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Farmers urged to sell at purchase centres Abandon BNPP, build nuclear plant in Ecija or elsewhere Senate committee supports Ebonyi’s ban on imported rice Indus Civilization Farmers Cultivated Rice Over 4,000 Years Ago, Archaeological Evidence Suggests Yuletide: Ogun Customs Intercepts 3000 Bags Of Smuggled Rice Headed For South East Commodity Report Nov. 28 Rice Millers call-off strike, albeit under Government pressure! Thin demand drives Vietnam's Jan-Nov rice exports down 25 percent GIEWS Country Brief: Thailand 25-November-2016 Bangladesh raises local rice purchase price Rice Prices Aveyime Rice Factory deserted
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Farmers urged to sell at purchase centres
Editorial Board Chief Editor
Hamlik
Managing Editor
Abdul Sattar Shah Rahmat Ullah Rozeen Shaukat
English Editor
Maryam Editor Legal Advisor Advocate Zaheer Minhas
Editorial Associates
Admiral (R) Hamid Khalid Javed Islam Agha Ch.Hamid Malhi Dr.Akhtar Hussain Dr.Fayyaz Ahmad Siddiqui Dr.Abdul Rasheed (UAF) Islam Akhtar Khan
Editorial Advisory Board
Dr.Malik Mohammad Hashim
Agricultural Minister Pocharam Srinivas Reddy inaugurating a government purchasing centre in Kamareddy town on Monday
Assistant Professor, Gomal University DIK
Kamareddy: Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Pocharam Srinivas Reddy on Monday urged farmers to sell their fine rice at Rs.1,800 per tonne as the support price. He revealed that 1.2 lakh metric tonnes of rice produced in only Telangana would be purchased for meeting the needs of the mid-day meals and for supplying in the hostels .Speaking at a review meeting of the Civil Supplies department at the Collectorate in the town on Monday, he cautioned the farmers not to make the mistake of selling their fine rice at a lesser price.
Assistant Director, Agriculture KPK
―You should sell only at the government designated purchase centres,‖ he added. The Agriculture Minister said that in the past, rice from other States was supplied.Now BPT 5204, Sona Masuri, Sama Masuri varieties would be procured from the State itself for the benefit of rice millers and farmers, as per the agreement between the Civil Supplies department, the Rice Mill Owners‘ Association on November 22.
PSO,NIFA Peshawar
Dr.Hasina Gul Dr.Hidayat Ullah Assistant Professor, University of
Swabi
Dr.Abdul Basir Assistant Professor, University of
Swabi
Zahid Mehmood Falak Naz Shah
Head Food Science & Technology 2 ART, Peshawar
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The Government would take into consideration the interests of the farmers, he added. Civil Supplies Corporation Chairman Peddi Sudarshan Reddy, MLAs Gampa Govardhan, Hanmanth Shinde, ZP Chairman Dafedar Raju and District Collector N Satyanarayana were among those present at the meeting http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2016-11-28/Farmers-urged-to-sell-at-purchasecentres/266029
Abandon BNPP, build nuclear plant in Ecija or elsewhere posted November 28, 2016 at 10:00 pm by Ferdie G. Domingo
SAN JOSE CITY, Nueva Ecija—The chief operating officer of the local biomass power plant here has suggested that the government abandon the controversial Bataan Nuclear Power Plant and build a new nuclear plant in this province or somewhere else.Edgardo Alfonso, COO of the Lucio Co-controlled San Jose City I Power Corp. here, said given the controversies surrounding the BNPP, the national government should consider to permanently close the facility but open a nuclear plant in other places where it is less risky to operate. ―If you ask me, we can still go nuclear but never mind the BNPP. Forget it. It‘s ill advised. Instead, let‘s look for a place somewhere, like in Nueva Ecija,‖ Alfonso said.One of the viable
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter areas to put up a nuclear plant, Alfonso said, is San Jose, where a number of power plants are already in operation, including the SJCIPC, a 12-megawatt biomass power plant which generates electricity using ―ipa‖ or rice husks.The P1-billion project, a joint venture of Co, the owner of the Puregold chain of supermarkets, and 21 local rice millers, started operation on a six-hectare lot in Barangay Tulat here in 2014. It uses 300 tons of rice husks on every 24-hour cycle.The city government has designated Tulat as an industrialized zone where majority of big rice mills are located. Alfonso said nuclear energy is an expensive investment but is cheap to operate. ―And besides, a nuclear plant does not emit toxic pollutants into the air,‖ he said.However, he said there are ―too many issues‖ surrounding the $2.3-billion BNPP to merit a second look.The 620-megawatt BNPP, located in a government reservation in Napot Point in Morong, Bataan, was constructed in 1976.It was set for commercial operations by then-President Ferdinand Marcos but it was mothballed when Corazon Aquino took power in the aftermath of the 1986 Edsa Revolution due to safety concerns amid the nuclear fire at the Chernobyl power plant in Russia. The nuclear disaster that took place after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami that damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan on March 11, 2011 did not help the BNPP‘s case.American geologist Kevin Rodolfo has warned the government that an active earthquake fault in Pampanga runs through the Natib volcano where the BNPP sits. The activation of the BNPP is the greatest threat to the well being of the Filipino people and their environment, said Rodolfo, a professor emeritus at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois in Chicago.Alfonso said that while the mothballing of the BNPP was a judgment call on the part of the Aquino administration, it was a ―terrible mistake‖ to abandon nuclear energy as an option altogether. ―What we need is a nuclear plant which is new so we can design it well and put in place basic safety requirements and risk assessment,‖ he said
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Senate committee supports Ebonyi‘s ban on imported rice November 28, 2016Agency Report
Abdullahi Adamu, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, has drummed support for Ebonyi State government over the ban on the sale of foreign rice.Mr. Adamu disclosed this in an interview at the end of the Nigeria‘s Zero Hunger Initiative meeting in Abuja on Monday.The chairman was reacting to the ban by Governor David Umahi of the sale of foreign rice in markets and other outlets of Ebonyi State.Mr. Adamu described the campaign against the local production and consumption of rice as a conspiracy between rice importers and some elite in the country.He also called for prompt arrest of rice smugglers.―I believe that the campaign against local production of rice is a campaign spearheaded by rice importers. ―I do not believe we cannot produce enough rice for ourselves. We may not at this point in time be having enough for everybody but the campaign on rice is an elitist campaign.―There is collaboration between importers and elites in the country. We have rice. We should eat our rice. There is no where our local rice has harmed anybody and the more we eat our rice, the more we put our farmers on business.―I support the ban on sale of foreign rice in Ebonyi. We have to start somewhere. What we know is that local production is not enough but we should consume it and that is not an excuse for importing rice.―We cannot afford the luxury of importation particularly in this period of recession.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Ebonyi government had on November 21 announced the ban on the sale of foreign rice in markets and other outlets in the state 5 http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/216569-senate-committee-supports-ebonyis-banimported-rice.html
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Indus Civilization Farmers Cultivated Rice Over 4,000 Years Ago, Archaeological Evidence Suggests Nov 27, 2016 by News Staff / Source
New research on three archaeological sites of the famed Indus Valley civilization (3000-1500 BC) in north-west India has revealed that domesticated rice farming in South Asia began far earlier than previously believed, and may have developed in tandem with — rather than as a result of — rice domestication in China.
A flood-prone rice field being plowed by a farmer using water buffaloes. Image credit: International Rice Research Institute / CC BY 2.0.
Evidence for very early rice use has been known from the site of Lahuradewa in the central Ganges basin, but it has long been thought that domesticated rice agriculture didn‘t reach South Asia until towards the end of the Indus era, when the wetland rice arrived from China around 2000 BC.A research team led by University of Cambridge archaeologists found evidence of domesticated rice in South Asia as much as 430 years earlier.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter The team‘s findings, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science and the journal Antiquity, also confirm that Indus farmers were the earliest people to use multi-cropping strategies across both seasons, growing foods during summer (rice, millets and beans) and winter (wheat, barley and pulses), which required different watering regimes.―The nature and timing of rice domestication and the development of rice cultivation in South Asia is much debated,‖ the authors said. ―In northern South Asia there is presently a significant gap (about 4,200 years) between earliest evidence for the exploitation of wild rice (Lahuradewa, 6000 BC) and earliest dated evidence for the utilization of fully domesticated rice (Mahagara, 1800 BC).‖ ―The Indus Valley civilization, also known as the Harappan civilization, developed and declined during the intervening period, and there has been debate about whether rice was adopted and exploited by Indus populations during this gap.‖The researchers found evidence for an entirely separate domestication process in ancient South Asia, likely based around the wild species Oryza nivara. ―This led to the local development of a mix of ‗wetland‘ and ‗dryland‘ agriculture of local Oryza sativa indica rice agriculture before the truly ‗wetland‘ Chinese rice, Oryza sativa japonica arrived around 2000 BC,‖ said co-lead author Dr. Jennifer Bates, from the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. ―While wetland rice is more productive, and took over to a large extent when introduced from China, our findings appear to show there was already a long-held and sustainable culture of rice production in India as a widespread summer addition to the winter cropping during the Indus Valley civilization.‖The team sifted for traces of ancient grains in the remains of several Indus villages within a few miles of the site called Rakhigari: the most recently excavated of the Indus cities that may have maintained a population of some 40,000. As well as the winter staples of wheat and barley and winter pulses like peas and vetches, the archaeologists found evidence of summer crops: including domesticated rice, but also millet and the tropical beans urad and horsegram, and used radiocarbon dating to provide the first absolute dates for Indus multi-cropping: 2890-2630 BC for millets and winter pulses, 2580-2460 BC for horsegram, and 2430-2140 BC for rice.Millets are a group of small grain, now most commonly used in birdseed, which the authors describe as ―often being used as something to eat when there isn‘t much else‖.Urad beans, however, are a relative of the mung bean, often used in popular types of Indian dhal today. In contrast with evidence from elsewhere in the region, the village sites around Rakhigari reveal that summer crops appear to have been much more popular than the wheats of winter.―This may have been down to the environmental variation in this part of the former civilization: on the seasonally flooded Ghaggar-Hakra plains where different rainfall patterns and vegetation would have lent themselves to crop diversification – potentially creating local food cultures within individual areas,‖ the scientists explained.―This variety of crops may have been transported to the cities. Urban hubs may have served as
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter melting pots for produce from regional growers, as well as meats and spices, and evidence for spices have been found elsewhere in the region.‖ ―While we don‘t yet know what crops were being consumed at Rakhigarhi, it is certainly possible that a sustainable food economy across the Indus zone was achieved through growing a diverse range of crops, with choice being influenced by local conditions,‖ Dr. Bates said.―It is also possible that there was trade and exchange in staple crops between populations living in different regions, though this is an idea that remains to be tested‖.―Such a diverse system was probably well suited to mitigating risk from shifts in climate,‖ said co-lead author Dr. Cameron Petrie, also from the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.―It may be that some of today‘s farming monocultures could learn from the local crop diversity of the Indus people 4,000 years ago.‖ ___ J. Bates et al. Approaching rice domestication in South Asia: new evidence from Indus settlements in northern India. Journal of Archaeological Science, published online November 21, 2016; doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2016.04.018 C.A. Petrie et al. Feeding ancient cities in South Asia: dating the adoption of rice, millet and tropical pulses in the Indus civilisation. Antiquity 90 (354): 1489-1504; doi: 10.15184/aqy.2016.210 http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/indus-civilization-rice-04400.html
Yuletide: Ogun Customs Intercepts 3000 Bags Of Smuggled Rice Headed For South East BABALOLA YUSUF Nov 28, 2016 4:27 am Less than a month to Christmas and new year celebration, the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), last week intercepted fully loaded petroleum tanker and 25 vehicles laden with smuggled rice at Idiroko border.This was coming less than a week after the command intercepted another fully loaded truck conveying estimated 500 bags of smuggled rice along the Lagos- Sagamu interchange.The smuggled rice, according to the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Command, Comptroller Hassan Ibrahim Gangua were headed for the South Eastern part of the country.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Reports had earlier shown that over $3 billion worth of rice meant for the Nigerian markets are said to be stuck in various warehouses in Benin Republic due to the federal government‘s policy banning importation through land borders.For instance, Cherika warehouse in Akpakpa near Cotonou with a capacity to hold 25,000 bags is fully loaded with Thailand rice. Defezi warehouse close to the Cotonou Port is also filled with over 40,000 units of 50kg bags of Indian and Thailand rice.Also, Cica warehouse in Missebo area of the Cotonou outskirts presently have over 15,000 bags of rice to be smuggled into Nigeria through the Idiroko, Seme borders. However, as yuletide approaches, dare devil smugglers are trying every means possible to smuggle the stuck rice into the country using unconventional means such as petroleum tankers, cement trucks, bullion vans, ambulance among others. Conducting journalists round the seizure at Idiroko, Gangua said the smuggled rice which the Duty Paid Value (DPV) is yet to be ascertained as at press time were heading to the Eastern part of the country.However, LEADERSHIP investigation showed that the 25 vehicles have 80 bags of rice fully stuffed while the tanker was estimated to contain 500 bags, the trailer was estimated to contain 500 bags of rice.The CAC said: ―Since I resumed office, I can make bold to say that the Command has recorded significant successes and have greatly improved on its anti-smuggling profile with the magnitude of seizures made so far.―On the 15th of November, 2016 barely 24 hours after my arrival, our gallant officers arrested one petrol tanker filled to capacity with imported rice along the Idiroko axis of the command.‘ http://leadership.ng/business/561516/yuletide-ogun-customs-intercepts-3000-bags-of-smuggled-riceheaded-for-south-east
Commodity Report Nov. 28 Published November 28, 2016
Today‘s commodity report: National Weekly Rice Summary, California Shell Eggs: Daily Egg Report, Shell Eggs: Daily National Egg Market and other commodity end of the day market numbers.
National Weekly Rice Summary
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter In California, medium grain milled rice prices steady. Second head and Brewers prices steady to weak. Rice by-products: Rice Bran and hull prices mostly steady. CME Rough Rice settlements for Friday 25th, Jan 17 closed .09 higher at 9.625; Mar 17 closed .09 higher at 9.875. US dollar index on Friday settled at 101.50. USDA National Weekly Rice Summary (.pdf)
California Shell Eggs: Daily Egg Report Benchmark prices are unchanged on all sizes. The undertone is steady to cautiously steady. Offerings are moderate. Demand is moderate to fairly good as distributors fill holes into some retail channels created during the Thanksgiving holiday. Supplies are light to mostly moderate. Supplies are moderate. Market activity is slow to moderate. Small benchmark price 59 cents. Shell egg marketer‘s benchmark price for negotiated egg sales of USDA Grade AA and Grade AA in cartons, cents per dozen. This price does not reflect discounts or other contract terms. RANGE JUMBO
115
EXTRA LARGE
114
LARGE
110
MEDIUM
79
Shell Eggs: Daily National Egg Market Regional and California prices are unchanged on all sizes. New York egg prices are steady on larger sizes and Medium. The undertone is mostly steady. Offerings are instances light to moderate. Retail and food service demand is fairly good to good in the South Central and Southeast, moderate in the remaining areas. Supplies following the holiday are light to moderate, while moderate to heavy in the Midwest region for needs. Market activity is moderate, however moderate to at times active in the Southeast and slow to moderate in California. Breaking stock floor stocks are light to moderate; breaking schedules are less than normal to normal. Spent hen supplies are adequate for the seasonally moderate demand. Check the USDA 2016-17 Commodity Calendars for today‘s commodity reports released by USDA.
Today’s Commodity Market ending market numbers: Corn December Corn ended at $3.48 1/2 losing 3/4 cent, March ended at $3.58 1/4 unchanged.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Soybeans January Soybeans ended at 10.56 increasing 10 cents, March ended at 10.64 1/2 gaining 10 cents.
Wheat December Wheat ended at $3.89 1/2 down 6 1/4 cents, March ended at $4.16 1/2 decreasing 3 cents.
Rough Rice January Rough Rice ended at 9.585 losing 0.04, March ended at 9.835 down 0.04.
Live Cattle December Live Cattleended at $109.30 down $1.45, February ended at $111.025 decreasing $1.175 and April ended at $110.80 dropping $0.775.
Feeder Cattle January Feeder Cattle ended at $126.80 decreasing $0.425 and March ended at $123.025 down $0.325, April ended at $122.670 losing $0.05.
Lean Hogs December Lean Hogs ended at $50.425 down $0.625, February ended at $55.82 losing $0.925.
Class III Milk November Class III Milk ended at $16.72 losing $0.02, December ended at $16.93 up $0.07, January ended at $16.37 increasing $0.16.
#2 Cotton December #2 Cotton ended at 73.27 up 0.62, March ending at 72.02 gaining 0.77.
Sugar #11 March sugar #11 ended at 19.94 increasing $0.10, May ended at 19.36 up $0.10.
Orange Juice January Orange Juice ended at 204.45 losing $2.00, March ending at 201.15 decreasing $1.50. http://agnetwest.com/2016/11/28/commodity-report-nov-28/
Rice Millers call-off strike, albeit under Government pressure! Source: The Hitavada
Date: 28 Nov 2016 11:07:58
Staff Reporter, RAIPUR,Nov 27, In a major development giving huge relief to the farmers, the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Rice Millers Association (CPRMA) on Sunday called-off their indefinite strike. The strike called by the CPRMA had virtually slowed down the process of paddy procurement drive under Minimum Support Price, putting the farmers in dilemma. Now that the strike has been called-off, the paddy procurement drive will normalize. Announcing the calling-off at a crowded press conference, Yogesh Agrawal, President,
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Chhattisgarh Pradesh Rice Millers Association (CPRMA) who was surrounded by CPRMA office-bearers and scores of rice-millers, said the Association leaders had a constructive dialogue with Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh on Saturday evening over telephone from New Delhi before he embarked for his US tour. During the discussion, the Chief Minister assured the Association that the State Government has heard their concern and accordingly amended the milling policy. In case of any further difficulties, it can be solved amicably through dialogue, the Chief Minister assured. After getting the assurance, the CPRMA has decided to call-off their strike and the millers will soon from today onwards will start applying and completion of necessary formalities for lifting and custom milling of paddy procured under MSP. It is worth mentioning here that fearing unavoidable losses in custom milling for 2016-17 under the existing conditions, the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Rice Millers‘ Association (CPRMA) went on indefinite shutdown of rice mills since November 11. The lifting of paddy from procurement centres across the State and custom milling commenced from November 15, rice millers has been demanding revision in the existing Kharif Marketing-2016-17 policy for gunny bags, custom milling rate, transportation charges and out-turn ratio (Jhadti per cent) ahead of the commencement of milling process.Agrawal while addressing the media-persons stated that despite manifold increase in power tariff, labour and transportation cost, fuel cost, rice-millers are bound to carry out milling of government paddy at Rs 40 per quintal since 2002. There was discrepancy in the adjustment rate for gunny bags as well. He said on Friday the State Government had issued amended milling policy but the said document had certain errors which were not acceptable to the rice-millers. Hence they continued with the strike. However, after discussion with the Chief Minister yesterday evening, the Food Department issued fresh orders after correction of errors. Agrawal further stated that of the government paddy milled by millers, 16 lakh ton rice is consumed in the state, 33 lakh ton rice is consumed in other states while 10 lakh ton rice is exported to other countries. Asserting that the rice milling is Rs 50,000 crore industry giving direct and indirect employment to over 10 lakh workers, Agrawal said the State Government provides sops and relaxations to other industries but not a single pie is given to rice millers. He urged the state government to think positively on behalf of rice-milling industry which will rejuvenate 1600 odd rice mills which are working on hair-line margin. Agrawal further stated that he is happy that the matter has been resolved amicably through discussion giving relief to not only farmers, but many other subsidiary industries as well. Due to
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter the strike wheels of 20,000 trucks had come to a halt, all solvent industries had been closed down, labours become jobless. He also urged the state government to take back the action initiated against rice-millers in last two days where several rice mills had been black listed and several others were sealed, now that the strike has been called-off. http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2016/11/28/Rice-Millers-call-off-strike,-albeit-under-Governmentpressure!.aspx
Thin demand drives Vietnam's Jan-Nov rice exports down 25 percent By VnExpress November 28, 2016 | 04:23 pm GMT+7
A farmer harvests rice on a paddy in Vietnam's northern Phu Tho province, outside Hanoi, February 21, 2016. Photo by Reuters
Oversupply on the global rice market has forced Vietnam to revise down its annual target twice this year. Vietnam‘s rice shipments in the January-November period fell 25 percent from a year ago to 4.54 million tons, according to new customs data.Official statistics also show that rice exports, in terms of value, dropped 20.3 percent to $2 billion from the same period last year. The average price of Vietnamese rice in the first 10 months of the year went up 5.6 percent, to $450 per ton.Industry experts attribute the downturn to thin demand and ample supply on the global market. Vietnam has heavily relied on China as its biggest buyer for the staple grain. China‘s purchases account for nearly 35 percent of Vietnam's exports.Statistics showed that Vietnam‘s shipments to China between January and November slumped 22.5 percent from a year earlier to an estimated 1.5 million tons.Experts have warned that with local stockpiles currently estimated at 46.8 million tons, any import delay from China could send Vietnam's prices down.Lower demand has also been seen in other key importing
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countries in Southeast Asia with January-November shipments to the Philippines down 61.6 percent, to Malaysia down 51.5 percent, and Singapore down 64.1 percent. According to BMI Research, Asian rice prices will remain weak in early 2017 as production in importing nations has been recovering."Import demand will decline in 2017 as some of the largest traditional importers, including the Philippines and Indonesia, will see their domestic supply pick up in 2016/17," said a report released on November 18. Competition on the global rice market will be more intense next year as the U.S. Department of Agriculture expects the global rice trade in 2017 to decrease by 2 percent from 41.3 million tons to 40.5 million.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations also forecast that the global rice trade between 2015 and 2030 will just increase slightly by only 1.5 percent per year.Global rice trade has significantly slowed so far this year, forcing Vietnam to revise down its full-year target twice. Vietnam‘s rice shipments could plummet by 27 percent in 2016 with annual volume, including sales across the border to top buyer China, projected to fall by about 2 million tons from last year‘s 6.56 million tons.The country is now aiming to ship just 4.75 million tons, the lowest since 2008 http://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/thin-demand-drives-vietnam-s-jan-nov-rice-exports-down-25percent-3505537.html
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter GIEWS Country Brief: Thailand 25-November-2016 REPORT from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Paddy production in 2016 to recover after two consecutive years of drought-reduced outputs Rice exports in 2016 forecast close to last year‘s high level Domestic prices of rice declining Paddy production in 2016 forecast to recover Harvesting of the 2016 mostly rainfed main season paddy crop, accounting for over 70 percent of the annual production, is ongoing and is expected to continue until January. After two years of severe drought, the 2016 monsoon brought abundant rains over most of the country benefitting crop growth in rainfed areas. Improved water availabilities for irrigation also allowed planting operations in the irrigated perimeters to pick up, after some delays at the start of the season. Reflecting expectations of gains in the main and the forthcoming secondary season crops, FAO forecasts 2016 aggregate paddy production at 31.1 million tonnes. This implies a 9 percent recovery from the 2015 drought-reduced output but still well below production between 2011 and 2013, when output grew in response to high support prices offered under the defunct paddypledging programme. The 2016 maize crop, harvested by mid-September, is estimated at 5 million tonnes, an 8 percent recovery from last year‘s reduced output, reflecting an increase of both area planted and yields. Rice exports in 2016 forecast close to last year’s level Despite the significant decrease in the 2015 rice production, rice exports in 2016 are forecast at 9.9 million tonnes, close to the 2015 level, sustained by sales of rice from Government‘s reserves. Domestic rice prices declining Domestic rice prices have declined for the third consecutive month and reached an 11-month low in October, as a result of ample domestic availabilities, a slow pace of sales abroad and main crop harvest pressure. In an attempt to prevent prices from decreasing further during harvesting time, which extends until January, the Government has implemented a number of measures
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter including the temporary suspension of rice releases from the Government‘s stockpiles and storage incentives to delay the arrival of the main season crops into the market (FPMA Food Policies). http://reliefweb.int/report/thailand/giews-country-brief-thailand-25-november-2016
Bangladesh raises local rice purchase price Nov 27 Bangladesh raised the price the government will pay to farmers for the upcoming season's rice to 33 taka ($0.42) a kilogram, up from 31 taka a year ago, the food minister said on Sunday.The government will buy 300,000 tonnes of rice from local farmers starting from Dec. 1, Mohammad Kamrul Islam told reporters."The purchase will boost our reserves as well as ensure a fair price for farmers," he said.Such procurement is crucial for the South Asian nation to feed its poor and keep domestic prices stable.The government buys rice and wheat from local farmers to ensure a support price, build stocks for state welfare programmes and to meet emergency needs. Bangladesh aims to produce more than 34 million tonnes of rice in the current year, up from nearly 33.5 million tonnes in the previous year.The world's fourth-biggest producer of rice, Bangladesh consumes almost all of its production to feed its population of 160 million, but often needs imports to cope with shortages caused by natural calamities such as floods or droughts http://in.reuters.com/article/bangladesh-rice-idINL4N1DS080
Rice Prices as on : 28-11-2016 08:10:38 PM Arrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market.
Arrivals Current
Price
% Season Prev. Prev.Yr Modal change cumulative Modal %change Rice
Bangalore(Kar) Gondal(UP) Kalna(WB)
3046.00
8.24 210897.00
198.00 102.04 96.00
1.05
4550
4650
8.33
14456.50
2130
2150
1.43
570.00
2970
2970
-
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Devariya(UP)
80.00
-2.44
2819.00
2160
2200
6.93
Kasimbazar(WB)
41.00
NC
3417.00
2480
2480
10.22
Vasai(Mah)
30.00 -63.86
718.00
2810
2870
8.08
Raiganj(WB)
27.00
20
1303.00
2600
2650
-5.45
Balrampur(UP)
23.50
34.29
1588.50
2185
2190
4.55
Giridih(Jha)
22.55 115.17
630.78
3500
3500
NC
Taliamura(Tri)
22.00 -31.25
628.00
2800
2900
3.70
Islampur(WB)
20.00
NC
718.90
2350
2350
9.30
Alipurduar(WB)
20.00
NC
744.00
2350
2350
6.82
T. Narasipura(Kar)
16.00
60
51.00
1200
1500
-20.00
Purulia(WB)
16.00
-20
2282.00
2500
2500
17.37
Saharanpur(UP)
15.00
-40
7185.00
2285
2290
13.12
Kaliaganj(WB)
15.00
-25
1395.00
2600
2550
-3.70
Kolhapur(Laxmipuri)(Mah)
12.00
20
2532.00
3000
3000
-14.29
Dibrugarh(ASM)
9.00 -30.77
346.60
2250
2250
-
Chandoli(UP)
7.00
NC
347.50
2125
2150
13.03
Tamluk (Medinipur E)(WB)
7.00
-12.5
1336.00
2500
2500
4.17
North Lakhimpur(ASM)
6.60
-9.59
2365.70
1900
1900
NC
Mirzapur(UP)
6.00
33.33
1916.10
2140
2150
7.00
Jeypore(Ori)
5.00 -41.18
409.70
4100
4100
26.15
Jeypore(Kotpad)(Ori)
4.40 -38.89
389.90
4300
4200
32.31
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4.00
100
162.00
2050
2050
-
Alibagh(Mah)
3.00
NC
201.00
4000
4000
14.29
Murud(Mah)
3.00
NC
285.00
3000
3000
87.50
Darjeeling(WB)
3.00
20
199.10
2950
2950
5.36
Akola(Mah)
1.00
NC
5.00
3900
4825
-
Kalimpong(WB)
1.00
NC
63.00
2650
2650
12.77
Bonai(Bonai)(Ori)
0.70
16.67
101.80
2500
2500
13.64
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/article9394203.ece
Aveyime Rice Factory deserted Aveyime Rice Factory site The promise of jobs and change in lives that came with the establishment of the Aveyime Rice Factory has been shattered.Government owns 60 percent shares in Prairie Volta Limited (PVL) as the majority shareholder with 30 percent directly through the Ministry of Food & Agriculture, and 30 percent indirectly through the GCB Bank, but the factory has been abandoned.It is estimated that about 500 workers have since lost their jobs.
Checks revealed that the Aveyime Rice Factory which was expected to save Ghana over $600 million at full production from the import of rice into the country is now closed.The once vibrant and largest rice farm in the country is now a pale shadow of itself with its machines meant for production taken over by weeds and ruminants.There was no one at the site and the gates were left open with nobody at the security post but 10 minutes of entering the main yard, a security officer emerged from an abandoned
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter workshop. The security officer, who pleaded anonymity, said since the shutdown of the Prairie Volta Limited, the number of workers have been reduced from over 500 to three management members and eleven security personnel.He said while the security personnel man the facility, the threemember staff also meet occasionally to plan the future of the company. ―At first, we were over 500 staff but as we speak, we have only 11 security personnel and three management staff who are managing the company. Apart from us (security) who are here all the time, the three management staff come here once a while.‖ About 18 tractors, heavy-duty machines, 4×4 pick-up vehicles, pumping machines, and a 40 feet truck among other farming equipment have all been left at the mercy of the weather.The security officer said that most of the equipment are rusting due to neglect and waste.―The machines and all the equipment you see here are all going waste, as they have not been maintained and put to use in a very long time,‖ he said. ―This very harvester developed a minor fault but because there is no money to maintain it, body parts of other harvesters that could also be maintained to work are being removed to service others. So as we speak, this harvester has been grounded and its parts are being used to service maintain the other two.‖He said the company, which is cash-strapped, would need millions of cedis to revamp it. ―These equipment you see here are very sophisticated agricultural equipment built have been allowed to go waste here. Even if the company is back on its feet, the management would need million of cedis to maintain them.This is a company that government has shares in but would not do anything to help us,‖ he noted. Weeds have in most cases taken over heavy duty machines on site.―A restricted agricultural aircraft which is used to spray fertilizers on crops and also prevent insects from feeding on them has also been chained in the yard with cobwebs taking over. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Aveyime-Rice-Factory-deserted-490061 19
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