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Today Rice News Headlines...
Pakistan holds opportunity to gain access to halal food market in

China
Rice farmer fundraising to supply farm machinery to Lao producers
Expansion of coco production pushed
Scientists go against the grain to make Dubai an unlikely quinoa
hotspot
Bolivian women bank on sweet success of quinoa bars
Former Snapdeal executive Anand Chandrasekaran to invest in six
startups
Vietnam's H1 rice exports drop 9.8 pct y/y to 2.7 mln T
Vietnam to export 5, 7 million tons of rice in 2016
Monsoon to end late, benefit farmers
Water management in rice output key to tackle climate change'
Good price expected when 1.11million tonnes of rice goes to auction
Paddy farmers watching rain; sowing expected to pick up in coming
days
FG Urged To Inaugurate Committee On Rice Importation
APEDA AgriExchange Newsletter - Volume 1503
06/27/2016 Farm Bureau Market Report
FG urged to inaugurate committee on rice importation
ADB, IRRI to promote food security through agricultural technologies
Nigeria: NCS Decries High Rate of Rice Smuggling
Louisiana farmers lent hand in war effort
Origins of Farmed Rice Discovered in China
Millers oppose misuse of basmati tag in Rajasthan
Trade Policy Featured at Louisiana Farm Bureau Rice Meeting
Vegetarian recipe: Forbidden rice with beluga lentils and mushrooms
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Pakistan holds opportunity to gain access to
halal food market in China
Zahid Mehmood
PSO,NIFA Peshawar
Falak Naz Shah
Head Food Science & Technology

ART, Peshawar
June 26, 2016 BY Agencies

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Pakistan, the second largest exporter of rice to China, has every opportunity to grab a sizable
share of the halal food market as well as meet the demand for fruits, primarily mangoes, through
better competitiveness in terms of quality and price, said Ministry of Agriculture Director for
Asia and African Affairs Ye Anping .
Talking to a group of journalists from South Asia, who were on a visit to China, he said Pakistan
and China should enter into livestock and agriculture quarantine agreements to clear the way for
export of meat and agricultural products to Beijing.
In reply to a question, he said the balance of trade in agricultural products was in favour of
Pakistan as in 2015 China imported agri-products, of which rice constituted 85%, worth $430
million from Pakistan and exported fruits and vegetables valuing $320 million.
China does not want to reduce its trade deficit because it wants to expand agricultural trade to
meet its domestic demand, he said, reiterating that tremendous scope existed for Pakistan and
other South Asian nations to capitalise on the opportunity.
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Ye emphasised that countries keen to enhance exports of agricultural products to China needed
to understand the demand from Chinese markets and also ought to be extremely competitive.
He also invited the countries interested in gaining access to the halal market of China to attend
the China-Arab States Expo that was held in Ningxia Hui autonomous region every two years in
September.
He acknowledged that the cost of Chinese agricultural products was comparatively high and
Beijing, because of the constant shrinking of its cultivable land, had turned into the largest
importer of agricultural goods in the world since 2012.
Rice farmer fundraising to supply farm machinery to Lao

producers
Vic Country Hour
By Emma Brown
Posted Mon at 11:39am

Imagine spending hours doing backbreaking labour in a rice paddy to plant what sometimes
might only be a subsistence crop.
Media player: "Space" to play, "M" to mute, "left" and "right" to seek.
Audio: Dr Leigh Vial on fundraising for Laos rice farmers (ABC Rural)
That is the reality for many farmers in

Laos who are now facing unreliable
monsoon rains and a shrinking labour
force. The growing manufacturing
industry is drawing young workers away
from agriculture there, a country still
mainly reliant on manual labour.But one
rice grower in southern New South
Wales wants to change this and has
teamed up with the Crawford Fund to
buy
basic
seeders
for
foreign
farmers.After spending seven years
studying Laos and other Asian farming
systems, Nuffield scholar Leigh Vial said
he was urging farmers to donate funds for the project.
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"To plant a typical hectare of transplanted rice takes 30 people days, so 30 people one day or one
person 30 days," he said."That's a system that's worked very well for thousands of years."Now
you have a situation where the labour, particularly young labour is just not there anymore, so
there's this profound need for change."We want to lift the standard of the seeding machinery just
that little bit."That then leads to an instant improvement in what the farmers can achieve [and]
other farmers will see what's being achieved and doing their own experiments."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-27/vch-rice-fundraising/7546484
Expansion of coco production pushed

Monday, June 27, 2016
INCOMING Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piol said on Monday, June 27, he will push for
the expansion of coconut production in at least 600,000 hectares (has.) over the next six years.
"I realized how much we have lost and squandered opportunities which our farmers could have
benefitted from," he said in Monday's International Coconut Conference at SM City Annex.
We used to be the number one in coconut production but where are we now? he said.
He added that coconut farming must be coupled with other farming activities like intercropping
with cacao and/or coffee.
The target of 600,000 has. of replanted and newly planted coconut areas was under his
recommendation program called Coconut Productivity and Rehabilitation Agenda (Copra).
"Copra will be supported under the plant now, pay later scheme," he said.
When asked about where will this be planted, Pinol said it will be from Southern Luzon, Visayas
and Mindanao, where coconut is grown.
Coconut exports generated $760 million in net earnings annually and 80 percent of total coconut
production is exported in the form of copra, coconut oil and desiccated coconut.
Still most of the coconut farmers live below the poverty line, he said.
Piol also pointed out that the Philippines is the only country that exhausts the most advanced
study institution of rice through the International Rice Research Institute and one of the two
countries where abaca, a highly valued fiber, grows endemically.
Piol deeply stressed out that if the Philippines continue to squander these resources, we might
be losing more export opportunities to other countries.
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After seeing the vast lands and the large rivers of the country, I still couldnt understand until
today as I sit here why we could not be rice sufficient. We could be rice sufficient but you know
what our problem is? Our problem is, low farm productivity, Piol said.
Low farm productivity is caused by the inability of farmers to invest in their respective farms and
equipment due to low income and lack of investments.
One of the DAs main agenda is to empower the farmers and maximize the countrys agricultural
resources to its full potential. (Viel Elysse Cansino/UPMin Intern)
Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on June 28, 2016.
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http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/business/2016/06/28/expansion-coco-production-pushed482006
Scientists go against the grain to make Dubai an unlikely

quinoa hotspot
With groundwater stores drying up in the Middle East and staple crops under pressure, quinoa is
the focus of a bold experiment to improve food security
A quinoa twig with seeds: can it be grown in the Middle East? Photograph: Alamy
Monday 27 June 2016 07.00 BST

Ringed by inhospitable desert and assailed by
fierce temperatures for much of the year,
Dubai isnt the most natural of settings for
bold farming experiments. What little grows
here is largely cultivated in air-conditioned
greenhouses. So depleted is the local aquifer
that its forecast to run completely dry within
the next half-century.But if the scientists and
agronomists at the International Center for
Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) get it right, the
Gulfs glitzy commercial hub may soon be
responsible for one of the most significant regional food innovations in recent memory.
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As the Middle Easts
groundwater
stores
have ebbed, and the
mercury has soared,
staple crops such as
wheat, barley and rice
have suffered in the
increasingly
hostile
conditions. Desperate to
maintain
agricultural
yields at a time when
populations are also
booming, some experts
have come to wonder:
might
quinoa,
the
hardy, much-vaunted
super food of the Andes, offer a solution?
It can deal with high salinity, very little water and is seen as a climate change-resistant crop,
said ICBAs Kameswara Nanduri Rao at his organisations neatly landscaped centre, which sits
amid the semi-arid scrubland on Dubais outskirts. Because of all these problems, people are
looking at it as the crop of the future.
Quinoa and the mostly low-lying terrain of the UAE make strange bedfellows. But several years
of encouraging test trials many conducted on two Emirati farms abandoned due to high
groundwater salinity have softened scepticism and boosted hopes that quinoa can be
successfully adapted to local soils.
Bolivian women bank on sweet success of quinoa bars

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Early results suggest that certain quinoa varieties can yield up to four to five tonnes a hectare, as
opposed to the usual two to three tonnes a hectare produced by most regional wheat farmers.
At a time of mounting obesity in parts of the region, the grains higher protein content is seen as
a healthy boon. And with 500 litres of water needed to produce 1kg of quinoa, its much less of a
drain on scarce aquifer stocks than rice, which requires about 2,500 litres a kilo, or maize, which
needs 1,200 litres. Here you see the biggest comparative advantage, said Abdullah al-Dakheel,
who is also working on quinoa at ICBA.
But some are questioning the wisdom of introducing quinoa into the region instead of increasing
wheat yields and improving agricultural practices.
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The UNs Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), which is working to introduce quinoa
across the Middle East and north Africa, has been accused of pushing new crops without regard
for local preferences or customs.
There is also concern for the livelihoods of people living in the Andes, whose staple crop has
experienced dramatic price fluctuations as its international popularity has grown.
It stands to reason that if you introduce production of a particular grain or food into a country
where formerly it was not grown it will mean market competition for the traditional growers of
that crop and a subsequent drop in the prices they receive, said Lynne Chatterton, author of
Sustainable Dryland Farming.
Peruvian and Bolivian farmers are feeling the effects of the falling market price.
ICBA and FAO representatives acknowledge that plenty remains to be done before quinoa can
be promoted in the Middle East. In the UAE, Rao and Dakheel say theyre still working on
maintaining quinoas nutritional content, which has fallen when grown in highly saline soils.
For the most part, however, they remain bullish about quinoas prospects at a time when other
crops arent keeping pace with environmental changes and climatologists are forecasting that
parts of the Middle East will be uninhabitable by 2050.
We have plenty of land thats not being used optimally for agriculture and, given the market
price and the increasing demand, we think this can succeed, said Marie-Louise Hayek, a project
coordinator at FAO Lebanon.
Thirty crops provide 99% of the worlds food needs. Just rice, wheat, maize and potatoes
provide over 60%. We need to diversify our food supply in this region and elsewhere. We need
to make ourselves less vulnerable if something happened, said Hayek.
Beyond laboratories, quinoa is little known in the Middle East; fewer still know how to grow it.
But if it works for the farmers, then Im sure it will work for us, says Mariam Saadek, as she
bought a weeks worth of vegetables at a market in central Cairo. Were open to change.
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/jun/27/dubai-unlikely-quinoa-hotspotscientists-go-against-grain-food-security
Former Snapdeal executive Anand Chandrasekaran to

invest in six startups
Taslima Khan | ET Bureau | Jun 27, 2016, 10.34 AM IST
Anand Chandrasekaran, who quit as the chief product officer at Snapdeal a month ago, has announced
investments... Read More
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NEW
DELHI:
Anand
Chandrasekaran, who quit as the
chief product officer at Snapdeal a
month
ago,
has
announced
investments in six startups Truce,
MagicX, Lucideus, LoanCircle,
Lernr and Rupeek and plans to
invest in three to five more
companies
this
year.
Chandrasekaran has become an
active angel investor in Indian
startups over the past 12 to 15
months and typically invests about
$25,000 (Rs 17 lakh) in each entity.
He declined to say how much he
invested in these six startups.
The investor, who has met about 200 companies since leaving Snapdeal , has built a portfolio of over 15
startups, including gaming network Gamezop and online marketplace RentOnGo.
Chandrasekaran, a co-founder of mobile applications software company Aeroprise (acquired by BMC

Software), moved to India in 2014 and played a key role at Airtel, building products such as My Airtel,
Airtel Money and Wynk Music. Later, at Snapdeal, he ran technology initiatives and worked on products
such as Freecharge , Shopo, Exclusively, supply chain efforts and post-product customer experience.
He turned angel investor after spotting a trend of growth in startups being primarily driven by a couple of
100 million people on Android smartphones and about 30 million of them with active mobile data
connections. For each of these startups, products and technologies started becoming core differentiators to
their businesses. "I started getting a lot of folks writing in to me. It all started very informally,
serendipitously," said Chandrasekaran.
So far, he has kept away from angel networks mainly to keep his investment decisions independent. "I got
into angel investing to learn about new exciting areas where startups are setting up companies. If I purely
follow what other people are doing, I would rob myself of opportunities," he said
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Former-Snapdeal-executive-Anand-Chandrasekaranto-invest-in-six-startups/articleshow/52933840.cms
Vietnam's H1 rice exports drop 9.8 pct y/y to 2.7 mln T

Mon Jun 27, 2016 3:37am GMT
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HANOI, June 27 (Reuters) - Vietnam, the world's third-largest rice exporter after India and
Thailand, will export an estimated 2.69 million tonnes of the grain in the first half of 2016, down
9.8 percent from a year ago, the Agriculture Ministry said on Monday.
Revenue from the January-June rice shipments, headed mostly for China, Indonesia, Ghana and
the Philippines, is estimated at $1.21 billion, down 5.9 percent from the same time last year, the
ministry said in its monthly report. (Reporting by Ho Binh Minh; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
http://af.reuters.com/article/ghanaNews/idAFL4N19G4QR
Vietnam to export 5, 7 million tons of rice in 2016

According to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA), Vietnam is expected to
export 5, 7 million tons of rice this year.
Rice export volume in June is expected to reach
450, 000 tons which will raise total number of rice
export up to 2, 732 million tons and total turnover
of VND 1, 2 billion in the first six months of the
year
The purchase price as well as rice export price will
strong growth if Vietnam receives many export
contracts.
(Photo:SGGP)
VFA predicted rice demand from Chinese, Philippines and Indonesian markets
being stable growth.
Accordingly, total number of Vietnam rice in summer- autumn and autumn- winter
crops only reaches 3, 9 million tons in six last month of this year.
By Van Phuc- Translated by Huyen Huong
http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Business/2016/6/119406/
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Monsoon to end late, benefit farmers
NEW DELHI | By Sankalp Phartiyal and Mayank Bhardwaj
Labourers plant saplings in a paddy field on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar in this
July 19, 2014 file photo.
Reuters/Stringer
Monsoon rains are likely to end in India later than usual this year, with plentiful showers towards
the latter stages of the season helping farmers recover from two straight droughts, the chief of the
country's weather office told Reuters on Friday.
Monsoon rains are the lifeblood of India's agriculture-dependent economy and a week's delay in
their onset this year has caused the planting of summer-sown crops such as cotton, rice, soybean
and sugar cane to drop by nearly 24 percent.
The monsoon has remained 15 percent lower than average in June, but the deficit is expected to
narrow in the days to come, Laxman Singh Rathore of the Indian Meteorological Department
said in an interview.
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The weather office forecasts monsoon rains to be above average this year after the droughts
ravaged crops and worsened rural distress.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on Friday singled out good rains as one of the factors helping
India when Britain's vote to leave the European Union is roiling world markets.
Monsoon rains typically arrive at the southern coast of Kerala state by June 1 and start retreating
by September from the western state of Rajasthan. But a late start is no guarantee of a delayed
end.
"There is a strong possibility that the terminal phase will be wetter and the withdrawal will be
later than normal," Rathore said.
Farmers will need to adjust their sowing period to reap a good crop, Rathore added.
An extended monsoon leaves the soil moist for the sowing of winter crops such as rapeseed,
wheat and lentils.
(Reporting by Sankalp Phartiyal and Mayank Bhardwaj; Editing by Malini Menon and Keith
Weir)
http://in.reuters.com/article/india-monsoon-rains-retreat-idINKCN0ZD1BL
Water management in rice output key to tackle climate

change'
Jun 27, 2016, 11.32 AM IST
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) At a time when climate change is set to impact rice production in Asia,
simple water management by farmers as an adaptation strategy will minimise the damage, an expert said.
"Climate change will impact rice production in large parts of Asia, including India. Water management
will be a key feature of decisions aimed at adapting to the impacts of climate change," Dennis Wichelns,
Senior Research Fellow of Thailand-based Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), said during the
Knowledge Forum on Climate Resilient Development in Himalayan and Downstream Regions held in
New Delhi recently.
The event was organised jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Kathmandu-based
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Delhi-based IEG.
According to Wichelns, improvement in water management will help in areas where higher temperatures
are likely and where shift in rainfall pattern is expected.
In certain areas, crop yields will increase in some seasons, perhaps in response to higher rainfall during
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the production cycle or with a reduction in summer days in the northern regions. In other areas, yields
might be reduced due to higher night temperatures, untimely drought conditions, or submergence caused
by massive natural events.
According to Wichelns, improvement in water management will also help in reducing methane emissions
and arsenic uptake in the rice fields.
"Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. It is estimated that up to 20 per cent of the anthropogenic releases of
methane to the atmosphere are generated in agriculture, largely by livestock and in rice production," he
said.
"The anaerobic conditions in which paddy rice is produced is largely responsible for the methane
generation and release. Methanogenic organisms, which thrive in anaerobic conditions, break down
carbonaceous materials and form methane," he added.
Efforts to reduce methane generation and release in rice production can substantially reduce greenhouse
gas emission from agriculture, thus contributing to climate change mitigation," Wichelns said.
He said rice production generates substantial amount of methane annually, thus adding notably to the
amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere each year.
Switching from flooded paddy production to aerobic rice production or to alternative crops that are
produced in aerobic conditions can substantially reduce regional methane emissions, Wichelns added.
Nitrous oxide emissions can increase when switching from anaerobic to aerobic production, yet the
change in production methods will reduce global warming potential.
"Adopting some form of aerobic rice production will also reduce the release of arsenic from soils to
groundwater, and the subsequent uptake of arsenic by rice plants." Wichelns said.
Arsenic accumulation in rice grain declines sharply when farmers switch from anaerobic to aerobic
production methods. Millions of residents of South and Southeast Asia already are exposed to harmful
concentrations of arsenic in drinking water. In those areas, and elsewhere, successful efforts to reduce
arsenic uptake in rice will be helpful in reducing total exposure, to the benefit of many adults and children
who currently consume harmful amounts of arsenic each day, he said.
De-watering is the practice of removing water from the rice paddies, at least once during the season.
Normally, paddies are kept flooded for the entire season, from planting to about two weeks ahead of
harvest. Substantial methane is generated and released during that time.
"If farmers remove the water for seven to 10 days mid-season, they can substantially reduce methane
generation and release. The paddies are re-watered after the de-watering, but the methanogenic organisms
will have been greatly reduced during those seven to 10 days," Wichelns stressed.
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The practice allows oxygen to reach the root zone. The oxygen is unfavourable to the methanogenic
organisms, yet favourable to rice roots and thus rice productivity. Therefore, the de-watering also
contributes to producing more resilient rice plants with stronger root systems, he added.
Much of the rice production in South and Southeast Asia is found in the deltas formed by major rivers,
such as the Mekong, Irrawaddy, and Ganges-Brahmaputra. Rice is well-adapted to these deltaic regions,
many of which are characterised by monsoonal climates.
"Given the important role of rice production in rural economies across much of Asia, adaptation strategies
are needed urgently to ensure that smallholder farmers can continue producing rice for domestic and
international markets, while generating sufficient income and ensuring that household and national food
security goals are achieved." he said.
Imran Khan can be contacted at imran.k@ians.in)
Good price expected when 1.11million tonnes of rice goes to

auction
The Nation June 27, 2016 5:47 pm
The Rice Policy Management Committee Monday agreed to sell 1.11 million tonnes of rice to 29
traders, which should earn the country Bt11.54 billion.Duangporn Rodphaya, director-general of
the Foreign Trade Department, said that with demand for rice rising in the market, the
government could gain a good price from the latest auction.The traders were among the 64 that
joined the year's fourth round of bidding for 2.23 million tonnes of rice.The government has
managed to dispose of 6.59 million tonnes of its rice worth Bt69 billion via tender in the past two
years, leaving 9.5 million tonnes in its inventory. It will try to unload as much of this rice as
possible this year
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Good-price-expected-when-1-11-tonnesof-rice-goes--30289223.html
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Paddy farmers watching rain; sowing expected to pick up
in coming days
Amiti Sen
Farmers in Punjab, Odisha, Haryana, Bengal, Chhattisgarh, await upturn in monsoon

New Delhi, June 27:
Sowing of paddy in the country so far is significantly lower compared to the average sowing in
the previous five years.
Farmers, not just in States that have received low rainfall, such as Odisha, Haryana, Assam,
Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, but also in Punjab, which received good pre-monsoon rains last
week, have adopted a wait-and-watch approach.
On the bright side, rice sowing is likely to gather pace in the last week of June and early July, as
conditions are becoming favourable for a further advance of the South-West monsoon after
June 24, according to the Indian Meteorological Department.
Farm advisory
Some more parts of the north Arabian Sea and Gujarat, the remaining parts of west Madhya
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and most parts of Haryana, Chandigarh,
Delhi, Punjab and east Rajasthan are likely to get covered by the monsoon this week.
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Advisories are now being sent to farmers to undertake transplanting of rice seedlings and
continue nursery sowing of rice in almost all major rice growing States, including Punjab,
Haryana, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, an Agriculture
Ministry official told BusinessLine.
Farmers in coastal Karnataka and Kerala as well as Assam, which may get a short-spell of heavy
rains, have been advised to provide for proper drainage in rice fields and drain out excess water
from rice nursery/transplanted rice field and orchards to avoid water stagnation.
The timing of sowing is very important as not just early sowing but late sowing could also spoil
a crop as a deluge at the wrong time could harm the seed, pointed out agriculture expert VN
Saroja.
Lower acreage
Till June 24, lower area coverage under rice, compared to normal of corresponding week
(average of 2011-12 to 2015-16), was reported from Punjab (8.08 lakh hectares shortfall), Odisha
(2.09 lakh hectare shortfall), Chhattisgarh (1.59 lakh hectare shortfall), Haryana (1.26 lakh
hectare shortfall), Assam (0.9 lakh hectare shortfall), Kerala (0.26 lakh hectare shortfall),
Uttarakhand (0.12 lakh hectare shortfall), Bihar (0.10 lakh hectare shortfall), Telangana (0.09
lakh hectare shortfall), Andhra Pradesh (0.08 lakh hectare shortfall), West Bengal (0.06 lakh
hectare shortfall), Tripura (0.06 lakh hectare shortfall), Rajasthan (0.05 lakh hectare shortfall),
Sikkim (0.02 lakh hectare shortfall) and Mizoram (0.01 lakh hectare shortfall).
Plentiful rain is vital for a good rice crop as cereal the staple food for people in Eastern and
Southern India is very heavily monsoon-dependent in the country.
India is the second largest producer of the crop (annual production of about 105 million tonnes),
which is mostly grown in the kharif season, and accounts for over a fourth of total world
production.
(This article was published on June 27, 2016)
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/paddy-farmers-watching-rain-sowingexpected-to-pick-up-in-coming-days/article8780118.ece
Mekong Delta drought losses total $215m

The Mekong Delta suffered losses worth more than VN4.7 trillion (US$215 million) due to the severe
and prolonged drought and saltwater intrusion last dry season, the Southwest Region Steering Committee
has reported.
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Drought in Tan Thanh Commune, Go Cong Dong District, Tien Giang Province of.
More than 221,000ha of rice, 6,500ha of vegetables, and 26,500ha of fruits and industrial trees were
affected, the committee said on Tuesday.
Paddy grown on 128,205ha was completely destroyed.
The drought and saltwater intrusion also caused a freshwater shortage for 225,000 households in coastal
provinces like Ben Tre, Soc Trang, and Kien Giang.
Rains have now begun in the delta and farmers are growing new vegetable crops and the autumn-winter
rice crop and farming shrimp.
Harvest
It is now the peak harvest season for the summer-autumn rice, but with unusually heavy rains and winds
battering paddies and affecting the quality of the grain, farmers have difficulty selling.
Le Van Xuan, who has just 1.5ha in Hau Giang Province's Vi Thuy District, said just before his crop
ripened a trader had deposited money to buy on the field at VN4,700 a kilogramme.
But by harvest time, after the rains had flattened his field, the price of the grain was cut to VN4,000
because of poor quality, he said.
In Hau Giang, Kien Giang, Vinh Long and An Giang provinces, heavy rains and strong wings have
flattened thousands of hectares of paddies.
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Farmers whose fields were affected are likely to earn only around VN10 million ($455) a hectare, down
by nearly half compared to those whose fields were not affected, according to local agriculture
departments.
Farmers have to harvest flattened fields by hand since harvesters cannot be used on them.
Traders are not keen to buy from such fields.
Nguyen Thi Kieu, Deputy Director of the Can Tho city Department of Agriculture and Rural
Development, said harvest of the summer-autumn rice was expected to be finished in early July.
If their fields are flooded, farmers should pump the water out gradually to avoid flattening the crops, she
said.
Farmers should acquire the practice of drying their paddy instead of selling it fresh to traders, and should
not depend too much on traders, she added.
Autumn-winter rice
Farmers are set to grow only 860,000ha of rice in the autumn-winter crop, down from the original plan of
sowing 900,300ha, according to the Plant Cultivation Department.
This is due to the decline in rice prices and unfavourable export conditions, according to the department.
Nguyen Dinh Bich, an expert, was quoted as saying in Saigon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon) newspaper
that global rice prices are unlikely to harden this year because Thailand plans to liquidate its stocks.
But if the autumn-winter rice area is reduced, authorities should help farmers grow other crops to sustain
farmers livelihoods, he said.
Cultivation of the autumn-winter rice has begun.
Dinh Van Sang, Deputy Chairman of Phuong Thinh Commune in Dong Thap Province's Cao Lanh
District, said farmers in the commune planted more than 4,000ha.
Some of the lands are outside the protection of dykes despite warnings by local authorities.
Nguyen Van Lam, Deputy Chairman of The Mon Commune in Can Tho City, Thoi Lai District, said:
The profit from summer-autumn rice was not high, but the communes farmers have sown more than
1,600ha of autumn-winter rice.
"The farmers cannot leave their land untilled after harvesting the summer-autumn rice," he said.
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Besides, farming cash crops or aquatic species depends on the conditions in an area and not all areas are
suitable for them, according to Lam.
Demand for cash crops and aquaculture produce is not steady either.
Therefore, farmers continue to grow rice, he said.
VNS
FG Urged To Inaugurate Committee On Rice Importation

Posted: Jun 27, 2016 at 6:21 am /
A freight forwarder, Alhaji Tajudeen Adetayo, on Saturday, urged the Federal Government to
inaugurate a committee to brainstorm on the issue of rice importation.
Adetayo, chairman, Freight Forwarders Association, Badagry (FFAB), made the plea in an
interview with newsmen in Lagos.
He called for a reversal of the policy banning rice importation through the border posts.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in October 2015 lifted the ban on rice importation through
the borders but the service made a reversal of the policy in March 2016, due to heavy smuggling
of the commodity.
The freight forwarder suggested that government should allow duty payment on rice through the
border posts to generate more revenue.
He recalled that the Ogun Command of the Customs Service generated over N1 billion within
the short period the ban on rice through the border posts was lifted.
Adetayo said that some people would continue to smuggle as long as government restricted rice
importation through the border posts.Banning rice imports is not a good omen. When Nigeria
has sufficient foods, then importation of rice can be banned, he said.
Adetayo said that Customs could not man all the porous routes alone.
The freight forwarder said that activities at the border posts were also low due to the high
exchange rate and the ban on rice, which had given room for smuggling.
He, however, called on the Nigeria police to dismantle the 30 road blocks between Idiroko,
Ajielete and Ilase.
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Adetayo described the road blocks as major hindrance to trade, adding that a journey of one or
two hours, might take five hours on the road.
We do travel to Benin Republic and Togo with three to four check points to Togo.
On roads leading to the border posts, the police, Customs, everybody is at the check points.
Customs officers have the right to be at the road blocks but the police should not be there, he
said.
The freight forwarder commended the Divisional Police Officer, officers and men of the Idiroko
Divisional Police Office, adding that the officers were doing their best in terms of security.
Car snatching, stealing have become minimal at the border posts. Commercial motorcyclists no
longer move after 8.30p.m. due to restriction of their movements, Adetayo noted.
APEDA AgriExchange Newsletter - Volume 1503

International Benchmark Price
Price on: 23-06-2016
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Product
Benchmark Indicators Name
Price
Chinese first grade granules, CFR NW Europe (USD/t)
3500
Chinese Grade A dehydrated flakes, CFR NW Europe (USD/t)
4500
Chinese powdered, CFR NW Europe (USD/t)
3000
Chinese sliced, CIF NW Europe (USD/t)
2150
Chinese whole, CIF NW Europe (USD/t)
2300
Indian Cochin, CIF NW Europe (USD/t)
2850
Indian 100 mesh 3500 cps, FOB Kandla (USD/t)
3675
Indian 200 mesh 3500 cps basis, FOB Kandla (USD/t)
1075
2195
Garlic
Ginger
Guar Gum Powder
Source: oryza, agra-net
For more info
Market Watch
Commodity-wise, Market-wise Daily Price on 25-06-2016
Domestic Prices
Product
Unit Price : Rs per Qty
Market Center
Variety
Min Price
Max Price
Manjeri (Kerala)
Other
2800
3700
Dibrugarh (Assam)
Other
2000
2900
Sainthia (West Bengal)
Common
2180
2200
Manvi (Karnataka)
Other
1750
1750
Rice
Wheat
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Alappuzha (Kerala)
Other
1800
1900
Umared (Maharashtra)
Other
1600
2300
Batala (Punjab)
Other
1100
1300
Asandh (Haryana)
Other
2000
2800
Kangra (Himachal Pradesh)
Other
2400
2600
Palayam (Kerala)
Other
2700
3000
Sahaspur (Orissa)
Other
1000
1100
Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
Other
1500
2000
Banana
Carrot
Source:agmarknet.nic.in
For more info
Floriculture
Unit Price : US$ per package

Price on 21-06-2016
Product
Market Center
Origin
Variety
Low
High
Rose Flower
1
Package: bunched 10s

Boston
Ethiopia
Assorted Colors
12.50
12.50
Orchid Flower
1
Package: bunched 10s

Boston
Thailand
Dendrobium
18
18
Lilies Flower
1
Package: per bunch

Boston
California
Asiatic Type
13.50
13.50
Sunflower
1
Package: per stem

Boston
Mexico
Large Head
2.00
2.00
Source:USDA
International Benchmark Price

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Price on: 23-06-2016
Product
Benchmark Indicators Name
Price
Chinese first grade granules, CFR NW Europe (USD/t)
3500
Chinese Grade A dehydrated flakes, CFR NW Europe (USD/t)
4500
Chinese powdered, CFR NW Europe (USD/t)
3000
Chinese sliced, CIF NW Europe (USD/t)
2150
Chinese whole, CIF NW Europe (USD/t)
2300
Indian Cochin, CIF NW Europe (USD/t)
2850
3675
Indian 200 mesh 3500 cps basis, FOB Kandla (USD/t)
1075
2195
Garlic
Ginger
Guar Gum Powder
Source: oryza, agra-net
For more info
06/27/2016 Farm Bureau Market Report

Rice Comment
Rice futures closed higher but traded within Friday's range. Crop conditions remain generally favorable,
with 68% of the crop rated good to excellent for the second week in a row. July is testing support at
$10.75. A close below that level could signal a move toward support a dollar below that level. The market
needs to see better export movement to generate buying interest. Net sales for this week totaled 50,100
tons for the 15-16 marketing year cancellations resulted in -100 tons for 2016-2017 delivery
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FG urged to inaugurate committee on rice importation

in News Headlines 2 days ago
Lagos A freight forwarder, Alhaji Tajudeen Adetayo, on Saturday urged the Federal
Government to inaugurate a committee to brainstorm on the issue of rice importation. Adetayo,
Chairman, Freight Forwarders Association Badagry (FFAB), made the plea in an interview with
newsmen In Lagos. He called for a reversal of the policy banning rice importation through []
http://www.nigeriannation.news/nigeria/news-headlines/fg-urged-to-inaugurate-committee-on-riceimportation-2/
ADB, IRRI to promote food security through agricultural

technologies
By Eden Estopace | 2016-06-27
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement with the International Rice Research
Institute (IRRI) to promote food security in the Asia-Pacific through disseminating research on the role of
advanced agricultural technologies in providing affordable food for all.
The partners said the advocacy for 2016 will focus on expanding the use of climate-smart agriculture and
water-saving technologies to increase productivity and boost the resilience of rice cultivation systems, and
to minimize the carbon footprint of rice production.We look forward to further strengthening our
cooperation in this area to promote inclusive and sustainable growth, as well as to combat climate
change, said ADB President Takehiko Nakao in a statement.
ADB and IRRI have collaborated since 1975 on agricultural research to provide scientific solutions to a
wide array of challenges including low crop yields, vulnerability to extreme weather, pests, and disease,
postharvest losses, deteriorating land and water resources, and greenhouse gas emissions.IRRI DirectorGeneral Matthew Morell said the new partnership will add a new dimension to their long-standing
collaborative work.
IRRI looks forward to deepening our already strong partnership as we jointly develop and disseminate
useful agricultural technologies throughout Asia, he said.In December 2016, the ADB will mark 50
years of development partnership in the region. Last year, ADB assistance totaled $27.2 billion, including
cofinancing of $10.7 billion.IRRI, on the other hand, is an independent, nonprofit agricultural research
and educational organization established in 1960 through funding from the Ford and Rockefeller
foundations, with support from the Philippine government. It has offices in 15 countries.
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http://www.enterpriseinnovation.net/article/adb-irri-promote-food-security-through-agriculturaltechnologies-642561718
Nigeria: NCS Decries High Rate of Rice Smuggling

Photo: P.Tumwebaze
The Customs Area Controller, Ogun Area

Command, Comptroller Waindu Multafu, has
decried the unpatriotic attitude of smugglers who
persisted in making rice smuggling a matter of
"life and death".Multafu made the remark in an
interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) on Sunday in Lagos.He said that there
were so many creeks around the borders, adding
that the smugglers were using small canoes to take
the rice across rivers."Rice has become a staple
food. It is the most smuggled item because of the
financial benefits accruing to the smugglers.
"People smuggle rice to avoid payment of Customs duty," Multafu said.
"There is no place in our warehouse to put rice again. .Though, we are making efforts to dispose
the ones we have in the warehouse," he told NAN. Multafu said that the command was doing
what was right and expected of the officers and men of the command.
The controller said that the command generated over N3 billion in the first quarter of 2016,
adding that the amount exceeded what was collected in the corresponding period of 2015.
He noted that the command would block all revenue leakages.
Multafu, however, said that the economic meltdown had affected business activities at the border
posts as it affected the seaports.
According to him, because of the current exchange rate, it is not profitable to smuggle an item
like vehicle.
The controller, however, said that the smugglers still floated vehicles across rivers on wooden
planks.
Multafu warned that any attempt by smugglers to obstruct the activities of the service would be
met with resistance.
He said that the service would not be deterred and would continue to make seizures.
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"We make seizures everyday; their (smugglers) vehicles and their motorcycles," Multafu said.
According to him, a situation where officers are attacked, matchetted and had their nails removed
by smugglers will not be tolerated.
"Once in a while, if it happens that we are on the defensive, we have to use our guns. Idiroko is
the most notorious of border posts in West Africa.
"I cannot say how many of our officers were killed right from Seme up to Idiroko and Imeko.
"The lands are accessible to any would-be smuggler, The terrain is another obstacles to smooth
operation because everywhere is road," he told NAN.
Multafu said that there was no constrain in terms of crossing the border, adding that there were
three major entrances - Idiroko, Ohunbe and Imeko.
He said the commands also had out-stations like Ijoun, Ifoyintedo and Ijofin to curtail any
smuggling on foot, machines or through the waterways.
According to the controller, Ohunbe, Oke Odan and Ilase are some of the notorious places
located along the road to Ajilete.
The controller said that when he resumed at Ogun Command on January 2016, he called for a
stakeholders' meeting, thinking that both parties could not continue to be at war always.
"After some days, they (smugglers) over-ran two of my officers with motorcycle; one is in a
private place of healing and another in an hospital in Kano.
"One time, we made seizures at Ajilete. They barricaded the road, matchetted our officers and
took away two of our rifles.
'I constrained my officers from not shooting
"The last time, in the process of bringing the seizures from Ajilete, the miscreants blocked the
road,
"Our officers secured the seizures and in the process, there was a shoot-out and we recorded
some casualties," Multafu said.
"We have intercepted a lot of motorcycles being used in smuggling. They used a kind of vehicle
that can carry 80 bags of rice.
"As long as the service has been authorised to entrench and implant Federal Government's fiscal
policy on anti-smuggling activities, we will continue to carry out our responsibility," the
controller said
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Louisiana farmers lent hand in war effort

Jessica Goff, jgoff@theadvertiser.com 7:01 a.m. CDT June 26, 2016
As in the rest of the United States, wartime efforts on Louisianas home front impacted every
economic endeavor, including farming.
After President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war against Japan on Dec. 8, 1941, U.S.
production shifted to defense: Manufacturing weapons and growing food for thousands of troops
sent overseas.
Household staples such as sugar and butter were rationed and grow-your-own victory gardens
sprang up in yards across the country.
Food will win the war
Producers of Louisianas three major crops sugar, cotton and rice also pledged their
support in the nations defense effort for what was expected to last three years.
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On Jan. 1, 1942, shortly after Japans attack on Pearl Harbor, the Louisiana Sugar Cane League
shared its pledge on behalf the war effort in its monthly publication, The Sugar Bulletin.
St. Mary Parish resident, Wallace Kemper, the leagues president at the time, wrote a letter to the
U.S. Department of Agriculture confirming the cooperation of Louisianas sugarcane industry.
We are impressed with the force and reality of the statement that production will determine the
result of war, Kemper wrote. We subscribe to your statement that food will win the war, and
we recognize with you that the production of essential foods is just as important to our country as
the production of the munitions of war.
Farmers were encouraged by the Office of Agricultural Defense Relations to do their patriotic
bit and conserve their farm equipment rather than buying new machinery.
The obvious reason is that the raw material for new machinery is more greatly needed for
defense munitions, the Sugar Bulletin post said.
Pests take a toll on crops
Like much of the South, cotton was major crop in Louisiana for many years. But by the time the
country entered WWII, the industry had been hurt by boll weevil infestation and the Great
Depression. Under Roosevelts Agricultural Adjustment Act, acreage was reduced in an effort to
drive up the price of the crop. The federal regulation impacted many sharecroppers, both black
and white, who were barely surviving.
According the Louisiana State Universitys AgCenter, cotton became of the most managementintensive and expensive field crops to grow in the state.
The demand for cotton increased during wartime, but it lasted only until the wars end.
It has taken decades of state research to battle insects and disease to keep the crop profitable in
Louisiana.
I dont see the return to the king cotton days we had for many years, but Louisiana farmers will
remain substantial producers of cotton, John Barnett, LSU AgCenter Northeast Region Director
said in the AgCenters report on the crops history.
Rice production during wartime also fluctuated in Louisiana. Records kept by the LSU AgCenter
indicate that domestic production of the crop increased 40 percent since 1940, but because the
U.S. only produces roughly 1 percent of rice globally, prices are regulated by global market."
It is reasonable to assume that the prices received in the immediate prewar years (1935-39) are
more typical of long-term rice prices than the higher prices received in the war years, said a
1946 report donated by Jennings resident J.B. Trahan, an employee of the Federal Land Bank, to
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the Rice Research Station library. Unlike Japan, rice during WWII was not heavily rationed like
other U.S. household staples.
Rationing goods was a nation-wide effort and families in Louisiana did their part. The Louisiana
Cooperation Extension led a campaign to recruit agricultural labor work to replace farmers and
worker who left to fight.
According to the AgCenter, the campaign employed nearly 80,000 workers on short-handed
farms. After the war, agents also managed prisoner of war labor programs throughout the state.
Extension agents also worked with Louisiana neighborhoods for gardening programs and
distributed LSU victory pinches, containing vegetable seeds for victory gardens.
The extension also assisted in creating neighborhood canning centers and issued tools to preserve
and conserve food rations, such as sealers, pressure cookers and food dehydrators.
Children in Louisianas 4-H youth programs even sewed military uniforms and held scrap metal
drives. According to the AgCenter, clubs collectively raised $3.5 million in war bonds, which
were used to build a cargo ship
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Origins of Farmed Rice Discovered in China

Posted By: David DeMarPosted date: June 26, 2016in:
A new archaeological dig in China has uncovered evidence of just how long humans have been
farming domesticated rice: around 9,000 years, according to an international team of researchers.
In a press release from University of Toronto Mississauga, Professor Gary Crawford, who was
involved in the research, says that while rice might be one of the most crucial grains in todays
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global economy, at one time it was a wild plant. The researcher, who studies the interrelation of
plants and people in prehistorical contexts, worked alongside a team of researchers from
Zheijiang Provinces Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology in making the
discovery of fragments of ancient domesticated rice, revealing that around 30 percent of the plant
material turned out to have been cultivated, on purpose, for human consumption.
The fragments, found in a probable ditch located within the lower Yangtze valley, indicate that
rice domestication had been going on for quite some time according to Crawford likely much
longer than previously thought. The remains found by the research team also bore characteristics
of a short grain rice known as japonica, commonly cultivated in Korea and Japan in order for use
in sushi; the anthropological archaeologist pointed out that this specific rice crops lineage is
clear, and that finding it in China for the first time ever confirms that it was indeed being
cultivated within the region.
Around three years of concentrated exploration of Huxi, a five-hectare dig site located around
100 meters above sea level in a flat basin, were needed for the team to make their conclusions.
With the aid of other U of T Mississauga researchers graduate students Nattha Cheunwattana
and Danial Kwan, as well as fellow professor David Smith Crawford and the rest of the team
worked in the fall, winter and spring to avoid the unfavorable conditions that late spring and
early summer bring to the region. In addition to the rice remains, the archaeologists found a trove
of artifacts such as animal bones, stone tools, charcoal and examples of advanced, sophisticated
pottery discovered around 1.5 meters below the surface.
This is not the first time Crawford has conducted research into Chinas early agriculture. In the
past, the researcher has studied the ancient animal and plant management efforts as well as the
tools and settlements present in other regions of China, all in an effort to understand how and
why prehistoric humans transitioned to an agrarian lifestyle in lieu of a more nomadic one
focused on foraging and hunting.
Something pushed individuals living in these regions away from hunting and instead into
farming in a major way, Crawford remarked, adding that he wants to answer the question as to
what exactly drove these people to undertake such a fundamental shift in behavior. The
researcher stated that farming was likely an unintended consequence of humans searching for
methods to make life more sustainable and manageable, and that the discovery of this early
example of rice domestication represents the initial stages of that fundamental shift towards
sustainability.
Crawfords research findings, recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, can be found
online here
http://www.newhistorian.com/origins-farmed-rice-discovered-china/6711/
Millers oppose misuse of basmati tag in Rajasthan

Archit Watts
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Tribune News Service
Muktsar, June 26
Seeking a ban on the illegal use of basmati by rice millers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, the Punjab
Basmati Rice Millers Association has lodged a complaint to the Assistant Registrar of Trademarks and
Geographical Indication Registry, Chennai. They have further appealed the authorities concerned to
investigate and verify the records of exporters who buy this rice. The affected rice millers of the state had
last month complained to the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
(APEDA) saying that the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) had not given the geographical
indication (GI) tag to basmati in these states. The APEDA had, however, asked the millers to pursue their
case with the Trademarks and Geographical Indication Registry.
Notably, the rice millers here are in a fix over falling prices of basmati and have suffered huge losses in
the past. Ashish Kathuria, general secretary of the association, said, The IPAB has given the GI tag to
basmati in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, western UP, Uttarakhand and two districts of J and
Kashmir. MP and Rajasthan do not have the GI recognition for basmati.
Nevertheless, rice millers in these states are using GI of basmati on their bills, letter heads, websites,
advertisements, web advertisements and SH code in the international market, he added.
Almost every merchant and retailer is selling the products of rice manufactured by the millers of
Rajasthan and MP mentioning the basmati GI tag. This is clear case of infringement of registered GI, he
pointed out.
The association has even attached a list of some rice millers, sellers and exporters who are allegedly
violating the norms. With this illegal use of the GI tag, the millers and farmers of Punjab and Haryana
have suffered an estimated loss of Rs 2,500 crore which should be levied on these culprits, he said.
Geographical Indication tag

The geographical indication (GI) is a sign that identifies a product as originating from a particular place
which gives that product a special quality or reputation or other characteristic, like Darjeeling (tea)
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Trade Policy Featured at Louisiana Farm Bureau Rice

Meeting
By Randy Jemison
NEW ORLEANS, LA - The Rice Advisory Committee of the

Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation (LAFBF) held its annual
meeting in conjunction with the 94th annual LAFBF convention here
on Saturday. USA Rice's Chief Operating Officer Bob Cummings
updated attendees on a range of trade policy issues, including
challenges in key Louisiana rice export markets and the status of the
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement and the Trans-Atlantic
Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations.
Cummings noted that Mexico remains the number one U.S. rice
export market and that milled rice is increasing as a share of
exports. He noted that the U.S. enjoys an 83% market share, but that
could change due to increasing competitiveness of Vietnamese rice
if the TPP agreement is implemented. He indicated that although
milled rice imports are increasing in Mexico, Haiti remains the
largest export market for U.S. milled rice.
USA Rice's Bob Cummings
The U.S. agreement with Colombia was held up as an example of a well-negotiated and smartly-executed
free trade agreement, but noted the need to resolve an existing phytosanitary restriction on imports of
paddy rice, and secure year-round access to the lucrative market. Colombia is the third largest U.S. rice
export market with 2015 Louisiana exports valued at approximately $2.6 million.
Cummings reported that opening the Cuban market remains a top priority for USA Rice noting that its
efforts to reestablish trade with the island nation began in 1999 when John Denison, a past chairman of
the LAFBF Rice Advisory Committee, was chairing USA Rice.
According to Cummings, a new Memorandum of Understanding between USA Rice and the Government
of Cuba is being finalized that outlines technical exchanges and regular meetings and consultations
between the parties that will pave the way for advantageous market positions once trade between the
countries has been normalized.
Cummings also shared his insights on other markets and topics of interest, including Iraq, ("a mess
politically and economically"), China, ("mills are ready, waiting for the green light"), TPP, ("more
clarification on details is needed"), and TTIP ("possibly the best hope for U.S. rice to get back into the
European Union").
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Cummings closed his presentation with an update on the use of unfair domestic and export subsidies by
advanced developing countries. He noted that the Obama Administration is moving in the World Trade
Organization to take these nations to task.
"We greatly appreciate Bob taking time to come to New Orleans to bring us up to speed on trade policy
that impacts each of us," said Donald Berken, LAFBF rice advisory committee chairman. "The news was
a mixed bag, but I see positive developments and good opportunities for Louisiana rice in his report."
Vegetarian recipe: Forbidden rice with beluga lentils

and mushrooms
BY CAROLE KOTKIN
No matter what kind you like best jasmine, arborio, bomba, basmati rice offers a lot of
goodness in a small bag. Most rice is white or ivory-colored, but a varietal rainbow exists red,
brown, purple, even black.I was introduced to black rice in a cooking class taught by Miami chef
Michelle Bernstein. I had never seen it before, but she explained that it's commonly used in
Asian cuisine. Black rice has a texture comparable to that of brown rice, but with a more
pronounced nutty flavor. The color comes from the un-milled rice grain, which leaves a dark
husk. It's delicious and incredibly good for you, one of the healthiest grains you can eat. Besides
being packed with antioxidants, it is rich in iron and fiber.
Black rice was highly treasured and protected in Asia for many centuries, and until recently, it
was not easy to find. According to ancient Chinese legend, black rice was so rare that only
emperors were allowed to eat it. For this reason, it can also be called "forbidden rice" or
"emperor's rice." It is now available at stores such as Costco and Whole Foods and appears to be
gaining popularity in kitchens and restaurants in the United States. It's visually striking on a
white plate and delicious on the palate.
Black rice cooks in 30 minutes. It has a chewier texture than other rice, and its starchy flavor
works well as a healthy side dish and in salads, stuffing and even desserts.
This grain is a wonderful way to dress up even the simplest of dishes. At the cooking class, Chef
Bernstein stir-fried tender cooked black rice with baby bok choy and Asian seasonings with
delicious results.
Once you taste it, I am sure you will agree that it makes sense to think outside of the box (or bag)
and not limit yourself to only one type of rice.
* FORBIDDEN RICE WITH BELUGA LENTILS AND MUSHROOMS
Adapted from "The Heart of the Plate," by Mollie Katzen, HoughtonMifflinHarcourt Publishing
Co. ($34.99)
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1 cup black ("forbidden") rice
1 cup beluga (small black) lentils
Scant 3 cups water
1/2 teaspoon salt, or more to taste
1 tablespoon grapeseed, canola or peanut oil
1/2 cup finely minced shallots or red onion
1/2 pound domestic or cremini mushrooms, wiped clean, stemmed if necessary, and finely
minced (can use a food processor)
1/2 teaspoon minced or crushed garlic
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Black pepper
Lemon wedges or extra fresh lemon juice for sprinkling on top (optional)
White truffle oil (optional)
Combine the rice, lentils, water and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil,
lower the heat to a simmer, cover and cook undisturbed (with a heat diffuser, if you have one,
underneath) for 40 minutes. If the rice is not tender enough at this point, splash in up to 1/4 cup
additional water and cook a little more. (The lentils will remain a bit al dente.) When it's done to
your liking, turn off the heat and fluff with a fork to let steam escape.
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Vietnam's H1 rice exports drop 9.8 pct y/y to 2.7 mln T

Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter 2016

Vietnam to export 5, 7 million tons of rice in 2016

Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter 2016

Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter 2016

Water management in rice output key to tackle climate

Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter 2016

Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter 2016

Good price expected when 1.11million tonnes of rice goes to

Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter 2016

Farmers in Punjab, Odisha, Haryana, Bengal, Chhattisgarh, await upturn in monsoon

Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter 2016

Mekong Delta drought losses total $215m

Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter 2016

Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter 2016

Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter 2016

FG Urged To Inaugurate Committee On Rice Importation

Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter 2016

APEDA AgriExchange Newsletter - Volume 1503

Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter 2016

Benchmark Indicators Name

Chinese first grade granules, CFR NW Europe (USD/t)

Chinese Grade A dehydrated flakes, CFR NW Europe (USD/t)

Chinese powdered, CFR NW Europe (USD/t)

Chinese sliced, CIF NW Europe (USD/t)

Chinese whole, CIF NW Europe (USD/t)

Indian Cochin, CIF NW Europe (USD/t)

Indian 100 mesh 3500 cps, FOB Kandla (USD/t)

Indian 200 mesh 3500 cps basis, FOB Kandla (USD/t)

Indian 200 mesh 5000 cps, FOB Kandla (USD/t)

Guar Gum Powder

Source: oryza, agra-net

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