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August 03,2017 Vol 8 Issue VIII

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Sri Lanka cuts import taxes on rice, maize wheat fish amid drought Erratic monsoon rains threaten key Indian grain, food crops Study shows global warming reduces protein in key crops USA Rice Welcomes New Manager of Government Affairs New Decree Allows Turkey to Import Up to 100K MT of Rice at Zero Duty Acadiana farmers & officials expecting average rice harvest this season MP calls for quick delivery of rice and fuel to Tanai Southeast Texas rice milling company may export to China Asean cites PhilRice chief rice scientist CPI inflation clocks in at 2.91 percent year-on-year in July Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- August 2, 2017 Rajkot Foodgrain Prices- August 2, 2017 Rice deal cooking with Bangladesh Bangladesh signs deal to buy 1 mln tons of rice from Cambodia Bangladesh signs deal to buy Cambodia rice Basmati rice, guargum drive India‘s April-June agri exports Typhoon damage low but rice stocks dwindling PHL seeks more elbow room in setting rice tariffs Floods in Thailand's northeast kill 23 Global Rice Huller (Rice Husker) Market – Buhler, Satake, Online Advertisement:mujahid.riceplus@gmail.com Cell # 0321 369 2874 www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com www.ricepluss.com Yanmar, Zhancheng Machinery, Zhejiang QiLi

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Sri Lanka cuts import taxes on rice, maize wheat fish amid drought Aug 02, 2017 06:22 AM GMT+0530 | ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka has cut import taxes on maize, rice, flour, and fish, to bring down prices amid a drought, and also cut import taxes on wheat grain, the finance ministry said.

A remaining 5 rupee tax on rice has been cut to 25 cents and it would remain in place until December 31. Sri Lanka's domestic rice prices have risen after harvests halved amid a drought.

A tax (special commodity levy) on imported wet fish has been cut by 50 rupees to 25 rupees for three months on the request of a fisheries ministry.

Maize, which is a key ingredient of chicken feed will be charged a new 10 rupee special commodity levy replacing a 15 percent import duty, 15 percent value added tax, 7.5 port and airport levy, 2 percent nation building tax and a 35 percent cess.

The various taxes totalled about 60 to 70 rupees per kilo of imported maize.The import taxes on maize slapped to give extra profits to domestic farmers and a grain collector cartel has been blamed by some analysts for protein malnutrition of kids.The tax on imported wheat flour has been cut from 25 rupees a kilo to 15 rupees and tax on wheat grain has been cut from 9 rupees to 6 rupees.

The differential taxes on wheat grain and wheat flour has been maintained to give large profits to a miller cartel, critics say. The taxes date back from a time wheat gran milling was a monopoly, they say.Wheat is consumed by the poorest populations in Sri Lanka. (Colombo/July02/2017) http://economynext.com/Sri_Lanka_cuts_import_taxes_on_rice,_maize_wheat_fish_amid_droug ht-3-8434.html

Erratic monsoon rains threaten key Indian grain, food crops Rajendra Jadhav

Labourers plant saplings in a paddy field on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar in this July 19, 2014 MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's monsoon has delivered 1 percent more rain than normal so far this year, but erratic distribution has flooded some areas and left others in drought, clouding the outlook for key summer-sown crops more than midway through the season.The uneven rains

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could lead to lower food grain output despite bigger planting areas, forcing India to raise imports of edible oils, sugar and pulses, and potentially limiting exports of cotton, rice and feed ingredients, traders said.

"Where it is not necessary, rainfall is abundant. Here, we badly need rains, but we haven't got them in a fortnight," said Netaji Surywanshi, a soybean farmer from Maharashtra whose crop on 9 acres has started wilting during a critical growth phase.Surywanshi's Marathwada region in central India has received 21 percent lower rainfall than normal this monsoon - which started on June 1 - while some regions in southern India recorded as much as a 34 percent shortfall, according to the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD).In contrast, areas like western Rajasthan got as much as 126 percent more rain than normal, leading to floods that killed more than 300 people and displaced millions.

Monsoons deliver about 70 percent of India's annual rainfall and are critical for farmers because half of their lands lack irrigation. Farms account for 15 percent of India's $2 trillion economy and employ more than half of its 1.3 billion people.This year, 58 percent of the country received normal rainfall, and the remainder got excess or deficient rains, according to IMD. A man walks on a divider as a motorcyclist wades through a flooded road during rains in Mumbai, India, August 5, 2016."At the time of sowing, rainfall was good, but many regions did not get follow-up showers or received too much rain," said Harish Galipelli, head of commodities and currencies at Inditrade Derivatives & Commodities."This will bring down yields. Production of rice, cotton, pulses and oilseeds could be lower than last year."Prices of some vegetables reacted quickly to the uneven rains. Onion prices doubled in a fortnight, and tomato prices quadrupled in a month.

This despite the planting area of summer-sown crops rising by 3.3 percent this season to 79.13 million hectares, according to Ministry of Agriculture data last week."The ongoing dry spell has already hit crops. If it gets extended even a few more days, damage will rise sharply," said a Karnataka agriculture department official who was not authorized to speak to media.Rainfall is unlikely to revive in southern and central India this week, said an IMD meteorologist who declined to be named.Southern states Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have received less rainfall than in the drought-hit 2016 season, creating a scarcity of drinking water."Last year we incurred losses due to lower prices. This year it seems the weather god will ruin our investment," said farmer Surywanshi. https://in.reuters.com/article/india-monsoon-idINKBN1AI1VJ

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Study shows global warming reduces protein in key crops WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2 2017

Wheat harvesting at a farm in Sergoit, Uasin Gishu County. A study led by Harvard University researchers now shows that global warming will drastically reduce the amount of protein in staple crops like rice and wheat. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP In Summary 

Researchers yet to understand how or why carbon dioxide emissions sap protein from plants.

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The mystery is one that could have devastating consequences across the globe.

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Without stark action, these emissions are expected to climb in the decades to come.

Rising carbon dioxide levels from global warming will drastically reduce the amount of protein in staple crops like rice and wheat, leaving vulnerable populations at risk of stunted growth and early death, experts warned Wednesday.

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Researchers say they still do not understand how or why carbon dioxide emissions sap protein and other nutrients from plants, but the mystery is one that could have devastating consequences across the globe.

An additional 150 million people globally may be at risk of protein deficiency by 2050 because of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, said the report in the Environmental Research Lettersjournal.

HARVARD RESEARCHERS The study, led by Harvard University researchers, is the first to quantify the impacts of global warming on the protein levels of crops.

It relies on data from open field experiments in which plants were exposed to high concentrations of carbon dioxide.

Global dietary information from the United Nations was used to calculate the impact on people who live dangerously close to the edge when it comes to getting enough protein.

Without it, growth is stunted, diseases are more common and early mortality is far more likely.

Carbon dioxide is a by-product of fossil-fuel burning that helps trap heat around the earth.

EMISSIONS Without stark action, these emissions are expected to climb in the decades to come, resulting in rising seas, hotter temperatures and more extreme weather events.

A leading hypothesis was that CO2 might increase the amount of starch in plants, thereby decreasing protein and other nutrients.

But lead author Samuel Myers, a senior research scientist in Harvard University's T H Chan School of Public Health, said that experiments did not back up the theory.

"The short answer is we really have no idea," he told AFP. "We've looked into it pretty extensively."

Protein was not the only nutrient to take a major hit.

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Other research has shown that rising CO2 will cut key minerals like iron and zinc in staple crops, leading to further nutritional deficiencies worldwide.

AFRICA, ASIA HARDEST HIT Researchers calculated that by 2050, higher CO2 concentrations will sap the protein contents of barley by 14.6 per cent, rice by 7.6 per cent, wheat by 7.8 percent, and potatoes by 6.4 per cent.

"If CO2 levels continue to rise as projected, the populations of 18 countries may lose more than 5 per cent of their dietary protein by 2050 due to a decline in the nutritional value of rice, wheat, and other staple crops," said the report.

A full 76 per cent of the people on earth rely on plants for most of their daily protein, particularly in poor areas of the globe.

The hardest hit areas are expected to be Sub-Saharan Africa, where millions already do not get enough protein in their diets, and South Asia where rice and wheat are common staples.

India alone may lose 5.3 per cent of protein from a standard diet, putting a predicted 53 million people at new risk of protein deficiency.

Researchers said solutions may include cutting carbon emissions, supporting more diverse diets, enriching the nutritional content of staple crops, and breeding crops that are less sensitive to the harmful effects of CO2 http://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/Global-warming-reduces-protein-in-crops/1068-4041662fklbjrz/index.html

USA Rice Welcomes New Manager of Government Affairs

By Deborah Willenborg ARLINGTON, VA -- Frank Leach has joined USA Rice as our new Manager of Government Affairs, and will be covering the legislative side of food aid, conservation, transportation, and trade. Frank comes to USA Rice from The American Waterways Operators Association, the national trade association for the U.S. tugboat, towboat, and barge industry, and also has worked on Capitol Hill for Jeff Landry, a former U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district.

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Frank has a degree in Political Science from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, and grew up in Little Silver, New Jersey.

New Decree Allows Turkey to Import Up to 100K MT of Rice at Zero Duty

By Hartwig Schmidt

ANKARA, TURKEY -- On July 29, 2017, a new Ministry's decree was published in the Official Turkish Gazette here allowing the Turkish Grain Board (TMO) to implement a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) to import 100,000 MT of rice at zero duty. The regular import duty on milled rice is 45 percent.TMO also will implement TRQs for the import of 750,000 tons of wheat and 700,000 tons of corn, also with zero duty. This is not the first time TMO has been granted such a quota. In 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers issued a decision allowing the TMO to import up to 200,000 MT of rice at zero customs duty based on a sharp increase in domestic rice prices in April 2014.

The next month, TMO started to sell Indian and U.S. rice in small packages at the retail level.

The domestic rice industry raised concerns at that time about TMO interference in the rice market, which allegedly resulted in the importation and sale of rice in the retail market at prices that were more than 25 percent below the regular market price.

Despite these concerns, TMO announced another tender in November, 2014, and bought 30,000 MT of U.S. paddy rice, along with 10,000 MT of Russian paddy rice as well as some paddy rice from Portugal. This week, TMO announced in major newspapers that the new decree is a preventive measure that will be used in order to curb an increase in rice prices at the retail level.

It is unknown at this time whether TMO will use the quota in full or in part. The Turkish trade believes that TMO will be careful not to import any rice during the domestic rice harvest in Turkey

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Acadiana farmers & officials expecting average rice harvest this season

By Lester Duhe'Published: August 1, 2017, 10:41 pm Updated: August 1, 2017, 10:41 pm CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) – Because Acadiana had a lot of rain during the month of July, the LSU AgCenter says that rice yields could be just around average for this rice season.Farmers are in the middle of harvesting this year‘s rice crop. The season typically starts during mid-February or March, depending on the weather, and ends in the middle of August. ―We‘ve had some really good yields, above 50 barrels per acre, which we like to see. But we‘ve also had several fields below 40 and in the 30 barrel range, so you know, those are very undesirable,‖ said Dustin Harrell with the LSU AgCenter.

In Acadiana, the rice harvest was supposed to start in early July, but with almost daily rain showers throughout the month, progress has slowed significantly. ―When that rice is wet and the soil‘s wet, we don‘t really want to harvest the rice, especially the retun crop,‖ said Harrell. ―All this rice is standing right now, and you get a big storm, or thunderstorms in here in the afternoons, with high winds and rain, when it‘s ripe like this, the wind will shake the grains off some, but that‘s not the big problem, the problem is it will knock it down,‖ said Allen Lawson, a rice farmer from Crowley.

Even with all the rain we saw throughout the month of July in Acadiana, rice farmers say that they‘re still expecting to have an average rice yield. ―We‘ve had some pretty weak prices for the past few years, and it looks like this year has shown some promise. It just depends on the weather you got, and when that crop was planted, or how it turns out. You know, we do everything we can do, and then it‘s in mother nature‘s hands from there,‖ said Lawson. http://klfy.com/2017/08/01/acadiana-farmers-officials-expecting-average-rice-harvest-thisseason/

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By Chan Thar | Wednesday, 02 August 2017 A Tanai MP urged authorities to allow the immediate delivery of rice and machine oil to the township in Kachin State, which is facing difficulties in accessing the two commodities but a senior Tatmadaw official said there is no shortage of grain and fuel in the area.U Lin Lin Oo, Tanai township Pyithu Hluttaw MP, said it has been three months since they sought permission for the delivery of rice and machine oil to the town, but there has been no action on their request.Tatmadaw‘s Northern Command has been controlling the entry of rice and machine oil into the township since November 2016, in an effort to check gold and amber mining in the area.Carrying rice and machine oil into Tanai City had been banned since May and prices of rice and machine oil have increased astronomically, said U Lin Lin Oo, Tanai township Pyithu Hluttaw MP. In Tanai and Shin Bwe Yan there was a quota system for allowing imports, with the exception of Tanai township, where imports and exports were banned, said U Lin Lin Oo. ―The blockade started since last year. The Northern Command (Ma Pa Ta) was carrying this out.

And, as we didn‘t receive our quota, the prices here were in disorder. There are plans to start discussions when Hluttaw takes a break,‖ explained U Lin in Oo. Tanai is a region with weak agricultural development, and after a long duration of not being able to import rice and machinery oils, the locals were encountering many difficulties, he said.

The Northern Command has not yet replied to the request sent by Pyithu Hluttaw MP of Tanai township.

In early June, skirmishes between the Tatmadaw and Kachin Independence Organisation, forced almost 1000 people to flee their homes and take shelter in religious centres in Tanai.

Daily consumption is 10 rice bags which poses dificulties for long-term supply, Rev Father Dabang Jedi, from Kachin Baptist Church, said. ―Now, there is no fighting and but there is still no changes in the number of refugees. They are still in our churches. As rescuers cannot come, we have to feed them. We buy from the city,‖ he said.

The price of a bag of rice was K30,000 before but now it is K45,000 in Tanai, the priest said. ―Rice of unknown origin is found in Tanai. It is very expensive, but we can‘t get another supply.

If it takes longer before a new supply comes, our stocks will run out,‖ he said.

MP U Lin Lin Oo raised a question at Pyi Thu Hlattaw session on June 28 and asked for free flow of rice and fuel into Tanai.

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Major General Myint Lwin replied that there was no blockade of rice and fuel to Tanai; it was meant only to stop the flow of goods to illegal people. He said there is no shortage of rice and fuel in Tanai. http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/27058-mp-calls-for-quick-delivery-of-rice-and-fuelto-tanai.html

Southeast Texas rice milling company may export to China

by Ashley DeVriend

BEAUMONT — Southeast Texas rice farmers could be greatly impacted by a recent agreement between the U.S. and China.For the first time, the door has been opened to allow America to export rice to China.

"That is what has been 10 years in the process of being done and it's finally been signed and approved by both governments," said Steve Gillespie, the Operations Manager of Douget's Rice Milling Company.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture reached the historic agreement with Chinese officials allowing U.S. rice to be exported to China for the first time.

"Really early in the stages, it was actually not even permitted before now it's permitted now the market is going to determine what happens and what do they want," said Gillespie.

China is the largest consumer of rice in the world, giving opportunity to rice milling companies like Doguet's in Beaumont.

"We don't do much exports because of the capacity of the mill, it's not a huge mill, it's a high quality domestic food mill and we do a lot of organic rice which very few mills in the country do," Gillespie said.

Gillespie says the company is considering exporting rice to China in the future, which could increase sales significantly.

"Well it depends what kind of rice they want determines where they're going to get it from. If they want to take organic rice from down here it could be a big deal for Doguet's," he said.

The industry estimates china could buy 250 thousand tons of U.S. Rice per year http://kfdm.com/news/local/southeast-texas-rice-milling-company-may-export-to-china

Asean cites PhilRice chief rice scientist August 2, 2017, 3:57 pm 

COTABATO CITY, Aug. 1, (PNA) –- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) named a Maguindanao rice breeder as Outstanding Rice Scientist of the Philippines, Agriculture Sec. Emmanuel Pinol on Wednesday said.

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Pinol said Dr. Sailila Estilong Abdula, acting executive director of Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhiRice) has developed rice varieties resistant to ―tungro,‖ a pest that destroys rice stalks and common in the Philippines.

He said Abdula, 44, was chosen from among a long list of rice scientists in the Philippines who have contributed to the development of the rice industry.

Abdula, a resident of Matalam, North Cotabato, is holder of Doctarate degree Agriculture, major in plant genetics, from Chungbuk National University in Korea in 2012.

A farmer by heart and rice breeder, Abdula helped developed RC120 and RC 226 to address the ―Tungro‖ rice disease in southern Mindanao.

Rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) is a plant pararetrovirus of the family Caulimoviridae. Tungro means 'degenerated growth' and was first observed in Philippines.

After finishing as cum laude his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture at the University of Southern Mindanao in Kabacan, North Cotabato, Abdula started working as junior researcher at PhilRice in September 1996.

He earned his master‘s degree in plant breeding from UP Los Banos. He also finished Master in Development Management in the Development Academy of the Philippines.

Pinol said Dr. Abdula was chief science research specialist and designated acting director of the PhilRice Midsayap branch station in North Cotabato, when he handpicked him to be the Acting Executive Director of PhilRice effective August 2016.

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Pinol also said the search for the outstanding rice scientists in each of the member countries of the (ASEAN) is being conducted by a committee composed of International Rice Research Institute (Irri) and Asean officials. (EOF/PNA) http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1004314

CPI inflation clocks in at 2.91 percent year-on-year in July

ISLAMABAD: Consumer price inflation clocked in at 2.91 percent year-on-year in July mainly due to increase in prices of non-perishable products, officials said on Tuesday.

Consumer price index (CPI) inflation stood at 0.34 percent in July as compared to June, officials at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said, while presenting data of monthly inflation during a press conference.

The food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation increased 0.71 percent in July 2017 compared with July 2016. Similarly, CPI for non-perishable food items increased to 1.58 percent, clothing and footwear 3.89 percent, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels 5.29 percent, furnishing and household equipment maintenance 2.72 percent and health 13.36 percent, while CPI for transport increased by 3.18 percent. Government set the inflation target around 4.3 percent for the fiscal year of 2017/18. CPI inflation was recorded at 4.16 percent for the fiscal year of 2016/17. State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) projected CPI inflation at 4.5 to 5.5 percent in 2016/17. The government was expecting the annual reading at 4.3 percent for FY2017. Inflation was on average 12 percent between 2008 and 2013.

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Inflation has so far remained under target, increasing a likelihood of continuation in soft monetary policy stance by the central bank.

In July, SBP kept policy rate stable at 5.75 percent for the next two months, leaving the rate unchanged since July 2016 to support growth pace and to rejuvenate weak external sector. The Bank contained inflation as one the reasons of keeping its key policy rate unchanged. It forecast average CPI inflation in the range of 4.5-5.5 percent for FY2018. PBS collects retail and wholesale prices of products from across the country and computes the CPI and wholesale price index (WPI) on monthly basis, while the sensitive price indicator is calculated on weekly basis.

In July, CPI for communication increased 1.52 percent, recreation and culture 0.21 percent, education 11.36 percent, restaurant and hotel 5.32 percent, while prices of miscellaneous goods and service increased 4.82 percent.

Consumer price inflation for perishable food items decreased 3.77 percent and the SPI for alcoholic beverages and tobacco also decreased 15.93 percent.

Meanwhile, the top items which witnessed increase in prices on year-on-year basis in July 2017 compared to July 2016 included Lipton tea (26.47pc), toilet soap (20.61pc), apple (19.51pc), ginger (17.33pc), iron bar (16.53pc) rice basmati (14.53pc), potatoes (12.24pc), Tapal Danedar (10.58pc), petrol (10.29pc), diesel (9.54pc) and unskilled labour wage (8.71pc).

The items that witnessed decrease in prices during July included tomatoes (45.10pc), capstan cigarettes (25.74pc), mash pulse (24.96pc), cigarettes (22.07pc), moong pulse (18.01pc), garlic (16.71pc), masoor pulse (16.43pc), gram pulse (16.15pc), sugar (15.80pc), besan (12.04pc), gram whole black (10.18pc), onion (7.03pc) and wheat flour bag (2.21pc).

In July, WPI increased 0.66 percent, while the SPI witnessed negative growth of 0.45 percent. https://agriculture.einnews.com/article/395765535/fgUxK9lcVUxTurce?lcf=mfbGzFqDS4bNQ1jDta8oR vPjgESunH4NfqaGB2CDatA%3D

Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- August 2, 2017 Reuters | Aug 2, 2017, 02:35 PM IST Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC/Open Market-August 2 Nagpur, August 2 (Reuters) - Gram and tuar prices reported higher in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC) here on good seasonal demand from local millers amid thin arrival from producing regions. Notable hike in Madhya Pradesh pulses and repeated enquiries from Southbased millers also jacked up prices. About 600 of gram and 650 bags of tuar were available for auctions, according to sources. FOODGRAINS & PULSES GRAM * Desi gram raw recovered in open market on renewed festival season demand from local traders. TUAR * Tuar Karnatakashowed weak tendency in open market on lack of buying support from local traders

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amid good supply from producing belts. * Moong Chamki moved down in open market on poor demand from local traders amid good supply from producing regions. * In Akola, Tuar New 3,400-3,6500, Tuar dal (clean) - 5,100-5,400, Udid Mogar (clean) - 7,200-7,900, Moong Mogar (clean) 6,500-7,200, Gram - 4,500-4,700, Gram Super best - 7,400-7,700 * Wheat, rice and other commodities 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 Available prices Previous close Gram Auction 4,350-5,060 4,350-5,000 Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600 Tuar Auction 3,250-3,790 3,200-3,700 Moong Auction n.a.

3,900-4,200 Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500 Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800 Wheat Mill quality Auction 1,550-1,708 1,550-1,708 Gram Super Best Bold 7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000 Gram Super Best n.a. n.a. Gram Medium Best 6,700-7,000 6,700-7,000 Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a Gram Mill Quality 5,000-5,100 5,000-5,100 Desi gram Raw 4,700-4,900 4,700-4,900 Gram Yellow 7,100-8,100 7,100-8,100 Gram Kabuli 12,300-13,400 12,300-13,400 Tuar Fataka BestNew 5,400-5,700 5,400-5,700 Tuar Fataka Medium-New 5,200-5,300 5,200-5,300 Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 5,000-5,200 5,000-5,200 Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 4,700-5,000 4,700-5,000 Tuar Gavarani New 3,600-3,700 3,600-3,700 Tuar Karnataka 3,700-3,900 3,750-3,950 Masoor dal best 4,700-4,900 4,700-4,900 Masoor dal medium 4,400-4,600 4,400-4,600 Masoor n.a. n.a.

Moong Mogar bold (New) 6,700-7,000 6,700-7,000 Moong Mogar Medium 6,000-6,500 6,0006,500 Moong dal Chilka5,200-5,800 5,200-6,000 Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a. Moong Chamki best 6,500-7,000 6,500-7,000 Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000 Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,500-7,000 6,500-7,000 Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 4,000-4,500 4,000-4,500 Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 4,500-5,000 4,500-5,000 Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,800-3,000 2,800-3,000 Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 2,850-3,000 2,850-2,950 Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,700 3,500-3,700 Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 4,1004,600 4,100-4,600 Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,000 1,900-2,000 Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,750-1,850 1,750-1,850 Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,300 2,100-2,300 Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,400 2,200-2,400 Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,100 1,900-2,100 Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a. MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,600 3,000-3,600 MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,700 2,2002,700 Rice BPT new (100 INR/KG) 2,700-3,300 2,800-3,400 Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,500 3,300-3,500 Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,100 3,000-3,100 Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,800 2,500-2,800 Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-

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2,400 Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,600 2,500-2,650 Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400 Rice HMT New (100 INR/KG) 3,700-4,000 3,700-4,000 Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 4,500-5,000 4,500-5,000 Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 4,1004,300 4,100-4,300 Rice Shriram New(100 INR/KG) 4,400-4,800 4,400-4,800 Rice Shriram best 100 INR/KG) 6,500-6,800 6,500-6,800 Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,200 5,8006,200 Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 10,000-13,500 10,000-13,500 Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-7,500 5,000-7,500 Rice Chinnor New(100 INR/KG) 4,500-4,700 4,5004,700 Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000 Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 5,400-5,600 5,400-5,600 Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,200 1,900-2,200 Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,800-1,900 1,800-1,900 WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp.

35.0 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 24.0 degree Celsius Rainfall : 9.8 mm FORECAST: Generally cloudy sky with light rains. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 34 and 24 degree Celsius respectively. Note: n.a.--not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices)

Rajkot Foodgrain Prices- August 2, 2017 Reuters | Aug 2, 2017, 02:35 PM IST Rajkot Foodgrain Prices Open- August 02 Aug 02 (Reuters) - Market delivery prices of food grains and pulses at Rajkot in India's western state of Gujaratopened on a mixed trend, traders said Wednesday. * * FOOD GRAINS & PULSES * Gram and Gram Daal prices firmed up due to retail demand. * Tuar prices dropped due to lack of buying support from mills. * Rice prices moved down due to supply pressure. Prices of food grains and pulses in rupees per 20 kilograms, and deliveries in 100-kilogram bags: Delivery Auction price Previous price FOOD GRAIN Wheat Lokwan 00,310 316-350 316-364 Wheat Tukda 01,120 317-381 318-385 Jowar White 065 225-555 340-551 Bajra 0,035 225-270 270-280 PULSES Gram 00,250 0,800-1,040 0,9401,031 Udid 0,225 0,500-0,930 0,550-0,992 Moong 0,150 0,750-1,051 0,730-0,925 Tuar 0,370 0,500-0,662 0,550-0,638 Maize 008 280-310 250-300 Vaal Deshi 045 0,350-0,680 0,380-0,650 Choli 0,035 0,800-1,225 0,600-1,350 Rajkot market delivery prices in rupees per 100 kilograms:.

Today's Price Previous close FOOD GRAINS Wheat Mill quality 1,590-1,600 1,590-1,600 Wheat (medium) 1,750-1,775 1,750-1,775 Wheat (superior best) 2,050-2,100 2,050-2,100 Bajra 1,360-1,370 1,360-1,370 Jowar 3,000-3,050 3,000-3,050 PULSES Gram 05,250-05,350 05,150-

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05,250 Gram dal 06,900-07,000 06,700-06,800 Besan (65-kg bag) 4,900-5,000 4,900-5,000 Tuar 03,500-03,600 03,700-03,800 Tuardal 06,000-06,100 06,000-06,100 Moong 4,400-4,500 4,4004,500 Moongdal 5,500-5,550 5,500-5,550 Udid 04,900-05,000 04,900-05,000 RICE IR-8 2,3002,350 2,350-2,400 Basmati Best 8,500-8,600 08,700-08,800 Parimal 2,400-2,450 2,400-2,450 Punjab Parimal 2,600-2,650 2,700-2,750 Basmati Medium 6,000-6,100 6,000-6,100

Rice deal cooking with Bangladesh

Cambodia and Bangladesh announced a potentially massive rice deal yesterday that would deliver up to 1 million tonnes of local rice to the South Asian nation over the next five years, provided they agree on the pricing terms. Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak said Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the purchase of 1 million tonnes of rice after its own crops were damaged by heavy flooding in May and stockpiles to feed its population of 162 million were quickly depleted. ―Bangladesh will purchase 1 million tonnes of rice in the next five years, with an initial rice shipment of 250,000 tonnes to be delivered by October this year,‖ he said, adding that the state-owned Green Trade Company would collaborate with the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) to fill the export orders.

According to Sorasak, Bangladesh is seeking urgent shipment of 200,000 tonnes of white rice and 50,000 tonnes of parboiled rice in the coming months. Qamrul Islam, Bangladesh‘s Minister of Food, explained that flash floods in the northeastern part of his country in May, which reportedly wiped out a potential 700,000 tonnes of rice under cultivation, had led to a severe food shortage. ―Due to the floods, we are having a lot of problems,‖ he said. ―And for that reason, we came here to sign the MoU to import rice to our country. Right now we would like to

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purchase 250,000 tonnes immediately, and then we will decide about more in the future.‖ CRF President Sok Puthyvuth said following the signing that Cambodia could easily fill the order, but cautioned that the deal was still just an MoU and there were no guarantees that even a grain of Cambodian rice would ever reach Bangladeshi ports.

He said it would all come down to price, noting that Bangladesh had signed similar prospective agreements with Cambodia‘s rival rice producers in the region, including some able to offer a lower price on delivery. ―The timeframe for this amount is not an issue because we already have a lot of paddy rice on hand,‖ he said. ―But what we need to discuss and find is a fair market price to meet their demand.‖ He expressed optimism, however, pointing out that even though Cambodia‘s rice prices were slightly higher than those of some neighbouring countries he still felt Bangladesh would opt to purchase Cambodian rice.

Hean Vanhan, undersecretary of state of Ministry of Agriculture, said the MoU could open the door to a previously untapped market for Cambodian rice exports. However, he said even if the two governments finalise the deal its success would depend on its terms, pointing out that Bangladesh‘s existing import tariffs on Cambodian rice could push costs up. ―We welcome the opportunity for a new export destination, but we have to make sure of what has actually been agreed upon in the MoU,‖ he said. ―If there is no import tariff exemption and our prices do not match, then a target of 1 million in five years will not work.‖ In 2016, Cambodia exported 542,144 tonnes of milled rice, a nominal 1 percent increase over the previous year. Rice exports reached 300,000 tonnes during the first half of the year, according to Ministry of Commerce data, with much of this bound for China, which has agreed to purchase 200,000 tonnes of rice in 2017. Vanhan said that despite Cambodia averaging about 5 million tonnes of paddy rice surplus annually, the country‘s capacity to fill Bangladesh‘s order would hinge on local millers having sufficient capital to purchase the paddy instead of letting it flow out of the country through Vietnamese brokers.

Song Saran, CEO of rice miller and exporter Amru Rice, expressed scepticism over the 1 million tonne rice deal given that Bangladesh has inked similar MoUs with India, Pakistan, Vietnam and Thailand. ―We are their fifth option and we face a lot of challenges to be competitive,‖ he said. ―However, we should still take the chance to join the tender.‖ He added that Bangladesh would need to import about 1.2 million tonnes of rice this year, which he suspected would end up being supplied mostly by neighbouring India. http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-deal-cooking-bangladesh

Bangladesh signs deal to buy 1 mln tons of rice from Cambodia Source: Xinhua| 2017-08-02 18:55:00|Editor: Zhou Xin

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Bangladeshi Food Minister Qamrul Islam (front L) shakes hands with Cambodian Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak (front R) during a signing ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Aug. 2, 2017. Bangladesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to purchase 1 million tons of milled rice from Cambodia within five years from 2017 to 2022.

(Xinhua/Sovannara) PHNOM PENH, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to purchase 1 million tons of milled rice from Cambodia within five years from 2017 to 2022.

The deal was inked in Phnom Penh between Cambodian Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak and Bangladeshi Food Minister Qamrul Islam.

Bangladesh, the world's fourth-largest rice producer, has become a major importer of the grain this year after flash floods hit rice paddy output this year, said Qamrul Islam.

"We want to purchase immediately 200,000 tons of white rice and 50,000 tons of parboiled rice from Cambodia," he told reporters after the signing ceremony.

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Sorasak said in the first phase, the Cambodian government's rice exporter Green Trade will deliver 250,000 tons of rice to the Bangladesh's Directorate General of Food by October, and the remaining 750,000 tons will be delivered in phases until 2022.

"This is one of the biggest rice deals Cambodia has signed with friendly countries," he said.

Cambodia produced about 9.3 million tons of paddy rice a year. With this amount, it has more than 3 million tons of milled rice left over for annual export.

According to government figures, Cambodia exported a total of 542,000 tons of milled rice to 56 countries and regions in 2016, up 0.7 percent year-on-year. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/02/c_136494187.htm

Bangladesh signs deal to buy Cambodia rice Reuters Staff PHNOM PENH, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Bangladesh signed an agreement with Cambodia on Wednesday to purchase 1 million tonnes of rice within the next five years, officials said.Bangladesh will purchase 200,000 tonnes of white rice and 50,000 parboiled rice this year, Cambodia's Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak told reporters, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Bangladeshi Food Minister Kamrul Islam in Phnom Penh.

"We will be able to export to Bangladesh by around October after signing this deal," he added.Bangladesh, the world's fourth-biggest rice producer, has now become a major importer of the grain this year after flash floods in April hit their domestic output. As a result, the country is facing dwindling stockpiles and high local rates."Due to the floods we have a problem this year.

We came here to implement an MoU with Cambodia," said Kamrul Islam.

Cambodia said this is their biggest rice export deal, and also plans to renew an MoU with Indonesia as well."We want to push for a 1-million-tonne deal with Indonesia," said Commerce Ministry spokeswoman Soeng Sophary.Cambodia exported 288,562 tonnes of rice in the first six months this year, an increase of 7.6 percent compared with the same period last year.

Though the country was drought-hit, it managed to export 542,144 tonnes of rice last year.

(Reporting by Prak Chan Thul; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)

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Basmati rice, guargum drive India’s April-June agri exports VISHWANATH KULKARNI

Buffalo meat shipments stay flat BENGALURU, AUGUST 1: India‘s agri exports for the April-June quarter rose by almost a tenth in dollar terms and 7 per cent in rupee terms on strong overseas demand for products such as basmati rice and guargum.

Exports in dollar terms stood at $4.39 billion, up from $4 billion in the corresponding period last year. In rupee terms, the exports stood at ₹28,230 crore, against ₹26,525 crore in the previous year period, according to provisional estimates by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda).

The shipments of buffalo meat, which had slowed down in the immediate aftermath of a ban on trade of cattle for slaughter, have registered a 3 per cent growth in dollar terms at $849 million for the April-June period, although the export volumes were flat at around 2.79 lakh tonnes.

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Basmati rice, the largest product in the agri-exports basket, saw increased buying from Iran during the period. Basmati volumes for the April-June quarter stood at 1.25 million tonnes, a growth of 6 per cent over last year‘s 1.18 million tonnes.

The renewed demand for Indian guargum saw the export volumes almost double during the period.

Shipments of guargum, used by the US shale gas industry in extracting the gas, stood at 1.45 lakh tonnes in April-June this year, against 77,174 tonnes in the corresponding period last year.

Besides increased buying from Iran, the higher per unit realisation fetched by basmati shipments also contributed to the overall export growth in value terms, said DK Singh, Chairman of Apeda.

As against per tonne realisation of around $850 last year, basmati rice has commanded an average price of $1009 per tonne in the April-June quarter this year.

Higher realisations for non-basmati rice has also pushed up the growth in exports of the cereal as volumes saw a marginal dip at 1.72 million tonnes (against 1.78 million tonnes).

Also, the issue relating to ban on trade of cattle has not impacted exports. Singh said Apeda is focussing on new markets in South-East Asia, such as Malaysia and the Philippines, to boost buffalo meat exports. ―We are expecting a delegation from these two countries this month to visit India for approving the abattoirs. Once we get the approval, we should be able to export more,‖ Singh said.

Presently, Vietnam is the largest buyer of India‘s buffalo meat.

Further, Singh said Apeda is focussing on boosting fruit and vegetable shipments, where the state-run entity sees big potential. Fresh fruit exports went up marginally to ₹1,349 crore this year (against ₹1,332 crore).

India‘s total agri and processed food exports stood at ₹1.088 lakh crore in 2016-17. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/basmati-rice-guargum-driveindias-apriljune-agri-exports/article9797389.ece

Typhoon damage low but rice stocks dwindling

BY JAMES KONSTANTIN GALVEZ, TMT ON AUGUST 2, 2017BUSINESS

Agriculture damage caused by typhoons remains minimal but dwindling rice stocks in government warehouses have raised questions about the government‘s ability to respond to calamities.

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Christopher Morales, head of the Agriculture department‘s Operational Planning Division, said the damage caused by typhoon Gorio and the southwest monsoon, enhanced by tropical storm Huaning, had reached P11.92 million.

Morales, however, said that losses in Luzon – a major agriculture production area — remained ―negligible‖. ―As of August 1, a total of 2,580 hectares of agricultural areas with estimated volume production loss of 484 metric tons were affected in Regions I, III and CAR. The affected commodities include rice, corn and high value crops,‖ Morales said in a telephone interview.

Losses have not been reported for Regions II, IV-A and V. Morales said the impact on rice is particularly minimal as the reported damage represented less than a percent of the expected third quarter production. ―Most of the affected areas were in the western part of Luzon. We can expect a slight reduction of yield because of the rain, but no significant reduction in production since the areas were not destroyed,‖ he added.

Morales said regional field offices still had sufficient buffer stocks available for distribution to calamity stricken areas, particularly for farmers who want to replant immediately.

As this developed, National Food Authority spokesperson Marietta Ablaza said total rice inventory at government-owned warehouses had fallen to 2.3 million bags, good for less than four days. ―We have about 3.8 days worth of rice stocks left. It is still currently holding, but we expect this to further drop to lower levels in the coming days,‖ Ablaza told The Manila Times.

She said the state grains agency was currently stretching its stocks and had already stopped distribution of subsidized rice to retail outlets nationwide. ―Right now, most of our stocks are limited to calamity and disaster distribution. But once the notice of the award is signed, imported rice stocks should start arriving by second week of August,‖ Ablaza said.

Total rice deliveries of 250,000 metric tons will be staggered from August to September, with a total of 120,000 MT expected to arrive in August and 130,000 MT to arrive in September.

However, it is not clear whether the NFA will resume distribution of rice to retailers once the imported rice, good only for eight days, arrive.

The NFA needs to maintain a rice buffer stock good for 15 days at any given time and a larger 30 days at the onset of the lean months. This is based on the daily consumption requirement of 32,150 MT or 643,000 bags.

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―We‘re still lucky that prices or rice haven‘t gone up,‖ Ablaza said.

The Philippine Statistics Authority, meanwhile, reported an upward adjustment in both farmgate and retail prices in fourth week of July 2017 – the sixth straight week of increases. ―The average farmgate price of palay at P19.48/kg recorded an increase of 0.28 percent from a week ago level of P19.42/kg and 3.92 percent from previous year‘s price of P18.74/kg,‖ the PSA said.

Compared to the previous week, the average wholesale price of well milled rice — at P39.09/kg – was up by 0.12 percent. It was likewise 1.09 percent higher compared to the same period last year. The P41.93/kg average retail price of well milled rice was also higher by 0.16 percent from last week and 0.48 percent from a year ago.

PHL seeks more elbow room in setting rice tariffs

By Jasper Y. Arcalas AUGUST 2, 2017

The Philippines could set the maximum tariff rate on rice at a range of 50 percent to 700 percent, reflecting the government‘s intent to have a wide policy space in balancing the interest of farmers and consumers.

This was evident in the stance of the Executive and the Legislative branches during the meeting of the House Committee on Agriculture and Food Technical Working Group (TWG) on the amendment of Republic Act (RA) 8178, or the Agricultural Tariffication Act, on Tuesday.

Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of Pampanga noted that the Philippines is under pressure to convert the quantitative restriction (QR) on rice into tariffs, as it is the lone country that continues to implement it after South Korea and Japan have tariffied their import caps.

However, Arroyo said the Philippines should invoke its independent foreign policy and should consider binding its rice tariff at 700 percent to protect local farmers. ―We have an independent foreign policy, so we should interpret our agreements and commitments to our favor. These two other countries [South Korea and Japan] are violating the

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World Trade Organization [WTO] formula, and they are getting a range of 500 [percent] to 700percent and are not yet sanctioned up to now,‖ she added. ―Why are we now going to be so strict in the interpretation of ‗commitment‘? Let‘s also be liberal, that‘s why I‘m proposing a 700 percent bound rate,‖ Arroyo said.

The lawmaker added she would include her bound-tariff proposal under a bill seeking to amend RA 8178, which she authored.

The Department of Agriculture‘s (DA) had recommended a much lower bound-tariff rate for rice at a range of 50 percent to 125 percent. Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo R. Serrano said the figures were based on the DA‘s initial estimates. ―We have had calculations using the formula, and we shall provide an updated document with these calculations for the information of the committee in agriculture and food and the TWG [technical working group],‖ Serrano added during the meeting on August 1. ―I think the numbers are ranging from 50 [percent] to around 100 [percent] to 125 percent,‖ Serrano said, referring to the tariff-equivalent formula provided under Annex 5 of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA).

Annex 5 of the AoA states that the tariff equivalent of converting any nontariff measures shall be based on the difference between the domestic price and international price (cost, insurance and freight unit value or CIF) of the commodity for 1986 to 1988.

Paragraph 10 of the Annex 5 states that the tariff equivalent coming from the formula ―shall be bound in the Schedule of the Member concerned‖. Bound tariffs are maximum tariff rates that a WTO member-country could impose on a certain commodity.

The authority to set bound tariffs is vested in Congress. But under the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act, the President, upon the recommendation of the National Economic and Development Authority, has the power to modify the tariffs applied on Philippine imports.

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During the meeting of the TWG, Serrano also urged lawmakers to prioritize the conversion of the QR into tariffs so as not to prolong the period that the Philippines is in breach of its commitment to the WTO. ―Even though the executive order [EO] of the President has removed the motivation from our negotiating partners, that doesn‘t guarantee that no member of the WTO will sue because we are in breach of our obligation,‖ he said. ―Therefore, the No. 1 priority would be tariffication, and we may have to postpone other peripheral issues for later legislation or bills.‖ The Philippines is now under pressure to convert its QR on rice into ordinary customs duties after its waiver on the special treatment on rice expired on June 30.

The WTO General Council approved the waiver, which allowed Manila to keep its rice QR until June 30, on the condition that the Philippines will subject its rice imports to ordinary custom duties by July 1. ―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.

However, in an earlier COA meeting in Geneva in March, the Philippines informed WTO members that it is facing delays in converting the QR due to the nonamendment of RA 8178, which imposed the import caps on rice indefinitely. As a sign of ―goodwill‖ to its trading partners, Duterte signed EO 23 last month, extending the concessions made by the Philippines in securing the waiver in 2014.

The temporary modification of most-favored nation-tariff rates is effective until June 30, 2020, or until such time a law amending certain provisions relating to rice in RA 8178 is enacted, whichever comes first.

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―The EO of the President is good, because we will preserve the concessions so there would be no motivation for our negotiating partners to sue us,‖ Serrano said in an earlier interview http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/phl-seeks-more-elbow-room-in-setting-rice-tariffs/

Floods in Thailand's northeast kill 23

By AFP Published: August 2, 2017

BANGKOK: Heavy rains have brought some of the worst floods for years to Thailand‘s rural northeast where 23 people have died over the past month, officials said Wednesday.Flash floods have disrupted air travel, inundated rail tracks and swallowed farmland across the ricefarming region of Isaan, affecting more than one million Thais. Twenty-three people have died since July 5, the disaster department said in a daily update.

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All were swept away by the floodwaters and drowned, it said. Junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha flew to the hardest-hit province of Sakon Nakhon on Wednesday to inspect a reservoir that had cracked under the downpour, triggering flash floods. ―Sonca Storm caused flooding in more than 35 provinces,‖ he told residents, referring to a tropical storm that recently blew over from the South China Sea. ―Thai people need to understand that this area is a flood risk because we are facing global warming,‖ added the junta chief, who joined rescue boats to hand out survival kits to stranded families.

Ten provinces are still battling severe floods as rains continue to lash the upper part of the northeast region, according to the weather bureau. In January unseasonal monsoons deluged Thailand‘s south, leaving over 30 dead and wrecking infrastructure across the region https://tribune.com.pk/story/1472306/floods-thailands-northeast-kill-23/

Global Rice Huller (Rice Husker) Market – Buhler, Satake, Yanmar, Zhancheng Machinery, Zhejiang QiLi August 2, 2017 kyongpitzer Global Rice Huller (Rice Husker) market Report offers decisive insights into the overall Rice Huller (Rice Husker) industry along with the market dimensions and evaluation for the duration 2016 to 2021. The forenamed research study covers extensive analysis of various Rice Huller (Rice Husker) industry segments based on the type of applications, type of product Components and services, and different geographical regions.A rice huller or rice husker is an agricultural machine used to automate the process of removing the chaff (the outer husks) of grains of rice. Throughout history, there have been numerous techniques to hull rice. Traditionally, it would be pounded using some form of mortar and pestle. An early simple machine to do this is a rice pounder. Later even more efficient machinery was developed to hull and polish rice. These machines are most widely developed and used throughout Asia where the most popular type is

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The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the North America, Europe, AsiaPacific, Middle East and Africa and Rest of World. In this sector, global competitive landscape and supply/demand pattern of Rice Huller (Rice Husker) industry has been provided http://legmannews.com/global-rice-huller-rice-husker-market-buhler-satake-yanmar-zhanchengmachinery-zhejiang-qili/

AGRI MINISTRY, PHILIPPINES-BASED RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE SIGN MOA Thursday, 03 August 2017 | PNS | New Delhi4

The Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Association (MoA) with Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) for setting up a regional centre of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Varanasi, the Prime Minister‘s constituency, to develop high- yielding rice varieties.

The IRRI, which has offices in 17 countries, is known for its work in developing rice varieties that contributed to the green revolution in 1960s.

IRRI's South Asia Regional Centre will be set up at the campus of National Seed Research and Training Centre (NSRTC) in Varanasi. The MoA was signed between Agriculture Secretary Shobhana K Patnaik and IRRI Director General Matthew Morell.

Speaking on the occasion, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said: "The rich biodiversity of India can be utilised to develop special rice varieties. This will help India achieve higher per hectare yields and improved nutritional contents." Country's food and nutritional security issues will also be addressed, he said in a statement. http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/agri-ministry-philippines-based-rice-research-institute-signmoa.html

Arkansas native returns home to join RREC as entomologist

By Meleah Perez, U of A System Division of Agriculture

Arkansas‘ crop farmers just got a little more help in their annual struggles against hungry insects.Nick Bateman joins the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture as an assistant professor and Extension entomologist based at the Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart. While he‘ll work all field crops, he will focus on pests affecting rice—an important role in a state that leads the nation in rice production.

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Bateman returns to Arkansas with a doctorate in agriculture and life sciences with a concentration in entomology from Mississippi State University, isn‘t new to insect habits.

Bateman earned his bachelor‘s degree in plant and soil science from the University of Arkansas at Monticello. He studied with Scott Akin, a former Extension entomologist at the Southeast Research and Extension Center. During his time earning is doctorate degree in Mississippi, Bateman studied under Angus Catchot, extension entomologist and Jeff Gore, assistant research professor at MSU, with a specialty in row crop entomology.―We‘re thrilled to have someone of Dr. Bateman‘s training and stature join us,‖ said Nathan McKinney, the interim director of the Rice Research and Extension Center.

Bateman‘s focus at RREC will be on rice insect control and management, but he will also serve in support of other crops of interest in the area, McKinney said.Bateman said some of the most rewarding experiences he‘s had on the job are the field calls he completes with Gus Lorenz, the associate entomology department head and Extension entomologist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.―The appreciation the consultants and growers have is very gratifying to see,‖ Bateman said. ―The work and time that‘s put into it is rewarded.‖ He said the most challenging part of his job is learning management strategies for Arkansas, which differ from the ones he used in Mississippi. Bateman also said the mild winter has led to an increase in insect issues, making for a busy spring and summer.Bateman will be looking at new management practices for rice water weevil as well as resistance-management options for insecticides, Bateman said.

As an Arkansas native who grew up outside of Pine Bluff, Bateman said he wanted to return to his home state after completing his education. ―Really, I just want to be able help the growers of Arkansas. I want to do my part in helping them be more profitable and make farming more sustainable for them,‖ Bateman said. http://www.hpj.com/general/arkansas-native-returns-home-to-join-rrec-as-entomologist/article_d409bf106f05-5e31-a22a-136284f9e0a5.html

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