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Three-Rice Varieties From Chhattisgarh Have Cancer Fighting Properties Agreement allows Filipino farmers to plant rice in PNG FG distributes 135, 500 bags of rice to displaced persons in North-east Farmers, fish advocates team up to save the salmon Iraq makes no purchases yet in 30,000 T rice tender- trade Cambodian Rice Body Faces Own Shortcomings Agreement allows Filipino farmers to plant rice in PNG Will reducing cultivated rice areas rationalize water?

Iran to restrict rice planting due to water scarcity Azerbaijan to fully provide itself with rice - minister No cheap rice in local market

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News Detail‌ Three-Rice Varieties From Chhattisgarh Have Cancer Fighting Properties

Three-Rice Varieties From Chhattisgarh Have Cancer Fighting Properties A research has found anti-cancer properties in three traditional varieties of rice native to Chhattisgarh reports the Hindustan Times. The rice varieties, Gathwan, Maharaji and Laicha are said to fight cancer according the scientist, Deepak Sharma.

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THE RESEARCH The rice were found to have anti-cancer properties during a research conducted at the Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV), Raipur and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Mumbai. The rice varieties were reportedly taken from the rice germplasm bank preserved in the IGKV and these, according to Sharma have the properties that help in curing lung and breast cancer without harming the normal cells.

Sharma is the principal scientist at the genetics and plant breeding department of the agriculture university and says that Laicha has been found to be the most effective of the three in the prevention of proliferation and destruction of cancer cells. He further told PTI that the three varieties of rice are used for medicinal purposes in Bastar, which is a tribal area. Gathwan helps to cure arthritis and Laicha is used for skin-related problems, he explained.

Now that Gathwan, Maharaji and Laicha have been found to have properties that stop the multiplication of cancer cells, further research will be carried on by the scientists of BARC wherein they will be extracting the anti-cancer elements from the rice varieties and conduct trials. They aim to develop dietary supplements for easy consumption by the people. https://www.hungryforever.com/three-rice-varieties-chhattisgarh-cancer-fighting-properties/

Agreement allows Filipino farmers to plant rice in PNG 19.02.2018 | UkrAgroConsult

An agreement with the Papua New Guinea government allowing Filipino rice farmers to plant rice in the 46-million hectare nation with a population of only 8 million will improve the rice industry in the Philippines, according to Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol.

“The proposed project will not only ensure the Philippines of stable rice supply but will also employ thousands of rice farmers and agriculture graduates from the Philippines,” Piñol said.

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In a bilateral meeting with PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, President Rodrigo Duterte officially informed PNG officials that he will dispatch an agriculture delegation that Piñol will head to establish stronger agricultural and fisheries cooperation between the two countries.

President Duterte will visit PNG in November to attend the APEC Summit and witness a harvest in a rice demonstration farm.Initially, a team of 22 farmers will fly to PNG next month to start the development of a 100-hectare rice demonstration farm within a Seventh Day Adventist College compound in Port Moresby.

Most of the farmers in the first group are Ilocanos and Ilonggos from North Cotabato who will receive an initial salary of P25,000 per month from a private company who will engage them.In line with the project, Piñol asked the International Rice Research Institute to set up a satellite office in PNG and recommended to the PNG government to set up an office, which will serve as the sole administrator for buying rice from local farmers and for setting prices.

According to Piñol, this will be the third engagement between the Department of Agriculture of the Philippines and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of PNG after a bilateral meeting

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between Duterte and O’Neil during the APEC Summit in Vietnam last year. In initial discussions, the proposed bilateral agreement involves allowing Filipino companies to lease PNG lands to plant rice to supply the national requirement of the country estimated to be 400,000 metric tons.

Any excess production could be shipped back to the Philippines as PNG rice exports or could be exported to other countries in the South Pacific that have already manifested their interest to buy PNG-produced rice.

“I told President Duterte that even if the Philippines will achieve rice sufficiency by 2020 as projected by the DA, population growth will overtake the capacity to produce rice because of limited irrigated farm lands,” Pinol said.

“The President was briefed that to prepare for the future, the Philippines must consider outsourcing its rice supply rather than rely on imports from Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan, Cambodia and other countries,” he added.Because of the very close relationship between the two countries and the presence of Filipino investors in the area, including processing and canning of tuna, it was decided, after consultations with top officials of the DA, that PNG is the more ideal country for the rice outsourcing program.

The DA said it is enthusiastic to establish a rice model farm equipped with modern farming technology in PNG to really help develop the country’s rice industry.Papua New Guinea is a country with 46 million hectares of arable land with only an eight million population and imports about 300,000-400,000 metric tons of rice every year, mostly from Australia. http://www.blackseagrain.net/novosti/agreement-allows-filipino-farmers-to-plant-rice-in-png

FG distributes 135, 500 bags of rice to displaced persons in North-east

By NAN 19 February 2018 | 1:14 pm IDPs camp

The Government of People’s Republic of China has donated 135, 500 bags of rice for distribution to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) by Boko Haram insurgency in the North-east region.

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Mr Bashir Garga, National Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), made the disclosure in a statement on Monday in Maiduguri.Garga said the commodity was donated to the Nigerian Government by the Government of People’s Republic of China, as part of its contribution to the humanitarian challenges in the north-east.

He said that 6, 779 tonnes of rice were supplied to the agency for onward distribution to displaced persons in the six states of the zone.The zonal coordinator added that the agency had worked out effective modalities to facilitate smooth distribution exercise, expected to be completed by the end of February.

According to him, NEMA as the lead agency under the National Humanitarian Response Plan (NHRP), formally announced the delivery of first consignment of 6, 779 tonnes of rice. “It is expected that the delivery of the 135, 500 bags to the displaced persons in the region will be completed on or before the end of February,” he said.

Garga, who commended the government`s efforts, added that the support would address the humanitarian crisis caused by Boko Haram insurgency.He also said that the Federal Government has been distributing food items to persons displaced by the insurgency under its Emergency Food Intervention in North-East (EFINE) since June, 2017.

“It will be recalled that the government had distributed over 40, 000 tonnes of assorted of grain to displaced persons under the programme in the north-east.

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“Food items are being distributed on monthly basis to deserving households at Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps, liberated and host communities. https://guardian.ng/news/fg-distributes-135-500-bags-of-rice-to-displaced-persons-in-north-east/

Farmers, fish advocates team up to save the salmon Jacob Katz, a senior scientist with Cal Trout, holds up a jar teeming with fish food. “The fatter these little fish get from the bugs produced on the rice fields, the better chance they have to survive the treacherous journey to the ocean and come back to the Sacramento Valley in three or four years as big adults,” he says. Courtesy photo Scientists and Yolo County farmers using rice fields to grow food for endangered fish

By Nina Erlich-Williams The winter-run Chinook salmon population continues to hover around historic lows in the Sacramento River, but Sacramento Valley farmers are working together with scientists to grow fish food on their rice fields in hopes of reversing this troubling trend.Scientists involved in the project highlighted plans and recent achievements Monday at Davis Ranches in Colusa as part of the annual “Bird Day” event, which celebrates efforts to provide habitat for native wildlife in concert with active rice-growing.

While farmers have been working for decades to aid bird populations, a new “Fins and Feathers” program is now working to create salmon habitat and fish food on these same farm fields.

The project — Fish Food on Floodplain Farm Fields — is a partnership among the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, Cal Trout, California rice farmers and water suppliers in Northern and Southern California. The group is using existing fields to “grow” tons of bugs that fish like salmon love to devour.

“We like to think of these bugs in the water as floating fillet for the salmon,” said Cal Trout senior scientist Jacob Katz. “The fatter these little fish get from the bugs produced on rice fields, the better chance they have to survive the treacherous journey to the ocean and come back to the Sacramento Valley in three or four years as big adults.”

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In just its second year, the program is already yielding results that reveal great potential for increasing the amount of food available to fish populations, including endangered salmon and smelt.“The amount of zooplankton and invertebrates (fish food) produced on the rice fields has far exceeded our expectations,” said Carson Jeffres, a researcher with the Center for Watershed Sciences. “We have great hope that this project will serve as a model that can be implemented at a larger scale in the near future.”This is the latest effort tied to the Sacramento Valley Salmon Recovery Program, a collaborative effort of farmers, fisherman, conservationists, government agencies and water suppliers that aims to reverse the population decline of the winter-run Chinook salmon.Recent surveys are startling, revealing that fewer than 2,000 fish are making the journey each winter from the San Francisco Bay to the upper channels of the Sacramento River. In the mid-1970s, those numbers totaled more than 25,000.This isn’t the first time farmers in the Sacramento Valley have stepped up to implement large-scale conservation measures for wildlife. Starting the 1990s, farms like Davis Ranches and River Garden Farms in Knights Landing began working with bird conservation groups and government agencies to make their fields friendlier to ducks and geese.

That program, which saw farmers managing their lands to create winter wetland habitat by reflooding their rice fields in fall and winter, helped fuel a recovery in native and migratory bird populations. Now, farmers are finding another use for their fields — feeding salmon.

“Fish food is made on the floodplain,” Katz said. “These farmers are essentially reconnecting this critical wetland energy source to the river channels where fish can make use of it.”

Added Roger Cornwell, manager of River Garden Farms, “By borrowing water from the river for a few weeks, and spreading it out over our fields, we are mimicking how water used to flow through the natural floodplain wetlands that once covered the valley floor. When we return the water to the river, it’s supercharged full of fish food.”

As shallow water sits in agricultural fields, microbes start to breakdown the plants that grew during the previous summer. These broad, shallow puddles also allow algae to flourish. Both the algae and the decomposing plant matter feed the bugs that are a primary food source for fish.

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This effort is crucial because modern development has turned rivers into food deserts for fish.

Since European settlement more than 95 percent of the Central valley’s historic floodplains have been cut off from the river by levees. Today, Central Valley rivers are too swift and deep to create the natural flow patterns that are conducive to producing food for fish. “We all agree that fish need water. This project acknowledges that they also have to eat,” Katz said. https://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/farmers-fish-advocates-team-up-to-save-the-salmon/

Iraq makes no purchases yet in 30,000 T rice tendertrade Iraq's state grains board is still considering offers for its international tender to buy at least 30,000 tonnes of rice.

Michael Hogan, Reuters News HAMBURG- Iraq's state grains board is still considering offers for its international tender to buy at least 30,000 tonnes of rice and no purchase has been made yet, European traders said on Monday. The tender closed on Feb. 18 with offers valid until Feb. 22. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nD5N1N501M Rice from Thailand was offered at the lowest price of a $464.95 a tonne c&f free out and rice from the United States, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and India was also offered in the tender, traders said.The volume of the lowest offer was unclear but said to be at least 40,000 tonnes.

Another offer for 40,000 tonnes of Thai rice was made at $474.50 a tonne c&f free out. One offer was made for 30,000 tonnes of rice from the United States at $739 a tonne c&f free out.

Argentine rice was offered at $565 and $595 a tonne free out, each for 30,000 tonnes.

Rice from Uruguay was offered at $590 c&f free out by two separate trading houses, both offering 30,000 tonnes and two offers of 30,000 tonnes of rice from Paraguay were offered at $570 and $572 a tonne c&f free out. Two offers were made for Indian rice at $560 and $565 a tonne c&f free out each for 40,000 tonnes. Volumes in Iraq's tenders are nominal and the country can buy more than requested in the tender. In its last reported tender Jan. 7, Iraq purchased around 30,000 tonnes from Argentina. https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/story/Iraq_makes_no_purchases_yet_in_30000_T_rice_te nder_trade-TR20180219nL8N1Q92DDX2/

Cambodian Rice Body Faces Own Shortcomings 9

February 19, 2018 1:20 AM  

David Boyle Sopheakpanha Nem

A Cambodian farmer ties a bundle of rice during the rice harvesting season in Trapaing Mean village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.

PHNOM PENH —

In a startlingly frank report last month, The Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) warned the country’s entire export market could be destroyed by the scourge of rice smuggling.The report, which detailed a laundry list of problems within the CRF itself and the sector as a whole, provides a window into the deep dysfunction and fragility of an industry that occupies a fundamentally central place in Cambodia’s society and economy.

The CRF was founded in 2014 to try and turbocharge a Cambodian rice industry that lagged far behind rivals Thailand and Vietnam in output.While exports rose in 2017 by 17.3 percent on the previous year to about 700,000 tons following a years long upward trend they remain far shy of

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Vietnam, which exported nearly 6 million tons and Thailand, which exported more than 11 million tons in the same period.

The reasons for this chronic inefficiency are myriad and complex, as the CRF report noted.It raised concerns over fake branding, price manipulation, disciplinary issues and conflicts of interest in the CRF board, a lack of credible data, favoritism, mistrust and the impact of “the prevailing pattern of land grabbing,� on farmers.

It also raised the topic of Vietnamese smuggling which, until recently, had been such a taboo subject that when a public spat erupted in 2013 over the scale of the problem, Cambodian officials came out in force to flatly deny the issue existed.In a departure from that tradition, the CRF pointedly raised the threat Vietnamese smuggling posed to WTO and ASEAN trade compliance rules and regulations in its report. “Smuggling of milled rice from Vietnam hinders efforts to comply with the rules of origin, as there are complaints about re-exporting rice into a third country. This could cost Cambodia the

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entire export market,” the authors wrote.“After replacing foreign signs with domestic labels, traders distribute the smuggled rice countrywide, distorting competition and prices in the domestic market.”

FILE - Cambodian farmers plant rice on the dry earth in the rice paddy on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Rules of origin regulations vary among trading partners but the biggest concern by far for Cambodia would be if smuggling invalidated their preferential access to the EU market.In 2017, 43.54 percent of Cambodian rice exports went to the EU according to government figures.A European Commission spokesperson told VOA that “any allegations of wrongdoing involving a preferential market access scheme need of course to be taken very seriously.”

“When benefiting from the free access to the EU market under 'Everything But Arms' scheme, Cambodia has to ensure that the rice exported to the EU is fully homegrown,” the source said.“In

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this respect the Commission welcomed the adoption by Cambodia of Code of Conduct aiming at ensuring the integrity of rice exports to the EU.” Code of conduct In 2014 the CRF established a Cambodia Code of Conduct which barred firms from exporting rebranded cheap rice from neighboring countries and two years later claimed to be tightening border controls on illegal imports.The effectiveness of the implementation of the code though remains questionable.

CRF deputy president Seu Rany said the CRF did not have any hard statistics on the amount of Vietnamese rice being smuggled into the country but accepted it remained a serious problem.

Farmers collect rice in a rice paddy field in Kandal province, Cambodia, Feb. 11, 2015.

“The criminals who smuggle the rice do not tell us through which gateway they do it through so it’s all secret and shady,” he said.“CRF and related ministries are working on transactions in the rice market. This is a fly in the ointment because there are small-time rice smugglers on top of the bigger ones and this definitely strains the market.”

The rice federation board is dominated by wealthy and political connected tycoons at the top of the industry and is chaired by Sok Puthyvuth, the son of late Deputy Prime Minister Sok An and owner of one of the biggest rice export companies - SOMA group.

“Dominating members are accused of using CRF for their own benefit, discouraging the willingness of other members to pay membership fees or make other contribution or engagements,” was one of the 2017-2021 Strategic Plan’s findings.

“The consequence is that CRF per se is not a representative body for all stakeholders of the rice sector."Chhong Sophal, coordinating officer of an independent national network of farmers associations called Farmer and Nature Net, said one of the most important things the rice board would find rice farmers lacked was simply coordination.“The farmers just follow suit of other farmers. They do not have a contract with any company. Due to this, the merchants can manipulate the price.”

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“If the farmers are able to get proper pricing, they will make profits of 2 million riels ($500) per hectare. If they plant on 1 to 1.5 hectares, their income will be even better.”

The report by the rice federation said the CRF secretariat appeared to be “confused between tasks involving the back and front offices,” the board members attended meetings based on whether or not their interests would be affected, and the body made “no clear effort to gather information about issues members are facing.”Rany, the board's deputy chairman, said change would take time.“CRF is a burgeoning institution, but the size of the work is enormous. Hence, our experience is somehow limited.”“It is best to sit down and talk out individual problems and solve them along the way. That way, the farmer will survive and so will the rice millers and exporters.” https://www.voanews.com/a/cambodia-rice-export/4260509.html

Agreement allows Filipino farmers to plant rice in PNG An agreement with the Papua New Guinea government allowing Filipino rice farmers to plant rice in the 46-million hectare nation with a population of only 8 million will improve the rice industry in the Philippines, according to Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol.

“The proposed project will not only ensure the Philippines of stable rice supply but will also employ thousands of rice farmers and agriculture graduates from the Philippines,” Piñol said. In a bilateral meeting with PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, President Rodrigo Duterte officially informed PNG officials that he will dispatch an agriculture delegation that Piñol will head to establish stronger agricultural and fisheries cooperation between the two countries.

President Duterte will visit PNG in November to attend the APEC Summit and witness a harvest in a rice demonstration farm. Initially, a team of 22 farmers will fly to PNG next month to start the development of a 100-hectare rice demonstration farm within a Seventh Day Adventist College compound in Port Moresby. Most of the farmers in the first group are Ilocanos and Ilonggos from North Cotabato who will receive an initial salary of P25,000 per month from a private company who will engage them. In line with the project, Piñol asked the International Rice Research Institute to set up a satellite office in PNG and recommended to the PNG government to set up an office, which will serve as the sole administrator for buying rice from local farmers and for setting prices.

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According to Piñol, this will be the third engagement between the Department of Agriculture of the Philippines and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of PNG after a bilateral meeting between Duterte and O’Neil during the APEC Summit in Vietnam last year. In initial discussions, the proposed bilateral agreement involves allowing Filipino companies to lease PNG lands to plant rice to supply the national requirement of the country estimated to be 400,000 metric tons.

Any excess production could be shipped back to the Philippines as PNG rice exports or could be exported to other countries in the South Pacific that have already manifested their interest to buy PNG-produced rice. “I told President Duterte that even if the Philippines will achieve rice sufficiency by 2020 as projected by the DA, population growth will overtake the capacity to produce rice because of limited irrigated farm lands,” Pinol said.

“The President was briefed that to prepare for the future, the Philippines must consider outsourcing its rice supply rather than rely on imports from Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan, Cambodia and other countries,” he added. Because of the very close relationship between the two countries and the presence of Filipino investors in the area, including processing and canning of tuna, it was decided, after consultations with top officials of the DA, that PNG is the more ideal country for the rice outsourcing program.

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The DA said it is enthusiastic to establish a rice model farm equipped with modern farming technology in PNG to really help develop the country’s rice industry. Papua New Guinea is a country with 46 million hectares of arable land with only an eight million population and imports about 300,000-400,000 metric tons of rice every year, mostly from Australia. http://www.blackseagrain.net/novosti/agreement-allows-filipino-farmers-to-plant-rice-in-png Rice agriculture in Egypt - Photo by Hussein Tallal

Will reducing cultivated rice areas rationalize water?

By: Rehab Ismail

Sat, Feb. 17, 2018

CAIRO – 16 February 2018: The agricultural sector is considered one of the basic pillars to achieve economic and social development in Egypt, and rice is a key stable foodstuff for millions of Egyptians, but with the government’s new water strategy, thousands of rice feddans will be reduced.

Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel Aty recently decided to reduce the rice agriculture area in Egypt from 1,700,000 feddans to 724,200 feddans (1 feddan = 1.038 acres) in order to rationalize water in Egypt.

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The decision identified nine governorates to grow rice according to the relevant studies: Kafr ElSheikh, Sharqia, Damietta, Dakahlia, Beheira, Alexandria, Ismailia, Port Said and Gharbia. The ministry stressed that those who do not comply with the decisions will be subject to penalties.

Rice agriculture in Egypt – Reuters Egypt’s fare of water is 114 billion cubic meters from all different sources. There is a national strategy for water resources from 2017 to 2037, and one of its main pillars is to rationalize water use by reducing the water consuming crops, Ministry of Irrigation spokesperson Hossam elEmam told the “Ra’ay Aam” (Public Opinion) TV show on January 27.

The majority of rice is grown under irrigated conditions in which the fields are flooded from planting to harvest. Because of this flooding, rice is said to use a lot of water, about two and a half times the amount of water needed to grow a crop of wheat or maize, according to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

On the other hand, some experts expect that reducing the rice cultivated areas will lead to a decrease in production, decrease the quantities offered in the markets and lead to higher prices and a trend towards imports to cover the needs of the local market to insure food security.

Rice agriculture in Egypt – File photo

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The start of determining rice cultivated areas This leads us to search for the nature of the laws governing rice cultivation in Egypt. This is what Dr. Mohamed Nasr El Din Allam, professor of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering and former minister of irrigation, answers in a book published in 2001 with a group of researchers, titled “Water and Agricultural lands in Egypt past and present�.

Law No. 71 for year 1953 regulates rice cultivation, giving the Ministry of Irrigation the authority to identify rice growing areas and to sign a fine of LE 25-30 ($1.42-1.70) per feddan on the area that violates the decision, Allam said.

Then Law No. 31 for year 1961 was issued, which stipulates that the minister of irrigation shall determine the areas of rice cultivation and determine the percentage of rice cultivation in each area, and to raise the fines paid for violating that law to LE 35-50.

According to Allam, the total area planned for rice cultivation after the construction of the high dam was about 700,000 feddans, and there was no significant increase until 1988, as the planted areas were less than one million feddans. In Egypt, rice used to be planted in coastal areas to reduce sea water intrusion with the underground water stock in the Delta region.

Along with the liberalization of the prices of agricultural crops, rice became one of the most

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profitable crops for farmers. The cultivated area increased gradually to 1.3 million feddans in 1992 and 1.6 million feddans in 1997, Allam added.

Crop area for rice in Egypt 2002-2015 CC CAPMAS The highest cropped area for rice was 1.8 million feddans in 2007/2008, and then the area wasn’t stable in the following years, reaching its lowest in 2015 at 1.2 million feddans, according to the Central Agency for Capital Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). The highest rice production through the past 10 years was in in 2007/2008, as it reached 7.3 million tons, while the lowest was in 2010.

Rice production in Egypt cc CAPMAS The highest rice production through the past 10 years was in 2007/2008, as it reached 7.3 million tons, while the lowest was in 2010, as it reached only 4.3 million tons, and Egypt’s rice self sufficient reaches 100.4%, according to CAPMAS. Geographical Distribution for Rice Production in Egypt (CAPMAS) According to CAPMAS, the five highest areas in producing rice in the year 2014/2015 are

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Dakahlia governorate, producing 1.7 million tons; Kafr el-Sheikh with 1.1 million tons; Sharqia with 0.9 million tons; Beheira with 0.6 million tons; and Gharbia with 0.4 million tons.

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Governorates Distribution on Map for rice production –Year 2014/2015 – CAPMAS The cultivation of rice acres consumes around 6,000 cubic meters of water per year. The area of cultivated rice in Egypt is about 9 billion cubic meters of water per year of Egypt's share of Nile water of 55 billion cubic meters. But rice is not the most water-consuming, as banana uses three times the amount of water consumed by the acres of rice, so more solutions should be seen instead of reducing the areas of rice, which is threatening thousands of farmers in the Delta, said Gamal Syam, professor at the Faculty of Agriculture.

More ways to reduce water consumed by rice The Ministry of Agriculture has identified 53 varieties of some varieties of strategic water-saving crops that are adapted to the different environmental and climatic conditions, focusing on breeding during the coming period, which included seven varieties of rice.

These varieties give high productivity, resistance to disease, and adapt to various water and climatic conditions, as well as short life in the soil, to achieve high efficiency in the use of irrigation water and a major rational in consumption, which provides water quantities that can be used for cultivation and other crops.

The head of the farmers syndicate, Hussein Abu Sadam, criticized the way of rationalizing water by reducing the area of cultivated rice, saying, “Egypt is still growing enough quantities of domestic consumption and surplus for export, after wheat, cotton and reed crops have declined.

Rice is also the most profitable crop for Delta farmers under the low profitability of vegetables.”

Sadam suggested using modern irrigation methods and cultivating non-irrigated rice strains, also announcing clear policy for the Ministry of Agriculture to determine the land where rice will be grown or not.

A general view of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam, as it undergoes construction, is seen during a media tour along the river Nile in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Guba Woreda, in Ethiopia March 31, 2015. Picture taken March 31, 2015 - REUTER/Tiksa Negeri At the same time, Egypt is negotiating with the African front to guarantee its rights in Nile water amid establishing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Recently a tripartite summit occurred between Egypt’s President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Sudanese President Omar Hassan alBashir and resigned Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn at Sisi's presidential

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residence in Addis Ababa during the African Union (AU)’s 30th summit. The three countries affirmed an agreement on a single vision based on the Declaration of Principles signed in Khartoum and raising the no-harm principle of the three countries’ interests.

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Egypt’s President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi (R), Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (C) and Sudanese counterpart, Omar Hassan al-Bashir (L) during a tripartite summit at the AU's 30th summit on January 29, 2018 – Press photo They agreed to hold a joint meeting between the ministers of irrigation and foreign affairs of the three countries and the National Tripartite Commission, then raise a final report in a month that includes a solution to all pending technical issues. They also agreed to exchange technical information and studies between the three countries. https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/2/43088/Will-reducing-cultivated-rice-areas-rationalize-water

Iran to restrict rice planting due to water scarcity Source: Xinhua| 2018-02-18 02:10:43|Editor: yan TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian government intends to restrict rice planting in areas where underground water is at alarming levels, Financial Tribune daily reported Saturday.

Water shortage will negatively impact the spring cultivation of agricultural products, the daily cited Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian as saying.

Farmers in some of the northern cities are advised to opt for the cultivation of oilseeds or fodder instead of rice, said Delavar Heydarpour, the head of Jihad Organization Mazandaran Agricultural.

Water reserves behind northern Mazandaran Province's dams have decreased by an average of 40 percent year-on-year since March 21, the beginning of the current Iranian year, he added.

About 92 percent of Iran's water resources are used up by unsustainable and wasteful farming practices, the daily reported.

Located in one of the world's most water-stressed regions, Iran's average precipitation rate has been lower than the global average for at least 10 years. Some 37 million Iranians are said to be living in water-stressed areas. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/18/c_136982280.htm

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Azerbaijan to fully provide itself with rice - minister 17 February 2018 17:19 (UTC+04:00)

By Trend Azerbaijan will be able to fully provide itself with rice by 2025, Agriculture Minister Heydar Asadov said Feb. 17 at an expanded meeting of the ministry’s board.Presently, Azerbaijan’s annual demand in rice is 40,000 tons, he added.

“Last year, we spent $36 million on rice imports,” Asadov said. The harvest of rice is planned to be increased to 40,000 tons per year in Azerbaijan, according to the State Program for Ricegrowing Development in Azerbaijan in 2018-2025, recently approved by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

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According to the program, the area for rice planting is planned to be increased to 10,000 hectares, and the productivity up to 40 centners per hectare in Azerbaijan.

The program says that in 2016, the planting area for rice was 2,500 hectares and the harvest amounted to 5,600 tons in the country. In 2017, the sown area was increased to 5,100 hectares, and harvesting – to 15,900 tons. The productivity totaled 31.1 centners per hectare.

The state program’s implementation will increase the rice harvest by more than 2.5 times by 2025. https://www.azernews.az/business/127379.html

No cheap rice in local market NFA says imports will start arriving in June or JulyBy Karl R. Ocampo Philippine Daily Inquirer February 19, 2018 at 5:08 am Despite receiving the go-ahead to import, the state-owned National Food Authority (NFA) said consumers have to buy commercial rice in the next few months as the shipments of the lowpriced staple were expected to arrive by June or July.

The grains agency also decried accusations that it was in collusion with a syndicate or the socalled “rice cartel,” causing the NFA’s buffer stock shortage.“The NFA’s buffer stock is on the road to depletion and that means our poor countrymen won’t be able to enjoy the availability and affordability of NFA rice in the next few months,” NFA Administrator Jason Aquino said.

“It is highly lamentable that some individuals or groups would rather find fault elsewhere, rather than help in finding solutions to the problem of low government food security stocks so we could immediately bring back to the markets affordable NFA rice for the masses,” he added.

According to Aquino, the possibility of an NFA shortage had been anticipated by the agency’s management as early as the last quarter of 2017, “that’s why a request for rice importation was submitted to the [policy-making] NFA Council in October to immediately replenish dwindling government buffer stocks.”

For 2017, the NFA Council allowed 250,000 metric tons (MT) of rice importation, the balance of the 500,000 MT earlier approved for 2016. The volume was good to last for seven to eight days based on the national daily consumption requirement of 32,000 MT, or still below the required 15-day buffer stock.

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“NFA’s local palay procurement was likewise very low given the big difference in the agency’s palay support price of P17 per kilo versus private traders’ price of P18 to P22 per kilo,” NFA said in a statement.

The Department of Agriculture, the NFA, President Duterte and other industry groups have been calling for an increase in the grains agency’s buying price for palay.

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol suggested an increase of P3 while the NFA had wanted it raised by P5 a kilo.With the NFA’s low buying price, it is forced to resort to importation to maintain its required inventory and ensure stable supply and prices of the staple despite the local rice sector’s record harvest last year. http://m.inquirer.net/business/246198

On Rice Import Polemic, President Asked to Evaluate Performance of Agriculture Ministry Monday, 19 February 2018 | 09:48 WIB

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JAKARTA, NNC - President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was asked to evaluate the performance of the Ministry of Agriculture related to polemic on rice import which must be done due to the absence of adequate production data.

"In fact, we need accurate and valid information related to the availability of rice. It must be accurate, otherwise, the performance is poor," said Director of Center for Budget Analysis Uchok Sky Khadafi in a statement in Jakarta on Monday (2/19/2018).

The issue of rice import is also followed by self-sufficiency claims and the procurement of land and seeds that are not as expected because of inadequate coordination.

Uchok saw there is no program from Ministry of Agriculture that goes well, because it is not realized in accordance with the target and goal to prosper farmers. "The Agriculture Ministry also needs to clarify the issue of procurement of seeds, land and pesticides in accordance to the audit of BPK [Supreme Audit Agency]. BPK should take [the matter] to legal domain if not addressed," Uchok said.

The government has decided to import rice in the beginning of this year by 500 thousand tons. The rice will be used as government reserve as well as for stabilizing the price in the market. Imports are carried out by Logistics Agency (Bulog).

http://www.en.netralnews.com/news/business/read/18543/on.rice.import.polemic.. president.asked.to.evaluate.performance.of.agriculture.ministry

Thai government advises farmers not to raise rice production VNA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2018 - 16:33:00

A Thai farmer harvests rice (Photo: Thai Visa)

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Bangkok (VNA) – The Thai government has recommended farmers not to increase rice production despite rising prices.

Data from the Thai Ministry of Commerce show that prices of Thai rice have risen significantly, especially Hom Mali rice which is now sold at 17,000 THB (543 USD) per tonne – the highest in five year.The increase in rice prices can be attributed to a lower supply, following recent natural disasters, amid increasing export demand.

The country shipped 1.2 million tonnes of milled rice, up 16.5 percent year on year, worth 578 million USD in January.The Thai Rice Exporters Association (TREA) forecasts the export volume at 9.5 million tonnes of milled rice this year, easing from a record high of 11.6 million tonnes in 2017 due to the strong THB.

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TREA President Charoen Laothammatas also attributed the prediction to low rice stockpiles and a decline in the Hom Mali rice output due to unfavourable weather conditions.The Agriculture Ministry forecasts rice production for the 2018 season at 30 million tonnes of paddy rice or 22-23 million tonnes of milled rice, similar to last season. Milled Hom Mali rice output is forecast at about 7 million tonnes.-VNA

https://en.vietnamplus.vn/thai-government-advises-farmers-not-to-raise-riceproduction/126701.vnp

Rice Prices as on : 19-02-2018 12:08:50 PM Arrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market.

Arrivals Current

Price % change

Season cumulative

Modal

Prev.

Modal

Prev.Yr %change

Rice Bindki(UP)

900.00

28.57

13108.00

2220

2220

-

Ballia(UP)

180.00

12.5

2380.00

2130

2150

NC

Gondal(UP)

135.00

-16.15

3309.50

2150

2170

-2.27

Asansol(WB)

130.00

NC

3803.00

2550

2550

-4.85

Durgapur(WB)

130.00

NC

3817.00

2550

2550

-4.49

Akbarpur(UP)

65.00

-16.13

1865.50

2180

2190

-0.23

Gauripur(ASM)

50.00

11.11

874.00

4500

4500

NC

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Kaliaganj(WB)

30.00

NC

120.00

3250

3200

27.45

Kayamganj(UP)

14.00

-6.67

279.00

2290

2250

-

Paliakala(UP)

13.00

44.44

687.80

2180

2170

-

Mirzapur(UP)

11.50

-4.17

103.50

2130

2135

-

Vilthararoad(UP)

10.00

NC

510.00

2080

2080

-

North Lakhimpur(ASM)

5.30

10.42

198.90

2600

2600

36.84

Tundla(UP)

3.80

111.11

42.40

2510

2515

-

Bonai(Bonai)(Ori)

2.50

-16.67

35.40

2800

2800

12.00

Dibrugarh(ASM)

2.20

-58.49

202.50

2400

2400

6.67

Darjeeling(WB)

1.20

20

25.70

2950

2950

NC

Published on February 19, 2018 https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/rice-prices/article22795301.ece

7,400-year-old rice grains discovered in central China 2018-02-19 16:06XinhuaEditor: Li Yahu

New archaeological discoveries show that people in central China were already eating rice more than 7,000 years ago.Three carbonized rice grains have been identified at the Gaomiao relics site in a village near Hongjiang in central China's Hunan Province.The grains were discovered in a stratum that dates back as early as 7,400 years ago, and a starch granule were also found on the millstone from the same time, said He Gang, a researcher with the Hunan Institute of Archaeology.

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"Rice had become a major food source for local residents. We believe it is the earliest rice cultural remains known in western Hunan," He said.The Gaomiao relics site was found in 1986.

Three archaeological excavations were carried out in 1991, 2004, and 2005.X A large amount of freshwater snails, shells, bones of dozens of animals including deer, pigs, cattle, bears, elephants, and rhinoceros were excavated, along with China's oldest white pottery, decorated with the patterns of phoenix and eight-pointed stars.

Iraq makes no purchases yet in 30,000 T rice tender- trade 19 FEBRUARY, 2018 Iraq's state grains board is still considering offers for its international tender to buy at least 30,000 tonnes of rice.

Michael Hogan, Reuters News HAMBURG- Iraq's state grains board is still considering offers for its international tender to buy at least 30,000 tonnes of rice and no purchase has been made yet, European traders said on Monday.The tender closed on Feb. 18 with offers valid until Feb. 22. Rice from Thailand was offered at the lowest price of a $464.95 a tonne c&f free out and rice from the United States, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and India was also offered in the tender, traders said.The volume of the lowest offer was unclear but said to be at least 40,000 tonnes. Another offer for 40,000 tonnes of Thai rice was made at $474.50 a tonne c&f free out.

One offer was made for 30,000 tonnes of rice from the United States at $739 a tonne c&f free out.Argentine rice was offered at $565 and $595 a tonne free out, each for 30,000 tonnes.Rice from Uruguay was offered at $590 c&f free out by two separate trading houses, both offering 30,000 tonnes and two offers of 30,000 tonnes of rice from Paraguay were offered at $570 and $572 a tonne c&f free out.Two offers were made for Indian rice at $560 and $565 a tonne c&f free out each for 40,000 tonnes.Volumes in Iraq's tenders are nominal and the country can buy more than requested in the tender. In its last reported tender Jan. 7, Iraq purchased around 30,000 tonnes from Argentina.

(Reporting by Michael Hogan, editing by Jane Merriman) ((michael.j.hogan@thomsonreuters.com; +49 40 419 03 4275; Reuters Messaging: michael.hogan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/story/Iraq_makes_no_purchases_yet_in_30000_T_rice_tender_trade-TR20180219nL8N1Q92DDX2/

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Monrovia – Recent developments at the Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI) in Suakoko Bong County have left many wondering about why the Research Institute has become so much politicized during this transitional period.At the moment, the deputy director for administration is undergoing administrative investigation by the Board of Trustees of CARI headed by Mr. Julius Bass for numerous acts ranging from alleged forging of the Director’s signature to unauthorized financial transactions in the name of the entity.

Documents presented by Mrs. Findley to the administrative investigation show that she signed payroll behalf on behalf of the director general, Dr. Walter Wiles, awarding bonuses to employees for the month of June 2017, and requesting release of funds from the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning. However, the director general claims not to be in the know of the bonuses, as he was not in country and did not sanction the unilateral signing of the payroll by his deputy.

Mrs. Findley in defense told the investigative team that management was advised by the finance office that there was excess in the salaries account from the 2016/2017 budget and it was to either allow the monies go back to government or utilize it at CARI. “The best option as per the Comptroller was to distribute it amongst staff as bonus pay. By allowing the excess monies to go back would jeopardize CARI chance of asking and getting additional funds for salaries hence, I bought his logic and signed on my boss' behalf (Big Mistake). All senior and junior staff got a

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bonus. It was done across the board, no one person benefited more” she wrote in an email to the head of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Bass.

The document also shows that Mrs. Findley is being investigated for allegedly collaborating with some personnel at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning to process financial papers on behalf of CARI without the knowledge of the Director General and also rewarding contracts to vendors including printing of T-shirts and procuring of agricultural supplies for the entity.

Among the litany of accusations is the allegation that the deputy director connived with staff at the Rice Mill and allegedly stole a pickup load of rice to her house in SKT community for sale.

However, she denied knowledge and boasted that not a single grain of rice was found at her residence upon inspection by CID officers.On the issue of requesting funds from the MFDP without the approval of her boss, she wrote in her defense: “I got a call from MFDP about a letter that needed to be corrected, in good faith, I took the phone to Dr. Wiles' office and had him speak with the caller from MFDP"". I went to MFDP the following Monday as follow up to the letter, I realized it was an error on a letter I had written (with Dr. Wiles' knowledge and consent), due to the urgency of us getting our US$49K (Civil Works budgeted amount), I omitted a paragraph referencing last year's budgeted amount (see attachment) and corrected the letter and left it with the minister.

My boss was 100% aware and consented to me exerting all effort in getting our US$49K (the US$125K that I lobbied for was allotted & pending the contractor's agreement to commence renovations works on dilapidated buildings.” CARI is a Research Institute and autonomous agency of government with a director who was hired and appointed by the Board of Trustee with tenure of five years.The current Director has served for a year and a half with three and a half more years on his contract.CARI’s mandate is to undertake applied and adaptive research for enhanced productivity of food, feed, fiber, and other agricultural products in Liberia for the attainment of food security, poverty alleviation, and income generation and for job creation. https://frontpageafricaonline.com/index.php/news/6979-financial-improprieties-claims-atcentral-agriculture-research-institute

Long-Grain Rice Seeds Market Research including Growth Factors, Types and Application by regions from 2018 to 2023 February 19, 2018 - by Carol HarrisLong-Grain Rice Seeds Market Report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the Long-Grain Rice Seeds Industry for 2018-2023.

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Sandiganbayan dismisses one of PDAF cases vs Arthur Yap Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News Feb 20 2018 03:57 PM

Bohol Representative Arthur Yap. MANILA - Former Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap is now off-the-hook in one of his cases related to the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam.

The Sandiganbayan Special 6th Division dismissed Yap's two counts of malversation and two counts of graft involving former Nueva Ecija 4th District Rep. Rodolfo Antonino due to inordinate delay in the filing of the cases.

Yap, currently a representative of Bohol, was accused by the Office of the Ombudsman of signing two Memoranda of Agreement with National Agri-Business Corporation for P14.55 million worth of projects which turned out to be non-existent.

Yap has maintained innocence, saying his actions were only ministerial as allowed under the law. “From the foregoing timeline and the totality of circumstances, a delay of seven years, two months and seven days indicates a violation of the right of the accused to a speedy disposition of his cases,� the court said in a decision penned by Associate Justice Michael Frederick Musngi, with the concurrence of Associate Justices Alex Quiroz and Geraldine Faith Econg.

The court noted that the cases, which were filed last year, started from the fact-finding investigation through a performance audit by the Commission on Audit from 2010 to 2012.

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“Such period should be considered in computing the delay in the instant cases in accordance with the ruling of the Supreme Court in Torres vs. Sandiganbayan, wherein it held that the speedy disposition of cases covers not only the period within which the preliminary investigation was conducted, but also all stages to which the accused is subjected, even including fact-finding investigations conducted prior to the preliminary investigation proper,” the court said.

However, 6th Division Chair Associate Justice Sarah Jane Fernandez and Associate Justice Bayani Jacinto dissented from the majority decision.

“The present cases are only part of several cases involving the PDAF. Considering that the Office of the Ombudsman also handles other PDAF cases, in addition to those cases not involving the PDAF, the undersigned is of the opinion that the time it took to terminate the preliminary investigation is not unreasonable,” Fernandez said.

Aside from the PDAF cases involving Antonino, Yap is also a co-accused in the PDAF cases of former Misamis Occidental 1st District Rep. Marina Clarete, as well as graft charges in connection with allegedly anomalous car loans of employees of the Philippine Rice Research Institute or PhilRice. http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/20/18/sandiganbayan-dismisses-one-of-pdaf-cases-vs-arthuryapto-2023/95219/

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BB gives Award to Dr Azizur Rahman, Dr Mahbub Hossain on February 19, 2018 businessnews24bd.com The Central Bank today handed over Bangladesh Bank Award 2017 to the country’s two renowned economists- Dr Azizur Rahman Khan and late Dr Mahbub Hossain- for their outstanding contributions to the field of economy.

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith formally handed over the awards as the chief guest to Dr Azizur Rahman Khan and Parvin Hossain, wife of late Dr Mahbub Hossain, at a simple ceremony at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) auditorium in the capital’s Mirpur area.

Each of the award carries Taka two lakh, a crest and a gold medal.

Bangladesh Bank Governor Fazle Kabir read out the citations of the awardees at the programme while Director General of BIBM Dr Tawfique Ahmed Chowdhury delivered the welcome address.

Chief of the Bangladesh Bank Award 2017 selection panel and PKSF Chairman Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad also spoke.

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In his speech, the Finance Minister said this was a happy occasion for him to hand over such awards to two of the country’s renowned economists.

Talking about Dr Azizur Rahman Khan, Prof Emeratus of Department of Economics of University of California, Riverside, Muhith said Azizur had always been a perfectionist since his early days of life. About Dr Mahbub Hossain, who worked at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and lately as the executive Director of Brac, the Finance Minister said Mahbub was always so much dedicated to his researches, works and learning.

“But, Mahbub left us too early as he had a lot to deliver to the nation,” added Muhith.

After receiving the award, Dr Azizur Rahman Khan touched upon various aspects of economics highlighting the lives and livelihoods of the people of the world especially of the people of the developing countries.

“The year 2017 has been the best year in terms of human wellbeing and it is also for our country,” he added.

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Dr Azizur completed B.A. Honors and M.A. in Economics at the University of Dhaka having first class in both.

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Later, Azizur did his Ph.D. in Economics at Cambridge University, 1966.

In a life filled with brilliance, eminent economist Dr Mahbub also served as head of social science division of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and director general of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).

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Fortified Rice Market – Cargill Incorporated, Bunge Limited, Bßhler AG, BASF SE, General Mills, Wilmar International Ltd.

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Rice Bran Oil Market Growth Forecast Analysis by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application to 2022 February 19, 2018 Carol Harris

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Description: Rice bran oil is the oil extracted from rice bran. Rice bran is an oily layer in between the paddy husk and the white rice. It can be used as edible oil. In addition to its use in the food industry serve as additives, it is also used in the health care industry and the pharmaceutical industry. In HS codes and duty rates for rice bran oil, rice bran oil was classified as food& drinks oils, herbs& spices oil. the mainly content statistic is crude rice bran oil.,

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Market Segment by Manufacturers, this report covers: Ricela, Kamal, BCL, SVROil, Vaighai, A.P. Refinery, 3F Industries, Sethia Oils, Jain Group of Industries, Shivangi Oils, Balgopal Food Products, King Rice Oil Group, CEO Agrifood Limited, Kasisuri, Surin Bran Oil, Agrotech International, Tsuno Rice Fine Chemicals, Oryza Oil & Fat Chemical, Wilmar International, Wanyuan Food & Oil, Jinrun, Shanxin, Jinwang, Ask for PDF sample @ http://www.360marketupdates.com/enquiry/requestsample/10350398 Scope of the Report: This report focuses on the Rice Bran Oil in Global market, especially in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa. This report categorizes the market based on manufacturers, regions, type and application.

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Next part of Rice Bran Oil Market Research Report contains additional information like key vendors in Rice Bran Oil Market space, Rice Bran Oil Market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the Global Rice Bran Oil Market , opportunities, market risk and market overview of the Rice Bran Oil Market . The process is analysed thoroughly with respect three points, viz. raw material and equipment suppliers, various manufacturing associated costs (material cost, labour cost, etc.) and the actual process.

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Additionally, type wise and application wise consumption tables and figures of Rice Bran Oil market are also given.

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Global Wild Rice Products Market Research Report 2018 – Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals, Pet Food

By Todd Casey - February 19, 2018 16 0 SHARE Facebook Twitter The report titled Global Wild Rice Products market report summarizes some very important factors of the Wild Rice Products market about the present situations, market demands and crucial business strategies that are chosen by the Wild Rice Products industry players and growth scenario. The Wild Rice Products market analyses the report based on the Key Players, Type, Application and Regions.

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North America Europe China Japan Southeast Asia India

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Ballooning imports raise concern, says economist Mansur Abdur Rahim Harmachi, bdnews24.com

Published: 2018-02-19 12:08:16.0 BdST Updated: 2018-02-19 12:08:16.0 BdST Economist Ahsan H Mansur believes import spending may balloon to $60 billion this fiscal year.

At the current exchange rate, the amount would be approximately Tk 5 trillion, which is Tk 1 trillion more than the national budget for fiscal 2017-18 and Tk 500 billion more than the

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probable budget for the coming fiscal year.

Mansur said the rapid rise was a matter of some concern.In an interview with bdnews24.com, the economist said imports had risen 29 percent in the first half (July-December) of the current fiscal year and spending on imports was rising by the month.

More letters of credit are being issued as well.“According to my calculations, the country’s import spending will pass $60 billion.”

Causes Asked about the cause of the deficit, Ahsan Mansur, the executive director of Policy Research Institute, said: “The recent leap in spending is largely the result of necessary materials being imported for the Rooppur nuclear power plant project. Spending has also risen as a result of increasing imports of rice, fuel oil, capital machinery and raw materials for construction.”

An estimate on the amount of raw materials and machinery imported for the Rooppur project in the July-December period was not available But, in that period, spending on food imports (rice and wheat) increased 212 percent, capital machinery import spending increased 34.58 percent, fuel oil import spending rose 28 percent and raw material import spending rose 15 percent.

According to the information released by Bangladesh Bank on Sunday, letters of credit amounting to $40.23 billion were extended in the July-December period, a 75 percent increase yearon-year. Import spending on rice has increased 113 times in the past six months.Wheat import spending rose 38 percent, onions 80 percent, fuel oil 27.57 percent and capital machinery 35 percent year-on-year in the same period. Effects Asked about the effect of the rise in import spending, Mansur said: “A normal increase in import spending is considered positive. Increases in imports of capital machinery and construction materials mean increasing investment.”

“But we often hear about import misinvoicing and some shipping containers are empty. Many try to launder money by over-invoicing (reporting larger sums on official documents).”

“For these reasons I do not see the increase as completely positive. I am a bit concerned as well.”

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The increased imports could put pressure on foreign reserves, he said.

“For a while now we have been confident about one thing -- having $34 billion in reserves. But it will not remain there as import spending rises. I think reserves will fall to $30 billion quite quickly.”“There would be no problem if export earnings and remittances also increased accordingly. But import spending is ballooning whereas exports and remittances are rising gradually.”According to the Bangladesh Bank, reserves stood at $33 billion on Sunday.Reserves will fall further once the Asian Clearing House import bill is paid in the first week of March, Mansur said.

Exports rose 6.55 percent in the first seven months of the current fiscal year, while remittances rose nearly 16 percent. https://bdnews24.com/economy/2018/02/19/ballooning-imports-raise-concern-says-economistmansur

Researchers discover 7400-year-old rice grains in China PTI:PublishedFeb 19, 2018, 6:39 pm IST:UpdatedFeb 19, 2018, 6:40 pm IST Three carbonised rice grains have been identified at the Gaomiao relics site in a village near Hongjiang in the country’s Hunan province. The Gaomiao relics site was found in 1986 .Beijing: People in China ate rice as far back as 7,400 years ago, researchers said, citing new archaeological discoveries.Three carbonised rice grains have been identified at the Gaomiao relics site in a village near Hongjiang in the country’s central Hunan province.The grains were discovered in a stratum that dates back as early as 7,400 years ago, and a starch granule were also found on the millstone from the same time, said He Gang, a researcher with the Hunan Institute of Archaeology.

“Rice had become a major food source for local residents. We believe it is the earliest rice cultural remains known in western Hunan,” he told the state-run Xinhua news agency.The Gaomiao relics site was found in 1986.

Three archaeological excavations were carried out in 1991, 2004 and 2005.A large amount of freshwater snails, shells, bones of dozens of animals including deer, pigs, cattle, bears, elephants and rhinoceros were excavated along with China’s oldest white pottery, decorated with the patterns of phoenix and eight-pointed stars, the report added. htps://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/190218/researche

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