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Advocate Zaheer Minhas
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Dr.Hasina Gul
News Detail...
Dr.Hidayat Ullah
Assistant Professor, University of
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Dr.Abdul Basir
Assistant Professor, University of
Swabi
Zahid Mehmood
PSO,NIFA Peshawar
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exporters in meeting international orders, said different farmer lobbies.Additionally, the lack of
interest from government institutions to market Pakistani rice and find new markets are
creating issues for stakeholders, associated with this crop, they added.
Super Basmati variety this year could see a crisis-like situation, as all existing stocks have
already been sold to Iran last year, Faisal Cheema, chairman of the Rice Mill Association,
told The Express Tribune.
The worst scenario growers faced over the last couple of years was discouraging for them, as
there were abundant rice stocks available but no one was there to purchase them. This year
many growers were not interested in sowing the crop, he added.
Rice is the second biggest commodity generating export revenue after textiles. Pakistan
exported $1.86 billion worth of rice in 2015-16, down 8.6% year-on-year when it crossed $2
billion.
Pakistan can produce around 6.9 million tons of paddy annually, out of which 3.4 metric tons
of rice is produced in Punjab, 2.8 million tons in Sindh, 0.6 million tons in Balu, Balochistan
and 0.1 million tons in K-P.
Pakistans local rice consumption stands at 2.6 million tons annually.The government for the
next year has set a rice production target of 6.9 million tons, up from 2.8 million; however,
lobbies claim that the final production could be in between 6 million to 6.5 million tons with a
dominant share of coarse variety.
Rice production, according to the Economic Survey of Pakistan, has already witnessed a dip of
2.7% in 2015-16 with a 4.92% decline in production area.
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Bhubaneswar: Amidst the stalemate over procurement of Kharif paddy from mandis
(procurement centre) with the talks between All Odisha Rice Millers Association and the Food
Supply and Consumer Welfare department failing yesterday, the Odisha government today said
the procurement will begin in the state from November 15.Briefing media persons here, Food
Supply and Consumer Welfare minister Sanjay Dasburma said the procurement would begin in
Atabira, Godabhaga and Kolapani blocks in Bargarh district while procurement committee in the
remaining districts will decide on the date for procurement.Stating that 16 rice millers have been
registered for Kharif paddy procurement in Bargarh district, the minister said his department is
currently reviewing the issues of the rice millers. If necessary, there will be another round of
meeting with them, he added.
Talking to media persons after a meeting with the managing director of Odisha State Civil
Supply Corporation Ltd (OSCSCL) yesterday, chairman of All Odisha Rice Millers Association
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Neal Lane is the former science adviser to Bill Clinton and is now the science and technology
policy fellow at the Baker Institute on
Public Policy at Rice University.The day
after Donald Trump was elected the next
president of the United States, the Houston
Museum of Natural Science hosted a
luncheon featuring celebrated astronaut
Scott Kelly as the guest speaker.The event
sold out. Hundreds of people came to hear
Kelly talk about a year in space, and
maybe, just possibly, offer insight into the
future of the American space program
under a new administration."To those of
you in the audience that do not appear to
be space aliens, I want to say good
afternoon," Kelly said. "And to the rest of
you, congratulations on winning the
election."It was a joke something Kelly
quickly pointed out but maybe it's a
good analogy for Trump's scientific
ambitions. Like space, those plans are unchartered territory though very important for our
future.While Trump has spoken clearly about his plans for immigration, manufacturing and
health care, he said decidedly less about things such as space exploration, science and technology
and medical research on the campaign trail.
It would certainly seem science is going to take a back seat to Trump's aforementioned priorities.
If that's the case, funding for research could diminish. Or maybe not.No one, not even Neal Lane,
former science adviser to President Clinton, knows for sure how science will ultimately fit into
the Trump agenda.
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Rice is harvested and packed in Cho Moi District, the Mekong Delta Province of An Giang.Speaking at
the fourth annual Mekong Delta Investment Conference that began yesterday in Can Tho, Vo Hung Dung
said the delta region has great demand for agricultural mechanisation and smart technologies
development.With favourable conditions for agriculture, the delta plays an essential role in the
countrys socio-economic development, he added.
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Yuichi Nishizawa, of
Tokyo-based
Vox
Trading
Co.
Ltd.,
which exports rice
powder mills, said the
conference
was
a
platform
for
his
company to introduce
smart technologies in
food processing.Truong
Quang Hoai Nam, vice
chairman of Can Tho
Peoples Committee,
said the Mekong Delta
had an advantageous
geographical position
and abundant natural
resources, and that the business environment had improved since 2009.The region supplies more than 90
per cent of the nations rice and 50 per cent of seafood, as well as many other agro-forestry-fishery
exports every year.
In the next 10 years, the regions economy is expected to achieve a high growth rate, supported by the
rapid improvement of transport and electronics as well as low labour costs and an abundant food
supply.Vo Hung Dung said investment prospects in the regions food sector were relatively high,
considering the many free trade agreements Viet Nam had already signed, including the Trans-PacificPartnership (TPP) and the Viet Nam-European Union Free Trade Agreement.In addition, Dung pointed
out that there were many challenges facing the region, especially the agriculture sector, including climate
change.Dung also said the use of advanced technologies in agricultural production and processing to add
value was still limited.
The rate of mechanisation in agriculture remains modest and is only 65 per cent for rice
harvesting.These factors have resulted in low productivity, value addition and competitiveness, Dung
said.Every year, rice farmers in the region have incurred a loss of more than VND3.2 trillion (US$143.32
million) during post-harvest due to a low rate of mechanisation, according to the Mekong Delta Rice
Research Institute.Takimoto Koji, chief representative of the Japan External Trade Organisation, said the
delta, with a location between Hong Kong and Singapore, had great potential to become a logistics centre
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Foreign investment
The Mekong Delta is currently calling for investment in 50 projects in agriculture, with a projected total
investment of $1.385 billion, according to VCCI Can Tho.Dung said more and more foreign investors
were coming to the delta to explore business opportunities, adding that foreign direct investment (FDI) in
the region had increased sharply in recent years.As of last year, FDI in the region had reached 13 per cent
of the countrys total FDI, a sharp rise from 5 per cent recorded for many years, according to the agency.
FDI reached $1.67 billion in the first nine months, accounting for 10.2 per cent of the countrys total
FDI.As of last month, the region had attracted 50 agricultural projects with total registered capital of
$209.64 million.Hong Kong is the biggest investor with five projects worth $67.93 million, followed by
Taiwan with nine projects worth $41.98 million, Japan with five projects worth $30.02 million, Australia
with seven projects worth $19.85 million, two American projects worth $11.96 million and Israel with
one project worth $5.2 million.
Nguyen Khanh Tung, director of the Can Tho Centre for Investment, Trade and Expo Promotion, said
that 27 foreign delegations with 100 business executives had visited the Delta this year, most of them
from Japan, South Korea, Thailand and India.South Korean investors have expressed interest in high-tech
agriculture, food and beverage processing, with some Korean companies keen to make Can Tho a smart
city, he said.
Japanese investors are particularly interested in agriculture and tourism.The conference was co-organised
by VCCI Can Tho and the Mekong Delta Club of Promotion Centres for trade, investment and
tourism.The event has attracted 350 local and international delegates, including delegates from Japan, the
UK, the Netherlands, the US, Canada, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.In a related issue, a
Japan-Vietnam cultural and commercial exchange programme is being held on November 11-13 by the
VCCI Can Tho and the Japanese General Consulate in HCM City in Can Tho.The event includes a
traditional Japanese music programme and an exhibition introducing Japanese culture and products as
well as Vietnamese products
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Developing a national brand name is an urgent need for improving the competitiveness of
Vietnamese rice, a conference heard in HCM City yesterday. Photo vietnamnet.vn
HCM CITY Developing a national brand name is an urgent need for improving the
competitiveness of Vietnamese rice, a conference heard in HCM City yesterday.The fourth rice
symposium, organised by Vit Nam Economic Times with support from Bayer Vietnam and titled
How to enhance Vit Nam rice quality and brand positioning to meet market needs gathered
more than 150 experts and officials from Government agencies and representatives of rice
trading companies.Experts told the conference that Vietnamese rice had been exported to over 80
markets including Southeast Asia, the US, Japan, Africa, and the Middle East.But in recent years
exports were not stable and were diminishing due to the lack of clear plans to develop global
trademarks for its rice.
o Th Anh, director of the Centre for Agrarian Systems Research and Development, told the
conference that without national brands, Vietnamese rice was often packaged with the name of
exporting companies or importing countries.Even in the domestic market, Vietnamese rice
varieties are less competitive than those imported from neigbouring countries, according to
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The area is known as the Mekong Delta. It is home to 18 million of Vietnams 94 million people.
More than half of the countrys rice is grown in the area, which feeds more than 145 million
people in Asia.The Mekong begins in Tibet. It passes through six countries: China, Myanmar,
Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Some of these countries are building dams that are
affecting the river.
Climate change
The Mekong River is a major river of Southeast Asia.Worries about the future of the Mekong Delta
increased after an extreme lack of water this year caused the area to become saltier than normal. The
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO, said rice production fell by 1.1 million
tons.Philip Hirsch is a professor at Sydney University. He says climate change is causing sea levels to rise
and bringing more storms to the area. One of the big concerns is the amount of salt water and the
distance the salt water moves up various Mekong tributaries into the Delta, which again threatens
the viability of rice farming, he said.
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N.D. Phong is one of the leaders of the project. He said among the issues the Mekong Delta faces
are rising levels of salt and fresh water, higher temperatures, rising greenhouse gases and a large
population. The Delta also faces the possibility of lower rainfall, reduced numbers of farm
laborers and reduced valuable land.
CLUES scientists are developing kinds of rice that can grow in areas of rising salinity, when
water levels are too high, and in dry conditions.
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Hydropower dams
Scientists say the area also faces a threat from the increasing numbers of hydroelectric dams
being built on the Mekong River in China, Laos and Cambodia.
Chris Barlow is an ACIAR fisheries expert. He says the dams will have a severe effect on the
lower Mekong area.In a report about the conflicts between hydro-power and fisheries, he wrote
that China has completed three large dams on the Mekong and five (more) are being built or
being planned. These dams have major impacts on hydrology and completely block fish
migration in the Upper Mekong.
He said plans for nine high-level dams in Laos and two being built in Cambodia will have
severe impacts on fisheries and food security.Scientists say the dams will change the flow of
rivers and tributaries and lower water temperatures, among other effects.
Barlow says hydro-power may produce economic gains, but the fishery and other ecosystem
services provided by the river will be permanently degraded.
Le Anh Tuan is the deputy head of the Institute of Climate Change Research at Can Tho
University. Le told Vietnamese media that damming threatens the future of the Mekong Delta.
Sydney Universitys Hirsch says Vietnams government needs to be more assertivewith
members of the intergovernmental Mekong River Commission. He says the group should try
and put a brake on the very rapid pattern of hydrological development in the upstream
countries.
Hirsch fears the areas most-productive years may have been before damming on the river began.
He says in the early 1990s, Vietnam, once a large importer of rice, became the worlds second
largest exporter.
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Correspondent Ron Corben reported this story from Bangkok. Christopher Jones-Cruise adapted
it into VOA Special English. Mario Ritter was the editor.
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KAMAREDDY: The government is ready to purchase Sanna varieties of paddy if the rice millers
decrease the price in the Agricultural Market Yards (AMYs) across the state, finance minister Etela
Rajender said. The minister attended several developmental programmes in Jukkal Assembly
constituency on Saturday.
While speaking to mediapersons, the minister said that the Union government has included BPT and
Sanna varieties of paddy in B-grade quality. Taking this as an advantage, the rice millers have been
purchasing paddy at lowest price creating loss for the farmers, he said.
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Thailands prime minister Prayuth Chan-o-Cha has authorized the payment of a one and a half
billion dollar subsidy, in the form of loans and top-up payments.Today its just about solving
the problem. I understand that we have to act legally and not affect any market mechanism,
Thailands Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-O-Cha said.Hes choosing his words carefully. As the
former army chief, Prayuth took power after removing the previous government, in part claiming
they paid too much to farmers.The prime minister he displaced, Yingluck Shinawatra, says the
new subsidy is little different from her own. Shes facing a one billion dollar compensation claim
and possible prison over her schemes losses.
The people who dictate the price of rice here in Thailand are the millers, the buyers, the
exporters and the market speculators. Those who usually dont have a say are the ones who
grow it.Its one reason why Thailand is one of the worlds top-two rice exporters, but its farmers
remain in poverty. Farmers here, hope owning their own mill can be a first step in bringing
change.
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SCIENCE CITY OF MUOZ, Nueva EcijaAt least 100 staff members and employees of the
Philippine Rice Research Institute were honored as the institute marked its 31st anniversary as
the countrys sole research agency on rice Tuesday.This years anniversary celebrations, themed
Rice science and innovation for inclusive growth, kicked off Monday at its central experiment
station in Barangay Maligaya with the opening of the National Rice Awareness Month and the
Santiago R. Obien seminar series on research management and institution.
The seminar was named after the former PhilRice executive director.Dr. Sailila Abdulla,
PhilRice executive director, said the employees were honored during the Dangal ng PhilRice
recognition day on Tuesday.Dr. V. Bruce J. Tolentino, deputy director general for
communication and partnerships of the International Rice Research Institute, awarded plaques
and certificates to the awardees who included those who excelled in external fields, scientific
productivity, scholastic, loyalty, and as outstanding employee.Abdulla said as a research
institution, PhilRice had advanced rice science by producing scientific publications written by its
researchers and scientists.
These were later on published in some of the most reputable journals such as the Journal of Food
Agriculture and Environment, International Journal of Ecology and Conservation, Philippine
Journal of Crop Science, and the Philippine Agricultural Scientist.PhilRice is a government
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HCM City Automation and mechanisation in rice and vegetable production in the Mekong
Delta is expected to sharply reduce losses and increase value, the Agriculture and Rural
Development Ministry has said.The losses in rice production stand at 5-6 per cent (3 million
tonnes a year or US$760 million), according to the ministrys Department of Processing and
Trade for Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Products and Salt Production.If the proportion falls to around
3 per cent, farmers incomes could rise to VN1 million ($45) per hectare, a representative of
the department said.
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Myanmar farmers winnow paddy traditionally to remove sand and other impurities before transport as
they harvest rice in a rice field in Nay Pyi Taw on Saturday. (AP photo)
The Myanmar government has formed special working groups to organise state purchases of paddy amid
a slump in market demand.Vice President Henry Van Thio held a coordination meeting at the Presidents
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