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California rice farmers could get pollution credit
Agriculture minister hints at rice market opening
Rot, corruption at Thai rice warehouses
More rice from less water
The pressure builds on rice
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-July 7
Parboiled rice units on the verge of collapse'
Rice probes unveil two cases of fraud
Lack of Patronage Hits Navara Rice
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California rice farmers could get pollution credit

By Edward Ortiz
eortiz@sacbee.com
Published: Saturday, Jul. 5, 2014 - 5:43 pm


Californias evolving cap-and-trade market may soon have a new player: rice farmers.A proposal by the
California Air Resources Boardstaff, up for board approval in September, would allow rice farmers in
the Sacramento Valley to sell carbon emission offsets as part of the states effort to combat climate
change. Rice farmers would flood their fields for shorter periods, which would reduce the decomposition
process that emits methane a potent greenhouse gas.Businesses seeking to offset their owngreenhouse gas
emissions could buy credits from the farmers who had made gains in curbing pollution.
The rice cultivation protocol is the first time rice practices have been identified as a potential source
of greenhouse gas emission mitigation for California, said Dave Clegern of the Air Resources Board.The
program, called the Rice Cultivation Projects Compliance Offset Protocol, is slated to go into effect on Jan. 1,
2015, and run for a 10-year period. State air quality officials and environmental groups say other crops could
eventually be included in cap and trade as well.I think this rice protocol sets an important precedent for
agriculture, said Robert Parkhurst, director of agriculture and greenhouse gas markets for the Environmental
Defense Fund. The nonprofit has been working with the California Rice Commission and the Air Resources
Board to craft the program.
Rice was selected as the first crop because its a potent contributor of methane a greenhouse gas implicated in
climate change.Methane is produced when rice farmers flood fields during spring seeding and prior to fall
harvest. Flooding cuts off the soils exposure to oxygen. This causes anaerobic fermentation of the organic
matter in the soil. Methane is an end product of that fermentation. The methane is released into the atmosphere
primarily through the rice plant. A smaller portion bubbles up from the soil and escapes through the water.The
cap-and-trade program, launched in 2013, is an outgrowth of the states emissions-reducing law, AB 32. The
program caps overall greenhouse gas emissions at a lower level each year.
It allows industries to buy pollution allowances, within a certain limit, to offset their own release of greenhouse
gases.Farmers are largely exempt from cap and trade, and the offset program is voluntary for rice farmers. In
order to sell credits, they will need to prove they changed the way they flooded their fields and reduced the
amount of methane emitted as a result. The reductions will be measured using a complex computer model with
independent third-party verification before offset credits are issued, according to the air board.Those reductions
can then be sold as part of the cap-and-trade program at a market rate.For this to be successful, were going
to need to see a group of farmers get together to cooperate in order to create these projects, said Parkhurst.
The opportunity is large because there are a large number of acres, but the credits per acre (figure) is on the


small side.The amount of methane that can be reduced would be about a half a ton to a ton per acre per year,
said Parkhurst.
What we would like is to take the opportunity with rice and see how it can be applied to other crops in other
regions, Parkhurst said.He said that almonds are among a few crops now being considered for involvement in
the cap-and-trade program. The Environmental Defense Fund has been working with the California Almond
Board on a proposal.That program would likely address fertilizer application practices in almond cultivation
and their contribution to greenhouse gases.The ARB is offering rice farmers two options under the new
program. The first is a process called dry seeding where water is put on rice fields later during seeding
season. The other demands farmers drain rice fields seven to 10 days earlier than usual.
Most of the 550,000 acres of rice planted in the state is in the Sacramento Valley, and most of that is grown by
farmers who flood their fields typically to a depth of 4 to 5 inches prior to seeding Many unresolved factors
could limit enthusiasm among rice farmers for the program, said Tom Butler, owner of the Sutter Basin rice
farm corporation.Butler grows 4,000 acres of rice and 265 acres of almonds several miles south of the Sutter
County town of Robbins. Hes one of four farmers participating in a pilot program begun in March as part of
the cap-and-trade effort with rice farmers.The new practices suit his farm because his soil drains much more
quickly than most rice farms in the Sacramento Valley. He said he thinks other farmers will be wary about
draining their fields.Pulling water on and off can cause some serious nitrogen and erosion problems for your
rice if you are not careful, said Butler.
I would not have jumped into it feet first if we did not have the soil we have.If a lot of farmers sign up,
however, the drying of their land could cause another environmental problem. Flooded rice fields provide more
than 300,000 acres of wetland habitat for waterfowl and other birds that travel through the Sacramento Valley
on the Pacific Flyway.For now the air resources agency has decided to exclude winter flooding of rice fields
from the cap-and-trade program. It is winter flooding and not flooding during spring seeding or before harvest
that provides the most crucial wetland habitat for bird populations.
Butler said hes decided to participate in the cap-and-trade program more for altruistic reasons than financial
ones.I think about this as the right thing to do, Butler said. Were trying our best to be good stewards of the
land, and produce a crop ... and this program could be a next step for us.


Agriculture minister hints at rice market opening
(Globalpost/GlobalPost)
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SEJONG, July 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's agriculture minister on Monday hinted at liberalizing the country's
rice market, saying there is a general consensus that delaying the market opening will not be in the country's
best interest."The government has been intensifying its communication with farmers while reviewing various
issues with experts and related ministries to decide whether to open the country's rice market," Lee Dong-phil,
minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs, said in a report to the parliamentary agriculture committee.
"As a result, (the government) has confirmed that there exists a consensus that a further expansion of the
country's mandatory rice import quota is not desirable for the country's rice industry," he said.The minister's
remarks came as the government is expected to soon announce its final stance on rice market opening.South
Korea was allowed to delay its rice market liberalization for 10 years under a 1993 agreement with the World
Trade Organization in exchange for increasing its rice import under what is called the minimum market access
(MMA) by 20,000 tons per year.The agreement was extended by 10 years in 2004. The country's import quota
under the MMA reached 408,000 tons.
Many farmers are still opposed to opening the country's rice market, claiming the local market will be swamped
with cheap imports.The government claims it can effectively prevent flooding of the market with cheap imports
by imposing tariffs of up to 500 percent, though it will still be subject to WTO approval."It is the experts'
opinion that the country will have to pay additional costs, such as expanding its mandatory import quota, should
it decide to further delay market opening, and such an opinion conforms with what the government has
concluded," Lee said.
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Rot, corruption at Thai rice warehouses
Date
July 6, 2014


An inspection ordered by Thailand's military junta of rice stored in warehouses under a failed multibillion-
dollar subsidy scheme has revealed rot and corruption, reports say.Inspectors found rotten and weevil-infested
grain, along with evidence that large stocks were replaced with old or inferior grades.Corruption under the
previous government's rice-pledging scheme was one of the main reasons for the May 22 coup d'etat.The
chairman of a sub-committee reviewing the inventory, ML Panadda Diskul, said a large quantity of rice was
discovered to be missing in just the first two days of the inspection, the Bangkok Post reported.
He said military and police teams will visit about 1800 warehouses nationwide to inspect registered stocks of 10
million tons.Panadda said some rice sacks bore code numbers that did not match documents provided by the
warehouse owners, raising suspicions that pledged rice had been replaced with old or inferior rice bought from
mills at lower prices.He said some of the warehouses were in a disorganised state, stacked with low-quality rice
or rice mixed with other substances in an apparent effort to make inspections more difficult.In a message on his
Facebook page, Panadda expressed frustration that the shoddy management of the scheme had badly affected
the country's farmers.The Yingluck Shinawatra government launched the rice program three years ago after
promising to subsidise rural voters that helped her win the 2011 election.But the scheme was plagued by
corruption from the start, with billions of dollars in losses, unpaid farmers and Thailand losing its rank as the
world's leading rice exporter.
Kharif sowing till 4 July less than half of last season
Sowing till 4 July has crossed only 18.24 million ha, compared with 40 million ha till 5 July 2013 Sayantan Bera

New Delhi: Sowing of kharif crops this year so far has been less than half of last year, as farmers wait for
elusive rains.
According to reports
received by the
Union agriculture
ministry, sowing till
4 July has crossed
only 18.24 million
hectares (ha),
compared with 40
million ha till 5 July
2013, when rains
were plentiful and
on time. Kharif,
Indias main


agricultural season, is dependent on the monsoon. This years scanty rainfall53% below the 50-year
averagehas raised concerns of reduced farm production. This year, rice has been sown or transplanted in 4.51
million ha, pulses in 750,0000 ha., coarse cereals in 2.79 million ha. and oil seeds in 1.45 million ha. so far.
Sowing numbers this year are only marginally better than 2009, the last drought year when 59% of districts
received scanty rainfall. In 2009, by early July, sowing was recorded in about 16.8 million ha. In 2013, total
kharif sowing area rose to 105.1 million ha. by October compared with 100.6 million ha. in 2012.
photo: This year, rice has been sown or transplanted in 4.51 million ha. Photo: Mint
More rice from less water
The HinduAlthough SRI is no longer a voice in the wilderness, pristine science and research establishments still
continue to hold out. Picture shows a SRI field at Manakkal village, Lalgudi in Tamil Nadu. Photo: R. Ashok

With water becoming an important cost, and with climate change and soil degradation, the System of Rice
Intensification offers disadvantaged farming households better opportunities
A truant monsoon is in the offing, with El Nio weather patterns expected to bring about drier conditions. India
has the worlds largest area devoted to rice, a very water-intensive crop. This is a good time for giving impetus


to more crop per drop practices, now that the rice-growing kharif season is upon us.The System of Rice
Intensification (SRI) has demonstrated in several States the ability to save water while raising yields in a cost-
effective manner. About 60 per cent of the countrys rice area is irrigated, accounting for 75 per cent of
production, but also by guzzling disproportionately large volumes of water.
A subnormal monsoon accentuates the problem of water scarcity, keeping in view that India supports 16 per
cent of the global population with just four per cent of the worlds freshwater resources.The SRI is in step with
the goal of enhanced food production keeping water availability in mind. With enhanced industrial and
domestic demands, the demand for water is increasing and the agriculture sector is expected to adapt to a water
discipline without letting up on the demand for increased agricultural produce. For small and marginal farmers,
SRI can be a game changer because of reduced input requirement. The SRI method involves only reorganising
the way in which available resources are managed. It was in Madagascar, some 30 years ago, that the SRI
technique was developed by a Jesuit priest, Henri de Laulanie. In India, it was first tried out in Tamil Nadu in
2000-01, following which several States have demonstrated higher rice production using less water. SRI has
shown an ability to raise rice yields to about eight tonnes per hectare (the current national average is 2.1 tons)
without requiring new varieties, and with significantly reduced fertilizers and agrochemicals, while using only
about half the water in business-as-usual irrigated rice. With the use of best practices, SRI yields of about 15-20
tonnes per hectare have been achieved.
Climate-smart
As pressures mount to ensure that every drop of water counts, SRI is seen today as climate-smart agriculture.
Benefits of SRI include lower costs, improvement in soil health, and the capacity to withstand biotic (pest and
disease) and abiotic (climatic) pressures. From being an obscure rice cultivation method of Madagascar, SRI
has now grown into a global trend defying the scepticism of the scientific establishment and the resistance of
conventional agronomists and rice breeders. Much of the impetus for SRI has come from innovative farmers,
civil society, a few universities and academics, and some government professionals.
It is estimated that there are now over five million farmers using SRI worldwide. In the 50 plus countries in
which the benefits of SRI have already been demonstrated, there has been a 30-50 per cent decrease in water
use compared to growing the same varieties on similar soil under flooded conditions. The spirit of SRI
more from less is best expressed by the pithy slogan on a billboard in Tripura: Beej kam, saar kam, jal
kam, aushadh kam, kharcha kam, phalan bishi, aay bishi (lesser inputs in seed, fertilizer, water, pesticides,
costs, with increased output and incomes).SRI, referred to as the new green grassroots revolution, is not
dependent on purchased inputs, but on certain ideas and changes in practice that can be explained and justified
in scientific terms. It is an assemblage of good agronomic practices which might vary across different agro-
ecological and cropping system conditions, but earmarked to benefit farmers through higher yields and lower
cultivation costs.
Under SRI, farmers transplant young, single seedlings, spacing them widely in a grid pattern, while keeping soil
moist and fertile, but not flooded. Soil aeration is ensured by regular weeding both manually and by specially
designed Cono Weeders. Compost and other sources of organic nutrients are preferred over fertilizers to enrich


soil biota.Professor Norman Uphoff of Cornell University, who is credited with spreading the word about
Laulanies work, sees the principles of SRI as being quite different to the first Green Revolution of the mid-
1960s, which focused on improving yields through breeding new traits, using agrochemicals to enhance soil
nutrients and providing assured irrigation. That resulted in adverse ecological effects. In the 21st Century, with
water becoming an important cost and constraint, with soil degradation and shrinking land resources and
climate change adverse impacts, SRI offers millions of disadvantaged farming households better opportunities.
There are no patents, royalties or licensing fees only the farmer benefits from SRI.
Across States
SRI started early in Tamil Nadu. With scientific and extension support from Tamil Nadu State University, the
area under SRI management has now reached about half of the States rice area. In Tripura, from just 44
farmers using the methods in 2002, the number has increased to about 3,50,000 on 1,00,000 hectares, nearing
half of that States rice area. Bihar started it with only a few hundred farmers, in 2007; four years later, the area
under SRI was reported to be about 10 per cent of the States rice area, with a target area of 40 per cent set for
2013-14.Some SRI results have made headlines.
Two years ago, Sumant Kumar from Nalanda in Bihar set a record by claiming a harvest of 22.4 tonnes of rice
per hectare. S. Sethumadhavan from Alanganallur in Tamil Nadu reported a yield of nearly 24 tonnes per
hectare. While both these claims were verified by the State governments, they have been challenged by
agricultural scientists who dismiss them as beyond the biological maximum. A woman farmer, T. Amalarani of
Vasudevanallur, who harvested 18 tonnes per hectare, was awarded the Krishi Karman Award by the
President in January this year. The votaries of SRI tend to play down these super-yields as statistical outliers,
on the premise that it is the averages which are more significant than the extremes.
Constraints
SRI is generally considered to be labour-intensive, one of the constraints to its rapid adoption. This
characteristic has prompted possibilities of linking it with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act. Labour is required for more weeding, on-farm water control, and organic fertilizer application.
Under the Employment Guarantee Act, works can be taken up on private farms of small and marginal farmers.
SRI methods have also been used in crops like wheat, sugarcane, millets, potato and rapeseed-mustard, with
similar benefits as for rice.
These are referred to as the System of Crop Intensification (SCI). Wider adoption of SRI/SCI techniques will
have implications for institutional arrangements such as canal and tube well irrigation system management,
markets for inputs and agricultural commodities.Despite its success in several States, there is no Central official
site where the all-India impact of SRI may be found. If SRI is such a winning technique, it would appear that
the national agriculture research and education and extension establishments would eagerly embrace it and
begin to quantify and document its benefits. Adequate resources would be set aside for it. Its dissemination
would be a priority with the Central and State governments. But that has not happened.Although SRI is no
longer a voice in the wilderness, the pristine science and research establishments still continue to hold out.


Meanwhile, a dedicated band of innovative farmers, grassroots non-governmental organisations, development
professionals, committed academics and researchers valiantly labour on waiting for the walls of Jericho to
finally collapse at the nagging of their persistent trumpet.The rice-growing season is here. The disposition of the
rain gods is speculative. Inter-State water wars are getting fiercer. An SRI movement is stirring and beginning
to win some battles. Public policy and research must lead from the front in this area and not merely react. The
time is ripe to champion the SRI cause.
(Rita Sharma is a former Secretary to Government of India and the National Advisory Council.)
Keywords: System of Rice Intensification, El Nio weather patterns, water intensive crops, rice production
techniques, SRI method, kharif season
The pressure builds on rice
G CHANDRASHEKHAR
As Indian consumption rises, the cereal available for exports may shrink
July 6, 2014:
For millennia, rice has been an integral part of the cuisine across Asian
nations. China (140 million tonnes) and India (105 million tonnes) are
two of the worlds largest producers of rice followed at a distance by
Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Pakistan.
Major exporters include Thailand, India, Vietnam and Pakistan while
major importers include China, Iran, Indonesia, the Philippines, Saudi
Arabia and several African countries.
While rice production and
consumption for 2013-14 are
expected to be balanced, world
rice trade is forecast to be up
by 5 per cent to a new high of
40 million tonnes in 2014 as
large and competitively-priced
supplies boost buying interest
among key Asian importers.
Market participants believe that traditional importers will step up purchases; the prices of Indica (long-grain
non-sticky) varieties have been sliding and buyers need to replenish thinning stocks.Even though overall
supplies are expected to tighten ahead of the next harvest, supplies in the top exporting countries (India,
Thailand) remain comfortable.


One risk to the comfortable supply scenario is the threat of El Nino event in the second half of this year. At this
point of time, the timing and intensity of El Nino event is unclear. Importers may scurry to cover their needs for
forward positions. In this event, prices will face an upward pressure, although harvests from September onwards
may somewhat dampen the sentiment. World production prospects in 2014-15 are currently clouded by the risk
of El Nino in Asia, the rice hub.
Impact of policies
Government policies also need to be monitored, especially in
Thailand, for government decisions to support the rice sector
and the pace of stock disposal.Liquidation of public stocks in
Thailand over the last three months has already softened the
export market prices; and the country may be able to capture a
substantial part of the incremental export trade in 2014.
Vietnam may also be able to expand export sales.
This can potentially affect the volume of Indias rice shipments
during the year. In 2012 and 2013, India was the worlds top
exporter with shipment volumes close to 10 million tonnes.
That position may perhaps not be sustained this year.The new Government is concerned about food inflation
and has announced a series of measures to contain price, rise including sale of five million tonnes of rice to
augment availability and contain food inflation.However, details of pricing and marketing plan are not available
as yet. Export of basmati rice is expected to continue unhampered. Looking ahead, global rice production is
expected to continue rising over the next five years but at a decreasing rate.
While Chinas share in global production and consumption may decrease, Indian consumption over the next
five years is expected to expand robustly, especially in the context of the food security law that envisages sale
of rice at highly subsidised rates to a majority of the population. The law is expected to be implemented
progressively.In that case, production growth needs to catch up with consumption. Availability for exports may
tighten. Land constraints, water shortage and climate change are likely to impact rice cultivation and these
negative factors need to be addressed with urgency.For 2014-15, the Ministry of Agriculture has set a
production target of 106 million tonnes comprising 92 million tonnes of kharif and the rest rabi rice. Delayed
and weak onset of monsoon as well as tardy progress the whole of June this year may negatively affect paddy
cultivation although the shortfall is not quantifiable at the moment.
(This article was published on July 6, 2014)
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-July 7
Mon Jul 7, 2014 6:17pm IST
Nagpur, July 7 (Reuters) - Gram prices in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and
Marketing Committee (APMC) declined sharply on poor buying support from local millers amid


increased supply from producing belts. Fresh fall on NCDEX and easy condition in Madhya Pradesh
gram prices also affected sentiment, according to sources.

* * * *

FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties firmed up again in open market on renewed demand from local traders
amid tight supply from millers. Stockists were reportedly active because of delay in
monsoon arrival.

TUAR
* Tuar varieties reported strong in open market on increased buying support from local
traders amid weak supply from millers. Restricted overseas supply also pushed up
prices here.

* Watana dal jacked in open market on renewed demand from local traders
amid thin supply from producing regions.

* In Akola, Tuar - 3,900-4,200, Tuar dal - 5,800-6,100, Udid at 6,500-6,800,
Udid Mogar (clean) - 7,600-8,100, Moong - 7,200-7,600, Moong Mogar
(clean) 8,600-9,300, Gram - 2,200-2,400, Gram Super best bold - 3,200-3,500
for 100 kg.

* Wheat, rice and other commodities remained steady in open market
in thin trading activity, according to sources.

Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg

FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 2,000-2,360 2,100-2,500
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction n.a. 3,850-4,420
Moong Auction n.a. 4,400-4,700
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold 3,800-3,900 3,700-3,800
Gram Super Best n.a.
Gram Medium Best 3,400-3,600 3,300-3,500
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a.
Gram Mill Quality 2,950-3,050 2,900-3,050
Desi gram Raw 2,750-3,000 2,700-3,000
Gram Filter new 3,300-3,500 3,200-3,400
Gram Kabuli 8,000-9,500 8,000-9,500
Gram Pink 7,200-7,400 7,200-7,400
Tuar Fataka Best 6,400-6,700 6,400-6,700


Tuar Fataka Medium 6,200-6,400 6,200-6,400
Tuar Dal Best Phod 5,800-6,000 5,700-5,950
Tuar Dal Medium phod 5,500-5,800 5,400-5,700
Tuar Gavarani 4,500-4,600 4,450-4,550
Tuar Karnataka 4,300-4,400 4,250-4,350
Tuar Black 7,700-8,000 7,700-7,800
Masoor dal best 6,100-6,300 6,100-6,300
Masoor dal medium 5,900-6,100 5,900-6,100
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold 8,500-9,300 8,500-9,300
Moong Mogar Medium best 7,900-8,300 7,900-8,300
Moong dal super best 7,700-8,100 7,700-8,100
Moong dal Chilka 7,500-8,500 7,500-8,500
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 7,800-9,000 7,800-9,000
Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 7,600-8,000 7,600-8,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,200-7,000 6,200-7,000
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,500-6,400 5,500-6,400
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 3,900-4,800 3,900-4,800
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,850-2,950 2,850-2,950
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,300 2,900-3,200
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,600 3,500-3,600
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,600 5,000-5,600
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,500 1,200-1,500
Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,850 1,600-1,850
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,400 1,200-1,400
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,200 1,900-2,200
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,800 1,600-1,800
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 2,500-3,200 2,500-3,200
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,400 2,000-2,400
Wheat 147 (100 INR/KG) 1,100-1,300 1,100-1,300
Wheat Best (100 INR/KG) 1,500-1,800 1,500-1,800
Rice BPT (100 INR/KG) 2,900-3,200 2,900-3,200
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,800 1,600-1,800
Rice Swarna old (100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,900 2,600-2,800
Rice HMT (100 INR/KG) 4,000-4,300 4,000-4,300
Rice HMT Shriram (100 INR/KG) 4,600-5,200 4,600-5,200
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 10,400-13,000 10,400-13,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,300-10,000 7,300-10,000
Rice Chinnor (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,400 5,000-5,400
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,300-1,500 1,300-1,500
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,700

WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 33.5 degree Celsius (92.3 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.


26.3 degree Celsius (79.3 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : nil
FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. Rain or thunder-showers likely towards evening or night. Maximum and Minimum
temperature likely to be around 35 and 25 degree Celsius respectively.

Note: n.a.--not available

(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.)
Parboiled rice units on the verge of collapse'
July 05, 2014
RECORDER REPORT
The export of Pakistan's parboiled rice has decreased by 10 times as compared to India's parboiled rice export
due to high international rate of $425 per metric ton. Talking to Business Recorder here on Friday, a rice trader
Hashim Sharja Wala, said: "Due to energy crisis and high cost of the management, the price of parboiled rice
has increased to $425 per metric ton as compared to Indian rice which is available for $360 per metric ton. The
international markets are now moving towards India for parboiled rice and, as such, Pakistan's rice industry is
on the verge of collapse," he added. He also claimed that despite high investment made by Sindh's parboiled
rice industry manufacturers, 160 out of 200 rice units have been shut down because of energy crisis as well as
due to rising handling cost.
Meanwhile, industry sources said: "The unending closure of parboiled units in Sindh has ruined the whole rice
industry. Although manufacturers have invested a huge amount on the import of modern plants, negligence on
the part of government has led to closure of 80 per cent parboiled units in the last three years," they
lamented. Besides, the price of paddy has also jumped due to costly farm manure and farm inputs, thereby
forcing millers to remove the husk and white rice, instead of parboiled rice. The owners of parboiled units urged
the government to take measures on war-footing basis to revive Sindh's parboiled rice industry by withdrawing
withholding tax and giving subsidy for reducing the cost of production.

Rice probes unveil two cases of fraud
Bangkok Post
Summary Legal action is being pursued against suspects in two cases after three days of rice warehouse
inspections turned up evidence of fraud, deputy police chief Aek Angsananont said yesterday. . The second
warehouse inspected yesterday was run by Sirichai Inter Trade Co in Muang district of Phichit. The rice
inspection team collected rice samples for further tests to assess the quality of the product.


Lack of Patronage Hits Navara Rice
By A Satish | ENS
Published: 07th July 2014 08:37 AM
Last Updated: 07th July 2014 08:37 AM

PALAKKAD: Is organic navara rice an answer to wheat protein gluton allergy? There have been enquiries from
around the country by persons suffering from multiple sclerosis. Traditionally, the rice which has medicinal
properties has been used in Kerala for treating rheumatic patients and was in good demand during the month of
the Malayalam month of karkidakam. However, the navara rice farmers society in Chittur which has 20
members in its fold complain about the lack of proper patronage.Our main grouse was the lack of market
linkage both domestically and abroad as in the case of basmati rice even though it had five times more iron,
three times more zinc and twice as much fibre than the latter, said one of the members of the society T A
Balasubramaniam.One of the main treatment modes in ayurveda during karkidakam is the application of
navarakizhi wherein the body is made to perspire well through massage with heated rice.
Different varieties of kizhis are made of herbal powders, leaves and navara. The application of heated kizhis
could offer relief from back pain, rheumatic diseases, spondylosis , muscle wastage etc. The bran contains anti-
inflammatory properties as per the studies conducted by the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and
Technology (NIIST) in Thiruvananthapuram, says P Narayanan Unny whose 10- acre navara eco farm in
Chittur has been cultivating navara for the last 17 years.The navara rice contained protein, amylose, iron, zinc,
manganese and copper. It was also found to have moderately high amount of oryzanols ( 25.60 mg % )


compared to 2.70 m %) seen in ordinary rice grains and good free radical scavenging activity.This was the
result of the nutritional analysis done on the navara rice produced at Chittur here by the Central Rice Research
Institute (CRRI), Cuttack, which was given through the Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR) Dr S Ayyappan.
Meanwhile, the convener of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell of the Department of Plant Breeding and
Genetics of the Kerala Agriculture University Dr C R Elsy said that,in order to improve the marketing of the
navara rice the KAU has decided to prepare a data bank of all navara paddy farmers and traders in the state.The
extent of land under navara cultivation and a photo of the colour of the rice along with telephone numbers and
Email IDs were being collected.Society president P Narayanan Unny said that organic navara was being sold at
Rs 400 per kilogram at the retail level. He points out that only 400 kilograms of navara can be produced from
one acre of land, but one can get 1,500 kilograms to 2,000 kilograms of paddy from one acre. However, as
navara matures in 60 days, if there is sufficient irrigation facilities, two crops of paddy could also be harvested
from the same land in a year.
Many multinationals have been marketing navara as golden rice which is rich in vitamin E.There is scope for
making value-added products which is in good demand in global market, he adds. The navara rice produced by
the society had received the Geographical Indication Registration in 2007 along with Palakkad matta. The
Horticulture Mission Director Dr K Prathapan said: We have submitted a Rs 4-crore proposal to the National
Medicinal Plant Board for cultivating navara and other herbs in Palakkadand Wayanad districts and it is
expected to be sanctioned soon.

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