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Today Rice News Headlines...
Branding products easier than nations image building

SCA flays cut in support price of rice
FPCCI suggests joint Pakistan-Azerbaijan chamber
Pakistan, Cuba reaffirm bilateral ties
Pakistan donates rice to Cuba
Govt to bust millers' bag of tricks
2,000 paddy purchase centres in state
On the genetically modified rice
Chinese scientist plans mass production of sea-rice
Ogun NCS arrests 3 suspects, 37 vehicles load of rice at Idiroko
forest
Concern over farmers losing interest in sugarcane
"Vij's Indian" offers up a hearty campers curry
Demand for local rice overwhelms millers
Unaccounted Cash Seized Rice Millers Agent
Africa: A Fable of Rice and Women
How $3bn Nigeria-bound rice rots away in Benin Republic
Rice stakeholders discuss policy directions on rice security
PhilRice develops software for grain quality evaluation
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Assistant Director, Agriculture KPK
News Detail...
Dr.Hidayat Ullah
Assistant Professor, University of
Swabi
Branding products easier than nations image building
Dr.Abdul Basir
Assistant Professor, University of
Swabi
Zahid Mehmood
PSO,NIFA Peshawar
By Mansoor Ahmad
October 16, 2016
LAHORE: Image building of a nation is more difficult than branding a commercial

product. Successful economies have made their name because of the products they
produced. Germany brings to mind Mercedes/BMW.
Falak Naz Shah
Head Food Science & Technology

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ART, Peshawar

Recall Bahamas and youd visualise cleanest beaches.Germany produces top quality engineering products.
People trust the countrys industrial machines and automobile. Bangladesh markets its initiatives for women
empowerment and poverty alleviation to become one of the largest exporters of garments.
Japan and Korea excel in electronics. When it comes to quality automobile no one would buy Chinese vehicles
and instead their first choice would be German cars. A Korean or Japanese television set would be preferred
over a Nigerian TV with the same specifications and at half the price. Italian mens suiting or leather jackets
are sold like hot cakes and at premium price compared with the brands of developed or developing countries.
These countries have marketed their names as symbols of quality. They have built up reputation in their
respective fields, but they deliver what they claim. The credit goes to the culture these countries promoted,
giving people confidence about quality and efficiency.
Nation branding is a laborious job, requiring immaculate planning and patience.
Countries are marketed in the same way products and services are promoted. In fact, marketing of cities, social
causes, personalities, celebrities and nations is done on the same principle as practiced while promoting
commercial products. The country image is promoted just as a start-up company builds its image before
launching its brand. Branding is a skill set that marketers use to strengthen the preference for their particular
offerings in the market.
Pakistan can be marketed from various angles. It could be a tourist attraction and it has exotic varieties of
crops: Basmati rice with refreshing aroma, mangoes and oranges with different taste and flavours. The country
has four of the seven highest mountain peaks in the world. Its long and huge salt mine at Khewra is one of its
own kinds in the world. The country is richest in Buddhist culture and houses all famous religious shrines of
Sikhs. The planners can take cues from some nations that spend a lot of time on tourism. They need to do that.
Look at the way Bahamas and Brazil and Bali are marketing their tourist spots. Now if we want to market
tourism we will not only have to eliminate terrorism and crime, but will have to improve infrastructure. We
will have to train people on hospitality. We will have to impart language skills to tourist guides. The Japanese
pilgrims, visiting Buddha sites, would be more comfortable if a guide speaks Japanese. The least qualification
for a guide will be his fluency in English language. We will have to build the character of our people.
Scandinavian countries have promoted the traits of their people in the world as sensible and good negotiators.
We also have to create this culture.
For the promotion of our fruits and vegetables in foreign markets, we will have to adopt best management
practices and control pests and flies. Once a country is established as a brand, there would be no dearth of
tourists or foreign investment.
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a saleable brand to attract investment. But, constructing road to connect
with China is not enough. It will only generate rent on the infrastructure usage. There is a need to build
industrial estates all along the route. The investors will come when the industrial infrastructure is in place
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/157421-Branding-products-easier-than-nations-imagebuilding
SCA flays cut in support price of rice

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HYDERABAD (APP): The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) has complained that the support price
of IRRI-6 crop of rice has reduced to Rs 750 to Rs 800 per maund due to manipulation by the middlemen

and hoarders.A meeting of the SCA here Sunday, which was also attended through the video link by
representatives of farmers from Karachi, Ghotki, Sukkur, Larkana and Sanghar districts, expressed deep
concern
over
the
financial
losses
being
caused
to
the
rice
growers.
The meeting, which was chaired by SCA President Dr Syed Nadeem Qamar, demanded of Sindh Govt to
enforce the official procurement rate of Rs900 for the IRRI-6 rice and stop exploitation of the farmers.
The meeting further asked the provincial government to increase the official support price to Rs1,000 so
that the farmers could recover their losses and feel encouraged to sow rice in the next season.
It observed that Pakistan exports of rice fetch $2 billion adding that share of IRRI-6 rice alone was $1.
3 billion in the net rice exports.
"But for last 3 years the IRRI-6 rice growers haven't been getting the right price which is discouraging
many
farmers
from
growing
this
high
export
potential
crop,"
said
Dr.
Qamar.
He expressed concern that the exports of rice could drop if the downward trend in the support price of rice
continued.
"Sindh
But
is
fear
the
a
only
reduction
in
province
sowing
where
of
the
IRRI-6
IRRI-6
crop
rice
next
is
year,"
produced.
he
warned.
Meanwhile, the meeting also urged the government to ensure that the sugar mills begin the purchase of
sugarcane from November 15 as was decided in a recent meeting chaired by Sindh Agriculture Minister
Suhail Anwar Siyal.
SCA's General Secretary Nabi Bux Sathio and other office bearers including Zahid Ali Bhurgari,
Mohammad Khan Sarejo, Ghulam Hussain Chachar, Babu Shah, Siraj Rashdi and others attended the
meeting.
http://nation.com.pk/business/17-Oct-2016/newsbrief
FPCCI suggests joint Pakistan-Azerbaijan chamber

By APP
Published: October 15, 2016
Aim is to strengthen communication linkages, remove travel curbs. PHOTO: FILE

KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI)
Standing Committee on Horticulture on Friday underlined the need for Pakistan and
Azerbaijan to form a joint chamber of commerce and industry for boosting bilateral trade and
investment.
It called for strengthening communication linkages and removing travel restrictions to enhance
trade ties.
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Silk route is the key area through which Central Asian countries are linked, Committee
Chairman Ahmad Jawad said in a statement. By taking advantage of the geo-strategic location

of Pakistan, Azerbaijan can export its goods through Gwadar and other ports of Karachi to
Saarc, Asean and GCC member countries. On the other hand, he pointed out, Pakistan could
export its value-added agricultural products like mangoes, dates, fruits and sports goods to
Azerbaijan.
Jawad said Pakistans basmati rice had a huge demand in Azerbaijan and the two countries also
had the potential for joint ventures in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical and surgical
products.
The volume of annual trade between the two countries for the past five years has remained
between $17 million and $25 million, which, according to Jawad, does not reflect the existing
political goodwill between the two nations.
He pointed out that despite the establishment of Pakistan-Azerbaijan Joint Ministerial
Commission and signing of over 30 memoranda of understanding, there had not been much
progress on trade between the two nations.
Azerbaijan could also help Pakistan in the energy sector as it has a vast range of renewable
energy including wind, solar and hydroelectric power. It is also an old oil exporting country.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 15th, 2016
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1199084/
Pakistan, Cuba reaffirm bilateral ties

October 15, 2016
By: Sa maa Web Desk
HAVANA: Pakistans ambassador to Havana Kamran Shafa on Saturday handed over food
supplies to Cuban authorities to help people affected by Hurricane Mathew.

In a handover ceremony held today, 14 October, at the port of
Havana, the Pakistani Ambassador, Kamran Shafi, and First Deputy
Minister of Foreign Trade of Cuba, Antonio Carricarte, reaffirmed
the good relations between the two countries and how this rice
donation strengthened even more the links between both countries,
in a context in which Cuba specially welcomes the foreign aid due to
the effects of hurricane Matthew.
It is my great pleasure to present this gift of rice from our people and government. We very
much hope that the quality of rice is of the highest possible standards, said H.E. Kamran Shafi.
The Deputy Minister Carricarte said: It is a noble gesture, unselfish This donation comes at a
time when, especially in the province of Guantanamo, the effects of Hurricane Matthew are
suffered and of course, it will help to support the Cuban people, from the point of view of food.
The ceremony was also attended Alicia Corredera Morales, vice president of the Cuban Institute
of Friendship with the Peoples, officers from the Embassy of Pakistan, representatives of various
Cuban bodies and workers of the port and authorities of the municipality of Regla. SAMAA
http://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2016/10/pakistan-cuba-reaffirm-bilateral-tiespakistan-cubareaffirm-bilateral-ties/

Pakistan donates rice to Cuba
October 16, 2016
Havana
Pakistan has donated rice to hurricane-effected Cuban people.
In a handover ceremony held Friday at the port of Havana, Pakistani Ambassador Kamran Shafi
and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade of Cuba Antonio Carricarte reaffirmed the good
relations between the two countries. They were of the view that this rice donation had
strengthened even more the links between both the countries, in a context in which Cuba needed
foreign aid due to the effects of hurricane Matthew, said a press release.
"It is my great pleasure to present this gift of rice from our people and government. We very
much hope that the quality of rice is of the highest possible standards," said Kamran Shafi.The

Deputy Minister Carricarte said: "It is a noble gesture, unselfish This donation comes at a time
when, especially in the province of Guantanamo, the effects of Hurricane Matthew are being felt
and of course, it would help to support the Cuban people, from the point of view of food".
The ceremony was also attended by Alicia Corredera Morales, vice president of the Cuban
Institute of Friendship with the People, officers from the embassy of Pakistan, representatives of
various Cuban bodies and workers of the port and authorities of the municipality of Regla
http://nation.com.pk/national/16-Oct-2016/pakistan-donates-rice-to-cuba
Govt to bust millers' bag of tricks

Oct 17, 2016, 06:34 IST
HYDERABAD: The State Civil

Supplies Corporation on Sunday
asked its field units to get set for
a sack race of sorts. And chase
down jute bag junkies, i.e, rice
millers in the state who have
practically
defrauded
the
government of Rs 203 crore

worth of gunny sacks by not
returning them over the past five
years.At stake is the government's ability to effectively ship paddy to millers once the
procurement begins on October 17. On Sunday, commissioner of civil supplies CV
Anand instructed all the district managers of the corpo ration to submit a mill-wise list of the
gunny sack hoarders. Anand, former Cyberabad police commissioner, asked his staff to get
cracking and take possession of the bags.
The district units of the corporation have been asked to conduct special drives to collect jute bags
from the millers immediately. As per norms, of every four gunny sacks in which paddy is
transported to the mills, two are old and two are new. The millers are expected to return the two
old sacks to the corporation for reuse.
However, the rice millers in the state have been ignoring this norm for the past five years and
such a practice needs to be ended, Anand said.
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The civil supplies corporation will activate its paddy purchase centres from October 17 with
November 1 being the target for all such centres to become fully functional. Chairing a review
and a video conference with joint collectors of all districts, district civil supplies officers and the
managers of the corporation, Anand said the target was to open 2,000 paddy purchase centres, up
from 1,671 last year.
Officials were instructed to ensure that farmers receive the full official support price of Rs 1,470
per quintal for ordinary quality paddy and Rs 1,510 for `Grade A ' quality per quintal.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Govt-to-bust-millers-bag-oftricks/articleshow/54888686.cms
2000 paddy purchase centres in state

Mon,17 Oct 2016
Summary: Hyderabad: As per norms, of every four gunny sacks in which paddy is transported to
the mills , two are old and two are new. The millers are expected to return the two old sacks to
the corporation for reuse.However, the rice millers in the state have been ignoring this norm for
the past five years and such a practice needs to be ended, Anand said.The civil supplies
corporation will activate its paddy purchase centres from October 17 with November 1 being the
target for all such centres to become fully functional.
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Chairing a review and a video conference with joint collectors of all districts, district civil
supplies officers and the managers of the corporation, Anand said the target was to open 2,000
paddy purchase centres, up from 1,671 last year.Officials were instructed to ensure that farmers
receive the full official support price of Rs 1,470 per quintal for ordinary quality paddy and Rs
1,510 for 'Grade A' quality per quintal.
Hyderabad: As per norms, of every four gunny
sacks in which paddy is transported to the mills ,
two are old and two are new. The millers are
expected to return the two old sacks to the
corporation for reuse.However, the rice millers
in the state have been ignoring this norm for the
past five years and such a practice needs to be
ended, Anand said.The civil supplies corporation
will activate its paddy purchase centres from
October 17 with November 1 being the target for
all such centres to become fully functional.
Chairing a review and a video conference with
joint collectors of all districts, district civil
supplies officers and the managers of the
corporation, Anand said the target was to open 2,000 paddy purchase centres, up from 1,671 last
year.Officials were instructed to ensure that farmers receive the full official support price of Rs
1,470 per quintal for ordinary quality paddy and Rs 1,510 for 'Grade A' quality per quintal..
...
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/2000-paddy-purchase-centres-instate/articleshow/54888623.cms
http://www.nyoooz.com/bengaluru/635503/2000-paddy-purchase-centres-in-state
On the genetically modified rice

Oct 16, 2016
The move by the Federal Government to enforce regulations on genetically modified rice (GMO rice) in
the country is a step in the right direction to curb abuse and safeguard the populace. There are
controversies surrounding GMO or biotech crops and products, which make them unacceptable in many
countries. Caution must therefore be exercised as Nigeria ventures into GMO crops to prevent
endangering the health of the citizens.
Nigeria is not well versed in research like America and some developed countries to be able to unravel the
full implications of GMO crops and products on public health and the environment. Consequently,
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appropriate authorities should closely monitor what is being done on GMO rice and others. Accredited
research institutes should not foreclose the negative consequences associated with GMO crops.
Director-General of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba, recently
visited the National Cereal Research Institute, Badeggi in Niger State that conducts field trials on GMO
rice. The visit, according to Ebegba, was to ensure strict compliance with extant laws or rules. Ebegba
warned that the agency would seal off any research centre that fails to adhere to laid down protocols,
saying that nobody would be forced to consume any genetically modified product.
Furthermore, he threatened to shut the research institute if it fails the next round of preliminary trials,
stressing that the agency is there for total compliance because of its importance to farmers and others. He
hinted that research into GMO rice would take between four to five years to conclude, noting that the
varieties that may eventually be approved would be able to withstand drought.
Ebegba explained that with biotechnology, local genes of a crop can be identified and put into
commercial use. He, however, regretted that technical errors were responsible for the failure of the last
field trials of GMO rice, stressing that if the structures are not well placed, they could lead to
contamination of seeds.
GMO rice is a strain that has been modified genetically to increase micronutrients like vitamin A,
accelerate photosynthesis, resist pests, tolerate herbicides, increase grain size, generate nutrients or
flavours and produce human proteins.
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The new strain is implanted with new traits that, normally, are not found in ordinary rice. Thus, the rice
potential is boosted, which raises the question of safety to the human body and the environment.Because
new materials or elements are introduced, thereby making GMO rice to be resistant to common pests and
diseases. is such a genetically modified rice, therefore, safe, since the modification already alters its
composition? Like irradiated food, that doesnt expire, the question is whether such product is still safe
for human consumption. How long then would the rice last? Or would it last forever? Are GMO products
biodegradable? These are critical questions that should be answered.
What is often called horizontal gene transfer could also occur through mediated natural vectors. For
instance, gene transfer between rice and millet has been identified. Nevertheless, the cultivation and use
of GMO varieties of rice remains controversial and not allowed in some countries.Anything that impedes
the natural process of degradation ought to be treated with caution before human composition. Such
product might also not be environment-friendly. For instance, what effect would GMO crops have on
earthworms and other soil microbes? Are there no deleterious effects on ground water?
The desire to embrace biotechnology in food production should be weighed against its collateral damage.
To that extent, caution should be the watch- word. There is need to know the full implications of GMO
rice before introducing it in Nigeria. Besides, Nigeria is not short of arable lands where normal rice and
other crops can be produced. Nigeria should explore what it has first before dabbling into the
unknown.Since research is the plank upon which GMO crop strains are developed, to what extent is
Nigeria prepared to do the necessary research? Research institutes are comatose. The universities are
barely functional. Transferring gene from one crop to another requires painstaking effort by scientists
who are committed and well motivated.
Does Nigeria have this crop of scientists to work on GMO crops? How much funding is available for the
research given, especially against the background of gross underfunding of universities and research
institutes?
Truth is that GMO is not popular around the world. The few developed countries that have embraced it
have strict rules and regulations governing it including labeling of GMO products in supermarkets to
differentiate them from others..
Unfortunately, Nigeria has not advanced to that level. Nigerians buy and sell in open markets with no
rules and no inspection by public health personnel. There are too many dubious characters out there to
make money by selling injurious products. Not enough education to prevent avoidable problems is
available. Not enough cautionary measures taken yet on GMO or other potentially dangerous products.
This post was syndicated from The Guardian NigeriaThe Guardian Nigeria. Click here to read the full text
on the original website.
http://www.nigeriatoday.ng/2016/10/on-the-genetically-modified-rice/
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Chinese scientist plans mass production of sea-rice
Source: Xinhua 2016-10-15 14:32:29
QINGDAO, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's "father of hybrid rice" is planning to expand its
production of sea-rice at a newly founded research center in Qingdao, a port city in the eastern
province of Shandong, local sources said Saturday.Within three years, the sea-rice research and
development center, headed by scientist Yuan Longping, is expected to expand the yield of searice to 200 kilograms on each "mu," the Chinese unit equivalent to 666 square meters, according
to local authorities in Qingdao's Licang District, where the new research body is located.
Wild sea-rice is sometimes found in saline-alkaline soil at the junctures where rivers join the sea.
The plant is resistant to pests, diseases, salt and alkali and does not need fertilizer. But its unit
output is only around 75 kg.
The Qingdao research center will use gene sequencing to cultivate new strains of sea-rice that
will yield more rice and grow with saline water.
With start-up funding of 100 million yuan (14.86 million U.S. dollars), scientists will start their
experiment on a 2-hectare saline-alkaline marsh land just north of the Jiaozhou Bay in April. The
project will eventually draw an investment of 2 billion yuan.
Over the past decades, Chinese scientists, led by Yuan, have worked out new approaches to
significantly increase the yield of rice, a staple food for 65 percent of the Chinese.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/15/c_135756365.htm
Ogun NCS arrests 3 suspects, 37 vehicles load of rice at

Idiroko forest
By Gistmaster On October 16, 2016 In Latest Tagged Latest News
The Ogun Customs Command has intercepted 37 vehicles loaded with foreign imported rice at a
forest within Ipokia axis of Owode Alari, Ifoyintedo community, along Idiroko, the border
between Nigeria and Republic of Benin, through intelligence gathering by enforcement officers.
The Command swiftly arrested three suspects in connection with the seizures. This is coming
just few weeks after the same Command seized about 33cartons of fake drugs estimated at over
N20million and 76.3kg of cannabis sativa, smuggled into the country through the border.
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The officer in charge of Enforcement Unit of the Command, DC Mohammed Gagiyo disclosed
this, explaining that the 37 vehicles, which include mini-trucks, passat, mazda cars and other
vehicles were intercepted in the forest at night through a tip off.
Some of the items seized by Ogun Command
He said, Investigation is on-going, as the suspects must be prosecuted in court accordingly. In
our quest to combat smuggling, the Commands anti-smuggling architecture has been redesigned
to achieve maximum result. In line with this new strategy, large volumes of seizures are recorded
on daily basis. The Command is not relenting in its collaborative efforts with other government
agencies to rid the nation of unwholesome cross border trade and smuggling of any sort. We
want the public and stakeholders to know that the ban on importation of rice through the land
borders is till enforced.
Sunday Vanguard observed that the technique used by smugglers to bring in the foreign rice was
mind boggling, as smaller cars designed for only four passengers carried up to 100 bags of 50kg
rice each. Most shocking was the discovery of some mini-trucks used for conveyance. The trucks
had nothing on the surface to raise suspicion about prohibited goods, but padded with extra iron
compartments within the engine area with over 60bags of rice each. Aside from numerous seized
items displayed in the open, their warehouse was filled to the brim with different seizures.
In his remarks, the Chairman, Freight Forwarders Association, Idiroko chapter, Tajudeen
Oladapo Adetayo, commended the Command on the new strategies designed by the Area
Controller to track down smugglers, stressing that Ogun Command has zero tolerance for
smuggling. Their Enforcement Unit is very active. You can see it in the achievements recorded
by the current Area Controller since he took over the Command. The experience brought to bear
by Comptroller Waindu Multafu, is making his officers very proactive in carrying out their duty.
In Ogun Command, Multafu also goes on patrol.
This has curtailed smuggling in the area tremendously. Also, people are made to pay appropriate
duty on imported vehicles. The moment you bring in imported vehicle, the Customs valuation
unit gives you appropriate duty and you pay accordingly. There is nothing like people paying
lesser duty on imported vehicles in Ogun Command. But we are appealing to government to
reduce the duty considering the economic situation in the country now, because currently the
duty is very high, he stressed.
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Concern over farmers losing interest in sugarcane

Sat,15 Oct 2016

Summary: P. Chandran, Joint Director of Agriculture, S.Suresh, Tamil Nadu Rice Research
Institute, and N. Chinnappan, Executive Director, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Sugars, spoke.
Chenthil Rajan, Managing Director, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Sugars, said sugarcane yield had
not improved significantly in the past 40 years unlike rice and other crops. Issues confronting
sugarcane cultivation was the focus of a two-day meeting of sugarcane research and
development workers of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry which opened here on Friday. Inaugurating
the meet, A. Ramamourti, Director of Agriculture, Puducherry, said farmers were losing interest
in raising sugarcane owing to drought, shortage of labour, incidence of pest and diseases and
high cost of cultivation. Bakshi Ram, Director of ICAR-SBI, said sugarcane yield and sugar
production in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry remained low owing to adverse climatic conditions
and water shortage.
Issues confronting sugarcane cultivation was the focus of a two-day meeting of sugarcane
research and development workers of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry which opened here on Friday.
It was organised by ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,
and Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Sugars (VV Sugars) to discuss issues in sugarcane cultivation such
as low productivity, wild boar and rodent menace, mechanisation, besides new cane varieties and
seed nursery programme. An exhibition displaying recent and popular sugarcane varieties, farm
machines, drip irrigation technologies and a bio-acoustic device to ward off wild boars was also
organised, according to a release from Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Sugars. Inaugurating the meet,
A. Ramamourti, Director of Agriculture, Puducherry, said farmers were losing interest in raising
sugarcane owing to drought, shortage of labour, incidence of pest and diseases and high cost of
cultivation.
Research institutes, in collaboration with sugar factories, should identify reasons for low yield
and declining sugar recovery in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Introducing short-duration
varieties, encouraging community farming and custom hiring of machineries, including
harvesters, could improve and sustain sugarcane productivity, he said. Bakshi Ram, Director of
ICAR-SBI, said sugarcane yield and sugar production in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry remained
low owing to adverse climatic conditions and water shortage. There had been a marginal
improvement this season. Chenthil Rajan, Managing Director, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Sugars,
said sugarcane yield had not improved significantly in the past 40 years unlike rice and other
crops. P.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/concern-over-farmers-losinginterest-in-sugarcane/article9222124.ece
http://www.nyoooz.com/trichy/633907/concern-over-farmers-losing-interest-in-sugarcane
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Following the Federal Governments ban on rice importation through the land borders, local rice
millers are finding it difficult to cope with the demand for the commodity from dealers.Only
Umza Rice, the largest local rice mill in Nigeria, which is located in Kano, is currently supplying
most markets in the country.Many dealers expressed anger over depositing money to the
company for months without getting any supply.
Consumption of rice in Nigeria is put at over six million metric tonnes per annum. Local
production is about 2.8 million metric tonnes while imports account for 2.5 million metric
tonnes.
Local production recently dropped from 2.835 million metric tonnes to about 2.701 million
metric tonnes, according to data from the United States Department of Agriculture.
The USDA projected that local rice production would hit 2.730 million metric tonnes by
December 2017. Imports are also expected to fall by 400,000 metric tonnes to 2.1 metric tonnes
by 2017.
A major rice distributor in Lagos, Mrs. Olufunke Coker, said she had paid for the 10 trailers of
rice for the past one month but she could only get two trailers.
Umza was said to be so overwhelmed with orders that the management of the company had
resorted to rejecting fresh orders from people needing the commodity.
Although importation of rice is allowed through the seaports, importers said they were required
to source for forex from the parallel market at the exchange rate of over N400 to one dollar to
bring the product into the country. Investigations revealed that the situation sometimes forced
dealers to buy smuggled rice from Cotonou at the risk of having their consignments impounded
by the Nigeria Customs Service.
Recently, officials of the NCS seized more than six trailers of rice suspected to be smuggled
from some shops at the Iddo Railway Terminus, Lagos.
The spokesman for the NCS, Mr. Wale Adeniyi, said the service had received information that
some smuggled trailers of rice were taken to the terminus, which prompted the raid.
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Following the fall in crude oil prices and drop in Nigerias foreign reserves, the government had
through the Central Bank of Nigeria restricted importation including banning the importation of
rice.
It was gathered that efforts by major rice producing states to boost production in November 2015
had resulted in the adoption of the dry season rice farming scheme, deploying improved rice
seedlings in Kebbi State.
Speaking in an interview, the former Deputy Governor of Kebbi State, Sulaiman Argungu, said
the dry season farming had yielded a harvest of 1.5 million metric tonnes of paddy rice.
An Anambra State local rice miller and Chairman of Stine Industries, Chief Akai Egwuonwu,
said rice production would increase by November this year, adding that this could push down the
price of the product, currently hovering around N20, 000 per 50kg bag
https://www.today.ng/business/198225/demand-local-rice-overwhelms-millers
Unaccounted Cash Seized Rice Millers Agent

N E W S Yesterday, 8:29 am
Hyderabad: Police seized Rs1.44 crore cash from one Prasad near LB Nagar ring road on
Saturday midnight. Prasad who belongs to Nellore was spotted by police with cash bags. When
questioned, he reportedly stated that the cash belonged to 14 rice mill owners in Nellore.The man
was handed over to Income Tax authorities as the cash was a profit on number-2 transactions of
rice millers. Undocumented cash is black money
http://www.sakshipost.com/news/2016/10/16/unaccounted-cash-seized-rice-millers-agent
Africa: A Fable of Rice and Women

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By Elfrieda Pschorn-Strauss

A month ago, I read that Kanayo Nwanze, president of the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD), based in Rome, dedicated his African Food Prize award to "the millions of African
women who silently toil to feed their families."
In a follow up interview, he said that his wish is for these women to become businesswomen and
entrepreneurs participating in the economy. He also mentioned that his advice for young African
scientists is to cultivate and put into practice the ideas that his generation inherited from Norman Borlaug
and other Green Revolution architects.
These views come as no surprise, as he was instrumental in introducing and promoting the fabled 'new
rice for Africa', NERICA. But still, it made me think about NERICA, and I was wondering how far this
miracle rice has gone in achieving its promise to feed Africa?
NERICA is a cross between the hardy African rice (Oryza Glaberrama) and high-yielding Asian rice
(Oryza Sativa). It is promoted with a huge amount of propaganda and funding and is seen as the crop that
will finally allow Africa to follow Asia and have its own Green Revolution.
NERICA is heralded as a Green Revolution success story and as the 'rice for women', because it allows
women to participate in the production of cash crops. And indeed, more women have been cultivating
NERICA, even in areas where they have not previously grown rice, like Uganda.
But like most other top down Green Revolution technologies, NERICA can be a trap, in particular for
African rural women. And as with International Day of Rural Women and World Food Day, celebrated
last weekend, they seemed to be centre stage, what better opportunity to tell a fable of rice and rural
women.
Eroding diversity
A study by the Africa Rice Centre has shown that this strong promotion has led farmers to adopt
NERICA, in the process replacing their local varieties. Seed production in particular is seen as lucrative,
and the capturing of NERICA seed production by local elites has been extensively documented. In Benin
it is shown that even though women accounted for 70% of the rice farmer workforce, it is men who
benefit from seed production, because male farmers have more access to land and are contracted to grow
NERICA.
Another study in Uganda showed that replacing food with the growing of rice as a cash crop does increase
household income. In instances where women are able to grow rice as a cash crop, it increases women's
decision-making power. However, it is coming at price.
Replacing food crops with NERICA has brought significant costs to women and children as they take on
the most burdensome tasks related to its cultivation. Children complain that they have to miss school especially girls, who have to look after the home and younger siblings while their mothers are chasing
birds in the rice field.
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It is worth pausing to reflect at this point, to fully comprehend what is happening here. And what the long
term impact of this shift to a Green Revolution crop will be on rural women's well-being. At what cost are
they shifting to this new seed and crop?
As echoed by the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch, 80 percent of rice in Africa is grown by women and
most of this used to be local, farmer varieties. Women are seed custodians in rice growing communities
and they usually have seed plots near the home where they try out varieties, but also keep their old and
trusted varieties. Across Africa, thousands of local varieties were always grown and preferred by farmers.
But this diversity and the social and cultural systems attached to it, is fast disappearing.
In anticipation of the massive erosion expected with the introduction of the Green Revolution rice
varieties into Africa, scientists in the 70s made a huge effort to collect as many local varieties as possible.
Today there are 500 000 accessions housed at the Africa Rice Centre. A rapid erosion of genetic diversity
in rice is taking place and a detailed survey showed that the growing of African rice varieties
(O.Glaberrima) is declining sharply, now making up only 0.1% of the total rice growing area.
A simple question
A simple question needs to be asked at this point: does diversity matter? Does it matter to rural women?
Diversity is nature's insurance policy and rural woman are dependent on nature. Women farmers have to
deal with changing weather all the time.
But, if within the genetic makeup of a seed, there are a few genes hidden somewhere that can survive the
drought or the cold, the plant can survive and the family will eat.
Scientists say that those seeds with a complex genetic make-up are more likely to survive, they have
horizontal resistance, a resistance to risk. They are prepared, resilient. It is survival of the fittest, where
the weakest die.
Life depends on diversity and it constantly generates diversity as a life impulse. Some humans rejoice in
this diversity and enhance it.
Others, kill it off and narrow it down. It is not easy to monopolise diversity, so to gain maximum profit it
is necessary to simplify and exclude diversity. Therefore we get hybrid maize, NERICA rice, GM crops.
Rural women are told that their lives will improve if they throw away their old seeds and plant this new
seed.
In 2009 GRAIN already wrote that the NERICA project is about building the foundations of a seed
system that will respond to the needs of agribusiness by putting in place the systems and seed policies that
will integrate African small farmers into networks managed by big companies.
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Through NERICA the infrastructure is put in place that will make it much easier for GM companies to
move in.
Over millennia agriculture has emerged from specific regions through selection by farmers, breeding from
the wild biodiversity they have created an incredible variety of crops in specific areas which have spread
all over the world. So for rural women too, diversity is their insurance policy. They depend on it. We all
depend do. It is unimaginable that we could conceive of destroying it, yet it is happening.
NERICA has a very narrow genetic base, with the entire family bred from just two O.Glaberrima
varieties. This is a far cry from the 500 000 varieties that were out there in farmers' fields four decades
ago. Not the kind of insurance policy that reassures me and that I need to go into the insecure future of
climate change.
The propaganda about Green Revolution crops and GM is all about 'improved delivery of new seeds and
other inputs" to rural women, as if they have no agency, no seeds, no knowledge. Reports that praise the
economic value of Green Revolution crops like NERICA, have only looked on the surface and omit to
mention how the new labour burden and loss of diversity cause extreme social deprivation and exacerbate
poverty for rural women. Apart from the irreversible loss of their ancestral seed varieties and the whole
range of social and cultural losses that accompanies this, it impoverishes them and their children
http://allafrica.com/stories/201610160313.html
How $3bn Nigeria-bound rice rots away in Benin Republic

An estimated $3 billion bags of rice destined for the Nigerian markets are stuck in various
warehouses in Benin Republic due to the Federal Governments refusal to allow importation
through land borders and fierce customs anti smuggling drive.The annual routine of importing
rice into the neighbouring country from July to December to make massive sales in Nigeria
during Yuletide period has hit a brickwall this year as Controller General of Customs, Colonel
Hameed Ali has insisted that his men have tightened the frontiers.
Nigeria shares major border frontiers with Benin Republic at Seme Border (Lagos), Idiroko
(Ogun), Shaki (Oyo),Chikanda (Kwara) and other smaller openings. Prominent among them is
Seme where the highest volume of trade and largest smuggling opportunity exist because of its
easy access to Lagos, Nigerias commercial capital city.
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Seme Border which hitherto was a major transit point for foreign rice importation suddenly
became impenetrable for smugglers as almost daily seizures of 50kg bags have taken a good
portion of the customs warehouse in the area.
A recent visit to Benin revealed that most of the warehouses where the bagged rice are kept
before shipment into Nigeria are now battling for space.
Some consignments of imported rice no longer have storage space at the popular stores and so
are exposed to rains, weevils and other unhygienic forms of storage.
Popular warehouses no longer receive rice shipments as thousands of bags earlier delivered to
them since July could not be evacuated into Nigeria as planned as was the case in previous years.
Popular Cherika Warehouse in Akpakpa near Cotonou with a capacity to store 25,000 bags is
fully loaded with Thailand rice with no hope of evacuating them into Nigeria except government
relaxes its policy of rice importation through border.
Defezi Warehouse close to the Cotonou Port is filled with over 40,000 units of 50kg bags of
Indian and Thailand rice. Defezi got occupied earlier due to its proximity to the port but was not
evacuated as the owners could not risk entering Nigeria with it.
Cica Warehouse in Missebo area of the Cotonou outskirts that suffered lack of patronage in the
past due to distance from Seme Border and bad road presently has over 15,000 bags.
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Some grains are getting moulded, caked with their bags torn and quantity reduced while
endlessly awaiting shipment into Nigeria.
As hope of smuggling them into Nigeria gets slimmer by the day, there is a conscious effort to
bring in the commodity without using bags.
The unwholesome method requires pouring grains of rice into various compartments of vehicles
like the boots, bonnets, inner parts of the doors, under the seats and other spaces meant for spare
tyres and tools.
Sources disclosed that the more the attempt to smuggle hundreds of bags into the country, the
more customs in Seme and Idiroko make more seizures.
Unfortunately, some of these grains are no more safe for human consumption and so cannot be
donated to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) as was done in the past.
Over 37,000 bags of rice have so far been seized in Seme and Idiroko between January and
September 2016 including the 13 vehicles laden with smuggled rice.
From the owners of the rice to the transporters, loaders, landlords and operators of warehouses,
there is a general lull as it has been a season of stockpiling without transiting. They expressed
frustration at the government policy but more on what they described as Seme Customs lack of
cooperation.
Nigerian Customs had in an October 2016 press statement reiterated governments ban on rice
importation through the borders. The statement signed by Wale Adeniyi, customs spokesman
reinforced its resolve to protect governments attempt to improve local rice capacity.
Part of it reads: We like to reiterate the position that importation of rice remains banned
through our land borders, and we have the commitment to partner government agencies and
stakeholders to enforce this restriction. While this restriction is in force, rice imports through the
ports are still allowed subject to payment of extant charges.
It is equally important to restate the confidence of the Nigerian Customs Service in the ability
of Nigerian rice producers to fill the existing sufficiency gaps in the supply of the product. The
service has noted with satisfaction the ongoing rice revolution undertaken by many state
governments, and strategic interventions by the Federal Government agencies.
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The service is convinced that the bumper harvests expected from these efforts will address the
supply gap in 2017. It is our belief that continuous waste of scarce forex on a commodity that
can be produced locally makes no economic sense, most especially at a period of recession. The
service will therefore advocate a total ban on rice importation into Nigeria with effect from
2017
There are loud cries in Benin over what is going on at Seme and other borders. A respondent
simply identified as Mr. Sewanu said things have taken a turn for the worse as every attempt to
bring rice into Nigeria has failed.
You can see we are idle here because rice is not entering Nigeria through Seme Border. We
cant work. Each day we come here , it is in prayer that the customs should cooperate with our
bosses so we can have jobs to do to survive.
By this time in previous years, thousands of bags of rice had entered Nigeria from here and
more ships had been discharging at the Cotonou Port. But this year is different, nothing is
working.
Seme customs have spoiled the business for us.We dont want to take the risk of transporting
rice through any other border because Lagos is the largest market. Once you enter through
Seme,you are already in the market.
If this continues, we may die of hunger. Benin customs in Krake cooperates with us but the
customs in Nigeria are our only headache. We want the Controller removed. He is making things
difficult, Sewanu lamented.
A visit to the border shows smooth running and processing of imports into Nigeria and there are
so much activities in the banks. People were seen paying customs duties for items not on
Nigerias import prohibition list.
While the stockpiling of imported rice continues to increase in Cotonou and neighbouring towns,
there may never be a market for them as they face the risk of either being expired or going bad
due to poor storage condition.
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Benin Republic with an estimated population of 11 million persons and closest to Togo with a
little above 8 million, there appears to be no market for the stocked rice as these countries lack
the population and luxury to consume them.
Prices of rice which presently sells for between N11,000 and N13,000 in Cotonou is expected to
crash ahead of the Yuletide period as they continually face difficulties in getting them into
Nigeria
https://www.today.ng/business/198539/3bn-nigeria-bound-rice-rots-benin-republic
Following the Federal Governments ban on rice importation through the land borders, local rice
millers are finding it difficult to cope with the demand for the commodity from dealers.
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Only Umza Rice, the largest local rice mill in Nigeria, which is located in Kano, is currently
supplying most markets in the country.
Many dealers expressed anger over depositing money to the company for months without getting
any supply.
Consumption of rice in Nigeria is put at over six million metric tonnes per annum. Local
production is about 2.8 million metric tonnes while imports account for 2.5 million metric
tonnes.
Local production recently dropped from 2.835 million metric tonnes to about 2.701 million
metric tonnes, according to data from the United States Department of Agriculture.
The USDA projected that local rice production would hit 2.730 million metric tonnes by
December 2017. Imports are also expected to fall by 400,000 metric tonnes to 2.1 metric tonnes
by 2017.
A major rice distributor in Lagos, Mrs. Olufunke Coker, said she had paid for the 10 trailers of
rice for the past one month but she could only get two trailers.
Umza was said to be so overwhelmed with orders that the management of the company had
resorted to rejecting fresh orders from people needing the commodity.
Although importation of rice is allowed through the seaports, importers said they were required
to source for forex from the parallel market at the exchange rate of over N400 to one dollar to
bring the product into the country. Investigations revealed that the situation sometimes forced
dealers to buy smuggled rice from Cotonou at the risk of having their consignments impounded
by the Nigeria Customs Service.
Recently, officials of the NCS seized more than six trailers of rice suspected to be smuggled
from some shops at the Iddo Railway Terminus, Lagos.
The spokesman for the NCS, Mr. Wale Adeniyi, said the service had received information that
some smuggled trailers of rice were taken to the terminus, which prompted the raid.
Following the fall in crude oil prices and drop in Nigerias foreign reserves, the government had
through the Central Bank of Nigeria restricted importation including banning the importation of
rice.
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It was gathered that efforts by major rice producing states to boost production in November 2015
had resulted in the adoption of the dry season rice farming scheme, deploying improved rice
seedlings in Kebbi State.
Speaking in an interview, the former Deputy Governor of Kebbi State, Sulaiman Argungu, said
the dry season farming had yielded a harvest of 1.5 million metric tonnes of paddy rice.
An Anambra State local rice miller and Chairman of Stine Industries, Chief Akai Egwuonwu,
said rice production would increase by November this year, adding that this could push down the
price of the product, currently hovering around N20, 000 per 50kg bag
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/bag-of-local-rice-now-n26000-as-prices-of-grains-dropin-kano/
Rice stakeholders discuss policy directions on rice security
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Various stakeholders from the rice industry gathered in a policy seminar-workshop to discuss
issues and recommendations in the countrys quest for rice security, Sept. 30.
With the theme, Toward a rice-secure Philippines: Identifying key priority government interventions
in 2017-2022, the activity aimed to identify strategies that could help attain the Department of
Agricultures three-point agenda under the leadership of Sec. Emmanuel Manny Piol. This
includes: fast and effective agricultural technology transfer to farmers; easy access to financing; and
efficient marketing for farmers' produce.
Raymond Patrick Cabrera, senior agriculturist of the DA-Bureau of Agricultural Research, presented
the current rice research and development projects implemented through partnerships and
collaborations with international, national, and local R&D institutions.
Cabrera also presented the Rice Research Development and Extension Agenda and Programs
(RDEAP) as a reference material to guide the path towards a competitive, sustainable, and resilient
rice industry.
On the rice extension session, Dr. Eliseo Ponce, former professor of research and extension
management of the Visayas State University, talked about issues, challenges, and opportunities of
the rice extension system in the Philippines. He recommends the national government to identify
structural or organizational barriers to an effective rice extension system and institute the
corresponding policy solutions.
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Participants of the forum also learned about the Fostering Agriculture and Rice Marketing by
Improved Education and Rural Advisory Services (FARMERS) project of the Better Rice Initiative
for Asia (BRIA) Philippines.
According to Nomer Esmero, BRIA PHs senior national coordinator, FARMERS is a public-private
partnership initiative that includes efforts for better rice production, better market linkage, and
documentation of project insights and good practices as reference of partner agencies at national
and regional levels.
Meanwhile, Dr. Roehlano Briones, senior research fellow of the Philippine Institute for
Development Studies (PIDS), identified factors for rice marketing inefficiency in the country. To
solve this issue, he recommends the establishment of wholesale palay markets that "should come as
a package" by introducing palay grades and standards; weighing, drying, and storage facilities; and
compulsory warehouse receipts among other features.
Also part of the event was the launch of the book Competitiveness of Philippine Rice in Asia authored
by socio-economists from PhilRice and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). The book is
a product of the study Benchmarking the Philippine rice economy relative to major rice-producing
countries in Asia.
Outputs of the workshop sessions in research for development (R4D), marketing and trade, rice
extension system, and support services for farmers, will be presented to Sec. Piol by the
Socioeconomics Division of PhilRice that organized the policy forum.
For us to make an impact on the lives of our farmers economically, we need to bridge them to our
policymakers for them to better understand our farmers dilemmas. To do this, we need to craft and
submit relevant policy papers to support legislation, said Dr. Sailila Abdula, acting executive
director of PhilRice.
R4D and rice security was the theme of the 29th National R&D Conference where Abdula presented
the new strategic plan of the Institute anchored on its vision of a rice secure Philippines.
PhilRice develops software for grain quality evaluation

Researchers at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have developed an automated
classification software to measure chalkiness and identify immature grains in milled rice.
In the conventional process, the grain quality evaluation team of the Rice Varietal Improvement
Group (RVIG) manually evaluates the physical attributes of 600-800 promising lines every year.
They evaluate two sets of 30g milled rice of candidate elite line using their naked eye, a process that
is tedious and time consuming for researchers.
This prompted us to come up with the PhilRice Milled Grain Classifier (PMGC), a software that can
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speed up the conventional classification process, said Imeldalyn G. Pacada, PhilRice senior science
research specialist.
A classifier evaluates 30g of milled rice and can assess its physical attributes at around 48-96min.
By using PMGC, a classifier can evaluate 6.2g of milled rice in less than 5min. The software provides
quick overview of analyzed milled grain samples that can be enlarged for verification. It validates
translucent, chalky, and immature grains and gives grain ID number and color. It can also
determine grain length and shape, and identify broken and brewer grains.
According to Pacada, PMGC was developed by establishing an algorithm using special programming
language for image acquisition, processing, and integration of Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The
developed algorithm includes the development of Graphical User Interface (GUI) to control the
hardware and execute the image analysis software. The establishment of models or training
samples was the key for increasing the predicting value of the software.
This consists of image acquisition of different degree of chalky grains and various samples of
immature grains that were used for model development with the help of neuroshell program,
Pacada explained.The research team composed of Pacada, Evelyn H. Bandonill, Thessa Marie M.
Pascual, Fred Jan A. Fracia, Arvin Paul P. Tuao, Andres M. Tuates, and Thelma F. Padolina hopes
that the software can help classifiers and plant breeders for faster grain quality evaluation.
The software was developed under the research study titled New tools for predicting chalkiness and
immature grains in milled rice. The study won the best poster award during the 29th National Rice
R&D Conference held at PhilRice, Sept. 7-8.
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