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IMF seeks sustained inclusive growth for Pakistan
November 5, 2018
WASHINGTON (Dawn/ANN) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that its assistance
to Pakistan, if approved, would aim to stabilise the country‘s economy.
At a Thursday afternoon news briefing in Washington, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said the Fund
would also suggest measures for ensuring a sustained inclusive growth while negotiating the package
with Pakistani authorities.
―We expect those discussions to begin on November 7,‖ when an IMF staff mission will visit
Islamabad for this purpose, he said.
―And, of course, the objectives of that programme will be to help stabilise the Pakistani economy
(and) put in place the preconditions for a sustained inclusive growth.‖
Finance Minister Asad Umar made a formal request for IMF financial assistance on October 11,
while attending the Fund‘s annual meetings in Indonesia.
Rice confirmed receiving the request and said that the modalities of the programme would be
announced once the two sides reach a staff-level agreement. ―(And then) we will go to our board (of
governors) for the formal approval,‖ he said.
https://borneobulletin.com.bn/imf-seeks-sustained-inclusive-growth-for-pakistan/
IMF‘s bailout if endorsed would be to stabilize the Pakistan

economy
IMF director communications said they would put in place the preconditions for sustained
inclusive growth and modalities of that would get announced once a staff-level agreement was
reached
By Mohammad Farooq
November 3, 2018
LAHORE: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), Director Communications Gerry Rice on
Thursday said the objective of the program would be to stabilize the Pakistan economy.
While speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Mr Rice said that Pakistan on October
11th had formally requested for financial assistance from the IMF during the annual meetings
held in Indonesia.
He added, the discussions with the authorities regarding the bailout are expected to commence
on November 7th, for which an IMF mission will arrive in Islamabad.
IMF director communications said they would put in place the preconditions for sustained
inclusive growth and modalities of that would get announced once a staff-level agreement was
reached.Once that is done, Mr Rice said, ―Then we‘ll go forward to our board for the formal
approval of the program.
―There will be, again as usual — people who follow us know this — there will be a press release,
there will be a communication at the end of that. Assuming staff-level agreement is reached,
there would be a communication at that point, said Mr Rice.
―So, November the 7th is when the discussions are going to begin, and the board date would be
— the board discussion would be contingent on an agreement being reached and following
again.‖
On Tuesday, Finance Minister Asad Umar while speaking in the National Assembly had
defended the move of to approach friendly countries as well as the IMF for assistance so it
wouldn‘t be dependent on any single source.
While talking at the floor of the National Assembly, the finance minister said, ―When we went to
Saudi Arabia we signed a $3 billion deal. Naveed Qamar has stayed in the IMF programme,
Ishaq Dar is not here but he must also know that all the money does not come from the IMF.‖
Moreover, Mr Umar rebuffed the impression that the government‘s indecision on the IMF
programme had spawned the stock market crash and told the house that the KSE-100 benchmark
index had nosedived by 15,000 points even when the previous PML-N administration was in
power.
He stated during the two months of PTI‘s government, the stock market went down by 4,000
points whereas during the previous seven months of the PML-N administration it nosedived by
15,000 points.
The finance minister told the house that the trade deficit had risen from 4.2% to 6.6% and this
rise had incurred a loss of Rs1,000 billion.
He acknowledged Pakistan‘s highest trade deficit is with China and reiterated that Beijing is
fully determined to ―work with us on this.‖
Asad Umer said Saudi Arabia has agreed to deposit $3 billion with State Bank of Pakistan for a
period of one year, whilst it will provide $9 billion of oil on deferred payment for a period of
three years.
Last week, Pakistan had gained a $6 billion bailout from Saudi Arabia and the Finance Ministry
spokesman Noor Ahmed had told Bloomberg, ―Islamabad will now negotiate with the IMF from
an improved position.‖
He added, ―We‘ll have to go to IMF. The Saudi Arabian package ―is something you strengthened
your position for talks.‖Mr Ahmed said an IMF programme will help boost discipline in the
economy.
https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/03/imfs-bailout-if-endorsed-would-be-to-stabilize-the-
pakistan-economy/
For Tamil cuisine, away in Pakistan

Sumit Paul
NOVEMBER 04, 2018 00:43 IST
I often have to visit Pakistan where I teach Islamic Theology, Koranic Studies, Persian
and Arabic. Since I‘m nuts on idli, dosa, rasam and sambar, even in Pakistan, I‘ve
managed to find places across Pakistan where I can get almost authentic South Indian
dishes as I get in Madras (please, no Chennai for me; it grates). I love the way dosa and
upma are made by Malayali Muslims in Chitral, Pakistan. They migrated to Pakistan
from Kerala after Partition.
But the best and crispiest dosas that I‘ve tasted in Pakistan are served by Tamil Hindus
and Muslims, who are concentrated mainly in Karachi and Lahore. Before descanting
on dosas made by Tamils, I must mention that in 1986, The Dawn of Pakistan carried
an article on Tamils of Pakistan. It mentioned that Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
(nephew of the Nobel laureate Sir C.V. Raman), who got the Nobel for his
‗Chandrasekhar Limit‘ in 1983, was born in pre-Independence Lahore. Mani Shankar
Aiyar was born in Lahore. Emmanuel Nicholas, a former schoolteacher of Pakistan‘s
one-time Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, was born in Sialkot. And Catholic
Bishop Victor Gyanapragasam was from the erstwhile Layalpur, now Faisalabad.
The newspaper mentioned that the British Frontier Railways in the NWFP required
accountants with sharp mathematical abilities and found Tamils to be the best-suited for
the job, just as Ramanujan, whose mathematical genius awed the world, not just the
British mathematician Sir Thomas Hardy. So many Tamils were sent there and a few of
them chose to stay back even after Partition.
The Madrasi Para (‗colony‘ in Bengali) behind the Jinnah Post Graduate Centre in
Karachi is home to some 100 Tamil Hindu families, who still speak impeccable Tamil
along with Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi. This is where you get authentic Madrasi khana,
or dastarkhwan (as it‘s known in Pakistan), in Pakistan. Two types of coconut chutneys
with a bowl of piping-hot sambar and a crisp dosa with mildly spicy potato filling
(often containing garlic) can transport you back to Madras if you happen to be a Tamil
or an Indian. The taste is awesome, to use a cliche.
I have tasted food made by Tamils settled in Singapore and Malaysia also, but the
finger-licking taste of original South Indian dishes that I experienced in Karachi is
unique. I had idly with medhu vada and chutney and sambar, served on a banana leaf.
On one of the visits I also had koottu, which is a stew of vegetables or greens, usually
made with lentils, and spices which makes for a side dish for a meal consisting of rice,
sambar and rasam. This I had at ‗Virundhu‘, which means ‗feast‘ in Tamil. The owner‘s
father migrated to Karachi from Madras in 1946. The owner, Ganesan, served
me thayir (curd) along with poriyal (dry fry of vegetables). I didn‘t have this in India
despite my many visits to Madras and Bangalore.
British culinary expert Gordon Ramsay aptly said the original taste of a localised
cuisine in a faraway place makes the food nostalgically all the more tasty. This can very
well be said of the typical Tamil gastronomic delights in Pakistan. One feels a home
connection and makes a trip down memory lane. The feeling is indescribable. It‘s akin
to describing a rainbow to a sight-impaired person.
After partaking of the wholesome Madrasi dastarkhwan (food arrangement, in Persian),

I said thank you in Tamil. The owner asked me if I knew Tamil: Tamil pesuweengalaa?
I told him I understood it very well but could speak only a smattering of it. He then
broke into flawless Urdu, much to my amazement. And he wrote his name and address
in Urdu!
Now, I‘ve begun to take my Muslim friends to these Tamil joints and they too swear by
the taste of idiyappam, sevai, kozhukattai, aapam and typical Chettinad chicken. By the
way, many Pakistani and Indian Muslim friends of mine are of the opinion that South
Indian Chettinad chicken can beat the over-hyped butter chicken of Punjab province of
India and West Punjab.
My Muslim friends in Pakistan love a certain pink-coloured soft drink served after
food, and thakkali saadam (tomato rice) in these South Indian eateries in Pakistan‘s
metros.
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/for-tamil-cuisine-away-in-
pakistan/article25414464.ece
Pakistan may seek unilateral concessions, trade balance with

Malaysia
ByGhulam Abbas
November 3, 2018
 Exports to Malaysia remain highly negligible despite an FTA signed in 2008
 Pakistan has given 15pc discount in import duty on palm oil but has not received
concessions in return
ISLAMABAD: As Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to visit Malaysia after returning from
China, the Ministry of Commerce has suggested to revise the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) or
seek unilateral concession on a number of export items, as the existing bilateral trade was
―highly in favour of Malaysia‖.
According to sources, the prime minister will take up the issue of imbalance of trade with
Malaysia owing to the huge import of palm oil. The exports to Malaysia remain highly negligible
despite the FTA the two countries signed in 2008, they added.
Although the PM wanted to visit Malaysia early last week, it was later decided to postpone the
trip until his visit to China. PM Khan will be leaving for Malaysia on the invitation of his
counterpart Mahathir Bin Mohamad in the second week of November.
The PM will be accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising Finance Minister Asad
Umar, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry.
Earlier on October 18, Prime Minister Khan had made a telephone call to Malaysian Prime
Minister Mahathir Mohamad during which both leaders invited each other to visit their
respective states and agreed to extend cooperation in various sectors.
According to sources at the Ministry of Commerce, the major reason behind Pakistan‘s
negligible exports to Malaysia was that the items which have the highest potential for exports are
either not part of Malaysia‘s concession list or they are outright unfavourable for Pakistan, as
competitors enjoy better tariff rates.
Although Malaysia‘s exports to Pakistan amount to only 0.52 per cent of its total exports of $234
billion, the country managed to get concessions for its most important export to Pakistan i.e.
palm oil, sources said.
As per the documents, 10 items amounted to 86 per cent of Pakistan‘s total exports to Malaysia.
These included cereals (rice), cotton, textiles and articles of apparel, and fish. Meanwhile, the top
10 items imported by Pakistan from Malaysia contributed to 85 per cent of total imports from
Malaysia. These consisted mainly of palm oil (52%), machinery (7.82%) and mineral fuels
(7.31%).
According to the sources, under the existing trade agreements, Pakistan has given 15 per cent
discount in import duty on palm oil but has not received concessions in return despite being one
of the largest consumers of the commodity.
The commerce ministry will reportedly suggest the government to convince Malaysia for more
imports of rice from Pakistan. It has been noted that Malaysia buys 1 million tonnes of rice,
however, not even 100,000 tonnes are exported from Pakistan.After giving concession and
preferential treatment to palm oil imports, Pakistan may ask Malaysia as well as Indonesia to
give it a special treatment with regard to selected export items like rice.
Unfortunately, Pakistan has been asking Indonesia and Malaysia for opening the border for
Kinnow and some other agricultural items. As per a report, palm oil is worth $550 per tonne
whereas kinnows are not even $50. Pakistan may not have products worth up to $550 per tonne
to balance out imports, but it does have rice valued at $350 per tonne, which should be exported
instead.
https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/03/pakistan-may-seek-unilateral-concessions-trade-
balance-with-malaysia/
First steps in building consensus for a new rice sector road

map
November 3, 2018, 10:00 PM
Dr. Emil Q. Javier
Rising inflation had been very much in the news

lately, with a marked increase in the retail price
of rice often cited as one of the major culprits.
Indeed, our rice sector has a long way to go to
produce enough to meet our national requirement
at a cost competitive with imports.
However, in fairness to the Department of

Agriculture (DA), our national rice production
had been increasing steadily during the last 50
years (1968–2018) at a respectable rate of
3.18%. In fact, our average palay yield is higher
than that of Thailand from whom we import rice.
But Thailand has three times more riceland and
30 million less people to feed.
Still and all that growth rate in rice production

while commendable was not enough to match our population growth and increasing per capita
consumption that goes with increasing income Thus, during the last two years, our rice self-
sufficiency score is only 91%.
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For so long our domestic rice sector has been shielded from foreign competition with restrictions
on volume of rice that may be imported. That protection had been costly as manifested by the
much higher price of rice Filipino consumers had to bear.
That cost is reflected as well in the huge losses incurred by the National Food Authority (NFA),
the national agency tasked with providing price support to increase income of the producers
while selling rice at a loss to make rice affordable to the poor.
With the lapse of the exception granted to the Philippines regarding quantitative restrictions
(QRs) on rice imports, we have no choice now but to make good on the liberal market conditions
we have voluntarily acceded to when we joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) i.e. lifting
QRs but imposing reasonable tariffs.
Thus, the imperative for a new rice industry road map to take into account the new market
circumstances.
Last Tuesday, we had the opportunity to take a first look at the new rice industry road map
drafted by a DA multi-agency panel tasked by DA Secretary Emmanuel Piñol and chaired by
Flordeliza Bordey of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).
The presentation was made at a policy forum convened by the Asia Rice Foundation, Inc. (ARF),
the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and
Development (PCAARRD-DOST) and the Coalition for Agriculture Modernization in the
Philippines (CAMP) to get an immediate feedback from stakeholders from the science
community, the operating units of DA itself and a few farmers.
The plan is very much a work in progress and the purpose of the Forum precisely was to harvest
comments and recommendations and buy-in to the plan by significant stakeholders.
Here are the significant impressions:
Overwhelming support
to road map key targets
A detailed plan is yet to be developed so what was presented was the road map in broad strokes.
Basically the draft road map was very well received. There was overwhelming support for the
key targets, namely: 1) increasing average yield to six tons per hectare through more use of
certified seeds and hybrids, and appropriate level of fertilizers, 2) reducing cost of producing
palay to P8–P10 per kilogram, a big part by more mechanization, 3) reducing postharvest losses
by 12%, with more drying facilities, 4) reducing marketing margins by P1.00 per kilogram of
rice, and 5) assisting rice farmers and farm workers in low priority provinces in the transition to
open market.
The fact that the plan was bold enough to express targets in absolute but doable numbers
reflected well on the rigor that went into the deliberation of the drafting panel. That the plan was
disaggregated into provinces to take into account big differences in growing conditions was also
well-received.
Paradigm shift from
rice self-sufficiency
to raising farmers’ incomes
This issue had been the core of the debate all along. To the relief of many, the draft road map
without explicitly saying so, proceeds on this premise. The first four technical objectives which
address increasing yield and reducing costs will raise farmers‘ incomes and enable domestic rice
to be able to compete with imports.
But the 5th target is revealing. Assisting rice farmers and farmworkers in low priority provinces
in transition recognized the fact the farms that are unproductive for rice due to lack of reliable
water supply will not be able to compete and are better off cultivating something else. It goes
without saying that this diversion of the less productive rice farms will reduce total national
output and effectively preclude self-sufficiency.
No to free distribution
of production inputs
Another key issue raised was whether the plan involves the free distribution of seeds, fertilizers,
and farm equipment to go along with free irrigation. In response it was made clear that Secretary
Piñol‘s intention was to facilitate access of farmers to formal credit with which to acquire the
needed production inputs.
This will be achieved by 1) making affordable credit more easily accessible, 2) by expanding
insurance coverage to protect farmers from catastrophic losses, and 3) providing more guarantee
funds to protect the rural finance institutions and encourage them to lend more.
However, this should not rule out the opportunity to assist rice farmers to turn around quickly
after typhoons and floods with freely available seeds.
Re-engineering NFA
as a logistics service provider
Conspicuously absent in the road map was the absence of mention of what to do with the NFA.
However, there was a consensus that abolishing NFA does not make sense. The proper direction
is to limit NFA‘s mandate to 1) maintaining our grain reserves, and 2) emergency food
distribution after calamities. With all its trained people, distribution networks, and physical
assets, NFA could be re-engineered into a profitable grains logistics service provider as proposed
by former NFA Administrator Romeo David during the forum.
Operational plans and budgets
The crowd in attendance most of whom were operating technical personnel of the DA regional
offices and DA agencies as well as senior scientists and administrators from CAMP, PhilRice,
Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA),
Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech), Philippine Crop
Insurance Corporation (PCIC), UP Los Banos and other SUCs were basically supportive of the
draft road map. Unfortunately, there were only a few rice farmers from Batangas in attendance.
As the rice road map gets firmed up, collectively, they look forward to getting clarity on the
operational plans and exactly how, by whom, when, where, and most importantly, how much it
will cost.
Additionally, more forward looking reforms in land markets, basic data gathering, new
institutional arrangements and innovative business modalities applicable not just for rice but also
for the entire agriculture and fisheries sector were contributed by a distinguished panel which
included Lourdes Adriano (ADB), Leo Gonzales (formerly with IRRI and IPPRI), Leocadio
Sebastian (former PhilRice executive director), Fermin Adriano (World Bank consultant), Senen
Reyes (University of Asia and the Pacific) and Ernesto Ordoñez (Agriculture and Fisheries
Alliance).
Provided the DA takes heed, these first steps in building consensus for a new rice road map
should prove meaningful.
https://business.mb.com.ph/2018/11/03/first-steps-in-building-consensus-for-a-new-rice-sector-road-map/
Science: Ring-shaped protein complicated wrangles DNA

[Report]
BY MARTA SUBAT ON NOVEMBER 4, 2018SCIENCE
Biological physicists at Rice University have a new cellular mechanics theory that rings true.
The Rice lab of José Onuchic has determined the structure of the condensin protein complex.
The work settles the controversy over whether the complex is a single ring that lassos two double
strands of DNA or a molecular ―handcuff‖ composed of two connected rings that each wrangle a
double strand.
The team led by Rice postdoctoral researcher Dana Krepel used a suite of state-of-the-art
analysis tools to make the call: It‘s a single ring.
Their work is the first step toward understanding the activity of proteins over the structure of
chromosomes throughout mitosis and all phases of the cell life cycle. That understanding will
help scientists learn how to better treat genetic diseases, including cancer.
The results of the Rice team‘s two-year study appear in the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences.
Condensin does what the word suggests: It helps condense the chromosomes into the cell‘s
nucleus. Recent research has demonstrated that condensin and its protein partner cohesin extrude
DNA. But until now, nobody has settled on how condensin proteins come together into their
functional forms.
Krepel started her analysis from bacterial condensin complexes made up of five subunits,
including two structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) proteins that come together as a
hinge and long kleisin proteins that make up the rest of the ring. Complexes in human eukaryotic
nuclei – a target for future analysis – are similar to their more archaic counterparts.
Krepel pieced the puzzle together by combining and comparing existing data about the atomic
structures and genetic sequences of the individual proteins. The structures came from available
X-ray crystallography of protein fragments, and sequence information through direct coupling
analysis (DCA), a statistics-based program introduced by Onuchic and his colleagues in 2011
that compares amino acid residues in proteins that coevolve.
―We used DCA to infer coevolving pairs of amino acids, and we had little bits of protein
fragments from experiments,‖ Krepel said. ―That was a good starting point, and then we had to
put them together like a puzzle. We wanted to get a full structure and settle the conflict over
whether it‘s a single or double ring.‖
Knowing how proteins evolve together was key. ―This is a modular mechanism made of many
proteins,‖ said Rice postdoctoral researcher and co-author Michele Di Pierro. ―It‘s easier to
crystallize one protein, but it‘s very difficult to figure out the structure of this entire complex.
That‘s why it was ideal to look at coevolution, which lets us get information about the complex
even if we don‘t have the structure.‖
―Coevolution is basically about natural selection,‖ added Ryan Cheng, also a postdoctoral
researcher and co-author of the paper. ―As you get random mutations, certain interactions need to
be preserved to keep the function of that complex.‖
―We expect that where these two residues come together and match, they‘re going to evolve
together,‖ Onuchic said. ―If this one makes a mutation and has a bad reaction, the other one has
to compensate. Dana asked if can we get this sequence information together with small crystal
structures and determine these gigantic structures, and it turned out that we can.‖
Onuchic‘s group at Rice‘s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP) has published a
series of papers that extend its theories on protein folding to the much larger genome. He expects
ongoing work will eventually reveal condensin‘s mechanisms. ―These things have to condense
the chromosomes,‖ he said. ―People know that. But nobody knows how they do it.‖
Onuchic said studies by others suggest the flexible hinge may help open and close the ring,
serving as a gate that allows DNA strands in and out, a process also hinted at by the Rice study.
But without knowing the position of every molecule in the complex, there is no way to
completely understand its function and dynamics.
―We know the condensin complex is involved, because if you remove it, mitosis doesn‘t
happen,‖ he said. ―But nobody understands the mechanism. Now that we have this structure, we
have the first shot at understanding the molecular details.‖
More information:
Dana Krepel et al. Deciphering the structure of the condensin protein complex, Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences (2018). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1812770115
Biological physicists at Rice University have a new cellular mechanics theory that rings true.
The Rice lab of José Onuchic has determined the structure of the condensin protein complex.
The work settles the controversy over whether the complex is a single ring that lassos two double
strands of DNA or a molecular ―handcuff‖ composed of two connected rings that each wrangle a
double strand.
The team led by Rice postdoctoral researcher Dana Krepel used a suite of state-of-the-art
analysis tools to make the call: It‘s a single ring.
Their work is the first step toward understanding the activity of proteins over the structure of
chromosomes throughout mitosis and all phases of the cell life cycle. That understanding will
help scientists learn how to better treat genetic diseases, including cancer.
The results of the Rice team‘s two-year study appear in the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences.
Condensin does what the word suggests: It helps condense the chromosomes into the cell‘s
nucleus. Recent research has demonstrated that condensin and its protein partner cohesin extrude
DNA. But until now, nobody has settled on how condensin proteins come together into their
functional forms.
Krepel started her analysis from bacterial condensin complexes made up of five subunits,
including two structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) proteins that come together as a
hinge and long kleisin proteins that make up the rest of the ring. Complexes in human eukaryotic
nuclei – a target for future analysis – are similar to their more archaic counterparts.
Krepel pieced the puzzle together by combining and comparing existing data about the atomic
structures and genetic sequences of the individual proteins. The structures came from available
X-ray crystallography of protein fragments, and sequence information through direct coupling
analysis (DCA), a statistics-based program introduced by Onuchic and his colleagues in 2011
that compares amino acid residues in proteins that coevolve.
―We used DCA to infer coevolving pairs of amino acids, and we had little bits of protein
fragments from experiments,‖ Krepel said. ―That was a good starting point, and then we had to
put them together like a puzzle. We wanted to get a full structure and settle the conflict over
whether it‘s a single or double ring.‖
Knowing how proteins evolve together was key. ―This is a modular mechanism made of many
proteins,‖ said Rice postdoctoral researcher and co-author Michele Di Pierro. ―It‘s easier to
crystallize one protein, but it‘s very difficult to figure out the structure of this entire complex.
That‘s why it was ideal to look at coevolution, which lets us get information about the complex
even if we don‘t have the structure.‖
―Coevolution is basically about natural selection,‖ added Ryan Cheng, also a postdoctoral
researcher and co-author of the paper. ―As you get random mutations, certain interactions need to
be preserved to keep the function of that complex.‖
―We expect that where these two residues come together and match, they‘re going to evolve
together,‖ Onuchic said. ―If this one makes a mutation and has a bad reaction, the other one has
to compensate. Dana asked if can we get this sequence information together with small crystal
structures and determine these gigantic structures, and it turned out that we can.‖
Onuchic‘s group at Rice‘s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP) has published a
series of papers that extend its theories on protein folding to the much larger genome. He expects
ongoing work will eventually reveal condensin‘s mechanisms. ―These things have to condense
the chromosomes,‖ he said. ―People know that. But nobody knows how they do it.‖
Onuchic said studies by others suggest the flexible hinge may help open and close the ring,
serving as a gate that allows DNA strands in and out, a process also hinted at by the Rice study.
But without knowing the position of every molecule in the complex, there is no way to
completely understand its function and dynamics.
―We know the condensin complex is involved, because if you remove it, mitosis doesn‘t
happen,‖ he said. ―But nobody understands the mechanism. Now that we have this structure, we
have the first shot at understanding the molecular details.‖
More information:
Dana Krepel et al. Deciphering the structure of the condensin protein complex, Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences (2018). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1812770115
http://infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xhtml/en_GB/science/science-ring-shaped-protein-complicated-
wrangles-dna-report/
Pemalang Records the Highest Added Planting Area of Paddy in
Central Java, Using This System
Sunday, 04 November 2018 | 14:29 WIB
Coodination Meeting of Special Efforts Program to Increase Rice, Corn and Soybean Production
by the Ministry of Agriculture in Pemalang
PEMALANG, NNC -- The Ministry of Agriculture continues to make breakthroughs to increase

rice production for the availability of rice at all times and stable prices. Through the Special
Efforts Program to Increase Rice, Corn and Soybean Production (Upsus Pajale), the Ministry of
Agriculture implements a methuk system (separating areas for nursery and planting) to increase
the added planting area (LTT) of paddy.
"This methuk system succeeded in increasing paddy LTT in Pemalang for the period October
2017-September 2018 covering an area of 100,343 hectares or a surplus by 9,960 hectares
compared to the same period in October 2016-September 2017 covering 90,383 hectares," said
PIC of Upsus Pajale of the Central Java Province, who is also Director General of Horticulture,
Suwandi at the Coordination Meeting who at the same time gave an award to Pemalang Regency
for reaching the first place in Central Java in achieving paddy LTT, in Pemalang on Saturday
(11/3/2018).
"The award was also given to the three high-performing sub-districts of paddy LTT at the
tegency level, namely Bantarbolang Sub-district, Taman Sub-district and Warungpring Sub-
district," he continued.
Suwandi explained this achievement was due to the breakthrough of pumping and the planting
pattern by the methuk system, by seedlings and planting early. So the interval from harvest to
planting is at most two weeks.
The three outstanding sub-districts along with Pemalang Military District Command (Kodim)
0711 were also rewarded with the assistance of cayenne seeds which were immediately handed
over to the District Extension Coordinator and Pemalang Military District Commander.
"This seed prize is to provide fighting spirit to continue to improve its performance," said
Suwandi.
Suwandi added that besides boosting rice production, it is expected to continue to boost
production of other superior commodities such as pineapple, mango and jasmine flowers, which
are export commodities.
"Ministry of Agriculture continues to supervise and assist from upstream to downstream so as to

boost exports," he admitted.
According to the Head of the Pemalang Regency Agriculture Service Suharto, based on the latest
data, the paddy fields declined by around 8,000 hectares from 38,000 to around 30,000 hectares.
However, this condition does not reduce people's enthusiasm to succeed the government
program, which is to support the expansion of rice cultivation in particular so that it can achieve
such achievements today.
"For us, this is an opportunity by applying the strategy by encouraging farmers to carry out the
methuk system so that before the harvest, the seedlings have been planted in another location
thus the location which is ready for harvesting can be immediately processed for planting [again]
because the seeds are ready," he said.
In addition, continued Suharto, the Pemalang agricultural service continued to encourage farmers
to implement Gogo Rice (which is tolerant to dry land) and intercropping on dry land. This
strategy was successfully carried out by providing pumping support on the dry land.
"As a result, it is able to irrigate dry land and intercropping," he said.
http://www.en.netralnews.com/news/business/read/25416/pemalang.records.the.highest.added.pl
anting.area.of.paddy.in.central.java..using.this.system
Brawijaya University students win gold in 2018 IUFoST

Nedi Putra AW
The Jakarta Post
Malang, East Java | Sat, November 3, 2018 | 09:07 am

Alfisah Nur Annisa (left), Widya Nur Habiba (second left), Annisa Aurora Kartika (second right) and Joko Tri
Rubiyanto (right) pose with the awards they won in the 2018 International Union of Food Science and Technology
(IUFoST) Product Development Competition in Mumbai, India, on Oct. 27. (Courtesy of/Faculty of Agricultural
Technology, Brawijaya University)
Students from the Brawijaya University‘s School of Agricultural Technology in Malang, East
Java, won three out of the five gold medals contested at the 2018 International Union of Food
Science and Technology (IUFoST) Product Development Competition.
The event was held On Oct. 23-27 at the CIDCO Exhibition Center in Mumbai, India. It is a
biennial world food product development competition that started in 1962.
Themed, 25 Billion Meals a Day by 2025 with Healthy, Nutritious, Safe, and Diverse Food, the
competition drew more than 3,000 contestants from 74 countries.
Widya Nur Habiba, Alfisah Nur Annisa, Annisa Aurora Kartika and Joko Tri Rubiyanto from
Brawijaya University won in the Best Oral Presentation, Best Commercial Content and Best
Overall Project categories.
They submitted for the event analog rice made from local sago, corn and umbi porang (elephant
foot yam). The rice is named NABU, which stands for nasi berbahan dasar sagu (sago-based
rice).
Team leader Widya Nur Habiba said NABU was more nutritious and had a lower
glycemic index level than regular rice to prevent malnutrition and a higher risk of
diabetes.
She added that the main ingredients were easy to find in Indonesia and the rice could
grow in extreme conditions.
Widya also said that NABU could be consumed as an alternative to regular rice in order
to reduce rice imports.
―The analog rice can be seen as a solution for famine, as what happened to the Asmat
tribe in Papua in January 2018,‖ she added. (iru/wng)
No need to import rice: Bulog
News Desk
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta | Wed, October 31, 2018 | 01:31 pm
State-owned logistics company Bulog president director Budi Waseso (Antara/Wahyu Putro A)
The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) says its rice stock of 2.4 million tons is adequate to meet
domestic demand. Therefore, the company assures that the country does not need to import the
commodity.
―It indicates that we have strong stock,‖ Bulog president director Budi Waseso said in a
statement on Wednesday.
He said Bulog was committed to implementing its main duties – purchasing rice from farmers,
carrying out market operations to stabilize prices and maintaining strong rice stocks to assure the
availability of the commodity.
The agency is required to maintain between 1 and 1.5 million tons of rice that should be ready to
be distributed to Bulog‘s warehouses across the country at any time.
―As a price stabilizing institution, Bulog continuously carries out market intervention. With it,
the commodity should always be available and of good quality,‖ Budi said, adding that since
January, Bulog had released 384,328 tons rice for market operations, an average of 2,500 per
day.
Bulog will continue to monitor rice prices, said Budi.
Bulog purchases 3,000 tons of unhusked rice from farmers every day, he said, adding that with
the absorption of farmers‘ rice, Bulog could also stock up until the end of 2018.(bbn)
http://www.thejakartapost.com/youth/2018/11/02/brawijaya-university-students-win-gold-in-
2018-iufost.html
Farmers to block roads tomorrow

4, 2018, 12:03 AM; last updated: Nov 4, 2018, 12:03 AM (IST)
Allege pace of paddy procurement slow due to high moisture content

Labourers work at a grain market in Bathinda on Saturday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
Tribune News Service

Bathinda, November 3
Several farmer unions have announced to block roads for three hours across the state on
November 5 over the slow pace of paddy procurement due to high moisture content.
Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan, state secretary, BKU (Ekta) Urgahan, said people‘s support was
being mobilised to block roads in protest on November 5 at the village level.
Kokrikalan said, ―Due to the wrong attitude of the state government and the Centre towards
genuine demands of farmers, we have been forced to intensify our stir. We have been compelled
to block roads in protest.‖
Kokrikalan said farmers had been demanding is that the prescribed limit of moisture content in
paddy be raised to 24 per cent from 17 per cent. ―Due to government‘s wrong policies, farmers
sow paddy late, which results in late harvesting. It means that the harvested crop will have more
moisture content. If paddy is sown before May 31, its moisture content is around 22%,‖ the
farmer leader added.
He said due to late sowing, the yield of paddy has decreased by three quintals per acre. He added
that the state government should give compensations to farmers.
High moisture content in paddy has led to a glut in grain markets across the region. Farmers have
been saying that they are being fleeced on account of high moisture in their paddy. They have
also been alleging a nexus among rice millers, arhtiyas, Mandi Board and procurement agencies.
On a random visit to a grain market, it has been found that the paddy with high moisture has left
the mandi chocked.
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Atomic energy utilization brings positive results in healthcare,

agriculture
Friday, November 02, 2018 18:00
The 3rd national scientific conference on ‘Atomic Energy Utilization for the Socio-Economic
Development’ was held yesterday in Hanoi by the Vietnam Atomic Energy Agency under
the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The 3rd national scientific conference on ‘Atomic Energy Utilization for the Socio-Economic
Development’. Photo by T.B
In the two years from 2016, the implementation of radiation and radio-active isotopes has gained
several impressive results in the fields of health, agriculture, natural resources and environment.
The conference aims at evaluating the status and results of policy application and research
activities regarding atomic energy in the period from 2016 – 2018.
It also focuses on discussions about development directions and potentials of atomic energy in
the near future, along with the fostering of cooperation in such activities like state management,
research and implementation, training and technology transfer, production and services in the
field for the national economic and social growth.
In the event, many prominent achievements on utilizing atomic energy in life were presented,
such as the creation of highly efficient rice species and made-in-Vietnam irradiation equipment.
Regarding healthcare, there are 35 institutes of nuclear medicine with more than 45 pieces of
radiation equipment, some of which are as modern as those in neighboring countries to help the
diagnosis and treatment of cancer, heart, and nerve diseases become more effective.
There are nearly 40 units of radiotherapy nationwide, mostly in major cities.
As to health imaging, in Vietnam, there are 174 computed tomography (CT) scanners, 51
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners, 21 digital subtraction angiography scanners, and
over 500 high frequency X-ray generators.
The production and use of radio-active isotopes are considerably boosted in major hospitals in
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City like Cho Ray Hospital, Bach Mai Hospital, 108 Military Central
Hospital.
Concerning agriculture, according to the evaluation of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), Vietnam is ranked the 8thposition in researching on cross-breading plant species. Until
2017, it has been able to develop more than 68 new plant types, 48 of which are rice types,
thanks to applying the irradiation technology.
Some typical examples are the rice type Khang Dan grown in the northern regions with a
cultivation area of over 1.5 million ha, and the rice type DT10 also in the northern part with an
average yield of 5.5 to 6 tons per ha.
Vietnam has also registered copyright of two temperature-sensitive rice genes of TGMS-VN1
and TGM-VN6 while adding hundreds of mutated genes to the international rice gene bank.
Besides, the technology of radio-active isotope Cesium-137 and Beryllium-7 has been used to
evaluate the soil erosion status in the Central Highlands and North West, and the potential to
further apply into an area of 13 million ha of sloping soil, accounting for 40 percent of the total
amount of national land. This is expected to save hundreds of tons of nitrogen and phosphorus
fertilizer with a value of hundreds of millions of US dollars per year.
Taking part in the conference were more than 170 delegates who are members of the National
Atomic Energy Council as well as scientists, leaders, and experts from different related
ministries and regions, along with representatives of businesses in the field. The conference had
the honor to welcome representatives of IAEA, Head of the Korean Advanced Radiation
Technology Institute, and international professionals.
http://sggpnews.org.vn/science_technology/atomic-energy-utilization-brings-positive-results-in-
healthcare-agriculture-78452.html
Decree brings small, medium enterprises rice export chances

SGGPFriday, November 02, 2018 16:00
The Ministry of Industry and Trade yesterday organized a conference to popularize Decree 107
on rice trading and export, saying the decree facilitate small and medium enterprises‘
participation in rice export market.
Workers pile up rice bags

According to the ministry, the decree has created transparent conditions for businesses by reducing
costs while joining in the market. They can hire instead of buying storages and milling facilities
as before. The decree also abolishes floor price in rice export and permits businesses to export
without registering with Vietnam Food Association.
In addition, the decree encourages investment in making and exporting high quality and high
added value products, contributing to the rice industry restructuring and fortifying Vietnamese
rice brand names in both domestic and foreign markets.
The ministry reports that Vietnam now has over 140 businesses licensed to export rice.
By mid October, rice export output reached five million tons, up four percent over the same
period last. Value was up 17.7 percent.
Major export markets include Asian nations accounting for 67.9 percent of the country‘s export
volume, Africa 11.7 percent, America 8 percent and the Middle East 6.3 percent.
By staff writers – Translated by Hai Mien

http://sggpnews.org.vn/business/decree-brings-small-medium-enterprises-rice-export-chances-78451.html
Over 6,000 rice farmers trained in Kano, Jigawa – Africa

Rice
By Tijjani Ibrahim, Kano | Published Date Nov 4, 2018 2:24 AM
The Africa Rice, in conjunction with Agricultural Transformation Support Programme Phase I
(ATASP-1), has trained a total of 6,436 rice farmers on good agricultural practices in the Kano
and Jigawa staple crops processing zone.
The Zonal Research Associate of Africa Rice, Mr Bisi Ilebani, made this known during a field
trip to commemorate Farmer‘s Field Day at Zangon Buhari village of Bunkure Local
Government Area, Kano State.
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―Out of the number of trained farmers, 1,097 were provided with improved seeds to cultivate
201.46 hectares and 260 were provided with improved seeds and other inputs at 50 per cent
subsidised rate to cultivate 144.1 hectares,‖ he said.
He added that 600 youths were trained on rice seed production technology in the zone and they
have cultivated about 30 hectares of rice seeds production plots.
―The second category was also provided with breeder seeds and other inputs at 50 per cent
discount and were subsequently linked up with seed companies and farmers around the
communities to offtake their produce,‖ he stated.
One of the beneficiaries of the seed production technology training, Sa‘adu Tasiu, said before the
training, he used to cultivate a maximum of 35 bags of rice per acre, but with the training and
improved seeds, he harvested 65 bags per acre last year and projected about 75 bags this year.
He called on the ATASP and Africa Rice to expand the programme so that more farmers could
benefit
https://www.dailytrust.com./over-6000-rice-farmers-trained-in-kano-jigawa-africa-rice.html
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL’S INNOVATIVE SEED
PRODUCTION SYSTEM
By Julio Yap Jr.
Monday, November 5, 2018
FOCUSING on just three rice varieties, Negros Occidental is bound to become

the first province in the country to initiate an innovation in rice farming by
investing in a provincial government-funded seed production program.This
development came out after Negros Occidental Alfredo G. Marañon Jr. met
with Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel ―Manny‖ Piñol during his recent visit
to the province.
Under the agreement, it will be called the ―Balik Binhi‖ Program, wherein the provincial
government will be developing a 50-hectare land area to produce the seeds of the three inbred
varieties that were developed by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) – particularly
the RC 222, RC 160, and RC 216 varieties.
Negros Occidental Provincial Agriculturist Japhet Masculino said the three PhilRice varieties
were selected for propagation in the province because of their adaptability in the area.
Marañon said the seeds produced from the provincial seed farm will be distributed to the farmers
for free.
The recipient farmers will in turn be required to ―return‖ two bags of seeds which the provincial
government will again distribute to two more farmers who will also be asked to pay back two
bags of seeds each.
Concentrating on just three varieties, the program for Negros Occidental will be the first to be
implemented in the country where farmers usually plant just about every known variety.
The multiple-variety farming system has proven to be a bane of the Philippine rice industry
where farm management, including the handling of diseases, has largely been a problem.
Multiple-variety farming system also poses a problem on post-harvest operations where farmers
who own small landholdings refuse to dry their palay in mechanical dryers with huge capacity
because they have different varieties.
Another problem is milling because different varieties have different grain sizes and formations.
In Vietnam, the country focused on at least two major varieties which were all high-yielding and
early maturing.
The Negros Occidental‘s ―3-in-1 Rice Industry Program‖ could serve as the blueprint for other
provinces in the future.
Marañon said this program will be started this coming planting season with the support of
PhilRice.
During its recent board of trustees meeting, PhilRice approved the program and has committed to
provide technical support to the initiative of Negros Occidental.
PhilRice then gave the following information regarding the three selected varieties:
When transplanted, the RC 216, also known as Tubigan 17, has a maximum yield of 9.7 t/ha
with a maturity of 112 days after sowing (DAS).
It is moderately resistant to brown planthoppers (BPH) and green leafhoppers (GLH).
RC 160 has a maximum yield of 8.2 t/ha if direct-wet-seeded and matures in 107 DAS.
It has intermediate reaction to blast, bacterial leaf blight (BLB) and GLH, and is resistant to stem
borer. This variety is also known for its good eating quality because of its low amylose content.
While the RC 222, known as Tubigan 18, has a maximum yield of 10 t/ha matures in 114 DAS.
It is moderately resistant to BPH, GLH, and stem borers. (jaypeeyap@ymail.com/PN)
https://www.panaynews.net/negros-occidentals-innovative-seed-production-system/
Why Niger is leading in rice production

By Vincent A, Yusuf | Published Date Nov 4, 2018 2:25 AM
The Niger State contingent to the just concluded national agricultural show has explained why
the state in the 2017 and 2018 farming seasons ranked first according to the National
Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS) of the Ahmadu Bello
University (ABU), Zaria.
Niger State Project Coordinator of Fadama III (Additional Financing), Dr. Aliyu Usman Kultigi,
who led the state‘s delegation to the show, said the state provided all the necessary support to
farmers to aid rice production.
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Dr. Kultigi said under the Fadama III alone, 11,000 farmers in the state, each with a hectare, had
been given all the needed support leading to the cultivation of 11 thousand hectares.
He said six irrigation structures had also been constructed for the dry season cultivation, adding
that this helped to scale up all-time rice production.
In addition to this, he said 300 tube wells were sunk for the farmers where irrigation systems
were not available.
The programme has also constructed 10 rice aggregation centres to help farmers sell their rice in
a more organised manner in the state.
The coordinator, however, lamented that the recent flood washed away over 5,000 hectares of
rice farms, the impact of which was huge on the farmers.
Again, Kano shows dominance in agric show
A visit to the Kano State arena in the ongoing National Agricultural Show has shown that no
state came near to in terms of appearance.
In its usual tradition, the state came with all its 44 local governments to show what they all
produce.
Every year, the state does not only come with crops, services or livestock, it also comes with a
zoo, where thousands of people, including school children, go to see animals, some of which
they never have the opportunity to see for the first time.
Whatever you wish to see, Kano has something that will interest you; whether you are a dairy
farmer, crop farmer or a mere spectator.
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Tamil Nadu Agricultural University to help make agri

resilient to climate change
DECCAN CHRONICLE.
PublishedNov 4, 2018, 6:01 am IST
UpdatedNov 4, 2018, 6:01 am IST
Climate change, plant diseases and insect-pests are estimated to cost an annual loss of USD 8.6 billion.
The centre was formally launched by Akhilesh Gupta, Adviser and Head of the Climate Change
Programme of DST, recently.
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University is part of a national consortium to help make
agriculture more resilient to vagaries of climate change.
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) which has established a centre of excellence
on climate change research for plant protection at the Hyderabad-based International Crop
Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), will operate like a consortium. Besides
TNAU, its partners include Indian Institute of Rice Research; University of Agricultural
Sciences, Raichur; Indian Agricultural Research Institute; Punjab Agriculture University; and
centres of CGIAR, the global network of research institutions working in the area of agriculture.
The centre would focus on real-time structured surveillance for insect-pests and diseases using
GPS-tagging techniques besides develop a model to alert policy makers and farmers of any
changes in the pattern of plant diseases and insect-pests. It will work on prediction of future
climate scenarios and develop GIS-based risk maps for diseases and insect-pests at zonal,
regional and State-levels.
The centre was formally launched by Akhilesh Gupta, Adviser and Head of the Climate Change
Programme of DST, recently.
Current estimates of climate change indicate possible increases in global mean annual
temperatures in the order of 1 degree C by 2025 and 3 degree C by 2100. Coupled with
variability in rainfall pattern and increase in global precipitation levels, this could result in new
diseases and insect-pests, and increased risk of invasion by migrant diseases and insect pests.
Climate change, plant diseases and insect-pests are estimated to cost an annual loss of USD 8.6
billion.
The centre would focus on real-time structured surveillance for
insect-pests and diseases using GPS-tagging techniques besides developing a model to
alert policy makers and farmers of any changes in the pattern of plant diseases and insect-
pests
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/041118/tamil-nadu-agricultural-
university-to-help-make-agri-resilient-to-clim.html
Panelo says Duterte rule a ‗reign of fear‘ not ‗reign of terror‘

On Nov 5, 2018
By Prince Golez
Malacanang on Monday denied the allegations of Sister Patricia Fox that the Duterte
administration has created a ―reign of terror‖ among the Filipino people, saying the Australian
nun probably meant ―reign of fear.‖
―They know for a fact that there is a reign of strict enforcement of the law against violators of the
law. There is a reign of fear on the minds and hearts of those violators because they know that
the law is running after them,‖ Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo in a press briefing.
Asked if Fox, who spent nearly three decades in the Philippines working with laborers, farmers
and urban poor, violated any law, Panelo said, ―She was a violator, that‘s precisely why she
department from the country.‖
According to him, foreigners who come to the country do not enjoy the same political rights as
Filipino citizens.
―Well, first, as we said, all foreigners who stay in this country do not have political rights and
that includes the freedom of expression. They cannot be joining rallies, and join the mass action
and speak against the government. They should be first become citizens of the land to enjoy such
rights,‖ Duterte‘s chief legal counsel explained.
Panelo, however, said the government is ―grateful‖ for the good deeds the 72-year-old
missionary has performed while in the country. ―But that will not exempt her from the
punishment imposed by aw arising from violations of the same,‖ he added.
Fox was kicked out of the country after the Bureau of Immigration rejected with finality the
nun‘s request for visa extension.
http://politics.com.ph/sandiganbayan-asks-us-bound-biazon-to-post-travel-bond/
Rice scarcity in 2019: How Abakaliki rice can save the nation
In 2017, Nigeria was the second highest importer of rice globally but at the same
time, the largest rice producer in West Africa.
 Published: 01:06
 Adaobi Onyeakagbu

Rice scarcity in 2019: How Abakaliki rice can save the nation
An average Nigerian cannot mention five Nigerian meals and not mention rice, but we import
most of what we consume. Read on to find out how Abakaliki rice can save the nation.
Due to the recent flood in some rice planting areas of Nigeria, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has proclaimed that if appropriate measures were not taken to
replant, the country may experience rice shortage in 2019.
"Rice is the mascot for Nigerian merriment. Add some pepper and tomato to it, and you have a
lifestyle." -Fu'ad Lawal.
Rice is one of the staple foods in Nigeria, for both the rich and poor. However, since the economic
recession in 2016, the quantity of rice the average Nigerians eats has dramatically changed. The price
of rice skyrocketed from an average price of N9,000 to double its price at N18,000, due to a high
demand and an unavoidable scarcity.
According to Agro Nigeria, Nigeria is the largest producer of rice in West Africa and the third in
Africa after Egypt and Madagascar. Its average annual production of about 3 million metric tons falls
short of meeting its local demand which is placed at about 5 million tons. This makes Nigeria the
highest consumer of rice in the West African sub region and also, the second largest importer in the
world, buying at least 2 million tons annually.
ALSO READ: Why you should have more of Ofada rice in your diet
Nigeria imports from other countries like India, China, Thailand etc, spending an estimated 1 billion
Naira on rice importation daily and a staggering 365 billion Naira annually.
Bear in mind, Nigeria also produces rice itself. Rice is a cereal grain that grows in swampy areas, in
regions with high rainfall. The main rice producing states in Nigeria is; Ebonyi, Kaduna, Kano,
Niger, Benue, Taraba and Borno, others states includes Enugu and Cross River. The estimated
amount of locally-milled rice is placed at 1.8 million tons.
The first ever Rice Mill industry in Abakaliki was established by Ebonyi state after its creation in
1996. The Rice Milling industry still remains as main avenue of revenue for Ebonyi state. However,
though Abakaliki rice is quite well-known for its highly nutritive locally made rice, not as many
people are as open to purchasing it as they are to imported rice. Why exactly?
In recent years, more technologies have gone into making the process of planting, harvesting and
milling rice in Abakaliki as smooth as possible. Some rice vendors even claim little to no stones
present in the rice.
Why more Nigerians should invest in Abakaliki rice
Abakaliki rice is just as nutritious

as the imported rice, or even
more. Its good taste and quality
come from the moisture nature
and salinity of the land of Ebonyi
state. Abakaliki rice is also
relatively cheap. Compared to a
bag of parboiled rice that goes for
N18,000 or more, Abakaliki rice
is sold at N5000. Ebonyi wants to
power Nigerian Jollof Rice, but we
keep ruining it
The increasing demand and
supply of rice daily in Nigeria
makes a perfect investment
opportunity for farmers and
sponsors, thinking of the best
crop to grow this season. An
increase in the production of rice
in Nigeria for domestic consumption and exports will increase foreign exchange for Nigeria and in
turn, develop its economy.
https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel-arts-culture/rice-scarcity-in-2019-how-abakaliki-rice-can-save-
the-nation-id9065971.html

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November 05 ,2018

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"As a result, it is able to irrigate dry land and intercropping," he said.

Brawijaya University students win gold in 2018 IUFoST

Malang, East Java | Sat, November 3, 2018 | 09:07 am

The Jakarta Post

Jakarta | Wed, October 31, 2018 | 01:31 pm

Bulog will continue to monitor rice prices, said Budi.

Farmers to block roads tomorrow

Allege pace of paddy procurement slow due to high moisture content

Tribune News Service

Atomic energy utilization brings positive results in healthcare,

Decree brings small, medium enterprises rice export chances

Workers pile up rice bags

By staff writers – Translated by Hai Mien

Over 6,000 rice farmers trained in Kano, Jigawa – Africa

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL’S INNOVATIVE SEED

Monday, November 5, 2018

FOCUSING on just three rice varieties, Negros Occidental is bound to become

It is moderately resistant to brown planthoppers (BPH) and green leafhoppers (GLH).

Why Niger is leading in rice production

Again, Kano shows dominance in agric show

Complain about a story or Report an error and/or correction: +2348189301900

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University to help make agri

PublishedNov 4, 2018, 6:01 am IST

UpdatedNov 4, 2018, 6:01 am IST

Panelo says Duterte rule a ‗reign of fear‘ not ‗reign of terror‘

Why more Nigerians should invest in Abakaliki rice

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