23rd january ,2018 daily global regional local rice e newsletter

Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter January 23, 2018 Volume X | Issue I

News Highlights …  Rice basmati strengthens on increased offtake  Senior agriculture official warns rice import could harm production  State Logistic Agency to Auction Rice Import  Ancient rice heralds a new future for rice production  China’s GMO Rice Gets Approval Abroad, But Not at Home  Chinese GM rice approved by US FDA  Farmers stage rally against planned rice imports  China’s first GM rice gets US FDA approval  Myriad of Subjects Covered at Annual Grower Meetings in California  Indonesia can only import 346,000 tons of rice  Clear grievances by month-end: Dinesh Kumar  Unifying brand name unveiled as Rice Federation addresses its flaws  Rice Bran Oil Market Key Market Research, Growth Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts Report 2017-2022  Farmers stage rally against planned rice imports  Water is limiting factor for south Texas rice  Seasonal Ban on Rice Imports to Be Lifted on Sunday  India asks Germany to help relax new EU rice import rule  Water is limiting factor for south Texas rice  Senior agriculture official warns rice import could harm production  IRRI global center for rice innovation  Q1 rice output up 5.7% to 4.67M tons  No increase in rice prices at gov’t outlets: Supply Min  Indian Basmati rice exporters negotiates mega deals with gulf countries  Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- January 23, 2018  Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-January 23, www.ricepluss.com / www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com Contact Online Advertisement : mujahid.riceplus@gmail.com Cell: 0321 369 2874 2018  Rice exports mark 29% growth in half year  Rice Transplanter Machine Market 2017-2021: Productive

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter News Detail‌ Rice basmati strengthens on increased offtake Traders said persistent buying by stockists following pick-up in demand against limited supplies from producing belts, mainly kept rice basmati prices higher.

However, bajra lacked necessary buying support from consuming industries and shed Rs 10 to Rs 1,200-1,205 per quintal. Image source: Reuters

By PTI Updated: Sat, Jan 20, 2018 02:39 pm

Rice basmati prices advanced by Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today on increased offtake by stockists against restricted supplies from producing belts.Wheat also edged up on scattered demand from flour mills.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Traders said persistent buying by stockists following pick-up in demand against limited supplies from producing belts, mainly kept rice basmati prices higher.

In the national capital, rice basmati common and Pusa- 1121 variety advanced by Rs 100 each to Rs 8,100-8,200 and Rs 6,700-6,800 per quintal, respectively.

Wheat dara (for mills) also edged up to Rs 1,805-1,810 from previous level of Rs 1,795-1,810 per quintal. Atta chakki delivery followed suit and traded higher by Rs 10 to Rs 1,815-1,820 per 90 kg.

However, bajra lacked necessary buying support from consuming industries and shed Rs 10 to Rs 1,200-1,205 per quintal.

Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,080-2,280, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,805-1,810, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,815-1,820, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 960-970 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,050-1,060 (50 kg).

Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 8,100-8,200, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 6,700-6,800, Permal raw Rs 2,3252375, Permal wand Rs 2,375-2,425, Sela Rs 2,800-3,000 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,975-2,025, Bajra Rs 1,200-1,205, Jowar yellow Rs 1,375-1,425, white Rs 2,750-2,850, Maize Rs 1,340- 1,345, Barley Rs 1,490-1,500. http://www.zeebiz.com/india/news-rice-basmati-strengthens-on-increased-offtake-35397

Senior agriculture official warns rice import could harm production 3 22.01.2018

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter | UkrAgroConsult The Agriculture Ministry's director general for food crops has criticized the Trade Ministry’s decision to import rice, as the country produced enough rice to meet local demand, and stressed that importing the commodity could disrupt long-term rice production.Food crops director general Sumarjo Gatot Irianto stressed said on Sunday in Jakarta that he could prove that Indonesia produced a sufficient amount of rice through satellite images that showed the rice harvest across the country as well as the dates of the rice harvest, reported by tempo.co.

Sumarjo also criticized those who questioned the rice production data, saying that his office had valid data.“The question is why the market experienced a shortage in rice when distribution has been smooth and the harvest was huge,” he said.

He suspected that the rice supply chain was disrupted, and that relevant parties in the government should find a better solution for easing the price hike rather than simply importing the commodity.Sumarjo said that importing rice as a solution would disrupt long-term rice production, as it discouraged farmers from producing the commodity. “Don’t introduce a solution for a shortterm problem that will disrupt the agricultural production system,” he added.The government decided on Jan. 11 to import 500,000 tons of rice through the Trade Ministry, in an effort to ease increasing rice prices that had exceeded the government's ceiling prices since last month. http://www.blackseagrain.net/novosti/senior-agriculture-official-warns-rice-import-could-harmproduction

State Logistic Agency to Auction Rice Import 23 Jan 2018 By : Leo Jegho For 15 years between 2000 and 2015, Indonesia had been importing rice.

Illustration of imported rice stocks being loaded for transport. (Photo source: beritasatu.com) Jakarta, GIVnews.com – The State Logistics Agency (Bulog), which deals with food distribution and price control, will soon auction the importation of 500,000 tons of medium-grade rice by private firms. So far, Bulog has been the only importer of rice bought with state funds.

The rice to be imported will originate from Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Pakistan. It will arrive at Indonesian ports by the end this month, including Tanjung Priok (Jakarta), Bitung (North Sulawesi), Batam (Riau) and Medan (North Sumatra). This is according to a report by Kompas daily.

For 15 years between 2000 and 2015, Indonesia had been importing rice. Although there was no rice import in the 2016-2017 period, the government had never decided to stop import the commodity.

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Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita recently shared that prices in Indonesia had continued rising since late last year due to a supply shortage.

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, who rose to the presidency in late 2014, said the planned rice import was aimed to prevent rice prices from increasing and guarantee adequate stocks of the commodity. Medium-grade rice is widely consumed in Indonesia.

Rice is a major staple food for Indonesians and is the biggest contributor to the country’s inflation. The government’s decision to import rice early this year had sparked a public debate.

Reportedly, the decision had been based on the Ministry of Trade’s calculations, which was against the Ministry of Agriculture’s argument that Indonesia would have adequate rice stocks this year so that rice import was not necessary. In fact, In the past years, the two ministries had often differed over food supply data.

In addition to Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Pakistan, Indonesia has also imported rice from other countries like India and Myanmar. http://www.globalindonesianvoices.com/32052/state-logistic-agency-to-auction-rice-import/

Ancient rice heralds a new future for rice production January 22, 2018, University of Queensland

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Grains of the uncultivated ancient wild Australian rice, which research has revealed has unique genetic and health properties. Credit: The University of Queensland

Wild rice growing in northern Australia's crocodile-infested waters could help boost global food security, say University of Queensland researchers who have mapped its genetic family tree.

Valuable traits from the wild rice - such as drought tolerance and pest and disease resistance can be bred into commercial rice strains, said Professor Robert Henry from the Queensland Alliance of Agriculture and Food Innovation.

"Northern Australia's wild rices contain a wealth of untapped genetic diversity and at least two species are very closely related to domesticated rice, so they can be cross-bred with this species," he said.

"Wild Australian rice genes could make commercial rice production better suited to northern Australian conditions."The wild rices could contribute resistance to diseases such as rice blast, brown spot and bacterial leaf spots."

Professor Henry said the research showed that in the era when the ancient human ancestor known as Lucy lived in Africa, a genetic divergence occurred in the rice variety that is now found only in northern Australia.

This divergence led to the Asian and African rice species commonly used in commercial rice production today.Professor Henry said that in addition to boosting global rice production, Australian wild rice offered the opportunity to be cultivated as a tasty and nutritious product in its own right.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter "It tastes good and we believe it may have more beneficial health qualities than other rice species," he said.

A UQ doctoral thesis study on the grain quality of Australian wild rice showed the species had the lowest "hardness" of cooked rices, and a higher amylose starch content.

Play Australia's wild rice growing in crocodile infested billabongs in the remote North of the country has been confirmed as the most closely related to the ancient ancestor of all rices. The unique genetics of the Australian rice offer opportunities to

"The higher the amylose content, the longer the rice takes to digest," Professor Henry said.

"This potentially offers more nutrition to our gut microbes, in the same way high-fibre foods do."

He noted that human trials were needed to confirm the health benefits but the chemistry suggested this was the case.

Rice is the most widely consumed staple food for much of the world's population and it is the third-largest worldwide agricultural crop.

Professor Robert Henry collects samples of the ancient wild Australian rices from the wilderness of Northern Australia. Credit: (c) University of Queensland

Professor Henry said the study provided a comprehensive insight into the rice family tree, and confirmed that wild Australian rice was the most directly related species to the ancient ancestor of all rices.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter "Through this research, we've developed a calibrated DNA-based molecular clock that maps when divergences in the rice genome have occurred," Professor Henry said.

"Few biological systems are as well described as rice now is."

The paper detailing outcomes of the research into the genomes of domesticated and wild rice species is published in Nature Genetics.

More information: Genomes of 13 domesticated and wild rice relatives highlight genetic conservation, turnover and innovation across the genus Oryza, Nature Genetics (2018). nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/s41588-017-0040-0 https://phys.org/news/2018-01-ancient-rice-heralds-future-production.html#jCphttps://phys.org/news/2018-01-

ancient-rice-heralds-future-production.html

China’s GMO Rice Gets Approval Abroad, But Not at Home Researchers hope green light from American FDA will cause central authorities to reconsider their cautious approach to genetically modified crops.

Wang Yiwei Jan 22, 2018 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declared a genetically modified strain of rice to be commercially viable, but the Chinese researchers who developed it say large-scale production is not yet possible due to a lack of policy at home.

In a Jan. 11 email to Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, capital of central Hubei province, the FDA said that Huahui No. 1, a strain of rice genetically engineered by scientists at the university to resist pests, “does not raise issues that would require premarket review of approval by the FDA,” according to a Monday report by state media outlet Science and Technology Daily. The FDA’s announcement was also published on its official website.

To the researchers, this a huge step — but only in theory. “It means that we could now sell this strain of rice on the U.S. market,” Lin Yongjun, a member of the Huazhong Agricultural University research team, told Sixth Tone. But Lin explained that for now at least, the plants cannot be sold to the U.S. because production is impossible in China.

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As the world’s largest producer and consumer of rice, China encourages experimentation and innovation when it comes to developing hybrid varieties but blocks commercialization of

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter genetically modified strains. According to Lin, the point of applying for recognition from the FDA is to encourage regulators in China to reconsider policy.

At present, Lin said, large-scale production of such strains is not allowed without the Ministry of Agriculture’s express approval — which it has never given. “There is no way for genetically engineered crops to pass cultivation trials,” he said, explaining that this is a necessary step to receiving a production certificate, according to regulations that went into effect in 2001. In comparison, the U.S. does not have such a process for approving the production of genetically altered crops.

Lin and his colleagues developed Huaihui No. 1 in the late 1990s. In 2009, the agriculture ministry granted the strain a “biological safety” certificate, which it renewed in 2015. But without passing trials, large-scale cultivation remains out of reach.

The perceived safety of genetically modified food has long been a heated issue in China, where public opinion remains bitterly divided. Yuan Longping, the country’s revered “father of hybrid rice,” said during a 2016 interview that researchers should be wary of endorsing crops altered to resist pests, as they could also pose a danger to humans. In a safety report submitted to the government, however, the Huahai No. 1 research team assured the authorities that while its strain is a deterrent to insects, it has no adverse effect on birds or mammals.

In 2014, the government of Wuhan, capital of central Hubei province, destroyed 10 hectares of genetically modified rice fields following orders from the central government to conduct an inspection. Some of these specimens were said to have come from a “leaked” sub-strain of Huaihui No. 1, according to an official publication of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

China’s cautious approach to genetic food technology is mirrored by other Asian countries, with Japan being one notable exception: The country planted its first paddy of genetically modified rice in May of last year.As for commercial viability of Huaihui No. 1 in foreign markets, the U.S. still wouldn’t be an ideal choice, Lin said, as the soil and climate are unsuitable. Yet he and his colleagues thought FDA recognition was a goal worth pursuing anyway.

“Our hope is that this recognition from abroad can help pave way the way for more open policies in China,” he said.

Editor: David Paulk.

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Chinese GM rice approved by US FDA China Daily, January 23, 2018 A type of genetically modified rice bred in China has passed safety inspections by the United States Food and Drug Administration, paving the way for it to be exported to the country, a university in China said.

The insect-resistant rice, Huahui 1, passed inspections on safety and nutrition by the FDA, Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, Hubei province, said in a statement on Sunday.

The university received the notification on Saturday, it said.

Previously, the rice had passed safety inspections by the US Environmental Protection Agency on pesticide residue levels, the university said."Having passed safety inspections by the FDA and EPA, Huahui 1 and its products are able to be exported to the US for consumption," the statement said. "It suggests safety evaluations by Chinese testing institutes of Huahui 1 have been fully recognized by institutes in the US." Huahui 1 was successfully bred by the university in 1998 and was awarded with a biosafety certificate by China's Ministry of Agriculture in 2009, following safety evaluations that lasted for nearly 10 years, according to the university.

The species can effectively resist insects such as larva, and can greatly reduce the use of pesticides during production, the university said.The university has been seeking safety evaluations for the rice overseas to make preparations for export of China's insect-resistant GM rice, it said.

GM rice is not likely to win approval from agricultural authorities in China for large-scale production in the next few years, so researchers in the university looked to the US for commercial use of the product, according to a report by the Science and Technology Daily.

Of all major agricultural products in China, only GM cotton has been grown on a large scale in China, according to Wan Jianmin, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter More than 150 types of insect-resistant GM cotton have been cultivated in China since 2008ďź? planted in 28.6 million hectaresďź?which helped cut the use of pesticides by 60 percent, he told Science and Technology Daily.

China has the world's most strict safety evaluation system for GM products, and all GM products that have passed inspections by the authorities in China are safe, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

The ministry will further encourage GM research and development, and promote industrial-scale production of major GM agricultural products such as insect-resistant cotton and corn, the ministry said. http://www.china.org.cn/business/2018-01/23/contehttps://en.antaranews.com/news/114340/farmersstage-rally-against-planned-rice-importsnt_50278607.htm

Farmers stage rally against planned rice imports antara Illustration. Traditional farmers harvest rice using machines in Lamlhom village, Lhoknga, Aceh Besar, Aceh, on Saturday (20/1/2018). Rice harvest that began in some parts of Aceh was expected to suppress the price volatility of rice. (ANTARA /Ampelsa) () Pati, C Java (ANTARA News) - Hundreds of farmers in Sukolilo sub-district, Pati district, Central Java, staged a rally on Monday to protest against the government`s plan to import rice, stating that it will lower local rice prices.

The farmers who staged the rally in Pati Square carried posters, which read "What is behind the rice import? Farmers in Sukolilo sub-district reject the rice import. Let us reject together the policy, which causes misery to farmers."

"We are extremely worried if the plan to import rice is realized, as we are entering the harvest season," one of the demonstrator, Sukardi, noted.

He added that the government should support farmers because it aims to create self-reliance in rice production.

The plan to import rice may cause psychological pressure to middlemen, and they may lower the selling price of farmers` unhusked rice, he revealed.

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Without rice import, the selling price of unhusked rice will automatically fall due to the harvest season, he explained. Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo stated on Saturday (Jan 20) that the province needs no imported rice, as the harvest season is expected soon.

"We do not need imported rice. Give it to the other regions that need it," Pranowo remarked, during his impromptu visit to the Legi Market in Solo, Central Java.To ensure that imported rice will not enter Central Java, the provincial government will supervise all ports and entry points in the province, he noted.

The step should be taken to avoid a slump in the price of the commodity, as the province will enter the harvest season soon, he explained."We will soon enter the harvest season. Some farmers in Grobogan District have harvested their rice fields and so have those in the districts of Kudus and Sragen. The harvest season has begun (in several parts of the province). The National Logistics Agency (Bulog) is ready to buy unhusked rice from the farmers," he revealed.

During a work visit to Tegal District, Central Java, on Jan 15, President Joko Widodo had spoken of a plan to import 500 thousand tons of rice to strengthen the nation`s stocks.

Reported by Akhmad Nazaruddin Lathif

(U.SYS/A/KR-BSR/S012)

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Myriad of Subjects Covered at Annual Grower Meetings in California

By Jim Morris

COLUSA & YUBA CITY, CA -- Nearly 200 growers attended last week's California Rice Commission Annual Grower Meetings to get comprehensive briefings on key issues facing the industry. California Rice Commission President & CEO Tim Johnson outlined six major issues the Commission is working on, including the Farm Bill, crop protection, Proposition 65, external communications, water quality, and exploring new conservation opportunities to help WinterRun Chinook Salmon in the Sacramento River.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter USA Rice President & CEO Betsy Ward attended both meetings, met with growers, and summarized top priority areas, including expanding overseas trade and conveying important rice issues to Capitol Hill lawmakers. She also highlighted the critical role California rice leaders play by participating in USA Rice and chairing key subcommittees, committees, and boards that guide the work and priorities of the organization.

"I always enjoy getting out and meeting with growers to hear their issues and ensure that we are communicating effectively with our members," said Ward.

Attendees were updated on an eventful first year of the Trump Administration from Tyson Redpath of The Russell Group, found out the latest from the State Capitol from Louie Brown at Kahn, Soares and Conway, heard an update on top water issues from Todd Manley of the Northern California Water Association, and were provided a summary on crop insurance from Richard Neves of Gig 7 Crop Insurance Services.

Indonesia can only import 346,000 tons of rice News Desk,The Jakarta Post Jakarta | Mon, January 22, 2018 | 06:09 pm A worker shoulders a sack of rice taken from a warehouse at the Cipinang wholesaler rice market in East Jakarta on Jan. 19. (Antara/Sigid Kurniawan) State Logistics Agency (Bulog) procurement director Andrianto Wahyu Adi said on Monday the agency could only import 346,000 tons of rice or 69.2 percent of 500,000 tons planned import due to limited time.

"The shipment can only be implemented up to Feb. 28. So that amount is the best we can afford,� he added.

The eight winning bidders are Vinafood I and II from Vietnam, Ponglarp, Capital Cereal, Asia Golden from Thailand, Amir Chand from India, Al Buhks and Sind Agro from Pakistan.

Andrianto said Vinafood II and other suppliers from Thailand have signed the contracts on and before Monday. "For the other suppliers, we will complete [the contracts] today."

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He could not stipulate when the imported rice would arrive, but added that each shipment would be 20,000 tons.

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"We set the deadline for Feb. 28,� Andrianto said, adding that the ships from Thailand and Vietnam needed five days to arrive in Indonesia, while it would take between 14 and 16 days to arrive from Pakistan and India.

The price of rice in Jakarta was Rp 13,950 (US$1.05) per kilogram or 17.7 percent higher than the price in September, according to data from Bank Indonesia’s price tracking website, hargapangan.id.

Meanwhile, the price increased by 13.3 and 14.7 percent to Rp 11,900 per kg and Rp 11,700 per kg in West and East Java, respectively. (srs/bbn) http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/01/22/indonesia-can-only-import-346000-tons-ofrice.html

Clear grievances by month-end: Dinesh Kumar DECCAN CHRONICLE. PublishedJan 23, 2018, 6:15 am IST UpdatedJan 23, 2018, 6:15 am IST

The chief secretary directed the collectors to take firm action against the re-cyclers.

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Dinesh Kumar Vijayawada: AP chief secretary Dinesh Kumar ordered his officials to clear all non-financial grievances received in Janmabhoomi by this month end. He ordered the district collectors to write down the procedures to the heads of the departments regarding the division of grievances into financial and non-financial cases and their sub-categories. He also asked them to provide assistance on the budget estimate for the financially-related grievances. While addressing a teleconference on Monday with the collectors and HODs, he directed them to focus on the paddy procurement and to take measures to draw the Minimum Support Price for every individual farmer.

The chief secretary directed the collectors to take firm action against the re-cyclers.

Mr Dinesh cautioned the collectors on the practice of the rice millers recycling the old rice and getting it to the paddy procurement centres and suggested measures to verify it by checking two consecutive months of electricity bills to identify the offenders.The chief secretary also instructed them to expedite the crop loans for the rabi season. Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Kurnool and Nellore districts needed to speed up the process while Krishna and other districts had to concentrate on the loans to be given to the tenant farmers.

Mr Dinesh reiterated that district collectors had to lead the MNREGA works and directed them to personally supervise and interact in the ongoing works. He shared that the collectors had to see to it that the wages reached the labor employees on time and that the records were maintained properly.https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/230118/clear-grievances-by-month-enddinesh-kumar.html

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Unifying brand name unveiled as Rice Federation addresses its flaws Cheng Sokhorng | Publication date 22 January 2018 | 19:02 ICT

Rice on display at Phnom Penh’s Sofitel Hotel today, where the Cambodia Rice Federation announced a new “Malys Angkor” brand for four species of Cambodian fragrant rice. Hong Menea

The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) today announced a new “Malys Angkor” brand to be used as the official moniker for four species of Cambodian fragrant rice.

The first day of the two-day Cambodia Rice Forum also featured the release of a remarkably frank report on the industry group’s internal issues, which acknowledges that the CRF’s numerous flaws are currently preventing it from acting as a proper representative of the country’s rice sector.

Sok Puthyvuth, president of the CRF and son-in-law of Prime Minister Hun Sen, lauded the branding effort at the launch of the forum at Phnom Penh’s Sofitel Hotel today.

“The rice branding is the key for reaching the sustainable markets,” Puthyvuth said. “The branding will…ensure the quality and origin of premium and fragrant rice from Cambodia for international consumers.”

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter The Angkor Malys label can now be applied to the Phka Rumduol, Phka Romeat, Phka Rumdeng and Somali species of fragrant rice, while the remaining four types may be added in the future, according to CRF secretary-general Moul Sarith.

Khy Muny, general manager of rice miller AMRU Rice (Cambodia), welcomed the branding effort, noting that the industry had been waiting since 2010 for a unified label.

“This name will stop all conflicts and confusion, as the name is the identification for where our rice is from,” Muny said. “It supports the consumer by making it easier to come back to us.”

Nil Sopheap, president of Federation of Cambodian Farmer Organization for Development, also expressed hope that the branding would lead to more exports and boost demand for Cambodian rice.

“Rice branding will promote the demand of rice, which will cause more demand from farmers, which will increase our profits,” he said.

The Malys Angkor branding push is part of the CRF’s long-term goal to promote the country’s rice sector, but those efforts are being hampered by significant internal problems, according to the group’s “Strategic Plan 2017-2021”.

“Current assessments suggest that there are many challenges facing the CRF,” the report says, noting that board members appear to have “commitment discipline issues” and that many board members only attend meetings “when the meeting is about their interests”.

Other complaints include farmers being pushed aside in favor of millers and traders, as well as more wealthy or connected members having greater access to the CRF’s services and attention than regular members.

Money also appears to be a problem, as “lack of sufficient financing” and few technical experts results in the CRF lacking a way of “sustainably handling requests from of [sic] members of the rice sector.”

In addition, board decisions “often remain unimplemented”, and a new scheme to increase locallevel monitoring of the rice sector by placing CRF representatives in various zones around the country may run into trouble because “the CRF appears to not possess all the requirements” to implement the program.

Despite those challenges, the strategic plan includes a variety of measures the group hopes will boost rice productivity, including the mechanisation and modernisation of farming practices.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter “Agro-modernization will help to reduce the expense and cost of production, and strengthen the trust within the production chain,” Puthyvuth said at the forum. “We are starting to increase the awareness of modernisation, strengthen the farming cooperatives and networking in order to get funds to modernise.”

Sopheap of the farmer’s organisation said that was sound policy, but urged patience and additional assistance from authorities.

“It is good policy to promote modernised farming, but the awareness of farmers is still limited,” he said. “I think it needs time, and needs a lot of financial support from government to push this to happen.”

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Water is limiting factor for south Texas rice South Texas rice production competes for water with business, metropolitan uses.

Ron Smith 1 | Jan 22, 2018 Texas rice production has not approached base acreage—600,000 acres—for many years, with typical plantings running around 160,000 acres, says farmer and crop consultant Cliff Mock, Alvin, Texas.

Competition for water, Mock said during a presentation at the recent National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference in Memphis, is a limiting factor. “We have competition for irrigation and ground water,” he says. “Every day Texas requires 58 million more gallons of water for industry and metropolitan use.”

Related: AgriLife rice research plans for planthopper contingency Water is also expensive, costing from $30 to $55 per acre. He says a lot of producers in the south Texas rice production area are drilling wells to supplement or replace reliance on surface water that may be limited by upstream users, especially during drought. Subsidence districts, he says, dictate where, when and how landowners can drill wells.Rice requires water, he says. “We need 1.5 to 2.5 acre feet of water to makea main crop of rice,” he explains. “We need another 1 to 1.5 acre feet to make a second (ratoon) crop.” Typical production practice for Texas rice is

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter planting in late February or early March into a stale seedbed. “We expect emergence in 7 to 10 days, and 25 days until we flood. We may push flood date a bit to conserve water, and we like to delay flooding on hybrid rice. Hybrids can handle that and it seems to tiller a little better with a later flood.”

We plant mostly hybrid varieties, he says. “They have to be managed properly to do well.”

He adds that the ratoon crop is an important aspect of south Texas rice. “Our main crop Is not profitable at current prices. The ratoon crop is an advantage and growers place heavy emphasis on the second crop.”

He explains that the production costs for the main crop run to $1,000 per acre, “in and out. The ratoon crop production cost is $225 per acre, in and out.”

Growers expect 8,000 pounds per acre dry weight on the main crop with conventional varieties, 4,000 pounds on the ratoon crop. Production with hybrid varieties increases to 9,000 pounds from the main crop but remains at 4,000 from the ratoon production.

“Flooding is necessary for the ratoon crop to prevent volunteer rice,” Mock says. Producers may double up on fertility rates to make the second crop.

Conservation is Crucial Mock says water conservation is a crucial issue with rice production, and water use monitoring is helping improve irrigation efficiency. A metering program, using a volumetric probe, helps producers assess water use. A probe is inserted into a pipe going to the field. “The probe reads the water going into the pipe and transmits the information to a website. After a 15-minute delay, growers can determine gallons per minute going into the fields.”

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter He says a Texas Water Development Board grant of $250,000 helps fund the metering program.

“The probes cost $5,000 apiece.”

Estimates of water use before the metering program began have shown rice farmers using from five to six acre feet, assumptions that were way off. “The meters are helping us know what we’re doing and helping us manage water better,” Mock says. “We can document it.”

He says the metering program started with only a few meters and was phased in. “Growers have accepted it well and find that the program helps them regulate and manage water use.”

Harvey Damage He says the 2017 season brought different water problems. “Hurricane Harvey dropped 55 inches of rain,” he says. “We had a good crop going, but rice not already harvested was under water for an extended period of time.”

Mo Way, Texas A&M entomologist at the AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Beaumont, says 20 percent of the main crop remained in the field when Harvey hit. The ratoon crop was hit hard.

“It hammered our second crop,” Mock says. “We had nothing left to harvest where rice was under water.” Way says the hurricane dumped enough water on south Texas to fill Lake Tahoe.

Way adds that questions lingered for weeks after the storm regarding whether the crop could be marketed at all because of potential storm water contamination. “The FDA was concerned about contaminates in rice that went under water,” he says. “Potential for heavy metal, mycotoxin, pesticide, fuel and other pathogen contamination put marketing on hold,” he says.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter “The state chemist analyzed rice for contaminates. If not ‘adulterated’ rice could be harvested, stored and sold; mills would not accept adulterated rice. This created a lot of concern and delayed or terminated harvest.”

Organic production was in jeopardy because of widespread mosquito control sprays initiated to prevent Zika and West Nile Virus outbreaks. Producers were concerned that they lose organic certification. “Organic rice growers were eventually able to sell the crop,” Way says. And the land retained its organic certification.

Mock says rice producers are conscious of conservation and understand both the economic and environmental reasons to use water efficiently. Most producers are using conservation tillage methods. “Less than 5 percent of the area is now in conventional tillage,” he says. Typical practice includes a burndown herbicide treatment, a pre-emergence herbicide, fertilize and plant. He adds that producers used to plant earlier but have delayed to conserve moisture.

He anticipates producers will increase rice acreage in 2018. “I don’t know how much, maybe 10 percent to 15 percent,” he says “Organic rice, however, will be down big.”

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Seasonal Ban on Rice Imports to Be Lifted on Sunday The Ministry of Agriculture has allowed rice importers to register orders from Jan. 21 until June 21. The permission was communicated by Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati in a letter to Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade Mohammad Shariatmadari, IRNA reported on Friday.

According to the letter, the order registrations will be valid for a three-month period and are extendable by a further one month. Hojjati noted that any rice shipments as per the new orders need to be cleared through Iranian customs by July 22, after which all imports will be banned.

Every year and during the rice harvest season, the government bans rice imports in support of local farmers and domestic production. Iranians consume 3.2 million tons of rice a year while domestic production stands at 2.2 million tons. Basmati rice prices are seen rising in the

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter international market with Iran likely to begin import of the cereal soon, Indian newspaper The Economic Times reported on its website.

Rice exporters, who are already getting 20% higher price for basmati compared with last year, said Iran could start import as early as next week. “The announcement by Iran is expected soon as the trade was opened by this time last year,” said Vijay Setia, president of All-India Rice Exporters Association. “The delay is due to the extended domestic rice season in Iran.” India exports about 4 million tons of basmati rice every year to more than 100 countries, of which Saudi Arabia, Iran, the UAE, Kuwait, the US and the UK are the main buyers. The revival in price of basmati in the international market follows a lean cropping season in India. Farmers had shrunk the area under basmati due to a fall in the domestic price of the commodity.

Usually, demand and price of basmati increase around this time of the year, when Iran starts importing the commodity after the close of its domestic rice season. Last year, Iran had announced the import of basmati in the second week of January. This time the announcement is coming at a time when international basmati prices are already strong. “We are expecting a formal announcement by Iran on January 22 on permission for import of basmati,” AIREA Executive Director Rajen Sudershan told the Indian daily, adding that in the international market, basmati is available for $900-1,150 a ton—15-20% higher than a year ago.

This year, basmati prices are firm mainly due to lower harvest in India and higher cost of raw paddy in states like Punjab and Haryana. Setia said basmati output this season is lower by 10%.

According to exporters, the spike in basmati price is also in part due to the rise in crude oil price, which has strengthened the Persian Gulf economies. Ashok Sethi, former president of Punjab Rice Millers and Exporters Association, said international basmati prices are being indirectly buttressed by increase in crude oil prices. Basmati prices were subdued in the previous two years.

“A lower harvest may not affect the volumes in the export market,” said AK Gupta, director of Basmati Export Development Foundation, an arm of Agricultural & Processed Foods Export Development Authority. “Basmati exports could witness slight rise this year due to steady global demand and higher carryover stock from the previous season,” Gupta said. https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-domestic-economy/80367/seasonal-ban-on-riceimports-to-be-lifted-on-sunday

Annual rice forum kicks off The annual rice forum starts in Phnom Penh today, bringing together farmers, businesses and researchers for a two-day event that seeks to find solutions to some of the sector’s most pressing questions. Bolstering local production, researching and developing new rice varieties and

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter expanding the market for Cambodian rice abroad will be some of the most important topics on the event’s agenda. “The most important issues will be meeting the demands of foreign markets.

We have to change our ways and switch to high-yielding varieties,” said Mr Hun Lak, vice president of the Cambodia Rice Federation, the event’s organiser. The forum will feature presentations from rice-producing communities, rice millers, processing factories and exporters, according to Mr Lak. The first rice forum took place in 2012. Since then, the sector has come a long way, said Mr Lak. “When we started with these forums, our exports were minimal and very few countries knew about us. However, with each successive forum, we see how more and more countries are aware of Cambodian rice and are buying our products. “In the last two years, exports of Cambodian milled rice have increased significantly.

In 2018, we expect a stable increase in our share of the international market. “On top of this, the price of rice continues to be good, with farmers happy because they are selling all the rice they produce at a good price,” Mr Lak said. Chan Sokheang, chairman of rice exporting company Signature of Asia, said that the increase in the popularity of Cambodian rice abroad was the result of the hard work of authorities and businesses in the sector. “In the last two years, we have seen a lot of progress. Orders of Cambodian rice abroad have increased substantially, and local output has also risen,” Mr Sokheang said, adding that the forum is playing a key role in promoting Cambodian rice beyond the kingdom’s borders.

During the event, rewards for Best National Rice will be handed out in three categories: premium aromatic rice, fragrant rice, and long grain white rice. Malys Angkor, the first brand name of Cambodian premium rice, will be formally launched during the event. “It is great news to have a formal brand name. We have to promote it intensely to increase the popularity of Cambodian rice abroad,” Mr Sokheang said. In 2017, Cambodia exported 635,679 tonnes of milled rice to international markets, an increase of 17.3 percent year-on-year. http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103442/annual-rice-forum-kicks-off/

India asks Germany to help relax new EU rice import rule NEW DELHI: As the new stringent EU rice import rule kicked in this month, India has asked Germany to use its good offices to resolve the issue at the earliest. The European Union (EU) has reduced the maximum permissible residue level (MRL) of Tricyclazole (a fungicide) in basmati rice to 0.01 mg per kg from the present limit of 1.0 mg per kg effective January 1. India, the world's largest producer of the aromatic grain, has made several representations to some Eur .. www.economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/62604512.cms?utm_source=contentofi nterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

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Water is limiting factor for south Texas rice South Texas rice production competes for water with business, metropolitan uses.

Ron Smith 1 | Jan 22, 2018

Cliff Mock, left, farmer and crop consultant from Alvin, Texas, chats with Mo Way, Texas A&M entomologist at the AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Beaumont, following their presentations at the Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice conference in Memphis.

Texas rice production has not approached base acreage—600,000 acres—for many years, with typical plantings running around 160,000 acres, says farmer and crop consultant Cliff Mock, Alvin, Texas.

Competition for water, Mock said during a presentation at the recent National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference in Memphis, is a limiting factor. “We have competition for

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter irrigation and ground water,” he says. “Every day Texas requires 58 million more gallons of water for industry and metropolitan use.”

Water is also expensive, costing from $30 to $55 per acre. He says a lot of producers in the south Texas rice production area are drilling wells to supplement or replace reliance on surface water that may be limited by upstream users, especially during drought. Subsidence districts, he says, dictate where, when and how landowners can drill wells.

Rice requires water, he says. “We need 1.5 to 2.5 acre feet of water to makea main crop of rice,” he explains. “We need another 1 to 1.5 acre feet to make a second (ratoon) crop.” Typical production practice for Texas rice is planting in late February or early March into a stale seedbed. “We expect emergence in 7 to 10 days, and 25 days until we flood. We may push flood date a bit to conserve water, and we like to delay flooding on hybrid rice. Hybrids can handle that and it seems to tiller a little better with a later flood.”

We plant mostly hybrid varieties, he says. “They have to be managed properly to do well.”

He adds that the ratoon crop is an important aspect of south Texas rice. “Our main crop Is not profitable at current prices. The ratoon crop is an advantage and growers place heavy emphasis on the second crop.”

He explains that the production costs for the main crop run to $1,000 per acre, “in and out. The ratoon crop production cost is $225 per acre, in and out.”

Growers expect 8,000 pounds per acre dry weight on the main crop with conventional varieties, 4,000 pounds on the ratoon crop. Production with hybrid varieties increases to 9,000 pounds from the main crop but remains at 4,000 from the ratoon production.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter “Flooding is necessary for the ratoon crop to prevent volunteer rice,” Mock says. Producers may double up on fertility rates to make the second crop.

Conservation is Crucial Mock says water conservation is a crucial issue with rice production, and water use monitoring is helping improve irrigation efficiency. A metering program, using a volumetric probe, helps producers assess water use. A probe is inserted into a pipe going to the field. “The probe reads the water going into the pipe and transmits the information to a website. After a 15-minute delay, growers can determine gallons per minute going into the fields.”

He says a Texas Water Development Board grant of $250,000 helps fund the metering program.

“The probes cost $5,000 apiece.”

Estimates of water use before the metering program began have shown rice farmers using from five to six acre feet, assumptions that were way off. “The meters are helping us know what we’re doing and helping us manage water better,” Mock says. “We can document it.”

He says the metering program started with only a few meters and was phased in. “Growers have accepted it well and find that the program helps them regulate and manage water use.”

Harvey Damage He says the 2017 season brought different water problems. “Hurricane Harvey dropped 55 inches of rain,” he says. “We had a good crop going, but rice not already harvested was under water for an extended period of time.”

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Mo Way, Texas A&M entomologist at the AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Beaumont, says 20 percent of the main crop remained in the field when Harvey hit. The ratoon crop was hit hard.

“It hammered our second crop,” Mock says. “We had nothing left to harvest where rice was under water.” Way says the hurricane dumped enough water on south Texas to fill Lake Tahoe.

Way adds that questions lingered for weeks after the storm regarding whether the crop could be marketed at all because of potential storm water contamination. “The FDA was concerned about contaminates in rice that went under water,” he says. “Potential for heavy metal, mycotoxin, pesticide, fuel and other pathogen contamination put marketing on hold,” he says.

“The state chemist analyzed rice for contaminates. If not ‘adulterated’ rice could be harvested, stored and sold; mills would not accept adulterated rice. This created a lot of concern and delayed or terminated harvest.”

Organic production was in jeopardy because of widespread mosquito control sprays initiated to prevent Zika and West Nile Virus outbreaks. Producers were concerned that they lose organic certification. “Organic rice growers were eventually able to sell the crop,” Way says. And the land retained its organic certification.Mock says rice producers are conscious of conservation and understand both the economic and environmental reasons to use water efficiently. Most producers are using conservation tillage methods. “Less than 5 percent of the area is now in conventional tillage,” he says. Typical practice includes a burndown herbicide treatment, a preemergence herbicide, fertilize and plant. He adds that producers used to plant earlier but have delayed to conserve moisture.He anticipates producers will increase rice acreage in 2018. “I don’t know how much, maybe 10 percent to 15 percent,” he says “Organic rice, however, will be down big.”http://www.southwestfarmpress.com/rice/water-limiting-factor-south-texas-rice

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Senior agriculture official warns rice import could harm production News Desk,The Jakarta Post

Jakarta | Mon, January 22, 2018 | 01:16 pm

A paddy field is ready for harvesting in North Sumatra in this undated photograph.

The Agriculture Ministry's director general for food crops has criticized the Trade Ministry’s decision to import rice, as the country produced enough rice to meet local demand, and stressed that importing the commodity could disrupt long-term rice production.

Food crops director general Sumarjo Gatot Irianto stressed said on Sunday in Jakarta that he could prove that Indonesia produced a sufficient amount of rice through satellite images that showed the rice harvest across the country as well as the dates of the rice harvest, reported by tempo.co.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Sumarjo also criticized those who questioned the rice production data, saying that his office had valid data.

“The question is why the market experienced a shortage in rice when distribution has been smooth and the harvest was huge,” he said.

He suspected that the rice supply chain was disrupted, and that relevant parties in the government should find a better solution for easing the price hike rather than simply importing the commodity.

Sumarjo said that importing rice as a solution would disrupt long-term rice production, as it discouraged farmers from producing the commodity. “Don’t introduce a solution for a short-term problem that will disrupt the agricultural production system,” he added.

The government decided on Jan. 11 to import 500,000 tons of rice through the Trade Ministry, in an effort to ease increasing rice prices that had exceeded the government's ceiling prices since last month. (bbn) http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/01/22/senior-agriculture-official-warns-rice-import-couldharm-production.html

IRRI global center for rice innovation Corry Elyda Jakarta | Mon, January 22 2018 | 01:23 am Hi-tech breed: A rice variety developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) ripens on its 200hectare experimental farm in Los Banos, the Philippines.(JP/Corry Elyda) (IRRI) ripens on its 200-hectare experimental farm in Los Banos, the Philippines.(JP/Corry Elyda)

Hi-tech breed: A rice variety developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) ripens on its 200-hectare experimental farm in Los Banos, the Philippines.(JP/Corry Elyda)Cruising into the 200-hectare compound of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Banos, a two hour-drive from Manila, on a recent afternoon invoked a distinct sense of déjà vu. The clear blue sky and...

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Q1 rice output up 5.7% to 4.67M tons January 23, 2018

Unmilled rice output in the Philippines, one of the world’s biggest buyers of the grain, is forecast to increase 5.7 percent in the first quarter because of improved yields and increased harvest area, the state statistics agency said yesterday.The Philippine Statistics Authority said production in January to March will probably hit 4.67 million tons, based on standing crop, compared with 4.42 million tons harvested in the same period last year.A record-high rice harvest last year of 19.28 million tons helped boost growth of the Southeast Asian nation’s agriculture sector, thanks largely to favorable weather.The country’s state grains procurement agency plans to import 250,000 tons of rice as soon as possible to boost thinning stockpiles, and the prospective deal has already raised export prices in Vietnam, a major supplier. – Reuters

No increase in rice prices at gov’t outlets: Supply Min. By: Egypt Today staff Sat, Jan. 20, 2018

33 A laborer transplants rice seedlings in a paddy field in the Nile Delta town of Kafr Al-Sheikh, north of Cairo May 28, 2008 REUTERS/Nasser Nuri

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter CAIRO – 20 January 2018: The Supply Ministry has denied any increase in the price of rice at government outlets following claims by some traders that rice prices increased by LE 200 per ton, the cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) said Saturday.

The ministry said that there was no increase in the price of rice at any government outlet across Egypt, saying that the price is stable at LE 6.5 per kilogram.

It added that it supplies around 50,000 tons of rice a month to the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) at a price of LE 6,100 per ton.

The ministry further said that strategic reserves of rice are at a safe level and that it follows up on the governorates’ needs of food staples and pumps enough quantities of goods to meet local demand.

Egypt increased its production of rice last year and worked on increasing its strategic rice reserves.

In December, Supply Ministry spokesman Mamdouh Ramadan said that Egypt has enough locally produced rice to feed demand for the next 12 months. http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/3/40624/No-increase-in-rice-prices-at-gov’t-outlets-Supply-Min

Indian Basmati rice exporters negotiates mega deals with gulf countries New Delhi, Jan 20 (UNI) Indian exporters have negotiated mega deals that will boost shipment of Indian basmati and non-basmati rice to Gulf countries like Oman, Iraq, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

According to Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI) Chairman Mohit Singla, “Pakistan is one of the biggest exporter of rice to Oman Sovereign Public Food Reserve at 1.8 lakh ton, while India’s share is just 20,000 ton. But in 2018 India’s share will jump to 50,000 ton.”

In a press release he said that Oman’s public food stockholding company has decided to buy basmati rice from Indian companies, which will include ‘1121’ premium variety of basmati rice developed in India in their official list of tender items.

“This is one of the major achievements of Indus Food – the two-day international food and beverage expo which concluded at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida on Friday. Indian exporters were able to get orders worth over 500 million dollar during the event, while business negotiations with potential to generate food exports worth 2 billion dollar were initiated at Indus Food,” he said.

Mr Singla said at more than 5,300 B2B meetings that took place at Indus Food which got massive response from foreign buyers as well as India exporters and supplier. As a result, more

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter than 15 countries have already expressed desire to participate in the next edition of Indus Food.

At least 50 global retail chains were at Indus Food to look for potential suppliers from India.

He added that global market of Indian ethnic food is growing at fast pace so all major global food retailers were here to source Indian ethnic food. Indus Food saw 18 bilateral meeting taking place between India officials and their foreign counterparts.

Jointly organized by Ministry of Commerce and Industry and TPCI, Indus Food saw participation from almost 400 exhibitors, including representations from over 12 states and Departments, and global buyers from 43 nations.

Mr. Singla also said other highlights of Indus Food include Qatar reporting 123 million dollar business negotiations, while an MoU was signed by a Saudi Arabian company to buy soyabean oil meal (animal feed) and fish feed worth 50 million dollar from India.

Similarly, in a first-of-its-kind initiative, Iraq’s Grain Board has decided to float an open tender to buy up to 1-lakh tons of non-basmati rice from India along with acceptance to buy wheat from the government companies, he said.

“Indus Food will also help in finding new market for Indian tea. For instance, Indian Tea Association has signed an MoU with its Malaysian counterpart to supply premium quality Indian tea across various price range to Malaysia which is a tea-drinking country. Till now China had dominant market share in Malaysian tea market, but now Indian tea will soon flood the Malaysian market. Similarly, for the first time Iraq and Syria will have direct supplies of Indian tea,” said Mr Singla. http://www.uniindia.com/indian-basmati-rice-exporters-negotiates-mega-deals-with-gulfcountries/business-economy/news/1112033.html#hyogqOioCx6z1aBT.99

Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- January 23, 2018 Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-January 23, 2018 Nagpur, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Gram and Tuar prices showed weak tendency in Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) on poor demand from local millers amid increased supply fromproducing belts. Easy condition in Madhya Pradesh pulses prices and high moisture contentarrival also affected prices in limited deals.About 100 bags of gram and 150 bags of tuar reported for auction in Nagpur APMC, according tosources.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter * Desi gram recovered in open market on good demand from local traders amid weak supply from producing regions.

TUAR * Tuar varieties ruled steady in open market here on subdued demand from local traders amid ample stock in ready position. * Batri dal suffered heavily in open market here on lack of demand from local traders amid increased arrival from producing belts. * In Akola, Tuar New – 4,100-4,300, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,400-6,600, Udid Mogar (clean) – 7,600-8,700, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,300-7,600, Gram – 3,100-3,400, Gram Super best – 5,200-5,700 * Wheat, rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and settled at last levels in weak trading activity.

Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close Gram Auction 3,000-3,450 3,100-3,550 Gram Pink Auction n.a.

2,100-2,600 Tuar Auction 4,000-4,300 4,000-4,400 Moong Auction n.a.

3,900-4,200 Udid Auction n.a.

4,300-4,500 Masoor Auction n.a.

2,600-2,800 Wheat Mill quality Auction 1,550-1,736 1,550-1,740 Gram Super Best Bold 5,500-6,000 5,500-6,000 Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.

Gram Medium Best 4,800-5,000 4,800-5,000 Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a Gram Mill Quality 3,700-3,850 3,700-3,850 Desi gram Raw 3,350-3,750 3,300-3,700 Gram Kabuli 12,400-13,000 12,400-13,000 Tuar Fataka Best-New 6,600-6,800 6,600-6,800 Tuar Fataka Medium-New 6,300-6,500 6,300-6,500 Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 6,100-6,300 6,100-6,300 Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 5,500-5,700 5,500-5,700

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Tuar Gavarani New 4,300-4,600 4,300-4,600 Tuar Karnataka 4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800 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) 7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000 Moong Mogar Medium 6,500-7,000 6,500-7,000 Moong dal Chilka 5,900-6,600 5,900-6,600 Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.

Moong Chamki best 7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000 Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 8,000-9,000 8,000-9,000 Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,800-7,000 5,800-7,000 Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,000-6,400 5,000-6,400 Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 4,800-5,000 5,050-5,350 Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,450-2,450 2,550-2,650 Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,350 3,300-3,350 Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,800 3,400-3,800 Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,000 1,900-2,000 Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,750-1,850 1,750-1,850 Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,150-2,350 2,150-2,350 Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400 Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,200 2,000-2,200 Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.

MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,700 3,200-3,700 MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,700 2,400-2,700 Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,500-4,000 3,500-4,000 Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,200 3,000-3,200 Rice BPT new (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,500 3,300-3,500 Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,700 2,500-2,700 Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800 Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,500 2,400-2,500 Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,500 2,400-2,500 Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,600 4,200-4,600 Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,000 3,600-4,000 Rice HMT new (100 INR/KG) 4,000-4,400 4,000-4,400 Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,600 5,000-5,600 Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,500-4,800 4,500-4,800 Rice Shriram new (100 INR/KG) 4,800-5,200 4,800-5,200 Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,500-14,000 9,500-13,500

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-7,500 5,000-7,500 Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 6,000-6,200 6,000-6,200 Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 5,400-5,700 5,400-5,700 Rice Chinnor new (100 INR/KG) 5,600-5,800 5,600-5,800 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. 29.8 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 11.9 degree Celsius Rainfall : Nil FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 30 and 12 degree Celsius respectively.

Note: n.a.--not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices) https://in.reuters.com/article/nagpur-foodgrain/nagpur-foodgrain-prices-open-january-23-2018idINL4N1PI392

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Rice exports from Pakistan have seen significant growth at the end of December, 2017. This statement was given by Mr. Rafique Suleman, Senior Vice Chairman Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan, while talking with news reporters.

He shared the half yearly figures of rice exports during the period of July to December 2017. He said that at the end of December 2017, rice exports for fiscal year 2017-18 (July to Dec 2017) a significant growth has been observed as compared to Last fiscal year 2016-17 (July to Dec 2016).

He said that this year we exported Total 1.9 Million Metric Tons of riceamounting to US$. 881 Million, whereas in last fiscal year we had exported 1.64 Million Metric Tons of rice amounting to US$.682 Million, which shows over all a significant growth of 29% in values and 15% in quantity.

He pleased to inform the media persons that Indonesia has also floated a tender for procurement of big quantity of rice and two Pakistani companies are also included in successful bidders. He was very much hopeful that this year, we set the target to export more than 4.0 Million Metric Tons of Pakistani rice and we will be able to achieve US$ 2 Billion mark.

He expressed his gratitude to Government of Pakistan and specially Pakistan High Commission at Nairobi for their excellent support to handle the recent issue against Pakistani rice exporters.

He said that Kenya is the largest buyer of Pakistani rice and during half year of this fiscal year (July to Dec 2017), we have exported 240,000 Metric Tons of rice amounting to US$ 85 Million.

He need to focus on the issues and problems and urged to rectify them and make a strategy for betterment of rice exports in future.

He also shows his concern on decline of exports in China, which was the 2nd largest destination for Pakistani rice exporters. As at the end of December 2017, only 174,000 Metric tons of rice valueing US$ 56.8 Million He requested the concerned government authorities to take serious notice and take urgent measures and steps to improve the rice exports to China.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter He said that Iran and Saudi Arabia are the major buyers of Basmati Riceand we are hopeful that after resolving the Payment Problem / Banking Channel with Iran, Pakistani Basmati Rice will get a significant boast which was facing severe decline since last three years.

He informed that this year demand of rice has increased in international market and rates of Pakistani Rice are cheaper than our competitors, Thailand and Vietnam. And international buyers are keeping an eye on Pakistan for their competitive rates. We hope that this year we will see remarkable growth in Pakistani Rice Exports .

He added that rice exporters are also putting extra ordinary efforts for fetching valueable foreign exchange for our beloved country and making huge investment for installing world’s latest rice machinery and most modern technology for value addition in rice . https://nation.com.pk/20-Jan-2018/rice-exports-mark-29-growth-in-halfyear?show=previewutm_medium=PoliticsNewz

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Bayer launches new rice hybrid seed Arize AZ 8433 DT

By Jayashree Bhosale,, ET Bureau|Jan 22, 2018, 06.25 PM IST Bayer has been working closely with rice farmers to improve rice yields and quality through its innovative hybrid seeds, crop protection products and integrated crop management solutions, PUNE: Bayer has launched a first-of-its-kind hybrid rice seed, Arize AZ 8433 DT with strong inbuilt tolerance to Brown Plant Hopper (BPH) and Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB). BPH is the most destructive pest in rice growing areas of India and caused huge losses to farmers in the 2017 kharif season.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter "Though there are many chemical solutions available to control BPH, these have not been able to control the insect effectively in cases of medium to heavy infestation. The usual practice is to spray when the insect build-up has already happened. As an alternative approach, Bayer has developed hybrid seeds, where pest tolerance has been achieved in the seed through innovative technologies based on marker-assisted breeding. The result is Arize AZ 8433 DT," a company release stated.

"Rice is a staple food crop for majority of India and a key focus crop for Bayer's Crop Science business in India. Bayer has been working closely with rice farmers to improve rice yields and quality through its innovative hybrid seeds, crop protection products and integrated crop management solutions," says Peter Mueller, Head of the Crop Science division at Bayer South Asia. "The introduction of Arize AZ 8433 DT is another step towards improving rice productivity in India. Since its launch, the cultivation of Arize AZ 8433 DT has expanded to more than 10,000 acres in major rice growing belts of the country," adds Peter Mueller.

In the event of a BPH and BLB attack, Arize AZ 8433 DT from Bayer offers a yield advantage of upto 20 to 30 percent over other susceptible open-pollinated varieties (OPVs), where yield losses could be upto 100 percent. Besides superior yield attributes, another advantage of cultivating Arize AZ 8433 DT includes a significant saving on pesticide application.

A single round of spraying pesticides costs Rs. 500-600 per acre. Even with moderate infestation, rice farmers spray three to four times, depending on the incidence of BPH. With Arize AZ 8433 DT, farmers are advised to scout their fields periodically and go for one spray, only if the BPH count exceeds economic threshold levels, or if hopper burn damage is observed in adjoining fields. However, farmers will have to use pesticides for other pests such as Whitebacked Plant Hopper (WBPH) and Stem Borer etc. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/bayer-launches-new-rice-hybrid-seedarize-az-8433-dt/articleshow/62606312.cms

India asks Germany to help relax new EU rice import rule PTI| Jan 22, 2018, 04.28 PM IST India, the world's largest producer of the aromatic grain, has made several representations to some European countries, to convince them on the need to relax the rules.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter NEW DELHI: As the new stringent EU rice import rule kicked in this month, India has asked Germany to use its good offices to resolve the issue at the earliest. The European Union (EU) has reduced the maximum permissible residue level (MRL) of Tricyclazole (a fungicide) in basmati rice to 0.01 mg per kg from the present limit of 1.0 mg per kg effective January 1.

India, the world's largest producer of the aromatic grain, has made several representations to some European countries, to convince them on the need to relax the rules. During last week's visit to Germany's capital Berlin, Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Singh Sekhawat raised the issue with his German counterpart. "Sekhawat also impressed upon the German minister to use his good offices for early resolution of Indian rice export being subjected to arbitrarily fixed maximum residue limit on Tricyclazole at 0.01 mg/kg by the EU," the minister was quoted as saying in an official statement.

He also highlighted that the EU was not accepting the digital phytosanitary certificates.

"The German minister, in response, conveyed his admiration for India's advance on digitalisation of the certificate and assured to personally take up the matter with the EU authority concerned," the statement added. Sekhawat had led an Indian delegation to 10th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture that concluded on January 20. He also met Agriculture ministers from three countries - Germany, Argentina and Uzbekistan. With his Uzbekistan counterpart Zoir Mirzaev, Sekhawat talked about trade opportunity in moong beans besides cooperation in areas such as farm machinery, skill development and crop residue management.

With Argentinian Minister of Agriculture Luis Miguel Etchevehere, Sekhawat discussed various areas of mutual interest including trade in agriculture products such as fruits, vegetables and meat.

India also conveyed its interest in Argentina's farm mechanisation and sought collaboration to such technologies to suit Indian conditions, and obtain technology for manufacturing silo bag to reduce storage losses, the statement added. At the 10th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture, Sekhawat stressed the actions taken by India to mitigate the effect of climate change, both in animal and crop sector. He also called upon the developed countries to abide by the principles of equity but common and differentiated responsibilities towards tackling climate change.

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