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Karimnagar lives up to its ‘rice bowl of Telangana’ reputation Carvajal: Politics of rice Poe bats for food research in visit to father’s rice paddy art in Ecija USDA FAS: USA Rice Programs in Jordan a Success Odisha to procure 60 lakh MT of paddy this year Pakistan Basmati rice exports rise by 154.28% in March Rice sector expected to fetch export earnings of $700 million More rice exporters given access to China Thailand exports 3.4 million tonnes of rice in four months 2017 Plan for a successful rice harvest with modern irrigation technology Arkansas Scholarship Lottery $50K check presentation at Valero Poe bats for food research in visit to father’s rice paddy art in Ecija

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Karimnagar lives up to its ‘rice bowl of Telangana’ reputation SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT KARIMNAGAR APRIL 26, 2017 02:02 IST UPDATED: APRIL 26, 2017 00:03 IST District produces a record 11 lakh tonnes paddy this rabi season The erstwhile Karimnagar district — comprising Karimnagar, Jagtial, Peddapalli and RajannaSircilla districts — has once emerged as the rice bowl of Telangana State with a record paddy production of over 11 lakh tonnes during this rabi season.Disclosing this to newsmen here on Tuesday, Minister for Finance and Civil Supplies Eatala Rajender said that Telangana was expecting paddy production of 60 lakh tonnes.

Out of that, 11 lakh tonnes of paddy would be from the erstwhile Karimnagar district only, he maintained.The Minister said that the Civil Supplies Department was taking all measures to ensure that about 40 lakh tonnes of paddy was procured by them and the remaining by rice millers, traders and seed companies etc.

Informing that the civil supplies authorities and other departments were entrusted to open as many paddy procurement centres as possible in various parts of the district, he said that the government was committed for the procurement of paddy by providing minimum support price of ₹1,510 per quintal for A grade variety and ₹ 1,470 per quintal for B grade variety of paddy.

He also asked the seed companies to provide MSP to the farmers while procuring the seed variety of paddy.With regard to the mobilisation of people for the TRS formation day celebrations public meeting in Warangal town on April 27, the Civil Supplies Minister said that erstwhile Karimnagar district would be in forefront in the mobilisation of the public in the state.

He said that they would mobilise more than two lakh people, including 1.3 lakh from bifurcated Karimnagar district, 50,000 from Jagtial and 40,000 each from Peddapalli and Rajanna-Sircilla district.

Zilla Parishad chairperson Tula Uma, Karimnagar legislator G Kamalakar, Irrigation Development Corporation chairman Eda Shankar Reddy and others were also present. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/karimnagar-lives-up-to-its-rice-bowl-oftelangana-reputation/article18210491.ece Daily Global

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Carvajal: Politics of rice Tuesday, April 25, 2017 By ORLANDO P. CARVAJAL BREAK POINT NO food crop is more political than rice. I‘ve noticed this since the mid-eighties when I worked in a congressman‘s district field office. Politicians have always found it politically expedient to keep self-sufficiency in rice as a regular election promise. Hence, once elected they quickly forget it or merely pay lipservice to it. Thus, we have never attained self sufficiency in rice.

Official 2015 figures put us at 96% self-sufficient. But because it must remain a vote-getting promise of politicians around election time, and for one other big reason, chances are slim that the remaining 4 % will ever be attained. That other reason is ―dirty‖ money from rice importations. Self-sufficiency must be slow to be attained, if at all, so cuts, bribes, etc. from rice importations can continue to help finance political careers. President Duterte is right to go from some place political to economic when he disallows rice importation during local harvest time. It helps farmers get better price for their harvest and it stymies corrupt officials from getting the usual free money from rice importations.

What he needs to do next is make rice comprehensively an economic issue. It is sound economics to not view self-sufficiency in rice, food for that matter, as an absolute priority.

Priority should be on the market-indicated means to grow the total economy in such a way that ordinary workers and small farmers earn high enough incomes to easily afford their basic necessities and more. Japan is not even 50% self-sufficient in rice while Singapore has no farmland at all to grow rice in. Mid-East countries are not even self-sufficient in water. Yet, this is no problem to these countries because their people (farmers, workers, etc.) can afford to buy their basic food staples with their high incomes growing other crops or manufacturing other products.

Agricultural policies should not be forced to home in on self-sufficiency. These can much better be wrapped around programs that drastically improve farmer incomes. One way is to give them skills and incentives to grow high value crops. Another is to minimize or even eliminate the role of middlemen-traders who ever since have been making more money than farmer-producers. But if and when we need to import rice, it is imperative to factor corruption out of the equation. One way to do this is abolish NFA‘s monopoly on rice imports. Monopolies are never efficient.

Besides, they are very vulnerable to corruption. In any case, self-sufficient or not, the main worry should be how to give farmers higher incomes. It is a sad commentary on the politics of rice that we are 96% self-sufficient in it yet farmers remain the poorest of our poor.

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Poe bats for food research in visit to father’s rice paddy art in Ecija By: Armand Galang and Yolanda Sotelo - @inquirerdotnet Inquirer Central Luzon / 07:03 PM April 25, 2017

Senator Grace Poe visited the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) to see palay art featuring the likeness of her late father Fernando Poe Jr. on Tuesday (April 25). Poe championed a more comprehensive research program for food production. Photo by Armand Galang /INQUIRER SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ – Senator Grace Poe pressed for more support for rice research and technology, when she visited the rice paddy art that features the likeness of her father, the late actor Fernando Poe, Jr. in Barangay (village) Maligaya here on Tuesday (April 25).

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Poe said she just witnessed the effect of drought in Pangasinan when she joined the annual MangoBamboo Festival that opened in San Carlos City.The government, she said, needs to raise the productivity of the country‘s best rice lands to match the production of rice exporting countries. ―I trust that this [palay art] would inspire the youth about agriculture. It displays our creativity at drawing attention to the agricultural sector,‖ she said, after meeting officials and researchers of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). Philrice undertook the rice art project.

Earlier on the same day in San Carlos City, Poe urged government researcher and scientists to formulate organic and safe pesticides to combat the pests that have been ailing the mango industry, in the face of global warming.Mayor Joseres Resuello said mango – for which the city is known – has been infested with cecid flies. The cecid larvae burrows into the fruits and damages the flesh and the rind. ―Because of global warming, the weather conditions change. In January it was already hot so the mango trees thought it was already summer and bear fruits. Then it suddenly gets colder, and then it rains. So the life cycle of these pests may also have gone haywire,‖ she said in Filipino.

City Agriculture Officer Estrellita Jacaban said mango production this year was down by 30 percent as compared to last year, and prices of the fruits soared to P1,800 per kaing (20 kilos) or P90 a kilo. Last year, it sold for P1,200-P1,500 per kaing. Pangasinan is the country‘s top mango producer, with this city contributing the highest volume of production.

Jacaban said 743 hectares in the city are devoted to mango orchard. Each hectare is planted to 44 trees.

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USDA FAS: USA Rice Programs in Jordan a Success

By Michael Klein

AMMAN, JORDAN -- According to the most recent Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) Report on the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, consumer programs aimed at promoting Daily Global

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"Rice is a staple of the Jordanian diet...[and] in marketing year 2017/18 imports are expected to reach 210,000 metric tons [with] U.S. market share expected to remain steady at nearly 50 percent supplying 100,000 metric tons," reads the March 22 report. "Although the price is relatively higher, the U.S. industry's market development efforts have paid off, generating loyalty among Jordanian consumers who have developed a strong preference for U.S. origin rice."

USA Rice-sponsored promotion programs in Jordan include print and online advertising in advance of the Ramadan holiday when great feasts with rice are often prepared, outdoor advertising in 30 high-profile, high-traffic locations, and the distribution of branded aprons and other cooking apparel to tens of thousands of families in the capital.

"We are working to improve our already excellent relationship with Jordanian consumers and see this market, number one in the Arab region for U.S. medium grain, as one we can continue to grow," explained Hartwig Schmidt, USA Rice's representative for the region. "Medium grain is the local favorite, constituting about half of imports, with long grain, basmati, and jasmine making up the rest."

Schmidt said that extreme water scarcity here means Jordan must import a great many crops especially one as water-dependent as rice. He said India, the next largest origin, accounts for about 23 percent of imports, but that no country pays a tariff to import rice to Jordan.

"Jordan is a young country with a growing population thanks in part to refugees from Palestine, Iraq, and Syria," Schmidt added. "Rice is an important part of all their cultures, and we'll do all we can to ensure they appreciate the quality and dependability of U.S. rice."

Odisha to procure 60 lakh MT of paddy this year Press Trust of India | Bhubaneswar April 25, 2017 Last Updated at 20:07 IST Firms owe Rs 7446.73 crore to Odisha government: AmatOdisha government files suit in SC on Mahanadi issueOdisha government's new classification of Urban RoadsOdisha to hold Make In Odisha Conclave biennially: PatnaikHC stays Odisha government's tax recovery notice on IOCL Optimistic to set a record procurement of about 60 lakh metric tonne of paddy this year, Odisha government today said the rabi exercise would start from May 1.

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All About Rice News Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare secretary P K Mohapatra said the state civil supplies corporation would go for the second phase of Rabi paddy procurement from May 1 till June 30.

He said Rabi paddy would be procured from farmers of 19 districts.

"Odisha is going to procure record quantity of paddy this year. While total 42 lakh metric tonne (MT) paddy were collected during the Kharif season so far, an additional two lakh metric tonne paddy would be procured by the end of this month. It is targeted to procure total 60 lakh MT paddy, both kharif and rabi, this year," Mohapatra stated.

Mohapatra said the officials have been instructed to procure 26 quintals paddy per acre from three districts of Bargarh, Sambalpur and Subarnapur, while 24 quintals paddy per acre, would be collected from rest of districts.

At least two lakh MT paddy would be exported to four states every month, the Food Supplies Secretary said adding that 91,000 farmers have so far registered for the rabi paddy procurement.

Asked about the benefit given to the farmers, Chief Secretary A P Padhi said about Rs 6200 crore have been deposited in the bank account of farmers. "By end of the paddy procurement session (both kharif and rabi), farmers will get Rs 9,000 crore," Padhi said.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed. http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/odisha-to-procure-60-lakh-mt-of-paddy-this-year117042501206_1.html

Pakistan Basmati rice exports rise by 154.28% in March Posted By: News Deskon: April 25, 2017

ISLAMABAD: The exports of basmati rice from the country during the month of March, 2017 increased by 154.28 percent as compared the exports of the corresponding month of last year.During month of March, about 45,745 metric tons of basmati rice worth US$ 43.976 million were exported as compared the exports of 17,412 metric tons valuing of US$ 17.294 million of same month last year.According the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) during the month of March sugar exports from the country grew by 1.60 percent and about 107,558 metric tons of sugar worth US$ 57.742 million were exported as compared the exports of 127,009 metric tons valuing of US$ 56.883 million of same month last year.

During last month, exports of oil seed nuts and kernals increased by 281.92 percent as 4,588 metric tons of oil seeds and nuts worth US$ 5.576 million exported against the exports of 1,099 metric tons valuing US$ 1.460 million of same month last year.

In month of March tobacco export increased by 422.73 percent as about 723 metric tons of tobacco exported and earned US$ 2.415 million as against the exports of 114 metric tons valuing US$ 0.462 million of same period last year.

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All About Rice News Meanwhile, country also earned US$ 36.471 million by exporting about 15,280 metric tons of fish and fish products against the exports of 11,706 metric tons of fish and fish preparations worth US$ 27.817 million of same month of last year.

It may be recalled that food group exports from the country during the month of March decreased by 10.20 percent and it was stood at US$ 346.12 million as against the exports of US$385.313 million of same month last year.

In last 3 quarters (July-March) of current financial year food group exports decreased by 11.58 percent and recorded at US$ 2.885 billion as against the exports of US$ 3.037 billion of corresponding period of last year. (APP)https://timesofislamabad.com/pakistan-basmati-rice-exports-rise-154-28march/2017/04/25/

Rice sector expected to fetch export earnings of $700 million Submitted by Eleven on Tue, 04/25/2017 - 20:56 Writer: Nilar

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All About Rice News of rice in 2012-2013 FY, 1.2 million tonnes 2013-2014 FY and 1.8 million tonnes in 2014-2015 FY, 1.4 million tonnes in 2015-2016 FY and 1.7 million tonnes in 2016-2017 FY, according to the figures released by the commerce ministry.Ye Min Aung, general secretary of the MRF, said: ―The sure point for increased rice export volume is that the country has sufficiency and excess supply. Another crucial point is currency exchange rate. Exporters are striving to increase rice export volume as the value of a dollar is over Ks1,300.

Especially, the country receives more orders from Sri Lanka and China. Export earnings are expected to reach US$ one billion in 2022, according to the MRF.‖The commerce ministry will stage ―TRT Myanmar Rice Network 2017‖, the first-ever discussion arranged by the Rice Trader, at Sule Shangri-La Hotel in Yangon on Thursday and Friday, in cooperation with the MRF, the IFC (World Bank Group), the TRT and sponsors.In an attempt to achieve its goal, the MRF is working on marketing and export promotion by inviting international rice buyers.

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More rice exporters given access to China Beijing has agreed to increase the number of Cambodian rice exporters allowed to sell to the Chinese mainland.The Ministry of Agriculture has been advised that eight more companies will be granted licenses, taking the total to 34.The ministry had appealed directly to Beijing to widen Cambodia access to the lucrative Chinese market and will now be able to issue the necessary export certificates to the eight new traders. They do not have their own mills and will need to strike deals with the 26 who do in order to qualify to export their rice.

Hean Vanhan, director-general of the ministry‘s general directorate of agriculture, said the eight companies had to fulfil two conditions before they could proceed.―They must attach to their application forms either their own sale receipts or the relevant export document from the 26 rice mills already approved by Beijing,‖ said Mr. Vanhan. ―These must show that the quantity and packaging of the consignment complies with details on the export application.―All traders must also stock their rice in warehouses or rice mills in advance of approval being given for the rice to be exported.‖ China is Cambodia‘s biggest market for milled rice and imported 67,000 metric tons in the first quarter.Last December, Beijing asked Cambodia to evaluate its rice exporters to ensure they adhered to China‘s hygiene laws because officials in the world‘s second largest economy did not trust all of the 71 rice exporters registered with the Ministry of Commerce.A delegation of Chinese experts then visited Cambodia and inspected the quality and safety standards at 28 of the 71 rice mills approved by the Ministry of Commerce. China ruled that 26 of the 28 passed the rigorous inspections and they started exporting in January. http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37715/more-rice-exporters-given-access-to-china/

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Thailand exports 3.4 million tonnes of rice in four months 2017 VNA TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2017 - 10:39:00

Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand exported 3.4 million tonnes of rice in January-April, representing a year-on-year rise of 6.4 percent, the Department of Foreign Trade said on April 24.

Director-General of the department Duangporn Rodphaya said rice export value stood at 51 billion THB (1.48 billion USD) in value as of mid-April 2017.She was confident that rice exports will hit the target of 10 million tonnes by the end of this year.Additionally, the Thai government aims to sell 17.7 million tonnes of rice from its stockpiles as quickly as possible to rake in 150 billion THB (4.36 billion USD).In early March, the government approved the sale of one million tonnes out of the 2.87 million tonnes of rice offered at the first auction held in February.The government and the national rice policy and management commission decided to turn down low bids. They plan to consider better prices for the remaining stock.-VNA http://en.vietnamplus.vn/thailand-exports-34-million-tonnes-of-rice-in-four-months-2017/110772.vnp

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Plan for a successful rice harvest with modern irrigation technology Monday Posted Apr 24, 2017 at 2:21 PM

Chris Henry, an irrigation engineer and assistant professor with the Division of Agriculture, said MIRI technology has been around since the 1990′s, and has many benefits.

By Submitted for Stuttgart Daily Leader The key to success is often rooted in a solid plan, and experts with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are encouraging Arkansas rice producers to start that plan with the technology known as Multiple Inlet Rice Irrigation, or MIRI. Chris Henry, an irrigation engineer and assistant professor with the Division of Agriculture, said MIRI technology has been around since the 1990′s, and has many benefits. ―MIRI reduces the cold water effect on the first levee, reduces total water use by 25 percent, allows for the implementation of alternating wetting and drying, and a faster flood time than the traditional cascade system,‖ he said. ―Being able to quickly flood up a field is beneficial for being able to get the flood established for water management as well as weed control and ensuring fertilizer efficiency.‖ Henry said both the Division of Agriculture and Delta Plastics have programs designed to promote the implementation of MIRI, as well as support growers throughout the process.

MIRI is a required component of a Natural Resource Conservation Service, Irrigation Water Management plan, which frequently provides financial assistance to growers, including those participating in alternating wetting and drying or carbon credit programs.

MIRI has also been shown to increase yields by five to 10 bushels per acre over cascade fields. ―All in all, there‘s more than $100 an acre available through incentive programs, yield advantages and pumping cost savings,‖ Henry said.

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Blue gates — the 2.5-inch gates used in poly-pipe to control water flow — are an essential element to the MIRI system that are sometimes ignored during the installation process. Properly set levee gates are also key to optimum performance of a MIRI system.

Arkansas Scholarship Lottery $50K check presentation at Valero ―Two-and-a-half inch blue gates and a plan are required to use MIRI successfully,‖ Henry said. ―The blue gates allow for a wide range of flow and for the irrigator to adjust and balance the flow to each levee, so that the field floods up evenly.―Leave the ‗piranha puncher‘ in the truck when you are in a flooded rice field,‖ he said, referring to the commonly-used hand tool used for punching small holes in poly-pipe. ―It may be chewing through your profit. If holes are punched without any way to adjust them, then some levees will cascade over the other.‖ Effective implementation of MIRI should only have water going over levee gates when more than an inch of rainfall has occurred, and levee gates should be set higher than they would be for cascade irrigation, because they are essentially overflow devices when MIRI is used. Some MIRI irrigators no longer put in levee gates, instead using a simple overflow, further reducing cost and labor. When properly executed, MIRI eliminates the in-season chore of wading through rice fields to adjust levee spills.

A mobile app developed by the Division of Agriculture in 2015, Rice Irrigation, helps takes the guesswork out of MIRI implementation. Levee files can quickly be created from aerial maps, uploaded from survey programs, or uploaded from the tractor GPS monitor to provide an effective MIRI plan on even the most complicated contour levee fields.

Pipe requirements and blue gate settings are provided and can be shared easily with other mobile devices. Flow rate for the field is also needed, but portable flow meters are available for checkout from your local Cooperative Extension Service office, Conservation District offices, NRCS offices, and even some irrigation dealers.

Funding to develop the mobile app was provided by the Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board. Assistance using the app is available through your local Cooperative Extension Service office. Search for ―Rice Irrigation‖ in the Apple App Store or in the Google play store on android devices.

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To learn more about modern rice irrigation, contact your local Cooperative Extension Service agent or visit www.uaex.edu. http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/news/20170424/plan-for-successful-rice-harvest-withmodern-irrigation-technolog

Poe bats for food research in visit to father’s rice paddy art in Ecija By: Armand Galang and Yolanda Sotelo - @inquirerdotnet Inquirer Central Luzon / 07:03 PM April 25, 2017

Senator Grace Poe visited the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) to see palay art featuring the likeness of her late father Fernando Poe Jr. on Tuesday (April 25). Poe championed a more comprehensive research program for food production. Photo by Armand Galang /INQUIRER SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ – Senator Grace Poe pressed for more support for rice research and technology, when she visited the rice paddy art that features the likeness of her father, the late actor Fernando Poe, Jr. in Barangay (village) Maligaya here on Tuesday (April 25).

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Poe said she just witnessed the effect of drought in Pangasinan when she joined the annual Mango-Bamboo Festival that opened in San Carlos City.

The government, she said, needs to raise the productivity of the country‘s best rice lands to match the production of rice exporting countries. ―I trust that this [palay art] would inspire the youth about agriculture. It displays our creativity at drawing attention to the agricultural sector,‖ she said, after meeting officials and researchers of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). Philrice undertook the rice art project.

Earlier on the same day in San Carlos City, Poe urged government researcher and scientists to formulate organic and safe pesticides to combat the pests that have been ailing the mango industry, in the face of global warming.

Mayor Joseres Resuello said mango – for which the city is known – has been infested with cecid flies. The cecid larvae burrows into the fruits and damages the flesh and the rind. ―Because of global warming, the weather conditions change. In January it was already hot so the mango trees thought it was already summer and bear fruits. Then it suddenly gets colder, and then it rains. So the life cycle of these pests may also have gone haywire,‖ she said in Filipino.

City Agriculture Officer Estrellita Jacaban said mango production this year was down by 30 percent as compared to last year, and prices of the fruits soared to P1,800 per kaing (20 kilos) or P90 a kilo. Last year, it sold for P1,200-P1,500 per kaing. Pangasinan is the country‘s top mango producer, with this city contributing the highest volume of production.

Jacaban said 743 hectares in the city are devoted to mango orchard. Each hectare is planted to 44 trees.

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