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TOP Contents - Tailored for YOU Latest News Headlines…  Farmers introduced to new rice varieties  Bangalore farm varsity develops new rice, chilli varieties  Per-capita rice output met population’s requirement–BAS  Shortage of paddy marketing officers hits Kuttanad farmers  October rice prices dip, corn prices rise  Paddy farmers advised to sell  Ten-month rice export rakes in nearly $2.5 billion  Rice steams up on rising domestic demand  India's rice exports seen at record 11 million tonnes: USDA  Iran's rice imports increase by 113 percent  Thailand to start loading rice bound for China in Dec commerce minister

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Farmers introduced to new rice varieties Tuesday, November 5, 2013 8:08 AM RiceThrough the Rice Sector Support Project, farmers in four districts of the Upper West Region have been introduced to the cultivation of early maturing and high yielding varieties of rice. The farmers have also been taught a new method of cultivating rice by bonding low lying fields to trap water, even with the least rain fall to

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support the growth and development of the grain.The project is being implemented by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), in collaboration with the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) and with funds from the French Development Agency, AFD.The new rice project is being implemented in the Wa Municipality, Wa East, Wa West and the Sissala East districts.About 100 farmers from four communities in the Wa West District attended a field day at Polee during at the weekend, during which findings from field trials of the three varieties were disseminated to them from a 71-acre field of the crop.

The farmers observed the technology that was applied in the cultivation of the three varieties of rice developed

by SARI, namely „Ebaika‟, „Was122′ and „Was163′ in order to choose their preference.Most of the farmers chose the “Ebaika” variety for cultivation because it matures within 100 days with high yield compared to the other two.Mr. Huudu Abu, Upper West Regional Crops Officer of MOFA said the three new varieties were far better than what the farmers had been cultivating over the years.He said apart from the high yield that would be reaped by the farmers, the new varieties also took 100-105 days to mature unlike the old variety which often took 120 days to mature.Mr. Saaka Iddrisu, Assembly man for Polee Electoral Area who spoke on behalf of the farmers, said they were impressed with what they had seen on the field.“For us any new technology that will increase our farm produce and give us all-year-round food security is welcome”, he said.

Source: GNA

Bangalore farm varsity develops new rice, chilli varieties ANIL URS BANGALORE, NOV. 5:

Scientists at the University of Agricultural SciencesBangalore, have developed new variety of rice (paddy) — KRH-4.“The new variety has shorter duration of 130-135 days and has higher yield of 7-8 tonnes per hectares compared with traditional variety which has 150 days and 4-5 tonnes per hectare yield,” M.A. Shankar, Director Research, UAS-B, told Business Line.“The new variety of paddy has also advantage of higher straw of 8-9 tonnes per hectare and is suitable for irrigated situations,” he said. The university also has developed new improved crop varieties in hybrid chilli (KBCH-1). This new variety offer higher yield of 35 tonnes per hectares (green chillies) compared with 25-30 tonnes per hectares and is tolerant to anthracnose, bacterial wilt and powdery mildew diseases.New variety of ragi (KMR-204), according to Shankar has 104 days duration and has yield of 35-40 quintal per hectares in irrigated condition and 30-35 quintals per hectare in rainfed conditions.K. Narayana Gowda Vice-Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, said the university is holding five-day international krishi mela at GKVK campus from November 7-11. About 10 countries and 30 agricultural universities will be taking part.

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Similarly, the UAS-B is also releasing pigeon pea (BRG-10-2) which has yield of 14 quintals per hectare and is suitable for late planting and delayed monsoon conditions. Seasame (GT-1) shorter duration of 86 days has yield of 6.2 quintal per hectares and oil content of 54 per cent.Vegetable Cowpea (AV-5) has 16 per cent higher yield than PKB-6 with 9.6 tonnes per hectares and is suitable for August-September and January-February sowing. It is resistant to bacterial leaf blight and rust.Fodder oats (OS-6) has yield of 285 quintal per hectare and contains 4.48 quintal of crude protein and leaf to stem ratio: 0.43. anil.u@thehindu.co.in (This article was published on November 5, 2013)

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Per-capita rice output met population’s requirement–BAS Category: Agri-Commodities 05 Nov 2013 THE per capita production of rice last year reached 120.82 kilograms, which was above the 117 kilos per capita consumption recorded in 2012, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (Bas) said in its latest report.In its report titled “Agricultural Indicators System: Food Consumption and Nutrition, 2013,” the Bas said the annual percapita production of rice and corn continued to increase and remained above the 2000 records.“Rice production recorded an index of 114.07 percent indicating that rice per-capita production in 2012 exceeded the base year record by 14.07 percentage points,” the report read.The Bas said corn production at 76.20 kilograms per person in 2012 registered an index of 129.23 percent.“The 2012 estimates of per capita production of coconut at 162.51 kilos and coffee at 0.26 kilo were maintained below the 2000 levels. Sugarcane production dropped to 270.42 kilos per person,” the report read.The Bas said the 2012 per-capita production of banana at 94.52 kilos, pineapple at 24.56 kilos and papaya at 1.69 kilos surpassed the 2000 levels.

“Among these fruits, banana exhibited the biggest per-capita production index at 146.69 percent. Decreasing and lower-than-the-base year production levels were continuously reported for mango, calamansi and pomelo,” the report read.Among the selected livestock and poultry products, only beef sustained lower than the base year production and was continuously going down in 2012 at 2 kilos per person.The Bas said per-capita production refers to the volume of production of a particular commodity available for each member of the population.As for the daily per-capita consumption of rice, the Bas said this increased to 320.93 grams in 2012.Corn consumption at 47.26 grams per person per day in 2012 was lower than that in the base year record.

“Despite the increases in the per capita consumption of coconut and coffee, these were still below the 2000 records. Sugarcane consumption was reduced to 7.4 grams per person in 2012 which was less than the 2000 level,” the report read.Per-capita consumption of papaya, the Bas said, went up to 4.27 grams in 2012 and recorded an index of 106.75 percent. Consumption of calamansi and pomelo declined to 4.71 grams and 0.79

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gram, respectively, in 2012. Both were below the 2000 per capita consumption levels.The Bas said the daily consumption pattern of a commodity of each member of the population measured through an index indicates the movement of consumption in a specified year relative to a base year.

Shortage of paddy marketing officers hits Kuttanad farmers TNN Nov 5, 2013, 12.57AM IST ALAPPUZHA: Shortage of paddy marketing officers is creating hardships for the farmers of Kuttanad belt of Alappuzha.

The harvesting of second round cultivation in Kuttanad is on now.It is paddy marketing officers, who measures the quality of the paddy and the presence of water in the paddy before the procurement agencies deployed by Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation procure paddy from the farmers. However, now the procurement agencies are directly measuring the quality and the presence of water in the paddy owing to the shortage of paddy marketing officers."We do not know how to measure the wetness in the paddy. So we are forced to believe the words of the procurement agencies. They are saying the water content in the paddy is high. So they are reducing the price of the paddy. The price of one kg paddy is Rs 18 and they will reduce this rate in the name of water," said Joseph, paddy farmer from Edathua.Kuttand Viksana Samithy executive director Fr Thomas Peelianickal said the harvesting got delayed due to rain. Normally, it is the time of the puncha cultivation and the rain and flood derailed all the plans of the farmers.

"Kuttanad farmers conducted the second round cultivation in around 10,000 hectares. But the cultivation in around 3,000 to 4,000 hectares was destroyed during recent flood. The harvesting is on in around 6,000 hectares of land in Kuttanad now. The farmers are already in trouble owing to the nature's fury and the shortage of paddy marketing officers and the foul play by the procurement agencies will create more hardships to them. So the government should take necessary steps in this connection,'' said Peelianickal.The paddy fields in Kuttanad have been categorized into seven zones for the smooth conduct of the paddy procurement.Alappuzha, Punnapra, Ambalappuzha South, Purackadu, Karuvatta, Karthikappaly, Chengannur and Changanassery areas come under these seven zones and each zone has a marketing officer. Now all these seven zones have only two officers.The district administration said they will soon take steps for solving the shortage of the paddy marketing officers and the issue has already been brought to the notice of the state government.

October rice prices dip, corn prices rise November,2013

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THE AVERAGE prices of rice decreased while those of corn increased during the month of October, based on a report by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) released on Nov. 4.

The average retail price of regular milled rice last month slid 1.14% to P35.66 per kilogram from September‟s P36.07/kg but was 11.09% more than the P32.10/kg of October 2012.The average wholesale price of regular milled rice was P33.45/kg in October, 1.62% less than the preceding month‟s P34/kg but 11.83% more than October 2012‟s P29.91/kg.From P39.19/kg in September, the average retail price of well-milled rice slipped by 1.27% to P38.69/kg in October but was 9.57% more than the P35.19/kg of the same month last year.

Its average wholesale price, meanwhile, was P36.24/kg, 2.06% down from P37/kg in September yet 10.65% more than the P32.75 recorded in October last year.The average farmgate price of palay was P17.32/kg, 4.11% down from September‟s P18.06/kg but 7.63% up from P16.09/kg in October 2012.As for yellow corngrain, the average retail price rose 0.73% to P21.63/kg in October from P21.47/kg in September. Last month‟s average price was just 0.68% less than the P21.48/kg recorded in October 2012.From P15.90/kg in September, the average wholesale price of yellow corngrain inched up 0.82% to P16.03/kg in October and was 0.57% more than the P15.94/kg of the same month last year.The average farmgate price of yellow corngrain was P11.80/kg, 0.48% up from September‟s P11.74/kg but 3.94% down from P16.09/kg in October 2012.

Meanwhile, the average retail price of white corngrain increased 1.85% to P18.74/kg in October from P18.40/kg in September but was 4.38% less than the P19.60/kg of the same month last year.White corngrain‟s average wholesale price in October was P15/kg, 2.18% more than September‟s P14.68/kg but 4.64% less than the P15.73/kg recorded in October 2012.From P14.30/kg in September, the average farmgate price for white corngrain rose 0.54% to P14.38/kg in October, which was 1.67% more than the P14.14/kg of the same month last year.Ermina V. Tepora, chief of the Agricultural Analysis Division (AMSAD) under the Department of Agriculture, explained: "The decline in the price of rice is because the palay harvest is starting to come in. The third quarter marks the harvest season. Usually, from the third to fourth quarter, rice prices will continue to go down."As for corn, she said that the price increases are due to sustained demand from feeds producers. -- EVG

Paddy farmers advised to sell ANIL URS BANGALORE, NOV. 5:

Paddy farmers in Karnataka, especially in Raichur district, have been asked to sell their produce by the end of this month to get better prices.“As we see prices firming up in Sindhanur APMC, Demic has come out with price forecast for paddy valid for November and December,” Balachandra K. Naik, Head of Demic, told Business Line.This year paddy growing regions in north Karnataka districts received good rainfall. Crop

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planted early have started flowing slowly into the markets.Naik said that monthly prices of paddy are collected from Sindhanur APMC, one of the key rice markets in north Karnataka, for the past 24 years and analysed.According to Demic price forecasts, per quintal prices of paddy is expected to be between Rs 1,850 and Rs 2,150, which is expected to be Rs 2,000-Rs 2,300 in of November and December in Sindhanur market.“So farmers are advised to sell paddy in the month of November to get better prices. The storage cost in FCI godowns is Rs 6.5 a quintal for a month. Well-dried, clean and bold grains fetch better prices,” explained Naik.

MAIZE Assessing the monthly price data for maize from Ranebennur regulated market, Demic said the prices of maize are expected to hover around Rs 1,500-1,700 during November and Rs 1,550-1,750 in December. So, the farmers are advised to keep these points in mind while preparing their produce for the market.

GROUNDNUT Kharif groundnut in Raichur market is expected trade between Rs 4,000-4,200 during November and Rs 3,8004,100 in the month of December per quintal.

SOYABEAN Demic has advised farmers to store Kharif grown soybean up to November for better price realisation. Dr Naik said “This year the prices of Yellow Soyabean in Bailhongal market is expected to range between Rs 3000-3400 in the month of November and Rs. 2900-3200 during December month per quintal.” anil.u@thehindu.co.in (This article was published on November 5, 2013) Keywords: Paddy farmers, Karnataka, Sindhanur APMC, foodgrains In snap: Farmers harvest rice in the Mekong Delta. (Photo: SGGP

Ten-month rice export rakes in nearly $2.5 billion Vietnam exported over 5.7 million tonnes of rice for nearly US$2.5 billion in the first ten months of this year, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).Farmers harvest rice in the Mekong Delta. (Photo: SGGP) The export volume included more than 537,000 tonnes shipped in October, about 10,500 tonnes higher than total shipments in the previous month.However, the price of rice exported last month dropped to $435.37 per tonne from $437.63 recorded in September.Africa is emerging as a market with great potential for Vietnamese

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rice exports, according to the VFA.In the first nine months of the year, African countries imported over 4.79 million tonnes of rice worth $2.05 billion from Vietnam, making the continent the largest importer of Vietnamese rice during the period.It is followed by Asia , the Middle East , the US and the EU.Vietnam has lowered bar for its rice export for 2013 to between 7-7.2 million tonnes from the targeted 7.5 million tonnes and is striving to open new markets.As domestic businesses currently meet difficulties in exporting to traditional markets, promoting exports to new markets such as Africa and Mexico is considered an important solution.

Source: VNA

Rice steams up on rising domestic demand KARNAL, NOV. 4:

Inadequate supplies and rising domestic demand pushed up prices of a few aromatic and non-basmati rice varieties on Monday.Amit Chandna, Proprietor, Hanuman Rice Trading Company, said the uptrend was anticipated as there is good demand from the domestic market and the availability of stocks is low.These apart, new trade enquires are also supporting the market, said Tara Chand Sharma, proprietor, Tara Chand and Sons.Asked about the low availability of stocks, Sharma said that rice millers donâ€&#x;t have much carry-forward stocks this year and the new stocks are not ready yet.According to trade experts, prices are likely to strengthen in the near term.

In the physical market, new Pusa-1121 (steam) moved up by Rs 200 to Rs 8,300-8,400 a quintal, while new Pusa-1121 (sela) quoted at Rs 7,500/quintal.Pusa-1509 (sela) quoted at Rs 6,050-6,250/quintal. The price of pure basmati (raw) rose by Rs 500 to Rs 12,000/quintal. Duplicate basmati (steam) sold at Rs 6,700/quintal.For the brokens of Pusa-1121, Dubar sold at Rs 3,900, Tibar at Rs 4,500 and Mongra at Rs 3,500. In the nonbasmati section, Sharbati (steam) went up by Rs 300 to Rs 4,950-5,000/quintal, while Sharbati (sela) quoted at Rs 4,200, up by Rs 200.

Permal (raw) sold at Rs 2,350-2,400/quintal and Permal (sela), at Rs 2,400. PR-11 (sela) sold at Rs 2,900 while PR-11 (raw) quoted at Rs 3,000-3,100.

PR14 (steam) improved by Rs 50 and sold at Rs 3,150/quintal.

PADDY ARRIVALS

Arrivals and prices of paddy were are follows: PR paddy, about 40,000 bags arrived and quoted at Rs 1,350-1,500/quintal; Pusa-1121, around 16,000 bags at Rs 3,750-3,950/quintal; Sugandha, 30,000 bags at Rs 2,550-2,750/quintal; Sharbati, 10,000 bags at Rs 2,400/quintal; duplicate basmati, 10,000 bags at Rs 3,550-3,750/quintal; and pure basmati, 1,000 bags at Rs 5,4005,500/quintal.

(This article was published on November 4, 2013),The Hindu

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India's rice exports seen at record 11 million tonnes: USDA Press Trust of India | Updated On: November 05, 2013 19:13 (IST) New Delhi: India's rice exports are estimated at a record 11 million tonnes in marketing year 2012-13 that ended in September this year on bumper production and strong overseas demand, according to a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report.Rice exports of India, the world's second largest rice producer, stood at 10.38 million tonnes in marketing year 2011-12 (MY12), which runs from October to September."MY 2012/13 export estimate is raised to a record 11 million tonnes based on preliminary official statistics for October 2012 to August 2013, and shipping data compiled by a private source for September 2013," the report said.

The agriculture watchdog has also revised upwards the rice export estimates for MY 2013-14 to 10 million tonnes from earlier projection of 9.3 million tonnes. However, exports are still expected to be lower than the record 11 million tonnes in previous year."Based on the relatively strong export demand for Indian rice, both basmati and non-basmati, and sufficient domestic supplies, the MY 2013/14 rice export estimate is raised to 10 million tonnes," the report said.While exports of basmati rice are likely to grow further, total exports are likely to be lower than last year's record sales due to relatively tight domestic supplies of non-Basmati rice and food price inflation concerns in an election year."

Quoting market sources, USDA said exports of non-basmati rice have slowed down from in October 2013 due to the strengthening of the Indian rupee compared to the dollar (current 61.5 from 65 in August/September).India had lifted the four-year ban on non-basmati exports in September 2011. It had emerged as the world's largest rice exporter in 2012 ahead of its Asian counterpart Thailand.On production, USDA has projected an output of 105 million tonnes in 2013-14 as against 104.4 million tonnes in the previous year.The department "continues to estimate MY 2013/14 rice production at 105 million tons from 43.5 million hectare".The harvest of kharif rice is in full swing in northern states and initial harvest reports suggest good yields.

"Crop damage was reported due to Cyclone Phailin in coastal Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, and ongoing floods due to heavy rains in some parts of Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. With rice at the grain filling stage, crop damage is likely to be heavy in the flood-affected areas," it said.The department said it continues to estimate MY 2013/14 production at 105 million tonnes till an assessment of crop loss is made."Market sources report that the crop loss due to cyclone and floods in the eastern coast could be in the range of 1-2 per cent of forecast production," the report noted.Story first published on: November 05, 2013 18:16 (IST)

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Iran's rice imports increase by 113 percent 05.11.2013

Iran imported some 1.268 million tons of rice, valued at $1.464 billion, during the first seven months of the current solar year (started on March 21), which indicates an increase of 78 and 113.59 percent in terms of volume and value respectively, compared to the same period of the last solar year.According to the Iranian Custom Administration's latest monthly report released in November, India (with $1.016 billion worth of exports), the United Arab Emirates (with $ 149.093 million worth of exports), and Turkey (with $ 138.481 million worth of exports) were the main exporters of rice to Iran.Iran has imported some 166,653 tons of rice, worth $174.151 million during the last Iranian calendar month (September 23- October 22) which indicates an increase by 2.25 percent in terms of volume and decrease by 11.93 percent in terms of value compared to the preceding month.Iran's rice import during the first six months of the current solar year stood at 1.101 million tons.The figure stood at 930,000 tons during the five-month period of the current calendar year.

"Some 2.25 million tons of rice was produced in the county in the previous year. So by importing 930,000 tons in the first five months of the current year, the total amount of Iran's stored rice has reached 3.18 million tons," the director of the Iranian rice producers association, Jamil Alizadeh Shayeq said Fars in midSeptember."Importing such a large amount of rice will certainly create disorder in the market," he added."If the current trend continues, the country's imports would be way more than domestic needs and that will cause great problems for the domestic rice farmers," he added.In December 2012, Mehdi Kaboli, an official with the country's Agricultural Ministry, said that annual rice consumption in Iran stands around 2.8 million tons

Thailand to start loading rice bound for China in Dec - commerce minister

By Kittipong Thaicharoen BANGKOK | Tue Nov 5, 2013 4:10am EST Nov 5 (Reuters) - Thailand will start loading in December about half the 1 million tonnes of rice it has agreed to sell to China annually, the Thai Commerce Minister said on Tuesday.The Southeast Asian nation has been under pressure to reduce record rice stockpiles amassed in a populist grain-buying scheme designed to support farmers.The Thai prime minister said in mid-October China had, during a state visit by premier Li Keqiang, agreed to buy a million tonnes of Thai rice a year "We have signed a contract this morning to sell the first million tonnes to China and the first lot of around 500,000 tonnes of loading would run from December through April," Commerce Minister Niwatthamrong Bunsongphaisan told reporters.He added that the remaining 500,000 tonnes will be delivered gradually in the second half of 2014.Niwatthamrong said the rice would be sold at prices in line with the market. He declined to give more details.

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Besides the agreement to sell a million tonnes a year, Thailand is also working on another agreement made in September to sell 1.2 million tonnes of rice from stocks to a Chinese state-firm, Niwatthamrong said.Thailand's earlier claims of rice sales to China and other countries had been greeted with scepticism by traders because there was no evidence to back up the claims.Chinese government officials in Bangkok could not be reached immediately for comment.Thai 5 percent broken grade white rice was offered at $435 per tonne on Tuesday, well above the same grade from Vietnam which was at $400 per tonne, traders said.The exact size of the Thai government rice stocks is still unclear. The most recent figure from the Commerce Ministry puts stocks at 16 million tonnes, more than double the 6.9 million tonnes exported by Thailand in 2012.However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has said reserves could total 15.5 million tonnes next year. (Additional reporting by Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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