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Drought-like conditions may disappear as temperatures in catchments rise Khaleeq KianiUpdated June 05, 2018 ISLAMABAD: The drought-like conditionsprevailing in the country since the start of the Kharif season two months ago showed early signs of fading on Monday as temperatures rose to the highest level in 10 years in the catchment areas. The temperatures in Skardu increased suddenly to 32 degree Celsius — highest in 10 years — resulting in swift snow melting and increased river flows.―It seems the drought-like conditions are disappearing,‖ a spokesman for the Indus River System Authority told Dawn. ―We are hopeful to have good water availability for rice crop sowing‖ that starts in mid-June and continues until August. He said 60-70 per cent cotton sowing was now complete and remaining was in final stages that would get a boost due to better water availability. He said it was difficult to recoup losses suffered by provinces because of 60pc water shortage since April. But, he added, the losses at least might be minimised. Mr Rana, who is also director regulations of the water regulator, said it was a major abnormality that temperatures had risen so early and so quickly in Skardu. The temperatures used to go up gradually in the past and never went beyond 30 degree Celsius in the first week of June. Based on improved prospects, Irsa called a special meeting to review the water situation in the backdrop of substantial increase in river inflows as a result of increase in catchments‘ temperatures and noted that at 32 degree Celsius ―Skardu attained record temp in first week of June‖. The meeting was informed that river inflows had stood at 108,000 cusec on May 26 and had more than doubled to 240,000 cusec on Monday (June 4). Major increases were witnessed in the

Indus and the Kabul rivers. The river flows were, nevertheless, still lower than last year‘s flow of 300,400 cusec. Therefore, the regulator revised the provincial shares and today decided to fulfil all the indents of the provinces to partially make up for the lost opportunity during sowing. As such, Punjab‘s share was increased from 69,400 cusec to 93,200 cusec as demanded by the provincial irrigation department. Likewise, Sindh‘s share was also jacked up from 60,000 cusec to 85,000 cusec as asked for by the provincial government. The share of Balochistan was also enhanced from 8,000 cusec to 14,000 cusec as was desired while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa‘s flows were kept at 3,100 cusec for Chashma Right Bank Canal. Even after meeting full demands of the provinces, Irsa said it was also started storing some water in the reservoirs and was able to build storage in last four days to 373,000 acre feet from about 207,000 acre feet. On May 15, the irrigation authorities and weather pundits had reported 52pc water shortage in four remaining weeks of sowing season and feared Kharif crops could face ‗drought-like‘ situation in the sowing season.The Kharif cropping season starts from April-June and lasts until October-December in different parts of the country. Rice, sugarcane, cotton, maize and mash are some of the key crops of the season. https://www.dawn.com/news/1412098/drought-like-conditions-may-disappear-as-temperatures-in-catchmentsrise

NFA: First batch of imported rice delivered by UNTV News and Rescue | Posted on Tuesday, June 5th, 2018

PAMPANGA, Philippines – The first shipment of the National Food Authority‘s (NFA) imported rice has

already arrived at Subic Bay Free Port. It is comprised of 220,000 sacks of rice which is an initial batch from the total of 5 million sacks that the NFA is expecting through government-to-government importation deal. According to NFA Spokesperson Rex Estoperez, the rice delivery will be distributed to Pampanga, Bataan, and Zambales on Tuesday evening, June 5, and after two days, they will be available in markets. Estoperez said there are also 100 sacks docked at Surigao port while the shipment of the 1.5 million sacks of rice for distribution to Metro Manila markets and nearby provinces is on its way.Estoperez warned, however, that they will impose fine to exporters if the shipments are not delivered until June 15. The NFA is expecting a drop in prices of rice once the imported ones are made available in markets. The imported rice will be retailed at P27 and P37 per kilogram. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rey Pelayo https://www.untvweb.com/news/nfa-bids-second-batch-of-250000-mt-of-imported-rice/

Bangladesh to reinstate 28pc duty on rice import Staff Correspondent | Published: 00:30, Jun 05,2018 | Updated: 01:03, Jun 05,2018

A file photo shows varieties of rice at a wholesale shop in Dhaka. Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Monday said that the government has decided to reinstate 28 per cent duty on rice import in the budget of next financial year 2018-19.â&#x20AC;&#x201D; New Age photo Bangladesh commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Monday said that the government has decided to reinstate 28 per cent duty on rice import in the budget of next financial year 2018-19 to protect

the interests of grows as the country has witnessed a bumper yield of aman and boro, the two major crops of the country. ‗Last year, we reduced the import duty on rice to 2 per cent from 28 per cent to meet the shortfall of the crops as flash floods damaged production of boro rice in haor areas. This year the country has witnessed a bumper production of rice and we should protect the interests of the farmers,‘ he said at a briefing following a meeting with European Union ambassador Rensje Teerink at Bangladesh Secretariat. The commerce minister said that against the production loss of 10 lakh tonnes of rice, the country imported huge quantity of the crops and now the stock of food grain was sufficient. The 28 per cent duty on rice import would be effective from June 7, when the national budget for the 2018-19 fiscal would be placed in parliament, Tofail said. ‗Amid bumper production if we encourage rice import, farmers would not get the right price for their production and they would feel discouraged in producing crops,‘ he said. In June 2017, the government cut the import duty on rice to 10 per cent from 28 per cent to control the soaring price of the staple. The government later reduced the import duty to 2 per cent in phases to increase rice supply in the domestic market.The commerce minister said that the government would reinstate the previous status of rice import through imposing 25 per cent import duty along with 3 per cent supplementary duty. About the meeting with the head of the EU delegation, Tofail said that they talked about the fourth review of sustainability compact which would be held on June 25 this year in Brussels. ‗In the meeting, we discussed working together so that Bangladesh could get Generalised System of Preferences Plus benefits in the EU market after the graduation of the country to middle income from least developed one,‘ the commerce minister said. He said that a delegation from Bangladesh would take part in the review meeting and place the progress Bangladesh made.‗We have already prepared the draft amendment to the labour law reducing membership requirement threshold for trade union registration and the International Labour Organisation is happy with the initiative. I hope the sustainability compact partners would also be happy with the progress that Bangladesh has made after the Rana Plaza building collapse,‘ Tofail said.Teerink said that Bangladesh made commendable progress in last five years but still many things needed to be addressed. Following the Rana Plaza building collapse, the EU and other partners got engaged with Bangladesh in the sustainability compact with the

aim of promoting improvements in labour rights and workplace safety in the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s apparel sector. http://www.newagebd.net/article/42894/bangladesh-to-reinstate-28pc-duty-on-rice-import

Rising prices pressure Duterte to enact rice tariff bill Inflation hits five-year high, breaches central bank target MIKHAIL FLORES, Nikkei staff writerJune 05, 2018 18:05 JST

Prices of different varieties of rice in a market in Kamuning in Quezon City, metro Manila on May 21. ÂŠ Reuters MANILA -- Inflation in the Philippines hit a new five-year high in May, raising the prospects that populist President Rodrigo Duterte may have to relax import restrictions on rice to bring prices down, a move opposed by farmers. Inflation hit 4.6% in May, the highest in at least five years, the government said on Tuesday, bringing average price increases for the year above the central bank's target of 2-4%. Nestor Espenilla, the country's central bank governor, said inflation remains generally elevated, despite falling below market expectations.

"The inflation outlook continues to be a concern and requires close attention," Espenilla said. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Philippine central bank, sets monetary policy around targeting inflation. "The Monetary Board will consider what further adjustments are necessary to firmly anchor inflationary expectations," Espenilla said. The BSP will meet next month to review

its monetary policy. The government's economic team has likewise moved to calm the public over rising prices in two rare press conferences.In Seoul, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez and Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia briefed reporters covering Duterte's South Korea visit while Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno addressed inflation-related questions in Manila."We know that we are going through a challenging period," Diokno said. Diokno said Congress must fast-track the enactment of a bill that would relax current strict restrictions on rice imports and instead slap high tariffs on them that would ease prices. The import restrictions were first put in place to protect local farmers. Government economists said the bill would reduce inflation by 0.4 percentage points if it is passed in the third quarter.Economists said the new policy on rice imports would benefit the country and help bring prices down, but could hurt rice farmers, at least initially."It's just really the transition from a protected rice sector to a more open rice industry and I think if there are ample safety nets in the transition for the rice farmers, then it should be net overall positive for the economy," said Jose Mario Cuyegkeng, senior economist at ING Bank in Manila. The government has largely blamed international oil prices, which has risen 24% above its forecast for the uptick in consumer prices. The public, however, partly

blames Duterte's tax reforms for the price spikes.Fuel pumps hang at a gasoline station in Metro Manila, Philippines. ÂŠ Reuters The rise in global oil prices has coincided with the government's implementation of its first package of tax reforms this year that slashed personal income tax and hiked levies on oil and other commodities. Consumers and lawmakers now want the government to suspend the implementation of the tax reform for inclusion and acceleration (TRAIN) which is expected to net an additional 90 billion pesos ($1.72 billion) in government revenues. But government officials said that the revenues were much-needed. "Suspending TRAIN and adopting other band-aid solutions will only have a minimal and shortterm impact on inflation and will stifle our growth," Diokno said. Duterte has left Congress to decide on whether the implementation of the reform package should be suspended. https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Rising-prices-pressure-Duterte-to-enact-rice-tariff-bill

Duty on Rice Import: Govt to raise it to 'protect growers' Refayet Ullah Mirdha 12:00 AM, June 05, 2018 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:06 AM, June 05, 2018

The government will re-impose 28 percent duty on import of rice to protect the growers as the country got a bumper paddy production in the boro season, said Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday.

The move comes after many farmers sold their produce to middlemen at prices a lot below their production cost in the face of surging rice imports and increased domestic production this year.

Sheikh Mushfikur Rahman, a farmer in Bagerhat, said, ―This is a delayed a move. The declaration should have been earlier. This is not going to benefit small farmers as many of them have already sold their produce. This will benefit the middlemen.‖ He said he would be one of the few of growers who hold on to a portion of their produce until the price rises. Now, prices of paddy at the farmers end are between Tk 17.5 and Tk 22.5 per kg depending on the quality, according to two millers and Mushfik. But the prices are below the government's estimated production of cost of Tk 24 per kg. Local farmers are not getting the proper prices from the sales as excessive rice was imported with only 2 percent duty in place, Tofail told journalists at a press conference at his secretariat office. He said the re-imposed duty would come into effect with the proposal of the upcoming national budget. Finance Minister AMA Muhith is scheduled to unveil budgetary measures on June 7. Sazzad Zahir Chandan, general secretary of Bangladesh Krishak Samity, a rights organisation for farmers, said his organisation was against import of rice during the harvest season. He echoed Mushfik and said farmers would be unable to reap the benefits of the increased duty. ―Millers and ruling party men who supply the staple to government silos will make profit now,‖ he said. Last year, the government reduced the duty on rice imports in two phases to increase supply and curb price spike owing to crop losses in the north where floods had a devastating impact. The north accounts for more than half the boro production.The government first reduced duty on import of rice to 10 percent in June last year and in August the duty was further reduced to 2 percent to raise the stock of rice.

As a result, rice import soared to 39 lakh tonnes in July-May, up from only 1.33 lakh tonnes the previous year, according to the food ministry data.According to US Department of Agriculture, the rice deficit for Bangladesh was an estimated 10 lakh tonnes. ―We witnessed a bumper paddy production this season. So, it has been decided that the duty on import of rice would be taken to the previous level,‖ said Tofail, adding, ―There would not be any bad impact on the local market if the duty is re-imposed, as we have a lot of stock of the staple. ―If the duty is not raised from the 2 percent, the traders will import a lot of rice and the local farmers will lose interest in growing rice in the next season,‖ the minister said. ―If needed, we will lower the duty again,‖ said Tofail. KM Layek Ali, general secretary of Bangladesh Auto Major and Husking Mills Association, said duty hike would help millers to clear their stock, which they could not get rid of due to low demand and imported rice flooding the market. Layek said many farmers, including some with small farms, still have paddy in stock. ―Those farmers, who could dry their paddy, despite inclement weather during and after the harvest, have retained a portion,‖ he said. Mushfik said prices of paddy fell to as low as Tk 15 per kg in his locality last month and many marginal growers had to sell their produce. ―And marginal farmers, who have sold paddy, will have to buy rice at higher prices in the coming days if the prices go up. They could suffer at both ends,‖ he said. At the briefing, Tofail said India imposed anti-dumping duty on Bangladeshi jute to protect the interest of their own farmers. ―We are also imposing duty to protect the interest of our farmers.‖ Some 6.3 percent more paddy was produced this boro season compared to the last season, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture last week. During this boro season, paddy acreage was 1 lakh more than that of last year, the report said.

World Environment Day 2018: Salakyag Marches Against GMO Cartel Destroying PH Agriculture Jun 5, 2018 by Mike Baños Farmers and environmental stakeholders joining a trans-Philippine march to advocate for the Rights of Nature have lambasted the GMO cartel which they say is destroying the country‘s agriculture.

A non-GMO farm in Bgy. San Luis, Malitbog, Bukidnon (Agro-Eco PH photo) Some 400 participants from all sectors of society braved torrential rains last May 30, 2018 to join the third leg of the Salakyag Para sa Sangnilikha 2018: Sama-samang Sakay-Lakad-Layag Para sa Sangnilikha Trans-Philippines Pilgrimage and Caravan dubbed Salakyag 2018. Among the highlights of the peaceful protest action attended by farmers, civil society organizations, church leaders and church-based organizations led by Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, SJ was the opposition against the impending commercialization of BT-Talong and Golden Rice in the Philippines. ―What‘s really happening now is most of our crops are GM crops which means most farmers are getting their seeds from corporations and companies, so they really need a big capital in order for

them to have a yield upon harvest,‖ said Roselyn Balmes, advocacy officer of Agro-Eco Philippines at the press conference held at Gaston Park following the march. ―It‘s not only degrading the environment but it‘s also not sustainable because iyong ginastos ng mga farmers for these things is not commensurate sa anong nakukuha after harvest.‖ Agro-Eco Philippines is a Mindanao-based national NGO of organic farmers, scientists, civil society organizations, and faith-based groups asserting the right to food of the people, ending hunger in the poor farming communities, and increasing the adaptive capacity of farmers to climate change through agro-ecology, advocacy and lobbying, social enterprise, and international solidarity. The activity has also raised the awareness of the people on the proposed National Seed Law (R.A. No. 7308 also known as the Seed Development Act of 1992) which is perceived to curtail the rights to access of the farmers to save, develop, exchange and share traditional seed varieties and farmer-bred lines in favor of a few multinational GMO corporations. Unsustainable Agriculture In an article posted in The Organic and Non-GMO Report (2013) entitled The GMO Seed Cartel, author Ken Rosboro cited how ―problems resulting from escalating prices for GM seed are seen most dramatically—and tragically—in developing countries.‖

Agro-Eco PH marchers advocate Sustainable Agriculture (Agro-Eco photo)

―According to a study by Consumers International, an estimated 270,000 small-hold farmers in the Philippines are being forced to grow GM corn and ending up in debt. The cost of corn seeds has risen 282% from its introductory price and accounts for 18-21% of a farmer‘s total cost of production. Farmers are at the mercy of seed suppliers and lenders who are one and the same in the country and refuse to provide lending unless the farmers grow GM corn.‖ A local study by Magsasaka At Siyentipiko Para Sa Pag-Unlad Ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) found that a farmer needs about P 9,800.00 to buy GM corn seeds to plant one hectare against only P4,500.00 for conventional hybrid corn varieties, thus agrochemical companies such as Monsanto earns at least P 5,000.00 per hectare on seeds alone. In 2011 alone, it was estimated that companies earned over P3-Billion in the sale of GM corn seeds in the Philippines. In a similar study done by MASIPAG in 2012 on the socio-economic impacts of GM corn among poor farmers, results showed that the expensive cost of GM corn production has driven farmers to local usurers and traders, incurring as much as 40% interest per cropping season that they are unable to pay off. The use of GM corn seeds entail the use of synthetic chemicals, and together they make up 40‐ 48% of the total expenses that a farmer spends per season, and all of these go to the corn traders/financiers and agrochemical companies. Unfortunately, yields of GM corn are inconsistent, with most farmers losing as much as P10, 000 after a bad harvest.GMOs impact the health and environment. In Capiz, hundreds of hectares of hills and mountains are now converted to GM corn plantations. Farmers can easily clear lands with the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup which Monsanto is also producing. Most GM corn in the Philippines is genetically modified to become herbicide tolerant, such as glyphosate. Glyphosate is considered a Category 2A Carcinogen of the IARC-WHO. Study estimates that over 5 million liters of glyphosate was doused in GM corn farms in 2011 alone, contrary to the claims that pesticide use is declining due to GM adoption. Hills and mountains cleared with glyphosate are now almost devoid of topsoil due to soil erosion and becoming very acidic making such areas unproductive over time. Eugenio Geraldo, Agro-Eco PH Advocacy Point Person, and Farmer-Trainor for Malitbog, Bukidnon, said environmental stewardship for sustainable agriculture starts with the seeds

planted by the farmers.

Eugenio Geraldo is Agro-Eco PH‘s farmer-trainor teaching farmers sustainable agriculture in Malitbog, Bukidnon Speaking in Visayan, Geraldo said: ―If we start caring for the environment, we should start with the seeds. During these times, with seeds like Sige-Sige or RR, these require chemicals to thrive.‖ MASIPAG and Greenpeace researchers previously tested samples of traditional and native corn varieties and found they were already contaminated by GM corn sold by seed companies (BT, RR, and stacked corn varieties) through cross-pollination, tainting the country‘s second staple crop with GM traits. ―Farmers call the contaminated corn varieties „sige-sige‟ corn in Mindanao as these dangerous technologies are creeping into our food systems without our knowledge and consent‖. The researchers found GMO corn presents a risk to health and the environment since these are used as livestock feeds and when their meat is processed the BT toxin could be ingested in fresh and processed foods, posing health hazards to the human population.

The return of Bt-Talong and Golden Rice ―When we speak of sustainable agriculture, we should talk about people‘s lives and chemicals have side effects which are detrimental to people‘s lives,‖ Geraldo stressed. ―And things are taking a turn for the worst with the impending return of Golden Rice and BT-Talong.‖ Farmers groups, environmental activists, scientists, consumer advocates and concerned sectors have challenged Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol to uphold the rights and welfare of farmers and consumers, in the light of the reversal by the Supreme Court of its decision on the controversial Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)―talong‖ (eggplant) case. Seven months after its landmark decision permanently enjoining the field testing of BT talong, the Supreme Court on July 26 reversed its ruling on the basis of ―mootness‖ and granted the petitions for motion for reconsideration filed by pro-genetically-modified organism (GMO) proponents. In a similar development, the controversial genetically modified GR2E Golden Rice variety, which is still being pushed in the Philippines, recently received a positive evaluation from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), concurring the variety‘s safety and nutrition. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said the provitamin-A biofortified rice variety has completed its food safety evaluation from the USFDA, its third international nod after approvals from the Food Standards Australia New Zealand and Health Canada earlier this year. Sustainable Agriculture via Seed Banks ―Our advocacy to farmers in Agro-Eco Philippines is to preserve our old seeds and cross-bred them with our current varieties. The same with rice, we have preserved old seeds as rice breeders so we won‘t depend on GM crops for our seeds. And this is how we in our small way can contribute to sustainable agriculture,‖ Geraldo said. Mutlisectoral Groups show their banners following the May 30 Salakyag March in Cagayan de Oro as a run-up to World Environment Day on June 5, 2018 (photo by Carl Cabaraban) Already, farmers from Benguet, Pangasinan, Aurora, Rizal, and Iloilo banded together as part of the worldwide initiative dubbed the Seed School and Farmers‘ Capacity Building Programto create food security and cultivate food diversity by simply saving seeds of traditional varieties. Putting seeds in the control of smallholder farmers and sharing them at the community level is one way to contribute to future food diversity and security. The program seeks to enable organic practitioners to produce and distribute seeds locally, and to spread seed-saving techniques through direct, farmer-to-farmer exchanges.

Yolanda Esguerra, executive director of PMPI and national coordinator of Salakyag 2018, said this situation is typical of the way the present economic system is supported by a legal structure that allows the plunder of nature under the guise of laws minimizing and managing environmental destruction. ―There has to be a totally new framework that would consider the inherent rights of nature to exist, flourish and regenerate for the good of all creation, not just to minimize and manage its destruction. And the whole capitalist economic system is profit-driven, where nature is all that we have.‖ Esguerra said Salakyag is a timely platform to uphold the rights of nature ―as equal in importance to the rights of human beings.‖ ―The modern world has produced people so disconnected with nature who only see its usefulness in relation to themselves. The natural perspective should be the ability to appreciate the links and usefulness of each of the species to each other.‖ ―We call on government to dialogue to institute measures to protect the most vulnerable groups, from the impact of natural disaster and man-made destruction. We ask the lawmakers to pass the green bills: Alternative Mineral Management Bill, National Land Use Act, and Forest Resources Bill and the creation of the Disaster Resiliency Department.‖ http://www.kagay-an.com/world-environment-day-2018salakyag-marches-gmo-carteldestroying-ph-agriculture/

Salt-resistant rice could feed a climate-change ravaged world After decades of failed attempts around the world, China has emerged as a leader in developing salt-resistant plants resilient to the effects of climate change. Public Domain - Researcher Yuan Longping successfully harvested red wild rice in salt water for the second time this year. Caroline Haskins JUN—05—2018 12:07PM EST You know the old saying: when life gives you completely preventable freshwater availability problems caused by climate change, spend decades and millions of dollars genetically manipulating crops so that they can survive in the inhospitable world that we‘ve created.

This is exactly what‘s happening in China. This week, the South China Morning Post reported that scientist Yuan Longping harvested the most successful, efficient breed of salt-resistant rice in the country‘s history, and that its crop yield even more efficient than regular rice. If implemented widely, salt-resistant crops have huge potential to save areas threatened by food and water insecurity. In upcoming decades, climate change threatens regions around the world with a lethal cocktail of different conditions that make it more difficult to grow plants. Droughts will become more severe and more likely, even in areas that aren‘t used to droughts. This harvest is Longping‘s second successful salt-resistant rice harvest in the past year, but this round of crops took huge leaps forward. In October, Longping grew more than 4.5 metric tons of rice per hectare of land (compared to the non-salt resistant average of 3 metric tons). This month‘s harvest yielded 7.5 metric tons. Climate change also sets off an environmental feedback that causes sea levels around the world to rise. For areas that don‘t exist far above sea level—like small islands, areas of Pakistan, India, and Australia, and even Maryland—sea level rise can spell severe, consistent salt-water flooding. Since all of these areas rely on agriculture, consistent saltwater flooding could spell a hunger crisis if crops aren‘t successful. Bigger picture, it‘s important to note that once an area starts growing salt-resistant plants, it‘s next to impossible to get the soil back to its original state. Once a plot of land has been converted for saltwater planting, only saltwater plants can grow there for the indefinite future. As China National Rice Research Institute researcher Huang Shiwen told the South China Morning Post in 2017, ―Planting this rice will keep the land salty forever. It cannot be used to grow other crops.‖ Still, given the scale of the risk that climate change presents to food and water supplies around the world, progress in salt-resistant crop research from scientists is undoubtedly a step in the right direction. The need and demand for salt-resistant crops has never been higher, but developing them hasn‘t been easy. Scientists around the world have been working since the 1960s to engineer crops that are resistant to salt, but only recently has genetic knowledge advanced to the point where a more salt-resistant crop is possible. Plants are resistant to salt due to a combination of different genes, and until recently it was more practical to filter the salt from sea water than to breed a salt-resistant plant. It‘s not evident if salt-resistant crops such as rice are ready to be produced at scale yet. According to the South China Morning Post‘s reporting from Longping‘s October rice

harvest, citizens have to pay a ―premium‖ price. Some citizens told the Post that they could justify the purchase due to the above-average taste, and the fact that saltwater acts as a natural pesticide, killing off harmful bacteria. But the salt-resistant rice isn‘t yet a realistic purchase for the 55 million people living below the poverty line in China. https://theoutline.com/post/4814/china-salt-resistent-plant-crop-rice-climate-changeadaptation?zd=1&zi=4ker7xio

Delta Council Heralds Mississippi Contributions to U.S. Ag By Josh Hankins

CLEVELAND, MS -- Wear cotton. Eat rice. And catfish. That was the theme of the Delta Council meeting here last Friday. Per tradition, there was no shortage of seersucker suits as the annual gathering is a celebration of cotton clothing and all things Mississippi agriculture, including rice. Attendees included Governor Phil Bryant, Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves, Senator Roger Wicker, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, and more than 2,000 Delta Council members.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt was this year's keynote speaker and he discussed President Trump's "America First" agenda, sharing his belief that countries around the globe are able to benefit when we put the United States first.

Pruitt outlined the EPA's three-pronged agenda that includes revisiting the basics in the fundamental rule of law, citing previous agency action on Waters of the United States (WOTUS) as an inconsistent uncertainty for the agriculture industry. Second, the EPA is focused on the process of policy, as Pruitt explained that regulation by litigation is an example of abuse within the system. And third, EPA is focused on cooperative federalism. "It is important to meet with and hear directly from the people of Mississippi so that we can work cooperatively to advance the President's agenda and protect the state's vital natural resources," he said.

"Our biggest challenge is to change the attitude that true environmentalism is prohibition," Pruitt said. "True environmentalism is not prohibition but is simply stewardship. The President has rejected the misguided narrative that we must choose between protecting the environment and growing the economy. We can do both, and we have done both - better than any other nation, in fact."

Tributes were made during the ceremony to recognize two very special Mississippians who both are stepping aside in 2018 but together helped shape the Delta Council and Mississippi agriculture: the long-time director of the Delta Council, Chip Morgan, and Senator Thad Cochran.

"This event emphasizes the legacy and tradition associated with southern rice," said USA Rice President & CEO Betsy Ward. "The work of the Delta Council is instrumental in advancing the U.S. agriculture industry, and we appreciate our longstanding partnership as we work together to promote U.S. rice. It was heartwarming to hear the tribute to Senator Cochran but also see Chip Morgan get the thanks and recognition he so richly deserves for his service to the Delta Council and the entire rice industry." USA Rice Daily

Rice Webinar: Thursday June 7

Tune in Thursday, June 7 at 10:00 a.m. Central Time, for a new rice webinar hosted by Dr. Bobby Coats, with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Jim Robinson, UofA professor of horticulture and drone specialist, talks about the "buzz" around drones and how to approach this emerging technology to reduce the financial risk of adoption. Go here to register for the webinar. USA Rice Daily

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Wheat dips on increased supply, reduced offtake PTI | Jun 4, 2018, 14:52 IST New Delhi, Jun 4 () In restricted activity, wheat prices eased by Rs 5 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today on sufficient stocks position and arrivals from producing belts. Traders said ample stocks position on increased arrivals from producing regions against reduced offtake by flour mills, mainly weighed on wheat prices. In the national capital, wheat dara (for mills) shed Rs 5 to Rs 1,735-1,740 per quintal. Atta chakki delivery followed suit and traded lower by a similar margin to Rs 1,740-1,745 per 90 kg.

Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,100-2,200, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,735-1,740 Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,740-1,745, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 230-260, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 940-950 (50 kg), Maida Rs 960-970 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,040-1,050 (50 kg). Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 7,300-7,400, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 6,600-6,700, Permal raw Rs 2,3752400, Permal wand Rs 2,475-2,525, Sela Rs 3,050-3,150 and Rice IR-8 Rs 2,025-2,075, Bajra Rs 1,250-1,255, Jowar yellow Rs 1,650-1,700, white Rs 2,850-2,950, Maize Rs 1,290-1,295, Barley Rs 1,480-1,490. SUN KPS SHW ADI

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Cheap imported rice to flood market June 6, 2018, 7:36 AM By Genalyn Kabiling and Madelaine Miraflor Cheap imported rice will flood the local market soon, starting this month after the series of importation led by the National Food Authority (NFA).

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III (left); Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez (MANILA BULLETIN) With the additional imports, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said there would be NFA rice that would be sold again at P27 and P32 ―to provide that accessibility to low-priced rice.‖ ―This will of course drag down even prices of commercial rice, which as you know, despite the lack of supply, we were able to still hold on it at the level of P39 to P49 for regular and well-milled rice,‖ Lopez added. Lopez said the trade department is closely monitoring prices of commodities including food products to ensure retailers abide with the agreed suggested retail prices. He added that the Department of Agriculture plans to impose SRP in agricultural products sold in markets too.

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the passage of the proposed rice tariffication law could be one of the best ways to address high food prices. Such proposal is expected to reduce inflation by around 0.4 percentage points if implemented in the third quarter. ―It will bring down rice prices by around P7 per kilo for the Filipino families and reduce inflation to below 4 percent by the second half of the year,‖ he said.Just recently, five suppliers from Thailand and Singapore were awarded the contract to supply 250,000 metric tons (MT) of 25 percent broken, well-milled long grain white rice, to the NFA under the open tender bidding held on May 22. Nineteen suppliers participated in the bidding, but only 13 passed the eligibility and technical requirements, and only five eventually passed the post-qualification evaluation of the NFA‘s special bids and awards committee. The companies awarded the contracts are Thai Hua (2511) Co., Ltd. for the supply of 75,000 MT; Capital Cereals Co. Ltd. for 43,000 MT; Asia Golden Rice Co., Ltd. for 58,500 MT; Ponglarp Co. Ltd. for 36,000 MT; and Olam International Limited for 37,500 MT. Olam International is based in Singapore while the other suppliers are from Thailand. The fresh stocks will form part of the NFA‘s food security stocks during the lean months of July to September. Bulk of the volume or 200,000 MT are scheduled to arrive in the country not later than July 31, 2018, while the remaining 50,000 MT should be delivered not later than August 31, 2018. The total volume was divided into seven lots with corresponding discharge ports in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao to facilitate distribution to the markets and intended beneficiaries. Gov‘t to gov‘t bidding The open tender importation will be on top of the importation of 250,000 MT of rice through a government-to-government bidding that was also held recently. Only the governments of Vietnam and Thailand – the two countries with a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on government-to-government rice importation with the Philippines – were invited to supply the 250,000 MT, consisting of 200,000 MT of 25 percent and 50,000 MT of 15 percent broken rice. First tranche of imported rice The first tranche of imported rice from Thailand and Vietnam should start arriving this week until June 15. An initial shipment totaling 16,000 MT or 320,000 bags from Vietnam arrived at the ports of Subic (11,000 MT) and Surigao (5,000 MT) last June 2. It will be immediately unloaded and is estimated to be back in the market within the week.

―As a result, regular patrons of good quality government-subsidized rice can now heave a sigh of relief,‖ NFA said. Bidding under MAV scheme Aside from the government-to-private and government-to-government importation, the bidding for the importation of 805,000 MT of rice under the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) scheme of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is also happening in a few days. Slapped with a lower tariff, MAV refers to the volume of commodities that is allowed to be imported by a member country as a commitment to WTO. Rice importation under this new program is pursuant to Republic Act No. 8178, or an act replacing quantitative import restrictions (QR) on agriculture products, except rice, with tariffs. To compensate for the expiration of QR, the Philippine government unilaterally extended the MAV commitments of 805,200 metric tons (MT) and corresponding tariff concessions to maintain special treatment through Executive Order No. 23 (EO 23). NFA statement Meanwhile, the NFA clarified that it has no plans yet for further rice imports at this time. NFA administrator Jason Aquino said the agency will first focus on the immediate presence of NFA rice in the markets, as imports arrive, to possibly pull down and stabilize rice prices. The NFA is also considering new modes of rice distribution to effectively cater to the needs of the intended beneficiaries of good quality government subsidized rice. Inflation rate to level off In Seoul, President Duterte‘s economic managers assured Filipinos that rice as well as domestic fuel are expected to temper down amid the anticipation that the Philippines‘ inflation rate would start to level off, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III tried to assure Filipinos about the eventual drop in the country‘s inflation rate even after it accelerated to 4.6 percent last May. ―It seems to me that the inflation rate is, I hope, levelling off. I think this is a sign of levelling off and probably dropping,‖ Dominguez said during a press conference on the sidelines of President Duterte‘s official visit here. ―In the second half of the year, the inflation should be on the downtrend. In fact the estimate for the inflation for next year is below 4 percent,‖ he added. Dominguez cited that world oil prices have been on the ―downtrend‖ based on the government‘s close monitoring.

He acknowledged that the latest inflation spike has been largely propelled by higher tobacco, rice, fish, and corn prices as well as world crude cost. He assured that the government is ―taking steps to stay ahead of the situation.‖ ―I would like to emphasize that TRAIN is not the sole reason for the increase in inflation. The effect of high global oil prices driven by unfavorable geopolitical events, along with the import quotas on rice has affected prices on a much larger scale,‖ he said. https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/06/05/cheap-imported-rice-to-flood-market/

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Global Global and Chinese Calrose Rice Market, 2018-2023 Market Research Report provides key statistics on the market status of the Global and Chinese Calrose Rice manufacturers and is a valuable source of guidance and direction for companies and individuals interested in the industry. Global and Chinese Calrose Rice Market Opportunities: With a purpose of enlightening new entrants about the possibilities in this market, report investigates new project feasibility. A thorough investment analysis is provided in report which forecasts imminent opportunities for the Global and Chinese Calrose Rice market players. Request Sample PDF of report https://www.marketreportsworld.com/enquiry/requestsample/11084930 Some of Important topics in Global and Chinese Calrose Rice Market Research Report Chapter One Introduction of Global and Chinese Calrose Rice Industry 1.1 Brief Introduction of Global and Chinese Calrose Rice 1.2 Development of Global and Chinese Calrose Rice Industry 1.3 Status of Global and Chinese Calrose Rice Industry Chapter Two Manufacturing Technology of Global and Chinese Calrose Rice 2.1 Development of Global and Chinese Calrose Rice Manufacturing Technology 2.2 Analysis of Global and Chinese Calrose Rice Manufacturing Technology 2.3 Trends of Global and Chinese Calrose Rice Manufacturing Technology Chapter Six 2018-2023 Market Forecast of Global and Chinese Global and Chinese Calrose Rice Industry 6.1 2018-2023 Global and Chinese Capacity, Production, and Production Value of Global and Chinese Calrose Rice

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Duty on Rice Import: Govt to raise it to 'protect growers' Refayet Ullah Mirdha

12:00 AM, June 05, 2018 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:06 AM, June 05, 2018

The government will re-impose 28 percent duty on import of rice to protect the growers as the country got a bumper paddy production in the boro season, said Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday.

The move comes after many farmers sold their produce to middlemen at prices a lot below their production cost in the face of surging rice imports and increased domestic production this year. Sheikh Mushfikur Rahman, a farmer in Bagerhat, said, â&#x20AC;&#x2022;This is a delayed a move. The declaration should have been earlier. This is not going to benefit small farmers as many of them have already sold their produce. This will benefit the middlemen.â&#x20AC;&#x2013; He said he would be one of the few of growers who hold on to a portion of their produce until the price rises. Now, prices of paddy at the farmers end are between Tk 17.5 and Tk 22.5 per kg depending on the quality, according to two millers and Mushfik. But the prices are below the government's estimated production of cost of Tk 24 per kg. Local farmers are not getting the proper prices from the sales as excessive rice was imported with only 2 percent duty in place, Tofail told journalists at a press conference at his secretariat office. He said the re-imposed duty would come into effect with the proposal of the upcoming national budget. Finance Minister AMA Muhith is scheduled to unveil budgetary measures on June 7. Sazzad Zahir Chandan, general secretary of Bangladesh Krishak Samity, a rights organisation for farmers, said his organisation was against import of rice during the harvest season.

He echoed Mushfik and said farmers would be unable to reap the benefits of the increased duty. ―Millers and ruling party men who supply the staple to government silos will make profit now,‖ he said. Last year, the government reduced the duty on rice imports in two phases to increase supply and curb price spike owing to crop losses in the north where floods had a devastating impact. The north accounts for more than half the boro production. The government first reduced duty on import of rice to 10 percent in June last year and in August the duty was further reduced to 2 percent to raise the stock of rice. As a result, rice import soared to 39 lakh tonnes in July-May, up from only 1.33 lakh tonnes the previous year, according to the food ministry data. According to US Department of Agriculture, the rice deficit for Bangladesh was an estimated 10 lakh tonnes. ―We witnessed a bumper paddy production this season. So, it has been decided that the duty on import of rice would be taken to the previous level,‖ said Tofail, adding, ―There would not be any bad impact on the local market if the duty is re-imposed, as we have a lot of stock of the staple. ―If the duty is not raised from the 2 percent, the traders will import a lot of rice and the local farmers will lose interest in growing rice in the next season,‖ the minister said. ―If needed, we will lower the duty again,‖ said Tofail. KM Layek Ali, general secretary of Bangladesh Auto Major and Husking Mills Association, said duty hike would help millers to clear their stock, which they could not get rid of due to low demand and imported rice flooding the market.Layek said many farmers, including some with small farms, still have paddy in stock. ―Those farmers, who could dry their paddy, despite inclement weather during and after the harvest, have retained a portion,‖ he said.

Mushfik said prices of paddy fell to as low as Tk 15 per kg in his locality last month and many marginal growers had to sell their produce. ―And marginal farmers, who have sold paddy, will have to buy rice at higher prices in the coming days if the prices go up. They could suffer at both ends,‖ he said. At the briefing, Tofail said India imposed anti-dumping duty on Bangladeshi jute to protect the interest of their own farmers.―We are also imposing duty to protect the interest of our farmers.‖ Some 6.3 percent more paddy was produced this boro season compared to the last season, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture last week. During this boro season, paddy acreage was 1 lakh more than that of last year, the report said. http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/duty-rice-import-govt-raise-it-protect-growers-1586482

Rice Packaging Machines Market Insights June 2018 covering Market Share, Market Concentration Rate, Mergers and Acquisition, Expansion, Gross Margin, Leading Players, Raw materials, Substitutes threat and Innovation June 5, 2018 - by TrustedBusinessInsights

A new report titled Global Rice Packaging Machines Market Research Report 2018has been added to the database of Trusted Business Insights (TBI). In this report the Global Rice Packaging Machines Market is valued (valuation provided in sample report) million in 2018 and is expected to reach USD (forecast provided in sample report) million by end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of (percentage provided in sample report) annually between 2018 and 2025. Geographically the leading manufacturers, exporters, and retailers(if applicable) around the world are analyzed for this research report. Below are the business entities covered in the report: ANKO FOOD MACHINE Zaccaria Milltec Lianyungang Huantai Machinery Satake Suzumo Milltec

Premier Tech SATAKE Group General Kinematics? Shanghai Kunbu Packaging Machinery Geographically, this report studies the top producers and consumers, focuses on product capacity, production, value, consumption, market share and growth opportunity in these key regions, covering North America Europe China Japan Other Regions The regional scope of the study is as follows: North America United States Canada Mexico Asia-Pacific China India Japan South Korea Australia Indonesia Singapore Rest of Asia-Pacific Europe Germany France UK Italy Spain Russia Rest of Europe Central & South America Brazil Argentina Rest of South America Middle East & Africa Saudi Arabia

Turkey Rest of Middle East & Africa On the basis of product, this report displays the production, revenue, price, market share and growth rate of each type, primarily split into Fully Automated Semi-automated On the basis of the end users/applications, this report focuses on the status and outlook for major applications/end users, consumption (sales), market share and growth rate for each application, including Factories Other The study objectives of this report are: To analyze and study the global Rice Packaging Machines capacity, production, value, consumption, status (2013-2017) and forecast (2018-2025); Focuses on the key Rice Packaging Machines manufacturers, to study the capacity, production, value, market share and development plans in future. Focuses on the global key manufacturers, to define, describe and analyze the market competition landscape, SWOT analysis. To define, describe and forecast the market by type, application and region. To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints and risks. To identify significant trends and factors driving or inhibiting the market growth. To analyze the opportunities in the market for stakeholders by identifying the high growth segments. To strategically analyze each submarket with respect to individual growth trend and their contribution to the market To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market To strategically profile the key players and comprehensively analyze their growth strategies. In this study, the years considered to estimate the market size of Rice Packaging Machines are as follows: History Year: 2013-2017 Base Year: 2017 Estimated Year: 2018 Forecast Year 2018 to 2025 For the data information by region, company, type and application, 2017 is considered as the base year. Whenever data information was unavailable for the base year, the prior year has been considered.

Key Stakeholders Rice Packaging Machines Manufacturers Rice Packaging Machines Distributors/Traders/Wholesalers Rice Packaging Machines Subcomponent Manufacturers Industry Association Downstream Vendors Available Customizations The following customization options are available for the report: Regional and country-level analysis of the Rice Packaging Machines market, by end-use. Detailed analysis and profiles of additional market players. Request sample pages @ https://www.trustedbusinessinsights.com/details/global-ricepackaging-machines-market-research-report-2018 Table of Content: Chapters and Major Sections Global Rice Packaging Machines Market Research Report 2018 Chapter 1: Rice Packaging Machines Market Overview Chapter 2: Rice Packaging Machines Competition by Players/Suppliers, Type and Application Chapter 3: United States Rice Packaging Machines Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price) Chapter 4: China Rice Packaging Machines Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price) Chapter 5: Europe Rice Packaging Machines Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price) Chapter 6: Japan Rice Packaging Machines Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price) Chapter 7: Southeast Asia Rice Packaging Machines Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price) Chapter 8: India Rice Packaging Machines Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price) Chapter 9: Rice Packaging Machines Players/Suppliers Profiles and Sales Data Chapter 10: Rice Packaging Machines Manufacturing Cost Analysis Chapter 11: Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers Chapter 12: Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders Chapter 13: Market Effect Factors Analysis Chapter 14: Rice Packaging Machines Market Forecast (2018-2025) Chapter 15: Research Findings and Conclusion Chapter 16: Appendix Browse complete TOC @ https://www.trustedbusinessinsights.com/details/global-ricepackaging-machines-market-research-report-2018 TBI partners exclusively with global publishers to provide clients single-point access to topnotch market research. TBIâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s repository is updated daily to assist clients to be the first in

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NFA rice imports start arriving By: Karl R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:04 AM June 05, 2018 Provinces in Luzon and Mindanao can expect the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s subsidized rice varieties to be back in the markets within this week as the first tranche of rice imports have already arrived in the country. According to National Food Authority (NFA) spokesperson Rex Estoperez, 16,000 metric tons (MT) of rice were unloaded in the ports of Subic and Surigao during the weekend. The presence of two NFA rice varieties in the market, priced at P27 and P32 a kilo, respectively, is expected to lower the prices of the staple. Since January, retail prices have not stopped increasing following the tightness in the supply from the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s grains agency. Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed average retail prices for regularmilled and well-milled rice climbed by 7.08 percent and 5.22 percent, respectively, to P43.93 and P40.23 per kg from a year ago levels.

Estoperez said the initial shipments of rice imports would be distributed in provinces surrounding Subic and Surigao. Meanwhile, rice shipments for Metro Manila, estimated at 1.5 million bags, is expected to arrive in the succeeding tranches. While the agency has assured consumers that its priority was to stabilize the supply and prices of rice in the market before it replenishes its stocks, Estoperez said a portion of the shipment would be set aside for NFA‘s inventory. Part of the agency‘s mandate is to maintain 15 days‘ worth of rice supply at any given time, but this has yet to be fulfilled by the agency. The National Food Authority (NFA) Council approved last February the importation of 250,000 metric tons of rice to replenish the NFA buffer stock that was used in part to help stabilize rice prices. The rice importation will come mainly from Vietnam and Thailand.To ensure that the importation process would be ―more inclusive and transparent,‖ the mode of importation was ―government to private importation or open tender procurement.‖ NFA management earlier asked that it be allowed to use its standby authority to import 250,000 metric tons of rice as its buffer stock of rice was down to only 64,000 metric tons, or good for only two days. The government had insisted that the country had no rice shortage as 3.8 million metrics ton of rice or equivalent to 121 days of rice supply were available.The NFA council also discussed raising the NFA‘s buying price of P17 a kilo for clean and dry palay but the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, The Neda Board and the Department of Finance objected as this would be inflationary, or cause prices of basic commodities to increase.

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Scientists To Grow Rice In The Middle Of The Desert Using Seawater THE IDEA IS TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF FOOD IN THE REGION AND HELP PRESERVE FRESHWATER RESERVES. CATMANC/SHUTTERSTOCK By Josh Davis 04 JUN 2018, 17:59 The dry, arid deserts of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may soon be covered in lush, wet rice paddies. This may sound like an impossible transformation, but if Chinese scientists and an Emirati Sheikh are to be believed, it is a very conceivable future. The plan is to use a recently developed saltwater-resistant rice strain to plant the crop on large swathes of the Middle Eastern desert, and then irrigate the land with diluted seawater. This would allow the region to dramatically increase the amount of food it can produce and at the same time help to protect its valuable freshwater reserves. The possibility of this ambitious plan has only been realized due to the creation of a new strain of rice by Chinese scientists that's been bred to grow in saltwater. It has actually taken four decades to get to this point, after a researcher found a wild species of rice growing near mangrove forests, which only tend to live in brackish coastal waters. Realizing the significance of this, the researcher then set out to cross-breed this wild, saltwatertolerant species of rice with other rice species that would enable large-scale farming. Over time, they managed to create up to eight different strains of salt-tolerant rice, but none of them produced a yield high enough to make them an economically viable crop. It was not until last year that it was reported scientists had made a breakthrough and managed to double the yield of the newly developed rice. It has already been grown and sold in parts of China, with a long-term goal to boost the nation‘s rice production by up to 20 percent and plant the crop on an extra 1 million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) of land that has been under-utilized due to the high amount of salinity in the soil. Now, the researchers have teamed up with Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum from the ruling family of Dubai. Their long-term aim is cover 10 percent of the UAE – which has an area of roughly 83,600 square kilometers (32,300 square miles) – with rice paddies, helping to maintain food security within the region.

The idea isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;t to stop there though, as the Sheikh hopes to promote seawater rice farming not only in the UAE but across the Middle East, using desalination plants to dilute the pure seawater and green larger portions of the desert. http://www.iflscience.com/environment/scientists-to-grow-rice-in-the-middle-of-the-desertusing-seawater/

Dadaji Ramaji Khobragade: Rural Inventor Who Revolutionalised Rice Farming Breathes His Last Dadaji was active until last year when he would make at least one visit to his farm every day. The veteran stopped working when his body would no longer back up his mind and his ideas. Jaideep Hardikar | Updated:June 4, 2018, 7:10 PM IST Nagpur: He fought for his rights but could never quite get his due.

Dadaji Ramaji Khobragade, the inventor of HMT-Sona and ten other popular rice varieties died on Sunday at the Search hospital in Gadchiroli. The Dalit farmer, who won global acclaim for his innovations, had suffered a crippling paralytic attack a month ago.

He is survived by his son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren. The 80-year-old had been unwell for the past six months. He was frail and his listening capabilities were hampered. For his work and farm innovations, Dadaji earned a lot of goodwill and support from many quarters including institutions and individuals. This was something that kept pushing him to work, even in his old age.

Dadaji was active until last year when he would make at least one visit to his farm every day. The veteran stopped working when his body would no longer back up his mind and his ideas.

During his childhood, he reared the village cattle and could never go to school. As an adult, he invented 11 popular rice varieties that occupy vast stretches of paddy land in central India.

HMT-Sona gives an average yield of 40â&#x20AC;&#x201C;45 quintals per hectare and has short grains, high rice recovery and good aroma. The variety is now marketed in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Chinnour, Nanded-92, Nanded-Hira, VijayNanded, Dipak-Ratna and the latest DRK-I and II, were some of his other finds with an average yield of about 20 quintals per acre in rain-fed conditions.

For many years, the octogenarian lived in a dingy hut in Chandrapurâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s Nanded village. A few years ago, with the money from his awards and help from a few people, Dadaji built a house that also became his seed godown. Awards, medals and citations would hang by the walls in a room.

He first shot to fame when he accused the state-run Punjabrao Krishi Vidyapeeth (PKV) for taking credit for the brand that he had originally bred on his farm and given to the university scientists. This was in early 2000s.

While Dadaji claimed the PKV had appropriated his variety, the PKV held that sourced it from him and significantly improved the variety with their scientific inputs. The issue remains unresolved till date. PKV never officially gave Dadaji his credit in its varietal release proposal.

The National Innovation Foundation (NIF) recognised his work in 2003-04 and the Maharashtra government gave him the Krishi Bhushan and Krishi Ratna awards for his innovations. One of his varieties called Chinnour is akin to the Basmati of the north. He named his latest variety after himself: DRK.

In 2010, Dadaji‘s name figured in the Forbes list of top seven Indian rural entrepreneurs, after it was picked up by the IIM-Ahmadabad professor and founder of the Honey Bee Network Anil Gupta. Dadaji could not make any sense of what it meant. ―I am happy, but I don‘t know what it means to me and to my fellow farmers,‖ he said.

When I first met Dadaji in August 2005, he recounted to me a number of heists that took place on his farm every day. Someone stole pumpkins one day; the other day, it would be a wooden cot that he kept for himself. In summers, people stole wild berries and even rice.

He wasn‘t bothered about those thefts as much as he was about the fact that the PKV never quite officially acknowledged the HMT-Sona as his discovery. Even the name was given by Dadaji when he went to the market in Mul town, back in early 1990, and a trader asked him to suggest a name for the rice variety.

―I‘d wear an HMT-Sona watch on my wrist,‖ Dadaji recounted in my first interview. ―I looked at it and told the trader ‗let it be named HMT-Sona‘.‖ It took the consumers by a storm for its fragrance and taste.

In 1983, Dadaji noticed three yellow-coloured strains of paddy corns in his farm. ―They were different," he told me. The innovator preserved them and sowed them again on his farm the

following year. The rice it yielded was soft and tasty with better oil contents. He repeated the process over seven years with the selection method. A decade later, it became a hit with the local farmers.

Dadaji had bred this particular variety from the Patel-3 variety that he would plant on his fields. He had an eye for the best grain and a heart for farming. As his son Mitrajeet would once tell us: ―Dadaji spoke to his paddy strains as if they were his kids, softly and lovingly.‖

He was uneducated, but he was deeply inspired by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. Dadaji was a Mahar by caste and an Ambedkarite by political belief. ―I stopped skinning the cattle on the call of Dr Ambedkar,‖ he once told me. ―I never got to see Babasaheb, but my generation came out of our past shadows because of him.‖

During one of our interactions at his home, Dadaji told me how he was landless once. ―This present land is my daughter-in-law‘s land. One-and-a-half acres, it came to her as property from her side.‖ That land had dual purposes — it was his family‘s sustenance and his lab.

―No one told ever me how to breed the varieties; I kept doing it out of my love for the best grains.‖Like a true parent breeder, he could separate the real from the fake. ―This is not my rice,‖ he once told me of a variety I had taken to him. A Nagpur grocer sold it as HMT-Sona. Dadaji said it wasn‘t. He gave me a few kgs of the original, the rice he had found on his farm and bettered it. It tasted much better and was qualitatively different from the one I had bought from a shop in my home city.

Dadaji once tried experimenting with paddy and turmeric as an inter-cropping system on his

farm. He succeeded with the yields but held commodity prices were a key factor. ―Farmers will remain poor unless they get remunerative prices and capital to start allied activities,‖ he told me.

In 2006, Dadaji took on the Vilasrao Deshmukh-government for having gifted him with a fake gold medal. Dadaji discovered that a 14-carat gold medal that he got from the government as part of the Krishi-Bhushan award package was actually made of sub-standard silver whose value was no more than Rs 500. ―I am shocked,‖ an agitated Dadaji said then. ―Why insult us like this?‖

Dadaji was presented a 50 gram 14-carat gold medal, cash prize of Rs 25,000 and a citation from the Maharashtra Governor for his achievement. ―I used all my cash awards to buy some land for research work.‖ When he wanted to sell the gold medal to buy a motor-pump, he was told the medal was actually a dud.

Dadaji returned his award in anger, prompting other medallists to return their awards and the state government to launch an inquiry and apologise to the farmers by reinstating their awards with original gold medals. Dadaji favoured the intellectual property rights to be bestowed upon farmers like him.

Seed savers like him were crucial to food security and seed diversity, he once told me at his home. ―Farmers must not merely complain of the problems,‖ he held. ―They should also try to be a solution.‖

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PRICES-KOCHI-COMMODITIES PTI June 4, 2018 Kochi, June 04 (PTI): Ginger (Inferior) Rs.12,500/-, Ginger (Medium) Rs.15,500/-, Ginger (Best) Rs.15,500/-, Turmeric Salem Rs.8,500/-, Turmeric-Erode(Agmark) Rs.9,000/-, Nuxvomica Rs.-----, Ambahaldhar Rs.10,500/-, Kolinjan 14,000-15,000/-, Kachura Rs.------, Kapurkatchili Rs.14,000-17,000/-, Betelnuts Rs.18,000-19,000/-, Rice Raw (No.1) Rs----/-,Rice Raw (No.2) Rs.2,900/-, Rice Boiled (Sulekha) Rs.3,750/-, Rice Jaya (Boiled) Rs.3,300/-, Rice Broken Rs.2,400/-, Wheat Rs.2,550/-, Chola Rs.--------, Chillies Rs.10,500-15,000/-, Bengal Gram Rs.4,500-5,500/-, Black Gram Rs.6,200-6,800/-, Gingelly Rs.11,000/-, Green Gram Rs.7,300-7,800/-, Horse Gram 4,100/-, Peas Dal Rs.4,100-4,400/-, Toor Dal Rs.5,500-6,300/-, Pepper New Rs.35,800/-2 Pepper light Rs.-------, Pin Heads Rs.------, Sugar (per bag) Rs.3,300/(All rates per quintal). COIR YARN : Cochin Parur Thin (85 M/Kg) Rs.4,900/-, Vycom Thick 180M/Kg) Rs.4,900/-, Choriwal Thin Rs.6,800/- PTI VHN RBS RBS RBS https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/prices-kochi-commodities-1250088-2018-06-04

Epic Research Daily Agri Commodity Report Of 5 June 2018 Press release from: Epic Research Exports of Rice, the largest commodity in India's agri basket, rose 12% in volumes to 9.89 lakh tonnes in April on good demand for the nonbasmati Rice, according to the provisional statement from the Agricultural and Processed Foods Export Development Authority (APEDA). The country exported 619665 tonnes of non-basmati Rice worth $262 million in April, rose 25.5% as compared to 493441 tonnes ($199 million) in the same month last year. Exports of basmati Rice totalled 370183 tonnes in April, down nearly 5% as compared to 389542 tonnes in the same month last year. Though, the revenue from basmati Rice exports rose 9.3% year-onyear to $410 million during the month, according to APEDA data.

World Cotton consumption is estimated to rise to 26.7 million tonnes in 2018/19, while world Cotton production is estimated at 25.7 million tonnes, the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) said in its latest report. Production in China is projected to decrease to 5.6 million tonnes in 2018/19 based on reduced planting area, while consumption is forecasted to increase to 8.4 million tonnes. US production is projected to decrease to 4.2 million tonnes with exports projected to increase 3% to 3.3 million tonnes in 2018/19. Reduced yields in 2017/18 in India are contributing to lowered planted area for 2018/19 with exports projected at 840,000 tonnes representing a 24% decrease from the previous season. Production in Brazil for the 2017/18 season is estimated to be 1.9 million tonnes, a 26% increase from 2016/17, with 900,000 tonnes projected for export. India has made unmatched progress in Coconut cultivation in the last four years and now it has become the leading country in coconut production and productivity. Productivity increased to 11516 fruits per hectare in 2017-18 as compared to 10122 in 2013-14. Between 2014 and 2018, 13,117 hectare was brought under new plantation as compared to 9,561 hectare during 20102014. Economic News Tea industry in West Bengal is heading towards major uncertainty as over 7 lakh tea workers plan to launch an aggressive protest, including calls for an idefinite strike, demanding an immediate resolution of unsettled wages by June 25. Despite numerous meetings, seminars and symposiums, negotiation have failed to come up with an amicable solution for the prolonged dispute over wages since the past four years. ―Now pushed to the brink, we will give ultimatum to the government on June 9 and look for alternative steps from June 14. If positive outcome does not come by the 25th, we will go forward with an aggressive movement. It may also include the calling of an indefinite strike, if needed,‖ said Saman Pathak Centre of Indian Trade Unions, West Bengal state Working Committee member and a major functionary in the movement. With the global trends in sugar prices being subdued, the Government‘s announcement of 2 million MT of sugar exports under the Minimum Indicative Export Quota (MIEQ) scheme in March 2018 is yet to commence fully. Subsequent announcement of production subsidy of Rs 55/MT announced in May 2018 too has not resulted in raising sugar exports. As per an ICRA note, the oversupply scenario therefore continues to prevail in the domestic market, resulting in sugar prices touching a low of Rs. 27,500/MT in may.Sabyasachi Majumdar, Senior Vice President & Group Head, ICRA Ratings, ―Domestic sugar production for SY2018 is set to cross 31 million MT from 20.3 million MT in the previous year. This has been driven principally by a recovery in production in Maharashtra, North Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh (UP). We expect domestic sugar consumption to increase to around 25.0 million MT in SY2018 from 24.5 million MT in SY2017. As per our estimates, even after meeting the target of exporting 2 million MT, the domestic market would still have around 2.5 – 3.0 million MT of excess sugar stocks than the normative stock for the next season.

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Philippines: May inflation surprises on the downside The May inflation rate of 4.6%, which is at low end of central bank forecast, reduces pressure to hike policy rates later this month. Uncertain second-round effects should keep BSP vigilant May inflation surprised on the downside as food, non-alcoholic beverages and utilities posted MoM disinflation. This brought annualized headline inflation to only 4.6%, below the marketâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s median forecast of 4.9% and at the low end of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSPâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s) forecast of 4.6% to 5.4%. The government encouraged rice millers in the major rice producing regions to sell some inventory at a 10% discount to April prices. Tighter monitoring of retail prices also helped. We anticipate that the delivery of government imported rice to major ports this month will bring back low-priced subsidized rice to the market and offset other price pressures. Oil prices have eased also but a weaker PHP is likely prevent the full translation of the drop in global

oil prices at the pump. We believe that recent developments indicate that inflation is at or near the peak. These developments also cut the pressure on BSP to hike policy rates this month. However, we still expect BSP to hike policy rates at the 21 June meeting to pre-empt secondround effects and stabilize inflation expectations. Tri-partite regional wage boards are considering higher minimum wages while regulators deliberate on higher minimum transport fares. BSP‘s 4.6% and 3.4% 2018 and 2019 inflation forecasts assume a 3.6% increase in minimum wages and a modest increase in transport fares. Significantly higher increases may result in a double peak of inflation while keeping inflation expectations on an uptrend. The other consideration is a weakening PHP. Further weakness could still push prices higher. Manufacturers have signaled price increases to cover higher costs resulting from higher oil prices and a weaker PHP. While we argue for a rate hike this month, the likelihood is now closer to even. https://think.ing.com/snaps/philippines-may-inflation-surprises-on-the-downside/

Rice Farmers Petition Kadaga Over ‗Selective‘ Tax Holiday While meeting Kadaga on Monday, the farmers from Butaleja district led by the chairperson of the Association, Rachel Mbabazi expressed dissatisfaction on how government is reportedly favouring some rice importers by giving them 100% tax holidays

BYKAMPALA POST ONJUNE 4, 2018 By Max Patrick Ocaido PARLIAMENT. Rice farmers under their umbrella body Rice Association of Uganda (RAU) have petitioned Speaker Rebecca Kadaga over ‗selective‘ tax concession. While meeting Kadaga on Monday, the farmers from Butaleja district led by the chairperson of the Association, Rachel Mbabazi expressed dissatisfaction on how government is reportedly favouring some rice importers by giving them 100% tax holidays. ―Government has been favouring some importers or companies by giving them waivers of 100% importation all the times. They claim they are millers and that they don't have rice and want tax concession to import the rice and yet farmers are stuck with rice without market,‖ Mbabazi said. It has had an adverse effect on rice farmers for the last 3years. In 2004, government adopted a new policy for rice growing and the idea was to encourage production of rice on a large scale.

This policy has since then made rice growing very profitable until 2015 when government started giving concession to companies to reduce on import duty. According to Mbabazi, this selective concession to companies has left farmers with no market for their rice. ―We urge Parliament through you, the Speaker to help government effect the East Africa Community Common External Tariff. It is not that we are against concessions, but we want it to be done within the law and if we are to change the tariffs then it should be done by law, not selectively,‖ Mbabazi said, adding that selective application of concessions creates loopholes for smuggling. RAU has been pushing government to change erratic policies on the importation of rice, which affect domestic production and prices of rice. Mbabazi told Kadaga that on April 16 this year, a group of rice companies through an association-Rice Millers Council of Uganda met President Yoweri Museveni where they asked to be given a tax concession which was reportedly approved by the President. Speaker Kadaga vowed to notify the President and also write to the minister of Finance to ensure that the matter is comprehensively handled. ―For now, I will not say much, let me go and study your petition and I will write to the ministry of finance and also notify the President,‖ Kadaga said. https://kampalapost.com/content/news/rice-farmers-petition-kadaga-over-selective-tax-holiday

FG targets 8m tonnes of rice in 2018 wet season By Nurudeen Alimi Agriculture Chief Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture IN a swift preparatory measure for the upcoming 2018 wet season, the Federal Government has expressed optimism on the production of 8 million tonnes of rice farmers in the country. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, made this known in Abuja. While commenting on the accomplishment of Buhari‘s administration in the last three years, Ogbeh, noted that the nation was currently producing between 5.8 million and 6 million tonnes of paddy.

He added that the goal was to hit 9 million tonnes by 2019. The minister, stated that the rice facet of the agricultural sector has had the highest upgrade and recorded the greatest achievement. According to him, the combined effort of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through its Anchor Borrowers‘ Programme (ABP) made the huge difference in the sector. He noted that the combined effort has cut-down rice importation by 95% in the last 3 years, stating that the development has also enabled the government save 5 million dollars daily. In his words: ―The number of farmers growing paddy rice has risen from 5 million to 12.2 million; more farmers are coming in as we clear more land for them and arrange irrigation facilities. ―By the end of this planting season which we are entering, we should be approaching 8 million tonnes of paddy, which will give us roughly 6.5 million tonnes of processed rice. ―We hope that by this time next year, we should be targeting 9 million tonnes of paddy, because the good thing is that, rice grows everywhere in the country. ―Irrigation has to come on board for us to achieve this because as long as we depend on rain-fed agriculture, we would have difficulties in achieving the target.‖Ogbeh stated the country currently has 27 operating large rice mills and over 5,000 small rice mills scattered in various parts of the country. Deviating from rice production, the minister noted that the country is currently the largest yam producer, the second in sorghum production, third in millet production and fourth in cashew nut production in Africa.He disclosed that Nigeria earned 700 million dollars from cashew nut sales in the first quarter of 2018 – with an increased number of exports from Tin Can Island Port, Lagos, by 180 per cent in the last two years. ―We are also leaders in cassava production but we are not doing well enough in cassava processing and value addition,‘‘ Ogbeh explained. http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/fg-targets-8m-tonnes-of-rice-in-2018-wet-season/

Paddy crop to cover 4.4m acres in Punjab APP June 04, 2018 SIALKOT - Over 4.445 million acres of land will be brought under paddy crop during Kharif season in various rice growing areas of Punjab. Sources from agriculture department told APP on

Sunday that Paddy would be sown over 3.80 lakh acres of land would be brought under paddy crop in Sialkot district. Paddy will be cultivated 95,000 acres in Sialkot tehsil, 82,000 acres in Daska, 47,000 in Sambrial and 1.8 lakh acres of land in tehsil Pasrur, sources added.Department had deputed training teams which are visiting village to village for providing proper guidance and assistance about the use of inputs, nursery sowing and transfer of plants into fields to the rice growers in the Punjab.

The basic concept of the programme is to create awareness among the growers about the use of recommended seed and proper use of fertilizer for attain better yield of the crop in the Province. The agriculture department had directed the paddy growers that they should only use recommended seeds for obtaining better out of the crop in their respective areas. In Sialkot, the agriculture department had also initiated a well-knitted training programme for the paddy growers on the preparation of nurseries and cultivation of paddy crop aimed at attaining the fixed target in Sialkot district. The local agriculture department had also initiated farmers training programme in 1442 villages of Sialkot, Daska, Pasrur and Sambrial tehsils of Sialkot district. As many as 29 teams were busy in imparting training to the rice growers for enhancing per acre yield, sowing of paddy nurseries, utilization of irrigation water, pesticides and fertilizer as well as about the different verities of paddy in Sialkot district, sources added. https://nation.com.pk/04-Jun-2018/598850

Final edible stock sale okayed 5 Jun 2018 at 07 NEWSPAPER SECTION: BUSINESS | WRITER: PHUSADEE ARUNMAS

An official inspects documents for the state's rice stores at a warehouse in Khlong Sam Wa district, Bangkok.â&#x20AC;&#x2030; PATTANAPONG HIRUNARD The government has approved the sale of the final edible-grade rice stocks totalling 43,700 tonnes with a value of 534 million baht to nine bidders after postponing the auction for almost a year.The lots includes 24,000 tonnes of 5% white rice, 7,000 tonnes of 100% hom mali and 6,000 tonnes of provincial fragrant rice. The remaining rice comprises glutinous rice, broken white rice and broken hom mali rice. Adul Chotinisakorn, director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, chairing the Rice Policy and Management Committee, approved the sale and selected nine of the 35 bidders.The winners will sign a contract with the Public Warehouse Organization and the Marketing Organization for Farmers within 15 official working days. The government disposed of 14.8 million tonnes of the state's rice stocks worth 135 billion baht from May 17, 2017 to April 25, 2018.

Mr Adul said the committee also approved of the department calling an auction for the final lot of human inedible-grade rice stocks totalling 2 million tonnes, including 1.49 million tonnes for animal feed kept at 91 warehouses in 19 provinces. The rice includes 14 varieties, including 100% hom mali rice grade B, provincial fragrant rice, 5% white rice, 15% white rice, 25% white rice, Pathum Thani rice, sticky rice, and broken rice. It is preparing to disclose the auction details of inedible-grade rice stocks today. Another auction will be for 540,000 tonnes for energy purposes, comprising 15 rice types such as 100% Thai hom mali rice grade B, 5%, 10% and 25% white rice, Pathum Thani rice, 10% sticky rice and broken rice kept in 80 warehouses in 27 provinces. Interested bidders will receive the terms of reference today as well, said Mr Adul.Separately, the Office of Thai Trade Center in Chicago, the US, reported that University of Arkansas and Louisiana State University, two leading research and development centres on US rice varieties and the California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation announced the successful invention of new three fragrant rice varieties, including Jasmine Aroma17, Jasmine CLJ01, and Jasmine Calaroma-201. The development of three fragrant rice varieties may be a competing threat to Thai hom mali rice because lower prices may affect Thai hom mali rice exports. This is the US's third jasmine rice development, following JAZZMAN rice in 2006 and JES rice in 2009.The US succeeded in selling JAZZMAN rice to 48 US states and Hong Kong, Vietnam and the Philippines. While JES rice was distributed under the American Jasmine brand, it was not successful. Chookiat Ophaswongse, honorary president of Thai Rice Exporters Association, said if the US jasmine rice's taste is close to that of Thai hom mali rice, Thailand will have more competitors in the future. Thailand should speed up to developing Thai hom mali rice varieties to maintain quality and fragrance. The overuse of chemical fertilisers and hastening harvests will result in deteriorated quality.From January to May 22, Thailand exported 4.276 million tonnes, up 2.64%, worth US$2.182 billion (69.8 trillion baht), up 23.26%, compared with the same period last year. The main export markets were China, South Africa, Indonesia and the Philippines. Thailand targets exporting 10 million tonnes this year.Global rice demand remains strong, with prices for 100% Thai hom mali rice at $1,270 a tonne, up from $1,250 the previous week, and 5% white rice at $450 a tonne. https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/1478925/final-edible-stock-sale-okayed