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Editorial Board Chief Editor
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Maryam Editor
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Editorial Associates
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Dr.Abdul Rasheed (UAF)
Islam Akhtar Khan Editorial Advisory Board
Dr.Malik Mohammad Hashim Assistant Professor, Gomal University DIK
Dr.Hasina Gul Assistant Director, Agriculture KPK
Dr.Hidayat Ullah Assistant Professor, University of Swabi
Dr.Abdul Basir Assistant Professor, University of Swabi
Zahid Mehmood PSO,NIFA Peshawar
Falak Naz Shah Head Food Science & Technology ART, Peshawar
Today Rice News Headlines...
Rice trade delegation to visit Mozambique
Cuba Ready to Import Arkansas Rice But Embargo Must Go,
Diplomat Says
Reclamation dumping mud in their rice bowl
BOC files raps vs rice, Peking duck importers
NFA stops leftover rice auction, mulls imports
VIETNAM’S H1 2016 RICE EXPORTS MAY RISE 12PC
FROM YEAR AGO
ADM Rice Sells 90,000 Metric Tons of Rice to Iraq
04/14/2016 Farm Bureau Market Report
USDA April 2016 rice supply and demand estimates
Prism rice data: The Filipino response to food security disasters
New resource for managing the Mexican rice borer
News Detail...
Rice trade delegation to visit Mozambique
April 14, 2016
Federation Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has
decided to send a rice trade delegation to Mozambique to explore new export
opportunities. It was decided in the third meeting of FPCCI Standing
Committee on "Rice Exports" held on Wednesday at Federation House,
Karachi. The meeting was chaired by Rafique Suleman, Chairman FPCCI
Standing Committee on Rice Exports and presided by Abdul Rahim Janoo
immediate past Senior Vice President FPCCI. The main focus of the meeting
was to discuss the new range of seeds recently developed and handed over to
National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) and
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) respectively.
During the meeting Rafique Suleman announced to invite Director General of
Department of Plant Protection as well as senior representatives from NIBGE
and PARC on FPCCI platform to discuss the development of new seeds as
well as plant quarantine. "It was also decided that FPCCI Standing
Committee on Rice Exports will lead a trade delegation to Mozambique in the
month of August with co-ordination of Shaikh Khalid Tawab, Senior Vice
President FPCCI and Honorary Consul General, Mozambique," he added.
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He informed that Mozambique was one of the leading rice importing countries and importing
some 0.4 million tons annually, out of which Pakistan's share was some 20 percent or 0.1 million
tons, therefore it had decided to send a trade delegation of Pakistani rice exporters to explore that
market.
It was also decided to write letters to Chief Minister, Sindh and Nisar Khuhro to set up a meeting
to discuss the issues of market committee faced by Rice Exporters of Pakistan which was the
main cause of falling rice exports in the country, he said. He informed that last year Philippine
had given three samples of non basmati rice seeds to PARC and one seed to NIBGE for
production in Pakistan. As the one-year has completed, it has decided to invite the heads of both
institutes to know about the expected production of Philippine's seeds in Pakistan. http://www.brecorder.com/agriculture-a-allied/183/35541/
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increase-production-of-rice-oilseeds-and-pulses/articleshow/51838896.cms
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disasters
Cuba Ready to Import Arkansas Rice But Embargo Must Go,
Diplomat Says April 14, 2016
Photo by Fred Miller
Cuban delegation visits UA, from left: Melvin Torres, World Trade Center; Yusel Arias Cruz,
Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Karin Diez, Cuban First Secretary; Juan Lambigueiro,
Cuban Deputy Chief of Mission; Dan Hendrix, World Trade Center.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas-produced rice would be popular in Cuba and the nation
wants to buy it if the U.S. trade embargo is lifted, a Cuban diplomat said Wednesday during a
visit with University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture officials."Rice produced in
Arkansas has a long grain variety that is a favorite of the Cuban country," said Juan
Lamigueiro Leon, deputy chief of mission at the Cuban Embassy in Washington. "We are ready
to import this variety from Arkansas. The only problem we have is according to the restriction
that's still in place by the Congress, the so-called embargo, trade between Arkansas and Cuba
cannot be supported by commercial credits."
Under provisions of the embargo enacted by Congress in 1962, Cuba must pay cash to import
American products. Lamigueiro said commercial credits are necessary to support high levels of
international trade.
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"We really need the support of Arkansas companies to put away all these restrictions and to start
with no more trade conditions, an important change for important commerce between Arkansas
and Cuba," Lamigueiro said.Lamigueiro was one of three officials from the Cuban Embassy who
came to the Fayetteville campus during a three-day visit to the state. He was accompanied by
Yusel Arias Cruz of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Karin Diez, a first secretary in the
embassy. They were escorted to campus and other northwest Arkansas locations by Dan
Hendrix, president of the Arkansas World Trade Center, and other officials from the center.
Jean-Francois Meullenet, head of the Food Science Department at the Division of Agriculture
and for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, introduced members of the
delegation during a news conference at the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science on campus.
He and several faculty researchers met with the Cubans to describe the division's agricultural
research activities."We've had the pleasure of visiting with them this morning to talk about the
work we're doing in local foods, food innovation and food safety, as well as poultry production
and poultry disease prevention," Meullenet said.
Lamigueiro said the group discussed future cooperation between U.S. and Cuban universities. He
praised Arkansas agricultural production and said university research would be an important
factor in exchanges between Arkansas and Cuba."We see the relationship between Arkansas and
Cuba where companies, universities and institutional research would play a role," Lamigueiro
said.He added that the Arkansas World Trade Center has helped the Cuban government identify
companies that would be interested in investing in Cuba and doing business there. Lamigueiro
said his government is working with the center to organize a delegation of Arkansans to visit
Cuba. Noting that the number of American travelers to Cuba has been predicted to increase,
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Lamigueiro said Arkansas agriculture could benefit. "If we reach 1 million American visitors to
Cuba, we will need to import agricultural products from Arkansas," he said.
Earlier this week, Lamigueiro participated in a news conference in Little Rock at which a state
council of the national organization Engage Cuba was launched amid calls for an end to the U.S.
trade embargo. Arkansas Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward and Dow Brantley of the USA Rice
Federation also participated.The Cuban delegation was also scheduled to visit with
representatives of several northwest Arkansas industries during its visit before leaving Thursday.
For more information about the agricultural research being done within the Division of
Agriculture, visit aaes.uark.edu.
CONTACTS
David Edmark, interim coordinator
Division of Agriculture Communications
479-575-6940, [email protected]
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Reclamation dumping mud in their rice bowl
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The murky water along Teluk Bahang beach has ruined the income of 350 fishermen.
GEORGE TOWN: The waters along Teluk Bahang beach have turned
murkier in the last three months and fishermen’s catch has been
affected.Teluk Bahang assemblyman Datuk Shah Headan Hussain Ayob
Shah said the income of 350 fishermen along Teluk Bahang and Teluk
Awak beach has dropped because of the murky water.―The problem started
after the Chinese New Year and I believe it is caused by reclamation works
along Gurney Drive.‖He claimed that mud dredged from the seabed had not
been properly disposed of and ―made its way to Teluk Bahang with the
water current‖.
―The mud has made it difficult for fishermen to catch fish or prawns,‖ he told a press conference
in Jalan Nelayan, Teluk Bahang, yesterday. He said the authorities should investigate as the
livelihood of the fishermen was at stake.He urged the state government, Penang Department of
Environment and the Fisheries Department to make the matter a priority.
Many of the 60 fishermen who were present at the press conference claimed seeing several tug
boats disposing mud into the sea late at night. Also present were officers from the Fisheries
Department
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Shah Headan claims it is due to reclamation works along Gurney Drive
Joint action from ASEAN, other rice-growing countries, key
to managing looming food crisis Leah Barona-Cruz | Apr 14, 2016 The world may be confronted with a global food crisis similar to the 2007-08 crisis as a result of
the current El Niño episode. It is imperative that tight cooperation be secured among the biggest
rice-producing and -consuming nations to stem or manage the crisis should such emerge.This
warning was released by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in a press conference
held yesterday at the institute’s headquarters south of Manila.Drought from the current El Niño
episode has resulted in lower harvests and irregular planting across several rice-producing
countries. Combined with lower stocks in some key countries, emerging patterns in regional and
global grain supply threaten the repeat of the painful rice price crisis in 2007-08 (see Are we
headed for a repeat of the 2007-08 rice price crisis?).
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Regional cooperation is crucial
The 2007-08 price crisis led the
ASEAN to put together the
ASEAN Integrated Food Security
(AIFS) Framework and an
accompanying strategic action
plan. Beyond this framework and
plan, however, much more needs to
be done.
―Regional cooperation is essential
to manage a food crisis,‖
said Matthew Morell, IRRI director
general, in a communication he
sent to the secretaries general of
the ASEAN member countries last
week, calling for joint action to forestall the impending crisis.
For maximum impact, cooperation would have to involve not only ASEAN member countries
(Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) but also China, Japan, and South Korea (ASEAN+3) and
India—among which are the world’s biggest producers and consumers of rice. Collectively, 90%
of the world’s rice is produced in Asia.
IRRI is the resource for the region
IRRI sparked the Green Revolution in Asia, which saved the region from famine in the 1960s to
the 70s, through its sturdy high-yielding rice varieties. More recently, climate-smart (i.e., tolerant
of submergence, drought, salinity, and other environmental stresses) rice varieties have made
unproductive areas in India and Bangladesh, as well as parts of Southeast Asia, bloom and are
now being touted to have ushered in a second Green Revolution. (See A bigger rice bowl.)
Working with hundreds of partners across the world, IRRI has developed and offers its improved
and resilient rice varieties, crop management technologies, and expertise to rice-growing
countries. Upon request of the governments of some of these countries, IRRI had helped develop
national rice sector strategies, providing policy advice and technical assistance.―The way to
handle another crisis is for the ASEAN+3 and India to come together as a region with shared
concerns and interests, and take advantage of IRRI as a regional and neutral resource,‖ saidBruce
Tolentino, deputy director general for communication and partnerships at IRRI.
IRRI’s call for action also includes an appeal for serious investment in rice research, which has
borne the brunt of decreasing support in agriculture globally. Rice research has historically been
supported mainly by Western donor countries, and to a much lesser degree by rice-growing
countries. IRRI seeks to push this dynamic to a more appropriate balance, that is, for the biggest
rice stakeholders to invest the most in the research.
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The Philippines, eighth largest producer of rice in the world in 2015 and one of the most at-risk
countries from climate change, has risen to the challenge and is now IRRI’s fourth biggest donor.
Other Asian countries, such as Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, India, and Indonesia, are also now
ramping up investment in rice research, and moving toward helping finance the science that
benefits their own countries.
______________________ http://ricetoday.irri.org/joint-action-from-asean-other-rice-growing-countries-key-to-managing-
looming-food-crisis-irri/
BOC files raps vs rice, Peking duck importers
Thursday, April 14, 2016
THE Bureau of Customs filed charges before the Department of Justice against two consignees
for unlawful importations of Thai white rice valued at over P68 million and Peking duck worth
over P4 million.Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina headed the filing of the cases against 13
officials of the Calumpit Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Campco), from Calumpit, San Vicente, and
Sablayan in Occidental Mindoro, and others still unidentified respondents.Campco was the
importer of the 118 units of 20-footer container vans of Thai white rice worth P68,380,000 that
came from China and arrived in the country without an import permit from the National Food
Authority (NFA) last June 25.
Named respondents in the case were Campco chairperson Magdalena Salgado; eight members of
the board of directors namely Wilfredo Navarro, Leah Wilang, Crecencio Refuerzo, Simeon
Gamino, Carlito Vallanta, Candida Umalla, Norma Reyes, and Eufemia Ramos; vice chairperson
Lolita Tesalona; board secretary Juliet Gallema; treasurer Christine Manlangit; licensed customs
broker Mercy Oandasan; and other respondents.Lina noted that the seized goods have already
been auctioned off earning an additional income for the government worth P68 million. On the other hand, criminal charges were also filed against a certain Eugene Mercado of GET
Enterprises and several unidentified others for the alleged illegal importation of 3,000 pieces of
Peking Ducks in the country.
The one unit of 20-footer container van, which was allegedly misdeclared to contain frozen meat,
came from Hong Kong.The BOC said they do not allow the importation of Peking Duck from some
countries such as Hong Kong."These confiscated Peking Ducks would soon be scheduled for
destruction," said BOC Deputy Commissioner for Revenue Collection and Monitoring Group
(RCMG) Arthur Lachica.They were charged with violation of Section 3601 (Unlawful Importation)
in relation to Sections 101(k) (Prohibited Importations) and Section 2530 (Property Subject to
Forfeiture) of the TCCP, as amended. (FP/Sunnex)
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NFA stops leftover rice auction, mulls imports April 14, 2016 8:36 pm
by James Konstantin Galvez Reporter
State-run National Food Authority on Thursday said it has stopped the bidding for old rice stocks
leftover from last year’s importation to avoid distorting market prices of the dry season harvest,
even as the grains agency is considering new imports to ensure supply of the staple through the
lean months.In a statement, NFA Administrator Renan Dalisay said that sale through auction of
the remaining rice, amounting to about three percent of last year’s imported volume, may distort
farmgate prices of locally produced palay.
―It would be unfair to our farmers for the NFA to unload stocks into the commercial market at
the same time that they are selling their harvest,‖ Dalisay said.―Even if the [auction] volume is
low, it could send wrong signals and unduly distort the price and supply situation for the staple,‖
he added.The NFA was created with the intention of protecting the interests of both rice
producers and consumers. As such, the agency’s two primary mandates are to stabilize the price
of rice and to ensure food security.The price stabilization mandate means that the NFA tries to
influence prices on two fronts. on one front, it must support the palay farm at a level that is
enough to ensure a reasonable return for rice farmers, regardless of the reforms undertaken in the
past gate price. At the same time, it must also ensure that the price of rice is low enough to
remain affordable to low-income consumers.
To preserve the quality of the old rice stocks, the NFA’s Technical Research Services
Department (TRSD) and the Food Development Center (FDC) recommend reprocessing the
agency’s excess rice stocks to keep them fit for human consumption.Administrator Dalisay said
that the NFA has a 3-6-9 policy for corn, rice and palay. This means that the agency’s corn
stocks should be stored for a maximum of 3 months only, rice for 6 months, and palay for 9
months to maintain the good quality of the agency’s stocks inventory.Since the stocks were more
than six months old, the NFA Council decided to auction them off with the strict provision that
they be reprocessed by the winning bidder, either thru re-milling or reconditioning to maintain
their quality and suitability for human consumption.The stocks were part of the agency’s buffer
requirements but due to the substantial presence of commercial rice in the market at competitive
prices, the stocks were not able to move properly.Dalisay said that the grains agency continues to
release rice to farmers affected by El Nino through the concerned local government units (LGUs)
and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Import plans In a related development, the government is studying a rice importation scheme for the country’s
buffer stock requirements for the lean months, although current inventory at state-owned
warehouses remains high.The NFA chief earlier said that the policymakers are now eyeing the
utilization of the minimum access volume (MAV) to meet the country’s rice requirement from
July-September. Another option being considered is through government-led importation using
the standby authority of about 500,000 MT.
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MAV refers to the minimum volume of farm produce allowed to enter into the Philippines at
reduced tariff of 35 percent, while shipments outside MAV pay higher rates of 50 percent and
require approval by the National Food Authority.At present, Manila limits to 805,000 metric tons
the amount of rice allowed to enter the country through the scheme.Dalisay noted that they
expect to meet with the Department of Finance to present proposed reforms to the MAV that
would allow private sector importation using tax-expenditure subsidies.―Under MAV, importers
will just have to pay tariff to DOF,‖ he said, adding that the government aims to fully use the
special treatment on rice until the privilege under MAV expires in 2017. http://www.manilatimes.net/nfa-stops-leftover-rice-auction-mulls-imports/256132/
VIETNAM’S H1 2016 RICE EXPORTS MAY RISE 12PC
FROM YEAR AGO Friday, 15 April 2016 11:31
Posted by Parvez Jabri
HANOI: Vietnam could export more than 3 million tonnes of rice in the first half of 2016, up 12
percent from a year ago, on rising demand from China and other Southeast Asian nations amid
supply concerns caused by drought, the government said on Friday.Rice shipments in the three
months ending June are projected at 1.6 million tonnes, including sales to China, the government
reported on its website citing the Vietnam Food Association (VFA). However, the VFA lowered
their projection by 11 percent amid a drought in Vietnam's main rice-growing region, the
government said.Vietnam, the world's third-largest rice exporter after India and Thailand,
shipped 1.55 million tonnes of rice in the January to March period, up 38 percent from a year
ago, according to Vietnam Customs data released on Wednesday.The Southeast Asian country
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has been fighting the worst drought and sea water intrusion in 90 years in its Mekong Delta food
basket, brought on by climate change and the El Nino weather pattern. The El Nino typically
brings hot, dry conditions to Southeast Asia.
The drought conditions have led other countries in the region to bolster rice imports. Late last
year, Vietnam sold 1 million tonnes of rice to Indonesia and another 450,000 tonnes to the
Philippines for delivery by the end of the first quarter of 2016.The disasters have lowered the
first-quarter growth of Vietnam's agriculture sector, reducing the Delta's winter-spring paddy
output while lifting the country's rice export prices to a five-month high in late March.
"Given the relatively high prices, VFA reckons that rice exports could lose their competitive
edge and market share in the coming time," the government report said.Vietnam's paddy output
could dip 0.5 percent this year, the first drop since 2010/2011, to 28 million tonnes due to the dry
weather and government plans to switch from rice to corn production, said Aurelia Britsch,
senior commodities analyst at BMI Research.BMI forecasts global rice production to decline in
2015/2016, the first in seven seasons, and a global rice deficit of 13 million tonnes could emerge
for 2015/2016 after consistent surpluses in the crop years from 2005/06 to 2013/14.Vietnam
could follow Thailand to restructure rice cultivation by reducing planting areas and switching to
other crops with less water usage, said Le Anh Tuan, deputy head of the Research Institute for
Climate Change under Can Tho university."Scientists and the authority should reassess the
direction for the Delta and should not race into rice production," Tuan told Reuters. http://www.brecorder.com/markets/commodities/asia/290640-vietnams-h1-2016-rice-exports-may-rise-
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ADM Rice Sells 90,000 Metric Tons of Rice to Iraq By Jim Guinn
BAGHDAD, IRAQ --
The U.S. was successful
in the latest Iraqi tender,
finalized this afternoon,
selling 90,000 MT of
long grain rice. "It's not
possible to stress how
badly we needed this
sale," said USA Rice
President & CEO Betsy
Ward. "U.S. long grain
exports have been
faltering lately, and
we've missed out on
almost all of the sales in
Iraq, so this is quite
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welcome news and we appreciate the Ministry of Trade awarding this contract to the United
States."
Ward said USA Rice has focused tremendous attention and efforts toward Iraq in the last two
years holding several meetings and technical seminars here and in the region."The U.S. Embassy
in Baghdad, and especially Ambassador Stuart Jones, have been extremely helpful in making the
case for U.S. rice sales to Iraq," Ward said. "I know I speak for the entire industry when I say
'thank you' to the Ambassador and his staff.
USA Rice Daily, Thursday, April 14, 2016
04/14/2016 Farm Bureau Market Report
Rice
High Low
Long Grain Cash Bids - - - - - -
Long Grain New Crop - - - - - -
Futures: ROUGH RICE
High Low Last Change
May '16 1027.0 982.5 1022.0 +33.0
Jul '16 1054.0 1013.5 1048.5 +32.5
Sep '16 1071.0 1034.0 1068.5 +34.0
Nov '16 1081.0 1048.0 1081.5 +31.5
Jan '17
1099.5 +31.5
Mar '17
1121.0 +31.0
May '17
1123.0 +32.0
Rice Comment
Rice futures got a much needed boost today. Early disappointment from very weak export sales
of only 41,600 metric tons was overcome by news that ADM has sold 90,000 tons of US rice to
Iraq. The market has needed this boost. Technically, May shattered down trending resistance at
$10.09 and could now move toward resistance in the $10.50 area. However, the market will be
watching crop progress closely. If farmers plant what they reported to USDA in the survey, the
large crop will limit the upside potential.
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USDA April 2016 rice supply and demand estimates
Apr 13, 2016 Robert Coats, University of Arkansas | Delta Farm Press
USDA showed limited changes were made to the U.S. Rice Supply and Use Balance Sheet in its
April 2016 report of supply and demand.
U.S. 2015-16 projected long-grain imports were lowered 500,000 hundredweight (cwt.)
from 24 million cwt. to 23.5 million cwt.
U.S. 2015-16 U.S. long-grain rice supplies were lowered 500,000 cwt. to 179.5 million
and U.S. 2015-16 U.S. long-grain rice ending stocks were lowered to 22.5 million cwt.
The long-grain season-average prices were lowered from $11 to $11.60 last month to
$10.80 to $11.20.
Medium- and short-grain prices for California were lowered from $16 to $16.80 last
month to $15.70 to $16.30 and the remaining states’ prices were lowered from $11.40 to
$12 last month to $11.20 to $11.80.
See slide show: U.S. Rice Supply and Demand Estimates. USDA in its May Supply and Demand Estimates report will have its first 2016-2017
marketing period projections.
World rice: 2015-16 world rice production was lowered 0.1 percent from the March forecast to
470.6 million tons. The current world rice production forecast is down 1.7 percent from the
2014-15 estimate.
Several countries with rice production declines in the 2015-16 marketing period over the
previous 2014-15 marketing period are: U.S. rice production down 14.1 percent; Brazil
production down 10.2 percent; Egypt production down 11.7 percent; Cambodia production down
7.4 percent; India production down 2.4 percent; Pakistan down 2.9 percent; Philippines down 4.7
percent; and Thailand down 15.7 percent.
Global considerations: Current (2015-16) world rice beginnings stocks are down 3.5 percent
over the previous 2014-15 marketing period, global production is down 1.7 percent, global trade
is down 5.4 percent from 44 million tons to 41.6 million tons, and global ending stocks are down
13 percent to 90.2 million tons.
The Foreign Agricultural Service/USDA, Office of Global Analysis in its April 2016 Grain:
World Markets and and Trade publication’s Rice: World Markets and Trade Section had
three outstanding graphs along with a brief discussion of each graph: 1. EU Imports from Cambodia, Burma, and Guyana Rise Substantially, page 9
The graph illustrates that from 2012 to 2015, rice consumption in the European Union (EU) rose
with population growth. Since the EU produces limited quantities of rice for domestic
consumption the chart shows that from 2011 to 2015 the majority of their rice imports came from
Thailand, India, and Pakistan.
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proportion of imports have come from Cambodia and Burma, and imports from Guyana doubled
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last year. In 2015 the EU imported a record 1.8 million tons with almost 40 percent arriving from
Cambodia, Burma, and Guyana with the trend expecting to continue in 2016.
2. Iraq Importing Less Long Grain and More Basmati Rice, page 10
Great chart and short discussion showing Iraq total rice imports have declined since 2012, but
basmati (fragrant) rice has accounted for an increasing share of Iraqi imports over the past 4
years. USDA states,
―Combined basmati imports from India and Pakistan comprised a mere 2 percent of
Iraq’s total rice imports in 2010; however, last year, Indian basmati rice alone accounted
for nearly half of total imports.‖
―The increase in basmati rice imports may suggest a shift in consumer preferences in
Iraq, although a demand for non-fragrant rice imports remains.‖
―In 2015, a U.S. supplier won a share of a tender and shipped slightly more than 60,000
tons.‖
3. U.S. Export Quotes Slide, Reducing Premium Over Competitors, page 11
U.S. quotes for bulk shipments maintain a premium over South American and Asian sources at
just below $450/ton.
Grain: World Markets and and
Trade http://apps.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/circulars/grain.pdf
Rice: World Markets and Trade Section http://apps.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/circulars/grain-
rice.pdf Bottom Line: For the current three marketing periods, data indicate global rice consumption
continues to outpace global production and global ending stocks continue to tighten having fallen
from 110.6 million tons in 2012-13 to a current 2015-16 projection of 90.2 million tons.
The U.S. challenge is finding additional global long-grain rice demand for a potentially very
large U.S. long-grain rice crop with planting intentions of 2.452 million long-grain acres, up 31
percent from 2015. This compares to the previous five-year average of 1.931 million long-grain
acres and a previous 10-year average of 2.141 million acres.
Global macro forces are having a huge impact on the U.S. bond, equities, and commodities
markets. Globally, a soft global economy, Chinese economic uncertainty, Central Banks
intervention policies, to mention three, have created uncertain outcomes and volatility in the
above mentioned markets including rice, cotton and grain markets.
Finally, take time to review USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Briefing
Slide Show — http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/Lockup.pdf.
Robert Coats is a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and
Agribusiness, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System. Email him
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Prism rice data: The Filipino response to food security
disasters By RJ Whitehead , 14-Apr-2016
Reliable information based on satellite data and ground observations can help the
Philippines prepare for and mitigate the effect of recurring disasters, such as typhoons and
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El Niño on rice areas in Mindanao. Since 2014, the Philippine Rice Information System
(Prism) has been providing the Department of Agriculture with timely seasonal data on rice areas
and yields, as well as assessments of crop health and damage in the event of a typhoon, flood or
drought. In its first annual executive meeting last month, Prism presented its achievements and
activities to a wider audience, including high-level officials and ministers.
―Prism uses remote sensing, crop modelling, cloud computing, and smartphone-based surveys
for rice mapping and monitoring,‖ said Alice Laborte, who leads the Prism project at the
International Rice Research Institute. One of seven projects under the Food Staples Sufficiency
Programme, Prism is a collaborative project between IRRI, the Philippine Rice Research
Institute and the Department of Agriculture, which funds its development and
implementation.―Specifically, Prism uses high-resolution synthetic aperture radar imagery
acquired throughout the rice growing season,‖ Laborte said. ―This imagery can be acquired day
or night and even on cloudy days. This makes the technology perfect for monitoring rice growth
and assessing damage to rice crops resulting from floods and typhoons.‖The rice maps derived
from satellite images are validated through field surveys by local DA field technicians, local
government units and, in some cases, farmers who gather the data.
―This activity provides a way for us to assess the accuracy of Prism products while helping to
build the technical skills and capacity of our partners. Our rice maps for the 2015 wet season,
for example, had an overall accuracy of 85%, based on 2,223 validation points throughout the
country,‖ Laborte added. For the 2014 and 2015 cropping seasons, 443 satellite images across
the country were acquired and used in rice area mapping and damage assessment. Some of these
images were used to map flood-affected parts of Nueva Ecija, where last year’s Typhoon Koppu
hit, and to assess drought-affected areas in Mindanao since last year due to the prolonged El
Niño."These pieces of information are very useful in improving damage and loss assessments to
assist in providing appropriate interventions for rehabilitation and recovery and to improve
predisaster preparedness,‖ said Christopher V Morales, DA field operations service director.
Pests and diseases can damage nearly 40% of the rice crop in Mindanao. Recent information on
crop health, such as the intensity of injuries caused by pests and diseases, and cropping practices
of farmers, were also presented during the meeting. The information is based on data collected
by project partners who used smartphone applications to gather and submit data in real time.
―To help ensure the country’s rice sufficiency in the future, even as population continues to rise,
rice production will require intensification, good varieties, better crop management and
improvement across the rest of the rice value chain,‖ said Samarendu Mohanty, IRRI’s senior
economist. ―Policies also play an important role.‖
"Through Prism, we can use the power of remote sensing. This is a breakthrough in rice
history,‖ said Jimmy Quilang, deputy executive director for research and Prism project leader at
PhilRice. ―Given various locations, planting dates, and effects of extreme weather events, we can
now have a better, faster, and accurate assessment of rice areas, yield estimates, and forecast.
These valuable information will help our decision makers to act immediately and implement
adjustments and improvement on food security plans.‖
New resource for managing the Mexican rice borer
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A moth caterpillar called the Mexican rice borer (Eoreuma loftini) has taken a heavy toll on
sugar cane and rice crops in Texas, and has moved into Louisiana, Florida, and other Gulf Coast
states. Now a new article in theJournal of Integrated Pest Management provides information on
the biology and life cycle of the pest, and offers suggestions about how to manage them.The
Mexican rice borer was first described in Arizona in 1917, but it drew little attention until it
arrived in southern Texas in 1980. Within just a couple of years of its appearance there, it
became the primary pest of sugar cane, according to Julien Beuzelin, an assistant professor at
Louisiana State University and lead author of the JIPM paper.Since then, the insect has moved
north and east along the Gulf Coast at a rate of about 15 miles per year.
This is a Mexican rice borer caterpillar. Credit: Entomological Society of America."Out of the
blue in 2012, it was detected for the first time in central Florida and is now established there
too," Beuzelin said.The Mexican rice borer causes damage to a variety of grasses, extending
beyond sugar cane and rice to sorghum, corn, and non-crop grasses. In fact, it will attack any
grasses that have stalks large enough for them to burrow into. The larvae hatch from eggs laid on
leaves and stalks, and the caterpillars crawl onto the green parts of the plant and start feeding.
After the second or third molt, they burrow into the culm. Such damage could result in many
millions of dollars of crop loss.
One study suggested that in a worst-case scenario, the insect could cause more than $40 million a
year in rice losses, and more than $200 million losses in sugar cane in Louisiana alone.Growers
mainly rely on a diamide pesticide known as chlorantraniliprole, which works well against both
Mexican rice borers and another rice pest called the rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus
oryzophilus), but chlorantraniliprole works in much the same way as another diamide that might
have its registration cancelled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."Because
chlorantraniliprole has the same mode of action, the entomological community is afraid this
might happen with chlorantraniliprole as well," Beuzelin said. "We don't expect it to be taken off
the market, but we just don't know.
"Other control methods beyond pesticides are available, although many need additional study.
An example is to grow resistant varieties of crop grasses, which often work well to deter
pests.Growers can also adjust the cutting height from the usual 16 inches to 8 inches, essentially
cutting away stems that are infested with larvae."This can decrease the number of Mexican rice
borers in the stubble," Beuzelin said.Another control method is to plant early. According to field
experiments, later plantings (in mid-May vs. mid-March), as well as ratoon cropping, have
increased infestations.Soil amendments, particularly silicon, may also be helpful."This is
ongoing work that we are doing, but we think the addition of silicon may be a cheap way to
make rice more resistant to rice borers," Beuzelin said.While he encourages research on control
measures beyond pesticides, Beuzelin is also interested in the Mexican rice borer as a model for
landscape-wide management."Instead of just taking a management approach on a field basis, it
might be beneficial to manage this insect over a wider area," Beuzelin said. "I think the Mexican
rice borer would be a good model for such landscape-wide management studies. As an
entomologist, this makes the Mexican rice borer very interesting."
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Lamb croquette recipe from Iraqi chef Philip Juma
This dish, known as Kubba Haleb, is a taste sensation, says Philip Juma
Thursday 14 April 2016 We are heading back to the ‘kubba’ family to cook up one of the most popular dishes;
Kubba Haleb. Traditionally an Iraqi dish, however, the name ‘haleb’ is from the ancient
city in Syria. It is made from rice, stuffed with lamb and fried to perfection. Crunchy on
the outside, with a soft, spiced mixture on the inside, this dish really plays with all of your
senses and is a taste sensation that you will never forget!
Ingredients (makes 30 kubba) 2 cups basmati rice
1 tsp tumeric
2 cups lamb mince (with fat)
I small bunch of parsley, finely chopped.
1 small onion, finely chopped.
2 heaped tsp JUMA baharat spice (cardamom, cinnamon, coriander, black pepper, nutmeg,
cloves)
Salt
Sunflower oil for frying
Method
For the shell: Soak the rice for 30 minutes. Rinse thoroughly and drain.
Place the rice in a saucepan and pour enough water that it comes up to just less than covering it.
Season with salt and the turmeric. Stir gently so all the grains are covered.
Bring to a gentle simmer and keep the lid on. Do not touch it for 20-25 minutes. The rice should
have absorbed all of the water and take on a yellow colour. Don’t be frightened to over-cook the
rice - that's a good thing.
Once the liquid is absorbed, turn the heat off. Keep the rice covered. Leave to cool.
Once cool, put the cooked rice through a potato-ricer. (Alternatively you can kneed it with your
hands or place on a food processor). You are looking to make a dough-like mix, however, don’t
over kneed it so it turns to a thick puree. You still want some texture in your rice shell. For the stuffing: In a separate pan, finely chop the onion and fry in a splash of olive oil.
Sweat for 5 minutes, and then add the lamb mince. Season with salt.
After 5 minutes, add the JUMA baharat.
Once all combined, and the lamb mince is not too wet (from the fat), add your finely chopped parsley. Stir and take
off the heat. Set to cool.
To make the kubba: With damp hands, create a disc from the rice blend in the palm of your hands.
Add the lamb mince. Encase within the rice shell. To follow tradition, you want to shape it like a torpedo.
Set aside on greaseproof paper. Allow for the dumplings to air dry for an hour. You should prep at least 30 kubba.
(Freeze any kubba that you don’t want to fry immediately).
Heat the oil to 170°C. Fry until golden brown. Drain on greaseproof paper.Evening Standard