Mexico, following the recent decision of Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food (SAGARPA). Mexico remains the U.S.’s largest export market, and roughly 80 percent of U.S. exports there are paddy, and the decision by SAGAPRA has raised eyebrows north of the border.According to Marvin Lehrer, the USA Rice Federation’s representative in Mexico, SAGARPA has yet to report any imports of Brazilian paddy rice this year, but he says there is definite interest from the Mexican trade.―It’s always troubling when faced with a new competitor,‖ said Lehrer, ―but we believe U.S. rice will continue to outperform the competition.‖Lehrer said logistical challenges and general reliability could impede Brazilian penetration into the market, and that additional phytosanitary requirements being placed on Brazilian exports will affect the cost.
―Brazil heavily exports corn and soybeans, placing pressure on an already weak infrastructure,‖ said Lehrer. ―Most of the shipping ports are in the southern part of the country and the main road to the north is only
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about 70 percent paved. Of course, this is a potentially short-term problem.‖―The latest development continues a trend of focus on Western Hemisphere markets by Brazilian rice exporters,‖ said Jim Guinn, USA Rice’s vice president of international promotion. ―For the past few years, Brazil has produced around 8 million MT of rice, slightly more than 10% of which is exported. Last year Brazil’s top three rice destinations were Venezuela (paddy), Cuba (milled) and Nicaragua (paddy).‖In 2013, Venezuela was the United States’ fifth largest export market at nearly 300,000 MT, 30 percent more than in 2012. Brazilian exports to Venezuela, at 148,000 MT, did not offset U.S. exports last year. In Nicaragua, the U.S. had been the largest supplier of rice, with a market share of 60-97 percent (100,000 MT on average) in any given year, until last year, when the market share drastically dropped to 8 percent and the Brazilian market share rose to 90 percent.Guinn says this swing is not something the U.S. will tolerate in the Mexican market and he says USA Rice is taking definitive steps to deal with the potential incursion, including adding a premium image for U.S. rice. Tags: Brazil, brazil exports, mexico, Rice, rice markets, usa rice federation
New rice body gets president Tue, 20 May 2014 Chan Muyhong and Eddie Morton
The newly formed Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF), an organisation aimed at uniting the entire rice sector under one representative body, will be headed by Sok Puthyvuth, son of Deputy Prime Minister Sok An. Puthyvuth, who is also CEO of SOMA Group, a multifaceted business that includes rice milling and exporting, was elected president of the CRF yesterday in a landslide victory over his fellow candidates, receiving nearly 75 per cent of the 195 ballots cast. Most of those who voted were rice millers.―There are so many challenges in this sector, but so far standard rice quality and the lack of funds are the main challenges,‖ he said at yesterday’s announcement, held at the Ministry of Commerce. Puthyvuth – who is married to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s youngest daughter, Hun Mali – said he is looking to raise $500 million and find lower loan interest rates of nearer to 7 per cent for those looking to invest in the industry. Rates now stand closer to 10 per cent.―There are many people out there who want to help us, but when they ask what we are going to do with the money they provide, we fail to show them a proper plan,‖ he said, referring to lenders requirements.Candidates who missed out on the CRF’s top job included Yorn Sovann,
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president of Bayon Cereal Company; Lim Bunheng, president of Loran Company; and Te Taing Por, chairman of the Federation of Associations of Small and Medium-Size Enterprise of Cambodia. Kith Meng, head of Royal Group, was also running for the presidency, but withdrew his candidacy at the last minute and was absent from yesterday’s election result.―I hope he [Puthyvuth] will be able to help boost the rice sector for all,‖ Chea Vanna, a rice miller from Battambang province, said.Vanna said he had lost faith in the sector’s former representative bodies, where the top brass was more likely to focus on their own business interests rather than those of the industry as a whole.―If the federation fails to do that this time, I will not trust any association again,‖ he added.Kim Savuth, head of the Cambodia Rice Exporters Association (CREA) and one of three vice presidents appointed at yesterday’s event, assured sceptics that the CRF would work in the sector’s best interest and – despite its new president’s family ties – be free of political interference.
―This federation has been created by the voices of the private sector, not appointed by government, and there are no doubts that it will work as an independent institution,‖ Savuth said. Not everyone is convinced.Son Chhay, chief whip of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, was quick to criticise what he called a predictable result with obvious conflicts of interest―I am very sceptical of Sok An’s son being appointed to the position,‖ Chhay said.―This kind of organisation does need to be run by someone who knows the industry and is part of it. But they need a president that does not have a commercial interest in it.‖Associations or federations created before the CRF, such as the CREA and the Association of Rice Producers & Exporters of Cambodia, will likely be dissolved following upcoming meetings with the newly established industry body, CRF vice president Savuth said yesterday.
Photo:Sok Puthyvuth speaks at the Ministry of Commerce yesterday after being elected president of the Cambodia Rice Federation. Heng Chivoan
Filipino, Japanese scientists to develop new rice varieties (philstar.com) | Updated May 19, 2014 - 9:30pm MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - Scientists from the Philippines and Japan have teamed up to develop new diseaseresistant and high- yielding rice varieties, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) said today.The rice research project of JICA, dubbed as Wonder Rice Initiative for Food Security and Health (WISH), is targeting to develop some 200 new rice varieties by 2015. Aside from the JICA research team, the project also involves Japan's Nagoya University and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)."The project shows plenty of promise in supporting JICA's integrated program to boost rice production and address food shortage in developing countries," said Dr. Motoyuki Ashikari, rice expert and professor from Nagoya University, in a statement.Filipino and Japanese scientists will also develop other location-specific breeding techniques that other countries like Kenya and Mali in Africa can adopt.By 2015, rice varieties
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under the project will be propagated and distributed to other parts of the world including Africa whose rice shortage looms.
Hotter nights may cause rice yields to fall Source: SciDev - Mon, 19 May 2014 01:28 PM Author: SciDev.Net - Paul Icamina
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. [MANILA] Nights are getting hotter and scientists are sweating over the possibility that rice yields may fall as a result.Decreasing rice harvests mean higher prices. That would be a scary scenario in Asia where rice is considered not only a basic food staple but also a political commodity. Shortages of the commodity in 20072008 angered consumers across the region and caused some governments to wobble.A 35-year climate trending by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) under its Long-Term Continuous Cropping Experiment shows a ―clear trend‖ that night temperatures are increasing while day temperatures are less consistent. ―The average minimum daily night temperature during the period of rice growth in the dry season (January to April) has increased about one degree Celsius in the last 35 years,‖ says Roland Buresh, a scientist who manages the world’s longest-running rice research project at IRRI. ―The night temperature has now increased to a critical threshold of 23 degrees Celsius, above which there can be a penalty of reduced yield,‖ Buresh tells SciDev.Net in an interview.Grace Centeno, associate scientist at IRRI’s Climate Unit adds: ―Average night temperature over 23 degrees Celsius can lead to yield loss due to the increased need of the rice plant to expend its energy to maintain its biological health.‖Centeno participated in an earlier study of weather data at IRRI’s rice farm from 1979 to 2003, which found that during the dry cropping season (January to April), grain yield declined by 10 per cent for a one-degree Celsius increase of night temperature above 23 degrees Celsius in the growing season. That study — which showed that mean night temperature increased by 1.13 degrees Celsius in the 25-year period — provided direct evidence of decreased rice yields from increased nighttime temperature associated withglobal warming.Centeno notes ―the study was published in 2004, but additional data from 2004 onwards continue to support the negative effect of higher night temperature on crop yield.‖A 10 per cent reduction in yield is huge. That is, a harvest of five tonnes per hectare would decrease by half a tonne — a drop that Buresh calls ―a major and significant concern in rice production‖. ―Definitely, global warming is upon us,‖ William Padolina, president of the Philippines’ National Academy of Science and Technology, tells SciDev.Net.A one per cent increase in temperature means a six per cent decline in yield, he explains. ―Why? Because grains are filled only during evenings. That’s the way of nature.‖This means
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we should breed varieties that are tolerant to high temperatures and drought, ―and that’s the goal not just for rice but for all crops‖, Padolina says. Link to Centeno study
This article has been produced by SciDev.Net's South-East Asia & Pacific desk.
Rice farmers target US$400m from production Rice farmers in the northern region have participated in an ambitious project that is expected to enable them earn about US$400million from rice production every year.The two-year pilot project, dubbed ―Procurement Governance for Grown School Feeding project‖, has already started and is being spearheaded by the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the World Food Programme. It aims to help rice farmers improve on their yields through access to seeds, tractor services, and appropriate technology for rice harvesting and post-harvest management.So far, about 3,000 farmers in the Kumbungu, Tolon and the Sagnarigu districts as well as the Tamale Metropolitan Area have been selected to participate in the project.The Project Manager in-charge of SNV Rice project, Zakaria Jalil, explained that the €540,000 project will help farmers to cultivate about 4,400 hectares of farm land to produce paddy rice.He said improved production techniques will help the farmers to increase the yields per hectare from about 2.5 metric tonnes per hectare to 6.5 metric tonnes.
Mr. Jalil said the gap in local rice production and imported rice requires financial and logistical resources be provided to enable the farmers improve on their rice production capacity.―The rice sector can only improve if stakeholders can invest while government also reduces the importation of foreign rice, which is generating income for other countries, and concentrates on that produced in the country. This can help increase the income of farmers and also increase the employment rate in the North,‖ he said.Currently, Ghana’s rice import bill stands at about US$500million, which could more than double if statistical projections on rice imports are realised as consumption is projected to reach about 1.6 million tonnes within the next five years.The country now produces about 30% of the total annual rice consumption of 800,000 metric tonnes in the country.
The Northern Region Area Head of World Food Programme (WFP), Abebe Hnakore has noted that the rice sector could see tremendous growth if government and its development partners extend their support to the local farmers.He said WFP purchases 15,000 metric tonnes of food to support 179,000 pupils from 487 schools in the
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three Northern regions to ensure quality food for the younger generation and enable them to have a sound mind to study, as well as improve the enrolment on the schools.
TCEQ Proposal Could Mean More Dry Years for Rice Farmers Gulf Coast rice farmers who have gone three years without water supplies from Central Texas' Highland Lakes could be in store for many more dry years, even if the current drought conditions improve.In the midst of an increasingly tense battle between urban and rural water users of the lower Colorado River, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued new recommendations on Friday that would make it considerably more difficult for the farmers to receive water for their crops during times of drought and even under normal conditions. The state agency's proposal to the Lower Colorado River Authority, which oversees use of the river water, is sure to draw fire from farmers but is already getting praise from others who say the water needs of Central Texas residents must be a higher priority. "As you can appreciate, the current persistent drought has caused us all to re-examine water management paradigms and take a new look at standard practices that worked well in the past," the TCEQ's executive director, Richard Hyde, wrote to the river authority's new general manager, Phil Wilson. In other words, the LCRA's proposed plan for managing the lower Colorado River basin — relied upon by more than a million Central Texas residents and rice farmers downstream — isn't good enough. According to the TCEQ recommendations, LCRA's plan doesn't cut off water to rice farmers soon enough, putting at risk the water supplies for upstream cities and manufacturers. In the future, the TCEQ said, the Highland Lakes should have much more water in them before the river authority delivers water to farmers.
Farmers pay the LCRA a discounted rate for "interruptible" water, which means their water deliveries can be reduced or stopped during droughts. Cities pay a much higher rate for guaranteed water. Currently, the LCRA is operating under a temporary plan that allows farmers to receive water if the lakes are about 40 percent full. Today, the lakes are 36 percent full. Responding to the TCEQ recommendation on Monday, the LCRA said it would "conduct a thorough analysis of the material over the next two to three months."Hyde proposed a "significantly modified" plan that assumes more dire conditions for the Colorado River in the coming decades. The recommendations define various conditions under which the LCRA could supply water to farmers: "extraordinary," "less severe" or "normal." In an "extraordinary" drought, rice farmers would receive no water from the Highland Lakes if they are less than 70 percent full. A drought would be considered extraordinary if more than 24 months had passed since the lakes were "completely full," a condition sure to be controversial among agricultural and environmental interests. ―That is not extraordinary drought," said Ronald Gertson, a rice farmer in Wharton County who is a regular at public hearings and stakeholder meetings on the issue.
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"That is quite normal, and occurs more often than not. Even in history before this more recent drought, it was not at all unusual to be more than 24 months since the Highland Lakes were filled.‖ Even under "normal" conditions," in the TCEQ proposal, it would be harder for rice farmers to get water, because the trigger level that would allow for irrigation releases would be higher.TCEQ's proposal is sure to be a contentious issue for the river authority's board. It is made up of members from Central Texas and from Gulf Coast counties. They have clashed over setting trigger levels that the Highland Lakes must reach before allowing release to rice farmers. State legislators whose districts include cities in Central Texas agreed with the TCEQ, arguing that drinking water supplies for more than a million people are at risk. Several towns in the area take water directly from Lakes Travis and Buchanan, which have become so low that the towns have had to spend millions of dollars to lower their pipes. "It appears that the professionals at TCEQ get it," state Sens. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, and Kirk Watson, DAustin, said in a joint statement. "It's critical that the LCRA seize this opportunity to correct past mistakes." They added, "It's amazing what can happen when experts who aren't influenced by a particular interest get the chance to weigh in." The statement was a veiled swipe at LCRA board members and staff, who have been accused of putting the interests of Gulf Coast-area rice farmers ahead of cities and residents around the Highland Lakes. The LCRA has maintained that it is simply following the current water management plan, which TCEQ approved in 2010.After getting the LCRA's input, the TCEQ's executive director plans to finalize his recommendations by late summer. The public will then have the opportunity to submit comments.
photo by: Spencer Selvidge Lake Travis, a major water supply reservoir for Austin, is severely depleted due to drought. The State Water Plan calls for dozens more such reservoir projects to be built in the coming decades to meet Texas' future water needs.
Rice farmers target US$400m from production Rice farmers in the northern region have participated in an ambitious project that is expected to enable them earn about US$400million from rice production every year.The two-year pilot project, dubbed ―Procurement Governance for Grown School Feeding project‖, has already started and is being spearheaded by the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the World Food Programme.
It aims to help rice farmers improve on their yields through access to seeds, tractor services, and appropriate technology for rice harvesting and post-harvest management.So far, about 3,000 farmers in the Kumbungu, Tolon and the Sagnarigu districts as well as the Tamale Metropolitan Area have been selected to participate in the project.
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The Project Manager in-charge of SNV Rice project, Zakaria Jalil, explained that the €540,000 project will help farmers to cultivate about 4,400 hectares of farm land to produce paddy rice.He said improved production techniques will help the farmers to increase the yields per hectare from about 2.5 metric tonnes per hectare to 6.5 metric tonnes.Mr. Jalil said the gap in local rice production and imported rice requires financial and logistical resources be provided to enable the farmers improve on their rice production capacity. ―The rice sector can only improve if stakeholders can invest while government also reduces the importation of foreign rice, which is generating income for other countries, and concentrates on that produced in the country. This can help increase the income of farmers and also increase the employment rate in the North,‖ he said. Currently, Ghana’s rice import bill stands at about US$500million, which could more than double if statistical projections on rice imports are realised as consumption is projected to reach about 1.6 million tonnes within the next five years.The country now produces about 30% of the total annual rice consumption of 800,000 metric tonnes in the country.The Northern Region Area Head of World Food Programme (WFP), Abebe Hnakore has noted that the rice sector could see tremendous growth if government and its development partners extend their support to the local farmers.He said WFP purchases 15,000 metric tonnes of food to support 179,000 pupils from 487 schools in the three Northern regions to ensure quality food for the younger generation and enable them to have a sound mind to study, as well as improve the enrolment on the schools.
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-May 20 Tue May 20, 2014 1:54pm IST Nagpur, May 20 (Reuters) - Gram and tuar prices in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC) suffered heavily on lack of demand from local millers amid increased supply from producing regions. Easy condition on NCDEX in gram, fresh fall in Madhya Pradesh pulses and healthy supply overseas tuar supply also affected prices in weak trading activity, according to sources. *
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local traders amid tight supply from millers. Sharp rise in overseas tuar prices because of strong rally in Indian rupee against dollar also boosted prices. * Moong mogar bold and medium varieties zoomed up again on renewed demand from local traders amid thin arrival from producing regions. * In Akola, Tuar - 4,100-4,300, Tuar dal - 6,300-6,500, Udid at 6,100-6,500, Udid Mogar (clean) - 7,200-7,700, Moong - 8,500-8,700, Moong Mogar (clean) 10,000-10,800, Gram - 2,400-2,600, Gram Super best bold - 3,300-3,600 for 100 kg. * Wheat, rice and other commodities remained steady in open market in thin trading activity, according to sources. Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close Gram Auction 2,300-2,500 2,330-2,620 Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600 Tuar Auction 3,800-4,400 3,900-4,400 Moong Auction n.a. 5,200-5,500 Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500 Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800 Gram Super Best Bold 3,800-4,000 3,800-4,000 Gram Super Best n.a. Gram Medium Best 3,650-3,750 3,650-3,750 Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a. Gram Mill Quality 3,300-3,450 3,300-3,450 Desi gram Raw 2,600-2,700 2,600-2,700 Gram Filter new 3,000-3,200 3,000-3,200 Gram Kabuli 8,500-10,500 8,700-10,600 Gram Pink 7,700-8,100 7,700-8,100 Tuar Fataka Best 6,600-6,800 6,500-7,000 Tuar Fataka Medium 6,400-6,500 6,300-6,700 Tuar Dal Best Phod 5,900-6,100 5,800-6,000 Tuar Dal Medium phod 5,500-5,800 5,400-5,700 Tuar Gavarani 4,500-4,600 4,450-4,550 Tuar Karnataka 4,650-4,750 4,600-4,700 Tuar Black 7,800-8,000 7,700-7,900 Masoor dal best 6,000-6,200 6,000-6,200 Masoor dal medium 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000 Masoor n.a. n.a.
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Moong Mogar bold 9,700-10,200 9,500-10,000 Moong Mogar Medium best 9,000-9,600 8,900-9,400 Moong dal super best 9,200-9,600 9,200-9,600 Moong dal Chilka 9,000-9,400 9,000-9,400 Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a. Moong Chamki best 8,000-9,100 8,000-9,100 Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 7,700-8,000 7,700-8,000 Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,300-7,100 6,300-7,100 Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,300-5,600 5,300-5,600 Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 4,700-6,000 4,700-6,000 Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 3,050-3,150 3,050-3,150 Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,400 3,300-3,400 Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,400 3,300-3,400 Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 4,700-5,200 4,700-5,200 Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,600 1,200-1,600 Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,500 1,200-1,500 Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,300-1,500 1,300-1,500 Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,300 2,000-2,300 Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,800 1,700-1,800 Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a. MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,100 2,800-3,100 MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,700 2,200-2,700 Wheat 147 (100 INR/KG) 1,100-1,400 1,100-1,400 Wheat Best (100 INR/KG) 1,700-2,000 1,700-2,000 Rice BPT new(100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,900 2,700-2,900 Rice BPT old (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,600 3,200-3,600 Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,850 1,700-1,850 Rice Swarna old (100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,800 2,700-2,800 Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,450 2,300-2,450 Rice HMT new (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,600 3,300-3,600 Rice HMT old (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,700 3,500-3,700 Rice HMT Shriram (100 INR/KG) 4,300-5,200 4,300-5,200 Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 10,000-13,500 10,000-13,500 Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,000-9,500 7,000-9,500 Rice Chinnor (100 INR/KG) 5,600-6,000 5,600-6,000 Rice Chinnor new (100 INR/KG) 5,100-5,600 5,100-5,600 Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,300-1,500 1,300-1,500 Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,700 WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 41.9 degree Celsius (107.4 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp. 28.8 degree Celsius (83.8 degree Fahrenheit)
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Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a. Rainfall : 0.3 mm FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. Maximum and Minimum temperature likely to be around 43 and 28 degree Celsius respectively. Note: n.a.--not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.)
Scientists near end-stage for 200 new rice varieties Category: Agri-Commodities 20 May 2014 Written by Alladin S. Diega
TO help improve the rice production amid growing global demand for the major grain commodity, scientists from Japan and the Philippines are now in the last stages of developing a new disease-resistant, high-yielding rice varieties under the project of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica).Known as Wonder Rice Initiative for Food Security and Health (Wish), the rice research project is expected to be completed next year by researchers from Jica, Japan’s Nagoya University and the International Rice Research Institute (Irri) in Los Baños, Laguna.―We are working closely with Filipino scientists in transferring disease-resistance and high-yielding traits to existing rice varieties in Africa and the Philippines,‖ Motoyuki Ashikari, rice expert and professor from Nagoya University, said on Monday.Ashikari added the project shows potentials that will support Jica’s integrated program to enhance rice production and solve the food shortage in many countries. According to the statement, the scientists involved in the project have used conventional cross-breeding technique, ―in which desirable traits such as grain number and size from different varieties are transferred to recipient varieties, then were backcrossed the resulting line thrice to retain the inherent trait of the existing variety, while collecting the target trait from the donor.‖―Said technique recovers 93.75 percent of the background of the recipient rice varieties, resulting in better rice varieties,‖ the statement added. Ashikari, who had been collaborating with local scientists in the Irri for the project, explained that the goal is to come up with at least 200 lines of new varieties of rice by end of the project.He added that the team is also developing other location-specific breeding techniques that other countries like Kenya and Mali in Africa, for instance, can adopt.The research team’s leader also noted that the Philippines proved to be a viable location for the research, owing to its climate, available facilities and scientists, including long history in rice production.
The first two crosses of rice varieties were developed in Nagoya University, and samples were sent to the Irri for backcrossing, ensuring that the recipient rice varieties successfully acquire the traits from donor varieties.Next year the new rice variety under Wish will be propagated and distributed to other parts of the world.To recall, Jica has launched in
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2008 the Coalition for Africa Rice Development, a consultative group of bilateral donors and international and regional organizations with the goal of doubling rice production in Africa to 28 million tons yearly by 2018, and has partnered with the Irri and the Philippine Rice Research Institute.The Irri also participated in the so-called Asian miracle in the 1960s, when rice research and technology helped address massive starvation in poor countries, the statement also said.
Climate-smart rice now grown by 10 million farmers Written by Lizbeth Edra
New Delhi About 10 million of the poorest and most disadvantaged rice farmers have been given access to climate-smart rice varieties, which includes flood-tolerant ones.―SwarnaSub1 changed my life,‖ said Mr. Trilochan Parida, a farmer at the Dekheta Village of Puri in Odisha, India. Floods ravage Trilochan's rice field every year. Flooding of four days or more usually means a painful loss of the crop as well as of any expected income. In 2008, however, an amazing thing happened: Trilochan saw his rice rise back to life after having been submerged for two weeks.Swarna-Sub1 is a flood-tolerant rice variety developed by the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). It was bred from a popular Indian variety, Swarna, which has been upgraded with SUB1, the gene for flood tolerance.Trilochan is one of millions of farmers who have found that there is a way out of losing their rice crop from regular flooding. They are no longer at the mercy of the seasons, which they have been for generations.Millions more are bound to be reached as a multistakeholder effort to make life better for these farmers has recently received funding to carry on its work for another five years. Climate-smart rice varieties are made to especially thrive in environments
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affected by flooding, drought, cold temperatures, and soils that are too salty or contain too much iron that leads to iron toxicity. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund the third phase of the IRRI-led Stress-Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA) project with USD 32.77 million for five more years. The STRASA project was initiated in 2007, with its first two phases funded with about USD 20 million each.
STRASA is holding its inception and planning meeting for its third phase this week, 20-23 May 2014, in New Delhi, India. Expected to attend are some 250 participants from South Asia and Africa, with the agriculture ministers of India, Bangladesh, and Nepal joining the opening session.Partners of the project responsible for each of its major objectives— drought, submergence, salinity/sodicity, and seed multiplication and dissemination—will report on their respective progress in the first two phases and plan for the third.
―Under the past phases of the project, 16 climate-smart rice varieties tolerant of flood, drought, and salinity were released in various countries in South Asia; about 14 such varieties were released in sub-Saharan Africa. Several more are in the process of being released,‖ said Abdelbagi Ismail, IRRI scientist and STRASA project leader.In addition to improving varieties and distributing seeds, the STRASA project also trains farmers and scientists in producing good-quality seeds.
Through the project’s capacity-building component, 74,000 farmers—including 19,400 women farmers—underwent training in seed production.The project has also influenced regional policies through enhanced cross-border sharing of information. This has helped facilitate the faster release of climate-smart varieties and the broader sharing of seeds in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, especially among poor farmers who are most affected by climate change.―An estimated 140,000 tons of seed of these varieties were produced between 2011 and 2013.
These seed releases are estimated to have reached over ten million farmers, covering over 2.5 million hectares of rice land.‖ said Dr. Ismail. This is double the initial target of 5 million farmers reached.IRRI collaborates with more than 550 partners in getting climate-smart rice varieties to farmers in South Asia and Africa. These partners include national agricultural research and extension programs, government agencies, nongovernment organizations, and private sector actors, including seed producers
Steaming basmati exports treble millers’ profits Shipments exceed 4 lakh tonnes; domestic business rises 3-fold in three years
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NEW DELHI, MAY 20: Thanks to robust demand from Iran and West Asia, Indian basmati rice processing and marketing companies such as KRBL Ltd and LT Foods Ltd have seen their profits surge more than three times over the past three years.During the same period, most of these companies have more than doubled their revenues on rise in basmati prices. Strong demand
Anil Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director of KRBL Ltd, which sells basmati under the India Gate brand, attributed the growth to robust demand for the company’s brands in both overseas and domestic markets.―Our growth has nothing to do with Iran as it accounts for a mere 2-3 per cent of our total turnover,‖ Mittal said, while pointing to the fact that KRBL’s domestic business had tripled in the past three years.KRBL expects to sustain the growth momentum on the rising demand from overseas and domestic markets. ―In the current financial year, we expect growth to be a minimum of 20 per cent,‖ Mittal said.Basmati exports have doubled in volume in the last four years to a new high of 4.02 million tonnes. In value terms, exports exceeded ₹28,189 crore, a growth of 48 per cent over last year.Prices of basmati have almost tripled over the past five years, benefiting growers, rice millers and the trade. Parboiled basmati rice is currently traded at around ₹85 a kg in the wholesale market, while raw rice is hovering around ₹95/kg. Faster growth overseas Vijay Setia, Director, Chamanlal Setia Exports Ltd, expects overseas shipments of the aromatic rice to grow at a faster pace this year as Indian exporters have turned aggressive reaching out to newer markets in Asia, Africa and Europe.Basmati exports to countries such as South Africa, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Tanzania, Poland and Ukraine, among others have, more than tripled in the past three years.―While domestic demand is growing at 10-15 per cent, exports are poised to grow by 20-25 per cent to touch the 5-million-tonne mark in the current fiscal,‖ Setia said. Reuters reports from Singapore: Thailand is offering 5 per cent broken variety at $360-$380 a tonne, free on board, compared with similar varieties of rice being offered at $395 a tonne in Vietnam, $420 a tonne in India and $430 a tonne in Pakistan.This is well below prices above $600 a tonne in late 2011 and highs near $1,000 a tonne in 2008. (This article was published on May 20, 2014)
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Bill Farmer digs Seoul Food! SEOUL, KOREA -- The USA Rice Federation participated in this year's Seoul Food & Hotel Exhibition, Asia's third largest food trade show that attracts more than 50,000 food service and hospitality professionals. With a good cross-section of importers, manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, and government officials, the show presented an excellent opportunity for USA Rice to showcase unique uses for U.S.-grown rice.Five hundred rice taste test samples were handed out each day in the form of mushroom sushi or the Korean roll known as gimbap. Staff showed off all types and forms of U.S. rice and distributed brochures and recipe books to hundreds of interested attendees. South Korea imported more than 388,000 metric tons of rice in 2013, and the U.S. supplied 114,600 tons (29.5 percent). Thirty percent of the total imports are earmarked for the table rice market, and more than half of that was U.S. medium grain milled rice (67,417 metric tons), reflecting a higher Korean consumer confidence in U.S. rice quality than rice from other origins."South Korea is expected to announce a change to its rice import regime in the World Trade Organization no later than September," said USA Rice Vice President of International Promotion Jim Guinn. "That has resulted in renewed interest in imported rice among the trade, and this show was a good venue to familiarize them with a broad spectrum of U.S. rice varieties and the many uses available with them Contact: Bill Farmer, (832) 302-6710
CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures CME Group (Preliminary): Closing Rough Rice Futures for May 20
Month
Price
Net Change
July 2014
$15.300
- $0.025
September 2014
$14.440
- $0.005
November 2014
$14.560
- $0.030
January 2015
$14.745
- $0.030
March 2015
$14.915
+ $0.025
May 2015
$14.915
+ $0.025
July 2015
$14.915
+ $0.025
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