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Today Rice News Headlines...
Column: Asia's rice market reaches semblance of normality after Thai
upheaval - Russell
Govt must take steps to promote rice exports, says REAP
Philippines moving toward rice self-sufficiency, rice-exporting
country
Antique to start palay procurement
UPDATE 1-Thailand, Vietnam set to supply 250,000 T of rice to
Philippines
Australia, PNG at loggerheads over rice trade
Rice industry urged to change production custom
VN targets $3.5b worth rice exports by 2020
Tension as Africa experiences increased demand for rice consumption
Why the Price of Rice Will Keep Increasing
Government to procure surplus paddy of last kharif
Thailand to supply 100,000 tonnes of rice to Philippines
Hilde Lee: Served with fried seafood, orange rice salad offers a taste
of history
DA designates Abdula as PhilRice acting executive director
08/31/2016 Farm Bureau Market Report
Chefs in Japan Get Creative with U.S. Medium Grain
Thailand, Vietnam to supply 250,000 tons of rice
Ministry adopts new strategy in drive to double rice production
Rice Field Day: Sacramento Valley growers fed rice, rice news at
annual gathering
Industrial, Manufacturing & Heavy Industry Market News
Research report explores the rice seed market 2016 - dupont pionner,
hancock farm & seed company, kesters nursery, cp seed, syngenta,
nidera, bayer
The explosion in food imports - Failure of public policy?
Tomato and Coconut Rice
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Column: Asia's rice market reaches semblance of normality
after Thai upheaval - Russell
A farmer harvests rice at a paddy field outside Hanoi October 11, 2012. REUTERS/Kham
By Clyde Russell | LAUNCESTON, Australia
(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.)
Asia's rice markets are showing signs of returning to what could be described as normal trade,
even as the last acts of Thailand's ultimately disastrous subsidy scheme play out.
While Thailand's benchmark 5-percent broken rice has slumped 15 percent in the past month to
$376.50 a tonne, it's likely that move is driven mainly by supply and demand factors, rather than
political intervention and its aftermath.
The rice market has been characterized by distortion since former Thai prime minister Yingluck
Shinawatra implemented a rice-buying system after winning elections in 2011.

Her government's plan was simplistic and deeply flawed, and while it may have delivered higher
incomes to her rural supporters, it resulted in a massive surplus of rice entering government
stockpiles - a blowout in Thailand's budget and ultimately leading to her ouster by the military in
2014.
Yingluck believed that Thailand could unilaterally raise the price of rice to overseas buyers given
its status as the world's largest exporter of the grain that is the staple food for about two-thirds of
the world's population.
All she succeeded in doing was encouraging India to start exporting its massive surplus, as well
as delivering market share to regional rival Vietnam, with both those countries overtaking
Thailand in the export stakes.
In the meantime, Thailand built up a stockpile of more than 20 million tonnes of rice, equivalent
to about double its usual annual exports.
These inventories acted as a drag on the rice price, even after the new military government in
Thailand ended the subsidy scheme and started selling down the stockpile.
This process still has way to go with Thailand planning to sell another 1 million tonnes of rice in
August, which will reduce its stockpile to something closer to eight million tonnes.
This is a much more manageable figure, indicating that rice is more likely to trade on supply and
demand fundamentals in the coming months, and that Yingluck's intervention and its aftermath
will eventually fade into memory.
The question then becomes as to which direction are the fundamentals pointing, and is the sharp
price decline of recent weeks the start of a new bear cycle.
It's still the case that rice markets appear well supplied, even though the now faded El Nino
weather event brought drought and reduced crops in major producers India, Thailand and
Vietnam.
There is some doubt among weather forecasters about the strength of the current La Nina event,
where lower sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific tend to cause heavier rains across Southeast
and South Asia, as well as in Australia.
It seems most likely that the 2016-17 rice season will be about normal, with top exporter India
sowing 32.61 million hectares of rice for the season started in June, up from 30.47 million the
prior year.
SHIFT IN MARKET DYNAMICS

The International Grains Council estimated on Aug. 25 that global rice production for 2016-17
would be 484 million tonnes, down on the prior month's forecast of 487 million but up on the
previous season's 473 million.
Thailand expects to export about 9.5 million tonnes in 2016, and shipments in the first half of the
year were up 12 percent on the same period last year, according to the Thai Rice Exporters
Association.
The overall supply picture is one of comfortable volumes being available amid the ongoing
selldown of high inventories in both Thailand and India.
On the demand side, top importer China hiked its purchases almost 23 percent from a year go to
2.141 million tonnes in the first seven months of 2016, according to customs data.
The main beneficiaries of the increase were Thailand, which boosted its exports to China in the
January-July period by 31 percent to 555,993 tonnes, and Pakistan, whose sales rose almost 220
percent to 513,245 tonnes.
With China's early 2016 rice output down 2.7 percent to 32.8 million tonnes, it's likely that China
will continue to see rising imports over the coming months.
The Philippines, another major importer, is also increasing purchases, with the government
planning to buy 1 million tonnes to secure supplies until next year while prices are low.
The current price weakness is also likely to tempt buyers in the Middle East and Africa.
Putting supply and demand together and rice looks more like a market responding to shifts in
those dynamics.
This is a marked change from the politics-driven market of the previous years, and more likely a
more healthy situation.
Yingluck, however, has defended her rice-buying scheme in her trial on charges of criminal
negligence over her management of the subsidy system, which the military government says cost
the country around $8 billion.
"We found that the rice policy could increase people's income and the price of rice for farmers,"
Yingluck told the Supreme Court north of the capital, Bangkok, during her trial on Aug. 5.
"It did not distort the market," she said. "We saw that the benefits of the scheme outweighed the
monetary losses."

The scheme may well have provided a temporary boost to farmers, but Yingluck remains
deluded if she thinks it didn't distort the rice market.
It is only now, two years after she was ousted, that the distortions are finally dissipating.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-russell-rice-asia-idUSKCN1160YN
Govt must take steps to promote rice exports, says REAP

By Peer Muhammad
Published: August 31, 2016
Association underlines need to strengthen relations with China, Indonesia; exempting rice machinery
from tax. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD: The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has urged the government to take
fiscal and diplomatic measures to create a conducive environment aimed at both reducing the cost of
production and boosting exports.The association raised these concerns at the 6th meeting of the
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Standing Committee on Rice
Exports for 2016 earlier this week and chaired by FPCCI Standing Committee Chairman Rafique
Suleman.
China should adopt an on-arrival visa policy for Pakistani businessmen to enhance and promote bilateral
trade and economic relations between the two countries, said Suleman.Both Pakistan and China share a
cordial relationship and a lot of Pakistani businessmen are travelling to China for their businesses.
Moreover, the two countries have also signed an FTA under which a lot of trade is taking place between
the two countries, he added.He urged the government to take up the matter with the respective Chinese
authorities and strengthen its relationship with China. Adoption of this policy will go a long way in
strengthening Pak-China friendship.
Suleman said that REAP had put forward their proposal to the President of Pakistan, which mainly
includes having a REAP member on the Pakistan Research Board.
According to the chairman, Pakistan and Indonesia have always shared a cordial relationship and
therefore the government must further improve trade with the country. Indonesia is highly impressed
with Pakistani rice exporters since all the orders have been fulfilled. This is also a reason why the
Indonesian government is sending a delegation from BULOG to visit rice mills in Pakistan.
Suleman, while requesting the government to exempt import of rice machinery from taxation, said doing
so would reduce the cost of production and eventually lead to a reduction in price of rice, which will not
only help exporters but farmers as well.The FPCCI Standing Committee chairman appreciated that the
much-awaited draft on Geographical Indication (GI) Bill 2016 was presented by the Intellectual Property
Organization (IPO) before the relevant stakeholders including lawyers, businessmen and bureaucrats.
The Pakistans GI protection law had been long overdue and the IPO should expedite the process of
making this draft into a law, he observed.
REAP was of the opinion that the TDAP must be the custodian of GI rights of all commodities;
particularly basmati rice. He also mentioned the need to promote basmati rice in the international

market.Pakistan has one of the best qualities of basmati rice in the world and Saudi Arabia and Iran are
potential markets that should be explored, he said.I appreciate the efforts of the government to create a
proper banking channel with Iran, which would give a huge boost to the Pakistani economy, especially in
the trade of basmati rice.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 31st, 2016
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1172998/conducive-environment-govt-must-take-steps-promote-rice-exportssays-reap/
Philippines moving toward rice self-sufficiency, riceexporting country

August 31, 2016 PNA
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is in talks with several local government units (LGUs) on
their possible participation in its proposed rice production program which aims to meet rice selfsufficiency before 2019 and even make the Philippines become a rice-exporting country.
In an interview, DA Secretary Manny Piol said under the program called local government
corporate farms, the LGUs will adopt a publicly or privately-owned farm which they will
provide financing through bank loan for their farmers in the form of rice seeds and fertilizers
throughout the planting season.
Piol said the LGUs will then buy back the palay produce of the farmers engaged in production.
He said the program fulfills the commitment of President Rodrigo Duterte to provide each
family-beneficiary of the governments poverty alleviation Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino
Program (4Ps) 20 kilos of rice every month.The logistical nightmare of bringing imported rice
from the NFA (National Food Authority) warehouse to the town, to the barangay, to the homes
of the 4Ps beneficiaries will already be eliminated, Piol noted.
He said the DA will provide soil survey which aims to guide the LGUs what kind of variety of
rice seeds and fertilizer should be used in their municipalities based on suitability, as well as
equip the farmers with technical knowledge on rice farming.Piol said the rice production
program also hopes to reduce the price of commercial rice of up to PHP7 per kilo, as it

eliminates the interference of the middle men who control the buying price of palay and also
manipulate the selling of price of rice in the market.
The agriculture chief bared that Quezon City is the first LGU that will participate in the
corporate farms program, also considered the public-private partnership (PPP) program in the
agriculture sector.
It already identified 1,000-hectare (farm) in Mindoro, the area will be first area for Quezon
City. But the target is 5,000 (hectares) for Quezon City because they will use this to supply rice
to their employees and also open up their Bigasan ng Masa for their 4Ps members, he said.Piol
said Quezon City targets to generate over PHP100 million per cropping season.
Antique to start palay procurement
August 31, 2016

Pilar S. Mabaquiao
SAN JOSE, Antique (PIA) - - The National Food Authority Antique is set to launch palay
procurement this September as harvest season comes to peak.NFA directly buys palay from the
farmers at P17 per kilo for clean and dry palay and additional P.20 per kilo for hauling and
another P.20 for farmers association incentives.
For individual farmers and first time to sell their palay to NFA they are given up to 200 bags
without farmers passbook but for succeeding transactions they will have to secure the passbook
from NFA, said Lorgie Mae Inocencio Information Officer.
For them to get the pass book, they have to bring one valid ID and tax declaration of the land that
they farming or certification from the Punong Barangay.
NFA Manager Oliver Cambas encouraged farmers to sell their palay to NFA to avail of the high
price during peak harvest and to contribute to the food security program of the government.
On the other hand, NFA assured that Antique has enough supply of rice and maintained its status
as a rice sufficient province.
As of August 19, 2016, Antique has 428,656 bags of rice to last for 89 days based on NFA
inventory which covers households, commercial dealers and NFA stocks.
Prevailing commercial retail price for well milled rice is P39 per kilo and P36 for regular milled
rice.

NFA rice remained at P27 per kilo and available in all NFA accredited
outlets. (JCM/PSM/PIA6Antique)
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/981472617592/antique-to-start-palay-procurement
UPDATE 1-Thailand, Vietnam set to supply 250,000 T of

rice to Philippines
Enrico Dela Cruz
MANILA, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Thailand and Vietnam won deals to supply a total of 250,000
tonnes of rice to the Philippines at a tender on Wednesday after revising down their offers to just
within Manila's budget.
The tender, the first under the two-month old government of President Rodrigo Duterte, is part of
the state's plans to import up to 1 million tonnes of rice to secure supply of the food staple
through next year while prices are low.
Thailand will supply 100,000 tonnes of 25-percent broken rice at $424.85 a tonne, while
Vietnam will export the remaining 150,000 tonnes at the same price, according to officials at the
Philippines' National Food Authority (NFA). That includes freight, insurance and other costs.
Despite the tender by the Philippines, one of the world's top rice buyers, Vietnam's benchmark 5percent broken rice prices fell this week to $345-$360 a tonne, on a free-on-board basis, the
lowest in 11 months.
The NFA initially rejected higher bids from both countries and asked them to submit revised
offers in line with its reference price of $425 per tonne.
The award of the contracts is subject to approval by the inter-agency NFA council later in the
day, said NFA spokesman Angel Imperial.
An average of 20 typhoons pass through the Philippines each year, hitting the Southeast Asian
country's rice production and forcing it to import any shortfall to feed its 100 million people.
Imports last year reached around 1.8 million tonnes, below a record volume of 2.45 million
tonnes in 2010.
"We need sizable import volume to boost our stocks and prepare ourselves for any emergency
situation," Imperial told reporters.
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He said the agency's buffer stock as of Aug. 24 was good for only 21 days of domestic demand,
below the minimum 30 days required during the lean harvest season from July to September.
Last year's import volume included around 500,000 tonnes shipped in by private traders. The
NFA every year farms out import permits for private traders to bring in up to 805,200 tonnes of
rice at a 35-percent tariff.
The NFA council will discuss later on Wednesday imports by private traders, a government
source said.
(Writing by Manolo Serapio Jr.; Editing by Joseph Radford)
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/31/reuters-america-update-1-thailand-vietnam-set-to-supply-250000-t-ofrice-to-philippines.html
Australia, PNG at loggerheads over rice trade

Updated Wed at 11:40am
Exports to one of Australia's biggest rice markets are at risk, because of a change of government
policy in Papua New Guinea.
More than three quarters of the rice consumed in PNG is imported from or sourced by Australia.
But the PNG Government's new rice policy will give 80 per cent of the import market to what it
is calling "pioneer investors" willing to develop a domestic rice industry.
Papua New Guinea correspondent Eric Tlozek
Source: Pacific Beat | Duration: 3min 58sec
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-31/australia,-png-at-loggerheads-over-rice-trade/7802734
Rice industry urged to change production custom

Update: August, 31/2016 - 11:34
The European Union (EU) will offer Vietnamese rice exports duty-free tariff rate quotas when
the EU-Vit Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) comes into effect. Photo cafef.vn
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H NI The European Union (EU) will offer Vietnamese rice exports duty-free tariff rate
quotas when the EU-Vit Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) comes into effect.
Therefore, the rice industry has been urged to change production practices to fully take
advantage of these quotas. According to the Guide to EVFTA issued by Delegation of the
European Union to Vit Nam, the EU will allow the import of 80,000 tonnes of Vietnamese rice
-- 30,000 tonnes of milled rice, 20,000 tonnes of husked rice and 30,000 tonnes of fragrant rice -every year at zero per cent duty. The EU will also offer a 50 per cent duty cut at entry and then
linear reduction over five years for broken rice.
Insiders said the preferential tax rate would help Vietnamese enterprises to save 17 million euros
(US$20 million) in taxes each year.
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ng Hong Hi, head of the industry and trade ministrys European Market Department, said
though Vit Nam had been hailed as the worlds third largest rice exporter, its rice shipments to
the EU market remained modest.
He said in recent years, Vietnamese rice exports even fell because the country still focused on
planting high-yield rice. Meanwhile, other countries are accelerating high-quality rice
production.
The Vit Nam Food Association said rice exports to the EU market dropped from an annual
average of 24,000 tonnes to 20,000 tonnes in 2014 and 18,000 tonnes in 2015. The association
attributed the slump to the loss in market share of Vietnamese rice.
The EU was a demanding market with strict requirements in factors ranging from product quality
to environmental standards, enterprises prestige and production process, Hi said.
In addition, though not being regular rice eaters, the EU customers prefer rice of higher quality
than that of Vietnamese rice. Thats why Vit Nam has become less competitive against other
rice exporting nations.
It was undeniable that European consumers were familiar with Thailands fragrant rice, while
Vietnamese rice was just starting to promote its image, Hi said.
Professor V Tng Xun, a leading rice expert, said it was hard for Vit Nam to share the same
rank as Thailand, but the country could learn from the experience of Cambodia, which has been
emerging thanks to its rice winning the worlds best rice title for three consecutive years.
He said if Vietnamese people insisted on growing high-yield and short-term rice varieties -- for
example, varieties that can yield four to six tonnes per hectare and allow harvest after 95 days-the production practices could not help create savoury varieties.
Therefore, to compete with its rivals, Vit Nam should speedily shift from high-yield to highquality rice varieties, Xun said.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the country exported 432,000
tonnes of rice for $191 million in August, bringing the total volume and value in the first eight
months of this year to 3.37 million tonnes and $1.51 billion.
The figures represented decreases of 16.6 per cent in volume and 13.1 per cent in value
compared with the same period last year.
Last year, rice worth $2.68 billion was exported, an almost 4 per cent fall from 2014. VNS
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VN targets $3.5b worth rice exports by 2020
HCM CITY The Ministry of Industry and Trade has unveiled a strategy for developing rice
exports in 2016-20 that targets reversing a declining trend over the last two years and increasing
earnings to US$3 billion next year.
It also targets a gradual shift towards export of high-quality, high-value, organic, nutritional,
speciality, and Vit Nam brands of rice and rice-based products.
The export of low-quality white rice is expected to fall to 15 per cent of total shipments by 2020
and 10 per cent by 2025.
In the latter year medium-quality white rice will account for 20 per cent and high-quality white
rice, fragrant rice, and glutinous rice for 60 per cent.
The ministry will make efforts to diversify export markets, with a focus on markets with demand
for high-quality rice. The ministry has sent the draft strategy to relevant ministries and industries
to solicit their opinions. VNS
http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/302039/rice-industry-urged-to-change-productioncustom.html#2Bs4BTIIKvwJfQ3k.99
Tension as Africa experiences increased demand for rice

consumption
August 26, 2016 | Filed under: Business,Weekly Highlights | Posted by: Staff reporter
Africa is witnessing an increasing demand for rice consumption, and many countries on the
continent continue to rely heavily on imports for meeting their growing rice consumption needs.
Farmers-in-a-field-school-in-Rwanda.Photo-internet
This situation continues to pose serious food security challenges since rice is now recognized as
a priority and strategic food security crop for the region. Against this challenge, the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has positioned itself to support national
governments and regional bodies to improve domestic rice supply in Africa.Addressing
a TICAD VI side event organized by the Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD) on
Progress of CARD and the Future of Rice Sector Development in Africa in Nairobi, Mr. Bukar
Tijani, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Africa, gave the
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assurance that FAO would continue to partner with others to harmonize on-going work at
country level to increase rice production.
He pointed out that CARD has been a very
important pillar since its establishment in the
development of the rice sector in Africa, and
that we are indeed witnessing a growing trend
in the demand for rice consumption in
Africa.CARD plays a pivotal role in reducing
the gap between rice production and
consumption by providing support to countries
in the African region, he said, adding, An
increasing number of countries have
incorporated rice self-sufficiency as a strategic
element of their national food security strategy.
According to Mr Tijani, many countries continue to receive support in such areas as national rice
development strategies, capacity development of stakeholders in situation analysis and creating
enabling environment for synergies among partners. He also emphasized that FAO recognizes
CARD as a strong partner in the rice sector development.
In 2014, FAO launched the umbrella rice
initiative, Partnership for Sustainable Rice
Systems Development in Africa, under which a
number of rice projects have been initiated and are
currently under implementation. CARD will be
one of the implementing partners of some of the
projects components.FAO is also currently
implementing two regional projects in partnership
with the Japanese government. These
are Strengthening Agricultural Statistics and Food Security Information in CARD countries
through South-South Cooperation and Rice Value Chain research project in CARD
countries that was launched at the request of African countries within TICAD.
FAO continues to mobilize resources in support of the rice initiative, and has launched a number
of projects in CARD member countries in the region. Some of these projects in Burkina Faso,
Cte dIvoire and Nigeria include capacity development and experience-sharing for sustainable
rice value chain development in Africa.
Partnership for Sustainable Rice Systems Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
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This proposed project will provide an opportunity to build on on-going initiatives and
partnerships by assessing the national rice development strategies to identify strengths and gaps
in the local rice value chain.More importantly, the project will allow the mobilization of all
relevant partners and necessary resources toward the formulation of a new vision for the
development of the African rice sector that articulates effective, active and productive
partnerships.
Well prepared rice
These partnerships are encouraged with the appropriate actors at different levels (community,
district, national, sub-regional, continental and global) as well as farmers associations, with the
aim to link public and private institutions involved in research, policies, production, economics
and environment, strengthen the integration of women and youth in business, and mainstream
gender in the different components of the rice value chains.
http://www.focus.rw/wp/2016/08/tension-as-africa-experiences-increased-demand-for-rice-consumption/
Why the Price of Rice Will Keep Increasing

Posted on Aug 31, 2016
Rice dealers in Nigeria have attributed the rise in price as well as the
scarcity of the commodity to the activities of the government and
some specific stakeholders. Just a year ago a bag of rice that was
sold at N9000 is now sold at N18500. Although prices have plunged
temporarily in a few state owing surplus availability of the
commodity. Ganiyu Quadri, chairman of Alimosho LGA, says a bag
of rice will drop to N9000 in Lagos before December. But the
question is how long will it last?
Retailers are of the opinion that the raising price of rice is due to the
ban of its importation. They believe that the hike in price is due to
the activities of some individuals who monopolize the market. Since the marketers got their Form M
approved last year, it is said they began stockpiling the now scares commodity. This of course made it
easy to monopolize the market after the ban was instated. Retailers are also of the opinion that the
government also influenced the price of the commodity by applying the expert hands of the customs in
seizing most brands excepts the brands which belong to the importers. In march, 24 trucks of rice were
seize in Owerri, on May 3, 8000 bags of rice were also seized in Lagos, May 27, 575 bags of rice were
confiscated and of course just recently 2500 bags of rice were withheld by the Nigeria Custom Service.
According to retailers, rice are not bought from distributors except from the few brands for the fear the
fear of their products being impounded.
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A trader said Before we talk of banning importation we must first increase local production to avoid
scarcity. Nigeria consumes 5 million tons of rice yearly and currently produces less than 2.5 million
tons. Obviously with rice being the staple food of the Nigerian population, it is not producing nearly
enough to fight food scarcity.
Contrary to Mr Gniyu Quadris claims, the probability of the commodity price falling to as low as N9000
is simply false hope. Not when the Christmas celebration is just around the corner. If at all a miracle
happens and the price of rice falls, it wont be as low as N9000 and defiantly wont last long as Nigeria is
not self sufficient and does not have the necessary infrastructures such as silos to store the commodity. If
rice is to sell N9000 by December the government might have to temporarily lift the ban of the
importation of the commodity or the commodity may well sell at over N20,000 by Christmas
http://www.nigeriatoday.ng/2016/08/price-rice-will-keep-increasing/
Government to procure surplus paddy of last kharif

By Express News Service
Published: 30th August 2016 11:13 PM
Last Updated: 30th August 2016 11:13 PM
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has extended the date for online registration of
farmers having surplus kharif paddy for sale till September 15.Earlier, the Food Supplies and
Consumer Welfare department had set August 31 as the deadline for online
registration.However, the decision to extend the date was reportedly taken by the department
following demand from farmers.
The state government will procure paddy from those genuine farmers having surplus stock from
last kharif season. With middlemen playing spoilsport, a large number of farmers could not sell
their surplus paddy as government approved agencies refused to lift their stock on the plea that
the kharif target has been achieved.
However, sources in the department said that the online registration of farmers is for paddy
procurement in the ensuing kharif marketing season beginning from October 1.
While about four lakh farmers have already registered their names, the department expected that
the number will touch 10 lakh as against nine lakh registration last year.
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The State Government has made Aadhaar seeding with bank accounts of farmers mandatory for
procurement of paddy in the ensuing kharif marketing season.
Aadhaar seeding with bank accounts will be a real game changer and it will eliminate middlemen
from the system, said a senior officer.
As sharecroppers are at a disadvantage due to non-execution of agreement by actual land owners,
the government has asked the district collectors to ensure that none of the actual cultivators are
deprived of the benefit of selling their paddy to procurement agencies.
Meanwhile, the department has decided to introduce Paddy Procurement Automation System (PPAS) for farmers in all the 134 blocks to make paddy procurement more transparent.
The government is also working out modalities for direct benefit transfer of subsidised kerosene
to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
It has also decided to link Aadhaar numbers of beneficiaries for availing ration under National
Food Security Act (NFSA), pensions under different welfare schemes and wages under Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Government-to-procure-surplus-paddy-of-lastkharif/2016/08/30/article3604580.ece
Thailand to supply 100,000 tonnes of rice to Philippines
31 Aug 2016 at 16:25 16,037

WRITER: REUTERS
A farmer sprays weedkiller on his paddy field behind the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi
province. Thailand clinched the sale of 100,000 tonnes of rice to the Philippines for US$42.5
million (about 1.5 billion baht) on Wednesday. (Photo by Thiti Wannamontha)
MANILA - Thailand and Vietnam won deals to supply a total of 250,000 tonnes of rice to the
Philippines at a tender on Wednesday after revising down their offers to just within Manila's
budget.The tender, the first under the two-month-old government of President Rodrigo Duterte,
is part of the state's plans to import up to 1 million tonnes of rice to secure supply of the food
staple through next year while prices are low.
Thailand will supply 100,000 tonnes of 25% broken rice at US$424.85 (about 14,700 baht) a
tonne, while Vietnam will export the remaining 150,000 tonnes at the same price, according to
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officials at the Philippines' National Food Authority (NFA). That includes freight, insurance and
other costs.
Despite the tender by the Philippines, one of the world's top rice buyers, Vietnam's benchmark 5percent broken rice prices fell this week to $345-$360 a tonne, on a free-on-board basis, the
lowest in 11 months.
The NFA initially rejected higher bids from both countries and asked them to submit revised
offers in line with its reference price of $425 per tonne.
The award of the contracts is subject to approval by the inter-agency NFA council later in the
day, said NFA spokesman Angel Imperial.
An average of 20 typhoons pass through the Philippines each year, hitting the Southeast Asian
country's rice production and forcing it to import any shortfall to feed its 100 million people.
Imports last year reached around 1.8 million tonnes, below a record volume of 2.45 million
tonnes in 2010.
"We need sizable import volume to boost our stocks and prepare ourselves for any emergency
situation," Imperial told reporters.
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He said the agency's buffer stock as of Aug 24 was good for only 21 days of domestic demand,
below the minimum 30 days required during the lean harvest season from July to September.
Last year's import volume included around 500,000 tonnes shipped in by private traders. The
NFA every year farms out import permits for private traders to bring in up to 805,200 tonnes of
rice at a 35% tariff.
The NFA council will discuss later on Wednesday imports by private traders, a government source said.
Bangkok Post
Hilde Lee: Served with fried seafood, orange rice salad

offers a taste of history
Hilde G. Lee
Aug 30, 2016
If you had a choice of a starch for your next dinner, would it be rice or pasta? Given the two,
most of us would say pasta and even opt for the rice-shaped pasta called orzo (not the most
popular). It, like all pastas, is made from wheat, as is couscous, which is made from durum
wheat.
We all know what constitutes a pasta salad, but have you ever had a rice salad?
I have found that a rice salad is a good companion to fried seafood, particularly oysters or
sauted soft-shelled crabs. (Recipe follows.)
Rice is the staple food of more people of the world than wheat. A third of the worlds population
is nourished by rice exclusively. It is considered to be the main item in the diet for six out of
every 10 people in the world. Many Asians have become so accustomed to the presence of rice in
their meals that, regardless of how much they eat of other foods, they feel hungry if they have
not had rice.
Historians do not agree as to where rice was first cultivated, but it is certain that it was in a
region with plenty of rain and flat farmland. Today, modern irrigation extends its cultivation to
regions with low-to-moderate rainfall.
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Traditionally, rice plants were started in small plots and left to grow for about four weeks. They
were then transplanted into larger plots and covered with shallow water (paddies) until they
matured in about four months. Rice is still cultivated this way in Japan, China and Southeast
Asia. Historically, only one type of climate provided these growing conditions areas with a
monsoon season in which up to 160 inches of rain might fall during the season. The monsoons
are then followed by a dry period, in which the waters recede and the rice finishes maturing.
There is still a debate among food historians which of the countries with a monsoon season was
the first to cultivate rice. Most of these scholars have narrowed the beginnings of rice to three
countries China, India and Thailand. Traditionally, China had the earliest written documents
mentioning rice cultivation, dating from about 2800 B.C. In the 1970s, however, archaeologists
found actual rice grains in an excavation site in northern Thailand dating from 3500 B.C. The
earliest documents in India mentioning rice date from 2000 B.C.
Rice was not a popular grain at that time, as it was easier to cultivate tubers, such as taro. The
raising of tubers was much less labor intensive than the back-breaking, irrigated cultivation of
rice. The cultivation of rice increased, however, as mankind found it contained a greater variety
of healthy ingredients.
In India, where rice has been a staple food since the beginning of agriculture, about 3000 B.C., it
has been considered to be a gift of heaven. About one-third of all the arable land in India is
planted in rice. Rice is served straight through the meal, ending with rice mixed with yogurt to
cool the mouth after highly spiced curries.
In Indonesia, rice is the main course for every meal. In Vietnam, where the diet is based on rice
and fish, with rice being more important, it is one of the five acceptable offerings in the temples,
along with incense, flowers, eaglewood and candles.
The Persians brought rice plants from India to the Middle East and the Euphrates Valley. Rice
plants were rare to the Greeks and Romans, who used the grains primarily for medicinal
purposes. However, the Arabs and Turks took rice and its cultivation by irrigation very seriously.
To them, rice became the staple food and meant life.
There probably was no rice grown in Europe until the Moors brought it to Spain and cultivated it
in Andalusia in the ninth century. From there, it traveled to Italy and was planted in the Po
Valley, where it is still grown. One of the most famous Italian dishes, risotto alla Milanese, was
created with rice from the Po Valley in the late 1500s. Eventually, rice was grown in the Rhone
Valley of France.
The British did not acquire their liking for rice from the Continent, but from India during the
period when India was part of the British Empire. One of the favorite English dishes during the
height of that countrys imperialism was a derivative of the Indian kitcherie. The original dish
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was made with curry-spiced rice and lentils. The British replaced the lentils with leftover smoked
fish, hard-boiled eggs and a cream sauce and made it a breakfast dish, called kedgeree.
Rice was eaten very sparingly in England, as it was very expensive. It was used as a special
ingredient in puddings, along with sugar and some powdered spice. At the time, four tablespoons
of rice were enough to make a pudding for eight to 10 people.
Although the British were not consuming much rice when they started to colonize America, they
nevertheless called upon the new colonies to produce it. Sir William Buckley sowed half a
bushel of rice seed in Virginia in 1647 and reaped 15 bushels. Seventeenth-century Colonial
planters, however, did not develop an interest in raising rice, because tobacco was less work and
much more profitable.
Rice growing did take hold in Colonial times, however, in the area surrounding Charleston,
South Carolina, which became known for its rice production. Sea captains had first brought seed
rice from Madagascar to South Carolina. The local plantation owners found that the Madagascar
rice flourished in the Carolina Low Country environment. Thus, South Carolina began growing
and exporting rice to England in the 1600s. By the mid-1700s, South Carolina exported more
than 100,000 barrels of rice annually to England.
The entire rice production of South Carolina was lost during the British occupation of Charleston
during the American Revolutionary War. The British shipped all of the rice back to England,
including the portion that should have been withheld for the next years seeds. When Thomas
Jefferson served as ambassador to France, he managed to smuggle two bags of rice out of Italy in
1887 and gave it to South Carolina to restart its rice industry. This rice from the Piedmont area of
Italy was of a superior quality, and the Italians had tried to prevent its export.
Rice cultivation was back-breaking work in those early years. It was planted by hand in very
poor soil and under very poor working conditions, given the hot and humid climate of the coastal
region. White indentured servants, who worked to pay back their passage money, refused to
work in the rice fields. The plantation system soon was established in South Carolina. To work a
500-acre rice field required as many as 2,000 slaves. The end of the Civil War marked the
decline of rice cultivation in South Carolina, mainly because the freed slaves no longer wanted to
work in the rice fields.
After the Civil War, large tracts of land in Louisiana were planted with rice, and it became one of
that states major crops in the late 1800s. Rice also had been brought to California in the 1760s,
but it did not become a viable crop until 1912, when it was planted in the upper Sacramento
Valley. In the past 50 years, Texas also has become a prominent rice producer. Texas farmers
produce not only regular and brown rice, but also an aromatic rice similar to the basmati rice of
India. Texas growers have labeled this aromatic rice Texmati.
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There are three main types of rice found in our supermarkets. Long grain refers to rice
considered to be three times longer than it is wide. Medium grain is about twice as long as wide,
and short grain is less than twice as long as its width. Both medium- and short-grain rice are high
in starch, and, after cooking, the grains tend to stick together and have a very creamy texture.
Thus, both of these are frequently used for rice puddings. The grains of long-grain rice remain
separate and fluff up while cooking.
In addition to the sizes of rice, one finds such rice names as basmati, jasmine and arborio in our
markets. Basmati rice is an aromatic rice grown mostly in India and Pakistan. Jasmine rice,
grown in Thailand, has a distinguished fragrance and very silky grains. Arborio is a mediumgrained rice with a high level of starch. However, throughout the world there are thousands of
rice varieties grown on every continent except Antarctica. Japan consumes all the rice it grows
and forbids the importation of foreign rice.
The citrus and olive flavors of this rice salad team well with sauted seafood, including grilled
fish.
ORANGE RICE SALAD
cup orange juice
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
tablespoon white wine vinegar
teaspoon pepper
6 ounces rinsed, drained black beans
2 cups cooked rice
1/3 cup pimento stuffed olives, sliced
1/3 cup chopped red pepper
1 avocado, peeled and diced
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large Valencia orange, peeled and diced
Lettuce leaves, for garnish

In a 1-cup measuring cup, combine the orange juice, lime juice, cilantro, wine vinegar and pepper. Stir
and set aside.
Combine the remaining ingredients in a mixing bowl and toss gently to mix. Pour the dressing over the
salad and gently toss. Refrigerate for 4 hours before serving to allow flavors to meld. Serve the salad on
lettuce leaves.
DA designates Abdula as PhilRice acting executive director

Posted by philrice-admin Posted on Aug - 22 - 2016
Dr. Sailila Estilong Abdula, chief science research specialist

and designated acting director of the PhilRice Midsayap
branch station in North Cotabato, has been handpicked by
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piol as the Acting
Executive Director of PhilRice effective August
2016.Abdula, 44, son of West Patadon, Matalam, North
Cotabato obtained his PhD in Agriculture, major in plant
genetics, from Chungbuk National University in Korea in
2012. As a rice breeder, he helped develop NSIC Rc120 and
Rc226 to address the tungro rice disease in Southern
Mindanao.He started working as junior researcher at
PhilRice in September 1996 after finishing in 1995 his BS in
Agriculture (cum laude) from the University of Southern
Mindanao in Kabacan, North Cotabato. He earned his
masters degree in plant breeding from UP Los Banos. He
also finished Master in Development Management in the Development Academy of the
Philippines.
: http://www.philrice.gov.ph/da-designates-abdula-philrice-acting-executivedirector/#sthash.Z2evOIat.dpuf
08/31/2016 Farm Bureau Market Report

Rice
High Low
Long Grain Cash Bids - - - - - -
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Long Grain New Crop - - - - - -
Futures:
ROUGH RICE
High Low Last Change
Sep '16 932.0 916.0 919.5 -8.5
Nov '16 958.0 939.5 943.0 -9.0
Jan '17 978.5 965.0 968.5 -8.5
Mar '17 993.0 990.0 992.0 -8.5
May '17
1013.5 -8.5
Jul '17
1034.0 -8.5
Sep '17
1027.0 -8.5
Rice Comment
Rice futures posted across the board losses, setting new contract lows in the process. Nationwide,
13% of the crop is now rated poor to very poor, and another 27% is in fair condition. Excessive
rains have resulted in rice that has lodged and has sprouted in the field. This will all result in
poorer quality rice and less than ideal yields. However, abundant world supples and declining
prices in Asia continue to loom large over the market. India is expecting a large crop following a
beneficial monsoon season
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Chefs in Japan Get Creative with U.S. Medium Grain

By Bill Farmer
TOKYO, JAPAN -- The marriage of U.S. medium grain rice with Japanese cuisine was the theme of the
fourth annual U.S. medium grain professional rice cooking contest held here earlier this month. Fourteen
finalists prepared both hot and cold dishes for the contest and competed for top honors in two categories Restaurant and Deli. In the Restaurant category, first place was awarded to "U.S. Medium Grain Soup,
Image of Hiyajiru," a refreshing cold miso soup gelee. Second prize went to a Chinese cuisine-inspired
entry, "Stuffed Chicken Wingtip with Spicy U.S. Medium Grain Rice," featuring a fried chicken wingtip
stuffed with U.S. medium grain atop a base layer of crispy-textured spicy rice.
"Recipe contests like this are designed to familiarize the Japanese foodservice industry with the attributes
of U.S. medium grain," said USA Rice Vice President of International Promotion Jim Guinn, who
attended the event. "At the same time, USA Rice is learning about new and creative uses of U.S. rice in
Japanese menus."
New to this year's contest was the Deli category. The first place prize winner was "Stew Pot Pie of
Salmon and U.S. Medium Grain," an easy prep recipe that can be prepared at home. Second prize in the
Deli category went to "Sardine Confit and U.S. Medium Grain, Yuba Roll of Crabmeat Tomato
Risotto." In this dish, U.S. medium grain serves as a base for a combination of risotto, crab meat, and
tomatoes wrapped in Yuba (bean curd skin).
Guinn noted, "This is the first year for the "Deli" category in this contest and gave us insight into how a
different segment of the Japanese foodservice industry evaluates U.S. rice for use in deli and take-out
food manufacturing."
Thailand, Vietnam to supply 250,000 tons of rice

posted August 31, 2016 at 11:00 pm by Anna Leah E. Gonzales
Thailand and Vietnam on Wednesday bagged contracts to supply a combined 250,000 metric
tons of rice to the Philippines during a tender aimed at boost ing the countrys buffer stock for
the lean season.Both countries revised their offers, after state-run National Food Authority
rejected their initial offers, which exceeded the governments reference price of $425 per metric
ton.
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Thailand, to meet NFAs price guidance, offered to supply 100,000 MT of rice at $424.85 a ton,
while Vietnam agreed to provide the remaining 150,000 MT at the same price.
NFA earlier invited Thailand and Vietnam to supply 250,000 MT of 25 percent brokens well
milled-long grain white rice under a government-to-government procurement mode.
Vietnam through Vinafood II initially offered to supply the entire volume at $432.75 per metric
ton while Thailands Department of Foreign Trade offered to ship 100,000 metric tons at $432
per metric ton.
NFA bids and awards committee chairman Ludovico Jarina said, however, that both offers were
rejected, because they were above the governments reference price of $425 per ton. Both
countries were given until 3 in the afternoon to revise their offers.
Thailands second offer was to ship 100,000 MT at $ 424.25 per metric ton and Vietnam offered
to ship the entire volume at $425 per metric ton.
Under the terms of reference, there is a need to match the price of the lowest bidder, Jarina
said.
Vietnam agreed to match the offer of Thailand for the remaining 150,000 metric tons.
NFA earlier said the first 100,000 MT of rice imports would arrive not later than Sept. 30, while
the remaining volume would arrive not later than Oct. 31, 2016.
Meanwhile, NFA said the proposal to abolish or reduce NFA to merely regulatory functions
hinged on the question of whether or not the government was ready to let go of its responsibility
to ensure the national food security.
NFA made the statement after the Cabinet recommend to President Rodrigo Duterte the abolition
of NFAs commercial functions including rice importation.
NFA finance managers said the reported P165 billion debt of the grain agency was trimmed
down to P158.9 billion as of Aug. 31, 2016.
The agency said the accumulated debt represented the coststhe agency incurred in fulfilling its
mandate of stabilizing the price and supply of rice at both the farm-gate and consumer level.
The NFA, on behalf of the national government, has to buy high from the farmers for them to
get a fair return on their palay production investment, and sell low to consumers to ensure that
those who are short on funds will have a chance to buy good quality rice at an affordable price,
NFA said.
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Ministry adopts new strategy in drive to double rice
production
Rice farming in Mwea Irrigation Scheme. Kenya produces 149,000 tonnes of rice per year while
consumption stands at 540,000 tonnes. PHOTO | BONIFACE MWANGI
By BONIFACE MWANGI, mwangib@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Wednesday, August 31 2016 at 18:54
In Summary
It has come up with new rice varieties, hybrid seeds that are resilient to climate change and strives
to change farming systems.
The Agriculture ministry has adopted a three-pronged strategy to double rice production in
Mwea Irrigation Scheme which provides 80 per cent of the grain consumed in Kenya.It has come
up with new rice varieties, new seed varieties that are resilient to climate change, and strives to
change farming systems.
The ministry, in partnership with Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) and South
Korea, has introduced machinery in rice production unlike in the past when farmers depended
mainly on manual labour.
At the same time the partners are constructing the Sh19 billion Thiba Dam to expand the scheme.
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The new rice varieties will not only address the issue of higher production, but also food
security, poverty alleviation and greatly benefit livestock farmers.
The government aims to double rice production before 2018.
John Kimani, the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro) Mwea
Director, said they have realised the need to meet demand for livestock feeds too.
The crop-livestock interface has turned out to be a very vital aspect for us and now we are
looking at all possible ways to see each sector supports the other, he said.
Dr Kimani said the varieties that they are developing have the stay-green trait (the leaves and
stems remain green and palatable to animals and are of high protein content).
We have been able to get germplasm from our development partners, especially from South
Korea, which had developed dual purpose rice.
This is a type of rice that meets demand for both the grain for human consumption and culms
for livestock, he said.
However, this new rice species are yet to be named since they are still in the breeding process
and will only be named after being approved and released to farmers for planting.
After harvest farmers preserve rice straws as hay which is normally fed to their livestock during
dry spells.
Jackline Wangeci, a rice farmer at the scheme, confirmed that after harvest she packs straws into
bales as hay for her three dairy cows and sells the rest at Sh250 each to other dairy farmers.
We cant wait to plant this new variety since we will double our harvest as well as earnings,
she noted.
The new variety, according to Dr Kimani, is a high yielder of animal fodder and will help double
yields when released to farmers in six years to come.
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/strategy-to-double-rice-production/5395503364536-yjk0o3/
Rice Field Day: Sacramento Valley growers fed rice, rice

news at annual gathering
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Truckloads of people interested in rice tour the fields and listen to speakers at stops within the fields
during Rice Field Day at the Rice Experiment Station in Biggs, Calif. Wed. Aug. 31, 2016. (Bill Husa -Enterprise-Record)
By Heather Hacking, Chico Enterprise-Record
Posted: 08/31/16, 7:03 PM PDT | Updated: 7 hrs ago
Jona Pressman, a nutrition program manager, smiles in her Have a rice day shirt during a truck tour of
the rice fields on Rice Field Day at the Rice Experiment Station in Biggs on Wednesday. Bill Husa
Enterprise-Record
Biggs >> Hundreds of rice farmers gathered at the 100-plus-year-old Rice Experiment Station in Biggs to
learn about the latest in rice breeding and management research.
The experiment station is funded by the rice industry. A staff of researchers works to breed rice that will
produce more yield in California and resist pests and disease.
Once a year, the growers get together to hear whats new.
Rice growers have some new know-how in Whitney Brim-DeForest, the newest farm adviser for the
University of California Cooperative Extension. Brim-DeForest recently received her PhD from UC
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Davis and specializes in weed science. Her main terrain will be Sutter and Yuba counties, as well as the
counties of Placer and Sacramento.
She replaces Chris Greer, who worked as a rice farm adviser before moving to a different job.
Brim-DeForest specializes in knowledge about weeds, while Luis Espino, in Colusa County, specializes
in rice pests and Cass Mutters, in Butte County, specializes in plant physiology (the plants themselves,
how they grow, etc).
In addition to her doctorate degrees, Brim-DeForest earned her masters degree in International
Agricultural Development from UC Davis, and a double bachelors degree in Biology and music from
Brown University.
She also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, West Africa, for three years.
Since 2012, she has worked at the Rice Experiment Station in Biggs, managing the field trials for the UC
Weed Science program in rice.
Folks who stopped to chat with members of the California Rice Commission, could learn more about the
new California Ricelands Waterbird Foundation, http://calricewaterbirds.org, formed to continue
waterfowl habitat enhancement in rice-growing land.
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The foundation would continue the work of the Waterbird Habitat Enhancement Program.
WHEP has been around since 2011, and helps rice farmers fund the cost of field management that
benefits different types of birds, explained Paul Buttner, manager of environmental affairs for the
California Rice Commission.
The funding for that program is due to expire, and it is unknown if more funds will be set aside. When
that program first formed, funding from private donors complemented the federal funds.
Now, Buttner is trying to keep the program in play in rice fields in California, and is hoping donors will
contribute to the Waterbird Foundation.
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Efforts have just begun, he explained during Rice Field Day.
A man with a legacy, Homer Lundberg was chosen this year to receive the Rice Industry Award, which is
given during the Rice Field Day event. The award was given to him by Lance Tennis. The two men have
shared seats at the table on the Western Canal Water District Board of Directors.Lundberg, along with his
three brothers Eldon, Wendell and Harlan, moved to Richvale in 1937 with their parents Albert and
Frances. Homer was 2 years old at that time.After college and service in the Air Force, Lundberg returned
to Richvale in 1959 to join is brothers and parents in farming.
In addition to running Lundberg Family Farms with his brothers, and helping the farm and rice product
business flourish, Lundberg has served on the Butte County Rice Growers Association board for eight
years and the California Rice Research Foundation board for 17 years.In 1985, Lundberg and many others
founded the Western Canal Water District, after the water system was purchased from PG&E. He served
on Western Canals board for 22 years, and has worked with several other farm water groups.He also has
served on the Butte County Fair board for more than 20 years. In 2006, Lundberg stepped down from his
longtime role as chairman of the board of Lundberg Family Farms, passing the business to the next
generation.A one-day training about emerging weed problems including red rice and winged primrose
willow will take place 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Rice Experiment Station in Biggs. Growers will
meet at the Hamilton Road Field on Hamilton Road. The talks will include planning on herbicide
programs, handling herbicide resistance, weed identification and a tour of the rice weed science research
plots. Registration is $70 and $30 for students, http://tinyurl.com/jrl7jzs.
The course qualifies for continuing education for crop advisers and others.Contact reporter Heather
Hacking at 896-7758. Reporter Heather Hacking focuses on water and agriculture, as well as many other
community topics. Her column, which is mostly about gardening, appears on Fridays. She has been
writing for the Enterprise-Record since 1992. Reach the author at hhacking@chicoer.com or follow
Heather on Twitter: @HeatherHacking
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The explosion in food imports - Failure of public

policy?
Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto
31 August 2016
During the State of the Nation Address on February 25, 2014, President John Mahama stated that in 2013
the nation spent US$1.5 billion of our scarce foreign exchange resources to import eight major food items
for consumption by Ghanaians. The President listed the eight food items as rice, sugar, poultry, cooking
oil, vegetables, fish, salt and wheat. He lamented that the nation could ill-afford to spend such a huge
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amount to import foods that can be produced in this country.Of the eight food items which he referred to,
it is only wheat which cannot be produced economically in Ghana because of the unsuitable agronomic
conditions. The seven others are major food items cultivated extensively by the gallant farmers and
fishers of this country. They are also major staples for food consumers.
They, together with others such as cocoa and maize, form the backbone of our agricultural industry and
constitute the bulk of the food and nutrition sustenance of our people.Given the importance of these food
items in the domestic agricultural economy and in the economy in general, the mass import of these food
items in such large quantities pose a serious threat not only to the livelihood of our farmers and fishers,
but also to the balance of payment of the economy. These imports are obviously competing directly with
local production under conditions which may be putting our local farmers, fishers and overall food
security at risk.Giving these observations, I have interrogated the trends in food imports over the past
decade and the results are indeed alarming.
With assistance from the Ghana Statistical Service, I have been able to assemble data which clearly
confirm that over the past 10 years, the volumes and values of imports of food have gone beyond
alarming proportions. Food imports have now taken a chunk of domestic production, with all the
implications for the food and nutrition security of our nation. They also constitute a major drain on our
foreign exchange earnings. A few of these statistics will suffice to illustrate the point.Source: Trade
Statistics Department, Ghana Statistical Service. June, 2016. * 2015 Provisional
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Between calendar year 2007 and 2015, the total value of imports of the eight major food items together
sky-rocketed by more than four-fold from US$470 Million in 2007 to nearly US$2.2 billion in 2014 and
just under US$2 billion in 2015 (preliminary). During the same period, the total volume together
escalated from 882,000 metric tonnes to a peak of 1,223,000 metric tonnes in 2013 with slight dips in
2014 and 2015. The 2015 import bill of US$2.1 billion for the eight food items is equivalent to the total
foreign exchange earnings from our major export cocoa in 2014/15.
Looking at it from another perspective, it is more than the US$2 billion cocoa syndicated loan approved
by Parliament in June 2016 for the purchase of the coming 2016/17 cocoa crop
An examination of the individual items reveals even more disturbing trends. For example, the value of
rice imports has escalated eight-fold from US$152 million in 2007 to a peak of US$1.2 billion in both
2014 and 2015. In the same period, the volume of rice imports climbed from 441,000 metric tonnes to
630,000 metric tonnes.The value of imports of sugar rose more than five times from US$109 million in
2007 to US$ 564 million in 2014. In the case of poultry, the value of imports rose nearly seven-fold
from US$57 million in 2007 to US$374 million in 2015. These alarming trends require the urgent
attention of our policy makers.
Performance
The flooding of our agricultural landscape with food imports clearly coincides with the declining
growth performance of the domestic agriculture in the past eight years of this administration. Annual
agricultural growth rates have steadily declined from 7.4 per cent in 2008 to 7.2 per cent in 2009, 5.3 per
cent in 2010, 0.8 per cent in 2011, 2.3 per cent in 2012, 5.4 per cent in 2013 and 5.3 per cent in 2014 and
2.4 per cent in 2015 (latest estimate). The period average rate of 4.5 per cent falls well below the Maputo
adopted target of 6.0 per cent per annum. With population growth rate of 2.8 per cent per annum, this
means that Ghanas agriculture is growing at a net rate of only 1.7 per cent per annum. If account is taken
of rapid urbanisation typified by the Kayayei phenomenon, then agricultural growth per capita drops into
negative growth. That is the fundamental pull factor behind the flood of food imports in recent years.
Public investments in the sector have declined. Budgetary and petroleum revenue disbursements
to the sector have been cut drastically. And so has private capital typified by farm credits. Budgetary
allocation to agriculture was cut from 3.4 per cent in 2008 to 1.1 per cent in 2014 and 2015. In spite of the
loud and constant rhetoric by government officials of the importance of agriculture to this economy, the
reality on the ground tells a different story. Farmers and fisherfolk are increasingly improvised and you
only have to visit the rural areas and the fishing communities to confirm this assertion.
Following the State of the Nation Address of February 25, 2014, the President published an
article on page 16 of the Daily Graphic of Thursday, May 1, 2014, with the title What you dont know.
In this article, the President yet again draws attention to the alarming food imports in the calendar year
2013. He questions: Are we not capable of producing these food items ourselves? His proposed
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solution was to work with the private sector and he promised to announce initiatives and incentives in
the coming days and weeks.
Nothing was heard from the President after promising the initiatives for private sector
engagement to reduce food imports. Meanwhile, the data presented in this article clearly show that food
imports have risen sharply since 2013. It is about time we walked the talk and reversed the trend of
cutting public investments in agriculture. Let us restore public resources to the sector, provide financial
incentives to our farmers and fisherfolk and impose structured import tariffs to give local producers the
breathing space to bring back prosperity to the people of this country
http://www.graphic.com.gh/features/opinion/the-explosion-in-food-imports-failure-of-publicpolicy.html
Tomato and Coconut Rice
Aug 31, 2016
Yield: 4 servings
2 cups of basmati rice
2 tablespoons canola oil
12 fresh curry leaves
1 cinnamon stick, approximately 2 inches
1 large onion, finely sliced
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 green serrano chilies, finely sliced
1 handful of cashews, unsalted
12 ounces fresh baby plum or cherry tomatoes, halved
1 (14-ounce) can coconut milk
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1 teaspoons kosher salt

1 cup water
1. Wash the rice in a few changes of cold water until the water runs clear, then leave to soak in
cold water to one side.
2. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan. When oil is hot, add the curry leaves and cinnamon stick.
Stir-fry for 1 minute, then add the onions. Cook the onions until they begin to turn golden brown
and are soft enough to cut with a wooden spoon, then add the garlic, chilies and cashews.
3. Cook for 2 more minutes, then add the tomatoes. Cover and cook for about 8 minutes until the
tomatoes are soft around the edges.
4. Drain the rice and add it to the pan. Stir to mix. Then add all of the coconut milk, a cup of
water and the salt to the pan. Stir again and bring the mixture to a boil for 2 minutes, cover and
then turn the heat to low and cook for 15 more minutes without lifting the lid.
5. Turn off heat. Keep covered for an additional 10 minutes before serving.
Per serving: 652 calories; 27g fat; no cholesterol; 498mg sodium; 90g carbohydrate; 2g fiber; 4g
sugar; 12g protein.
http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/recipes/tomato-and-coconutrice/article_3d28d629-0227-54e6-a75d-f3ffbeb401e0.html
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