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FDA data shows arsenic in rice, juice and beer
Rice: Mexico Approves Brazil Paddy Imports, Increasing U.S. Competition
New rice body gets president
Filipino, Japanese scientists to develop new rice varieties
Hotter nights may cause rice yields to fall
Rice farmers target US$400m from production
TCEQ Proposal Could Mean More Dry Years for Rice Farmers
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-May 20
Scientists near end-stage for 200 new rice varieties
Climate-smart rice now grown by 10 million farmers
Steaming basmati exports treble millers profits
USA Rice Exhibits at 2014 Seoul Food & Hotel Food Show
CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures

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FDA data shows arsenic in rice, juice and beer

By Consumer Reports, Published: May 20
Data from the Food and Drug Administration has found arsenic levels in rice and rice products comparable to those
found by Consumer Reports in its own investigation. And the FDA found another surprising source of arsenic: beer,
which sometimes uses rice as an ingredient.


Arsenic in rice.
Consumer Reports statistical analysis of the FDAs test results from more than 1,300 samples found that among
types of white rice, the parboiled version tended to have the highest levels of inorganic arsenic, with an average of
114 parts per billion (ppb). Instant rice had the lowest, averaging 59 ppb. Also noteworthy: Medium-grain rice from
California tended to have lower levels of inorganic arsenic than rice originating from other areas of the United
States. Although inorganic arsenic is a known carcinogen, there are no federal limits for it in juice, rice or most other
food.
As Consumer Reports continues to investigate arsenic in the food supply, new scientific studies add to the evidence
that long-term dietary exposure to arsenic poses a health risk. Heres an overview of some significant developments
regarding arsenic in food in the past year:In some cases, the inorganic arsenic levels that the FDA found in rice
products were even higher than Consumer Reports test results from 2012. That was true for rice beverages that are
used as a milk replacement, which underscores CRs advice that children younger than 5 should not have rice drinks
as part of a daily diet.The FDA found elevated levels of arsenic in beer after testing 65 samples, all of which the
agency says included some form of rice as an ingredient.
The results showed that 10 of them contained inorganic arsenic levels that ranged from 15 ppb to 26 ppb,
significantly more than the federal drinking-water limit of 10 ppb for total arsenic. The agency plans no further
testing of beers.Based on its full data, the FDA is conducting a risk assessment as the next step in a process to help
manage possible risks associated with the consumption of rice and rice products, says Theresa Eisenmann, an FDA
spokeswoman.Recent scientific evidence suggests that those risks can be significant. Last July, researchers in the
United Kingdom and India published a groundbreaking study providing the first evidence that frequently eating rice
with high amounts of total arsenic can lead to genetic damage in cells that are associated with cancer.
Test results for juices.
In a first step toward reducing Americans unnecessary exposure to arsenic in food, the FDA last year proposed an
action level of 10 ppb for inorganic arsenic in apple juice. This provides a benchmark for juicemakers and an
enforcement tool for regulators. The FDA stated that the 10 ppb guidance to industry will help keep out of the food
supply even the occasional lot of apple juice containing arsenic above that level.
But the fact that most of the apple-juice samples that the FDA tested already had inorganic arsenic levels below 10
ppb is one reason Consumer Reports safety experts concluded that the agencys proposed guidance doesnt


sufficiently protect public health. In written comments submitted to the FDA after thoroughly reviewing the rationale
behind its proposal, CRs experts urged the agency to set a tougher level that creates an incentive for the
marketplace to reduce levels of inorganic arsenic in apple juice and thereby reduce risk not simply maintain the
status quo.
In calculating the risks of arsenic exposure from apple juice, the FDA also appears to have significantly
underestimated how much juice children drink. A Consumer Reports survey of parents conduced in 2011 found that
on the day before the survey, more than 25 percent of children younger than 6 consumed more than eight ounces of
apple juice, which was the highest daily consumption estimate used by the FDA, and 12 percent drank 16 ounces or
more.
Ever since the release of its test results for arsenic in juice in 2011, Consumer Reports has recommended setting a
limit of 3 ppb of total arsenic for apple juice. If that is not immediately feasible, its experts say that it should be no
higher than 4.4 ppb, which is the inorganic arsenic level the FDA used when calculating the risk it deems acceptable.
They also urged the FDA to set action levels for other juices, such as pear and grape, where tests have found
inorganic arsenic levels much higher than 10 ppb.The FDA is reviewing the comments it has received to determine
whether revisions are needed in its proposed guidance, according to Eisenmann. She says the agency is continuing to
collect and test more juice samples for arsenic but cannot predict when it will publish those results.
Copyright 2014. Consumers Union of United States Inc.
For further guidance, go to www.ConsumerReports.org/Health, where more detailed information, including
CRs ratings of prescription drugs, treatments, hospitals and healthy-living products, is available to subscribers.
Rice: Mexico Approves Brazil Paddy Imports, Increasing U.S. Competition

AgFax.Com - Your Online Ag News Source
By Sarah Moran, USA Rice Federation

Brazil has joined the United States as the only other country allowed to export paddy rice to Mexico, following the recent
decision of Mexicos Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food (SAGARPA). Mexico
remains the U.S.s largest export market, and roughly 80 percent of U.S. exports there are paddy, and the decision by
SAGAPRA has raised eyebrows north of the border.According to Marvin Lehrer, the USA Rice Federations
representative in Mexico, SAGARPA has yet to report any imports of Brazilian paddy rice this year, but he says there is


Brazil heavily exports corn and soybeans, placing pressure on an already weak infrastructure, said
Lehrer. Most of the shipping ports are in the southern part of the country and the main road to the north is only
about 70 percent paved. Of course, this is a potentially short-term problem.The latest development continues
a trend of focus on Western Hemisphere markets by Brazilian rice exporters, said Jim Guinn, USA Rices vice
president of international promotion. For the past few years, Brazil has produced around 8 million MT of rice,
slightly more than 10% of which is exported. Last year Brazils top three rice destinations were Venezuela
(paddy), Cuba (milled) and Nicaragua (paddy).In 2013, Venezuela was the United States fifth largest export
market at nearly 300,000 MT, 30 percent more than in 2012. Brazilian exports to Venezuela, at 148,000 MT,
did not offset U.S. exports last year. In Nicaragua, the U.S. had been the largest supplier of rice, with a market
share of 60-97 percent (100,000 MT on average) in any given year, until last year, when the market share
drastically dropped to 8 percent and the Brazilian market share rose to 90 percent.Guinn says this swing is not
something the U.S. will tolerate in the Mexican market and he says USA Rice is taking definitive steps to deal
with the potential incursion, including adding a premium image for U.S. rice.

Tags: Brazil, brazil exports, mexico, Rice, rice markets, usa rice federation

New rice body gets president
Tue, 20 May 2014
Chan Muyhong and Eddie Morton
The newly formed Cambodia Rice Federation
(CRF), an organisation aimed at uniting the
entire rice sector under one representative
body, will be headed by Sok Puthyvuth, son of
Deputy Prime Minister Sok An. Puthyvuth,
who is also CEO of SOMA Group, a
multifaceted business that includes rice milling
and exporting, was elected president of the
CRF yesterday in a landslide victory over his
fellow candidates, receiving nearly 75 per cent
of the 195 ballots cast. Most of those who
voted were rice millers.There are so many
challenges in this sector, but so far standard rice quality and the lack of funds are the main challenges, he said
at yesterdays announcement, held at the Ministry of Commerce.
definite interest from the Mexican trade.Its always troubling when faced with a new competitor, said Lehrer, but we
believe U.S. rice will continue to outperform the competition.Lehrer said logistical challenges and general reliability
could impede Brazilian penetration into the market, and that additional phytosanitary requirements being placed on
Brazilian exports will affect the cost.


Puthyvuth who is married to Prime Minister Hun Sens youngest daughter, Hun Mali said he is looking to
raise $500 million and find lower loan interest rates of nearer to 7 per cent for those looking to invest in the
industry. Rates now stand closer to 10 per cent.There are many people out there who want to help us, but when
they ask what we are going to do with the money they provide, we fail to show them a proper plan, he said,
referring to lenders requirements.Candidates who missed out on the CRFs top job included Yorn Sovann,
president of Bayon Cereal Company; Lim Bunheng, president of Loran Company; and Te Taing Por, chairman
of the Federation of Associations of Small and Medium-Size Enterprise of Cambodia.
Kith Meng, head of Royal Group, was also running for the presidency, but withdrew his candidacy at the last
minute and was absent from yesterdays election result.I hope he [Puthyvuth] will be able to help boost the rice
sector for all, Chea Vanna, a rice miller from Battambang province, said.Vanna said he had lost faith in the
sectors former representative bodies, where the top brass was more likely to focus on their own business
interests rather than those of the industry as a whole.If the federation fails to do that this time, I will not trust
any association again, he added.Kim Savuth, head of the Cambodia Rice Exporters Association (CREA) and
one of three vice presidents appointed at yesterdays event, assured sceptics that the CRF would work in the
sectors best interest and despite its new presidents family ties be free of political interference.

This federation has been created by the voices of the private sector, not appointed by government, and there
are no doubts that it will work as an independent institution, Savuth said.
Not everyone is convinced.Son Chhay, chief whip of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, was
quick to criticise what he called a predictable result with obvious conflicts of interestI am very sceptical of Sok
Ans son being appointed to the position, Chhay said.This kind of organisation does need to be run by
someone who knows the industry and is part of it. But they need a president that does not have a commercial
interest in it.Associations or federations created before the CRF, such as the CREA and the Association of
Rice Producers & Exporters of Cambodia, will likely be dissolved following upcoming meetings with the newly
established industry body, CRF vice president Savuth said yesterday.

Photo:Sok Puthyvuth speaks at the Ministry of Commerce yesterday after being elected president of the Cambodia Rice
Federation. Heng Chivoan
Filipino, Japanese scientists to develop new rice varieties
(philstar.com) | Updated May 19, 2014 - 9:30pm
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - Scientists from the Philippines and Japan have teamed up to develop new disease-
resistant and high- yielding rice varieties, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) said today.The rice research
project of JICA, dubbed as Wonder Rice Initiative for Food Security and Health (WISH), is targeting to develop some 200
new rice varieties by 2015. Aside from the JICA research team, the project also involves Japan's Nagoya University and


the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)."The project shows plenty of promise in supporting JICA's integrated
program to boost rice production and address food shortage in developing countries," said Dr. Motoyuki Ashikari, rice
expert and professor from Nagoya University, in a statement.Filipino and Japanese scientists will also develop other
location-specific breeding techniques that other countries like Kenya and Mali in Africa can adopt.By 2015, rice varieties
under the project will be propagated and distributed to other parts of the world including Africa whose rice shortage
looms.
Hotter nights may cause rice yields to fall
Source: SciDev - Mon, 19 May 2014 01:28 PM
Author: SciDev.Net - Paul Icamina
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
[MANILA] Nights are getting hotter and scientists are sweating over the possibility that rice yields may fall as a
result.Decreasing rice harvests mean higher prices. That would be a scary scenario in Asia where rice is
considered not only a basic food staple but also a political commodity. Shortages of the commodity in 2007-
2008 angered consumers across the region and caused some governments to wobble.A 35-year climate trending
by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) under its Long-Term Continuous Cropping Experiment
shows a clear trend that night temperatures are increasing while day temperatures are less consistent.
The average minimum daily night temperature during the period of rice growth in the dry season (January to
April) has increased about one degree Celsius in the last 35 years, says Roland Buresh, a scientist who
manages the worlds longest-running rice research project at IRRI.

The night temperature has now increased to a critical threshold of 23 degrees Celsius, above which there can
be a penalty of reduced yield, Buresh tells SciDev.Net in an interview.Grace Centeno, associate scientist at
IRRIs Climate Unit adds: Average night temperature over 23 degrees Celsius can lead to yield loss due to the
increased need of the rice plant to expend its energy to maintain its biological health.Centeno participated in an
earlier study of weather data at IRRIs rice farm from 1979 to 2003, which found that during the
dry cropping season (January to April), grain yield declined by 10 per cent for a one-degree Celsius increase of
night temperature above 23 degrees Celsius in the growing season.
That study which showed that mean night temperature increased by 1.13 degrees Celsius in the 25-year
period provided direct evidence of decreased rice yields from increased nighttime temperature associated
withglobal warming.Centeno notes the study was published in 2004, but additional data from 2004 onwards
continue to support the negative effect of higher night temperature on crop yield.A 10 per cent reduction in


yield is huge. That is, a harvest of five tonnes per hectare would decrease by half a tonne a drop that Buresh
calls a major and significant concern in rice production.
Definitely, global warming is upon us, William Padolina, president of the Philippines National Academy of
Science and Technology, tells SciDev.Net.A one per cent increase in temperature means a six per cent decline in
yield, he explains. Why? Because grains are filled only during evenings. Thats the way of nature.This means
we should breed varieties that are tolerant to high temperatures and drought, and thats the goal not just for rice
but for all crops, Padolina says.
Link to Centeno study
This article has been produced by SciDev.Net's South-East Asia & Pacific desk.
Rice farmers in the northern region have participated in an ambitious project that is expected to enable them
earn about US$400million from rice production every year.The two-year pilot project, dubbed Procurement
Governance for Grown School Feeding project, has already started and is being spearheaded by the SNV
Netherlands Development Organisation, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the World Food Programme.

It aims to help rice farmers improve on their yields through access to seeds, tractor services, and appropriate
technology for rice harvesting and post-harvest management.So far, about 3,000 farmers in the Kumbungu,
Tolon and the Sagnarigu districts as well as the Tamale Metropolitan Area have been selected to participate in
the project.The Project Manager in-charge of SNV Rice project, Zakaria Jalil, explained that the 540,000
project will help farmers to cultivate about 4,400 hectares of farm land to produce paddy rice.He said improved
production techniques will help the farmers to increase the yields per hectare from about 2.5 metric tonnes per
hectare to 6.5 metric tonnes.

Mr. Jalil said the gap in local rice production and imported rice requires financial and logistical resources be
provided to enable the farmers improve on their rice production capacity.The rice sector can only improve if
stakeholders can invest while government also reduces the importation of foreign rice, which is generating
income for other countries, and concentrates on that produced in the country. This can help increase the income
of farmers and also increase the employment rate in the North, he said.Currently, Ghanas rice import bill
stands at about US$500million, which could more than double if statistical projections on rice imports are
realised as consumption is projected to reach about 1.6 million tonnes within the next five years.The country
now produces about 30% of the total annual rice consumption of 800,000 metric tonnes in the country.

The Northern Region Area Head of World Food Programme (WFP), Abebe Hnakore has noted that the rice
sector could see tremendous growth if government and its development partners extend their support to the local


farmers.He said WFP purchases 15,000 metric tonnes of food to support 179,000 pupils from 487 schools in the
three Northern regions to ensure quality food for the younger generation and enable them to have a sound mind
to study, as well as improve the enrolment on the schools.

TCEQ Proposal Could Mean More Dry Years for Rice Farmers

Gulf Coast rice farmers who have gone three years without
water supplies from Central Texas' Highland Lakes could be
in store for many more dry years, even if the current drought
conditions improve.In the midst of an increasingly tense battle
between urban and rural water users of the lower Colorado
River, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
issued new recommendations on Friday that would make it
considerably more difficult for the farmers to receive water for
their crops during times of drought and even under normal
conditions.
The state agency's proposal to the Lower Colorado River Authority, which oversees use of the river water, is sure to
draw fire from farmers but is already getting praise from others who say the water needs of Central Texas residents
must be a higher priority. "As you can appreciate, the current persistent drought has caused us all to re-examine
water management paradigms and take a new look at standard practices that worked well in the past," the TCEQ's
executive director, Richard Hyde, wrote to the river authority's new general manager, Phil Wilson. In other
words, the LCRA's proposed plan for managing the lower Colorado River basin relied upon by more than a
million Central Texas residents and rice farmers downstream isn't good enough. According to the TCEQ
recommendations, LCRA's plan doesn't cut off water to rice farmers soon enough, putting at risk the water
supplies for upstream cities and manufacturers. In the future, the TCEQ said, the Highland Lakes should have
much more water in them before the river authority delivers water to farmers.

Farmers pay the LCRA a discounted rate for "interruptible" water, which means their water deliveries can be
reduced or stopped during droughts. Cities pay a much higher rate for guaranteed water. Currently, the LCRA is
operating under a temporary plan that allows farmers to receive water if the lakes are about 40 percent full. Today,
the lakes are 36 percent full. Responding to the TCEQ recommendation on Monday, the LCRA said it would
"conduct a thorough analysis of the material over the next two to three months."Hyde proposed a "significantly
modified" plan that assumes more dire conditions for the Colorado River in the coming decades. The
recommendations define various conditions under which the LCRA could supply water to farmers:
"extraordinary," "less severe" or "normal." In an "extraordinary" drought, rice farmers would receive no water
from the Highland Lakes if they are less than 70 percent full. A drought would be considered extraordinary if
more than 24 months had passed since the lakes were "completely full," a condition sure to be controversial


among agricultural and environmental interests. That is not extraordinary drought," said Ronald Gertson, a rice
farmer in Wharton County who is a regular at public hearings and stakeholder meetings on the issue.

"That is quite normal, and occurs more often than not. Even in history before this more recent drought, it was not at
all unusual to be more than 24 months since the Highland Lakes were filled.Even under "normal" conditions," in
the TCEQ proposal, it would be harder for rice farmers to get water, because the trigger level that would allow
for irrigation releases would be higher.TCEQ's proposal is sure to be a contentious issue for the river authority's
board. It is made up of members from Central Texas and from Gulf Coast counties. They have clashed over
setting trigger levels that the Highland Lakes must reach before allowing release to rice farmers. State
legislators whose districts include cities in Central Texas agreed with the TCEQ, arguing that drinking water
supplies for more than a million people are at risk. Several towns in the area take water directly from Lakes
Travis and Buchanan, which have become so low that the towns have had to spend millions of dollars to lower
their pipes.
"It appears that the professionals at TCEQ get it," state Sens. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, and Kirk Watson, D-
Austin, said in a joint statement. "It's critical that the LCRA seize this opportunity to correct past
mistakes." They added, "It's amazing what can happen when experts who aren't influenced by a particular
interest get the chance to weigh in." The statement was a veiled swipe at LCRA board members and staff, who
have been accused of putting the interests of Gulf Coast-area rice farmers ahead of cities and residents around
the Highland Lakes. The LCRA has maintained that it is simply following the current water management plan,
which TCEQ approved in 2010.After getting the LCRA's input, the TCEQ's executive director plans to finalize
his recommendations by late summer. The public will then have the opportunity to submit comments.
photo by: Spencer Selvidge Lake Travis, a major water supply reservoir for Austin, is severely depleted due to drought.
The State Water Plan calls for dozens more such reservoir projects to be built in the coming decades to meet Texas' future
water needs.

Rice farmers in the northern region have participated in an ambitious project that is expected to enable them
earn about US$400million from rice production every year.The two-year pilot project, dubbed Procurement
Governance for Grown School Feeding project, has already started and is being spearheaded by the SNV
Netherlands Development Organisation, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the World Food Programme.

It aims to help rice farmers improve on their yields through access to seeds, tractor services, and appropriate
technology for rice harvesting and post-harvest management.So far, about 3,000 farmers in the Kumbungu,


Tolon and the Sagnarigu districts as well as the Tamale Metropolitan Area have been selected to participate in
the project.

The Project Manager in-charge of SNV Rice project, Zakaria Jalil, explained that the 540,000 project will help
farmers to cultivate about 4,400 hectares of farm land to produce paddy rice.He said improved production
techniques will help the farmers to increase the yields per hectare from about 2.5 metric tonnes per hectare to
6.5 metric tonnes.Mr. Jalil said the gap in local rice production and imported rice requires financial and
logistical resources be provided to enable the farmers improve on their rice production capacity. The rice
sector can only improve if stakeholders can invest while government also reduces the importation of foreign
rice, which is generating income for other countries, and concentrates on that produced in the country. This can
help increase the income of farmers and also increase the employment rate in the North, he said.

Currently, Ghanas rice import bill stands at about US$500million, which could more than double if statistical
projections on rice imports are realised as consumption is projected to reach about 1.6 million tonnes within the
next five years.The country now produces about 30% of the total annual rice consumption of 800,000 metric
tonnes in the country.The Northern Region Area Head of World Food Programme (WFP), Abebe Hnakore has
noted that the rice sector could see tremendous growth if government and its development partners extend their
support to the local farmers.He said WFP purchases 15,000 metric tonnes of food to support 179,000 pupils
from 487 schools in the three Northern regions to ensure quality food for the younger generation and enable
them to have a sound mind to study, as well as improve the enrolment on the schools.

Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-May 20

Tue May 20, 2014 1:54pm IST

Nagpur, May 20 (Reuters) - Gram and tuar prices in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing
Committee (APMC) suffered heavily on lack of demand from local millers amid increased supply
from producing regions. Easy condition on NCDEX in gram, fresh fall in Madhya Pradesh pulses and
healthy supply overseas tuar supply also affected prices in weak trading activity, according to
sources.

* * * *

FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM


* Gram Kabuli reported down in open market in absence of buyers amid increased supply
from producing regions.

TUAR
* Tuar varieties firmed up again in open market on good marriage season demand from
local traders amid tight supply from millers. Sharp rise in overseas tuar prices
because of strong rally in Indian rupee against dollar also boosted prices.

* Moong mogar bold and medium varieties zoomed up again on renewed demand from local
traders amid thin arrival from producing regions.

* In Akola, Tuar - 4,100-4,300, Tuar dal - 6,300-6,500, Udid at 6,100-6,500,
Udid Mogar (clean) - 7,200-7,700, Moong - 8,500-8,700, Moong Mogar
(clean) 10,000-10,800, Gram - 2,400-2,600, Gram Super best bold - 3,300-3,600
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 2,300-2,500 2,330-2,620
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction 3,800-4,400 3,900-4,400
Moong Auction n.a. 5,200-5,500
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold 3,800-4,000 3,800-4,000
Gram Super Best n.a.
Gram Medium Best 3,650-3,750 3,650-3,750
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a.
Gram Mill Quality 3,300-3,450 3,300-3,450
Desi gram Raw 2,600-2,700 2,600-2,700
Gram Filter new 3,000-3,200 3,000-3,200
Gram Kabuli 8,500-10,500 8,700-10,600
Gram Pink 7,700-8,100 7,700-8,100
Tuar Fataka Best 6,600-6,800 6,500-7,000
Tuar Fataka Medium 6,400-6,500 6,300-6,700
Tuar Dal Best Phod 5,900-6,100 5,800-6,000
Tuar Dal Medium phod 5,500-5,800 5,400-5,700
Tuar Gavarani 4,500-4,600 4,450-4,550


Tuar Karnataka 4,650-4,750 4,600-4,700
Tuar Black 7,800-8,000 7,700-7,900
Masoor dal best 6,000-6,200 6,000-6,200
Masoor dal medium 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold 9,700-10,200 9,500-10,000
Moong Mogar Medium best 9,000-9,600 8,900-9,400
Moong dal super best 9,200-9,600 9,200-9,600
Moong dal Chilka 9,000-9,400 9,000-9,400
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 8,000-9,100 8,000-9,100
Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 7,700-8,000 7,700-8,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,300-7,100 6,300-7,100
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,300-5,600 5,300-5,600
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 4,700-6,000 4,700-6,000
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 3,050-3,150 3,050-3,150
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,400 3,300-3,400
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,400 3,300-3,400
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 4,700-5,200 4,700-5,200
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,600 1,200-1,600
Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,500 1,200-1,500
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,300-1,500 1,300-1,500
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,300 2,000-2,300
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,800 1,700-1,800
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,100 2,800-3,100
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,700 2,200-2,700
Wheat 147 (100 INR/KG) 1,100-1,400 1,100-1,400
Wheat Best (100 INR/KG) 1,700-2,000 1,700-2,000
Rice BPT new(100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,900 2,700-2,900
Rice BPT old (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,600 3,200-3,600
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,850 1,700-1,850
Rice Swarna old (100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,800 2,700-2,800
Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,450 2,300-2,450
Rice HMT new (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,600 3,300-3,600
Rice HMT old (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,700 3,500-3,700
Rice HMT Shriram (100 INR/KG) 4,300-5,200 4,300-5,200
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 10,000-13,500 10,000-13,500
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,000-9,500 7,000-9,500
Rice Chinnor (100 INR/KG) 5,600-6,000 5,600-6,000
Rice Chinnor new (100 INR/KG) 5,100-5,600 5,100-5,600
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. 41.9 degree Celsius (107.4 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
28.8 degree Celsius (83.8 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : 0.3 mm
FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. Maximum and Minimum temperature likely to be around 43 and 28 degree
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Scientists near end-stage for 200 new rice varieties

Category: Agri-Commodities
20 May 2014
Written by Alladin S. Diega
TO help improve the rice production amid growing global demand for the major grain commodity, scientists from Japan
and the Philippines are now in the last stages of developing a new disease-resistant, high-yielding rice varieties under the
project of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica).Known as Wonder Rice Initiative for Food Security and
Health (Wish), the rice research project is expected to be completed next year by researchers from Jica, Japans Nagoya
University and the International Rice Research Institute (Irri) in Los Baos, Laguna.We are working closely with
Filipino scientists in transferring disease-resistance and high-yielding traits to existing rice varieties in Africa and the
Philippines, Motoyuki Ashikari, rice expert and professor from Nagoya University, said on Monday.Ashikari added the
project shows potentials that will support Jicas integrated program to enhance rice production and solve the food shortage
in many countries.
According to the statement, the scientists involved in the project have used conventional cross-breeding technique, in
which desirable traits such as grain number and size from different varieties are transferred to recipient varieties, then
were backcrossed the resulting line thrice to retain the inherent trait of the existing variety, while collecting the target trait
from the donor.Said technique recovers 93.75 percent of the background of the recipient rice varieties, resulting in
better rice varieties, the statement added. Ashikari, who had been collaborating with local scientists in the Irri for the
project, explained that the goal is to come up with at least 200 lines of new varieties of rice by end of the project.He added
that the team is also developing other location-specific breeding techniques that other countries like Kenya and Mali in
Africa, for instance, can adopt.The research teams leader also noted that the Philippines proved to be a viable location for
the research, owing to its climate, available facilities and scientists, including long history in rice production.


The first two crosses of rice varieties were developed in Nagoya University, and samples were sent to the Irri for
backcrossing, ensuring that the recipient rice varieties successfully acquire the traits from donor varieties.Next year the
new rice variety under Wish will be propagated and distributed to other parts of the world.To recall, Jica has launched in
2008 the Coalition for Africa Rice Development, a consultative group of bilateral donors and international and regional
organizations with the goal of doubling rice production in Africa to 28 million tons yearly by 2018, and has partnered with
the Irri and the Philippine Rice Research Institute.The Irri also participated in the so-called Asian miracle in the 1960s,
when rice research and technology helped address massive starvation in poor countries, the statement also said.
Climate-smart rice now grown by 10 million farmers
Written by Lizbeth Edra

New Delhi - About 10 million of the poorest
and most disadvantaged rice farmers have
been given access to climate-smart rice
varieties, which includes flood-tolerant
ones.Swarna-Sub1 changed my life, said
Mr. Trilochan Parida, a farmer at the Dekheta
Village of Puri in Odisha, India. Floods
ravage Trilochan's rice field every year.
Flooding of four days or more usually means
a painful loss of the crop as well as of any
expected income. In 2008, however, an
amazing thing happened: Trilochan saw his
rice rise back to life after having been
submerged for two weeks.Swarna-Sub1 is a
flood-tolerant rice variety developed by the
Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
It was bred from a popular Indian variety, Swarna, which has been upgraded with SUB1, the gene for flood
tolerance.Trilochan is one of millions of farmers who have found that there is a way out of losing their rice crop from
regular flooding. They are no longer at the mercy of the seasons, which they have been for generations.Millions more are
bound to be reached as a multistakeholder effort to make life better for these farmers has recently received funding to
carry on its work for another five years. Climate-smart rice varieties are made to especially thrive in environments
affected by flooding, drought, cold temperatures, and soils that are too salty or contain too much iron that leads to iron
toxicity.


The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund the third phase of the IRRI-led Stress-Tolerant Rice for Africa and South
Asia (STRASA) project with USD 32.77 million for five more years. The STRASA project was initiated in 2007, with its
first two phases funded with about USD 20 million each.

STRASA is holding its inception and planning meeting for its third phase this week, 20-23 May 2014, in New Delhi,
India. Expected to attend are some 250 participants from South Asia and Africa, with the agriculture ministers of India,
Bangladesh, and Nepal joining the opening session.Partners of the project responsible for each of its major objectives
drought, submergence, salinity/sodicity, and seed multiplication and disseminationwill report on their respective
progress in the first two phases and plan for the third.
Under the past phases of the project, 16 climate-smart rice varieties tolerant of flood, drought, and salinity were released
in various countries in South Asia; about 14 such varieties were released in sub-Saharan Africa. Several more are in the
process of being released, said Abdelbagi Ismail, IRRI scientist and STRASA project leader.In addition to improving
varieties and distributing seeds, the STRASA project also trains farmers and scientists in producing good-quality seeds.
Through the projects capacity-building component, 74,000 farmersincluding 19,400 women farmersunderwent
training in seed production.The project has also influenced regional policies through enhanced cross-border sharing of
information. This has helped facilitate the faster release of climate-smart varieties and the broader sharing of seeds in Asia
and sub-Saharan Africa, especially among poor farmers who are most affected by climate change.An estimated 140,000
tons of seed of these varieties were produced between 2011 and 2013.
These seed releases are estimated to have reached over ten million farmers, covering over 2.5 million hectares of rice
land. said Dr. Ismail. This is double the initial target of 5 million farmers reached.IRRI collaborates with more than 550
partners in getting climate-smart rice varieties to farmers in South Asia and Africa. These partners include national
agricultural research and extension programs, government agencies, nongovernment organizations, and private sector
actors, including seed producers

Steaming basmati exports treble millers profits
Shipments exceed 4 lakh tonnes; domestic business rises 3-fold in three years
NEW DELHI, MAY 20:
Thanks to robust demand from Iran and West Asia, Indian basmati rice processing and marketing companies such as
KRBL Ltd and LT Foods Ltd have seen their profits surge more than three times over the past three years.During the
same period, most of these companies have more than doubled their revenues on rise in basmati prices.
Strong demand


Anil Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director of KRBL Ltd, which
sells basmati under the India Gate brand, attributed the growth to
robust demand for the companys brands in both overseas and
domestic markets.Our growth has nothing to do with Iran as it
accounts for a mere 2-3 per cent of our total turnover, Mittal said,
while pointing to the fact that KRBLs domestic business had tripled
in the past three years.KRBL expects to sustain the growth
momentum on the rising demand from overseas and domestic
markets. In the current financial year, we expect growth to be a
minimum of 20 per cent, Mittal said.Basmati exports have doubled
in volume in the last four years to a new high of 4.02 million tonnes. In value terms, exports exceeded 28,189 crore, a
growth of 48 per cent over last year.Prices of basmati have almost tripled over the past five years, benefiting growers, rice
millers and the trade. Parboiled basmati rice is currently traded at around 85 a kg in the wholesale market, while raw rice
is hovering around 95/kg.
Faster growth overseas
Vijay Setia, Director, Chamanlal Setia Exports Ltd,
expects overseas shipments of the aromatic rice to grow at
a faster pace this year as Indian exporters have turned
aggressive reaching out to newer markets in Asia, Africa
and Europe.Basmati exports to countries such as South
Africa, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Tanzania, Poland and Ukraine,
among others have, more than tripled in the past three
years.While domestic demand is growing at 10-15 per
cent, exports are poised to grow by 20-25 per cent to touch
the 5-million-tonne mark in the current fiscal, Setia said. Reuters reports from Singapore: Thailand is offering 5 per cent
broken variety at $360-$380 a tonne, free on board, compared with similar varieties of rice being offered at $395 a tonne
in Vietnam, $420 a tonne in India and $430 a tonne in Pakistan.This is well below prices above $600 a tonne in late 2011
and highs near $1,000 a tonne in 2008.
(This article was published on May 20, 2014)
USA Rice Exhibits at 2014 Seoul Food & Hotel Food Show
Bill Farmer digs Seoul Food! SEOUL, KOREA -- The USA Rice Federation participated in this year's Seoul Food &
Hotel Exhibition, Asia's third largest food trade show that attracts more than 50,000 food service and hospitality
professionals. With a good cross-section of importers, manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, and government
officials, the show presented an excellent opportunity for USA Rice to showcase unique uses for U.S.-grown rice.Five
hundred rice taste test samples were handed out each day in the form of mushroom sushi or the Korean roll known as
gimbap. Staff showed off all types and forms of U.S. rice and distributed brochures and recipe books to hundreds of
interested attendees. South Korea imported more than 388,000 metric tons of rice in 2013, and the U.S. supplied 114,600


tons (29.5 percent). Thirty percent of the total imports are earmarked for the table rice market, and more than half of that
was U.S. medium grain milled rice (67,417 metric tons), reflecting a higher Korean consumer confidence in U.S. rice
quality than rice from other origins."South Korea is expected to announce a change to its rice import regime in the World
Trade Organization no later than September," said USA Rice Vice President of International Promotion Jim Guinn. "That
has resulted in renewed interest in imported rice among the trade, and this show was a good venue to familiarize them
with a broad spectrum of U.S. rice varieties and the many uses available with them
Contact: Bill Farmer, (832) 302-6710
CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures
CME Group (Preliminary): Closing Rough Rice Futures for May 20
Month Price Net Change
July 2014 $15.300 - $0.025
September 2014 $14.440 - $0.005
November 2014 $14.560 - $0.030
January 2015 $14.745 - $0.030
March 2015 $14.915 + $0.025
May 2015 $14.915 + $0.025
July 2015 $14.915 + $0.025

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