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Rajshahi farmer innovates new variety of cross-bred
Boro rice
RAJSHAHI, July 12: A simple, poorly-educated farmer of village Gollapara under
Tanore upazila of the district have invented a new variety of cross-bred Boro rice
which can be harvested within 115 to 130 days after plantation.The invention has got
wide attention from the scientists of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute. The farmer-
cum-scientist Nur Mohammad has also been awarded a Gold Medal for his
contribution in invention of new agriculture product.Nur Mohammad left his school
while reading in class ten. From his boy hood he contemplated on cultivation of rice
in draught-hit Barind region. He started to research on cultivation of rice using less
water and in less time. He started his work by turning his mud-built small house as
laboratory.Helal Uddin, Departmental head of Plant Breeding Section of
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute came forward to assist Nur Mohammad. As the
recognition of his contribution for agriculture development, Nur Mohammad was
awarded the President's Gold Medal in 2005.After cross breeding of varieties of rice,
Nur Mohammad's invented five rows of cross-bred rice plants have been regarded
as recognisable by the National Seed Board. This year he invented a new row of
cross-bred rice.

He claimed, his newly invented cross-bred rice (Boro rice) takes only 130 days to ripen. He also informed, all
prevailing varieties of Boro rice takes at least 140 days to be ripened from the time of plantation. He claimed his invented rice was
also drought tolerant. He named the rice NMT-19 which means Nur Mohammad Tanore-19.Nur Mohammad further informed,
NMT-19 has a production of 22 maunds per bigha of land. The speciality of the rice is that the leaves of the rice remained green
even after ripening of the paddy, the plants are comparatively hard and drought resistant as well as resitants to worms and pests. It
can also be planted during the Aman season when it takes only 110 to 115 days to be ripened and the production per bigha of land is
18 maunds.Nur Mohammad further informed, this short term rice can be harvested even before the starting of natural catastrophes.
As the rice can be harvested at least 10-day before the harvesting of conventional rice, the cost of irrigation is less and the rice is also

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fine and tastier.Helal Uddin, Head of the Department of Plant Breeding Department of BRRI said, he has heard about the invention
of 130-day term Boro rice by Nur Mohammad. He had once visited the field of Nur Mohammad and they will now transplant the
rice experimentally with BRRI laboratory.

Ramjattan proposes revolving fund for rice farmers
-as opposition urges comprehensive plan for industry
AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan is proposing that a revolving fund be created for rice farmers in Region Two so as to
ensure they are not kept waiting for their money from rice millers in the future.The proposal came during Thursdays
sitting of the National Assembly and stems from the continued cries of Region Two farmers who say millers in the
region continue to pay them late for their produce.
The late payments were one of the reasons for the protest in the region last Friday, during which rice farmers were
allegedly abused by police officers and several tractors were impounded. A total of 19 persons were charged after
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Climate Scientists: Texas is Missing an Opportunity

by Neena Satija
July 13, 2014

In coming decades, the state is projected to be several degrees warmer and see longer and more severe droughts.
Regions that already receive little rainfall will probably become drier, and portions of Texas 367-mile Gulf
Coast should see rising seas, leaving them more susceptible to storms which could also become stronger due
to warming oceans.Yet despite these forecasts, Texas remains one of the most significant contributors to global
warming in the world. Year after year, Texas spews out more greenhouse gases than any other state in the
country, and much of its growth is due to an energy boom that relies on extracting more carbon-polluting fossil
fuels.Without taking aggressive action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the planet,
scientists say, Texas is missing an opportunity to be a global leader in protecting against climate change. And if
Texas state agencies continue to fail to take climate change into account when planning for the states future,
they argue, Texans will suffer as a result.
I call Texas a state of denial. And that denial is becoming less tolerable as time goes along, said John
Anderson, a professor of oceanography at Rice University and a global expert on sea-level rise. We need to
think about action. And you just dont see that happening.The impacts of climate change on Texas are already
here, scientists say. Higher temperatures have exacerbated the current multiyear drought by causing more
evaporation from dwindling reservoirs, reducing streamflows and diminishing the ability of rainfall to revive


dry soil. Sea levels on portions of Texas Gulf Coast have risen up to one foot in the past century due to global
warming, and will probably rise even more in the next one.
Texas is really at the forefront of this problem, said Katharine Hayhoe, a world-renowned scientist at Texas
Tech University in Lubbock who studies the effects of climate change on communities across the country. In
the majority of cases, the ways that climate change are going to affect us are the ways that were already
vulnerable.For Texas, she added, that means the projections are dire: We get hit by drought, we get hit by
heat. We get hit by storms, we get hit by sea-level rise. And were starting to see those impacts today.But
Republican state leaders have voiced deep skepticism about climate change and whether humans are
responsible. They insist that even if the science were true, Texas can do nothing meaningful to reverse climate
change without hurting its economy. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) does
not consider greenhouse gases to be a danger to the environment. And Gov.
Rick Perry and Attorney General Greg Abbott, the favorite in the 2014 governor's race, have fought the federal
government's attempts to combat global warming at every turn.The governor has made his position on climate
change clear particularly that we should not be sacrificing economic opportunity for Texas families through
onerous regulations based on unsettled science, said Lucy Nashed, a Perry spokeswoman.Texas Republicans'
drumbeat against climate science got even louder in their 2014 party platform, which reads: "Climate change
is a political agenda which attempts to control every aspect of our lives. We urge government at all levels to
ignore any plea for money to fund global climate change or climate justice initiatives.
No climate planning
Climate scientists in Texas have repeatedly taken aim at such views. Yet none of them are consulted by Texas
agencies regarding climate projections, even as officials grapple with making important plans for the states
future.That means the agencies that must respond to diminishing water resources and a disappearing coastline
have done no comprehensive studies on the effects of temperature increases on future water supplies, or of
warming seas and melting polar ice sheets on Gulf Coast sea levels.One of the major problems we have in
Texas is that the governor, the Legislature, the TCEQ, really dont rely a lot on scientific input from the science
community, said Anderson, the Rice University professor.
He said the rate of sea-level rise on the Gulf Coast is six times higher today than it was a century ago and will
only continue to increase, but state officials are not planning for such a scenario.Texas A&M University, which
Perry and all three TCEQ commissioners attended, is also home to a scientist who shared the 2007 Nobel Prize
with Al Gore and other scientists for their work on climate change. Bruce McCarl, an agricultural economist,
said that crop production would move northward, and potentially out of Texas altogether, as farmers are forced
to take their land out of production for lack of water resources and excessive heat.I think Texas is quite
vulnerable in terms of agriculture and water, said McCarl, who has had no recent contact with state officials.
Were probably the most affected state.A&M is also home to state climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon, who
projects that global warming will reduce Texas water supply by as much as 15 percent in the coming decades.
But he said he has not been consulted by any statewide officials regarding climate change projections in
particular.Given that climate change has been politicized across the board, it doesnt surprise me at all, said


Nielsen-Gammon, who was appointed by then-Gov. George W. Bush shortly before Bush became
president.Terry Clawson, a spokesman for the TCEQ, said that the agency looks broadly at research from across
the globe, but we do not cede our responsibility to evaluate scientific documents to selected researchers or
research institutions. The agency does not employ any climate scientists.Bryan Shaw, the chairman of the
TCEQ, said he was not convinced that the earth is warming and believes that limiting greenhouse gas emissions
would pose too much of a risk to Texas economy. Clearly greenhouse gases are why we are able to live on
this planet, Shaw said.
Changing discourse
Texas leaders havent always been resistant to climate science. A state statute enacted more than 20 years ago
actually gave Texas the power to regulate emissions in a way that could address climatic changes, including
global warming. It received little attention at the time and has never been acted on. When Bush ran for
president against Gore, who had been vocal on the issue, a real climate conversation in Texas seemed at hand.
In the fall of 2000, Bush even released a platform as part of his campaign that pledged to reduce carbon
emissions from power plants.By early 2002, at the behest of environmental advocacy groups, staff at the TCEQ
then called the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission had put together
a reportrecommending that Texas expand pollution prevention incentive programs to include CO2 and other
greenhouse gases and develop a complete inventory of its greenhouse gas emissions.
The agencys director at the time, Jeff Saitas, said it was important for the state to reduce emissions as an
insurance policy. If it turns out global warming is caused by man, then we already are on the road to recovery,
he told the Houston Chronicle in 2002. Now a consultant, Saitas declined to comment for this story.The
commissioners initially voted to adopt Saitas recommendations, but the report never became a final draft. By
then, Bush was in the White House, and his and state leaders' interest in climate change had waned.The topic
surfaced again in 2009, when several Republican legislators endorsed measures to promote energy efficiency
and reduce pollutants including greenhouse gas emissions. Democrats efforts to promote research of the
effects of climate change on Texas also earned some bipartisan support. But nothing substantive made it to the
House floor before time ran out.Kip Averitt, who served as a Republican state senator from Waco in those
years, is now a health and environmental consultant.
While Averitt said he is still not sold on the science of climate change and the role Texas could play in fighting
it, he regrets the tone on the issue today.Unfortunately, climate change is associated with a liberal agenda that
most Republicans are initially going to reject, just because its a [Democratic] political issue and the reality
is, now Republicans are running the government, said Averitt. Quite frankly, it was that simple and
nonconstructive You do your rhetoric, were going to do our rhetoric, and in the meantime, nothing gets
done.Longtime state Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, chairman of the Senate Natural Resources
Committee, said he does not think that "the general public in Texas are in agreement with the regulation of
greenhouse gases. Instead, Fraser said, Texas has "moved forward with the things that are free enterprise
issues, like wind, like solar.Yet despite Texas enormous gains in wind-energy production, regulators
still publicly criticize renewable energy as being too unreliable, and Perry and Shaw are both fierce defenders of
coal, a leading contributor of greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants.


Growth and fossil fuels
Texas economic explosion, largely due to a revolution in fossil fuel-drilling techniques, is likely another reason
Republicans have steered clear of climate science. The states economy runs on its ability to emit significant
quantities of greenhouse gases and to export fossil fuels around the world.Larry Soward, who was formerly
a close political associate of Perrys, believes the Texas governor's run for president and the Texas Miracle
narrative he touted amped up the anti-climate science rhetoric. Perry's narrative had to include complete
opposition toward environmental regulations, climate or otherwise, Soward said.When he made his run in the
presidential race, he was totally negative towards environmental issues like greenhouse gases and climate
change, and I think that was strictly because of the partisan politics necessary to get support, said Soward, who
remembers Perry as friendly toward environmental regulations during his early years in politics.
Soward was appointed by Perry to serve as a TCEQ commissioner from 2003 to 2007 and is now an
environmental activist.Nashed, Perrys spokeswoman, said the governor is committed to protecting the
environment by reducing other known pollutants like nitrogen oxide, but does not believe greenhouse gases
fall in the same category.Indeed, Texas has spent more than $350,000 since Obama took office in 2009 suing
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the regulation of greenhouse gases. Abbott, the attorney
general, has challenged findings that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and welfare, as well as the
federal governments regulation of such emissions from cars and large stationary sources like power
plants.None of those lawsuits were successful.
Last fall, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear appeals after Texas lost its protest of the greenhouse gas
endangerment finding and regulations of emissions from vehicles. And in June, justices ruled that the EPA
can regulate greenhouse gases from large stationary sources.I cant understand why Rick Perry and Greg
Abbott are going to go out and sue, and theyre making such noise about this, other than the pure politics of it,"
said Thomas McGarity, a professor of environmental law at the University of Texas at Austin. Theres a
certain amount of religion that may be involved in this. These people are just absolute non-believers in climate
change."

Disclosure: Rice University, Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin are corporate
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THE RUBE GOLDBERG OF RICE
POSTED BY NICOLA TWILLEY

In the unlikely event that you successfully grow and harvest rice in New York City, a much larger challenge
awaits: How do you remove the hard shell, called a hull or husk, that surrounds each grain?


According to Nick Storrs, who, as the manager of Randalls Island Urban Farm, is responsible for all five of
New York Citys rice paddies, This is the stumbling block. Forget climate, land shortages, lack of rice-
growing experience, or any of the other reasons that you might hesitate before trying to grow rice in the city
the real problem is that rice is literally super-hard.
Large-scale Californian and Arkansan growers have a machine that takes care of this. Rice-A-Ronis workers
are not pounding each kernel by hand; indeed, they havent had to since the invention of the Engelberg huller,
in 1888. The problem is that these industrial rice-processing machines are built to process thousands of pounds
an hour, and cost upwards of twenty thousand dollars.The tough light-brown shells that protect rice kernels
from water damage, pests, and fungal diseases are both much harder and more indigestible to humans than their
wheat, spelt, and barley chaff equivalents. Rice hulls are unique in nature, made of a silica structure
thatagronomists describe as a biogenic opala plant-made mineral that stands between a rice kernel and its
would-be consumer.
I did not yet know this when Storrs gave me a handful of unhulled paddy rice from the 2013 harvest and I
nearly chipped a tooth.Randalls Island Urban Farm offers its Edible Education program to three thousand
students from the Bronx and East Harlem each year. Like most of the citys community gardens, the one-acre
farm started out growing tomatoes, squash, strawberries, and chickensthe perennial favorites of urban
agriculture, prized for their relative ease of cultivation and instant rewards. Unlike rice and other grains, the
students can enjoy most of the delicious produce they grow and harvest right then and there, with little or
nothing in the way of processing necessary.
Nonetheless, in early 2011, EunYoung Sebazco, Randall Islands assistant horticulture manager, noticed that
Hokkaido, the traditional northern limit of rice growing in Japan, was two full degrees of latitude farther north
than New York City. In the United States, rice is only cultivated commercially in southern states, but, inspired
by the northern rice she saw in Japan, Sebazco began researching the feasibility of growing rice on Randalls
Island. Meanwhile, Storrs began to realize that for much of the demographic that the farm serveschildren
whose families immigrated from the Dominican Republic, Latin America, and Jamaicarice is a traditional
staple. Yet most of the kidsindeed, most North Americanshave never seen a rice plant.So, with Sebazcos
grandmother offering advice by phone from Korea, the farms volunteers built a tiny test paddy from used
bricks and a painters tarp from Home Depot.


Plastic and cinder-block foundations aside, the paddy was designed to resemble a traditional Japanese Edo-
period rice field as closely as possible, with a carefully engineered irrigation system and a handful of
complementary plants, including morning-glory vines, added for good measure. To deal with the Northeasts
shorter growing season, Storrs and his students germinated Koshihikari (a premium sushi-grade rice) seedlings
in a greenhouse before transplanting them to the paddy, where they threw in some pet-store goldfish as a scaled-
down substitute for the larger tilapia that Sebazcos grandmother recommended.
To everyone but Storrs and Sebazcos disbelief, at the end of the season, New York Citys first rice paddy
yielded a bumper harvest of fifteen pounds. And then they had to hull it.As Sara Pitzer, the author of the small-
scale grain growers bible Homegrown Whole Grains, writes, even gardeners most lyrical about the joys of
growing rice admit that hulling is nothing but pure chore. Fortunately, Storrs had access to a ready supply of
child labor, and shifts of New York City schoolchildren were soon happily pounding rice grains with a pestle
and mortar, then tossing them in the air in front of a fan to winnow the chaff.
Smashing and throwing rice is good fun, but inefficient: the loss rate from the overly enthusiastic rice tossing
was large, and, Storrs admitted, Our first batch of cooked rice, while delicious, was extremely crunchy,
thanks to all the unhulled kernels that slipped through.Intrigued by this early success, and looking for tips on
tackling the hulling challenge, Storrs and Sebazco starting looking for fellow small-scale rice farmers online,
and quickly realized that while they were the only ones growing rice in New York City, they had somehow
joined the leading edge of a new agricultural movement: Ecological Rice Farming in the Northeastern
USA.Supported by an innovation grant from the U.S.D.A.s Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education fund, Linda and Takeshi Akaogi had begun experimenting with rice cultivation on a wet patch of
their Vermont farm in 2006. With the help of Cornell Universitys McCouch RiceLab, they eventually produced
more than two tons per acrea commercially acceptable yieldand shared their success with thirty others at
the ambitiously named First Annual Northeast USA Rice Conference, in 2009.
Vermont now produces several thousand of pounds of rice per year at a handful of farms, and more than a
hundred people attended the 2013 conference, including curious farmers from as far north as Nova Scotia.This
burgeoning Northeastern rice-growing community is itself part of a larger trend toward local grains of all sorts.
Having impressed upon chefs and consumers the importance of eating locally produced fruit, vegetables, eggs,
and dairy, phase two of the locavore movement aims to do the same with the less glamorous commodity crops,
such as wheat and rice.


According to its supporters, the benefits of smaller-scale, regional grain production are myriad: shortened, more
resilient supply chains and fresher products, the opportunity to grow heirloom or custom-bred grains that are
better-suited to local conditions and offer consumers a new taste of place, and the ecological advantages of
biodiverse agriculture. Rice, in particular, offers Northeastern farmers the opportunity to maintain
environmentally important wetlands productively, rather than losing money by leaving them fallow or draining
them to grow something else. Unsurprisingly, these small-scale rice-growing pioneers all found themselves
running into the same problem that Storrs had faced: How could they hull their rice?
Enter Don Brill, the undisputed star of the 2013 Northeast USA Rice Conference. Brills day job is as a
microscopist at DuPont, but he is known within the Northeastern rice community as the rice engineeran
open-source, proto-John Deere for commercially neglected urban and smaller-scale rice farmers. His hand-built
rice processors incorporate vacuum cleaners, kitchen utensils, and car parts, process up to sixty pounds of rice
per hour, and cost well under a thousand dollars, with delivery and setup included. (Brill gives away the plans
on his Web site for free, and has even compiled a helpful shopping list at McMaster-Carr.)Earlier this year,
Randalls Island Urban Farm ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise seven hundred and fifty dollars to
acquire one of Brills bicycle-powered hullers. On a sunny Saturday a few weeks ago, I biked out to Randalls
Island to witness its delivery.
As it turned out, Brill, his wife, and I were early, so I had a chance to ask how a middle-aged research associate
at a giant pharmaceutical company with a degree in history became the Rube Goldberg of rice. A few years
ago, my son called and said, Dad, I got a problem, Brill told me. Josh, as Brill, Jr., is called, had grown a
couple hundred pounds of rice in Vermont, but when he looked around online for information about how to hull
it, he saw that even the cheapest, most basic machine cost six thousand dollars.I told him I would get to within
ten per cent of that, and then I searched for something to copy, Brill continued. And there was nothing.That
winter, he turned our basement into a shop full of failed rice hullers, Brills wife, who had joined him for the
trip to New York City, said.
There was a lot of trial and a lot of error, Brill said. It took two years for him to crack the huller, during which
time he developed a custom spoke mechanism, found exactly the right foam pad in a boat-supply store, and
cannibalized various home appliances for parts. He now offers designs for a table-top huller, capable of milling
four pounds per hour; a bike-powered version, which can process up to twenty pounds; and a larger one,
powered by the motor from a clothes dryer, on which his son was eventually able to process six hundred


pounds.Still, Brills machines are far from a finished product. He told me that he had made and delivered three
bike-powered hullers thus far, and all were different.
Its iterative, he said, standing back to appraise the thigh-high chipboard contraption he had built for
Randalls Island Urban Farm. But this one is pretty slick.At this point, Storrs arrived, with a small pink bike
in tow, and the talk turned technical. Storrs, an open-faced young man in a floppy straw hat, was visibly excited.
This is freaking amazing, he kept saying, with an enormous smile on his face. Brill, meanwhile, tensed up
ever so slightly during the setup and adjustment, tweaking chains, rubber bands, and bolts to fit the bike height
to the roller mechanism. You want to make the gap between the rollers a little too wide at the start, to sneak up
on the rice, he instructed Storrs.
Finally, Storrs produced a bag of last years paddy, or unprocessed, rice, poured it into the hopper at the top
of the machine, and climbed aboard the pink bike. Brill kneeled on the ground, glasses pressed up against the
Perspex-sided roller mechanism. Is there a particular speed Im aiming for? Storrs asked. Just pedal, Brill
replied, and Storrs did, his knees splayed sideways on the undersized frame. I realized that I was holding my
breath.Would you look at that! Brill exclaimed. A hundred-per-cent hull rate! The rollers had removed the
hulls from every single grain of rice the first time. The mood quickly became celebratory, and we each took a
turn on the bike. Storrs asked whether it might be possible to attach an odometer so that students can see how
far they need to ride to hull each pound of rice.
Brill dispensed maintenance tips, I discussed sightseeing plans with his wife, and, all the while, freshly milled
kernels of New York Citys only truly local rice poured into a beige plastic bus tray. This is actually easier
than growing it! Storrs exclaimed, delighted.As we put the huller and bike away, to await this falls rice
harvest, Brill took one last look at his machine. You know, next time Im going to try an adjustable slope for
the flow-in, he said, talking to no one in particular.
Nicola Twilley is the author of Edible Geography, a blog that looks at food from all sorts of unlikely angles. She
is currently working on a book about artificial refrigeration.
Photograph by Nicola Twilley.


EXCLUSIVE ORYZA NEWS
Oryza White Rice Index - Thailand, Vietnam Quotes Push Index Slightly Higher

Jul 11, 2014

The Oryza White Rice Index, a weighted average of global white rice export quotes, ended this week at $468
per ton, up $3 per ton from a week ago, up about $5 per ton from a month ago and down $7 per ton from a year
ago.

The FAO All Rice Price Index increased by 1 point to about 236 points in June 2014 due to increases in all sub-
indices Japonica, Aromatic, Higher Quality Indica, and Lower Quality Indica. In January-June 2014, the
FAO All Rice Price Index average was down about 2 points from the same period in 2013. The FAO also
shows that domestic rice prices in Asia showed mixed trends in June, with prices decreasing in China, India,
Bangladesh, and Vietnam, increasing in Myanmar, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and staying stable in
Cambodia.

Thailand

Thailand 5% broken rice is today shown at about $415 per ton, up about $5 per ton from a week ago, up about
$30 per ton from a month ago and down about $55 per ton from a year ago.

In the first five months of 2014 (January-May), Thailand exported about 3.82 million tons of rice, an increase of
about 52% from the same period in 2013, according to the Thai Rice Exporters Association (TREA).

Rice scams are apparently still going strong in Thailand, where police on Tuesday unearthed a full-fledged rice
scam in the central and northern provinces of Pathum Thani and Phichit, finding 90,000 bags of rice missing in
addition to false quality and quantity reports. A special team is inspecting more warehouses, the police have
announced. Meanwhile, the Thai Commerce Ministry assured traders and exporters of the governments rice
stocks quality.

Starting in August, Thailand plans to resume selling rice stocks from government warehouses, according to the
acting Director-General of Thailands Foreign Trade Department under the Commerce Ministry.

India


India 5% broken rice is today shown at about $435 per ton, unchanged from a week ago, down about $5 per ton
from a month and a year ago.

If poor monsoons hinder production in the country, India may curb rice exports to ensure adequate domestic
supply, according to a Food Ministry official. This could have a massive impact on the global rice market with
some estimating that would translate to a $100 per ton premium to remaining rice export quotes.

As of July 1, rice stocks in the central pool reached about 25.41 million tons, down about 19% from the same
time last year, according to the Food Corporation of India (FCI). Month-over-month, rice stocks are down
about 9%, but current rice stocks are more than double the required buffer norm.

Planting for the main or kharif rice crop (June-December) in India has reached about 8.6 million hectares of rice
area as of July 11, down about 22% from the same time last year, according to the Indian Agriculture Ministry.

The Iraq Grain Board (IGB) bought about 87,500 tons of basmati rice from India in an international tender that
closed June 29, according to Reuters. Additionally, the IGB purchased about 20,000 tons of pure 1121 rice
from India in a tender.

Vietnam

Vietnam 5% broken rice is today shown at about $425 per ton, up about $5 per ton from a week ago, up about
$15 per ton from a month ago, and up about $40 per ton from a year ago.

During the first half of 2014, Vietnam exported about 3 million tons of rice, about 14% less than the same time
last year, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA). Average export price so far in June is about $423
per ton, up about $13 per ton from a year ago and down about $2 per ton from a month ago.

Vietnam exported about 585,346 tons of rice in May, an increase of 9% month-over-month and a decrease of
9% year-over-year.

Pakistan

Pakistan 55% broken rice is today shown at about $440 per ton, up about $5 per ton from a week ago, down
about $10 per ton from a month ago and up about $15 per ton from a year ago.

Pakistani rice exports to China have increased considerably in the last two years, and the Pakistan China Joint
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) is working to further strengthen Pakistans export ties with
China, according to local sources.

The average basmati rice export prices in June remained at the May 2014 level of $1,350 per ton, about 5% less
than in June 2013, according to the UNs FAO.


Brazil

The Brazilian paddy rice index maintained by CEPEA reached at about 36.11 real per 50 kilograms as of July 7,
2014, down about 0.33% from about 36.23 real per 50 kilograms recorded on June 30, 2014. In terms of USD
per ton, the index reached at about $327 per ton on July 7, 2014, down about 1% from about $329 per ton
recorded on June 30, 2014.

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) estimates Brazils paddy rice production in 2014 to
increase to about 12.3 million tons, up about 4.23% from 2013s production. Last month, Conab lowered its
paddy rice production for 2013-14 to about 12.25 million tons.

Five percent broken rice from Uruguay and Argentina is today shown at about $625 per ton, unchanged from a
year ago.

U.S.

U.S. 4% broken rice is today shown at about $555 per ton, unchanged from a week ago, down about $25 per ton
from a month ago, and down about $60 per ton from a year ago.

Old crop offers this week hovered around $15.55 per cwt fob farm (about $343 per ton) for July shipment,
although most sellers were holding out for at least $16.00 per cwt fob farm (about $355 per ton). Bids from
exporters decreased this week from last to about $14.70 per cwt (about $324 per ton) and held steady there.
Throughout the week, smaller mills were bidding about $15.90 per cwt (about $351 per ton) for the same
delivery period.

Chicago rough rice futures for September delivery started out the week about $1 per ton higher at $13.655 per
cwt (about $301 per ton) before dropping off-and-on throughout the week, ending about $10 per ton lower at
$13.210 per cwt (about $291 per ton).


Other Markets

The UNs Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates Malaysias 2014-15 rice imports to be around
1.1 million tons, an increase of about 10% from 2013-14, despite increased production in 2014.

In the fiscal year 2013-14 (July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014), Bangladesh imported about 374,560 tons of rice, about
13 times or 1,195% more than in FY 2012-13, according to the Food Ministry.

The rice-growing sector in Italy will protest duty-free rice imports by blocking the grain exchanges in the
country for a whole week, from July 14-July 18.

This year the Philippines is likely to consider importing more rice while simultaneously ending subsidies to rice
farmers, according to Bloomberg. Meanwhile, the government has abandoned its plans to be rice self-sufficient
by 2016. Its current rice stocks stand at about 2.31 million tons as of June 1, which is about 8.5% from May
2014 and down about 0.3% from the same period in 2013.

Cambodia 5% broken rice is today shown at about $445 per ton, unchanged from a week ago, up about $5 per
ton from a month ago. Separately, in the first half of calendar year 2014, Cambodia exported about 177,928 tons
of rice, an increase of about 1% from the same period last year, according to the Secretariat of One Window
Service of Rice Export Formality (SOWS-REF).

The Federal Government of Nigeria will lower its controversial 110% duty on rice imports under a new three-
year fiscal plan (2014-17), according to local sources.

As of July 1, over 87% of Italys 2013-14 paddy crop has been sold. This equals about 1.26 million tons, and is
down about 11% from the amount sold during the same period last year.


South Korea has purchased about 26,211 tons of short-grain brown rice of Chinese and Australian origins for
delivery by December 15 in a tender, according to the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation
(KAFTC). The KAFTC has also issued another tender to buy 94,812 tons of rice between October-December
2014. Meanwhile, the World Trade Organization Chief has said the country cannot seek another waiver on rice
market liberalization.

The UNs FAO estimates Mozambiques 2014 paddy rice production will decline to about 343,000 tons, a
decrease of about 2% from 2013.

The UNs FAO estimates North Koreas 2013-14 paddy rice production to be 2.9 million tons, an increase of
about 7% from last year.
Iraq announced a tender to purchase 15,000 tons of parboiled basmati rice with a closing date of July 21.
Zimbabwe signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China in efforts to boost hybrid rice
production in the country.

Oryza U.S. Rough Rice Recap Bearish USDA WASDE Report Leads to Sharp
Declines in Price Ideas

Jul 11, 2014
The U.S. cash market was materially weaker today with both new crop and old crop prices falling hard after the
USDA WASDE report showed an 8 million cwt (about 362,000 tons) increase in US long grain production as
well as a 2.5 million cwt (about 113,00 tons) increase in the 2014/15 US long grain carry over.

As of today, old crop offers decreased to around $15.40 per cwt fob farm (about $340 per ton) for July shipment
while others are still hoping to net at least $16.00 per cwt fob farm (about $355 per ton).
Bids from exporters could still be found around $14.70 per cwt (about $324 per ton) for July delivery while
some smaller mills were still said to bidding around $15.90 per cwt (about $351 per ton) for the same delivery
period although there were reports of barges trading as low as $14.70 per cwt (about $324 per ton) for prompt
delivery.


Oryza Afternoon Recap - Chicago Rough Rice Futures Collapse along with Other
Grains Following Bearish S&D Update that Points to Record Supplies

Jul 11, 2014
Chicago rough rice futures for Sep delivery settled 25 cents per cwt (about $6 per ton) lower at $13.205 per cwt
(about $291 per ton). The other grains finished the day sharply lower following a very bearish USDA WASDE
update; soybeans closed about 1.7% lower at $10.7500 per bushel; wheat settled about 4.1% lower at $5.2600
per bushel, and corn finished the day about 2% lower at $3.8575 per bushel.

U.S. stocks fluctuated on Friday, with equities on track for weekly losses, as investors weighed quarterly results
from Wells Fargo and readied for of a slew earnings ahead. Wavering on either side of neutral, the Dow Jones
Industrial Average was lately down 3.46 points at 16,911.61. The S&P 500 held steady at 1,964.92, with energy
and utilities the worst performing and technology and telecommunications faring best of its 10 major industry
groups. The Nasdaq rose 15.27 points, or 0.3%, to 4,411.44, putting it in position for a weekly 1.7% decline.

U.S. stocks retained sizable losses on Thursday, but recouped more than half of a steep dive, as investors dialed
back concern that came with indications of trouble at one of Portugal's top banks. Gold is trading about 0.2%
lower, crude oil is seen trading about 2% lower, and the U.S. dollar is seen trading about 0.1% higher
about 12:00pm Chicago time Thursday, there were 259 contracts traded, down from 647 contracts traded on
Wednesday. Open interest the number of contracts outstanding on Thursday increased by 33 contracts to
8,141.

Oryza Rice Currency Analysis for Today India Rupee Advances 0.5%

Jul 11, 2014
U.S. dollar index was up +0.07% from the open today, when it traded at 80.184 at the close.
Euro was weaker -0.01% by the close, trading around 1.3608 by end of day, after trading between an intraday high of
1.3625 and low of 1.3592.
Thai baht was stronger +0.16%, trading at 32.139 at the close of business.
Indian rupee was stronger +0.45% at 59.9375.

Brazilian real was unchanged at 2.2206 reais per dollar.
Pakistan rupee was -0.06% weaker at 98.7054.
Vietnamese dong was stronger +0.01% at 21200.
Mexican peso was stronger +0.05% today, when it traded at 12.9844 pesos per dollar by the close of business.


Chinese yuan was weaker -0.03% at 6.2037.
Argentine peso was weaker -0.02% at 8.1484 pesos per dollar.

Oryza Rice Currency Analysis for Today India Rupee Advances 0.5%
U.S. dollar index was up +0.07% from the open today, when it traded at 80.184 at the close.
Euro was weaker -0.01% by the close, trading around 1.3608 by end of day, after trading between an intraday high of
1.3625 and low of 1.3592.
Thai baht was stronger +0.16%, trading at 32.139 at the close of business.
Indian rupee was stronger +0.45% at 59.9375.
Brazilian real was unchanged at 2.2206 reais per dollar.
Pakistan rupee was -0.06% weaker at 98.7054.
Vietnamese dong was stronger +0.01% at 21200.
Mexican peso was stronger +0.05% today, when it traded at 12.9844 pesos per dollar by the close of business.
Chinese yuan was weaker -0.03% at 6.2037.
Argentine peso was weaker -0.02% at 8.1484 pesos per dollar.

Two-Step Process to Curb Foot Rot Disease in Basmati Rice

Jul 11, 2014
Heres the two-step process to control foot rot disease in basmati rice, Dr Punjab Agricultural University
(PAU), Dr H.S.Dhaliwal explained to local farmers: Dip seedling root in a fungicide called Bavistin 2 g/litre of
water for six hours before transplanting; transplant Pusa Punjab Basmati 1509 after July 15.He was explaining
farmers in Punjab, India, on how to tackle foot rot disease on Pusa Punjab Basmati 1509 while cautioning them
on the occurrence of foot rot disease in some villages in Ludhiana and Fatehgarh Sahib districts of the rice-
growing state. The farmers had planted the crop in June and had also not treated the seed. Transplanting the
crop early could mean more chances of higher incidence of foot rot disease, Dr Dhaliwal warned.

Rice Transporter Gene Can Help Increase Rice Plant's Height, Biomass


Jul 11, 2014
Rice researchers at Nanjing Agricultural University in China have discovered that sPTR6, a PTR/NRT1
(peptide transport/nitrate transporter 1) transporter, helps in increasing the rice plants height and biomass of the
overexpressing lines besides enhancing plant nitrogen accumulation and glutamine synthetase.As part of their
attempts to increase nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of rice, researchers focussed unto rice PTR/NRT1
transporters, which are important for growth and development of rice.OsPTR6, a PTR/NRT1 transporter, was
overexpressed in Nipponbare variety to produce three transgenic lines - OE1, OE5 and OE6 - in different
nitrogen treatments. Overexpression of OsPTR6 also increased expression of the OsATM1
genes.Overexpression is defined as excessive expression of a gene by producing too much of its effect or
product.

South Korea Issues Tender to Buy 94,812 Tons of Rice Between October - December
2014

Jul 11, 2014
South Korea's state run Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (KAFTC) has issued tenders to purchase a
total of around 94,812 tons of rice between October 2014, according to a notice on its website.The Agency will
buy around 15,580 tons of non-glutinous brown rice of any origin for delivery by December 15, 2014. It will
buy around 55,648 tons of non-glutinous brown rice short grain (Japonica) of Chinese origin for delivery by
December 15, 2014. The Agency will buy non-glutinous milled rice short grain (Japonica) of Chinese origin for
delivery by November 30, 2014. It will buy around 8,584 tons of non-glutinous milled rice short grain
(Japonica) of Chinese origin for delivery by October 31, 2014. the KAFTC stated that the tenders will close on
July 24, 2014 and electronic bidding will be held on July 25, 2014.

India Main Rice Crop Planting Reaches 8.6 Million Hectares as of July 11, 2014;
Down 22% from Last Year
Jul 11, 2014
Planting for kharif rice crop, or main rice crop (June December; harvesting begins in October) in India has
reached around 8.6 Million hectares of rice area as of July 11, 2014, down about 22% from around 11 million
hectares planted during the same time last year, according a statement released by the Indian Agriculture
Ministry.


Local sources say the kharif planting, which starts with the onset of southwest monsoon in June, has been slow
due to delayed monsoon. The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted a 70% of below-normal
monsoon (June - September) due to an imminent El Nino between August and September 2014. The World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) has predicted a 60% probability of El Nino strengthening between June
and August and a 75-80% probability between October-December 2014. Proactively, the Indian government
approved for releasing additional 5 million tons of rice at Below Poverty Line (BPL)/Above Poverty Line
(APL) prices to ensure adequate supplies and contain inflation. The Agriculture Ministry has advised state
governments to be ready with contingency plans to minimize the effect of El Nino-triggered low monsoons. It
has also suggested some relief measures such as subsidies on seeds for re-sowing and on diesel for irrigation to
rice farmers.

Oryza Overnight Recap - Chicago Rough Rice Futures Lower in Early
Trading as Bearish Grains Continue to Exert Downward Pressure
Jul 11, 2014
Chicago rough rice futures for Sep delivery are currently seen 5 cents per cwt (about $1 per ton) lower at
$13.405 per cwt (about $296 per ton) during the trading break in Chicago. The other grains are seen lower as
well this morning in early floor trading in Chicago: soybeans are currently seen about 0.3% lower, wheat is
listed about 1.3% lower and corn is noted about 0.4% lower.
U.S. stocks fluctuated on Friday, with equities on track for weekly losses, as investors weighed quarterly results
from Wells Fargo and readied for of a slew earnings next week. Wavering on either side of neutral, the Dow
Jones Industrial Average was lately down 31.37 points, or 0.2 percent, at 16,883.70. The S&P 500 fell 4.06
points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,960.62, with energy the worst performing of its 10 major industry groups. The
Nasdaq rose almost 2 points to 4,397.85. For every three stocks rising, four declined on the New York Stock
Exchange, where 83 million shares traded as of 10 a.m. Eastern. Composite volume neared 356 million. Gold is
currently trading about 0.2% lower, crude oil is seen trading about 1% lower, and the U.S. dollar is currently
trading about 0.1% higher at 8:45am Chicago time.
Thailand Stock Inspectors Suspect Good Quality Rice Replaced with Poor Quality
Rice
Jul 11, 2014
The rice stock inspection teams have found more poor quality rice at a warehouse, according to local sources.

The Inspector leading the inspecting team stated that rice in some sacks had turned yellow or black indicating a
poorer quality. She noted that the rice being referred was stored in the warehouse for only eighteen months and


it very short period for being damaged. So, she expressed doubt if good quality rice pledged under the rice
pledging scheme has been replaced with poor quality rice and creating doubts if the good rice is sold out
replacing it with spoilt rice.
The Inspector also noted that the inspecting team has found some irregularities in the quantity of stock stored in the
warehouse, adding that they found holes in a number of sacks creating doubts if some rice has been displaced or
replaced. The teams are expected to complete inspection of all the warehouses across the country by the end of this
month.

Vietnam Rice Sellers Increase Some of Their Quotes Today; Other Asia Rice Quotes
Unchanged
Jul 11, 2014
Vietnam rice sellers increased their quotes for 5% broken rice and 25% broken rice by about $5 per ton each to
around $420 - $430 per ton and $370 - $380 per ton respectively today. Other Asia rice sellers kept their quotes
mostly unchanged.

5% Broken Rice

Thailand 5% rice (of new crop) is quoted at around $410 - $420 per ton, about $10 per ton discount to Vietnam
5% rice (of new crop) quoted at around $420 - $430 per ton, up about $5 per ton from yesterday. India 5% rice
is quoted at around $430 - $440 per ton, about $5 per ton discount to Pakistan 5% rice quoted at around $435 -
$445 per ton.

25% Broken Rice

Thailand 25% rice (of the old crop) was last quoted at around $350 - $360 per ton, about $20 per ton discount to
Vietnam 25% rice (of new crop) quoted at around $370 - $380 per ton, up about $5 per ton from yesterday.
India 25% rice is quoted at around $390 - $400 per ton, about $10 per ton premium on Pakistan 25% quoted at
around $380 - $390 per ton.

Parboiled Rice Thailand parboiled rice (of the old crop) is quoted at around $430 - $440 per ton. India
parboiled rice is quoted at around $415 - $4205 per ton, about $20 per ton discount to Pakistan parboiled rice
quoted at around $435 - $445 per ton. 100% Broken Rice Thailand broken rice, A1 Super, (of the old crop)
was last quoted at around $310 - $320 per ton, about $20 per ton discount to Vietnam broken rice (of new crop)
quoted at around $330 - $340 per ton. India broken sortexed rice is quoted at around $315 - $325 per ton, about
$10 per ton discount to Pakistan broken sortexed rice quoted at around $325 - $335 per ton. -


Zimbabwe Signs MoU with China to Boost Hybrid Rice Production and Strengthen
Food Security Position
Jul 11, 2014
Zimbabwe's Ministry of Agriculture and a local private consultation firm have signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with China's National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center (NHRRDC) to
start a pilot hybrid rice production project in the Southern African nation, according to local sources.The project
will help to boost overall rice production in Zimbabwe by using varieties that are suitable to local conditions.
The NHRRDC Chairman is understood to have promised to inject sufficient capital into the project and help
increase rice productivity in the country.
Sources at the Ministry of Agriculture told local sources that a team of technical experts from China would
visit Zimbabwe in the third week of July to make a blueprint for the implementation of the pilot rice project. As
per the MoU, NHRRDC will provide rice hybrid varieties for on-farm trials in Zimbabwe. The local private
consultation firm will provide land, labor, logistical support and also seek government support to ensure smooth
running of the project.Local sources say all the parties in the MOU are committed to strengthen the country's
long term food security position. According to the Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister, only 2% of
rice needed for consumption is grown locally and the remaining is imported mostly from Asia.

What is This Hype About Golden Rice? - Oryza Invites Readers to Share their Views
Jul 11, 2014
Golden rice - Scientists and media companies claim it as bio fortified rice helpful to treat Vitamin A Deficiency
(VAD) and blindness in children, especially in underdeveloped countries. Since rice does not originally contain
an element called beta-carotene, which is useful in treating VAD and blindness, scientists have tried to induce
this element into rice plants using genetically modified organisms (GMOs). They say golden rice can be
available at same cost of normal rice to people, but comes with numerous health benefits. The Philippines-based
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has been conducting numerous field trials to prove the efficacy of
golden rice.

But so far it could not succeed in commercializing the product.Golden rice commercialization is possible only
after the government of the Philippines gives a regulatory green signal. But, the government has so far not
approved its commercialization, probably some environmentalists have been opposing its commercialization
saying the benefits cited about golden rice are all a hype and since golden rice is created from GMOS, they say
environmentally, growing such types of rice plants is not a viable option. Moreover they say, naturally available
foods such as beetroot and fresh tuber (orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, OSFPs) are highly enriched with beta-
carotene. In fact, the governments of some southern African countries have been promoting OSFPs to fight
VAD an blindness.


Then what is the inherent reason behind so much hype about golden rice? An India-based global Rice Genetics
& Breeding Expert Dr.Ram C.Choudhary says it is merely a strategy by Multinational Companies as well as
local private sector companies to mint money. He says it is possible that some companies may color normal rice
with turmeric (which is yellow in color) and sell it as golden rice. He says a normal person should eat at least
700 grams or more of this GMO created food to get the needed beta-carotene, but on the other hand, only 100
grams of naturally and abundantly available fresh tuber/OFSPs provide the requisite beta-carotene. Dr.Ram
C.Choudhary prompts us to think over the pros and cons of golden rice. Okay, let us consider golden rice as a
substitute to fresh tuber/OFSPs, but the most pertinent question is will it be accessible to the real needy people
after is commercialized? Then what will these scientists and media have to say?

Domestic Rice Prices in Asia Show Mixed Trends in June 2014, Says FAO
Jul 11, 2014

Domestic rice prices in Asia have shown mixed trends in June 2014, according to the UN's Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO). While domestic prices in China, India, Bangladesh and Vietnam declined
sharply, prices increased in Myanmar, Indonesia and the Philippines. Prices in Cambodia were relatively stable,
says the FAO.

Retail prices of Japonica rice in China declined slightly due to adequate supplies from the ongoing 2014
harvests and high imports. Wholesale prices of rice in India declined due to record 2014 secondary season
harvest. Wholesale prices of rice declined in Bangladesh with the onset of the minor 2014 Aus harvest.
However, price declines were offset by the government's ongoing procurement program, under which the
government aims to procure around 1.1 million tons of Boro rice. In Vietnam, wholesale rice prices declined
slightly due to the beginning of the 2014 summer-autumn harvest, and increased demand from China curtailed
further declines.
Thai domestic rice prices, which declined since March 2013-14 due to secondary season harvest and extensive
government sales of rice stocks, rebounded with the suspension of rice sales from public stocks. Wholesale
prices of rice in Myanmar increased significantly due to increased import demand from China. Average prices
of both regular and milled rice varieties in the Philippines have been increasing due to reduced imports in the
last year. The National Food Authority (NFA) has so far imported around 1 million tons of rice from Vietnam to
ensure supplies and curb price hikes. Prices in Sri Lanka also increased slightly due to reduced output from
main Maha season and unfavorable prospects for the secondary Yala crop.
Prices in Cambodia remained relatively stable in June due to increased import demand from China, which offset
the downward pressure from ample supplies from the 2013-14 secondary season harvest, completed in mid-
June.Rice export prices in Thailand, Vietnam, India, Pakistan and Uruguay increased in June 2014, according to
the FAO. Thai rice export prices took an uptrend after the military government suspended rice sales to conduct
inspections of stocks in government warehouses.With the imminent El Nino in August - September, the FAO


says the possible impact of an El Nio event on international rice prices would depend on its impact on
production and supplies in Asia, which accounts for nearly 90% of the worlds rice output. However, plentiful
rice stocks at global level in the main exporting countries, Thailand, Viet Nam and India, would compensate for
any negative impact on 2014 production and on rice prices, according to the FAO.

Italy Rice Farmers Intensify Protests Against Duty-Free Imports from EBA
Countries
Jul 11, 2014
Italy rice farmers associations are intensifying protests against zero import duty imports from Less Developed
Countries (LDCs) such as Cambodia under the Everything But Arms (EBA) agreement.The farmers groups in
various rice growing provinces are submitting a document highlighting the problems being faced by Italy's rice
sector, including competition from duty-free imports from EBA countries, inadequate payment to rice farmers
under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and falling prices of local rice varieties, to local authorities . The
document will also highlight a list of their demands such as a new bill for domestic rice market; creation and
development of a national grain exchange in Italy; and increase promotional activities as well as controls by
Ente Nazionale Risi, the National agency for rice.

They have also confirmed that they will start blocking of local grain exchanges, as proposed by the group of
Italian cooperatives Agrinsieme, rice millers and rice brokers, from Monday, 14 July, 2014.Today, Coldiretti,
the biggest Italian farmers' union, has decided to demonstrate its dissent against duty-free imports from EBA
countries by taking up rallies in important towns like Turin, Milan and Venice.

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