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Todays News Headlines

New Reservoir to Help Downstream Rice Farmers
Commerce to hold fourth rice auction
New levy policy gives more leeway to AP millers to boost rice
exports
India exports rice worth Rs 23,161.56 crore in Apr-Sep
Rice exports: Why are Vietnams miracle-makers still poor?
Myanmar's rice export earning grows sharply in 8 months
India exports rice worth Rs 23,161.56 crore in Apr-Sep
exports
Rice case against Yingluck postponed
exports
Odisha govt to expedite paddy procurement
Madhya Pradesh CM Chouhan at meeting with representatives
of traders and millers
Rice and shine
Matco Rice represents Pakistan in Canada Trade Expo
Time to revisit Pakistan-Iran economic relations
corporate corner
USA Rice Outlook Conference Wrap
Crawford to Lead House Commodities and Risk Management
Ag Subcommittee
CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures
Thailand confident of regaining top rice exporter slot
UN REPORT: 2014 A RECORD YEAR FOR WORLD
CEREAL PRODUCTION
Latest indications confirm that world cereal production will
reach an all-time record of more than
Rice farmers harvest bountiful second crop this year
U.S. West Coast port backups delay apparel, bobbleheads,
french fries
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News Detail.
New Reservoir to Help
Downstream Rice Farmers
By: Alese Underwood
12/11/2014 04:20 PM
TWC News: New
Breaking ground for the Lane City reservoir

is the first big break Haskell Simon has seen
in a while.Like many in Wharton County,
his rice farm was caught in the perfect storm
of drought, legislation and water
management.Since 2012, during one of the
worst droughts in state history, waters from
the Highland Lakes have not flowed to
farmers downstream.
That's because the Highland Lakes are the
main source of water for Central
Texas."We've had businesses that have
failed, we have farmers that are surviving
just barely with some insurance they had,
but we have a lot of the aggregate businesses
that are suffering or actually have gone out
of business," rice farmer Simon said.The
LCRA's planned reservoir will span more
than 1,000 acres and will be 40 feet deep,
holding more water than Marble Falls,
Austin
and
Lady
Bird
lakes
combined."That's a big project when you're
looking at the plan this early, it's a large

project, Bech Bruun with the Texas Water
Development Board said. It's going to be
important for this part of the state, but for
the Highland Lakes and Austin as well."By
building it off the main channel of the
Colorado River, it will capture precious
raindrops, which have previously gone to
waste.
"We had a huge flood event in Austin, all
the water from that flood ended up in the
Gulf of Mexico, Bruun said. There's
millions of acre-feet of water in our basins
that just flows into the Gulf, so to be able to
take that water and scalp it out of the river
during flood events when there's a plenty
and to be able to take that water and put it
use makes a lot of sense."For Haskell
Simon, he hopes what makes sense on paper
becomes a life-saving reality in 2017.We're
hopeful that if there isn't damaging
legislation that's going to be coming out of
the legislature, that the droughts will be over
some day and hopefully we can start to
recover," Simon said.The LCRA and the
Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality did not release water from the
Highland Lakes because Lakes Travis and
Buchanan are only about 33 percent full
right now.Both lakes are the primary sources
of water for many cities including Austin.
Source with thanks:
http://austin.twcnews.com/content/news/317049/new
-reservoir-to-help-downstream-ricefarmers/#sthash.kViNWCre.dpuf
Commerce to hold fourth

rice auction
Date : 12 2557
BANGKOK, 12 December 2014 (NNT) -The Ministry of Commerce is preparing for

the 2014's fourth rice auction for over
400,100 tons of rice in its stockpiles. The
ministry will disclose regulations and other
details on December 12, and he bidding will
be held at the Department of Foreign Trade
on December 22, between 8.30 am- 11.00
am. Currently, there are 17 million tons of
rice sitting in the government's warehouses
nationwide, 14 million of which are
considered sub-standard, according to the
ministry. he ministry has come up with a
plan for 2015, releasing the entire stock as
quickly as possible in order to prevent
further damage caused by deterioration as
well as to increase the efficiency of rice
management. The plan will soon be
submitted to the National Rice Policy
Committee for consideration and approval.
New levy policy gives more

leeway to AP millers to
boost rice exports
CH RS SARMA
KAKINADA, DECEMBER 12:
The rice market is witnessing a shake-up

this year, especially in the rice bowl of
Andhra Pradesh (the two Godavari districts
and Krishna). This is mainly in view of the
new levy policy of the Centre, drastically
reducing the quantity they will have to give
for the public distribution system and buffer
stocks.Earlier, millers used to buy paddy
vigorously from farmers in the two Godavari
districts and supply rice to the FCI.They had
to give FCI 75 per cent of what they bought
from growers. In return, they were given
permits to sell the rest of 25 per cent in the
domestic market or for exports.
From this crop season, the ratio has been
reversed and millers have to give only 25
per cent as levy and retain the rest can be
sold in the open market.Millers are finding
the reversal disconcerting and many of the
millers even want the Government to buy
the paddy from farmers at MSP and give it
to them for milling the kind of custom
milling prevalent in Punjab and Haryana.
Custom milling has never been the practice
in AP in the past.Rice exporters have reacted
to the change in levy policy in a positive
manner, as there will be exportable surplus
in the market, and it may lead to spurt in
exports.But exporters are also wary as
millers in Andhra Pradesh have not yet
made the necessary adjustments.
AP Rice Exporters Association President
Vinod Kumar Agarwal is of the view that
the Government should adopt a consistent
levy
policy
and
encourage
rice
exports.With this change in levy policy, it
is now all the more necessary to encourage
non-basmati rice exports, as otherwise the
farmers will not get the MSP. It is a fact that
many of the small millers do not have the
holding capacity and the problem is also
compounded in the two Godavari districts
by the fact that the varieties grown here

1001 and IR 64 are either given as levy to
the FCI or exported to African countries.
They are not locally consumed. It is all the
more difficult for the millers to adjust to the
new policy. Therefore, they should be
allowed to sell freely to the exporters. There
should not be any curbs on the export
market, he said.He said the Government
should extend a helping hand to the millers
in adjusting to the new system and it is no
wonder that many millers now want custom
milling in AP also as in Punjab and
Haryana.BV Krishna Rao, Managing
Director of Pattabhi Agro Foods Pvt Ltd, a
leading rice exporter, is of the view that
inspite of the transitional travails the new
policy will be of help to all in the long
run.Certain adjustments have to be made.
Farmers have all along been cultivating
common varieties for the levy or for exports.
Now they have to grow fine varieties.
Exporters also have to search for new
markets for these varieties instead of relying
on African countries alone. It is a fact that
right now rice millers are in a spot of bother
because of the new policy. But any change
entails some difficulty, he said.He expects
that there may be considerable spurt in rice
exports through Kakinada port during 2015,
by roughly a million tonnes or so.During
2014, the rice exports totalled 2.4 million
tonnes.
(This article was published on December 12,
2014)
India exports rice worth Rs

23,161.56 crore in Apr-Sep
12.12.2014
India has exported rice worth Rs 23,161.56
crore in the first six months of the current
financial year, Parliament was informed

today.India has exported 16.41 lakh tonnes
of basmati rice in the April-September
period of the current financial year, valued
at Rs 13,846.95 crore.On the other hand,
36.56 lakh tonnes of non-basmati rice was
exported in the same period, valued at Rs
9,314.61 crore.
In the entire 2013-14 fiscal, exports of
basmati rice stood at 37.54 lakh tonnes,
valued at Rs 29,291.82 crore, while in the
same period, outward shipments of nonbasmati rice was 71.48 lakh tonnes, worth
Rs 17,795.21 crore.Meanwhile, Iran, one of
the largest importers of rice from India, has
imposed a temporary restriction on imports
from October 19 this year.
http://www.blackseagrain.net/novosti/indiaexports-rice-worth-rs-23-161-56-crore-inapr-sep
Rice exports: Why are

Vietnams miracle-makers
still poor?
VietNamNet Bridge - The biggest risk for
Vietnamese rice growers is not the weather
or the market but policies, from exchange
rate policy to tax policy to a range of other
policies.VietNamNet would like to introduce
the next part of the roundtable discussion on
a quarter century of rice exports of Vietnam,
with the participation of Prof. Dr. Vo Tong
Xuan, Dr. Vu Trong Khai and Mr. Nguyen
Minh Nhi.
VietNamNet: There is a question that has
not had a satisfactory explanation in a long
time: Why are Vietnamese farmers -- who
created the miracle of turning Vietnam from
a hungry country into a rice exporter, who
ended the period of starvation and created a

foundation for the rise of the country's
economy -- still poor?
had to bear the risk cost of $40-50 per ton.

That's why we have long heard that the
quality of Vietnamese rice is equivalent to
From the left: Mr. Nguyen Minh Nhi, Dr. Vu

Trong Khai and Prof. Vo Tong Xuan.
Thai rice, but the price is always $40-50/ton

less than Thai rice.
Prof. Dr. Vo Tong Xuan: This is a paradox

stemming from systemic weaknesses, with
the root being our education. In developed
countries, those who are fully trained are
allowed to do agricultural production. But it
is to the contrary in our country, so our
farmers are just happy with the experience.
They produce not in accordance with
scientific recommendations, with high
production costs, poor product quality, and
even unsafe food hygiene.Meanwhile, many
of the participants in the value chain of rice
have privileges, and they use these
privileges to take the parts that would
belong to farmers.
They said at the time that it would be best if

Vietnam produced rice at their quality
standards and then it would be reserved and
sold in Europe and they would only collect
2% of the cost. Then I returned home and
proposed the idea with a central body but it
was not accepted, because they required
export contracts and L/C for rice exports.
I still remember when Vietnam resumed rice

exports, I was invited to the United States
and Europe to meet with rice trading groups.
They said frankly that Vietnam had just
joined rice exporters so it would not be easy
for Vietnam to export rice like Thailand or
London. It was because the state-owned rice
trading companies of Vietnam were not
trusted yet and the quality of Vietnamese
rice was not assured, so rice from Vietnam
Mr. Nguyen Minh Nhi: In my opinion,

Vietnam does not have a specific
agricultural management strategy: who are
our customers, what are the good prices,
who sells the rice, what will the farmers earn
each year, and for each ton of rice increase
... Instead, we completely rely on "familiar
markets" and "business routines" as our
forefathers did hundreds of years ago.
Recently I have heard of "restructuring" but
it seems that it has not moved.We have
exported rice to low-quality rice markets
such as Indonesia, the Philippines, Iran, Iraq,
Syria, Libya, and Cuba where the market is
covered by state-owned food companies and
the rice is supplied to the poor. In the past,
thanks to the monopoly factor and

sometimes corruption the rice business was
smooth and profits were shared between two
sides. Our farmers earned very little benefit,
while under the governments policy, the
"required minimum profit for farmers must
be 30 percent".
Since those countries changed, that kind of
business was not maintained and our rice
could not compete. Even in traditional
markets like the Philippines, Indonesia,
Malaysia ... we have to seek export contracts
through tenders.People say doing business
needs partners, but now when we no longer
have partners state-owned firms how can
our state-owned rice traders do their
business?
Nearly all my life Ive supported the stateowned economy, especially in the food
business, but with the current rice trading
policy, only farmers and the government are
the losers.Our way of management is in
heaven and it does not fit with reality. In
1992, I went to Taiwan and I saw that stateowned firms also held a monopoly in rice,
sugar, salt, alcohol, tobacco trading but their
farmers were extremely happy.For our
farmers, they are very lucky if they earn a
profit of 30 percent.VietNamNet: What
could we learn from the inadequacies of life
of farmers, with the policies as the main
cause?
Dr. Vu Trong Khai: Firstly, in the past 25
years we have exported rice on a small and
fragmented scale, rather than a fundamental
change in nature. If there has been a change,
it has been just in the varieties and
cultivation techniques. Over the past 25
years we still have based rice growing on
household production and raw material
processing enterprises.
technology that we have, including new

varieties, new farming techniques, are also
difficult to apply. In fact, each farmer has
only several thousand of square meters of
field land on average.Therefore, farmers
cannot get rich in this scenario. We should
remember that the "untie" policy
(Resolution 10 issued in 1988 considering
farmer households as autonomous units) was
only valuable for a short time because it did
not create new elements.Secondly, we have
not looked at the world in order to reposition
ourselves, thereby reorganizing production
in an appropriate and prudent way.
The annual total value of rice exchange is
many times lower than the exchange of fruit
and vegetables. We have a huge advantage
of tropical fruits and vegetables but we have
not realized it. Many Asian countries like
South Korea, Japan, northern China, etc
have a long winter when they cannot grow
vegetables, not mentioning Europe.We
should also talk about the role of the
entrepreneur. We do not have powerful
forces of entrepreneurs who are aggressively
seeking world markets. For example,
looking to China, their traders go around the
world to buy raw materials and sell their
products.
Dr. Vu Trong Khai: Commercialization of
products is the responsibility of business.
Businesses must do two functions of
processing and consumption. If we had the
That is, we only rely on the

availability.Even the progress of science and

right investment policies for businesses, and
not just rely on state corporation as the
Northern Food Corporation (Vinafood 1)
and the Southern Food Corporation
(Vinafood 2), the situation would have been
different.Generally, Vietnamese businesses
dont dare to accept risk. Why? There are
two elements:Firstly, so far we have not
formed a strong team of entrepreneurs, since
the appearance of big names in the early
20th century as Bach Thai Buoi, the family
of musician Doan Chuan (with fish sauce
firm Van Van) and especially Mr. Nguyen
Son Ha, a businessman and one of the first
National Assembly deputy of Vietnam. As
an NA deputy, he proposed to put the line
"All Vietnamese citizens have the freedom
of doing business" into the Constitution of
1946.
Unfortunately we did not maintain that
atmosphere. The new generation of
businessmen look at the context of general
economic institutions and they see too many
risks. The biggest risk in Vietnam is not the
weather, not the market but the policies,
from the exchange rate policy to tax policy
to a range of other policies. Businesses are
afraid of the changes because many of them
died of that change. Bureaucracy and red
tape also contribute to stamp out the will and
aspirations of entrepreneurs.Secondly, the
traditional elements of history, culture and
mechanisms in Vietnam do not encourage
businesses to take risks, do not create the
environment for them to engage, to take
risks. Therefore, the majority of our
businesses accept to do business that is
above average.These problems cannot be
solved overnight. And it must begin with
economic institutions.
VNN
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/specialreports/118254/rice-exports--why-are-vietnams-miracle-makers-still-poor-.html
Myanmar's rice export

earning grows sharply in 8
months
2014/12/12 15:08:24
YANGON, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar
earned 300 million U.S. dollars through
export of rice in the first eight months
(April- November) of fiscal 2014-15, up 118
million dollars or 64.8 percent from a year
earlier, sources with the Ministry of
Commerce said on Friday.A total of 799,600
tons of rice was exported in the eight
months, an increase of 343,800 tons or 75.4
percent.Myanmar's rice is mainly exported
to
the
neighboring
Chinese
market.According to official statistics, the
rice export in the last fiscal year reached 460
million U.S. dollars, down by 15.4 percent
from the previous fiscal year's 544 million
dollars.
http://english.eastday.com/auto/eastday/busi
ness/u1ai8468020.html

23,161.56 crore in Apr-Sep
Press Trust of India | New Delhi
December 12, 2014 Last Updated at 16:50
IST
India has exported rice worth Rs 23,161.56
crore in the first six months of the current
financial year, Parliament was informed
today. India has exported 16.41 lakh tonnes
of basmati rice in the April-September
period of the current financial year, valued
at Rs 13,846.95 crore. On the other hand,
36.56 lakh tonnes of non-basmati rice was
exported in the same period, valued at Rs
9,314.61 crore. In the entire 2013-14

fiscal, exports of basmati rice stood at 37.54
lakh tonnes, valued at Rs 29,291.82 crore,
while in the same period, outward shipments
of non-basmati rice was 71.48 lakh tonnes,
worth Rs 17,795.21 crore.
Meanwhile, Iran, one of the largest
importers of rice from India, has imposed a
temporary
restriction
on imports from
October 19 this year. "Iran has imposed a
temporary restriction on import of rice
w.E.F 19th October, 2014. The government
engages with its trade partners in an
institutional basis and taken up all trade
related issues from time to time," Commerce
and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
said in a written reply to Lok Sabha. The
Minister added that Iran has increased
customs duty on import of rice from 22 per
cent to 40 per cent in view of the domestic
crop season, which will continue till January
21.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/ptistories/india-exports-rice-worth-rs-23-161-56crore-in-apr-sep-114121200769_1.html

boost rice exports
CH RS. SARMA


exports.
But exporters are also wary as millers in
Andhra Pradesh have not yet made the
necessary adjustments.AP Rice Exporters
Association President Vinod Kumar
Agarwal is of the view that the Government
should adopt a consistent levy policy and
encourage rice exports.With this change in
levy policy, it is now all the more necessary
to encourage non-basmati rice exports, as
otherwise the farmers will not get the MSP.
It is a fact that many of the small millers do
not have the holding capacity and the
problem is also compounded in the two
Godavari districts by the fact that the
varieties grown here 1001 and IR 64 are
either given as levy to the FCI or exported to
African countries.
They are not locally consumed. It is all the
more difficult for the millers to adjust to the

new policy. Therefore, they should be
allowed to sell freely to the exporters. There
should not be any curbs on the export
market, he said.He said the Government
should extend a helping hand to the millers
in adjusting to the new system and it is no
wonder that many millers now want custom
milling in AP also as in Punjab and
Haryana.BV Krishna Rao, Managing
Director of Pattabhi Agro Foods Pvt Ltd, a
leading rice exporter, is of the view that
inspite of the transitional travails the new
policy will be of help to all in the long run.
Certain adjustments have to be made.
Farmers have all along been cultivating
common varieties for the levy or for exports.
Now they have to grow fine varieties.
Exporters also have to search for new
markets for these varieties instead of relying
on African countries alone. It is a fact that
right now rice millers are in a spot of bother
because of the new policy. But any change
entails some difficulty, he said.He expects
that there may be considerable spurt in rice
exports through Kakinada port during 2015,
by roughly a million tonnes or so.During
2014, the rice exports totalled 2.4 million
tonnes.
2014)
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/indust
ry-and-economy/agri-biz/new-levy-policygives-more-leeway-to-ap-millers-to-boostrice-exports/article6686690.ece
Rice case against Yingluck

postponed
Published: 12 Dec 2014 at 18.46
Online news: General
Writer: King-oua Laohong
Additional evidence is still needed to round

out the case before a decision can be made
on the indictment of former prime minister
Yingluck Shinawatra over the loss-ridden
rice-pledging scheme, the attorney general
has ruled. Former prime minister Yingluck
Shinawatra, centre, samples the rice at a
bagged rice company in 2013 to boost
public confidence in packed rice amid
concerns that chemicals were being used to
preserve the huge government stockpile of
rice.
Surasak Trirattrakul, director-general of the
Office of the Attorney-General's litigation
department, and Kosolwat Inthujanyong,
deputy OAG spokesman, announced the
decision at a press conference.They said
attorney-general Trakul Winitnaiyapak had
accepted the finding of an OAG working
group that the case in its present form was
not complete.Mr Surasak said the attorneygeneral ruled more evidence was needed
from the NACC and some more people still
needed to be questioned about the
government-to-government (G2G) rice
trades before a decision could be made on
whether there should be an indictment.
Mr Kosolwat said there was conflicting
evidence about whether G2G rice deals

really happened. Some witnesses had
insisted G2G rice deals were made, but other
witnesses denied this.Information on G2G
rice deals from the NACC was still
incomplete,
Mr
Kosolwat
said.Representatives of the NACC and the
OAG would this month discuss what further
inquiries were needed. The matter should
become clearer in January, as only a few
more witnesses had yet to be questioned, Mr
Kosolwat said.
The NACC accused Ms Yingluck in her past
capacity as the ex-officio chair of the
National Rice Policy Committee of
dereliction of duty and abuse of authority for
failing to halt or review her government's
loss-ridden rice-pledging scheme, and the
alleged corruption in it.It also proposed
impeachment and her retroactive removal
from the prime minister's position.The
Finance Ministry has estimated the country
faced a total loss of 682 billion baht from
implementing rice-subsidy schemes over the
past 10 years, of which 518 billion baht
occurred under the Yingluck government
while it was in office from 2011 to 2013.
Her government bought rice from growers at

prices up to 40% higher than market prices,
resulting in a major slump in exports as Thai
rice priced itself out of the market.Much or
the previous government's excessive stocks
of rice that could not be sold have
degenerated because of poor storage, posing
quality problems for sellers and buyers.
(Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

boost rice exports
CH RS. SARMA
exports.But exporters are also wary as
millers in Andhra Pradesh have not yet
made the necessary adjustments.AP Rice
Exporters Association President Vinod
Kumar Agarwal is of the view that the
Government should adopt a consistent levy
policy and encourage rice exports.With this

change in levy policy, it is now all the more
necessary to encourage non-basmati rice
exports, as otherwise the farmers will not get
the MSP.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/indust
ry-and-economy/agri-biz/new-levy-policygives-more-leeway-to-ap-millers-to-boostrice-exports/article6686690.ece
It is a fact that many of the small millers do

not have the holding capacity and the
problem is also compounded in the two
Godavari districts by the fact that the
varieties grown here 1001 and IR 64 are
either given as levy to the FCI or exported to
African countries. They are not locally
consumed. It is all the more difficult for the
millers to adjust to the new policy.
Therefore, they should be allowed to sell
freely to the exporters. There should not be
any curbs on the export market, he said.He
said the Government should extend a
helping hand to the millers in adjusting to
the new system and it is no wonder that
many millers now want custom milling in
AP also as in Punjab and Haryana.
Odisha govt to expedite

paddy procurement
BV Krishna Rao, Managing Director of

Pattabhi Agro Foods Pvt Ltd, a leading rice
exporter, is of the view that inspite of the
transitional travails the new policy will be of
help to all in the long run.Certain
adjustments have to be made. Farmers have
all along been cultivating common varieties
for the levy or for exports. Now they have to
grow fine varieties. Exporters also have to
search for new markets for these varieties
instead of relying on African countries
alone. It is a fact that right now rice millers
are in a spot of bother because of the new
policy. But any change entails some
difficulty, he said.He expects that there
may be considerable spurt in rice exports
through Kakinada port during 2015, by
roughly a million tonnes or so.During 2014,
the rice exports totalled 2.4 million tonnes.
2014)
Total procurement is 172,000 tonne so far

against 4.45 mt target
BS Reporter | Bhubaneswar
December 12, 2014 Last Updated at 20:32
IST
The state government today asked 24

districts collectors to take steps to expedite
paddy procurement as the collections have
fallen far behind the target due to disputes
over purchase target and payment issues.For
2014-15 kharif marketing season, the
government had decided to procure paddy
equivalent of 3 million tonne (mt) rice.
However, total paddy procurement has been
just 172,000 tonnes since the process started
on November 14, against the target of 4.45
mt.
The chief minister today asked the
collectors to take steps for smooth
functioning of the marketing yards by
making surprise visits. He also asked them
to take action against millers procuring

paddy lower than the fixed rate, said Sanjay
Dasburma, minister for food and civil
supplies after attending a video conference
meeting with the district collectors along
with the chief minister.The direction from
the government follows complaints related
to non-payment of procurement prices to
farmers in some areas.
As the state is surplus in rice requirement,

the government has initiated steps to attract
investments in establishments of integrated
rice mills. Under its food processing policy,
investors will get subsidy and interest rate
subvention for setting up of rice mill having
facility to produce rice barn oil and rice husk
power along with rice processing facility.
Earlier this week, the paddy purchase

programme was stalled at 118 procurement
yards of key rice producing district Bargarh
as the online server meant for direct cash
transfer to farmers account failed to
function.The CM has ordered to make the
payments through account payee cheques
wherever possible, Dasburma added.In
south Odisha, procurement has been halted
as farmers protested against the purchase
target fixed by the government as per yield
capacity of farm land. According to
guidelines for food grain procurement, the
government will buy 1,200 kg per acre from
non-irrigated land and 1,800 kg from
irrigated land.
Read more on:

Odisha | Rice | Kharif
Season | Rice Procurement | Rice Bran Oil |
Bio Mass Power
In Koraput and Nabarangpur districts,

farmers demanded 2,000 kg procurement per
acre as they grow high yielding variety.
However, no decision was taken today on
this issue in the meeting.The procurement
plan is divided into two phases. While the
first phase began on November 14 in 24
districts, the next phase of paddy
procurement will begin in January in
remaining 6 districts.Odisha produces close
to 8 mt paddy in a year, the fifth largest in
the country. While 60 per cent of the total
production is processed in the state, the rest
amount is exported to other states.
http://www.businessstandard.com/article/economy-policy/odishagovt-to-expedite-paddy-procurement114121201176_1.html
Madhya Pradesh CM
Chouhan at meeting with
representatives of traders
and millers
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan
has said that efforts should be made that
minimum price of basmati paddy in the state
should not be less than other states.
Safeguarding farmers interests is in
everybodys interest. Shri Chouhan was
addressing a meeting of traders and millers
in the context of recession caused due to fall
in global demand for basmati here today.
Shri Chouhan directed that rates of basmati
paddy prevailing in all basmati producer
states should be displayed daily in paddy
mandis of the state.
The meeting was informed that government
has decided that such paddy produced in the
state, which is sold by farmers in mandis

and which is used in states rice mills for
milling rice or for exporting outside the
state, will be exempted from Mandi Cess till
March 31. The Chief Minister said that the
government has taken all necessary steps to
cooperate with farmers. The meeting
decided that the minimum limit of
exemption from tax on paddy purchase
should be increased from Rs. 10 crore per
annum to Rs. 50 crore per annum.
Tax will be payable only on purchase of
paddy above Rs. 50 crore in a year. Besides,
it has also been decided to rationalize rates
of paddy storage. As a result, both
processors and purchasers will face no
difficulty. The meeting was informed that
the state government will make initiative for
branding and marketing of states paddy in
Europe.
Agriculture
Minister
Shri
Gaurishankar Bisen, Food & Civil Supplies
Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah, Chief
Secretary Shri Anthony de Sa, Additional
Chief Secretary Agriculture Shri R.K. Swai,
basmati traders and millers attended the
meeting.
Source with thanks:
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Rice and shine

The rice, originally is not white in colour. It
is light brown in colour and is considered to
be healthier than the white ones you eat
Rice is a grass that produces several grains
consumed by humans. It is believed that
humans started consuming and cultivating

rice for more than 3,500 years in Asia before
which it gradually spread across the world.
Today rice is a common food for almost all
humans on the planet except for those living
in colder regions such as the Antarctica
where it is generally covered with snow all
through the year.
Unlike trees which are planted just once,
rice needs to be resown every year.
It requires a lot of water and is also called as
water guzzler among plants.
It is usually grown in fields which are
partially submerged in water.
Seasons to sow
The plant has two seasons for sowing. These

are the Rabi and Kharif.The Kharif crop is
planted in early summer and depends on the
summer monsoons for irrigation and Rabi
during November December.Official
records say that there were more than 40,000
different rice varieties in India till 50 -60
years ago. Sadly much of these varieties
have either been lost over time or have
vanished since farmers are not so willing to
grow them. And growing of many old and
traditional rice varieties have vanished from
our system and some rare varieties have
been lost. The rice that you eat today is not
what your grandparents ate.
If you ask them about this they would have
stories to tell you as to how the rice they
consumed as a kid was far more delicious

and kept them healthy. Those days when
pizzas or fast foods were alien to our
culture, it was simple rice porridge or
overnight cooked rice soaked in water gruel
which your grandparents must have had for
their morning breakfast.There are certain
varieties of rice that grow only in certain
regions.For example, Basmati rice used for
making biryani and pulav grows well only
in
Himalayan
regions
like
Uttarakhand. Sona Masuri is native to
Karnataka,
while
varieties
such
as Bapatla and Ponni to Andhra Pradesh.
Before it reaches your plate
The rice grains are processed before being
packed and sold. The rice, originally is not
white in colour. It is light brown in colour
and is considered to be healthier than the
white ones you eat.Once the rice is
harvested, it is milled in rice mills to remove
the outer soft coating and polished. This is
called milling.Milling makes rice fluffier
and gives it white to light yellow colour. It is
then sent to markets and department stores
from where you buy it.
Eating white polished rice must have
become a habit some 50 years back
according to well known rice researchers
and historians because in olden times the
poor village folks seldom had the money or
technology to mill the harvested brown rice
into white and had to consume only the
brown rice. Today there are some
organisations and individuals across the
country who have been doing sterling work
in preserving many of the rice varieties
thought to have been lost.
(M.J. Prabu is The Hindus Agriculture
correspondent. He writes the popular
Farmers Notebook. Write to him at
prabu.mj@thehindu.co.in)
Keywords: Rice, White rice, brown rice
Matco Rice represents

Pakistan in Canada Trade
Expo
December 12, 2014
RECORDER REPORT
Pakistan's largest basmati rice exporter,
Matco Rice Processing (Pvt) Limited,
represented the country's highest quality rice
at the 3rd Edition of Canada Pakistan Trade
Expo in Ontario, Canada. The exhibition
was organized with Federation of Pakistan
Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FPCCI), and Consulate General of Pakistan
in Toronto, with the sole purpose of creating
awareness about business opportunities
existing in Pakistan. Matco Rice displayed
its Flagship brand "Falak" which is one of
the highest selling brands in Canada and is
available in all store keeping units.
Expressing his views on the occasion, Jawed
Ali Ghori, Chairman of Matco Rice said,
"We at Matco Rice strongly believe that the
lifeblood of global market is trade. The
Canada Pakistan Trade Expo has given us
the opportunity to display our top quality
rice brands and enhance the economic
significance by creating more demand of our
brands globally." Responding to a question
which was put forward by a Canadian
journalist interviewing him during the
exhibition, Jawed Ali Ghori said, "There is
so much to be gained from improved
branding and marketing practices within the
rice industry in Pakistan, our competitors are
selling our rice by developing them into
their own brands through value-addition and
retail packaging.

Pakistan could easily double the current
amount of foreign exchange earnings by
focusing on brand development instead of
exporting in bulk quantity." He emphasised
on the need of holding such exhibitions on
regular basis in Toronto which can prove
significant in expansion of Pakistan's export
to Canada.-PR
http://www.brecorder.com/agriculture-aallied/183/1251039/
Time to revisit PakistanIran economic relations

There should be no embargo on PakistanIran trade as other countries in the world
are also engaging in trade with Iran
Khurram Minhas
December 12, 2014
Irans economic minister Ali Tayebnia met
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on December
9, 2014. Irans economic delegation, led by
Tayebnia, visited Islamabad to attend the
19th meeting of the Iran-Pakistan Economic
Commission (IPEC) to enhance bilateral
trade and to increase the pace of
implementation of existing agreements.
Earlier, Tayebnia met Pakistans finance
minister Ishaq Dar and said that Pakistan is a
reliable partner of Iran in all fields,
including the economy and foreign policy.
He noted that the trade exchange between
Iran and Pakistan stood at $ 893 million
during 2014 and that the two states should
do their best for a 20 percent increase.
Trade between Pakistan and Iran peaked at $
1.32 billion in 2008-2009 but subsequently
declined and is presently around $ 893

million. The elected governments of both
countries want to boost trade, which
remained low due to international sanctions
on Tehran. However, several other countries
like China, Russia and India have been able
to resist these sanctions and have maintained
trade relations with Iran. The trade volume
between the two countries remained low
despite the signing of a preferential trade
agreement on March 4, 2004, which became
operational on September 1, 2006.
Nevertheless, it is understood that the two
countries have a much higher trade volume
through informal channels, such as through
smuggling and third country transactions.
Pakistan has identified five places for the
setting up of trading centres along the PakIran
border,
i.e.
Taftan-Minjaveh,
Ladgashtjalaq, Parome-Kuhak, Mand-Peshin
and Santsar-Nobandan. The purpose of these
common border markets is to sell goods at
concessional rates of customs duty and other
taxes in order to control growing crossborder illegal trade. The Iran-Pakistan gas
pipeline will further enhance economic
cooperation between the two countries. It
would ensure the supply of 750 million
cubic feet of natural gas per day to Pakistan,
which is required to keep our industrial and
commercial wheel in perpetual motion.At
present, major commodities exported to Iran
by Pakistan include rice, meat, paper,
paperboard, textiles, fruits (particularly
mangoes and oranges), sesame seeds,
chickpeas, beans and surgical goods.
Rice enjoys the lions share of
approximately 35 percent, followed by meat
at 20 percent and paper and paperboard at 19

percent. The major commodities imported
from Iran include organic chemicals, plastic,
minerals, oil, iron and steel. The two
countries have agreed to open up bank
branches and facilitate a currency swap but
the details are still inconclusive. Iran had
offered that Irans Bank Milli and Pakistans
National Bank open branches on a reciprocal
basis but this process is taking time. The
mode of business transactions is through the
Asian Clearing Union (ACU), which is more
time consuming than a normal letter of
credit (LC).
Opening a LC through Irans sister
companies in Dubai also adds to the costs
and it only benefits Dubais banks. It would
be far more profitable if trade were
permitted in local currencies instead of
dollars.There should be no embargo on
Pakistan-Iran trade as other countries in the
world are also engaging in trade with Iran.
Pakistan has banking channels with various
countries worldwide and therefore there is
no reason that only Iran be excluded in this
respect. Both Pakistan and Iran have joint
chambers of commerce with a number of
countries. These forums, mainly managed
by the private sector, go a long way in
facilitating the growth of bilateral
commercial relations. Pakistan needs to have
a joint chamber of commerce with Iran as
well. It will facilitate greater interaction
between the private sectors of the two
countries.
Moreover, both countries should try to
divert informal trade towards legal channels
by checking ongoing smuggling, a revision
of trade policies and also a reduction of
tariff and non-tariff barriers. It is difficult to
check smuggling through administrative

measures. The best way is through the
elimination or reduction of tariff and nontariff barriers.Iran and Pakistan need to
strengthen their economic relationship in the
face of the evolving regional situation and
the depressed global economic growth.
Trade is the best way to strengthen and
sustain mutual relations in the changing
international scenario. The Iranian economic
ministers recent visit to Pakistan is a breath
of fresh air in the otherwise stagnant geopolitical environment, particularly after the
tense border situation between the two
countries. His visit may enhance the pace of
bilateral projects, including the IranPakistan gas pipeline project, as he stressed
on implementation of bilateral agreements,
including the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and
the export of electricity.
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Corporate corner
December 12, 2014
Chinese journalists team discusses trade

with
SM
Munir
KARACHI (PR): Liu Xing, Wang Yan &
Wang Yuehua, Chinese Journalists of
Guangzhou Daily Group called on S. M.
Muneer, Chief Executive TDAP on 10th
December 2014 at TDAP. The purpose of
the visit was to discuss the trade matters
between Pakistan and China and to highlight
the same in Chinese media. S. M. Muneer,
Chief Executive TDAP praised role of China
and said that China is all weather friend of

Pakistan. The Chinese journalists were
communicated that balance of trade between
Pakistan and China is in the favor of China
and next week Chinese delegation is visiting
Islamabad to talk on expansion of list of
items in Pak China FTA. It was also
communicated that Pakistan has increased
the participation in Chinese trade fairs due
to encouraging response and increased
buying power.
between both the countries and informed

that there is no trade barrier as far as
Pakistani agro food products are concerned,
however, due to higher freight costs, it
become difficult for the exporters of
Pakistan to export their agro related products
with China. In the last, Mr. S. M. Muneer,
Chief Executive TDAP gave souvenirs to
the guests.
Resource Academia event
Pakistani Yarn, Leather, Marble and its

products and handcrafts of Pakistan are liked
in China and exports of Pakistan in these
products have increased considerably in last
3 5 years. Exponential rise in sea food
exports of China has also been witnessed
and Chinese companies are also investing in
sea food sector to get the maximum benefit /
LAHORE (PR): Resource Academia hosted

the CIE O-Level High Achiever Award
Ceremony at the Senior Campus,
recognizing the alumni who achieved
outstanding grades in the Cambridge
International Examinations 2014. The
school also recognized the O Level faculty
profit from this sector. Chief Executive

TDAP termed Kunming Fair of China a
good fair in which Pakistani exporters
desires to participate due to its trade and
export potential. He further added that
Pakistan is importing lot of products from
China and Chinese government should
encourage their importers to import from
China for strong trade ties between both the
members whose students achieved brilliant

results
in
CIE
2014.
The Dean of University of Central Punjab,
Dr. Mohammad Zafar Iqbal Jadoon presided
over the ceremony as the Guest of Honour.
He was accompanied by the Project Director
of Resource Academia, Dr. Shahid
Mahmood. The prestigious Chief Guests
presented the awards to the students and
countries. Mr. Javaid Akhter, D.G. Asia,

provided them data related with trade related
between Pakistan China to them to
highlight in the Chinese Media.
faculty members.
Dr. M. Yousuf Khan, D.G. Agro Food,

briefed them about the Agro Food trade
Punjab Overseas Commission lauded

LAHORE (PR): Pakistan Overseas Alliance
Forum Europe Ch Ejaz and PML N Youth
Wing, Spain president Shehzad Usman in a

joint statement appreciated the Punjab CM
Shahbaz Sharif for establishing the Punjab
Overseas Commission that would help in
addressing the problems related to the
overseas Pakistanis.PTCL to provide data
centre
services
to
Soneri
Bank
KARACHI (PR): PTCL has inked an
agreement with Soneri Bank to provide Data
Center hosting services.
Muhammad Aftab Manzoor, President &

CEO, Soneri Bank; Amin A. Feerasta, Chief
Risk Officer, Soneri Bank; Ahmed Saqib
Asad, Chief Information Officer, Soneri
Bank; Noman Muzaffar, Head Infrastructure
Services, Soneri Bank and Mirza Sajid Baig,
General Manager Corporate Services, PTCL
were
present
at
the
occasion.
PTCL is the leader in the corporate digital
services that provide large network-based
PTCL Data Center will serve Soneri Banks

integrated branch banking operations
spanning over 250 branches.
Kamal Ahmed, Chief Digital Services
Officer said We are pleased to extend
cooperation to Soneri Bank. PTCL business
solutions are designed to enable growth and
the company is striving to empower
organisations and improve efficiencies
organisations with greater efficiency through

its seamless ICT services.
through its end-to-end ICT solutions.
and excitement. Technical department won

the tournament after a very thrilling and
impressive performance from both teams.
Our state-of-the-art Data Centers offer

optimum network security and profitability,
thus helping organisations to move up the
value chain, added Kamal Ahmed.
Muhammad Aftab Manzoor, President &
CEO, Soneri Bank said at the occasion,
The synergy of PTCL with Soneri Bank is
a welcomed combination to achieve our goal
to deliver exceptional client experiences
through improved operational efficiency.
Senior management from both the
organisations including Kamal Ahmed,
Chief Digital Services Officer, PTCL;
Berger cricket tournament

AHORE (PR): Berger Paints Pakistan
Limited
organised
its
10th
Inter
Departmental Cricket Tournament. It was a
day & night event in which all departments
from Berger participated with great interest
Matco Rice at Canada expo

KARACHI (PR): Pakistans largest basmati
rice exporter, Matco Rice Processing (Pvt)
Limited, represented the countrys finest
quality of rice at the 3rd Edition of Canada
Pakistan Trade Expo in Ontario, Canada.
The exhibition was organized with
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), and
Consulate General of Pakistan in Toronto,
with the sole purpose of creating awareness

about business opportunities that exist in
Pakistan.
Matco Rice displayed its Flagship brand
Falak which is one of the highest and most
popular selling brands in Canada, and is
available in all SKUs.
Expressing his views on the occasion, Jawed
Ali Ghori, Chairman of Matco Rice said,
We at Matco Rice strongly believe that the
lifeblood of global market is trade. The
Canada Pakistan Trade Expo has given us
the opportunity to display our top quality
rice brands and enhance our economic
significance by creating a more global
demand of our brands. Responding to a
question which was put forward by a
Canadian journalist interviewing him during
the exhibition, Jawed Ali Ghori said, There
2014/corporate-corner
USA Rice Outlook

Conference Wrap-up
LITTLE ROCK, AR - The 2014 USA Rice
Outlook Conference successfully wrapped
up here on Tuesday.
The USA Rice
Federation reports attendance of 840, the
second highest total on record, and the
largest trade show in USA Rice Outlook
Conference history with more than 70
booths featuring rice-related equipment,
technology,
products
and
services.
Arkansas was the host state for this year's
conference
and
Governor-elect
Asa
Hutchinson
is so much to be gained from improved

branding and marketing practices within the
rice industry in Pakistan. Our competitors
are selling our rice by developing them into
their own brands
welcomed attendees at the opening session.

The
program
included
farm
bill
implementation, conservation, the Central
American market for U.S. rice, trade policy,
research, and other issues that affect the
outlook for U.S. rice. The 2015 USA Rice
Outlook Conference will be held December
9-11 in New Orleans, LA.
http://nation.com.pk/business/12-Dec-
For more information, contact USA Rice at

(703) 236-2300.
Crawford to Lead House

Commodities and Risk
Management Ag Subcommittee

In the story entitled "USA Rice Selects
Nicholas Shafer as Scholarship Winner" in the
December 10, 2014 issue, Leslie Rogers was
incorrectly identified as "Leslie Roberts." The
USA Rice Daily regrets the error.
CME Group/Closing
Rough Rice Futures
WASHINGTON, DC -- Representative
Michael Conaway (R-TX), the next
chairman of the House Agriculture
Committee, this week named Rep. Rick
Crawford (R-AR) as Chairman of the
General Farm Commodities and Risk
Management Subcommittee. Crawford is
from Arkansas' 1st Congressional District
and is a strong advocate for the U.S. rice
industry. Both Crawford and Conaway
received the USA Rice Federation's Friend
of the U.S. Rice Industry Award earlier this
year.
CME Group (Prelim): Closing Rough Rice Futures

for December 12
Month
Price
Net Change
January 2015
$12.350
+ $0.265
March 2015
$12.615
+ $0.260
May 2015
$12.890
+ $0.265
July 2015
$13.080
+ $0.255
September 2015
$12.395
+ $0.210
November 2015
$12.285
+ $0.175
January 2016
$12.295
+ $0.185
"Congressman Crawford understands the

inherent risks associated with farming and
the importance of the farm safety net," said
Ben Mosely, USA Rice's vice president of
government affairs. "Rice producers in
Arkansas and every other rice producing
state will be well represented with Mr.
Crawford in this leadership role."The
Commodities and Risk Management
Subcommittee
has
jurisdiction
over
commodity programs and the federal crop
insurance program and was formerly chaired
by Rep. Conaway.
Thailand confident of
regaining top rice exporter
slot
Contact: Michael Klein (703) 236-1458
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Correction
Industry remains in doldrums on back of

ongoing complications related to previous
goverment's failed rice subsidies-scheme

BANGKOK - Thailand is predicting it will
regain its position as the world's leading
rice-exporter, even though the industry is
still reeling on the back of ongoing
complications related to a failed rice
subsidies-scheme.For decades the Kingdom
led the way, until then Prime Minister
Yingluck Shinawatra instigated a scheme in
2011 that saw farmers paid 30-40 percent
above market level for their rice.
With the government unable to shift the
grains at a profit, stockpiles have grown
dramatically. Chookiat Ophaswongse, the
honorary president of the Thai rice exporters
association, told the Anadolu Agency on
Thursday that the country could again
surpass India and Vietnam.We are quite
confident that, if our prices are not too far
apart from those of our competitors
worldwide, we should be able to regain and
maintain the position of top world exporter
from now on, he said.Since 2011, total
losses due to the scheme have risen to $5.8
billion, according to Rangsan Sriworasart,
permanent secretary of the Ministry of
Finance.
Thailand is projected to export 9.8 million
tons of rice this year, compared to 6.5
million tons in 2013.It hopes that the
2014 figure will see it surpass India (8.5
million tons) and Vietnam (6.5), but the
country is still burdened by its excess.Of the

17 million ton stockpile, analysts, however,
say only 10 percent is considered of good
quality.Somporn Isvilanonda, a senior
fellow at the Knowledge Network Institute
of Thailand, told AA that around 14 million
tons "is substandard" and "needs to be
milled again to be sold on the world
market.""The problem is that we dont know
exactly how large is the loss of quality of the
stored rice, we just have general data," he
added.
Despite the promise of a rise in exports,
Thai rice has been heavily penalized by a
steep decline in price - mostly because of the
massive stockpile and efforts by the
previous government to release it onto the
world
market
before
it
deteriorated.Ophaswongse
said
that
Shinawatra was forced to sell some of the
pile from mid-2013, as the subsidies scheme
was costing so much."But it did not sell it on
a tender-basis, but rather through secret
channels at very low prices under the guise
of government-to-government agreements,
he claimed.
In fact, he says, the rice was sold to some
private companies connected to the
government at prices that allowed them to
make a very large profit.The effect was that
it
depressed
the
market
price,
he underlined.Between November 2011 (the
launch of the subsidies scheme) and
November 2014, the price of Thai rice fell
by 30 percent.The current military appointed
government - which overthrew Shinawatra's
May 22 - is determined to unload the rice
stock as the longer it is kept in warehouses,
the longer its quality deteriorates.
It has called for auctions and is trying to
negotiate new government-to-government

agreements, with its price falling so low that
it is becoming attractive again for large
buyers such as China, India and
Indonesia.Ophaswongse warned that such
agreements should be done with extreme
caution. The government must release the
rice from warehouses gradually, not in large
volumes, and it has to monitor the market
very closely.""They can do it when the
world market is short of rice, for instance a
few months after the harvest, he added.The
Thai commerce ministry announced this
week that it plans to sell 400,000 tons of rice
before the end of the year, after having sold
previously 350,000 tons in November.
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UN REPORT: 2014 A RECORD

YEAR FOR WORLD CEREAL
PRODUCTION
Dec. 12, 2014
Source: U.N.'s Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) news release
Latest indications confirm that world cereal
production will reach an all-time record of
more than 2.5 billion tonnes in
2014. Buoyed by bumper crops in Europe
and a record maize output in the United
States of America, this year's cereal output
should reach 2.532 billion tonnes, including
rice in milled terms, or 0.3% higher than
2013, according to FAO's latest Crop
Prospects and Food Situation Report.
The record global cereal harvest in 2014 will
outpace projected world cereal utilization in
2014/15, allowing stocks to rise to their
highest level since 2000 and pushing the
worldwide stock-to-use ratio, a proxy

measure for supply conditions, to rise to
25.2 percent, its highest level in 13 years,
according to FAO. However, the report also
warns that food insecurity is worsening in a
number of countries due to civil conflicts,
adverse weather and the Ebola virus disease
(EVD) outbreak.
Some 38 countries are at risk of food
insecurity, including 29 in Africa, 3 more
countries than reported in October. EVD
triggered one of the biggest shocks to West
Africa's agriculture and food sectors, as it
started to spread when crops were being
planted and expanded throughout the
farming cycle, especially in Guinea, Liberia
and Sierra Leone. FAO warned that local
rice prices and those for cassava, the
region's second staple food, showed notable
increases in Freetown and other cities in
September. Adverse weather in the Sahel
region is also expected to result in a sharply
reduced harvest - by as much as 38 percent
below
average
in
Senegal.
Conflict seriously
insecurity
impacts
on
food
The situation in Syria is particularly urgent,

as a weak harvest is exacerbating strains due
to worsening civil conflict. An estimated 6.8
million people - some refugees in
neighboring countries - are facing severe
food insecurity. FAO reports a notable
production decline for the 2014 crop, due to
abandoned land, scarce labor, damaged
power stations and canals as well as drought
conditions. The situation in Iraq is also
acutely serious, where the number of people
displaced due to civil conflict has tripled
since last year to 2.8 million. One third of
the population is in need of urgent food
assistance in the Central African Republic
(CAR), where this year's food crop
production is estimated to be 58 percent

below average despite improving on 2013,
FAO said.
It noted an increase in violence since early
October in a country where one in four
households has resorted to negative coping
strategies, including selling productive
assets and slaughtering livestock. Prices of
agricultural commodities shot up as much as
70 percent this year in the CAR. According
to FAO, the decline in cereal output was
partially mitigated by a large 45 percent
jump in the production of cassava, which
though less nutritious is less reliant on labor
and other inputs. Refugee movements especially from Sudan's Darfur region,
northern Nigeria, the CAR and Mali - have
put pressure on local food supplies, notably
in Chad, where more than 550,000 people
need food and livelihood assistance,
according to the report.
While the recent harvest and delivery of
humanitarian aid has offered relief, more
than 6 million people in South Sudan, Sudan
and Somalia are deemed to be in need of
food and livelihood assistance. Prices in
those countries remain at high levels, with
sorghum prices running as much as four
times higher in some of the most conflictaffected
areas,
further
deteriorating
vulnerable people's access to food.
Maize supplies stable in Southern and

Eastern Africa
Elsewhere in Africa conditions were better,
especially in Southern Africa, where stable
maize prices declined due to ample supplies
from this year's bumper output boosted food
security. More stable maize supplies also led
to a 78 percent drop in the number of foodinsecure persons in Zimbabwe. Recent
harvests and favourable prospects for the
second season crops helped push maize
prices down in some countries of East

Africa. Meanwhile, 2014 cereal crop
production was slightly below average in
North Africa, where Morocco suffered sharp
reductions due to erratic rains while the
output in Tunisia recovered after a poor
2013 harvest.
Dry conditions result in reduced Central

American harvest
Mexico is enjoying a bumper maize crop
and its cereal output is expected to increase
by 7 percent above last year's record harvest,
FAO said. That may ease the production
short-fall expected in Central America,
where a drought earlier in the year pushed
the maize output down by around 9 percent,
resulting in 400,000 families in Honduras,
El Salvador and Guatemala needing food
assistance. Aggregate cereal output from
Europe this year is estimated to be 5.6
percent higher than 2013, while the U.S.'s record
maize output comes despite less acreage being
sowed
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Rice farmers harvest

bountiful second crop this
year
Johnny Saichuk
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will be felt in the rice belt towns like

Gueydan, Kaplan and Crowley, because the
money the farmers make will be put back in
the local economies, bringing in more tax
dollars for cities, Saichuk said.
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U.S. West Coast port

backups delay apparel,
bobbleheads, french fries
By Steve Gorman and Lisa BaertleinDecember 11, 2014
9:28 PM
Ideal weather conditions are being touted as

the main reason for a massive second rice
crop this year, John Saichuk, extension rice
specialist with the LSU AgCenter,
said.Farmers generally bring in about five to
10 barrels of rice in their second harvests,
but Saichuk said farmers have been
reporting yields of about 25 to 30 barrels.A
barrel of rice is about 162 pounds, Saichuk
said."We harvested a really dynamite second
crop," he said. "Just based on the my
personal experience over the years, I think
this is the best second crop we've ever
had."The second crop follows a great first
crop this year in which farmers said they
harvested about 50 barrels of rice, Saichuk
said.
The dry weather, lack of rain and abundance
of sunshine are the main reasons for the
bountiful crop, Saichuk said.The second
crop is harvested after farmers re-fertilize
and flood their fields following the first
harvest. Not all rice farmers plant a second
crop.And the economics of the great harvest
By Steve Gorman and Lisa Baertlein

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Crippling cargo
backups at U.S. West Coast ports dragged
on into a third month amid industry reports
on Thursday of prolonged shipment delays
for goods ranging from yoga apparel and
rice to NBA bobblehead collectibles and
frozen french fries.Cargo that normally takes
two to three days to flow through the
affected ports, accounting for nearly half of
U.S. maritime trade and over 70 percent of
imports from Asia, now faces lag times of
up to two weeks, the National Retail
Federation said.
The congestion has been most pronounced at
the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long
Beach, the nation's two busiest cargo hubs,
where marine officials reported 11 ships

anchored on Thursday waiting for berths to
open.The number of freighters kept waiting
outside the two ports has fluctuated from
about eight to 18 on any given day since the
slowdown began there around mid-October,
said port of Los Angeles spokesman Phillip
Sanfield.
super-sized container vessels delivering

greater cargo volumes.
BOBBLEHEADS, YOGA WEAR AND
RICE
Smaller backups have hit other West Coast

ports, including Seattle and Tacoma in
Port slowdowns have rippled through the

commercial supply chain.Vancouver-based
retailer Lululemon Athletica Inc blamed
West Coast port congestion for its lower
Washington state.The slowdowns have

coincided with prolonged labor talks
between 20,000 dockworkers and the Pacific
Maritime Association, representing terminal
operators and shipping lines at 29 West
Coast ports. Their latest contract expired
June 30.Management has accused the
International Longshore and Warehouse
Union of orchestrating some slowdowns on
sales forecasts on Thursday. The yoga wear

seller said about 1 million of its garments
were stuck in port, delaying shipments to
stores for up to 10 days.Similar shipment
lags were reported by Ann Inc and Ascena
Retail Group Inc, parent companies of
women's apparel chains Ann Taylor and the
Loft, and Lane Bryant and Justice,
respectively.
the docks to bolster its leverage at the

bargaining table.
Union officials deny organizing protest
delays
but
acknowledge
individual
dockworkers may have acted out of
frustration over the pace of contract
talks.They point to other factors that port
officials cite as the main reasons for
gridlock. Chief among them has been a
shortage of tractor-trailer chassis used for
hauling cargo containers from the ports, a
situation created when shippers decided to
sell off their chassis to equipment-leasing
companies.Union and port officials also cite
record import levels at the peak cargo
season, rail service delays and the advent of
Even professional sports have felt the pinch.

The Oakland-based Golden State Warriors
earlier this month had to hand out vouchers
to 10,000 basketball fans after shipments of
the team's Sarunas Marciulionis bobblehead
figures were delayed for weeks.Exports have
been squeezed as well. Among the hardest
hit are Washington state apple growers, who
posted a record harvest of 150 million
cartons this year but have been thwarted in
selling as much of their surplus as hoped to
Asian markets.
Port delay-related apple losses since October
have run in the tens of millions of dollars,
according to Mark Powers, an executive of

the Northwest Horticultural Council.Fastfood giant McDonald's Corp said its Japan
outlets are among that country's eateries
grappling with a french-fried potato shortage
blamed on port backups.Most U.S.processed frozen french fries bound for
Japan and other Asian countries are shipped
in refrigerated containers through SeattleTacoma, said John Toaspern, chief
marketing officer for the U.S. Potato Board.
Japan is the biggest Asian market for U.S.made frozen potato products, importing
$336 million worth last year. Toaspern said
port jams have at least doubled transit times
for french fry shipments to Japan from two
to four weeks.Container shipments of
California-grown rice bound for Japan,
South Korea and Taiwan have likewise been
Euan Rocha in Toronto; Editing by Lisa

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23,161.56 crore in AprilSeptember
delayed two weeks or more at the height of

growers' winter shipping season.
"You start running short on warehouse
space. It's a mess," said Tim Johnson, head
of
the
California
Rice
Commission.Container shipments of corn
and soybeans also were being held up,
forcing the Illinois-based Prairie Creek
Grain Company to offer some Asian
customers discounts of up to 6 percent.A
roughly $700 discount per $12,000 container
of soybeans is the difference between
making a profit and breaking even, said
Robert
Briscoe,
Prairie
Creek
president.(Additional reporting by Karl
Plume in Chicago; and Solarina Ho and
By PTI | 12 Dec, 2014, 07.05PM IST
India has exported 16.41 lakh tonnes of

basmati rice in the April-September period
of the current financial year, valued at Rs
13,846.95 crore.
NEW DELHI: India has exported rice worth
Rs 23,161.56 crore in the first six months of
the current financial year, Parliament was
informed today. India has exported 16.41
lakh tonnes ofbasmati rice in the AprilSeptember period of the current financial
year, valued at Rs 13,846.95 crore. On the
other hand, 36.56 lakh tonnes of non-

basmati rice was exported in the same
period, valued at Rs 9,314.61 crore.
In the entire 2013-14 fiscal, exports of
basmati rice stood at 37.54 lakh tonnes,
valued at Rs 29,291.82 crore, while in the
same period, outward shipments of nonbasmati rice was 71.48 lakh tonnes, worth
Rs 17,795.21 crore. Meanwhile, Iran, one of
the largest importers of rice from India, has
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imposed a temporary restriction on imports

from October 19 this year. "Iran has
imposed a temporary restriction on import of
rice w.e.f 19th October, 2014.
The government engages with its trade
partners in an institutional basis and taken
up all trade related issues from time to
time,"
Commerce
and
Industry
Minister Nirmala Sitharamansaid in a
written reply to Lok Sabha. The Minister
added that Iran has increased customs duty
on import of rice from 22 per cent to 40 per
cent in view of the domestic crop season,
which will continue till January 21.

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