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Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s rice history may not have had anything to do with China SANDHYA RAMESH 6 June, 2018 At a lake called Lahuradewa in the Gangetic plain, three Lucknow researchers have found evidence of independent domestication of rice in India that predates China by 800 years.

Bengaluru: Indian paleo scientists have discovered in a lake called Lahuradewa in Uttar Pradesh, evidence of independent domestication of rice pre-dating established Chinese origins by 800 years. Existing theories state that Chinese first domesticated, and then spread rice to the rest of the world. Authored by three researchers — Biswajeet Thankur, Anju Saxena, and Inderbir Singh, from Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP), Lucknow — the new paper was published in Current Science. earlier this year. BSIP is one of the country‘s leading institutes of paleoscience — the branch of science studying pre-historic life, ecosystems, evolution, and other sciences — and was established in 1946 by the famed botanist Birbal Sahni, ‗Father of Dendrology‘. It holds some of the country‘s most advanced equipment for studying paleosystems and climatology.

The rice narrative Origin of rice domestication has been a subject of much debate among those who study crop history and anthropology. Every study that establishes a date has been replaced by more advanced research with newer dates, going back and forth. A 2012 study claimed that, rice was first cultivated in Pearl River valley in South China. Previous theories contradicted this only slightly; it was believed that rice originated in the Yangtze River valley. In fact, even South Korea claimed rice had been domesticated there much earlier than in China, but their studies were quickly discredited. Latest studies from 2016 dated rice fields back to China‘sYangtze valley 8,400 years ago. Thakur‘s paper dates cultivation in India to 9,250 years ago. ―We have previously had the same results using evidence from phytoliths (microscopic structures made of silica and produced by plants within their body which survive long after the

plant dies). This paper confirms the date firmly,‖ explained Thakur. His team is working on the climate and environment dating to about 11,000 years ago, when human settlements began. ―We aim to find out if Indian settlements occurred as early as others around the world,‖ he said. ―And if settlers migrated into India from outside.‖

How evidence was collected To study the origin of rice cultivation, traditionally, phytoliths have been used for evidence. But these days, we have stronger, more advanced evidence in the form of ‗diatoms‘. These are microorganisms that are present all over the world, producing over 20% of the world‘s oxygen. When present in rice cultivated lands, they carry with them a unique signature. As paddy fields change seasonally, the diatoms that thrive in water abundance show signs of fluctuating water levels. Diatoms primarily live in water bodies, and are classified into four types: planktic (free-floating in lake water), benthic (growing on sediment surfaces), paddy field (water-logged rice fields), and anthropogenic (water bodies with high pollution). The amount diatoms settled in lake beds over centuries vary in layers depending on lake conditions. If a lake expands, there is a larger number of planktic diatoms. If it shrinks, benthic population goes up. If there are rice fields around, paddy-field diatoms get washed into a lake in large numbers. And of course, if humanmade pollution levels go up, the anthropogenic diatoms thrive. The Lahuradewa lake, like many of the lakes in the Gangetic plain is very shallow, only a few metres deep and having flat, extensive lake margins that are used even today for agriculture. During the monsoons, when the lake expands, its water-logged margins are used for paddy cultivation. The rice is then harvested in October when the lake shrinks again. During any flooding event, all the evidence of rice cultivation such as diatoms, phytoliths, microcharcoal from grass, and some pollen get washed into the deeper parts of the lake, where they settle at the bottom.

Indian Gangetic settlements The team used 28 different core samples from the lake bed for their observations. They noticed that from 10,600 to 9,900 years ago, the lake was shallow before it expanded until 7,000 years ago. In the meanwhile, at about 9,250 years ago, paddy field diatoms started showing up in large quantities, while anthropogenic ones turned up only a thousand years later. This indicates that there was initially no pollution caused by settlements practicing established farming, such as carbon dioxide from cows, as it would have been had the practice come from China. Indian settlers had just been attempting to sporadically domesticate rice at this point, independently but in parallel with China. Their study‘s site was the Gangetic plains, which has evolved over time, thanks to river flow, tectonic activity, and climate change. The region is also a hot bed for studying ancient vegetation as fertile river banks are where the humans first settled across the world. The Lahuradewa lake is adjacent to the Lahuradewa excavation site where human settlement and early farming practices are being studied. ―Understanding such historical data helps us deduce what human response to sustainable conditions versus stressful ones were,‖ said Thakur. ―We can then better model both future climate as well as human needs and responses to such changes.‖

Global warming has many consequences | Pixabay On World Environment Day, let’s look at the greening trend that is fast becoming the crutch of climate change deniers worldwide. Bengaluru: As the world becomes warmer thanks to greenhouse gases, there‘s an obvious question that comes to mind but gets overridden by our sensibility: If the carbon dioxide content

of air increases, shouldn‘t plants then thrive? The answer to

is, unexpectedly, yes. The world has indeed seen a greening trend over the past decade, with increased forest cover in the tropics and even Antarctica becoming greener. However, that isn‘t necessarily a good thing. On World Environment Day, let‘s look at the greening trend that is fast becoming the crutch of climate change deniers worldwide. Our first line of defence when it comes to climate change and a warming planet has always been to plant trees. Trees help cool our planet down, and even the presence of a single tree elicits an almost tactile response in temperature change. So, lucky for us, there have been numerous studies recently showing how the earth is actually greening. Over half of all green land on the planet has become greener, while only 4% has become browner. What‘s more, it‘s not only green lands brightening their hue. Studies show that even the Arctic and Antarctic are now becoming green.

That plants bloom in a carbon dioxide environment isn‘t new knowledge; it is literally the mechanism employed by greenhouses, the origin of the phrase we use to describe a warming planet today. However, the grass isn‘t getting greener on our side. Literally. Because these lifegiving effects of trees work only in the tropical regions. There is growing evidence that beyond tropical regions, trees have little to no effect on cooling the planet, and in fact, at times have demonstrated the opposite. Trees absorb lots of sunlight, and with dark green leaves and brown barks, a tree cover often heats up the ground, an effect that is normally cancelled out by the incredible amounts of water evaporating off the surface of these leaves. The water for this process, called evotranspiration, comes from deep underground and gets sucked in by roots. The water evaporating from these leaves tends to form tiny clouds around the plant, reflecting off sunlight, keeping the areas around plants cool. However, when snow covers the ground as is in temperate zones, the evotranspiration process isn‘t as effective. Instead, plants simply continue to absorb sunlight and heat, cancelling out any cooling effect their presence otherwise offers. Indeed, when the evotranspiration was modelled into existing climate forecasting systems, loss of forest cover actually brought down the global temperature by 0.5 degrees. There comes a point when trees reach their peak capacity for carbon dioxide absorption. A green Africa would no longer be able to stave off hurricanes that would inundate United States. What‘s more, it isn‘t just the CO2, there are a lot of other contributors to global warming, including but not limited to methane and carbon monoxide. The more our polar regions green, the warmer they become. This warmth accompanies other effects that it triggers, such as tsunamis caused by glacier melt or deadly diseases trapped in ice being released again into the air.

All in all, as with everything in this world, the two thumb rules to stick by are that too much of a good thing can be a bad thing, and really no positive effects can come of the havoc we humans are wreaking on this planet. https://theprint.in/science/indias-rice-history-may-not-have-had-anything-to-do-withchina/66738/

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-climatechange-adaptation?zd=1&zi=4ker7xio

UPDATE 2-EGYPT TO BEGIN IMPORTING RICE AFTER SLASHING ITS OWN CULTIVATION 6/5/2018

(Adds trader comment on local hoarding and price surge) CAIRO, June 5 (Reuters) - Egypt will begin importing rice, acrop it has typically had in surplus, to increase stocks and"control the market," Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said onTuesday, months after a campaign to cut local production. Egypt slashed cultivation of rice, a water-intensive crop,this year to conserve vital Nile river resources as Ethiopiaprepares to fill the reservoir behind a colossal $4 billion damit is building upstream and which Cairo worries could threatenits water stocks. "Necessary steps will be taken to increase the rice on offer in order to control the market and prevent any bottlenecks inthe coming period," Ismail told reporters after a ministerialmeeting, referring to shortages in the local market caused bywhat grain traders say is hoarding of the grain. He did not specify the quantity or timing of the expected imports, but his comments are the first suggesting Egypt wouldbegin an import programme since sharply reducing its own production. Cairo earlier this year increased fines for illegal ricecultivation and decreed that just 724,000 feddans (750,000acres) can be planted, a sharp drop from the officially allotted 1.1 million feddans last year and the 1.8 million feddans grainstraders believe were actually grown. Rice traders have said that the new policies would pushEgypt to import up to 1 million tonnes of the grain next yearafter decades of being an exporter of a medium grain varietyprized in Arab markets. Ashraf el Attal, CEO of Dubai-based commodities traderFortuna, said imports were needed now to make up for higherdemand during the holy month of Ramadan and recent hoarding,which has seen prices shoot up at local outlets. "Currently there is importation as local prices have movedup," said Attal.Ismail said necessary quantities of rice of the same qualityas Egyptian white rice would be imported to prevent any bottlenecks in the coming period.(Reporting by Momen Saeed Atallah and Maha El Dahan Writing by Eric Knecht; Editing by Adrian Croft) ÂŠ Copyright Thomson Reuters 2018. Click For Restrictions http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp

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Egypt to begin importing rice after slashing its own cultivation June 05, 2018, 10:13:00 AM EDT By Reuters

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CAIRO, June 5 (Reuters) - Egypt will begin importing rice, a crop it has typically had in surplus, to increase stocks and "control the market," Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said on Tuesday, months after a campaign to cut local production. Egypt slashed cultivation of rice, a water-intensive crop, this year to conserve vital Nile river resources as Ethiopia prepares to fill the reservoir behind a colossal $4 billion dam it is building upstream and which Cairo worries could threaten its water stocks. "Necessary steps will be taken to increase the rice on offer in order to control the market and prevent any bottlenecks in the coming period," Ismail told reporters after a ministerial meeting, referring to shortages in the local market caused by what grain traders say is hoarding of the grain.

Cairo earlier this year increased fines for illegal rice cultivation and decreed that just 724,000 feddans (750,000 acres) can be planted, a sharp drop from the officially allotted 1.1 million feddans last year and the 1.8 million feddans grains traders believe were actually grown. Rice traders have said that the new policies would push Egypt to import up to 1 million tonnes of the grain next year after decades of being an exporter of a medium grain variety prized in Arab markets. Ashraf el Attal, CEO of Dubai-based commodities trader Fortuna, said imports were needed now to make up for higher demand during the holy month of Ramadan and recent hoarding, which has seen prices shoot up at local outlets. "Currently there is importation as local prices have moved up," said Attal. Ismail said necessary quantities of rice of the same quality as Egyptian white rice would be imported to prevent any bottlenecks in the coming period https://www.nasdaq.com/article/egypt-to-begin-importing-rice-after-slashing-its-owncultivation-20180605-00820

Flood of rice imports coming June 06, 2018 at 01:15 am by Vito Barcelo

The National Food Authority announced Tuesday that it would buy 250,000 metric tons of 25 percent broken, well-milled and long grain white rice from five suppliers from Thailand and Singapore under a contract recently awarded under an open tender bidding held in May. The announcement of the contract came as the government pushed for a law that would end the NFAâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s monopoly on rice imports to lower prices for the staple. Nineteen suppliers joined the recent bidding, but only 13 passed the eligibility and technical requirements, the NFA said. Eventually, only five passed the post-qualification evaluation by the NFAâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s special bids and awards committee.

The fresh stocks will form part of the NFA‘s food security stocks during the lean months of July to September, the agency said. Most or about 200,000 MT will arrive no later than July 31, while the rest will be delivered no later than Aug. 31, the NFA said. 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. The NFA said it had no plans as yet to import more rice. NFA Administrator Jason Aquino said the agency will focus first on the immediate presence of NFA rice in the markets to pull down and stabilize rice prices. Meanwhile, the government urged Congress to pass the ―rice tarrification bill‖ aimed at driving rice prices down even further. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said that under the bill would remove the quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice imports and encourage private traders to bring the staple in, allowing for the influx of cheap rice. This would help poor Filipinos who spend at least 20 percent of their budget on rice, he said. ―Reducing rice prices is crucial to poverty reduction because the staple is a major driver of inflation,‖ Pernia said.Pernia said removing QR on rice with tariffs will lower rice prices and increase revenues for agricultural programs like crop diversification. The government is also hoping the measure would generate P27.3 billion, which can be used to augment funding for social protection projects such as cash transfers for the poorest families as well as for palay productivity programs.

http://www.manilastandard.net/news/top-stories/267394/flood-of-rice-importscoming.html

5 traders get NFA okay for rice imports By Jasper Y. Arcalas

June 5, 2018 THE National Food Authority (NFA) on Tuesday said it has awarded the contracts for the importation of 250,000 metric tons (MT) of rice to five traders from Southeast Asia. The NFA said a total of 19 suppliers participated in the open tender last month, but only 13 passed the eligibility and technical requirements. Of the 13 who offered bids, only five eventually passed the post-qualification evaluation of the NFA‘s special bids and awards committee for the supply of the 250,000 MT of rice. ―These 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,‖ it said in a statement on June 5. Except for Olam International, which is based in Singapore, all the other suppliers are from Thailand, according to the NFA. ―The five companies issued with Notice of Award will be required to post a Performance Bond within seven days,‖ it said. ―Preparation of contracts will also be done during this period for those who will be able to comply with the requirements. Issuance of Notice to Proceed will be given only after the posting of performance bond and signing of contracts,‖ it added. The NFA said bulk of the volume or 200,000 MT are scheduled to arrive in the country not later than July 31, while the remaining 50,000 MT should be delivered not later than August 31.

The total volume was divided into seven lots with corresponding discharge ports in Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao to facilitate distribution to the markets and intended beneficiaries, according to the NFA. ―Designated discharge ports are: Poro Pt. in La Union, Batangas, Subic, Tabaco, Iloilo, Bacolod, Cebu, Tacloban, Zamboanga, Cagayan de Oro, Surigao, General Santos City, Davao City and Manila,‖ it said. Meanwhile, the NFA said 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 grains agency said. https://businessmirror.com.ph/5-traders-get-nfa-okay-for-rice-imports/

Egypt, once a major rice producer, will now begin importing rice Rice traders have said that the new policies would push Egypt to import up to 1 million tons of the grain next year. (Shutterstock) Reuters, CairoWednesday, 6 June 2018 Egypt will begin importing rice, a crop it has typically had in surplus, to increase stocks and ―control the market,‖ Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said on Tuesday, months after a campaign to cut local production. Egypt slashed cultivation of rice, a water-intensive crop, this year to conserve vital Nile river resources as Ethiopia prepares to fill the reservoir behind a colossal $4 billion dam it is building upstream and which Cairo worries could threaten its water stocks. ―Necessary steps will be taken to increase the rice on offer in order to control the market and prevent any bottlenecks in the coming period,‖ Ismail told reporters after a ministerial meeting, referring to shortages in the local market caused by what grain traders say is hoarding of the grain. He did not specify the quantity or timing of the expected imports, but his comments are the first suggesting Egypt would begin an import programme since sharply reducing its own production.

Cairo earlier this year increased fines for illegal rice cultivation and decreed that just 724,000 feddans (750,000 acres) can be planted, a sharp drop from the officially allotted 1.1 million feddans last year and the 1.8 million feddans grains traders believe were actually grown. Rice traders have said that the new policies would push Egypt to import up to 1 million tons of the grain next year after decades of being an exporter of a medium grain variety prized in Arab markets. Ashraf el Attal, CEO of Dubai-based commodities trader Fortuna, said imports were needed now to make up for higher demand during the holy month of Ramadan and recent hoarding, which has seen prices shoot up at local outlets. ―Currently there is importation as local prices have movedup,‖ said Attal. Ismail said necessary quantities of rice of the same quality as Egyptian white rice would be imported to prevent anybottlenecks in the coming period. Last Update: Wednesday, 6 June 2018 KSA 11:49 - GMT 08:49 http://english.alarabiya.net/en/business/economy/2018/06/06/Egypt-once-a-major-riceproducer-will-now-begin-importing-rice-.html

Farmers must be given priority Update: 12:34, Jun 06, 2018

There was a record rice crop this year, but import duty of the grain was not imposed. The businessmen benefitted, but the farmers who produce the rice are hit hard. There was much written about the issue at the beginning of the Boro season, but the government paid no heed. On Monday, commerce minister Tofael Ahmed told the media that the duty which had been lifted from the import of rice, would be imposed again. This would be included in the 2018-19 fiscal‘s budget to be announced by the finance minister on 7 June. Reports in Prothom Alo on rice import had been alarming. According to official accounts, there had been a one million tonne shortfall last year in rice production, but 3.7 million tonnes were imported. Another 4.5 million tonnes are in the import pipeline. Las yea rice prices were low in India and Bangladesh had listed all import duty on the grain. Traders took advantage of the situation and imported much more than required. Import duty on rice had been 28 per cent. The government‘s decision at the time had been correct. After all, the government‘s rice reserves had fallen to the lowest in 10 years. What is not understandable is why the import duty has not been imposed once again, now that 3.7 million tonnes have been imported and another 4.5 million tonnes is in the pipeline.

The commerce minister said that import duty was lowered and raised as and when required. That is certainly acceptable. However, the government cannot take the right decision at the right time always due to the interests of certain vested quarters. Perhaps that is what has happened in the case of rice. It must be kept in mind that the farmers are not only the drivers of the economy, they feed the 100 million of the country. Everyone accepted the decision last year to drop import duty on rice as production has been less. But why are the importers still getting this benefit when there has been record rice production this year? Farmers cannot be put into this quandary in the interests of a dozen o so business enterprises. The traders are importing duty-free rice, but this has not had an impact on the market. Yet the growers are not getting a fair price. The rice mill owners may have a hand in this too. According to news reports, this year there has been a record 6.3 per cent increase in rice production compared to last year. Rice has been grown in 100 thousand hectares more land this year. Production costs are Tk 896 per maund, but it is being sold at only Tk 600 to Tk 850 per maund. Yet prices in the market are high. The consumers are suffering. The commerce ministerâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s announcement that duty will be imposed again on rice should come into effect immediately. It is more important to uphold the interest of the farmers than those of the seasonal traders. If import duty is imposed, the propensity to import rice will wane and it is hoped that the cultivators will benefit.

http://en.prothomalo.com/opinion/news/177170/Farmers-must-be-given-priority

Salt-Resistant Rice Has Been Grown In Desert Using Seawater By Chinese Researchers by Erin VanDyke June 5, 2018 Agriculture

A group of Chinese scientists, led by Yuan Longping, has successfully grown and harvested saltresistant rice varieties in the deserts of Dubai. To make this possible, as South China Morning Post has reported, the research team has developed a rice strain that allows the crop to grow in salt water. After starting to grow rice in diluted seawater at home, Longping has decided to move his technique to the desert, where fresh water is too valuable to be used for cultivation. Thus, last January, the group of researchers planted the first rice crop on the outskirts of a city, where the

rice crop has been growing since then.

A harvest that exceeds expectations As reported by the state news agency Xinhua, researchers have collected up to 7,500 kilograms of rice per hectare. Considering that the global average is 3,000 kilograms, the harvest developed by the research team has far exceeded their expectations. After this first successful trial, the researchers are considering the development of an experimental farm of up to 100 hectares, which will be put into operation this year. A farm that will begin to expand in 2020, when researchers will assess the success of the farm. Its objective is to cover about 10% of the United Arab Emirates (which has a total area of 83,600 square kilometers) with rice crops.

From desalination to salt-resistant rice varieties To date, scientists in some countries where water scarcity is a concern have developed desalination techniques to harness seawater for agriculture. Meanwhile, this research team has gone further and developed salt-resistant rice varieties. Thus, farmers can cultivate without the need to use fresh water or apply desalination methods. The project to develop salt-resistant rice varieties began in 1970 when a researcher named Chen Risheng discovered a wild rice species growing near a forest in Guangdong Province. Since then, up to eight different species have been created. China itself launched the first salt-resistant rice variety, grown on a beach near Qingdao, in late 2017. Erin VanDyke Erin VanDyke lives on her family farm and has more than 35 years of hands-on experience with the use of livestock guard dogs for predator control. On their farm, Jan and her family use corgis as herding dogs and have raised Shetland sheep, Fainting goats, Morgan and Trakehner horses, and historic breeds of chickens and turkeys. Erin is also an active beekeeper. http://canadianhomesteading.ca/agriculture/salt-resistant-rice-has-been-grown-in-desert-usingseawater-by-chinese-researchers/3396

again, almost double from the low of $40 per barrel in 2014-15. Despite that, inflation remains in the comfortable zone â&#x20AC;&#x201C; much below the government target of 6 percent. Government borrowing- to cover the huge budget deficit, rising petroleum rates and declining rupee value are the factors that should have increased inflation, but in May it was 4.2 percent and average inflation of this fiscal year remains below 4 percent. The Consumer Price Index that determines the level of inflation is calculated on the basis of prices of different items consumed by the families in certain period when compared with the prices in the corresponding period of the preceding year. Among the major components that determine the CPI, food has got the highest weight of 40.34 percent in these items; the weight of house rent is 23 percent, transport and communication 7.32, fuel and lighting 7.29 percent, and apparel and footwear 6.10 percent. Grains that consist mainly of wheat and rice have more that 50 percent weight in the food basket. The rates of wheat are linked to its support price announced by the government. When the Pakistan Peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC; Party (PPP) government was in power, it increased the wheat support price every year starting with Rs750/40Kg in 2008-09. It increased the support price to Rs850 in 2009-10, Rs950 in 2010-11, Rs1,050 and Rs1,150 in 2012-13. Basmati rates during that period averaged Rs130/kg. It was also the period when the global oil prices were rising. The combined effect of rising food and crude oil prices played havoc with inflation. The rupee was sharply devalued in the first year of the PPP regime from Rs62 against a dollar to Rs84 per dollar. The result was that inflation touched 24.3 percent in July 2008, in which the non-food inflation was 33.8 percent and food inflation was 17.3 percent. The overall all inflation remained much lower than non-food inflation of 33.8 percent, because the food inflation having a weight of over 40 percent in CPI index was higher than non-food inflation.

When this regime assumed power, not only did the global crude oil prices nosedive, but the global commodity rates also sharply declined. Despite this reality, the wheat support price was increased by Rs100 to Rs1,250 in 2013-14 and then to Rs1,300 in 2014-15. The decline in global crude rate was so sharp that the increase in wheat rate was absorbed by the economy and inflation declined. The lower commodity rates facilitated the economy in reducing inflation. Since the price of rice is determined by market forces, its rates tumbled sharply. Moreover, the wheat support price was not effective as it was much above the global wheat rates and the support price was only availed by those that sold their produce to the government. This also helped the PML-N government in containing inflation. In case of PPP, there was global food crisis and the wheat prices were the same as support price. After 2014-15, the PML-N government did not increase the wheat support price and the rice prices have not recovered to 2012-13 levels. This has subdued inflation. Now, crude oil rates are much higher but still lower than 2012-13 level. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/326042-stagnant-wheat-rice-prices-kept-inflation-low-duringpml-n-rule

Breeding better Brazilian rice More efficient, productive rice from researchers' efforts AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRONOMY IMAGE: WATER ENTERING THE RICE BREEDING EXPERIMENTS AT THE LOWLAND EXPERIMENTAL STATION/ EMBRAPA CAPÃO DO LEÃO/RS/BRASIL. view more CREDIT: ARIANO DE MAGALHÃES JÚNIOR. Outside Asia, no other country produces as much rice as does Brazil. It is the ninth largest rice producer in the world. Average annual yields are close to 15 million tons.

Rice production in Brazil is a multi-billion-dollar industry. It employs hundreds of thousands of people, directly and indirectly.

Given the importance of rice farming in Brazil, researchers are working to develop improved rice varieties. "We are looking for rice varieties that satisfy farmers, the industry, and consumers," says researcher Ariano Martins de MagalhĂŁes Jr. A new study explores the progress the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) has made over the last 45 years. Crop breeders developed rice varieties with higher yields and improved sustainability. MagalhĂŁes is one of the Embrapa authors of the study. "We test whether the methods used in the breeding programs are helping us reach our goals," he says. "The study will also help us strategically develop and release new varieties in the future."

According to the study, the Embrapa breeding program has resulted in significant yield gains. Over 45 years, grain yield improved between 0.62-0.73% each year. That translates to thousands of pounds in increased yield for farmers. The breeding program has also developed rice varieties with reduced plant height and time to flowering. "Plant height is an important factor for rice crops," says Magalhães. "This plant architecture (shorter plants) allowed rice yield potential to double by the end of the 1970s." In 1972, the average plant was about 38 inches tall. By 2016, average plant height was about 32.5 inches. Breeders also aime d to reduce time to flowering for rice varieties. "Early-flowering varieties are desirable because they need less water and other resources," says Magalhães. "These varieties also allow more flexibility in planting and harvesting." According to the study, flowering time was reduced by about 9 days over 45 years. It took 97 days for half the rice crop to flower in 1972. In 2016, half the crop was flowering in 88 days. The researchers also showed that rice varieties that mature quicker could be high-yielding. "Previously, the paradigm was that rice varieties that took longer to mature would have higher yields," Magalhães says. "In this study, it is evident that some varieties, which mature in 118 days, are more productive than some older varieties that mature in 130 days." Researchers also look for rice varieties that use natural resources, such as water, more efficiently. That's important because more than 70% of rice grown in Brazil is irrigated. Two southern states, including Rio Grande do Sul, account for most of the irrigated rice production. "Rice varieties that need lower inputs can bring sustainability," says Magalhães. Forty-five years is a long time, but Magalhães says the length of the study is important. "We are testing whether plant-breeding efforts have been efficient or not through the years. The longer the time frame analyzed, the more robust the data and findings." Having dependable, robust data is important. "Plant breeding is an expensive process," says Magalhães. "It requires time, hard work, and investment." Each error in the decision-making process can lead to huge losses for stakeholders. Mistakes may be irreversible in a short time span. "It is extremely important to monitor the efficiency of

breeding programs," says MagalhĂŁes. "That way we can critically analyze our progress. We can also plan novel actions and strategies to develop and release new cultivars." Read more about this work in Crop Science. Antonio Costa de Oliveira also worked on the project, a collaboration with researchers at the Federal University of Pelotas. https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/asoa-bbb060518.php

Fortified rice, wheat soon at PDS: Food Minister IANS | New Delhi Last Updated at June 5, 2018 19:30 IST Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday said the government is finally ready to provide fortified rice and wheat through Public Distribution System (PDS). He also said a note on Rs 8,000 crore bailout package for sugar industry has been sent to the Cabinet. "We had a discussion with Niti Aayog on adding nutrition to rice and wheat and we have decided to implement it phase-wise first for the families under the Antyodaya Yojana, students living in hostels and for the mid-day meals at Anganwadi centres. "The department will take a decision and come out with the details in the next 3-4 days," Paswan said while highlighting achievements of his ministry in the last four years. He also said his ministry has submitted the Rs 8,000 crore bailout package for the sugarcane farmers to the Cabinet, which will help partially recover Rs 22,000 crore dues by the mill owners to the farmers. "The note on Rs 8,000 crore support has gone from us. Now the Cabinet will take a decision," he said. The Union Cabinet is likely to meet on Wednesday. The package includes a provision of Rs 4,500 crore as loans to increase ethanol capacity in the country which will help divert surplus sugarcane to produce ethanol to help check falling price of sugar and to also facilitate timely payment of sugarcane dues to the farmers, he said. The package also includes creation of buffer stock of 30 lakh MT for which the money will be transferred directly to the accounts of the sugarcane farmers, Paswan said.

The creation of such a buffer stock will facilitate clearing of cane dues of the farmers and also ensure regular supply of sugar in the market by maintaining the demand and supply balance. The cost of creation of the buffer stock, including carrying costs and other incidental charges is estimated to be around Rs 1,200 crore. On the National Food Security Act (NFSA), Paswan said the government has decided to keep the Central Issue Price of coarse grain, wheat and rice unchanged at Rs 1/2/3 per kg for another year till June 2019. The prices were not revised in the last four years, he said. The food subsidy has gone up 26 per cent to Rs 1.43 lakh crore from Rs 1.13 lakh crore in 201415, he said. The government has been able to delete or cancel 2.75 crore ration cards after digitization of beneficiary records and seeding with unique identity Aadhaar. For the first time, a buffer stock of up to 20.5 lakh MT of pulses has been created through the Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) scheme of the Department of Consumer Affairs with the objective of managing price volatility of pulses for consumers, said a department official. Prices of 22 essential commodities are being monitored on a daily basis from 102 centres across the country. Of these, since 2014, 45 new price reporting centres have been added across the country, including two in the North-Eastern Region, the official added. https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/fortified-rice-wheat-soon-at-pds-foodminister-118060501098_1.html

2018 LSU AgCenter rice field day June 27 in Crowley Bruce Schultz 1 | Jun 05, 2018 Bobby Golden, left, agronomist with Mississippi State University, and Dustin Harrell, agronomist with the LSU AgCenter, were speakers at the 2017 Rice Field Day in Crowley, La.

Rice farmers at the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Stationfield day on June 27 will hear about research being conducted to help them grow a better crop. ―This is an opportunity for our faculty members to tell rice producers about their work,‖ said Don Groth, resident coordinator at the station. ―Since the station‘s beginning in 1909, the station has played a vital role in assisting farmers.‖

Field tours will start at 7:15 a.m., with the last one at 9 a.m. Presentations will be made about controlling weeds, diseases and insects; breeding; and emerging technologies in rice production.

A poster session will be held from 7:15 to 10:30 a.m., and presentations will begin at 10:45 a.m. Speakers will include Anne Isdal, regional director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, who will talk about EPA priorities; Frank Leach, manager of government affairs for USA Rice, who will give an update on the farm bill; and Jackie Loewer, Louisiana Rice Research Board chairman, who will provide details about board activities. Other speakers will include Bill Richardson, LSU AgCenter vice president for agriculture, and Rogers Leonard, LSU AgCenter associate vice president for plants, soil, water and animal science.

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USDA to Step Up Enforcement of Export Sales Reporting By Jesica Kincaid WASHINGTON, DC -- In response to a long term discrepancy between Bureau of the Census export figures and the Export Sales Reporting Program (ESR), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has vowed to step up enforcement of reporting of export sales.

The ESR program requires exporters of reportable U.S. commodities to report each week all of their export sales, regardless of the quantity, to the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). There are 39 commodities currently covered under the program, including rice. Reporting under the ESR program is mandatory. Any person or exporter who knowingly fails to make a report could be fined up to $25,000, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

According to FAS's Rachel Trego, the reporting discrepancy for rice between the Census and ESR is quite large and varies widely by country, with export sales figures consistently lagging monthly rice export figures reported by Census.

Year-to-date, exports recorded through the ESR only make up about 83 percent of exports reported by Census. By country this includes: 77 percent of exports to Mexico, 56 percent to Canada, 48 percent to Costa Rica, 50 percent to Jordan, 90 percent to Haiti, and 43 percent to

the UK. Two hundred twenty thousand metric tons of rice exports apparently went unreported

as export sales in just the top five markets from August 2017 to March 2018. USDA is recommending intensive follow-up to fill in these large gaps in data. In order to increase accountability, smaller and medium-sized rice exporters are encouraged to register with the ESR program. If a mill or exporter is unsure whether or not they should be reporting, they can contact the Export Sales Reporting office at (202) 720-9209. "While Census export figures are the official trade data of the United States, the weekly Export Sales Reports are critical near-time information that the U.S. industry and USDA depend on to make accurate export estimates and to chart the progress of the crop thro ughout the marketing year," said Keith Glover, chairman of the USA Rice World Market Price Subcommittee. "It's important that all participants in the rice business accurately and promptly report export sales and for sellers to make their customers who may export aware of the requirement." Chris Crutchfield, California miller and World Market Price Subcommittee member, added, "Accurate and timely reporting of export sales is critical to market forecasting. The rice industry supports the USDA's commitment to enforcing ESR requirements and will do its part to ensure exporters are aware of and adhere to the guidelines of the program."

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Whale hunt, saltwater rice and cancer-drug boom 06 JUNE 2018 The week in science: 1–7 June 2018. Guatemala volcano wreaks havoc The Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupted on 3 June, sending a superheated avalanche of rock and gas downhill that has killed at least 69 people. It was the deadliest eruption in Guatemala in more than a century. Volcanic ash rose some 6 kilometres into the air, and fell on Guatemala City about 40 kilometres away. Rain falling on the ash created mudflows that destroyed at least one bridge. Fuego is one of Latin America‘s most active volcanoes. Credit: Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Hurricane toll Nearly 5,000 people in Puerto Rico may have died as a result of Hurricane Maria, which hit the island late in 2017 — more than 70 times the official government estimate. In a study published on 29 May, researchers surveyed a random selection of 3,300 homes, and found that 38 people had died between 20 September — the date that Hurricane Maria reached Puerto Rico — and 31 December (N. Kishore et al. N. Engl. J. Med. http://doi.org/cqgr; 2018). When they extrapolated to account for Puerto Rico‘s population, they concluded that the national death rate was probably 62% higher than for the same period in 2016. The researchers say this figure is likely to be an underestimate, although it dwarfs the Puerto Rican government‘s official record of 64 deaths related to Maria. The researchers believe that many of the deaths were a result of disrupted medical services. SPACE Closer look at Ceres On 31 May, NASA‘s Dawn spacecraft began moving into its closest orbit yet around the dwarf planet Ceres. Dawn fired its ion thrusters to nudge itself into a trajectory that will take it as close as 35 kilometres above the planet‘s surface. The spacecraft will target features such as the Occator Crater — in which nestle bright patches of salt deposits — to study the geology. Scientists also plan to use the new orbit to collect images of Ceres and to investigate its composition. The fly-by will take Dawn ten times closer to the dwarf planet, which is also the Solar System‘s largest asteroid, than it has ever been. RESEARCH

Saltwater rice Chinese scientists have started large field trials of rice designed to grow in salty environments. If the experiments are successful, the hybrid rice could boost the country‘s crop yield. On 28 May, a team led by rice breeder Yuan Longping from the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center in Changsha started planting 176 varieties of hybrid rice at sites across China. The varieties have been bred to grow in tidal flats and other salt-rich environments. The team hopes to find a strain that can be planted on the roughly 7 million hectares of land that is too salty for current strains of rice. But some scientists are sceptical about whether the ‗saltwater‘ rice will be able to grow in these conditions. Cancer-drug boom More than 1,100 cancer drugs and vaccines are in clinical trials or up for evaluation by the US Food and Drug Administration, according to a report by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). This is up from roughly 830 such therapies in 2015. The report, released by the lobbying organization on 30 May, highlights the intense activity in the sector (see go.nature.com/2j2gzg9). US pharmaceutical companies are testing hundreds of drugs and vaccines aimed at leukaemia, lymphoma and lung cancers alone, and more than 200 others target breast cancer, brain tumours and skin cancers. POLICY Student boost The European Commission has proposed opening up Erasmus+, the European Union‘s student-exchange programme, to all countries. Erasmus+ enables university students, including PhD researchers, to study abroad. The plan would allow the United Kingdom to participate in the programme after Brexit, as well as researchers worldwide to gain experience at a university in Europe. The commission‘s proposal, published on 30 May, also recommends doubling the Erasmus+ budget to €30 billion (US$35.2 billion) for the programme‘s next instalment, which will run from 2021 to 2027. The boost would fund the participation of around 12 million people, up from 4 million in the current round. The plan must now be approved by the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers. ENVIRONMENT Whale hunt Japan‘s latest annual Antarctic whale hunt — which the country says is for scientific purposes — killed 333 minke whales between 8 December 2017 and 28 February 2018. The International Whaling Commission reported the figures last month. The captured whales included 181 females, 95% of which were pregnant. In one area of the hunt, more than half of the animals of both sexes were juveniles. The International Court of Justice temporarily banned Japan from whaling in the Southern Ocean in 2014 (pictured, a whale captured by a Japanese whaling vessel), after deciding its hunts were not for scientific purposes as claimed. The nation launched a new whaling programme in 2015, called NEWREP-A.

Credit: Kyodo News via Getty Forest fines Brazil‘s environmental-protection agency has fined several agricultural companies for purchasing soya beans that were produced on illegally cleared land. Dubbed Operation Soy Sauce, the investigation by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources resulted in a total of 105.7 million reais (US$28 million) in fines against five companies, including agricultural giants Cargill in Wayzata, Minnesota, and Bunge in White Plains, New York. The investigation identified illegal agricultural operations on 77 properties in the Brazilian Cerrado, a stretch of savannah that borders the Amazon region. Authorities have seized more than 5,000 tonnes of soya beans. BUSINESS Fossil-power policy US President Donald Trump has directed the Department of Energy (DOE) to take immediate steps to prevent utility companies from shutting down ―fuel-secure‖ coal and nuclear power plants, the White House said on 1 June. Administration officials argue that impending retirements of such power plants for economic reasons are endangering national security, despite assurances from electricity-grid operators that there is no threat. In January, federal regulators rejected a DOE plan to subsidize the coal and nuclear industries, but the agency is now exploring legal strategies to compel grid operators to purchase electricity from troubled facilities, according to a leaked memo dated 29 May. Pipeline purchase The Canadian government will buy an oil pipeline owned by Texas-based company Kinder Morgan to ensure the project‘s expansion. The controversial Trans Mountain pipeline would connect oil reserves in the province of Alberta to a port in British Columbia, on Canada‘s Pacific coast. The country‘s finance minister, Bill Morneau, announced on 29 May that the government will spend Can$4.5 billion (US$3.5 billion) to purchase the project. Environmentalists, indigenous groups and the government of British Columbia oppose the expansion, which would triple the pipeline‘s capacity. They cite concerns over the environmental impact of extracting more fossil fuels from Alberta‘s oil sands and the possibility of tanker spills along the coast. POLITICS Minister resigns Physicist Wu Maw-kuen resigned as Taiwan‘s education minister — who has responsibility for universities — on 29 May, after only 41 days in the position. In a statement to Nature, Wu said that he was stepping down because Taiwan‘s opposition party had made ―false accusations‖ against him that were interfering with the work of the education ministry. At

a press conference in April, Hung Meng-kai of the nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) party alleged that Wu stole patented technology while he was president of Dong Hwa University between 2012 and 2016. In a statement to the media, Wu denied the allegation. On 25 May, KMT politician Ko Chih-en also alleged that when Wu was head of the National Science Council, he attended a conference in Hangzhou in 2005 without the government‘s permission, which is required of public servants. Wu told Nature that although he had attended the conference, he believes he had approval to do so. Italian government Two populist parties — the right-wing League party and the antiestablishment Five Star Movement — have formed a coalition government in Italy, ending months of political deadlock after an inconclusive election result in March. On 31 May, Italy‘s president, Sergio Mattarella, appointed Marco Bussetti, a former physical-education teacher, as education and science minister. Science and research were not major issues in the election campaign, but there are already clues to the government‘s leanings on some issues. The new health minister, physician Giulia Grillo, had campaigned to reverse a 2017 decree that made vaccinations compulsory for schoolchildren, but she announced on 4 June that the government would not immediately reverse it. The environment minister, Sergio Costa, a former general with the environmental arm of the military police, is known for his successful investigations of illegal toxic-waste dumping in the Naples region. TREND WATCH The global population of critically endangered mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) has hit 1,000. A 2-year survey, published on 31 May, found at least 604 individuals around the Virunga Volcanoes in east Africa. The only other place where mountain gorillas are known to survive is in Uganda‘s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, where a 2012 census found about 400. The May finding represents a 26% increase over 6 years in total individuals, thanks to both population growth and improved survey methods. Source: go.nature.com/2m2x62o Nature 558, 10-11 (2018) doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-05329-0

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India‘s loss – Pakistan‘s gain BR RESEARCH JUN 6TH, 2018 A rare, brain-damaging virus that could possibly become an epidemic threat has broken out in Kerala, India. As per WHO, Nipah virus has already killed at least 17 people. Ranked alongside Ebola and Zika among diseases that can result in a global pandemic, Nipah virus has no vaccine and no cure and it naturally resides in fruit bats.Bahrain and UAE are among countries that import fruits and vegetables from Kerala. Following the outbreak and considering the virus‘s residence, imports have been banned since Saturday. Since the Certificates of Origin issued to these perishables show that they are grown and cultivated in India, but do not specifically name the state, the ban affects Indian exports all across the country. It is possible that other markets for Indian fruits and vegetables such as Europe and Saudi Arabia will follow the Gulf States example. India‘s loss can become Pakistan‘s gain, especially currently during Ramadan when fruits exports are in high demand. It has already has come to FPCCI‘s attention and a statement has been issued regarding the possibility of an increase in exports, particularly that of potatoes, onion and chilies. The vacuum created in the market is significant given that about 150 tons daily are exported from India to UAE and Kuwait.

This is not the first time that ban on Indian exports has proved to be a windfall for Pakistan. EU has reduced the maximum permissible residue level of a fungicide called Tricyclazole in basmati rice to 0.01 mg per kg from the present limit of 1.0 mg per kg, effective from January this year. The Indian government has said that it would take at least three harvests of over three years to effectively modify their crops to comply with EU rules. Since this pesticide in not used domestically, Pakistan‘s rice exports to EU received a surge. EU currently imports about 360,000 tons of basmati rice a year of which around 150,000 tons are consumed by UK. India‘s share in the market was 200,000 tons. As fortuitous as India‘s woes may be to Pakistan‘s exports, it is regretful that Pakistan cannot successful boost its exports

through indigenous measures that improve quality and better serve the global market. Making hay while the sun shines aka benefiting from ban on Indian exports is advantageous in the short run. However, for sustainable growth in exports Pakistan needs to stop depending on circumstances and invest in measures to increase global competitiveness.

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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. Published in Dawn, June 5th, 2018

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Pakistan gives immense importance to its relations with Belarus, says Mamnoon News Desk

June 6, 2018 President Mamnoon Hussain has said that Pakistan gives immense importance to its relations with Belarus. He was talking to Pakistanâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s Ambassador designated to Belarus, Lina Saleem Moazaam, who called on him in Islamabad on Monday. The President noted that both the countries enjoy deep fraternal ties and said that Pakistan desires to further enhance its relations with Belarus in the fields of industry, agriculture and trade.

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the resultant conception of Belarus in 1991, Pakistan has been one of the first countries to give it proper recognition and build relations. Belarus established its diplomatic relations with Pakistan on 3 February 1994. During the first two decades, contact between both the countries remained conservative, that is, a handful of encounters at the ministerial level – mostly during the late 1990s. An agreement was also reached to build a mechanism of yearly visits to both the countries in order to stay updated and maintain consensus on regional and international issues. However, since then, amidst several reciprocal visits of the Prime Ministers in both the countries, Pakistan and Belarus inked a number of agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoU) to strengthen their multifaceted ties particularly in the areas of trade, commerce, education and culture. Belarus houses a Pakistan embassy in Minsk, while Pakistan maintains a Belarus embassy in Islamabad. The two nations have also adopted a programme document called ‗Roadmap for fast-track and middle-track economic cooperation between Pakistan and Belarus‘. Current successful exports from Belarus to Pakistan range all over from agriculture to industry and preserved foods. These include tractors and spare parts, trucks, potash fertilizers, synthetic fibre tows, tires, machine tools, polycarboxylic acids, newsprints and dry baby foods. On the other hand, Pakistan exports to Belarus, food products like rice, vegetables and fruits, leather goods and materials, textiles, sports equipment, surgical instruments and manicure sets. From 2015 to 2017, Pakistan unmistakably became Belarus‘s preferred partner in South Asia. During a meeting in Beijing, the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenka, called Pakistan Belarus‘s ‗best friend‘. The two countries also exchanged visits of parliamentary delegations in 2017. Both sides agreed to increase cooperation in the areas of exchange of parliamentary delegations and secretarial staff, create Friendship Groups within both the parliaments and promote close interaction between the members of the Friendship Groups. An agreement was also reached to build a mechanism of yearly visits to both the countries in order to stay updated and maintain consensus on regional and international issues.

Also, while talking to the outgoing Ambassador of Greece, Dimitrios Zoitos, in Islamabad on Monday, President Mamnoon Hussain said that Pakistan enjoys close relations with Greece. He stressed for further promotions of relations with Greece in the fields of industry, trade and communications to give rise to a new dynamic between both the countries. President Mamnoon made a similar statement, late in 2014, upon meeting with the Ambassador of Greece, at Aiwan-e-Sadr. While reminiscing long-term bilateral ties, the President appreciated Pakistani relations with Greece in terms of trade, economy and commercial relations, with hopes to further strengthen said ties on mutual trust and goodwill. https://www.globalvillagespace.com/pakistan-gives-immense-importance-to-its-relationswith-belarus-says-mamnoon/

Stagnant wheat, rice prices kept inflation low during PML-N rule LAHORE: It was mainly because of almost stagnant wheat and rice prices that inflation remained subdued during the five-year rule of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), as these two items carry the highest weight in the food basket. It is said that lower global petroleum prices facilitated the PML-N government in keeping inflation very low during its tenure. It is only partly true, as the global crude oil rates declined very sharply in the first two years of this regime. Now, the price of global crude is on the rise again, almost double from the low of $40 per barrel in 2014-15. Despite that, inflation remains in the comfortable zone â&#x20AC;&#x201C; much below the government target of 6 percent. Government borrowing- to cover the huge budget deficit, rising petroleum rates and declining rupee value are the factors that should have increased inflation, but in May it was 4.2 percent and average inflation of this fiscal year remains below 4 percent.

The Consumer Price Index that determines the level of inflation is calculated on the basis of prices of different items consumed by the families in certain period when compared with the prices in the corresponding period of the preceding year. Among the major components that determine the CPI, food has got the highest weight of 40.34 percent in these items; the weight of house rent is 23 percent, transport and communication 7.32, fuel and lighting 7.29 percent, and apparel and footwear 6.10 percent. Grains that consist mainly of wheat and rice have more that 50 percent weight in the food basket. The rates of wheat are linked to its support price announced by the government. When the Pakistan Peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC; Party (PPP) government was in power, it increased the wheat support price every year starting with Rs750/40Kg in 2008-09. It increased the support price to Rs850 in 2009-10, Rs950 in 2010-11, Rs1,050 and Rs1,150 in 2012-13. Basmati rates during that period averaged Rs130/kg. It was also the period when the global oil prices were rising. The combined effect of rising food and crude oil prices played havoc with inflation. The rupee was sharply devalued in the first year of the PPP regime from Rs62 against a dollar to Rs84 per dollar. The result was that inflation touched 24.3 percent in July 2008, in which the non-food inflation was 33.8 percent and food inflation was 17.3 percent. The overall all inflation remained much lower than non-food inflation of 33.8 percent, because the food inflation having a weight of over 40 percent in CPI index was higher than non-food inflation. When this regime assumed power, not only did the global crude oil prices nosedive, but the global commodity rates also sharply declined. Despite this reality, the wheat support price was increased by Rs100 to Rs1,250 in 2013-14 and then to Rs1,300 in 2014-15. The decline in global crude rate was so sharp that the increase in wheat rate was absorbed by the economy and inflation declined. The lower commodity rates

facilitated the economy in reducing inflation. Since the price of rice is determined by market forces, its rates tumbled sharply. Moreover, the wheat support price was not effective as it was much above the global wheat rates and the support price was only availed by those that sold their produce to the government. This also helped the PML-N government in containing inflation. In case of PPP, there was global food crisis and the wheat prices were the same as support price. After 2014-15, the PML-N government did not increase the wheat support price and the rice prices have not recovered to 2012-13 levels. This has subdued inflation. Now, crude oil rates are much higher but still lower than 2012-13 level. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/326042-stagnant-wheat-rice-prices-kept-inflation-lowduring-pml-n-rule

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Thailand raises 2018 rice export target to 10 million tonnes VNA TUESDAY, JUNE 05, 2018 - 21:05:00

Thailand has revised its 2018 rice export target to 10 million tonnes from the previous forecast of 9.5 million tonnes. (Photo: bangkokpost.com)

Bangkok (VNA) - The Thai Rice Exporters Association (TREA) has revised its 2018 rice export target to 10 million tonnes from the previous forecast of 9.5 million tonnes, after exports of the grain for the first four months of this year performed better than expected. During the January-April period, Thailand exported 3.31 million tonnes of rice, up 38 percent from a year earlier and outpacing other big rice exporters like India, which shipped 3.21 million tonnes; Vietnam,

1.61 million tonnes; and Pakistan, 1.28 million tonnes.

TREA President Charoen Laothamatas said, during the first quarter of this year, Thai rice exports rose more than expected as demand in several importing countries increased. With orders coming from African and Asian nations, Thailand is expected to fulfill the export target of 10 million tonnes of rice this year, he stressed.The association's upward revision matched the Thai Ministry of Commerceâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s latest forecast of 10 million tonnes worth of rice exports for 2018. The Ministry of Commerce also attributed the rise in exports to strong demand, particularly in Southeast Asia and Africa. The Philippines' National Food Authority recently bought 250,000 tonnes of rice, including 120,000 tonnes from Thai exporters. Moreover, private Thai exporters were able to sell 200,000 tonnes of rice to Indonesia. The Philippines and Indonesia both requested prompt shipments. Last year, Thailand exported a record 11.6 million tonnes of milled rice, up 17.4 percent year-on-year, fetching 174.5 billion baht, up 12.8 percent. The top five importers of Thai rice were Benin, China, South Africa, Cameroon and the US.-VNA

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Fortified rice will be distributed through PDS, says Paswan SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, JUNE 05, 2018 21:25 IST

Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ram Vilas Paswan. File | Photo Credit: PTI

Food subsidy has increased by 26% since 2014, says Minister Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday announced that his Ministry was mulling over a proposal to distribute fortified rice through the public distribution system. He once again promised that the prices of grains supplied through the PDS would not be increased till June 2019, when the general elections are due.

―We are planning to introduce rice fortified with essential vitamins and minerals,‖ Mr. Paswan said. The first meeting on the issue was held last week.

Counting the unchanged price since the Narendra Modi government took over as one of his Ministry‘s achievements, Mr. Paswan said: ―The food subsidy has increased by 26% since 2014. And the Centre is bearing the bulk of the subsidy bill with very few States contributing to it.‖ He was addressing a press conference to mark four years of the NDA government. The Ministry claims to have achieved 100% digitisation of ration cards, 83% Aadhar seeding and 60% of automation of fair price shops. The Opposition has criticised the BJP government for cutting corners on the Food Security Act. The CPI (M), in its report card on the government‘s performance, has said that the digitisation and Aadhar linking of ration cards had deprived many rightful

beneficiaries. â&#x20AC;&#x2022;We do not have any plans to amend the Food Security Act,â&#x20AC;&#x2013; Mr. Paswan asserted.

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BANGLADESH MAY BRING BACK 28 PCT TAX ON RICE IMPORTS - GOVT SOURCES 6/6/2018 DHAKA, June 6 (Reuters) - Bangladesh may impose a 28 percent import tax on rice to support local farmers as production from the summer-sown crop is set to surpass the target, two government officials said on Wednesday. The duty hike would reduce imports, especially from neighbouring India, which emerged as a biggest supplier to the south Asian country last year after floods ravaged its crop. Bangladesh cut an import duty of 28 percent in two phases in 2017 to 2 percent after domestic prices of the staple grain climbed to a record high. "At present, the tax on rice imports is only 2 percent. This needs to be raised to protect farmers' interests as prices have started to fall in the domestic markets," said a government official on condition of anonymity. The official is not authorised to speak to the media. Bangladesh's rice output from the summer crop is likely to hit 19.7 million tonnes against the target of 19 million tonnes, Mohammad Mohsin, director general of Department of Agriculture Extension, told Reuters last month. The country's production for 2018/19 as a whole is expected to recover to 34.7 million tonnes, up 6.3 percent year-on-year, according to estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture attache in Bangladesh.

"The duty could be increased to 28 percent again," said another official, adding the hike could be announced on Thursday in the country's budget for the 2018/19 fiscal year. In 2017, the lower duty boosted imports by private dealers, with most of the deals struck with neighbouring India. Bangladesh imported a record of more than 3.7 million tonnes of rice in the July-April period, data from the country's food ministry showed. "A duty hike will hit India most. For the last year, exporters in eastern India have been banking on good demand from Bangladesh," said a Mumbai-based exporter with a global trading firm. "Now Indian rice will become expensive for Bangladeshi buyers and shipments will slow down," the exporter said. Bangladesh will cancel a deal with India to import 150,000 tonnes of rice over a delay in shipments, Badrul Hasan, the head of Bangladesh's state grain buyer, told Reuters last week. The deal with Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s state-run National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) was signed in December at $440 a tonne as the government raced to shore up depleted stocks and combat record domestic prices. Bangladesh, however, had imported 100,000 tonnes of rice from another Indian state agency, PEC, at $455 a tonne. It also imported 250,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam and 100,000 tonnes from Myanmar, while 450,000 tonnes were imported through tenders. (Reporting by Ruma Paul and Rajendra Jadhav in MUMBAI; Editing by Mark Potter)

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Bangladesh may bring back 28pc tax on rice imports FA W A D M A Q SO O D

JUN 6TH, 2018 DHAKA:

Bangladesh may impose a 28 percent import tax on rice to support local farmers as production from the summer-sown crop is set to surpass the target, two government officials said on Wednesday. The duty hike would reduce imports, especially from neighbouring India, which emerged as a biggest supplier to the south Asian country last year after floods ravaged its crop.

Bangladesh cut an import duty of 28 percent in two phases in 2017 to 2 percent after domestic prices of the staple grain climbed to a record high. ―At present, the tax on rice imports is only 2 percent. This needs to be raised to protect farmers‘ interests as prices have started to fall in the domestic markets,‖ said a government official on condition of anonymity. The official is not authorised to speak to the media. Bangladesh‘s rice output from the summer crop is likely to hit 19.7 million tonnes against the target of 19 million tonnes, Mohammad Mohsin, director general of Department of Agriculture Extension, told Reuters last month. The country‘s production for 2018/19 as a whole is expected to recover to 34.7 million tonnes, up 6.3 percent year-on-year, according to estimates from the US Department of Agriculture attache in Bangladesh. ―The duty could be increased to 28 percent again,‖ said another official, adding the hike could be announced on Thursday in the country‘s budget for the 2018/19 fiscal year.

In 2017, the lower duty boosted imports by private dealers, with most of the deals struck with neighbouring India.

Bangladesh imported a record of more than 3.7 million tonnes of rice in the July-April period, data from the country‘s food ministry showed. ―A duty hike will hit India most. For the last year, exporters in eastern India have been banking on good demand from Bangladesh,‖ said a Mumbai-based exporter with a global trading firm.

―Now Indian rice will become expensive for Bangladeshi buyers and shipments will slow down,‖ the exporter said.

Bangladesh will cancel a deal with India to import 150,000 tonnes of rice over a delay in shipments, Badrul Hasan, the head of Bangladesh‘s state grain buyer, told Reuters last week.The deal with India‘s state-run National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) was signed in December at $440 a tonne as the government raced to shore up depleted stocks and combat record domestic prices.

Bangladesh, however, had imported 100,000 tonnes of rice from another Indian state agency, PEC, at $455 a tonne. It also imported 250,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam and 100,000 tonnes from Myanmar, while 450,000 tonnes were imported through tenders.

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Bernas’ rice-import monopoly to end soon Updated 20 hours ago · Published on 6 Jun 2018 8:59PM · Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister

Salahuddin Ayub says monopolies only enrich certain crony companies. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 6, 2018.

THE monopoly of the Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary-owned Bernas to import rice will end soon, as the reform mood sweeps through the Pakatan Harapan government. The cabinet has agreed to terminate Syarikat Padi Beras Nasional‘s three to four-decade stranglehold on rice imports, Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Salahuddin Ayub

was quoted as saying by Astro Awani.

―Cabinet has agreed to end Bernas‘ monopoly after hearing the arguments in support of it,‖ the minister was quoted as saying. All other forms of monopolies will also be reviewed to see if they should be retained or broken up, he said. Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad also directed Salahuddin to prepare a memorandum to the cabinet on the proposed methods to break up Bernas' monopoly. ―I have also instructed the ministry‘s secretary-general to inform all of our departments to identify several rice import models used in other countries,‖ Salahuddin said. A committee will also be formed to advise the government on the matter before the final memorandum on dismantling the monopoly is tabled to the cabinet. The move to end monopolies is to avoid enriching certain crony companies, he was quoted as saying by Malay daily Berita Harian last month. – June 6, 2018.

https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/53005 Vietnam resumes wheat imports from Ukraine 15:00, 06 June 2018 ECONOMY 152 0 Delegates of the Republic of Vietnam visited Ukraine in April 2018. REUTERS The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has passed a resolution to resume wheat imports from Ukraine. The document was adopted on June 5, 2018, the Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA) has said. It not only authorizes the resumption of shipments of Ukrainian wheat but also introduces strict biosecurity control over grain imported from Ukraine. In 2015, Vietnam temporarily stopped buying wheat from Ukraine over contamination with grain weevils. The infected grain was supplied with fake phytosanitary certificates. Read also Ukrainian farmers export almost 36.5 mln tonnes of grain since July 1 Vietnam decided to resume imports of Ukrainian grain after Ukrainian Vietnamese talks, UGA said. In particular, delegates of the Republic of Vietnam visited Ukraine in April 2018 to learn about Ukraine's biosecurity procedures for wheat shipped abroad. As UNIAN reported, wheat exports from Ukraine from the beginning of the 2017-2018 marketing year have totaled 16.1 million tonnes.

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NCS intercepts 1,825 bags of foreign rice, other commodities, in Katsina State ON JUNE 6, 201812:42 PMIN NEWS0 COMMENTS

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, intercepted 1,825 bags of foreign rice and other commodities from smugglers in Katsina State in May 2018. Customs The Controller of the unit, Alhaji Usman Dakingari, made this known in Katsina on Wednesday. He said that the service seized 35 vehicles used by the smugglers in bringing the commodities into the country. The controller also said that the service impounded 1,175 bags of sugar; 1,750 cartons of spaghetti; and 98 jerry cans of vegetable oil during the period under review. ―Our efforts to prevent smuggling has been challenging and rewarding. ―Smugglers are using various ways to do their illegal business. We are working and making progress,‘‘ Dakingari said. He noted that rice smuggling in the country had reduced due to intensified efforts of Customs. Dakingari advised consumers with a high taste for foreign rice to change their habit because they did not know when the commodity was produced. ―It is not the production and expiry dates that matter; most smugglers re-bag the rice and write expiry date to deceive customers,‘‘ the controller said. He explained that the government banned importation of foreign rice to encourage local production and safeguard the health of the citizens. (NAN)

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Rice protectionist policy unsustainable — Gatchalian Updated June 7, 2018, 12:24 PM

By Mario Casayuran Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian sought today the replacement of quantitative restrictions (QRs) on rice imports with a 35 percent tariff that is expected to make the country‘s foremost staple food more affordable for all.

Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate economic affairs committee, reasoned out that the country‘s protectionist policy on rice has become unsustainable.‗‘Rice consumers are spending more on rice products while domestic rice farmers remain poor, marginalized, and unprepared to compete in the global market,‖ he said. Gatchalian issued the statement as he pushed for the approval of his measure, Senate Bill (SB) No. 1839, that seeks for three major policy interventions by amending Republic Act No. 8178 or the Agricultural Tariffication Act. He said SB 1839 aims to repeal pertinent provisions of the law that prescribe quantitative rice importation and export restrictions on corn and rice, replacing it with a bound tariff system that is aligned with the country‘s commitment to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture. Gatchalian estimated that under a 35 percent rice tariff, the average retail price of milled rice would decrease from P44 to as low as P36 per kilogram, resulting in annual savings as high as P3,600 for the average household consuming 450 kilos of rice per year. The lawmaker from Valenzuela city said that the measure would give the President the authority to adjust tariff rates on imported rice, to regulate rice exports, and to impose special rice safeguards – all with the aim of ensuring food security and safeguarding public welfare.

The bill, according to Gatchalian, also calls for the creation of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (Rice Fund) composed of the collected tariff revenues that would be utilized for the enhancement of rice productivity, modernization of farms, and development of rice research, among others. Similarly, this measure should mandate the development and implementation of a rice industry roadmap which will determine critical interventions necessary to assist small rice farmers, and will restructure the government‘s delivery of support services to the rice farming sector, he explained. ―The spirit of this bill is to maintain the balance of interests between our rice farmers and rice consumers,‘ he said. Reducing the market price of rice will lower household expenditures and increase the supply of food on the plates of underprivileged Filipinos, at the same time, providing well-functioning and sustainable social safety nets to rice farmers would ensure that their welfare is protected and their continued productivity is secured,‖ he added. https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/06/07/rice-protectionist-policy-unsustainable-gatchalian/

Breeding better Brazilian rice More efficient, productive rice from researchers' efforts Date:June 6, 2018 Source:American Society of Agronomy Summary:Rice production in Brazil is a multi-billion-dollar industry. It employs hundreds of thousands of people, directly and indirectly. Given the importance of rice farming in Brazil, researchers are working to develop improved rice varieties. Water entering the rice breeding experiments at the Lowland Experimental Station/ Embrapa Capão do Leão/RS/Brasil. Credit: Ariano de Magalhães Júnior

Outside Asia, no other country produces as much rice as does Brazil. It is the ninth largest rice producer in the world. Average annual yields are close to 15 million tons. Rice production in Brazil is a multi-billion-dollar industry. It employs hundreds of thousands of people, directly and indirectly. Given the importance of rice farming in Brazil, researchers are working to develop improved rice varieties.

"We are looking for rice varieties that satisfy farmers, the industry, and consumers," says researcher Ariano Martins de Magalhães Jr. A new study explores the progress the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) has made over the last 45 years. Crop breeders developed rice varieties with higher yields and improved sustainability. Magalhães is one of the Embrapa authors of the study. "We test whether the methods used in the breeding programs are helping us reach our goals," he says. "The study will also help us strategically develop and release new varieties in the future." According to the study, the Embrapa breeding program has resulted in significant yield gains. Over 45 years, grain yield improved between 0.62-0.73% each year. That translates to thousands of pounds in increased yield for farmers. The breeding program has also developed rice varieties with reduced plant height and time to flowering. "Plant height is an important factor for rice crops," says Magalhães. "This plant architecture (shorter plants) allowed rice yield potential to double by the end of the 1970s." In 1972, the average plant was about 38 inches tall. By 2016, average plant height was about 32.5 inches. Breeders also aimed to reduce time to flowering for rice varieties. "Early-flowering varieties are desirable because they need less water and other resources," says Magalhães. "These varieties also allow more flexibility in planting and harvesting." According to the study, flowering time was reduced by about 9 days over 45 years. It took 97 days for half the rice crop to flower in 1972. In 2016, half the crop was flowering in 88 days. The researchers also showed that rice varieties that mature quicker could be high-yielding. "Previously, the paradigm was that rice varieties that took longer to mature would have higher yields," Magalhães says. "In this study, it is evident that some varieties, which mature in 118 days, are more productive than some older varieties that mature in 130 days." Researchers also look for rice varieties that use natural resources, such as water, more efficiently. That's important because more than 70% of rice grown in Brazil is irrigated. Two southern states, including Rio Grande do Sul, account for most of the irrigated rice production. "Rice varieties that need lower inputs can bring sustainability," says Magalhães. Forty-five years is a long time, but Magalhães says the length of the study is important. "We are testing whether plant-breeding efforts have been efficient or not through the years. The longer the time frame analyzed, the more robust the data and findings." Having dependable, robust data is important. "Plant breeding is an expensive process," says Magalhães. "It requires time, hard work, and investment." Each error in the decision-making process can lead to huge losses for stakeholders. Mistakes may be irreversible in a short time span. "It is extremely important to monitor the efficiency of breeding programs," says Magalhães. "That way we can critically analyze our progress. We can also plan novel actions and strategies to develop and release new cultivars."

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Journal Reference: 1. Eduardo Anibele Streck, Ariano Martins de Magalhaes, Gabriel Almeida Aguiar, Paulo Karling Henrique Facchinello, Paulo Ricardo Reis Fagundes, Daniel Fernandes Franco, Maicon Nardino, AntĂ´nio Costa de Oliveira. Genetic Progress in 45 Years of Irrigated Rice Breeding in Southern Brazil. Crop Science, 2018; 58 (3): 1094 DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2017.06.0383

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How rice cultivation in Punjab has become environmentally sustainable Farmers in the state are now growing recently developed new rice varieties that are not only high-yielding but also of shorter duration requiring less water Updated: June 7, 2018 6:22:44 am

Farmers return after purchasing seeds from PAU in Ludhiana. Gurmeet Singh Written by Gurjit Singh Mangat Since the initiation of rice research at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), right from its establishment in 1962, there have been tremendous achievements in both varietal development, and standardisation of production and protection technologies in the crop. The impact can be seen from milled rice production in Punjab rising from a mere 6.88 lakh tonnes (lt) to 132.58 lt between 1970-71 and 2017-18, with average per-hectare yields, too, going up from 1,765 kg to 4,325 kg. This jump in output and productivity has been due to the untiring efforts of rice researchers as well as the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s technology-savvy farmers. The breeding strategies have, moreover, been fine-tuned from time to time, depending upon emerging challenges and for meeting the diversified needs of millers and consumers. In recent times, a major concern has been the declining water-table in the state. It has, therefore, led to a reorientation in the focus of breeders towards the

development of short-duration varieties that require less water, but without compromising on yields. Recently released rice varieties from the PAU mature in 123-145 days and have been widely adopted by farmers, as they are also high-yielding and generate savings in water, fertiliser, pesticide and labour use. The new non-basmati varieties — namely PR 121 (released in 2013), PR 122 (2013), PR 123 (2014), PR 124 (2015) and PR 126 (2016) — mature one to five weeks earlier than the earlier popular varieties such as PR 118 (158 days maturity seed-to-grain) and Pusa 44 (160 days), while yielding almost the same. The yields are actually much higher in terms of per unit area, per unit time and per unit of inputs. Also, these varieties possess marker-assisted pyramided bacterial blight disease-resistant genes (Xa4/ Xa5/ Xa13/ Xa21). They are, hence, resistant to all the ten known bacterial blight pathotypes prevalent in Punjab. During the 2012 kharif cropping season, 39% of Punjab‘s total non-basmati paddy area was covered by the long-duration, latematuring Pusa 44 and 33% under PAU (PR) varieties. The balance 28% was accounted for by other publicly bred and private sector varieties/hybrids. But in the 2017 season, the area share of PAU/PR varieties was 68.5%. In kharif 2018, this is expected to further go up to 75-80%. Simultaneously, the share of Pusa 44 fell to 17.7% in 2017 and is expected to decline below 10% in the ensuing kharif season. PR 121 has now emerged as the most popular variety among Punjab‘s farmers due to its short duration, yield stability across cropping environments, and bacterial blight disease resistance and good milling qualities. With an average paddy yield of 30.5 quintals per acre and maturing in 140 days, this variety (its actual yield potential is 38 quintals, more than the average 32 quintals for Pusa 44) was planted in over 7 lakh hectares or 27.9% of Punjab‘s non-basmati rice area in 2017. The other new PAU varieties with their respective area shares included PR 126 (13.6%), PR 124 (8.3%) and PR 122 (6%). All these varieties are now gaining popularity in other states. Due to the large-scale adoption of the new short-duration, yet high-yielding varieties, Punjab registered an all-time-high paddy productivity of 6,488 kg per hectare (4,325 kg of milled rice) during kharif 2017. The state also achieved a record paddy production of 198.87 lt (132.58 lt in terms of rice) last year. If one considered only non-basmati paddy, Punjab‘s average per hectare yields have increased from 64.21 quintals in 2014 to 65.96 quintals in 2015, 65.93 quintals in 2016 and 68.92 quintals in 2017. Also, it is worth noting that the state‘s contribution of rice to the central pool in 2017 was 118.33 lt, again a record. All this reflects the impact of the new shortduration PR rice varieties.

The yields from the new varieties, as already pointed out, are almost on a par with the earlier popular long-duration varieties. However, by maturing 2-4 weeks earlier, they yield more per unit area, per unit time, and per unit of fertiliser, pesticide and water (see table). Thus, these are more efficient, a prerequisite for crop breeding today. By maturing in 125-140 days, which allows for the fields to be vacated by the first week of October, the new varieties give farmers at least a 15-20 day window to manage the leftover stubble from harvesting using combines. Farmers, then, don‘t have to resort to the burning of the residual paddy straw and they can also undertake timely sowing of the succeeding wheat crop. The writer is head of Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, PAU, Ludhiana http://indianexpress.com/article/india/how-rice-cultivation-in-punjab-has-become-environmentallysustainable-5207119/

Egypt, once a major rice producer, will now begin importing rice Rice traders have said that the new policies would push Egypt to import up to 1 million tons of the grain next year. (Shutterstock) Egypt will begin importing rice, a crop it has typically had in surplus, to increase stocks and ―control the market,‖ Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said on Tuesday, months after a campaign to cut local production. Egypt slashed cultivation of rice, a water-intensive crop, this year to conserve vital Nile river resources as Ethiopia prepares to fill the reservoir behind a colossal $4 billion dam it is building upstream and which Cairo worries could threaten its water stocks. ―Necessary steps will be taken to increase the rice on offer in order to control the market and prevent any bottlenecks in the coming period,‖ Ismail told reporters after a ministerial meeting, referring to shortages in the local market caused by what grain traders say is hoarding of the grain. He did not specify the quantity or timing of the expected imports, but his comments are the first suggesting Egypt would begin an import programme since sharply reducing its own production. Cairo earlier this year increased fines for illegal rice cultivation and decreed that just 724,000 feddans (750,000 acres) can be planted, a sharp drop from the officially allotted 1.1 million feddans last year and the 1.8 million feddans grains traders believe were actually grown.

Rice traders have said that the new policies would push Egypt to import up to 1 million tons of the grain next year after decades of being an exporter of a medium grain variety prized in Arab markets. Ashraf el Attal, CEO of Dubai-based commodities trader Fortuna, said imports were needed now to make up for higher demand during the holy month of Ramadan and recent hoarding, which has seen prices shoot up at local outlets. â&#x20AC;&#x2022;Currently there is importation as local prices have moved up,â&#x20AC;&#x2013; said Attal. Ismail said necessary quantities of rice of the same quality as Egyptian white rice would be imported to prevent any bottlenecks in the coming period. http://english.alarabiya.net/en/business/economy/2018/06/06/Egypt-once-a-major-rice-producer-will-nowbegin-importing-rice-.html

Growers Advised To Complete Rice Cultivation By June 30

Agriculture experts have advised the growers to start cultivation of rice and complete it by end of June to get bumper yield. FAISALABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Jun, 2018 ) :Agriculture experts have advised the growers to start cultivation of rice and complete it by end of June to get bumper yield. A spokesman of the agriculture department said here Wednesday that the agriculture department has planned to cultivate

rice crops over 4.448 million acres of land in Punjab province and it would produce 3.5 million tons yield this year. He advised the growers to use approved varieties of the rice for cultivation as approved varieties of rice are not only disease resistant but also give maximum production. Among approved varieties include Super Basmati, Shaheen Basmati, Basmati-370, Basmati-385, Basmati Pak, Basmati-2000, Basmati-515, ARI-6, KS-282, KSK-133, NIAB ARI-9 and Basmati-198. He asked the growers to complete cultivation of rice before June 30 to get better and high quality production. Saplings of Basmati-370, Basmati-385, Basmati Pak, Basmati-2000 and Basmati-515 should be transferred in the fields up to June 20 while Saheen Basmati can be cultivated up to June 30, he added. He further said that experts of Agriculture Department are available for the consultation and guidance of the growers during office times. However, the farmers can also contact agriculture free helpline 0800-15000 during office times daily for any assistance, he added. https://www.urdupoint.com/en/agriculture/growers-advised-to-complete-rice-cultivation-364670.html

Cheap imported rice to flood market Updated 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 wellmilled 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/

Naypyidaw negotiating rice export deal with Yunnan Burmese farmers stockpile harvest in 2016. (Photo: DVB)

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By DVB 6 June 2018

Burma is negotiating a deal with a regional government in China to export one million tonnes of rice in the 2018-2019 financial year.

Sein Win Hlaing, chairperson of the Myanmar Paddy Producer Association, said Burmese rice will be sold to the Yunnan provincial government.

Talks are underway to ink a Memorandum of Understanding between Burma‘s Ministry of Commerce and Kunming, capital of Yunnan. Under the draft, Burma is set to import agricultural equipment, appliances, iron and steel. Both governments have approved the exclusive sale of Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) and Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) rice to companies chosen by the Yunnan government. Ye Min Aung, general secretary of MRF, says the upcoming deal would be a boon for Burma‘s rice industry. ―For more than forty years Myanmar could not export rice. But last year, we [MRF] helped to export our rice to Japan. We can now export rice to China via waterways legally. In the past, we exported rice to forty country … but last year, we sold to approximately sixty,‖ he told DVB on Wednesday. In the coming fiscal year MRF hopes to facilitate the export of more than 3 million tonnes, with a view to reaching 4 million tonnes outgoing in the 2020-2021 period.

http://www.dvb.no/news/naypyidaw-negotiating-rice-export-deal-with-yunnan/81029

Govt to review rice monopoly, public procurement system 83

Sangeetha Amarthalingam & Neily Syafiqah Eusoff June 06, 2018 18:01 pm +08 PUTRAJAYA (June 6): The government will study the monopoly policy of the previous administration and decide if it should be abolished, expanded or have its reach limited, said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. "There is a monopoly on the import of rice into Malaysia but there are other onopolies including procurement," said the prime minister. "So we have to look into the operation of monopolies to see whether we should abolish it or reduce it (if) it is good for the country," he said after chairing the weekly Cabinet meeting. A review of monopolies, including Padiberas Nasional Bhd (Bernas) and Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd, was promised by Pakatan Harapan in its election manifesto as a way of reducing the pressure on burdensome price increases. "The monopolies enjoyed by Bernas in rice production and distribution, Astro in broadcasting, and others will be re-examined thoroughly. We will also ensure that medicine prices are fair by enforcing fair competition," the ruling coalition had said. In the manifesto, Pakatan also said the Barisan Nasional government spent about RM100 billion a year for public procurements."To ensure that every cent of taxpayer's money is well-spent, the Pakatan government would reform the public procurement system and the way contracts are awarded to ensure it is more competitive and generate best value for the taxpayer's money," it said. http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/govt-review-rice-monopoly-public-procurement-system

Thai, Singapore firms bag deal to supply 250,000 MT of rice Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star) - June 6, 2018 - 12:00am NFA recently issued the notice of award to the suppliers who will be required to post a performance bond in the next seven days.MANILA, Philippines â&#x20AC;&#x201D; State-run National Food Authority (NFA) has awarded the

supply contract for 250,000 metric tons (MT) of rice to four companies from Thailand and one from Singapore to boost the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s limited buffer stock. NFA recently issued the notice of award to the suppliers who will be required to post a performance bond in the next seven days. Preparation of contracts will also be done during the seven-day period while the issuance of notice to proceed will be given after the posting of performance bond and the signing of contracts. The Thai companies are Thai Hua Co. Ltd. for 75,000 MT, Capital Cereals (43,000 MT), Asia Golden Rice (58,500 MT), and Ponglarp (36,000 MT). Singapore-based Olam International Ltd., meanwhile, will supply the remaining 37,500 MT of 25 percent brokens, well-milled long grains white rice. The fresh stocks will form part of NFAâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;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, while the remaining 50,000 MT should be delivered not later than Aug. 31. 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.

Designated discharge ports are Poro Pt. in La Union, Batangas, Subic, Tabaco, Iloilo, Bacolod, Cebu, Tacloban, Zamboanga, Cagayan de Oro, Surigao, General Santos City, Davao City and Manila. Reference price for the importation was set at $498.25 per MT based on the foreign exchange rate of P52.2 per dollar. The total amount of all bidders reached $115.85 million or P6.04 billion, resulting in P500 million in savings for the government. NFA has allotted a total of P6.5 billion for procurement of the volume. The grain agency said there are no plans yet for further rice imports as it prioritizes the immediate presence of NFA rice in markets to pull down and stabilize prices.

https://www.philstar.com/business/2018/06/06/1821887/thai-singapore-firms-bag-deal-supply250000-mt-rice

Costa Rican rice crop still feeling impact of tropical storm June 5, 2018 - by Susan Reidy

WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. — Costa Rica‘s rice production is still feeling the impact of Tropical Storm Nate in October 2017, with significant declines expected in 2017-18, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

Lower planted area and yields in the crop year resulted in a production decline to 130,400 tonnes. Production is expected to increase in 2018-19 to 150,000 tonnes, assuming normal weather conditions. Import volume may increase to 140,000 tonnes of milled rice equivalent in 2018 to offset lower local rice production, the FAS said. The Costa Rican government will allow duty free imports of an estimated 62,000 tonnes of rough rice. It already allocated 42,176 tonnes to Brazil for import in April and June, and the remaining 20,000 tonnes are expected to come from South America. Rice production during crop year 2016-17 reached 200,347 tonnes of paddy rice, roughly equivalent to 134,000 tonnes of milled rice. During that period, total output increased 6.81% as compared to the previous crop year mainly because of higher productivity per hectare http://www.worldgrain.com/articles/news_home/World_Grain_News/2018/06/Costa_Rican_rice_crop_still_fe.aspx?ID=% 7B8396AAA0-EC38-4209-92BD-22FB789E0F89%7D

Egypt, once a major rice producer, will now begin importing rice

Rice traders have said that the new policies would push Egypt to import up to 1 million tons of the grain next year. (Shutterstock) Reuters, CairoWednesday, 6 June 2018 Egypt will begin importing rice, a crop it has typically had in surplus, to increase stocks and ―control the market,‖ Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said on Tuesday, months after a campaign to cut local production. Egypt slashed cultivation of rice, a water-intensive crop, this year to conserve vital Nile river resources as Ethiopia prepares to fill the reservoir behind a colossal $4 billion dam it is building upstream and which Cairo worries could threaten its water stocks. ―Necessary steps will be taken to increase the rice on offer in order to control the market and prevent any bottlenecks in the coming period,‖ Ismail told reporters after a ministerial meeting, referring to shortages in the local market caused by what grain traders say is hoarding of the grain. He did not specify the quantity or timing of the expected imports, but his comments are the first suggesting Egypt would begin an import programme since sharply reducing its own production. Cairo earlier this year increased fines for illegal rice cultivation and decreed that just 724,000 feddans (750,000 acres) can be planted, a sharp drop from the officially allotted 1.1 million feddans last year and the 1.8 million feddans grains traders believe were actually grown. Rice traders have said that the new policies would push Egypt to import up to 1 million tons of the grain next year after decades of being an exporter of a medium grain variety prized in Arab markets. Ashraf el Attal, CEO of Dubai-based commodities trader Fortuna, said imports were needed now to make up for higher demand during the holy month of Ramadan and recent hoarding, which has seen prices shoot up at local outlets. ―Currently there is importation as local prices have moved up,‖ said Attal. Ismail said necessary quantities of rice of the same quality as Egyptian white rice would be imported to prevent any bottlenecks in the coming period. Last Update: Wednesday, 6 June 2018 KSA 11:49 - GMT 08:49

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/business/economy/2018/06/06/Egypt-once-a-major-rice-producerwill-now-begin-importing-rice-.html

UPDATE 2-Egypt to begin importing rice after slashing its own cultivation Reuters Staff

CAIRO, June 5 (Reuters) - Egypt will begin importing rice, a crop it has typically had in surplus, to increase stocks and ―control the market,‖ Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said on Tuesday, months after a campaign to cut local production.Egypt slashed cultivation of rice, a water-intensive crop, this year to conserve vital Nile river resources as Ethiopia prepares to fill the reservoir behind a colossal $4 billion dam it is building upstream and which Cairo worries could threaten its water stocks. ―Necessary steps will be taken to increase the rice on offer in order to control the market and prevent any bottlenecks in the coming period,‖ Ismail told reporters after a ministerial meeting, referring to shortages in the local market caused by what grain traders say is hoarding of the grain.He did not specify the quantity or timing of the expected imports, but his comments are the first suggesting Egypt would begin an import programme since sharply reducing its own production.Cairo earlier this year increased fines for illegal rice cultivation and decreed that just 724,000 feddans (750,000 acres) can be planted, a sharp drop from the officially allotted 1.1 million feddans last year and the 1.8 million feddans grains traders believe were actually grown.Rice traders have said that the new policies would push Egypt to import up to 1 million tonnes of the grain next year after decades of being an exporter of a medium grain variety prized in Arab markets.Ashraf el Attal, CEO of Dubai-based commodities trader Fortuna, said imports were needed now to make up for higher demand during the holy month of Ramadan and recent hoarding, which has seen prices shoot up at local outlets.―Currently there is importation as local prices have moved up,‖ said Attal.Ismail said necessary quantities of rice of the same quality as Egyptian white rice would be imported to

prevent any bottlenecks in the coming period. (Reporting by Momen Saeed Atallah and Maha El Dahan Writing by Eric Knecht; Editing by Adrian Croft) https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN1J30RC-OZATP

Egypt to begin importing rice- prime minister Egypt this year slashed cultivation of rice, a water-intensive crop, to conserve vital Nile river resources. A farmer unloads rice straw for cattle from a boat near the river Nile on the outskirts of Cairo November 2, 2014. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh By Momen Saeed Atallah, Reuters News CAIRO- Egypt will begin importing rice, a crop it has typically had in surplus, to increase stocks and "control the market," Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said on Tuesday, without specifying how much or when.Egypt this year slashed cultivation of rice, a water-intensive crop, to conserve vital Nile river resources. Rice traders said at the time that the policy would push Egypt to import up to 1 million tonnes of the grain next year after previously being an exporter.(Reporting by Momen Saeed Atallah Writing by Eric Knecht; Editing by Adrian Croft) ((eric.knecht@thomsonreuters.com; +20 2 2394 8102; Reuters Messaging: eric.knecht.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/story/Egypt_to_begin_importing_rice_prime_ministerTR20180605nC6N1L202RX2/

Rice Prices as on : 06-06-2018 12:09:53 PM Arrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market. Arrivals

Price

Current

% change

Season cumulative

Modal

Prev. Modal

Prev.Yr %change

Rice Chandabali(Ori)

79.50

556.50

1800

1600

-25.00

Maur(UP)

47.00

-9.62

1609.00

2160

2150

Kopaganj(UP)

47.00

-9.62

1978.00

2160

2150

Lakhimpur(UP)

40.00

33.33

1437.00

2310

2280

6.94

Naanpara(UP)

31.00

3.33

1093.80

2200

-0.68

Karimpur(WB)

30.00

-25

390.00

3730

3700

18.41

Dhekiajuli(ASM)

22.00

29.41

203.00

2400

4.35

Khurja(UP)

7.50

632.00

2600

2615

Bolangir(Ori)

7.00

-12.5

219.00

2800

16.67

Tusura(Ori)

6.00

-14.29

114.50

2800

16.67

Mirzapur(UP)

4.50

12.5

532.50

2220

2215

Chitwadagaon(UP)

4.00

-50

198.20

2100

-1.41

Dibrugarh(ASM)

2.80

-22.22

416.00

2920

29.78

Jahangirabad(UP)

2.50

102.50

2580

9.79

Darjeeling(WB)

1.80

-18.18

48.80

3150

6.78

Khairagarh(UP)

1.10

37.5

77.90

2570

2550

1.98

Published on June 06, 2018

TOPICS rice (commodity)

The Hindu https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/rice-prices/article24094111.ece

Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- JUN 07, 2018 JUNE 7, 2018 / 1:18 PM Nagpur Foodgrain Prices â&#x20AC;&#x201C; APMC/Open Market-June 7, 2018 Nagpur, June 7 (Reuters) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gram and tuar prices showed weak tendency in Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) on poor buying support from local millers amid good supplyfrom producing regions. Easy condition in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and release of stock fromstockists also pushed down prices. About 2,150 bags of gram and 400 bags of tuar reported for auction in Nagpur APMC, according tosources.

FOODGRAINS & PULSES

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

TUAR * Tuar varieties quoted static here in absence of buyers amid good supply from producing regions.

* Major rice varieties reported strong in open market on good seasonal demand from local traders amid weak supply from producing regions.

* In Akola, Tuar New – 4,000-4,050, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,000-6,300, Udid Mogar (clean) – 6,800-7,800, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,300-8,200, Gram – 3,300-3,400, Gram Super best – 4,600-4,800

* Wheat and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and settled at last levels in thin trading activity.

Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg

FOODGRAINS Gram Auction Gram Pink Auction Tuar Auction Moong Auction Udid Auction Masoor Auction

Available prices 3,000-3,240 n.a.

3,400-3,920 3,900-4,200

4,300-4,500

n.a.

Gram Super Best Bold

Gram Medium Best

2,100-2,600

n.a.

Wheat Mill quality Auction

Gram Super Best

3,000-3,300

3,370-3,840

n.a.

Previous close

2,600-2,800 1,650-1,740 5,000-5,200

n.a.

1,600-1,736 5,000-5,200

n.a.

4,600-4,800

Gram Dal Medium

n.a.

Gram Mill Quality

3,425-3,475

Desi gram Raw

3,400-3,450

Gram Kabuli Tuar Fataka Best-New

n.a

8,000-10,000

5,900-6,100

Tuar Fataka Medium-New

5,600-5,800

Tuar Dal Best Phod-New

5,600-5,800

5,400-5,600

Tuar Dal Medium phod-New Tuar Gavarani New

5,400-5,600

5,100-5,300

4,000-4,050

5,100-5,300

4,000-4,050

Tuar Karnataka

4,350-4,450

4,400-4,500

Masoor dal best

4,800-5,000

Masoor dal medium Masoor

4,500-4,700 n.a.

4,500-4,700

n.a.

Moong Mogar bold (New)

7,500-8,500

Moong Mogar Medium

6,800-7,300

Moong dal Chilka

7,000-7,800

7,500-8,500 6,800-7,300

7,000-7,800

Moong Mill quality

n.a.

Moong Chamki best

7,500-8,500

Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 7,500-8,000

7,500-8,000

Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG)

5,000-6,400

Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) Batri dal (100 INR/KG) Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)

5,500-5,800

5,200-5,500

5,200-5,500 2,700-2,800

3,800-4,000

Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG)

3,800-4,000

5,300-5,600

2,000-2,100

Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)

5,500-5,800

2,700-2,800

Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)

Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)

5,000-6,400

2,000-2,100

2,000-2,075

2,250-2,400

Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG)

5,300-5,600

2,000-2,075 2,250-2,400

2,300-2,450

Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,200 Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG)

n.a.

2,300-2,450 2,100-2,250

n.a.

MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG)

3,200-4,000

MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG)

2,400-2,800

2,100-2,200

Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG)

3,100-3,700

2,700-2,900

2,800-3,000

Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG)

2,400-2,800

2,000-2,100

3,200-3,800

Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG)

3,200-4,000

2,600-2,800

2,700-2,900

2,700-2,800

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

2,500-2,700

2,500-2,650

4,000-4,200

Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG)

2,400-2,500 4,000-4,200

3,500-3,800

Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG)

5,200-5,600

Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG)

4,500-4,900

Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG)

9,500-14,000

Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG)

Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)

5,000-7,500

6,500-6,700

Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG)

9,500-14,000

6,200-6,500

6,000-6,200

2,000-2,200 1,800-2,000

5,000-7,500

5,800-6,000 2,000-2,100

1,700-2,000

WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 40.5 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 23.7 degree Celsius Rainfall : 5.8 mm FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rains or thunder-showers. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 41 and 24 degree Celsius respectively. Note: n.a.--not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, butincluded in market prices) https://in.reuters.com/article/nagpur-foodgrain/nagpur-foodgrain-prices-open-jun-07-2018idINL3N1T932I

Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- JUN 06, 2018 JUNE 6, 2018 / 1:10 PM Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-June 6, 2018 Nagpur, June 6 (Reuters) – Gram and tuar prices reported higher in Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) on increased demand from local millers amid tight supply from producing regions. Fresh rise on NCDEX in gram, upward trend in Madhya Pradesh pulses and enquiries from South-based millers also jacked up prices. About 1,800 bags of gram and 900 bags of tuar reported for auction in Nagpur APMC, according tosources. FOODGRAINS & PULSES GRAM * Desi gram raw reported down in open market here in absence of buyers amid release of stock from stockists. TUAR * Tuar Karnataka moved down in open market here poor demand amid from local traders. * Wheat mill quality firmed up in open market on renewed seasonal demand from local traders. * In Akola, Tuar New – 4,000-4,050, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,000-6,300, Udid Mogar (clean) – 6,800-7,800, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,300-8,200, Gram – 3,300-3,400, Gram Super best – 4,600-4,800 * Other varieties of wheat, rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and settled at last levels in thin trading activity. Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg FOODGRAINS Gram Auction Gram Pink Auction Tuar Auction Moong Auction

Available prices Previous close 3,000-3,300 3,000-3,250 n.a. 2,100-2,600 3,400-3,920 3,400-3,870 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 1,650-1,740 1,600-1,736 Gram Super Best Bold 5,000-5,200 5,000-5,200 Gram Super Best n.a. n.a. Gram Medium Best 4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800 Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a Gram Mill Quality 3,425-3,475 3,425-3,475 Desi gram Raw 3,400-3,450 3,350-3,400 Gram Kabuli 8,000-10,000 8,000-10,000 Tuar Fataka Best-New 5,900-6,100 5,900-6,100 Tuar Fataka Medium-New 5,600-5,800 5,600-5,800 Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 5,400-5,600 5,400-5,600 Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 5,100-5,300 5,100-5,300 Tuar Gavarani New 4,000-4,050 4,000-4,050 Tuar Karnataka 4,350-4,450 4,400-4,500 Masoor dal best 4,800-5,000 4,800-5,000 Masoor dal medium 4,500-4,700 4,500-4,700 Masoor n.a. n.a. Moong Mogar bold (New) 7,500-8,500 7,500-8,500 Moong Mogar Medium 6,800-7,300 6,800-7,300 Moong dal Chilka 7,000-7,800 7,000-7,800 Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a. Moong Chamki best 7,500-8,500 7,500-8,500 Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000 Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-6,400 5,000-6,400 Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,500-5,800 5,500-5,800 Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500 Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,700-2,800 2,700-2,800 Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,800-4,000 3,800-4,000 Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 5,300-5,600 5,300-5,600 Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100 Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,075 1,950-2,050 Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,250-2,400 2,250-2,400 Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,450 2,300-2,450 Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,200 2,100-2,250 Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a. MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,200-4,000 3,200-4,000 MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,800 2,400-2,800 Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100 Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,700 3,100-3,700

Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800 Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,900 2,700-2,900 Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,700 2,500-2,700 Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,500 2,400-2,500 Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,500 4,200-4,600 Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,700-4,000 3,700-4,000 Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 5,300-5,700 5,300-5,700 Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,600-5,000 4,600-5,000 Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,500-14,000 9,500-14,000 Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-7,500 5,000-7,500 Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 6,200-6,500 6,200-6,500 Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000 Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,200 2,000-2,100 Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,000 1,700-2,000 WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 42.4 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 23.7 degree Celsius Rainfall : 0.5 mm FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rains or thunder-showers. Maximum andminimum temperature would be around and 42 and 24 degree Celsius respectively. Note: n.a.--not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, butincluded in market prices) https://in.reuters.com/article/soccer-worldcup-russia-putin/for-putin-world-cup-shows-russia-cannot-becaged-by-hostile-west-idINKCN1J30GQ