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By Dr. Oz and Roizen Monday, 26 Feb 2018 04:23 PMCurrent | Bio | Archive

In 2013, actress Anne Hathaway was in line to join the string of famous celebrities who've posed with the classic white moustache for the “Got Milk?� campaign when she discovered she was lactose intolerant. Of course, her appearance was canceled.

But in 1999, Whoopi Goldberg, who is also lactose intolerant, did get to do her campaign, quipping, "Lucky for us lactose-intolerant folks, there's lactose-free milk."

If you're lactose intolerant, you're on a dairy-free diet, or you just don't like cows' milk, chances are you're looking for the best nondairy alternatives.

Well, researchers at McGill University have weighed the pros and cons of the four most popular varieties: soy, coconut, almond, and rice.

Soy milk came out on top because it contains more proteins and isoflavones (loaded with cancer-fighting properties).

But, say the researchers: "Women who are pregnant, nursing, or attempting to become pregnant should use soy foods with caution and be aware that soy formula may not be the best option for their babies. ... Moderation is likely key and the incorporation of real foods, as opposed to supplements or processed foods to which soy protein is added, is probably essential for maximizing health benefits."

Rice milk got the worst rating because it has little nutritional value. The researchers note that without proper care, using rice milk can result in malnutrition, especially in infants.

As for coconut milk? It offers no protein, say the researchers, and lots of saturated fats.

And almond milk? It's a pretty good choice, delivering healthy monounsaturated fats that help lower bad LDL cholesterol.

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Research for a sustainable future Spoorthy Raman / Gubbi Labs Feb 26 2018, 21:27 IST

The best ever cancer gene inhibitor

Every year, February 28 is celebrated across the country as 'National Science Day' to commemorate the discovery of 'Raman effect' by Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (C V Raman). Around 90 years ago, Sir C V Raman, had an 'eureka moment' when he discovered how light scattered when it travelled through a transparent medium. After two years, this discovery won India her first Nobel Prize in Physics, for a work that was carried out entirely in India. Celebrating the spirit of science has always been the essence of National Science Day. This year, the theme is 'Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future'. Here is a list of innovations in the recent past that have the potential to impact our future in many ways. This may help you appreciate Indian science and scientists behind these endeavours. *X India's first biomass to ethanol plant Agriculture is our wealth, contributing to 20% of our GDP. What if we add more wealth, with agricultural waste? Years of toil from scientists at the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai has now resulted in India's first indigenous technology to produce ethanol from plant biomass on a commercial scale. With this technology, 10 tonnes of biomass can be converted to 3,000 litres of ethanol in one day! *X The best ever cancer gene inhibitor Scientists all over the world are fighting cancer with all the grit and determination, in their own ways. A few of these efforts in India are truly path-breaking, and the one at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) stands out. The researchers at IISc have designed

and synthesised a new drug called 'Disarib' that can kill cancer cells overproducing a protein called BCL2, which suppresses programmed cell death. Disarib works against a range of cancers - leukaemia, lymphoma, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and colon cancer - better than the current best BCL2 inhibitor in the world. *X Discovery of a supercluster The year 2017 was big for Indian astronomers for two things: one, the Nobel Prize for the discovery of gravitational waves that had some contribution from our scientists, and two, was the discovery of a supercluster of galaxies. Named Saraswati, after Goddess Saraswati, the supercluster is estimated to contain billions of stars, planets, gases, dark matter and other bodies. This discovery would also help astronomers understand much about the composition of our universe and its mysterious past. *X Landfills may power your homes The mounting problem of landfills filling up our city suburbs and polluting our lakes and rivers may soon be a thing of past, going by a breakthrough research at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. The researchers have used landfill leachate to produce electricity using bacterial action, and power microbial fuel cells. They have been successful in generating a maximum voltage of 1.29V, which is more than twice the amount ever produced using such techniques. *X Diabetic-friendly rice Rice is a cherished staple for most Indians, which is partly blamed for the surge in the number of diabetics in the country. But, there is some sweet news. Scientists at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, along with those at the Indian Institute of Rice Research, have now developed a derivative of the popular variety of rice samba mahsuri. This improved samba mahsuri variety has a glycemic index (GI) less than 50, is resistant to the deadly bacterial blight disease, matures 7-10 days earlier than samba mahsuri, has improved yield and is tolerant to waterlogging. So, stick on to your love for rice! * Sniffing crop pests before they attack Crop losses to pest attacks need no introduction. A variety of pests invade a range of crops, resulting in reduced yields and massive losses for farmers. Pesticides are no good either as they harm the environment. In a breakthrough research, scientists from the Indian Institute of Science have designed a micrometer-sized sensor that can detect the sex hormones of two crop pests - Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) and Scirphophaga incertuals (Walker), much before the infestation starts, helping farmers take any preventive measures. * Safe drinking water for all It is well known that India's water is in crisis. Pollution has made our river waters unusable and availability of safe drinking water is a huge challenge. To address this, scientists at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Indian Institute of

Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR) have devised a new water purifier that can provide safe drinking water at 1 paisa per litre. Named Oneer, the water purifier can purify water contaminated with microbes including E. coli, and is cost effective without the need for maintenance. *X Nanorobots help us live healthy A revolutionary idea in nanotechnology has been the development of 'nanorobots' nanometre-sized robots that can be controlled. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science are working on making such nanorobots that could be controlled by light and magnetic fields. These can be inserted into human body and be used to deliver drugs at targeted sites to treat cancer. * World's thinnest nanosheets Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, have designed the world's thinnest nanosheets that can be used in next-generation batteries to ultraviolet absorbing films. These nanosheets are made of boron atoms arranged in the shape of a honeycomb, similar to graphene. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/661652/research-sustainable-future.html

22 Cotabato farmers to be sent to Papua New Guinea

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By Malu Cadelina Manar At least 22 farmers from North Cotabato would be sent to Papua New Guinea (PNG) to work in the 100hectare rice demonstration farm that will soon rise once the Duterte administration inks a final deal with the PNG government, Agriculture Secretary Manny PiĂąol said.

Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel PiĂąol (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez / MANILA BULLETIN)

The farmers, Piñol said, would come from his hometown in M’lang, North Cotabato. They would fly to PNG in April to start the development of the demo farm, which is located within the compound of a university of the Seventh Day Adventist in Port Moresby.

The secretary explained he has already discussed the issue with his younger brother, M’lang municipal Vice Mayor Joselito Pinol, as to the list of farmers who would be sent to PNG. During their stay in PNG, each farmer will receive a monthly salary of P25,000, including free meal and housing allowances.

On March 7, Piñol will lead a delegation to finalize a bilateral agreement with his counterpart in PNG. This, he stressed, will establish stronger agricultural and fisheries cooperation between the Philippines and the PNG. Also, Piñol assured that his rice program will ensure food sufficiency for Filipinos even beyond 2020, especially so that the country’s population is growing by 1.9 percent per annum.

“This rice program will ensure our future. As I have explained to the President, the country is growing by 1.9 percent per annum. With this rate, we might be 200 million 50 years from now. Now that we’re at 103 million, it has become a difficulty feeding our people. Our land area is only 4.9 million hectares,” said Piñol in an interview over Catholic-run DXND. The PNG, he explained, has so much potential in agriculture. Despite PNG’s total land area of 46-million hectares, only 400 hectares are planted to rice.

According to Piñol, it was the PNG government that sought help from the Philippines to develop their rice industry.

He said: “The people in PNG were told that planting rice in their area is not possible, but we found out that there are a few industries that control their rice industry. They import rice. Could you imagine that a kilo of rice in PNG is equivalent to P100 per kilo?”

He explained that under the proposed bilateral agreement, Filipino companies would lease PNG lands where they would plant rice to supply the national requirement of the country, which is estimated at 400,000 metric tons.

Any excess production, the secretary said, would be shipped back to the Philippines as PNG rice exports.

“Which do you prefer? We import rice from Thailand and Vietnam that only the traders in those countries would benefit from our money or we buy the products of Filipino farmers in PNG?” he asked.

Piñol added that the Philippine government should https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/02/26/22-cotabato-farmersto-be-sent-to-papua-new-guinea/ consider outsourcing its rice supply from PNG rather than rely on imports from Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and other countries in Asia Pacific.

Computerise details of rice, millers told THE HANS INDIA | Feb 25,2018 , 11:29 PM IST

Joint Collector Mallikarjuna, speaking in a meeting with the rice millers

Kakinada: Joint Collector A Mallikarjuna, has ordered all the rice millers in the district that they should computerise the A and B registers. He participated in a meeting with all the rice millers organised by the Civil Supplies department at the Collectorate on Saturday evening.

Speaking on this occasion, the JC said that the rice millers should maintain records on CMR (Customed Milled Rice). The administration would provide the necessary electronic training to all the rice millers for the management of the A registers. The millers should post all the entries related to the purchase of paddy from other states in register B.

Mallikarjuna warned the millers of taking stringent action if any miller malpractices and recycles. He would write a letter for the incentives to the millers who supply quality rice to the Social Welfare hostels in the district. Mallikarjuna informed that the administration would link the information on paddy such as yield and area of farm land with the web land. He ordered the joint custodian officers to regularly visit the rice mills. DSO Prasada Rao, DM Krishna Rao and rice millers participated. http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2018-02-25/Computerisedetails-of-rice-millers-told/361587

Nigeria among 16 top rice producers Published 1 day ago on February 26, 2018 By Bayo Akomolafe

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Local production value hits N684bn

Nigeria has been listed among the sixteen top producers of rice in the world as her local production is valued at N684 billion ($1.9 billion).

It was gathered that the country attained 3.7 million tons of milled rice last December.

With Nigeria’s latest production record, annual imports would be reduced drastically from 4.5 million tons to 800,000 metric tons.

According to Index Mundi, a global data portal that gathers facts and statistics, the country’s rice production has gone up by 19 per cent within the last four years.

Consequently, Nigeria has become the second largest producer of the grain in Africa after Egypt, which currently produces 4.3 million tons.

On the portal list, China led other 81 countries with 146 million tons; India, 107 million tons; Vietnam, 28.4 million tons and Thailand, 20.4 million tons.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s anchor borrower scheme has boosted the country’s production records in the last two years when it stopped issuing form M or letter of credit to rice importers in 2015 in a bid to encourage local production.

In 2016, CBN had complained that the amount spent on rice importation between January, 2012 and May, 2015 had resulted in huge unsold stock of paddy rice cultivated

by Nigerian farmers and low operating capacities of many integrated rice mills in the country.

The Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)’s Federal Operation Unit, Comptroller Mohammed Uba, who was worried over the volume of rice coming illegally into the country through the Republic of Benin, explained that the rice coming legally through the ports had been ordered based on contractual agreement between importers and the sellers before the CBN embargo on Form M. The controller said that Federal Government was serious about rice production in the country.

He said: “If you see any rice at the port, it must be a contractual agreement spanning two years by the importers and the sellers. In the last two years, CBN has never issued form M or letter of credit to rice importers.”

It would be recalled that the Secretary of Rice Millers, Importers and Distributors Association of Nigeria (RIMIDAN), Shaibu Mohammed, had expressed fear in 2017 that it would be difficult for the country to end importation or achieve self sufficiency in rice production by 2018 because of the importation of parboil rice from Thailand and other countries through the neighbouring ports.

He said that the gap between demand and supply was still huge.

Last November, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said in Abuja that the Federal Government was targeting seven million tons of the grain by 2018.

Ogbeh predicted that the target would be achieved by the second quarter of this year to meet the national consumption rate.

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vows to present rice tariff law to WTO in June By Jasper Y. Arcalas February 26, 2018

Manila has assured the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the Philippines will be able to finally convert its quantitative restriction (QR) on rice into tariffs by June, nearly a year after the government was supposed to have scrapped the nontariff measure.

A Geneva trade official, who was privy to the proceedings of the recent WTO Committee on Agriculture (CoA) meeting, told the BusinessMirror that the Philippine

delegation had informed WTO member-countries that lawmakers are “fast-tracking and prioritizing” the amendment of Republic Act (RA) 8178.

RA 8178, or the Agricultural Tariffication Act, had allowed the Philippines to continue imposing rice quotas even after the WTO waiver on the special treatment on rice had lapsed on June 30.

The Philippine delegation said the government’s Executive branch “is working closely with both Houses of Congress in the final decision of the final bill,” according to the trade official.

After approving their respective versions of the rice-tariffication bill, the Senate and the House of Representatives will transmit their bills to a bicameral conference committee to consolidate their versions and to discuss the divergent provisions of the measure.

“Nevertheless, the Philippines is expecting that that the final bill will be enacted into law by the next regular session of the committee,” the official said.

“While the enactment of the law has been delayed, it will be noted that the Philippines, through an executive order in April 2017, has been extending the rice concessions to all WTO members under the General Council decision on rice waiver WT/L/932 since its expiration on July 1, 2017. However, the continuation of the concessions shall finally cease once the tariffication law is enacted according to the executive order,” the official added.

The next regular session of the CoA is tentatively scheduled on June 11 and 12, according to the Geneva trade official.

The Philippine delegation made the statement after Canberra sought for an update on Manila’s efforts to convert the QR into tariffs during the COA meeting on February 20.

The Australian government has been keenly monitoring the country’s removal of rice QR, following the expiration of the Philippines’s waiver on the special treatment of rice on June 30, 2017.

The Australian delegation to the WTO had also sought updates from the Philippines regarding its tariffication process during the CoA meeting last October.

After the Philippine delegation delivered its statement, the trade official said the delegation from the European Union (EU) reminded the Philippines and other WTO member-countries that they are duty bound to fulfill their trade commitments.

“After Philippines’s statement, the EU took the floor to thank the Philippines and expressed its systemic interest in the subject. The EU urged all members to adhere to the decisions taken in the WTO,” the official said.

On July 24, 2014, the WTO General Council approved the Philippines’s waiver on the special treatment on rice, allowing Manila to keep its QR on rice until June 30, 2017. The WTO General Council approved the waiver on the condition that the Philippines will subject its rice imports to ordinary custom duties starting July 1, 2017.

“At the expiration of this waiver, and no later than June 30, 2017, the importation of rice shall be subject to ordinary customs duties in accordance with paragraph 10 of Annex 5, Section B, of the Agreement on Agriculture,” the WTO General Council decision read.

Earlier, House Committee on Agriculture and Food Chairman Party-list Rep. Jose T. Panganiban Jr. of Anac IP told the BusinessMirror that the lower chamber remains committed to pass the bill abolishing the rice QR by March.

Panganiban said the QR bill is under deliberation in the House Committee on Appropriations. After it passes the Committee on Apropariations, Panganiban said he expects the bill to be at the plenary level by early-March.

The Senate is also targeting to pass its version of the rice tariff bill by March, according to Sen. Cynthia A. Villar, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food.

The Philippines is under pressure to convert its QR into tariff after the waiver on the special treatment on rice expired last June 30. The expiration of the waiver meant that Manila can no longer impose the nontariff measure.

To avoid possible trade disputes, President Duterte issued an executive order which retained the country’s rice concessions as “a sign of goodwill” to the country’s trade partners while RA 8178 is being amended.

However, economists and government officials have noted that retaining the concessions is not a guarantee that trading partners will not file a complaint against the Philippines before the WTO for not converting the QR into tariffs. https://businessmirror.com.ph/phl-vows-to-present-rice-tariff-law-to-wto-in-june/ Home > Economy

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Tk 10 rice welfare plan will not eat into reserves, says food minister Faysal Atik, Staff Correspondent, bdnews24.com Published: 2018-02-26 10:54:03.0 BdST Updated: 2018-02-26 13:08:12.0 BdST

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Food Minister Md Qamrul Islam claims the Tk 10-per-kg-rice welfare programme will not cut into Bangladesh’s food reserves.

Despite last year’s poor harvest due to natural disasters, this year’s production and imports will raise reserves to record levels, according to Islam.

The food minister believes that the reserves will allow the government to implement the previous welfare programmes in addition to the Tk 10 rice plan.

The government has announced that it will provide rice at Tk 10 per kg up to 30kg per month to five million families from March after the recent imports of massive amounts of food grains.

The programme will thus sell a rough estimate of 138,000 tonnes of rice to poor families at the discounted rate each month. The programme will need about 690,000 tonnes in five months.

The food minister gave assurances that the programme would not result in a deficit in food reserves.

The government had over 1.4 million tonnes in food reserves, with rice accounting for 1.1 million tonnes, the minister told bdnews24.com on Sunday.

Another 114,000 tonnes of food grains were waiting for permits at the ports, including 36,000 tonnes of rice and 78,000 tonnes of wheat, according to the Ministry of Food.

Last June the government’s rice reserves fell below 200,000 tonnes, which caused instability in the rice market and price hikes. Prices have yet to return to the pre-June level.

“Last year there was a deficit in food stocks because we could not collect the Boro crop. This year the reserves will pass record levels in the next few days. As such the food welfare programmes will cause no issues with food reserves.”

In 2017, the government targeted the collection of 800,000 tonnes of rice in Boro season (MayAugust), but managed to collect only 337,525 tonnes of parboiled and white rice due to floods and inclement weather.

But in the current Aman season, which began last December, the government has collected 538,612 tonnes as of Feb 20. The rice collection operation is set to end on Feb 28.

The government had initially targeted the collection of 300,000 tonnes of Aman rice but the target was increased quickly.

Imports are also having a significant effect on the food reserves, the minister said.

“Between 400,000 tonnes and 450,000 tonnes of imported rice are in the pipeline and will be added to the reserves before the coming Boro season,” Islam said.

The highest level of Bangladesh’s food reserves was 1.6 million tonnes, he said.

The government bought rice at Tk 39 a kg in Aman season. This means it will have to take a substantial loss when it sells rice for Tk 10.

“We know this,” Islam said. “The government will make a loss in order to support the poor through this programme.”

At least 200,000 tonnes of rice will be used in the government’s relief and food for work programmes, the food minister said.

“But even then rice reserves will not fall below 700,000 tonnes.”

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reserves-says-food-minister Prices of rice up 22% 18 hours ago

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DAMMAM – The prices of rice have increased by 11-22 percent over the past few days. Investors and businessmen said the production of rice in India has decreased by 30 percent, sending the prices up over $1,250 a ton for some types of rice and over $1,300 a ton for other types like white rice. Saudi import companies have recently seen a decrease in rice stocks.

Indian companies, on the other hand, have adopted a new technology that allows importers to save rice for 60 days maximum. Before this technology was introduced, companies were able to save rice for six months in warehouses. As a result, the price of a ton of rice increased by $50.

Fathi Al-Sihati, an investor, attributed the rise in prices to local and overseas factors.

“Indian companies are adamant about rice prices and do not want to decrease them. Besides, more Indian companies have their eyes set on the Iraq market and many of them have signed deals with Iraqi companies. The decreasing stocks of rice have also played a role in the increase of prices,” he said.

Ali Al-Zaher, an investor, said many local companies have increased the prices of rice, regardless of its type — brown, white, etc. For example “Taj Alhind” rice has reached SR236 for 40-kg, up from SR212; “Bab Alhind” has reached SR299, up from SR260; “Abu Ghadran” has reached SR178, up from SR145.

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forget By Cecilio Arillo February 26, 2018

“NEVER forget,” writer-researcher Micel Coleen Buencamino said, “is an expression, a mantra, first used in relation to the Holocaust, and has now been reassigned to the 9/11 attacks. The biggest enemies and critics of President Ferdinand E. Marcos, especially some of the millennials, are also fond of using this political slogan now best written in a hashtag by the Internet generation.” “#NeverForget is a clever piece of advertising, a commodity—sold by oligarchs and pseudo-analysts and communists down to concert organizers, t-shirt designers and socialmedia ‘experts’ who love to encapsulate history by way of making memes,” Buencamino said.

Indeed, we should #NeverForget.

Never forget that Marcos was a leader ahead of his time, and for this he was extremely misjudged and misunderstood.

Never forget all the 7,883 presidential decrees and other legal issuances he crafted and formulated, not only for the past, but also for the present and the future. These laws, proof of his wisdom and exemplary governance, are embedded in our legal system, still effective and being enforced in the nation today.

Never forget his massive infrastructure projects—roads, bridges, irrigation systems and other public works. The records showed that his regime built more roads, bridges and irrigation facilities during his first four years in office than any other president in the past.

Perhaps until present day.

Never forget that it was also during his time when the Filipinos saw the establishment of other unprecedented edifices and infrastructures, majority of which still stand proudly until today, servicing the needs of the Filipino people.

Never forget, in particular, that it was in Marcos’s time when pioneering hospitals were built: the Philippine Heart Center, Lung Center of the Philippines and the National Kidney and Transplant Institute.

Cultural, tourism and heritage sites were, likewise, constructed: the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Folk Arts Theater, Philippine International Convention Center and the National Arts Center (now Makiling Center for the Arts).

Never forget how his government addressed the 1973 global oil crisis head-on, knowing that skyrocketing oil and power rates would eventually result in high prices of commodities. Never forget how he sought to decrease dependence on imported oil by harnessing indigenous sources of energy. As a result, the Marcos regime completed 20 power plants.

Never forget, too, that after he was ousted from power, not only did his successors fail to build a single power plant; but more devastatingly, the nation saw the aggressive privatization of the energy industry. A few oligarchic families amassed billions of profit, while Filipino consumers bore the brunt of shouldering costly power rates. The Philippines has even earned its place as one of the countries with the most expensive power rates in Asia.

Never forget how he always gave the biggest portion in the national budget to education and established a long list of colleges and universities, thereby enlarging the Filipino people’s access to free education and catapulting our literacy rate to one of the world’s highest.

Never forget that he kept true to his political and social platform of “rice and roads,” at a time when the country’s most urgent problem was inadequate food production. The

Philippines overcame chronic rice shortages, and after being a rice importer for so many decades, the country began exporting rice to other countries in 1978.

However, while empowering the countryside, never forget that President Marcos also realized that our agriculture-based economy could not compete with the emerging markets in Asia. So, he strongly fought for the implementation of the country’s 11 heavy industrialization projects led by the steel, petrochemical and engineering industries.

Never forget, too, those who relentlessly blocked and delayed these projects, and sabotaged the country’s industrialization plan. As a result, the country today remains an economic laggard compared to our Asian counterparts.

Never forget, that Marcos made a legacy so remarkable and enduring that it has been the life work of his foes to obliterate it in the chronicles of our history. Yet, no matter how hard they attempted to stigmatize him, the significant things he accomplished cannot be equaled by the presidents who succeeded him: Corazon Cojuangco, his favorite son, President Benigno S. Aquino III and the three presidents between them who spent more than P35 trillion in accumulated budgets in 31 years.

Never forget the unparalleled achievements and contributions of President Marcos who only spent in 20 years P486.42 billion in accumulated budgets, albeit persistently shunned from the spotlight and missing in our history books.

Never forget The Marcos Legacy, now a book in 446 pages published by Brown Madonna Press and Amazon, one of the world’s biggest book publishers, and written by this author.

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Pakistan rice exporters to visit Sri Lanka to lure orders Sun, Feb 25, 2018, 09:21 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Feb 25, Karachi: The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) is going to send a high-profile trade delegation to Sri Lanka, REAP Senior Vice Chairman Rafique Suleman has said on Saturday.

Speaking at a meeting with REAP managing committee members and leading rice exporters, REAP Senior Vice Chairman said REAP's managing committee has decided to send a high-profile delegation to Sri Lanka for the follow-up of a recent visit by REAP to Sri Lanka, in which the association has requested Sri Lankan authorities for reduction of import duties on Pakistani long grain rice.

During the meeting rice exporters informed REAP office bearers about the challenge faced by rice export trade in important rice buying countries, such as Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippine, Saudi Arabia etc.

Reap will also send high-profile delegations to Indonesia and the Philippines, the REAP Senior Vice Chairman said.

A REAP delegation that visited Sri Lanka in Last December met with the Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen in Colombo and urged Sri Lanka to slash import tax slapped on their shipments to Colombo and to double the imports of Pakistani basmati rice.

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A ceremony to donate 300 tonnes of rice to Sri Lanka’s flood victims was held by the government and the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) on 24 February at Pinlekoethwe rice mill in Dagon Seikkan Indistrial Zone, the Global New Light of Myanmar reported today.

Dr Than Myint, Union Minister for the Commerce Ministry, and other officials, along with Mr. K.W.N.D Karunaratne, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Myanmar, and officials from the MRF attended the event.

The donation is a humanitarian aid for victims of the flood and landslide in May 2017, which killed more than 200 people and rendered 600,000 homeless.

The MRF donated some 300 tonnes of rice with an estimated value of more than US$150,000, while the government will pay the cost of shipment charges to Sri Lanka from the Yangon port.

“Sri Lanka and Myanmar are engaged in cultural and religious cooperation. Sri Lanka buys rice and other agricultural products from Myanmar, and so, they are our trading clients. Therefore, we would like to express our concern to our trading partner with our contribution,” said U Ye Min Aung, general secretary of MRF. The low quality rice (15 per cent broken rice of the Ae-Ma-Hta variety) will be purified. The shipment started yesterday, and is slated to reach Sri Lanka’s port in early March.

Myanmar donors will offer more donations in Sri Lanka in mid-March. Dr Than Myint said that Sri Lanka and Myanmar were engaged in economic, social and cultural exchanges during the old days.

There is business- to-business cooperation, besides a government-to-government agreement.

Bilateral trade with Sri Lanka reached $36 million, and the volume will grow each year, he added. Sri Lanka’s ambassador noted that the country imported rice from Myanmar, Thailand and India owing to a shortage of rice due to floods in the rainy season.

“I would like to express our appreciation, on behalf of the Sri Lankan people, for the humanitarian aid supported by Myanmar’s government and the MRF. We will make sure the contributions go directly and effectively to the flood victims.

Earlier, Myanmar and Sri Lanka had a series of discussions for rice exports under the government-to-government system. Sri Lanka has now allowed importers to import the goods with zero tax, and so, the plan turned out to b http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Myanmar-donate-tonnes-ofrice-to-Lankan-flood-victims-146444.htmle a business- to-business plan

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The Myanmar government and Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) have donated 300 tonnes of rice to Sri Lanka's flood victims in a ceremony held on February 24 at Pinlekoethwe rice mill in Dagon Seikkan Indistrial Zone, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported.

Dr Than Myint, Union Minister for the Commerce Ministry, and other officials, along with Mr. K.W.N.D Karunaratne, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Myanmar, and officials from the MRF attended the event. The donation is a humanitarian

aid for victims of the flood and landslide in May 2017, which killed more than 200 people and rendered 600,000 homeless.

The MRF donated some 300 tonnes of rice with an estimated value of more than US$150,000, while the government will pay the cost of shipment charges to Sri Lanka from the Yangon port.

“Sri Lanka and Myanmar are engaged in cultural and religious cooperation. Sri Lanka buys rice and other agricultural products from Myanmar, and so, they are our trading clients. Therefore, we would like to express our concern to our trading partner with our contribution,” said U Ye Min Aung, general secretary of MRF. The low quality rice (15 per cent broken rice of the Ae-Ma-Hta variety) will be purified. The shipment started yesterday, and is slated to reach Sri Lanka’s port in early March. Myanmar donors will offer more donations in Sri Lanka in mid-March. Dr Than Myint said that Sri Lanka and Myanmar were engaged in economic, social and cultural exchanges during the old days.

There is business-to-business cooperation, besides a government-togovernment agreement. Bilateral trade with Sri Lanka reached $36 million, and the volume will grow each year, he added. Sri Lanka’s ambassador noted that the country imported rice from Myanmar, Thailand and India owing to a shortage of rice due to floods in the rainy season. “I would like to express our appreciation, on behalf of the Sri Lankan people, for the humanitarian aid supported by Myanmar’s government and the MRF. We will make sure the contributions go directly and effectively to the flood victims.

Earlier, Myanmar and Sri Lanka had a series of discussions for rice exports under the government-to-government system. Sri Lanka has now allowed importers to import the goods with zero tax, and so, the plan turned out to be a business-to-business plan http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1039813/myanmar-donates-300-tonnes-of-rice-to-lankanflood-victims

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Made-in-Vietnam varieties cover 59 percent of rice fields As many as 4.6 million hectares of land, or 59 percent of total rice area in Vietnam, have been cultivated with domestically-made varieties, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Harvesting rice in the Mekong Delta region

In the Mekong Delta region alone, the varieties made by Vietnamese scientists have been grown on 77 percent of the total rice area. In particular, the high-quality OM5451 variety has been used for nearly 1 million hectares.

The productivity of the new varieties is higher than old ones by an average 10 percent, equivalent to an addition 1.65 million tonnes of rice or over 8 trillion VND per year.

At the same time, many new techniques and technologies have been transferred and applied in agriculture, contributing to improving the quality and productivity of products as well as competitiveness of Vietnamese farm produce, while reducing production cost and enhancing incomes of farmers.

Last year, the MARD recognised 48 new plant varieties, 29 new technology advances and processes, many of which have been applied in production.

The ministry has also placed order for research on agricultural technologies for the sector’s restructuring towards sustainable development, with 36 technology research projects and seven pilot production projects with the engagement of many enterprises.

In 2018, the MARD will promote technology research and transfer to serve the sector’s reform and the building of new-style rural areas in the 2018-2025 period.

At the same time, the ministry will focus on developing national products and national trademarks for a number of products, including rice, mushroom, coffee, catfish and shrimp.

It will also continue encouraging the involvement of enterprises in scientific research and technology transfer activities.

In 2017, Vietnam exported about 6 million tonnes of rice, over 1 million tonnes higher than last year’s figure.

An estimated 524,000 tonnes of rice was exported in January 2018.-VNA

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/196043/made-in-vietnam-varieties-cover-59-percentof-rice-fields.html Communicating science through journalism Monday, February 26, 2018

By ERWIN P. NICAVERA MANILA. Dr. Clarissa David delivers her keynote address.

(Contributed photo) "JOURNALISM about science, technology, engineering, and all manner of innovation is not really just about the science. The stories written are about tackling the country’s and our world’s most perplexing and urgent problems like environmental conservation, climate change, disasters, and public health crises." This was underscored by University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman Graduate Studies Department professor Clarissa David in her keynote address during the 1st UP Science Journalism Awards at the university's film studio in Quezon City recently. Tracing back the journey of her late father, who is a rice scientist, David stressed that communicating science is not really about the scientists and their work, it is rather about the broader public that these scientific advances seek to serve. "Science for the public good can only be realized when the science is informed by communication and journalism," she said. The professor described the state of science journalism in the Philippine as something that needs improvement. There is lack of demand from audiences for science-centered news stories because any stories will have to compete for public attention on all other things that require it, like politics, national security, and global affairs, she said. David lamented that there is not really a broad constituency for science and technology as indicated by a lack of public funding, the lack of public attention, and a lack of press coverage. "We don't have to be scientists to help science get on the public and policy agenda, there is much to do by way of communication and good journalism," David said, adding that "science journalists need support if we want them to help us in this mission." Stories about Mayon Volcano, dengvaxia, the fire on Mt. Pulag, and research on Benham Rise are just among the evolving circumstances making good science reporting urgent and necessary in the country. David expressed optimism that barriers to reporting science stories like these are getting lower. Now that news is largely consumed online, she said the issue of "scarcity of space" that dominated much of the logic of what is considered newsworthy is on the decline. David said communicating the importance of any scientific research work is, centrally, the role of journalists. "Journalists have a nose for the story, for the public interest, for sorting out the important points amidst the technical jargon," she noted. David then appealed to science writers and editors to emphasize the journalism not on the scientists but on the substance of their works and its impact on the community.

Responding to the challenge of giving more importance to science journalism, the UP College of Mass Communication initiated the said Science Journalism Awards. This is a project component of Communicating Science and Technology Research and Development at UP (CoST UP). This initiative is aimed at recognizing the exemplary reporting in science and technology, as well as, the scientific researches and developments in the country. It also aims to acknowledge the importance of communicating accurate science stories and the mainstreaming of science and technology into the public consciousness. From 60 nominations of a diverse group of mainstream and community media organizations nationwide, four SunStar journalists emerged as winner and finalists. This writer representing SunStar Bacolod was among the three finalists for Best UP Science Story for Print and Online along with Nickolas Tubo of SunStar Philippines. Herty Lopez of Super Balita Cebu was a finalist for Best Science Feature Story for Print and Online while Nef Luczon of SunStar Cagayan De Oro won the Best Science Commentary for Print and Online. The other winners are Angelica Yang of GMA News Online for Best Science News

Story, Edmund Usman of Rappler for Best Science Feature Story for Print and Online, Michael Joe Delizo of ABS-CBN/DZMM for Best Science Story for Radio, and Mikael Angelo Francisco of GMA News Online for Best UP Science Story. They received a cash prize and a trophy designed by the late National Artist for Sculpture, Napoleon Abueva. The judging committee is composed of journalists, academicians, scientists, and an economist to well represent science and technology as an interdisciplinary field. Dr. Elena Pernia, program leader of CoST UP and dean of College of Mass Communication, said very often science is perceived to be something that is not understandable, something that exists in laboratories. Pernia said the program aims to bring home the fact that "everything we do and everything that we use" benefited and continues to benefit from developments in science. "The UP Science Journalism Awards is part of that communicating product it is to bring the journalists together with the scientists to deliver the message to the ordinary man that science is something that is daily beneficial,” she added. Tags: JOURNALISMUP SCIENCE JOURNALISM AWARDSAWARDSSCIENCE Published in the SunStar Bacolod newspaper on February 26, 2018. Latest issues of SunStar Bacolod also available on your mobile phones, laptops, and tablets. Subscribe to our digital editions at epaper.sunstar.com.ph and get a free seven-day trial.

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Davina's Kitchen Favourites: Marinated salmon with brown rice & mint and yoghurt sauce

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We all know we should be eating oily fish, such as salmon, and this is just the easiest way to cook it. You do need to allow it to marinate, though, so this is a good recipe for the weekend or when you have a little more time. I love to serve this with mint and yoghurt sauce (see below). Remember that almonds are really good for you – they’re not just decoration here.

SERVES 4 4 x 150g skinless salmon fillets 250g plain yoghurt 4 garlic cloves, crushed 30g fresh root ginger, grated 1 tbsp mild curry powder 1 tsp chilli powder (optional) juice of 1 lemon small bunch of coriander, a few leaves reserved to garnish 200g brown basmati rice 25g almonds 1 Season the salmon lightly with salt. Put the yoghurt in a food processor with the garlic, ginger, curry powder, chilli powder, if using, lemon juice and most of the coriander – save some leaves to use as a garnish. Blitz to make a vibrant green marinade, then tip this into a bowl and add the salmon. Cover and leave the fish to marinate for at least an hour or overnight – no longer.

2 Cook the rice according to the instructions on the packet. Lightly toast the almonds in a dry frying pan.

3 To cook the salmon, preheat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Scrape off any excess marinade from the salmon and arrange the pieces in a roasting tin, making sure they have plenty of space around them. Bake for about 12 minutes until just cooked through.

4 Serve the salmon and brown rice garnished with almonds and coriander and some mint and yoghurt sauce (see below) on the side.

588 calories per serving • Prep 10 minutes (plus marinating time) • Cooking about 40 minutes Mint and yoghurt sauce Put 250g plain yoghurt in a bowl. Coarsely grate ½ cucumber and sprinkle it with salt.

Leave it to drain in a colander for half an hour, then stir it into the yoghurt with 2 tsp dried mint.

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Quorn is recalling its Chilled Quorn Tikka Masala with Basmati Rice.

The packs come in 400g sizes.

Worryingly for shoppers, the vegetarian treats may contain pieces of flexible rubber.

The presence of rubber makes this product unsafe to eat and presents a safety risk.

Use-by dates of the packs affected are 1 March 2018, 2 March 2018 and 3 March 2018.

It has been confirmed popular vegetarian and vegan food company Quorn is recalling food items

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No other Quorn products are known to be affected.

If you have bought the above product, do not eat it.

Instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.

Point of sale notices will be displayed in all retail stores that are selling this product.

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Ordinary heroes: How The Picha Project delivers meals… and hope to refugee families

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The three co-founders of The Picha Project (left to right): Lee Swee Lin, Kim Lim and Suzanne Ling. — Pictures by Ham Abu Bakar and courtesy of The Picha ProjectKUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — What started off as just an idea

a couple of years ago is now primed to take a home-grown Malaysian social enterprise to the world stage.

The Picha Project, which delivers to customers traditional meals made by families from marginalised groups, will head to the Chivas Venture Global Final at The Next Web Conference, Amsterdam in May after winning the Malaysian Final earlier this month.

Founded by musician Kim Lim, psychology graduate Suzanne Ling and finance executive Lee Swee Lin, The Picha Project aims to provide job opportunities to these families by creating a platform for them to leverage on their existing cooking skills and cater food to the public. image: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/uploads/articles/Crave/2018/2018-02/Picha02.jpg

Food preparation at the kitchen of a Picha Project familyThey currently support 12 families that offer Palestinian,

Iraqi, Syrian, Afghan and Burmese meals.

Lim will represent The Picha Project in competing with 26 other social entrepreneurs from around the world for a chance to pitch their business to thousands of international investors, entrepreneurs and tech experts for a share of US$1 million (RM3.9 million) in funding. image: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/uploads/articles/Crave/2018/2018-02/Picha03.jpg

Sharing session at The Picha Project’s Iraqi family’s open houseThey’ve certainly come far since their early days

when it was all a matter of “nothing ventured, nothing gained.” Little did they know their efforts would benefit more and more refugee families in need and help them change how they viewed themselves. They’re no longer mere idealists; they’re real entrepreneurs now.

The competition, in particular, has helped the team to question how they can scale both the business and their impact to reach more people. Lim says, “It made us think hard about how to present Picha to Malaysians and the world. Also, what other models can we incorporate to involve more communities? Ultimately, we hope that what we are doing can be replicated in other countries to benefit those who are in need.”

Looking back, one of the team’s biggest challenges in creating their business was their lack of a business background. Lee says, “We had to learn a lot of things from scratch the past two years — from understanding how an F&B business works to hiring staff and marketing. Another challenge is growing the team and have them be on board with the same vision.” image: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/uploads/articles/Crave/2018/2018-02/Picha04.jpg

Mantu is an Afghan dish of chicken dumplings available for order from The Picha Project websiteJoining a

competition like the Chivas Venture meant the Picha team got to learn from the other finalists about the work they do. Lim says, “We all have to start something sustainably to give those without a voice back their voices.

“We are very happy to see other people doing the work that we can’t do, such as the environment. We cannot do everything alone, we have to make the impact collectively together.”

Business pitching has helped the team become more resilient and more analytical. Lim says, “We are lucky that we got to rehearse many times since the day we started the project in the MaGIC (Malaysia Accelerator Global Innovation Centre) Accelerator Programme, where they refined our pitches.

“Later on, we presented at various universities, corporations and organisations. Personally, I’m now able to be precise and on-point with what I want to say and deliver our vision in a short time-frame. Pitching made us think deeply about the business direction and our impact, pushing us to do better.”

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The Picha Project has expanded their product line to include homemade sambal and biscotti During the competition,

from the initial pitching process till the finals, the team was motivated by the support of the families involved in the project. Lim recalls, “Two of the families that we were supporting came on the event day itself. They spoke Arabic and not much English but they sat quietly and waited for my turn to present on stage. They were very proud of us and wanted us to win because that meant more refugees will be helped.”

Once The Picha Project was announced as the winner, the families were thrilled. Lim says, “The first thing I wanted to do was rush to them and hug them. And also giving them the prize because it doesn’t belong to us, it belongs to many of those who didn’t had a voice like them. We were very, very moved having the presence of our families and team there.”

Besides this sense of giving, another trait that has become part of The Picha Project’s company culture since their inception is fearlessness. According to Ling, this specifically means advocating failure.

She explains, “We are not afraid of failure, because we will quickly bounce back and return stronger. We made sure that every intern or anyone who joins us understands this – the idea of ‘pick yourself up real fast and improve on what you’re doing’ – and hopefully, when they leave the team, they will bring this value with them.” image: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/uploads/articles/Crave/2018/2018-02/Picha06.jpg

Chicken Mandi, a Palestinian dish of roasted chicken and basmati rice cooked with spices 2018 will be a big year

for The Picha Project as the team is planning to launch kiosks and non-perishable products. They’ve already expanded their initial product line beyond delivered meals to include homemade sambal and biscotti.

Lee adds, “We are also growing the team as fast as we can and trying to bring in more partners to work with us. The goal is to be able to involve more families, making sure they can put food on the table, cover their rental and send kids to school.”

Charmingly, the social enterprise calls their customers “Picha heroes” for their contribution towards providing a better life for these disadvantaged refugee families. One could say the same

about The Picha Project folks themselves: they are heroes and role models in the best way possible.

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NA body for revival of Textile City project February 24, 2018 SHARE :

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KARACHI - A meeting of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Commerce and Textile on Friday discussed various matters including export of 300,000mt sugar from surplus stock and establishment of TCP Rice Testing Laboratory.Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) Chairman Mushtaq Ahmed Shaikh briefed the committee about the performance of TCP, measures for procurement of 300,000mt of sugar from surplus sugar stock and export thereof and establishment of state-of-the-art TCP Rice Testing Laboratory projects.MNA Siraj Muhammad Khan chaired the meeting and directed officials of Sindh government, Textile Commissioner Organization, Port Qasim Authority, National Bank of Pakistan and other stakeholders to make consensus on revival of Pakistan Textile City Project at Karachi, which has been closed by the government due to non-availability of electricity and gas.The officials informed the committee

that billions of rupees have been spent on this project; 80,000 jobs can be created if this project starts again. https://nation.com.pk/24-Feb-2018/na-body-for-revival-of-textile-city-project

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LAHORE - As second phase of talks over China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement is under process, the business community has suggested the government to devise a strategy in the light of impact on domestic industry, convincing China to liberalize its import policy by reducing tariff lines and easing sensitive list for Pakistan merchandise.All Pakistan Business Forum (APBF) President Ibrahim Qureshi said that during the first phase of FTA with China, Pakistan's trade deficit has improved from $2.9 billion to over $12 billion over the last decade.He suggested that Pakistan should enter into FTA and Preferential Trade Agreements with only those countries where it has a clear and mutual competitive advantage. That local cost of production is already high on account of electricity and gas outages, coupled with import duties on inputs, making the local production uncompetitive.The APBF president said that Pakistan's trade deficit has increased to $30.9 billion in 2016-17 due to high imports of machinery for CPEC infrastructure projects.He said that imports have increased by $5.5 billion with an investment of $9.5 billion under CPEC in last fiscal year and if this trend continues the figure of import might increase to

$58.7 billion in 2017-18.He said that FTA signed with different countries including Malaysia and China, without taking the stakeholders onboard, are damaging the localindustry, as imports of several products under FTA with these countries are subject to zero percent import duty.On the other hand, local processors are unable to export their products to these countries as they are absolutely uncompetitive owing to hosts of reasons, he said.The APBF president asked the government that all impediments which increase the cost such as lower capacity utilization, import duties on inputs and lack of protection against imports need to be addressed for making exports feasible.The government has to convince Beijing to take special measures in the wake of our declining exports by granting concession on import of Pakistani goods before finalizing the revised FTA.Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan central chairman Samee Ullah Naeem said that rice exports to China has plunged to $105 million in the previous fiscal year from a peak of $277 million in the 2015-16, because of stiff competition with Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, as these countries enjoy relaxed tariffs from China being members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.He called for lobbying Chinese authorities for some tariff relaxations to help Pakistan exporters regain the lost ground in the Chinese rice market."REAP is hopeful that when the government of Pakistan sign the amended FTA in March, the Pakistani exporters will gain easier access for rice," he said. https://nation.com.pk/24-Feb-2018/free-trade-deals-be-finalised-to-benefit-local-industry

Reap holds awards ceremony in Dubai to promote rice exports February 25, 2018 SHARE :

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LAHORE - With a view to promote rice exports and acknowledge the contribution of world buyers of Pakistani rice, the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) held ‘International Buyers Recognition Trophy 2018’ ceremony at ‘Gulf Food’, the biggest international annual food exhibition, in Dubai.

United Arab Emirates Minister of Tolerance Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan presented the awards in presence of Federal Commerce Minister Pervaiz Malik, Ambassador of Pakistan in Abu Dhabi Moazzam Khan, agriculture secretary Muhammad Mahmood and REAP chairman Samee Ullah Naeem.

The world’s top 30 biggest buying companies of Pakistani rice were presented the ‘International Buyers Recognition Trophy 2018’, which included Herba Rice (the world’s biggest rice grain miller), Soufflet Alimantaris (France), Noushad Trading (Kenyan biggest buyer), Louis Dreyfus (3.5 million tons rice buyer across world), Tilda (world’s best basmati brand); Phoenix Commodity; Tawakkali (Iran's second biggest buyer) and Thai Hua Rice Company (Thailand) etc.

The first-ever prestigious trophy awards of the Pakistani exporters was also participated by more than 100 international buyers, ambassadors, representatives of different departments of Gulf States, representatives of different government departments including TDAP, federal ministry of food security officials, provincial agriculture department and members of the REAP .

Speaking on the occasion, federal commerce minister Pervaiz Malik appreciated the role of REAP to promote the Pakistani products in world market, congratulating its office-bearers for establishing its market credibility on scientific methods of research and marketing. Thousands of visitors at Pakistan pavilion were the proof that they trust Pakistani products, he added.

He said that trophy award had set the tone for the future. This award has helped provide an investment spread in the international market. This will facilitate in bringing the investment back to Pakistan. “I extend full support from Pakistan government to REAP in serving the national interests of Pakistan,” he added.

REAP chairman Samee Ullah Naeem thanked the distinguished guests and shared his views on the occasion.

He said that the REAP would keep contributing to the development of rice industry with scientifically designed marketing solutions. The start of 2018 spells out the next phase of our rice export journey, he added.

Samee Ullah Naeem said that such awards would promote soft image of the country besides winning the loyalty and trust of the international buyers. He said that Pakistani exports rice to several major countries including UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman as well as to European and African markets. “We are confident that our focus on new markets with more value addition will give us better returns compared to our traditional exports,” he added.

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BY EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZ ON FEBRUARY 25, 2018REGIONS

Twitter PROVING that locally produced rice could compete with imported rice in quality and affordability, a farmers’ cooperative in Dingle, Iloilo is selling rice for as low as P33 per kilo for “bahay” (old harvest) and P37 per kilo for well-polished rice.

Officials of Dingle Multi-Purpose Cooperative said they could support the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bigas ng Masa Program which aims to provide affordable rice supply direct from the farmers to the consumers if they have enough capitalization to buy their members’ produce.

Earlier, the DA gave the cooperative a Rice Processing Complex (RPC) and P5-million initial working capital.

The RPC is a grant from the government of South Korea through the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). Under it, over 160 RPCs were built all over the country, but some did not become operational because other farmers lack funds for the electrical connection and capitalization.

During a forum with farmers at the Western Visayas Agricultural Research Center (Wesviarc) on Friday, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol asked Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) Executive Director Joselyn Badiola to consider the P10-million loan application of DMPC. Piñol also directed all heads of DA regional offices to link up with all farmers’ groups that already received RPCs so they could supply rice to the Bigas ng Masa Program nationwide.

“If the farmers of Dingle could sell locally produced rice for P33 to P37 per kilo, I do not see any reason why this could not be replicated in other parts of the country,” Piñol said.

Meanwhile, farmers groups from the provinces of Iloilo, Aklan and Capiz received P67 million worth of farm implements and equipment as the DA intensified its modernization and mechanization program.

DA Regional Office VI turned over tractors, reapers, hand tractors, turtle tillers, corn shellers, cassava grating machines and other implements which were temporarily stored at Wesviarc in Jaro, Iloilo.

The farm equipment and machinery intended for Antique Province will be turned over to farmer beneficiaries by the first week of March.

Piñol said that in the past, farmers were asked to raise 10 percent counterpart fund for the cost of tractors and other equipment but President Rodrigo Duterte ordered to give these for free to qualified farmers’ groups.

“When I assumed office as Secretary of Agriculture, I uncovered billions worth of farm equipment and implements which were not delivered to farmers’ groups because they could not put up the 10 percent equity,” Piñol said.

Through the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), farmers’ groups could buy the equipment they need by availing of the loan for only six percent interest per year and payable in eight years.

Loan to onion farmers Similarly, farmers in Iloilo can avail of the extended production loans under the Production Loan Easy Access (PLEA) Program amounting to P82 million where onion and garlic growers are granted P150,000 loan per hectare.

The total area planted to bulb onion all over the country is estimated at 16,000 hectares.

Planted areas in Oton and three other towns in Iloilo have increased from 47 hectares in 2017 to 202 hectares this year, according to Remelyn Recoter, DA Region 4 director.

Recoter said that for the entire Iloilo, the target expansion area is 1,000 hectares with an average production of 10-metric tons per hectare.

In his recent visit to Oton, Piñol committed another P10 million in PLEA loan funds for onion farmers.

“The emergence of Iloilo province as another potential major producer of bulb onions will rapidly increase the production of this controversial commodity which has been the subject

of many Senate investigations because of the involvement of cartels and smuggling syndicates,� Piùol added.

http://www.manilatimes.net/iloilo-town-sells-rice-p33-kilo/382673/

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Tractor industry reviving after a bad patch Ahmad Fraz KhanFebruary 26, 2018

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THE tractor industry is showing signs of revival after a difficult period of five years, which saw sales plunge by almost 80 per cent.

In the first seven months of the current fiscal year, tractor sales surged 45pc year-on-year to 38,173 units, according to data of the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association.

The lion’s share went to two main sellers, ie Massey Ferguson and Fiat, which sold 23,263 and 14,776 tractors, respectively.

Industry experts point out two major reasons behind rising sales: the revival of the crop sector in the last three years, and the massive road infrastructure development under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

An industry manager, who did not want to be named for professional reasons, says, “If the crop resurgence has contributed 70pc to the revival in sales, the remainder certainly came from infrastructure development.�

In the crop sector, rice and sugar cane have particularly helped the tractor industry.

In September 2015, the federal government had to come up with a package of Rs340 billion after rice prices fell to Rs700 per maund (40 kilograms), which, according to farmers, were Rs100 below the cost of production. The package also included a per-acre cash subsidy of Rs5,000 for rice growers.

Infrastructure development can sustain the industry for years even if the agriculture sector suffers a temporary shock, experts say In April 2016, the Punjab government also chimed in with a placatory package of Rs200bn. The rice crop recovered as a result, with its production rising from 3.39 million tonnes to 3.5m tonnes in Punjab alone while prices increased by more than 100pc. This additional money is now being used for farm mechanisation.

As for sugar cane, the acreage has increased by almost 25pc to over 2m acres in the last three years. Yields have also risen from 550 maunds per acre to 635 maunds. The sucrose recovery went up to 10pc against earlier 7pc.

Apart from the current year when farmers have suffered varying levels of price crash, the last two years have relatively been financially good for farmers. And farmers buy tractors whenever they can as they are the only means of transporting cane to mills during the four-month crushing season.

Other factors that helped the industry include federal and provincial policies. In 2016, when the industry’s sales and production fell 80pc, the federal government slashed general sales tax by 5pc. This made tractors

cheaper by Rs32,000 to Rs50,000, depending on the model and horsepower. It is for this reason that tractor prices are still sustaining the level of pre-tax regime.

Moreover, the Punjab government has done away with its much-trumpeted tractor subsidy regime for the last few years. This subsidy regime, which was providing around 20,000 tractors every year on balloting, would attract around 250,000 applications, removing as many potential buyers from the market and putting them in queue for the subsidy. With the subsidy balloting gone, these buyers are back in the market again.

Both these factors — agriculture sector’s revival and official policies — are now putting the industry back on its feet. The industry now expects production to cross 50,000 units this year and attain the pre-recession level of 60,000 to 70,000 units next year if the agriculture sector does not relapse into a crisis.

As for CPEC’s impact on the tractor industry, experts believe that the more than 1,800-kilometre-long network of new major highways and expansion of old ones at a cost of over $8bn have helped the industry like never before. If approach roads are included as well, the length could multiply many times. This presents a new reality for tractors.

“In Pakistan, the industry has always suffered inherent problems owing to the underutilisation of tractors amid the absence of implements for different agricultural activities, including primary (soil preparation), secondary (agronomic practices) and tertiary (harvesting) activities,” says the marketing head of a tractor manufacturing company.

That is precisely where the new reality of CPEC fits in: using tractors’ power without implements.

All along the CPEC routes, contractors and sub-contractors need them for a range of activities during construction. They either have to purchase new machines or hire them from local owners or farmers. In either case, the industry benefits from the megaproject.

Even if the agriculture sector suffers a temporary shock, as it is experiencing right now owing to issues in sugar cane pricing, infrastructure development can sustain the industry for years, if not decades.

The industry now expects production to hit 80,000 units in the coming years.

“It sounds correct,” says Rao Azhar, a farmer from Okara, the most mechanised area in Punjab. He says that earlier the agriculture sector did not have this kind of money or activity that could help push tractor sales up by 45pc. Part of it must have come from other sectors, he agrees.

“It has certainly opened a new venue for tractor owners, especially those falling on and around the roads being constructed, but it is hard to calculate the total impact,” says Khaled Mahmood, a tractor owner from Kamalia, a central Punjab town which falls on a highway being constructed right now.

Many of our machines have been hired by a local contractor, who is building both the road and bridges.

Many tractors, along with trolleys, are with the contractor for months now, and it may go on for another year or so, he says.

Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, February 26th, 2018

https://www.dawn.com/news/1391678/tractor-industry-reviving-after-a-bad-patch

Najib clarifies he eats rice too, not just pricey quinoa PUBLISHED FEB 25, 2018, 5:00 AM SGT FACEBOOKTWITTEREMAIL

KUALA LUMPUR • Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has clarified that he eats rice too, after being mocked by opposition politicians for saying he had switched to quinoa, a healthier and more expensive grain than the Asian staple.

The Prime Minister's Office in a Facebook post on Friday explained that Datuk Seri Najib ate the Andean grain as part of his healthy diet regime and on his doctor's advice. It said the Premier "attends many events every week and is served various types of food including rice at those functions".

Opposition leaders were quick to imply that Mr Najib was out of touch with the average Malaysian struggling with rising prices, after he talked about his preference for quinoa in a television interview aired on Thursday.

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad tweeted on Friday: "I only eat local rice." His tweet was accompanied by a meme showing a beggar, and the words: "What he eats costs RM15 (S$5) for 250g, what the people eat, rice, costs RM2.70 for 1kg."

Opposition veteran Lim Kit Siang claimed he had never heard of quinoa until now.

He added, according to news site Malaysiakini, that "quinoa which Najib eats is about 23 times more expensive than rice, eaten by 30 million Malaysians".

Mr Najib had said he was introduced to the health food by his son.

Netizens shared several Instagram posts from 2014 by his son Ashman Najib, including one that said: "So ecstatic that our brand of quinoa is finally on the shelves!!"

The Prime Minister's Office in a Facebook post on Friday explained that... the Premier (above) "attends many events every week and is served various types of food including rice at those functions".

The Premier said in the TV interview that he could not exercise as frequently as he wanted, so he watched his diet. "My problem is I love food. Like most Malaysians. But I have to control (my eating). For example, I don't eat rice, but quinoa. It is protein-based, so it has less carbohydrates and less sugar content, so it is better than rice."

In the programme, Mr Najib also told Malaysians to live within their means. "Of course, we want them to progress upwards, but live within your means. If you live within your means, God willing, you will be all right," he said.

According to Malaysiakini, Mr Lim, a leader of the opposition Democratic Action Party, told a news conference on Friday: "The 14th general election will be quinoa versus rice, clean government versus kleptocracy, and Najib versus the people of Malaysia."

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House leaders present solutions to rice supply problems

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By Ellson Quismorio Ranking members of the House of Representatives are proposing different solutions to counter the so-called “artificial” rice supply shortage that has been jacking up prices of the Filipino staple.

(EPA / MANILA BULLETIN)

House committee on agriculture and food chairman, ANAC-IP Party-list Rep. Jose Panganiban Jr. believes that the National Food Authority (NFA) can easily solve the supply problem by flooding the market with its affordable rice variety.

“What we need is for the NFA to stockpile and increase its inventory for cheap rice,” Panganiban said.

“Of course, that is, if NFA has the inventory,” he quickly added.

Last week, the Panganiban panel held a House inquiry on the reported shortage of NFA rice, which is the cheapest rice in the Philippine market. It was learned during the hearing that some 13 private traders have been hoarding rice in the national capital region (NCR), resulting in higher prices.

The private rice traders were identified as Evergreen, Rising Sun, GRC, CGG, Expo, ARNS, Working Gold, Leoneco, PMT, Hype Rice, LM Rice Cereal, MML Grain and Grandio. Panganiban has invited representatives of these companies to appear in the next House panel hearing.

“We could prevent artificial shortage if NFA has enough supply of cheap rice to flood the market, in that case even if private traders/cartel hoard rice, they could not possibly control the supply because NFA can flood the market with cheap rice,” Panganiban said.

Meanwhile, House committee on appropriations vice chairman, Camarines Sur second district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said the NFA should just discontinue its policy of allowing private traders to import rice and just let the food agency take back full control of all overseas purchases of the staple.

“We need to fix the existing system to shield both farmers and consumers from the shady practices of private traders that have left the NFA helpless in carrying out its primary task of ensuring the stability of the price and supply of rice in the market,” Villafuerte said.

Under the current system, the NFA has the sole authority to import rice, but the NFA Council allows private traders to similarly purchase stocks from abroad through the NFA. “This setup obviously does not work in the face of the recent price spike of the grain in the retail market, which could apparently be traced to the hoarding done by unscrupulous businessmen that has created an artificial supply shortfall,” the Bicol solon said.

As such, Villafuerte is appealing to the NFA Council, chaired by Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr., to do away with the assailed policy.

He said the rule of thumb should be that palay (unmilled rice) bought from farmers must only have a 100percent markup once milled and sold as rice in retail outlets.

“At the current average farmgate buying price of P20 per kilo of palay, regular milled rice should be sold at around P40 only. But right now you can see that regular-milled commercial rice sells for around P43 to P50 in retail outlets,” he noted.

https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/02/25/house-leaders-present-solutions-to-rice-supply-problems/

Winter-spring rice yields big profits for farmers VNA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2018 - 16:16:00 PRINT

Farmers work on a winter-spring rice paddy in the northwestern province of Dien Bien (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) - Farmers in the south have begun harvesting their winter-spring rice crop, earning large profits because of high yields and prices.

So far 300,000ha out of the 1.9 million hectares planted have been harvested, with the average yield being 5.9 tonnes per hectares, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

In the Mekong Delta, the country’s rice granary, farmers have 1.55 million hectares under the crop, 2.6 percent higher than planned.

Paddy prices are up slightly from last month, according to the ministry.

Low-quality IR50404, one of the main varieties grown in the delta, is now bought at 5,900 – 6,100 VND a kilogramme while high-quality grains such as OM 5451, OM 6976, OM 4218 fetch 6,400 – 6,600 VND. Tran Van Het, who has 1ha under high-quality rice in Vinh Long province’s Tam Binh district, said he would harvest his paddy in the next few days but a trader has bought it all in advance.

Nguyen Van Dong, director of the Hau Giang province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said farmers would have a bumper harvest and get high prices.

Traders offering to buy paddy in advance at high prices is a common practice now, he said.

With the current price of 6,000 VND for low-quality paddy and 7,400 VND for fragrant varieties, farmers would make a profit of more than 30 percent, he said.

Rice harvested later is expected to have even higher yields, he said.

Nguyen Van Tot, a member of the Bac Xa No Cooperative in Hau Giang’s Vi Thuy district, said: “Farmers here are very glad because companies have offered to buy Tai Thom 8 rice in advance since they sowed 300ha.”

The cooperative is one of the province’s first to grow organic rice.

Hau Giang is implementing a plan to improve the operation of cooperatives and cooperative teams and create links between farmers and companies to zone high-quality rice growing areas.

It offers many incentives, including preferential loans and low land rents, to encourage companies to invest in agriculture.

In Hau Giang’s Chau Thanh district, local authorities have been supporting farmers who used

advanced techniques to grow rice on 400ha for exports during this winter-spring crop.

Meanwhile, in the central and northern regions most farmers have finished sowing their nurseries for the winter-spring crop, according to the ministry.

By mid-February farmers from Thua Thien- Hue province to the north had planted seeds for sowing 935,000ha.

They are expected to finish transplanting by the end of this month.-VNA

https://en.vietnamplus.vn/winterspring-rice-yields-big-profits-for-farmers/126996.vnp

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Pop-out player In a report last month, the Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) warned the country's market for exports could be destroyed by secret or unlawful sales of rice.

The report gave a long list of problems within the organization and the rice industry as a whole. It showed the deep problems and weaknesses in an industry that occupies a central place in Cambodia's society and economy.

The CRF was founded in 2014 as part of an effort to strengthen and expand the country’s rice industry. Cambodia was exporting much less rice than its neighbors Thailand and Vietnam, reports showed.

Last year, Cambodia exported about 700,000 tons of rice, a 17.3 percent increase over 2016 rice levels. Yet it exports less than Vietnam, which exported 6 million tons, and Thailand, which sold more than 11 million tons to overseas buyers over the same period.

The reasons for Cambodia’s low export numbers are complex, the CRF report said. It raised concerns over a number of issues, such as price manipulation, conflicts of interest among the CRF’s leadership, favoritism and mistrust.

The report also noted the issue of Vietnamese rice smuggling, which was once a taboo subject. In 2013, when the problem was discussed openly, Cambodian officials denied it existed.

But in this report, the CRF said Vietnamese smuggling was a threat to the World Trade Organization and trade rules of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

The report said the smuggling made it difficult to follow the rules of origin since some rice reportedly was re-exported to a third country. It warned that this could damage Cambodia’s entire export market.

Rules governing origination are different from one country to the next. For Cambodia, the biggest concern would be if smuggling would lead to cancellation of its preferential trade position within the European Union (EU). Cambodia says 43.54 percent of its rice exports last year went to EU member countries.

A European Commission spokesperson told VOA that reports of wrongdoing involving a preferential market “need, of course, to be taken very seriously.”

The spokesperson also said that Cambodia has to be sure that “the rice exported to the EU is fully homegrown.”

In 2014, the CRF established a Cambodia Code of Conduct. Its rules barred businesses from exporting low cost rice from neighboring countries. Two years later the CRF said it was tightening border controls on illegal imports. It is not clear how effective the Code of Conduct has been.

CRF deputy president Seu Rany said the CRF did not have any hard numbers on the amount of Vietnamese rice being smuggled into Cambodia but noted it remains a serious problem. "(Those) who smuggle the rice do not tell us through which gatewaythey do it so it's all secret," he said.

The rice federation board is influenced by wealthy and politically connected business leaders at the top of the industry. It is led by Sok Puthyvuth, owner of the SOMA group, one of the biggest rice export companies.

Chhong Sophal is an officer with an independent national group of farmers associations called Farmer and Nature Net. He criticizes Cambodian rice farmers for lacking organization. He said the farmers were not able to establish a common price for their rice, so they often lost money.

The rice federation’s report said the CRF leadership also appeared to have trouble recognizing differences between their official duties and business activities. It said the members attended meetings based on whether or not their interests would be affected. And it said they made "no clear effort to gather information about issues members are facing.

Seu Rany said change would take time. He added that the CRF is a growing organization with a lot of work expected in the years to come.

"It is best to sit down and talk out individual problems and solve them along the way,� he said. That way, the farmer will survive and so will the rice millers and exporters."

I'm Susan Shand.

David Boyle and Nem Sopheakpanha reported this story for VOANews.com. Susan Shand adapted the report for Learning English. George Grow was the editor. https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/cambidian-rice-

GIEWS Country Brief: Bangladesh 20-February2018 organization-facing-own-problems/4264092.html

REPORT from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Published on 20 Feb 2018 —View Original

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Favourable prospects for 2018 boro rice output

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Paddy production in 2017 estimated marginally below-average

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Cereal imports in 2017/18 marketing year forecast to remain high

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Prices of rice and wheat higher year-on-year

Favourable production prospects for 2018 boro rice Planting of the irrigated boro rice crop is ongoing and will be completed in February. Favourable weather conditions and adequate input and water supply have supported planting operations. In addition, plantings have also been boosted by attractive paddy prices. Assuming normal weather conditions over the coming months, prospects for the 2018 boro rice are positive.

Similarly, prospects are favourable for the 2018 winter wheat crop, which will be harvested from March.

Paddy production in 2017 estimated marginally below-average FAO’s latest estimate puts the 2017 aggregate paddy production at 50.8 million tonnes, slightly below the five-year average. This is the result of the crop losses incurred to the three episodes of severe flash floods between April and August 2017, which affected northern districts, in particular.

Maize output in 2017 is estimated at 3 million tonnes, 6 percent above the high level reached in 2016, supported by an increase in plantings and yields. Similarly, the 2017 minor winter wheat crop is estimated at 1.4 million tonnes, showing a 6 percent increase year-on-year.

Cereal imports in 2017/18 marketing year forecast to remain at high level Cereal imports in the current 2017/18 marketing year (July/June) are forecast at 8.3 million tonnes, 6 percent below last year’s record level and 60 percent above the five-year average. The decrease reflects the

expectations of lower rice imports in calendar year 2018, forecast at 1.5 million tonnes, 40 percent below last year’s exceptionally high level, based on preliminary prospects of an output recovery in 2018.

Wheat imports in the 2017/18 marketing year (July/June) are forecast at 6 million tonnes, up 5 percent from last year’s high level owing to increased domestic demand for high-quality wheat for milling. Maize imports are anticipated to remain close to last year’s average level of 400 000 tonnes.

Rice and wheat prices at higher year-on-year After some declines in October and November 2017, prices of rice in Dhaka increased since December 2017 and were more than 20 percent higher than a year earlier, mostly as a result of the production losses caused by the floods in 2017.

Prices of mostly imported wheat and wheat flour have increased strongly in recent months. In January 2018, they were well above their year-earlier levels mostly supported by increased domestic consumption as a substitute for rice. Expectations of a reduced 2018 wheat harvest, due to a contraction in plantings, also added to the upward pressure.

Large number of people in northern parts affected by severe floods in 2017 Recurrent floods in 2017 affected at least 8 million people, mainly concentrated in the northern parts of the country. Severe damage to housing and infrastructure, including roads and bridges as well as losses of stored food and livestock, were reported. In addition, higher year-on-year prices for rice, the country’s main staple, continue to negatively affect access to food of the most vulnerable households.

Since the resurgence of violence in August 2017 in Rakhine State of Myanmar, an estimated 688 000 people have fled to Bangladesh. According to UN/OCHA, as of mid-January 2018, more than 970 000 refugees were hosted in Bangladesh. Most of these people rely on humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs.

Disclaimer: The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of FAO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

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To lure orders, REAP to send delegation to three countries bangladesh-20-february-2018

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KARACHI: The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) is going to

send a high-profile trade delegation to Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Philippines, said REAP Senior Vice Chairman Rafique Suleman on Saturday.

Speaking at a meeting with REAP managing committee members and leading rice exporters, he briefed the participants about the recent development during the event of Gulf Food and REAP’s International Buyers Award, Dubai. He expressed hope that this event will play a vital role in future for the betterment of rice export trade.

The participants decided to send a trade delegation to Indonesia, which will have meetings with BULOG – Indonesian state-owned body responsible for rice procurement – and concerned government ministries for the possibilities to increase the share of Pakistani rice.

Moreover, it has also decided to send a delegation to the Philippines, which will have meeting with the Officials of National Food Authority (NFA) and concerned ministries for the possibilities to increase rice exports of Pakistan to the Philippines.

REAP’s managing committee has also decided to send a high-profile delegation to Sri Lanka for the follow-up of a recent visit by REAP to Sri Lanka, in which we have requested Sri Lankan authorities for reduction of import duties on Pakistani long grain rice.

During the meeting rice exporters informed REAP office bearers about the challenged faced by rice export trade in important rice buying countries, such as Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippine, Saudi Arabia etc.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 25th, 2018.

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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- February 26, 2018 Reuters Staff 7 MIN READ

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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-February 26, 2018 Nagpur, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Gram and Tuar showed weak tendency in Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) on poor buying support from local millers amid high moisture content arrival. Easy condition on NCDEX, release of stock from stockists and fresh fall in Madhya Pradesh pulses also affected sentiment.

About 2,500 bags of gram and 1,500 bags of tuar reported for auction in Nagpur APMC, according to sources.

FOODGRAINS & PULSES GRAM * Desi gram raw and mill quality reported down in open market on poor demand from local traders amid increased arrival from producing regions.

TUAR

* Tuar varieties reported higher in open market here on increased Holi festival demand from local traders. * Udid varieties reported strong in open market here on good festival season demand from local traders. * In Akola, Tuar New – 4,500-4,600, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,300-6,500, Udid Mogar (clean) – 7,200-8,000, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,000-7,400, Gram – 3,900-4,000, Gram Super best – 5,400-5,800 * Wheat, rice and other foodgrain items 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 Moong Auction Udid Auction Masoor Auction

Available prices

Gram Dal Medium

2,100-2,600

3,750-4,200

3,900-4,200 4,300-4,500

n.a.

2,600-2,800 1,700-1,796

5,500-6,000 n.a.

5,200-5,400 n.a.

5,500-6,000 5,200-5,400

n.a

3,900-4,000

Desi gram Raw

3,750-3,850

Tuar Fataka Best-New

1,700-1,772

n.a.

Gram Mill Quality Gram Kabuli

3,900-4,200

n.a. n.a.

Gram Super Best Bold Gram Medium Best

3,200-3,625

n.a.

Wheat Mill quality Auction Gram Super Best

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3,100-3,580

12,500-13,100 6,800-7,000

3,900-4,050 3,800-3,900 12,500-13,100 6,600-6,800

Tuar Fataka Medium-New

6,400-6,600

6,200-6,400

Tuar Dal Best Phod-New

6,100-6,400

6,000-6,300

Tuar Dal Medium phod-New

5,700-6,000

5,600-6,000

Tuar Gavarani New

4,500-4,600

4,450-4,550

Tuar Karnataka

4,600-4,800

4,500-4,700

Masoor dal best

4,800-5,000

4,800-5,000

Masoor dal medium Masoor

4,500-4,700 n.a.

n.a.

Moong Mogar bold (New)

7,500-8,000

Moong Mogar Medium

6,500-7,000

Moong dal Chilka

4,500-4,700 7,500-8,000 6,500-7,000

5,700-6,700

Moong Mill quality

n.a.

Moong Chamki best

5,700-6,700 n.a.

7,500-8,000

7,500-8,000

Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 7,800-8,500

7,500-8,500

Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG)

5,600-6,500

5,900-6,500

Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG)

5,900-6,100

Batri dal (100 INR/KG)

4,800-5,000

Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)

2,500-2,600

Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)

2,500-2,600

3,100-3,200

Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)

5,700-6,000 4,800-5,000

4,200-4,300 1,900-2,000

Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG)

2,150-2,350

Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG)

2,200-2,400

Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG)

4,200-4,300 1,900-2,000

1,750-1,850

Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG)

3,100-3,200

1,750-1,850 2,150-2,350 2,200-2,400

1,950-2,100 n.a.

3,200-3,800 2,400-2,700 3,500-3,800 3,000-3,200

1,950-2,100 n.a.

3,200-3,800 2,400-2,700 3,500-3,800 3,000-3,200

Rice BPT new (100 INR/KG)

3,500-4,000

3,500-4,000

Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG)

2,500-2,700

2,500-2,700

Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG)

2,600-2,800 2,400-2,500

2,600-2,800 2,400-2,500

Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG)

2,400-2,500

2,400-2,500

Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG)

4,200-4,600

4,500-4,800

Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) Rice HMT new (100 INR/KG) Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG)

3,600-4,000 4,200-4,600 5,500-5,800

3,900-4,300 4,200-4,600 5,500-5,800

Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG)

5,000-5,100

5,000-5,100

Rice Shriram new (100 INR/KG)

5,000-5,500

5,000-5,500

Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG)

9,500-14,000

9,500-13,500

Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) Rice Chinnor new (100 INR/KG) Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)

5,000-7,500 6,100-6,500

5,000-7,500 6,100-6,500

5,500-5,900 6,000-6,200 2,000-2,200 1,800-2,000

5,500-5,900 6,000-6,200 2,000-2,100 1,700-2,000

WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 35.2 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 17.0 degree Celsius Rainfall : Nil FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 35 and 17 degree Celsius respectively.

Note: n.a.--not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices) https://in.reuters.com/article/nagpurfoodgrain/nagpur-foodgrain-prices-open-february-26-2018-idINL4N1QG3GG

REFILE-Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- February 27, 2018 Reuters Staff 7 MIN READ

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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-February 27, 2018 Nagpur, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Gram and Tuar declined further in Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) on lack of demand from local millers. Fresh fall in Madhya Pradesh pulses, increased supply from producing regions and high moisture content arrival also pulled down prices in limited deals.

About 3,400 bags of gram and 1,500 bags of tuar reported for auction in Nagpur APMC, according to sources.

FOODGRAINS & PULSES GRAM * Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor.

TUAR * Tuar gavarani and tuar Karnataka firmed up in open market here on good festival demand from local traders. * Batri dal, Lakhodi dal and Watana dal recovered strongly in open market here on good festival season demand from local traders amid weak supply from producing regions. * In Akola, Tuar New – 3,900-4,100, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,300-6,500, Udid Mogar (clean) – 7,200-8,000, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,000-7,400, Gram – 3,700-3,900, Gram Super best – 5,400-5,800 * Wheat, rice and other foodgrain items 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 Moong Auction Udid Auction Masoor Auction

Available prices

2,100-2,600

3,700-4,215

3,800-4,220

n.a.

3,900-4,200

n.a.

4,300-4,500

n.a.

2,600-2,800 1,700-1,758

Gram Super Best Bold Gram Medium Best

3,100-3,580

n.a.

Wheat Mill quality Auction Gram Super Best

Previous close

3,050-3,450

5,500-6,000 n.a.

5,200-5,400

1,700-1,790 5,500-6,000

n.a.

5,200-5,400

Gram Dal Medium

n.a.

n.a

Gram Mill Quality

3,900-4,000

Desi gram Raw

3,750-3,850

Gram Kabuli

3,900-4,050 3,800-3,900

12,500-13,100

Tuar Fataka Best-New

12,500-13,100

6,800-7,000

6,800-7,000

Tuar Fataka Medium-New

6,400-6,600

6,400-6,600

Tuar Dal Best Phod-New

6,100-6,400

6,100-6,400

Tuar Dal Medium phod-New

5,700-6,000

Tuar Gavarani New

5,700-6,000

4,550-4,650

4,500-4,600

Tuar Karnataka

4,650-4,850

4,600-4,800

Masoor dal best

4,800-5,000

4,800-5,000

Masoor dal medium Masoor

4,500-4,700 n.a.

n.a.

Moong Mogar bold (New)

7,500-8,000

Moong Mogar Medium

6,500-7,000

Moong dal Chilka

4,500-4,700 7,500-8,000 6,500-7,000

5,700-6,700

Moong Mill quality

n.a.

Moong Chamki best

5,700-6,700 n.a.

7,500-8,000

7,500-8,000

Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 7,800-8,500

7,800-8,500

Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG)

5,900-6,500

5,900-6,500

Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG)

5,900-6,100

Batri dal (100 INR/KG)

4,800-5,300

Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)

5,900-6,100 4,800-5,000

2,600-2,700

Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)

2,500-2,600

3,400-3,500

Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)

4,200-4,300

1,900-2,000

Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG)

2,150-2,350

Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG)

2,200-2,400

Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG)

4,200-4,300 1,900-2,000

1,750-1,850

Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG)

3,100-3,200

1,750-1,850 2,150-2,350 2,200-2,400

1,950-2,100 n.a.

3,200-3,800 2,400-2,700 3,500-3,800 3,000-3,200

1,950-2,100 n.a.

3,200-3,800 2,400-2,700 3,500-3,800 3,000-3,200

Rice BPT new (100 INR/KG)

3,500-4,000

3,500-4,000

Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG)

2,500-2,700

2,500-2,700

Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG)

2,600-2,800 2,400-2,500

2,600-2,800 2,400-2,500

Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG)

2,400-2,500

2,400-2,500

Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG)

4,200-4,600

4,500-4,800

Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) Rice HMT new (100 INR/KG) Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG)

3,600-4,000 4,200-4,600 5,500-5,800

3,900-4,300 4,200-4,600 5,500-5,800

Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG)

5,000-5,100

5,000-5,100

Rice Shriram new (100 INR/KG)

5,000-5,500

5,000-5,500

Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) Rice Chinnor new (100 INR/KG) Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)

9,500-14,000 5,000-7,500 6,100-6,500 5,500-5,900 6,000-6,200 2,000-2,200 1,800-2,000

9,500-13,500 5,000-7,500 6,100-6,500 5,500-5,900 6,000-6,200 2,000-2,100 1,700-2,000

WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 34.6 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 17.0 degree Celsius Rainfall : Nil FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 35 and 17 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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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita conducted the direct inspection of Indonesian Bureau of Logistics (Bulog) rice stock on Tuesday morning, February 27.

The Trade Minister along with the entourage conducted the first inspection at Bulog Warehouse of Jakarta and Banten which is located in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta. The government guarantees that the rice which imported from Thailand and Vietnam will not harm the farmers.

Read also: Bulog could Only Import 346,000 Tons of Rice Bulog will continue to absorb rice grain and rice in accordance with Presidential Instruction No. 5/2015. The price of government purchases (HPP) of Bulog for dried grain harvest is Rp3,700 per kilogram at farmer level and Rp3,750 per kilogram at milling level.

As for dried grain, the HPP is set at Rp4,600 per kilogram at milling level and Rp4,650 in Bulog warehouse.

The Trade Minister said the rice expenditure would use the market operation scheme, to lower the rice price at the highest set retail price (HET).

On the occasion, the President Director of Bulog Djarot Kusumayakti stated that Bulog’s rice stock, especially the imported ones, will continue to move. https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2018/02/27/056916099/Minister-of-TradeInspects-Rice-Stock-at-Bulog Price of Cambodian rice abroad increasing Sum Manet / Khmer Times Share:

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The price of Cambodian rice abroad has been on the rise since the beginning of February due to higher demand in China and the European Union, a representative of a local rice export company told Khmer Times.

Hun Lak, vice president of the Cambodia Rice Federation, said Cambodian milled rice now sells for $480 per ton, compared to $450 three weeks ago.

The price of fragrant rice (known as sen kro oup) is also rising, and has now reached $775 per ton from $735 earlier this month.

“Prices have increased for both milled and unmilled types,” Mr Lak said.

“The hike in prices also happened to Thai rices. It is the result of rising demand for the product in the EU and China. Supply is lower than demand, so the price goes up.”

Last year Cambodia produced 10 million tonnes of paddy and had a surplus of four million tonnes. That year, Cambodia exported 635,679 tonnes of milled rice, a 17.3 percent increase year-on-year. More than 60 countries bought Cambodian rice, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50110729/price-cambodian-rice-abroad-increasing/

Nigeria among 16 top rice producers Published 1 day ago on February 26, 2018 By Bayo Akomolafe

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Local production value hits N684bn

Nigeria has been listed among the sixteen top producers of rice in the world as her local production is valued at N684 billion ($1.9 billion).

It was gathered that the country attained 3.7 million tons of milled rice last December.

With Nigeria’s latest production record, annual imports would be reduced drastically from 4.5 million tons to 800,000 metric tons.

According to Index Mundi, a global data portal that gathers facts and statistics, the country’s rice production has gone up by 19 per cent within the last four years.

Consequently, Nigeria has become the second largest producer of the grain in Africa after Egypt, which currently produces 4.3 million tons.

On the portal list, China led other 81 countries with 146 million tons; India, 107 million tons; Vietnam, 28.4 million tons and Thailand, 20.4 million tons.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s anchor borrower scheme has boosted the country’s production records in the last two years when it stopped issuing form M or letter of credit to rice importers in 2015 in a bid to encourage local production.

In 2016, CBN had complained that the amount spent on rice importation between January, 2012 and May, 2015 had resulted in huge unsold stock of paddy rice cultivated

by Nigerian farmers and low operating capacities of many integrated rice mills in the

country.

The Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)’s Federal Operation Unit, Comptroller Mohammed Uba, who was worried over the volume of rice coming illegally into the country through the Republic of Benin, explained that the rice coming legally through the ports had been ordered based on contractual agreement between importers and the sellers before the CBN embargo on Form M. The controller said that Federal Government was serious about rice production in the country.

He said: “If you see any rice at the port, it must be a contractual agreement spanning two years by the importers and the sellers. In the last two years, CBN has never issued form M or letter of credit to rice importers.”

It would be recalled that the Secretary of Rice Millers, Importers and Distributors Association of Nigeria (RIMIDAN), Shaibu Mohammed, had expressed fear in 2017 that it would be difficult for the country to end importation or achieve self sufficiency in rice production by 2018 because of the importation of parboil rice from Thailand and other countries through the neighbouring ports.

He said that the gap between demand and supply was still huge.

Last November, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said in Abuja that the Federal Government was targeting seven million tons of the grain by 2018.

Ogbeh predicted that the target would be achieved by the second quarter of this year to meet the national consumption rate.

https://newtelegraphonline.com/2018/02/nigeria-among-16-top-rice-producers/

Made-in-Vietnam varieties cover 59 percent of rice fields

Ha noi (VNA) – As many as 4.6 million hectares of land, or 59 percent of total rice area in Vietnam, have been cultivated with domestically-made varieties, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). In the Mekong Delta region alone, the varieties made by Vietnamese scientists have been grown on 77 percent of the total rice area. In particular, the high-quality OM5451 variety has been used for nearly 1 million hectares. The productivity of the new varieties is higher than old ones by an average 10 percent, equivalent to an addition 1.65 million tonnes of rice or over 8 trillion VND per year. At the same time, many new techniques and technologies have been transferred and applied in agriculture, contributing to improving the quality and productivity of products as well as competitiveness of Vietnamese farm produce, while reducing production cost and enhancing incomes of farmers. Last year, the MARD recognised 48 new plant varieties, 29 new technology advances and processes, many of which have been applied in production. The ministry has also placed order for research on agricultural technologies for the sector’s restructuring towards sustainable development, with 36 technology research projects and seven pilot production projects with the engagement of many enterprises. In 2018, the MARD will promote technology research and transfer to serve the sector’s reform and the building of new-style rural areas in the 2018-2025 period. At the same time, the ministry will focus on developing national products and national trademarks for a number of products, including rice, mushroom, coffee, catfish and shrimp. It will also continue encouraging the involvement of enterprises in scientific research and technology transfer activities. In 2017, Vietnam exported about 6

million tonnes of rice, over 1 million tonnes higher than last year’s figure. An estimated 524,000 tonnes of rice was exported in January 2018.-VNA Author Name: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/madeinvietnam-varieties-cover-59-percent-of-ricefields/126968.vnp Date: 26-Feb-2018