10th october,2020 daily global regional local rice e newsletter

Daily Global, Regional & Local Rice E-Newsletter
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October 10 ,2020 Vol 11 Issue 10
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Editorial Board
Chief Editor
 Hamlik
Managing Editor
 Abdul Sattar Shah
 Rahmat Ullah
 Rozeen Shaukat
English Editor
 Maryam Editor
 Legal Advisor
 Advocate Zaheer Minhas
Editorial Associates
 Admiral (R) Hamid Khalid
 Javed Islam Agha
 Zahid Baig(Business Recorder)
 Dr.Akhtar Hussain
 Dr.Fayyaz Ahmad Siddiqui
 Dr.Abdul Rasheed (UAF)
 Islam Akhtar Khan
Editorial Advisory Board
 Dr.Malik Mohammad Hashim
Assistant Professor, Gomal
University DIK
 Dr.Hasina Gul
Assistant Director, Agriculture KPK
 Dr.Hidayat Ullah
Assistant Professor, University
of Swabi
 Dr.Abdul Basir
Assistant Professor, University of
Swabi
 Zahid Mehmood
PSO,NIFA Peshawar
 Falak Naz Shah
Head Food Science & Technology
ART, Peshawar
Rice News Headlines…
‫پاکستانی‬‫طلبا‬‫نے‬‫چاول‬‫کی‬‫کوالٹی‬‫جانچنے‬‫واال‬‫جدید‬‫سافٹ‬‫ویئر‬‫تیار‬‫کرلیا‬
 #ShesMyHero: Rice Farmer Jennifer James
 WASDE Report Released
 Pakistan accelerates efforts to protect basmati exports’ rights in EU
 Delhi's air quality 'poor' due to spike in farm fires, likely to deteriorate
further
 Delhi's air quality was recorded in
 Basmati: what is at stake?
 KP govt fails to control food inflation despite tall claims
 Pakistan Should Engage With African Countries!
 Pakistan to challenge India’s application for exclusive GI tag to Basmati rice in
EU – TV9 (Video)
 Govt Plans To Strengthen 8,264 Agriculture Farms Under PM Agriculture
Emergency Program
 Indian Basmati Rice Exporters Renegotiating Terms & Conditions with the US,
Canada and Australia Importers
 Crop Monitor for AMIS | No. 77 – October 2020
 Crop Monitor for Early Warning | No. 54 – October 2020
 RPT-Asia Rice-Thai rates dip for 6th week as top hubs grapple with weak
demand
 New pact to develop rice sector in Ivory Coast
 Gov’t placates poor farmers: Wait for rice law benefits
 Rice Tariffication Law to boost GDP — NEDA (Philippine Star)
 Sharp increase in imports from Asia boosted U.S. 2019/20 rice imports to
record high, with little decline projected for 2020/21
 Basmati rice exporters from India are renegotiating with importers from
Australia, Canada and the US
 Sharp increase in imports from Asia boosted U.S. 2019/20 rice imports to
record high, with little decline projected for 2020/21
 New tech needed to boost rice growing water productivity by 75%
 CRF, IRRR vow to continue rice research and development cooperation
 Why We Oppose Golden Rice
 Updates on the implementation of Rice Tariffication Law
 Stubble Burning, Pollution, And Politics
 New rice breeder joins Division of Agriculture at Rice Research and
Extension Center
 AI-based Rice Quality Analyser to transform Pakistan's Rice sector
 Hybrid rice seeds tripple yield in lower Sindh, south Punjab
 Indian Basmati Rice Exporters Renegotiating Terms & Conditions with

News Detail…
‫کرلیب‬ ‫تیبر‬ ‫ویئر‬ ‫سبفٹ‬ ‫جدید‬ ‫واال‬ ‫جبنچنے‬ ‫کوالٹی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫نے‬ ‫طلبب‬ ‫پبکستبنی‬
‫دغیي‬ ‫کبشف‬ 0202 ‫اکتوثش‬ 8 ‫جوؼشات‬
‫ًے‬ ٍ‫اعبتز‬ ‫و‬ ‫طلجب‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ڈی‬ ‫ای‬ ‫ایي‬’‫ایٌبالئضس‬ ‫کوالٹی‬ ‫سائظ‬‘‫اعٹبف‬ ،‫ہے(فوٹو‬ ‫کیب‬ ‫تیبس‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫ًبهی‬ )
‫:کراچی‬ ‫سبفٹ‬ ‫جنس‬ ‫انٹیلی‬ ‫ٓرٹیفیشل‬‫ا‬ ‫پہال‬ ‫کب‬ ‫پبکستبن‬ ‫لیے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫جبنچنے‬ ‫معیبر‬ ‫کب‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫نے‬ ‫طلبب‬ ‫پبکستبنی‬
‫کرلیب۔‬ ‫تیبر‬ ‫ویئر‬
‫ثڑا‬ ‫دعواں‬ ‫کب‬ ‫دًیب‬ ‫واال‬ ‫کشًے‬ ‫پیذا‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫پبکغتبى‬‫پوسی‬ ‫ضشوسست‬ ‫غزائی‬ ‫فصل‬ ‫کی‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫هلک‬
‫کب‬ ‫لیوت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫ہے۔‬ ‫رسیؼہ‬ ‫اہن‬ ‫ثھی‬ ‫کب‬ ‫دصول‬ ‫کے‬ ‫صسهجبدلہ‬ ‫رسیؼے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ثشآهذات‬ ‫عبتھ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫کشًے‬
‫ہے۔‬ ‫کیبجبتب‬ ‫پش‬ ‫ثٌیبد‬ ‫کی‬ ‫هؼیبس‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫ثٌذی‬ ‫دسجہ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫اط‬ ‫تؼیي‬
‫پبکغ‬ ‫ہے۔‬ ‫رسیؼہ‬ ‫اہن‬ ‫کب‬ ‫دصول‬ ‫کے‬ ‫لیوت‬ ‫ثہتشیي‬ ‫کی‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫تؼیي‬ ‫دسعت‬ ‫کب‬ ‫هؼیبس‬ ‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬‫اة‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫تبى‬
‫دسجہ‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫تؼیي‬ ‫کب‬ ‫هؼیبس‬ ‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫تک‬‫ولت‬ ‫ایک‬ ‫جو‬ ‫سہی‬ ‫جبتی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫عے‬ ‫طشیموں‬ ‫هیٌوئل‬ ‫سوایتی‬ ‫ثٌذی‬
‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫ًے‬ ‫ًوجواًوں‬ ‫ثبصالدیت‬ ‫کے‬ ‫پبکغتبى‬ ‫لیکي‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫کبم‬ ‫هشکل‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫طلت‬

‫کے‬ ‫ٹیکٌبلوجی‬ ‫کوپوٹش‬ ‫جذیذ‬ ‫هشکل‬ ‫یہ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ایکغپوسٹشص‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫ٹشیڈسص‬ ،‫هلشص‬ ،‫کبشتکبسوں‬
‫ہ‬ ‫ثٌبدی‬ ‫آعبى‬ ‫رسیؼے‬‫ے‬‫۔‬
‫کب‬ ‫پبکغتبى‬ ‫ًے‬ ‫طلجبء‬ ‫اوس‬ ٍ‫اعبتز‬ ‫کے‬ ‫رہبًت‬ ‫هصٌوػی‬ ‫ثشائے‬ ‫هشکض‬ ‫لوهی‬ ‫لبئن‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫یوًیوسعٹی‬ ‫ڈی‬ ‫ای‬ ‫ایي‬
‫هشیي‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫عیکٌڈوں‬ ‫کب‬ ‫داًوں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫جو‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫کشلیب‬ ‫تیبس‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫کوپیوٹش‬ ‫جٌظ‬ ‫اًٹلی‬ ‫آسٹیفیشل‬ ‫پہال‬
‫ہے۔‬ ‫کشتب‬ ‫تؼیي‬ ‫کب‬ ‫هؼیبس‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اط‬ ‫کشکے‬ ‫تجضیہ‬ ‫رسیؼے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫لشًٌگ‬
‫کو‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬‫تجضیہ‬ ‫کب‬ ‫داًوں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫هٌٹ‬ ‫ایک‬ ‫جو‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫گیب‬ ‫دیب‬ ‫ًبم‬ ‫کب‬ ‫ایٌبالئشص‬ ‫کوالٹی‬ ‫سائظ‬
‫کب‬ ‫خصوصیبت‬ ‫اہن‬ ‫دیگش‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫وصى‬ ‫اوعط‬ ،‫تٌبعت‬ ‫کب‬ ‫داًوں‬ ‫ہوئے‬ ‫ٹوٹے‬ ،‫هوٹبئی‬ ،‫لوجبئی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫کشکے‬
‫هیں‬ ‫آصهبئش‬ ‫کی‬ ‫تک‬ ‫اة‬ ‫ًے‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫اط‬ ‫ہے۔‬ ‫سکھتب‬ ‫صالدیت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫کشًے‬ ‫تجضیہ‬99‫دیے‬ ‫ًتبئج‬ ‫فیصذ‬
‫ہیں۔پب‬‫تیبس‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫پبکغتبى‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫گیب‬ ‫کیب‬ ‫ثھی‬ ‫عے‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫جذیذ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫جبپبى‬ ‫هواصًہ‬ ‫کب‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫کغتبًی‬
‫گیب۔‬ ‫پبیب‬ ‫پلہ‬ ‫ہن‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫جبپبًی‬ ‫کو‬ ‫ًتبئج‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫گئے‬ ‫کیے‬
‫ایغوعی‬ ‫سیغشچ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫جٌظ‬ ‫اًٹلی‬ ‫آسٹیفشل‬ ‫فبس‬ ‫عیٌٹش‬ ‫اوسًیشٌل‬ ‫سکي‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ٹین‬ ‫والی‬ ‫کشًے‬ ‫تیبس‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬
‫ادغي‬ ‫دبفع‬ ‫ایٹ‬‫رہبًت‬ ‫هصٌوػی‬ ‫لیے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ثٌذی‬ ‫دسجہ‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫تؼیي‬ ‫کب‬ ‫هؼیبس‬ ‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫هطبثك‬ ‫کے‬ ‫الشدوبى‬
‫ہے۔‬ ‫هیل‬ ‫عٌگ‬ ‫ایک‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫تشلی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫اًڈعٹشی‬ ‫سائظ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫پبکغتبى‬ ‫اعتؼوبل‬ ‫کب‬
‫هیں‬ ‫طشیمے‬ ‫دعتی‬ ‫سوایتی‬ ‫کے‬ ‫تؼیي‬ ‫کے‬ ‫هؼیبس‬ ‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬0.2‫عے‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫الٹ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫ٹي‬8‫گشام‬ ‫کلو‬
‫هیں‬ ‫جي‬ ‫ہیں‬ ‫جبتے‬ ‫کیے‬ ‫جوغ‬ ‫ًووًے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬‫اوس‬ ‫آًکھ،تجشثہ‬ ‫اًغبًی‬ ‫کشکے‬ ‫هٌتخت‬ ‫ًووًے‬ ‫هضیذ‬ ‫عے‬
‫کن‬ ‫عے‬ ‫کن‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫جبًچ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ًووًے‬ ‫ایک‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫جبتب‬ ‫لیب‬ ٍ‫جبئض‬ ‫کب‬ ‫ًووًوں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫عے‬ ‫هذد‬ ‫کی‬ ‫آالت‬ ‫هیٌوئل‬
‫ہیں۔‬ ‫لگتے‬ ‫چبسجض‬ ‫کے‬ ‫سوپے‬ ‫ہضاسوں‬ ‫پش‬ ‫جبًچ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ًووًے‬ ‫ہش‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫لگتب‬ ‫گھٌٹہ‬ ‫ایک‬
‫کے‬ ‫ایکغپوسٹ‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫طلت‬ ‫همبهی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫پبکغتبى‬‫عبفٹ‬ ‫کوپیوٹش‬ ‫عے‬ ‫لذبظ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اضبفہ‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫دجن‬
‫کن‬ ‫عے‬ ‫کن‬ ‫تبکہ‬ ‫تھی‬ ‫جبسہی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫هذغوط‬ ‫عے‬ ‫ػشصہ‬ ‫ضشوست‬ ‫کی‬ ‫جبًچ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫عے‬ ‫هذد‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ویئش‬
‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫جذیذ‬ ‫اط‬ ‫پش‬ ‫عطخ‬ ‫همبهی‬ ‫جبعکے۔‬ ‫کی‬ ‫جبًچ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ًووًوں‬ ٍ‫صیبد‬ ‫عے‬ ٍ‫صیبد‬ ‫عے‬ ‫الگت‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫ولت‬
‫کی‬ ‫جبًچ‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫کن‬ ‫الگت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ثٌذی‬ ‫دسجہ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫عے‬ ‫تیبسی‬ ‫کی‬‫ایکغپوسٹ‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫ہوگب‬ ‫اضبفہ‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫صالدیت‬
‫کی‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫پبکغتبى‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫تیبسی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫گے۔‬ ‫ہوعکیں‬ ‫هکول‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫ولت‬ ‫کن‬ ‫عے‬ ‫کن‬ ‫آسڈسص‬ ‫کے‬
‫ہے۔‬ ‫کیب‬ ‫فشاہن‬ ‫تؼبوى‬ ‫تکٌیکی‬ ‫ًے‬ ‫پبکغتبى‬ ‫لیت‬ ‫سائظ‬ ‫اداسے‬ ‫ًجی‬ ‫والے‬ ‫کشًے‬ ‫فشاہن‬ ‫خذهبت‬ ‫لیے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫جبًچ‬
‫اچھے‬ ‫ثھی‬ ‫کغی‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫کب‬ ‫تجضیے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬‫هؼیب‬‫چبول‬ ٍ‫کشد‬ ‫اعکیي‬ ‫عے‬ ‫اعکیٌش‬ ‫ثیٹ‬ ‫فلیٹ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫س‬
‫دفتشی‬ ‫هلشص‬ ‫یب‬ ‫ٹشیڈسص‬ ‫والے‬ ‫کشواًے‬ ‫جبًچ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫هؼیبس‬ ‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫ہے۔‬ ‫جبتب‬ ‫کیب‬ ‫عے‬ ‫تصبویش‬ ‫کی‬ ‫داًوں‬ ‫کے‬
‫کو‬ ‫ٹین‬ ‫کی‬ ‫لیت‬ ‫عٹی‬ ‫اعوبسٹ‬ ‫کشکے‬ ‫اعکیي‬ ‫داًے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫عے‬ ‫اعکیٌش‬ ‫کے‬ ‫هؼیبس‬ ‫اچھے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اعتؼوبل‬
‫ًتب‬ ‫کشکے‬ ‫تجضیہ‬ ‫فوسی‬ ‫کب‬ ‫جظ‬ ‫ہیں‬ ‫کشعکتے‬ ‫اسعبل‬‫عٹی‬ ‫ہیں۔اعوبسٹ‬ ‫جبتے‬ ‫کیے‬ ‫فشاہن‬ ‫هیل‬ ‫ای‬ ‫ثزسیؼہ‬ ‫ئج‬
‫آصهبئشی‬ ‫عہولت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫جبًچ‬ ‫الولت‬ ‫فی‬ ‫لیے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫کشًے‬ ‫ػبم‬ ‫کو‬ ‫طشیمے‬ ‫جذیذ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫تجضیہ‬ ‫اط‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫هلک‬ ‫لیت‬
‫ہے۔‬ ‫کشسہی‬ ‫فشاہن‬ ‫هفت‬ ‫پش‬ ‫ثٌیبدوں‬
‫کی‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫یہ‬ ‫ولت‬ ‫اط‬ ‫هطبثك‬ ‫کے‬ ‫الشدوبى‬ ‫ادغي‬ ‫دبفع‬7‫کی‬ ‫کشًے‬ ‫تجضیہ‬ ‫کب‬ ‫خصوصیبت‬ ‫اہن‬
‫س‬ ‫صالدیت‬‫اوس‬ ‫تجضیہ‬ ‫ثھی‬ ‫کب‬ ٍ‫وغیش‬ ‫ًشبًبت‬ ‫عشر‬ ،‫پیالہٹ‬ ،‫سًگت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ل‬ ‫چبو‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫هشدلے‬ ‫اگلے‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫کھتب‬
‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫ثتبیب‬ ‫ًے‬ ‫اًہوں‬ ‫گی۔‬ ‫جبئے‬ ‫کی‬ ‫شبهل‬ ‫صالدیت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ًشبًذہی‬‫الے‬ ‫کشًیو‬ ‫تجضیہ‬ ‫کب‬ ‫هؼیبس‬
‫پبکغتبًی‬ ‫لیوت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫اعکیٌش‬ ‫خودکبس‬ ٍ‫کشد‬ ‫تیبس‬ ‫کے‬ ‫کوپٌی‬ ‫اهشیکی‬6‫جظ‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫سوپے‬ ‫الکھ‬
‫ک‬‫ہے۔‬ ‫عبل‬ ‫ایک‬ ‫هذت‬ ‫ی‬

‫هیں‬ ‫همبثلے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اط‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ٍ‫کشد‬ ‫تیبس‬ ‫کب‬ ‫جٌظ‬ ‫اًٹلی‬ ‫فیشل‬ ‫آسٹی‬ ‫فبس‬ ‫عیٌٹش‬ ‫کے‬ ‫یوًیوسعٹی‬ ‫ڈی‬ ‫ای‬ ‫ایي‬
‫ػیي‬ ‫کے‬ ‫تمبضوں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اًڈعٹشی‬ ‫سائظ‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫دبالت‬ ‫کے‬ ‫پبکغتبى‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫کبسگش‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫عغتب‬ ٍ‫صیبد‬ ‫کہیں‬
‫ہے۔‬ ‫هطبثك‬
‫عہولت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫اط‬ ‫ٹین‬ ‫والی‬ ‫کشًے‬ ‫تیبس‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬‫ہے‬ ‫کشسہی‬ ‫غوس‬ ‫پش‬ ‫کشًے‬ ‫فشاہن‬ ‫عے‬ ‫طشح‬ ‫دو‬
‫ثٌیبد‬ ‫کی‬ ‫تصبویش‬ ‫کی‬ ‫داًوں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬ ٍ‫کشد‬ ‫اسعبل‬ ‫کی‬ ‫هلشص‬ ‫یب‬ ‫ایکغپوسٹشص‬ ،‫ٹشیڈسص‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫طشیمے‬ ‫پہلے‬
‫دموق‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اعتؼوبل‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫صوست‬ ‫دوعشی‬ ‫گے۔‬ ‫جبئیں‬ ‫کیے‬ ‫هہیب‬ ‫ًتبئج‬ ‫کشکے‬ ‫تجضیہ‬ ‫پش‬
‫گے۔‬ ‫جبئیں‬ ‫کیے‬ ‫فشوخت‬ ‫لیے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫هذت‬ ‫هخصوص‬ ‫کغی‬
‫پبکغتب‬‫سائظ‬ ‫پبکغتبًی‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫جظ‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫گئی‬ ‫کشدی‬ ‫ششوع‬ ‫تشہیش‬ ‫رسیؼے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫هیڈیب‬ ‫عوشل‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ویئش‬ ‫عبفٹ‬ ‫ًی‬
‫ثھشپوس‬ ‫ثھی‬ ‫عے‬ ‫اًڈعٹشی‬ ‫سائظ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫هوبلک‬ ‫دیگش‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫لٌکب‬ ‫عشی‬ ،‫اًڈیب‬ ،‫اًڈوًیشیب‬ ،ٍ‫ػالو‬ ‫کے‬ ‫کوپٌیوں‬
‫ہے۔‬ ‫ہوسہب‬ ‫هوصول‬ ‫سعپبًظ‬
‫چبول‬ ‫پش‬ ‫ثٌیبد‬ ‫هؼیبسکی‬ ‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫عے‬ ‫هذد‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ًظبم‬ ‫اط‬ ٍ‫ػالو‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اط‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ػاللوں‬ ‫اچھے‬ ‫والے‬ ‫پیذاواس‬
‫هذٌت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫کبشتکبسوں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫چبول‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫هبسکیٹ‬ ‫االلواهی‬ ‫ثیي‬ ‫و‬ ‫همبهی‬ ‫اوس‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫ہوعکتی‬ ‫ًشبًذہی‬ ‫کی‬
‫کب‬‫ہے‬ ‫جبعکتب‬ ‫کیب‬ ‫دبصل‬ ‫هؼبوضہ‬ ‫ثہتشیي‬
https://www.express.pk/story/2090402/508/
#ShesMyHero: Rice Farmer Jennifer James
By Deborah Willenborg
NEWPORT, AR -- In 2019, Arkansas rice farmer Jennifer James was elected to the Board of
Directors at Riceland Foods, becoming the first woman in the cooperative's 98-year history to
hold that position. The story of how James became a role model in the ag industry is being
showcased in the new #ShesMyHero campaign, a global digital event featuring inspiring stories
of 60 women, told in 60 seconds, to empower girls around the world to find the one hero that
inspires them.
The campaign launches this Sunday, October 11, in celebration of the International Day of the
Girl, and is the brainchild of the World Woman Foundation, a U.S.-based public charity that
believes in the power of role models to help inspire, motivate, and influence girls from around
the world to overcome gender gaps in leadership and, through mentorship, attain greater success.
"The goal of each minute is for women to tell their personal stories that include wisdom, advice,
confidence boosters, real-life learning, and lessons about...their experiences [that] will make a
difference for the younger generation," said Rupa Dash, CEO of World Woman Foundation.
James acknowledges the effect mentoring can have. "Being on the board of Riceland Foods was
always a goal in the back of my mind," said James. "And then a few years ago, I attended a

women's leadership conference and heard one of the speakers suggest taking note of the board of
directors in whatever industry we worked in. She said if we didn't see anyone who looked like
us, then it was our job to fill that seat. Her words really struck a chord in me."
That little push was all the incentive James needed to become the leader she is today. "Well, that
plus a lot of education, hard work, personal development, many failures, and lots of listening!"
said James. "And now it's time for me to be the role model who gives that push to young women
and encourages them to follow their hearts and ambition."

The #ShesMyHero event premieres on Facebook LIVE and on the World Woman Foundation
YouTube page starting this Sunday, at 4 p.m. EST. Go here for more information on the digital
series, and follow World Woman Hour on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
Be sure to share this with all the sisters, daughters, and granddaughters in your life, and have
them acknowledge their hero using the #ShesMyHero hashtag.
USA Rice Daily
WASDE Report Released
WASHINGTON, DC -- The outlook
for 2020/21 U.S. rice this month is
for increased supplies, unchanged
domestic use and exports, and higher
ending stocks. Supplies are raised as
NASS increased the all rice
production forecast by 1.3 million
cwt to 226.3 million, on higher
harvested area and yields. The all
rice yield is forecast at 7,567 pounds
per acre, up 38 pounds from the
previous forecast. Supplies are also
increased on higher projected
imports, which are raised by 500,000
cwt to 37.3 million, with all the
increase for long grain. This nearly
matches last year's record imports as
strong demand for Asian aromatics is
expected to continue for
2020/21. Projected 2020/21 all rice
ending stocks are raised 1.8 million cwt to 47.7 million, up 66 percent from last year. The
projected 2020/21 all rice season-average farm price is raised $0.20 per cwt to $12.80.
The 2020/21 global outlook is for smaller supplies, greater consumption, lower trade, and
reduced stocks. Rice supplies are lowered 2.7 million tons to 678.6 million, primarily on
reduced beginning stocks for India as its combined 2019/20 consumption and exports are raised
5 million tons. India's consumption is increased on the introduction of government food
assistance programs to address economic disruptions caused by COVID-19. India's exports are
raised on its recent robust monthly shipment pace. World production for 2020/21 is raised 1.9
million tons to a record 501.5 million, mainly on higher projected output for India and the
Philippines. Global 2020/21 consumption is raised by 3 million tons to a record 499.4 million,
primarily on increases for India and Thailand. World trade is decreased 200,000 tons to 44.3
million tons as higher exports for India are more than offset by reductions for Thailand and

Pakistan. Projected 2020/21 world ending stocks are lowered 5.7 million tons to 179.2 million,
still a record, with China and India accounting for 65 and 18 percent of the total, respectively.
Go here to read the full report.
USA Rice Daily
Pakistan accelerates efforts to protect basmati exports‘ rights in
EU
KARACHI: Pakistan is determined to protect rights to continue exporting basmati rice to the
European Union (EU), a senior official said on Thursday, as the battle with India on the brand
ownership in the 27-member bloc has intensified.
The executive director of state-owned Intellectual Property Organisation Meesaq Arif assured
the exporters that the matter is in control of the government.
―The TM (trade mark) and GI (geographical indication) tag will be given to our basmati which it
fully deserves,‖ he said during a meeting with the traders. ―All steps are being taken as per GI
law and the IPO is fully aware of all legal formalities and action to be taken.‖
In 2006, the EU approved basmati as the joint product of Pakistan and India. However, India
applied with the EU in September to certify its basmati as its exclusive brand. Pakistan exports
500,000 to 700,000 tons of basmati rice to different parts of the world and out of which 200,000
to 250,000 tons are shipped to EU countries, according to the commerce ministry‘s data.
Pakistan earned $2.2 billion from rice exports during the last fiscal year and 40 percent of them
were from basmati, an aromatic grain that is much popular in international market. India has
been trying to get exclusive rights of supplying this variety to foreign markets for years.

Exporters, while addressing the central standing committee on rice of the Federation of Chamber
of Commerce and industry, urged the government to leave no stone unturned to get an
international trademark for its basmati as India‘s ambition for this might cause almost one billion
dollars in annual export losses to Pakistan.
The government was advised to take prompt steps to register the basmati trademark
internationally. Certain steps have to be taken without loss of time and before applying to the EU
for geographical indication – a global certification to authenticate a brand ownership.
Traders said the government should file an application for the inclusion of GI tag for its basmati
to the EU.
―Pakistan‘s application will be considered on merit,‖ said Zulfikar Thaver, president of Union of
Small and Medium Enterprises.
Thaver said exporters said the certification of basmati rice as mentioned in the GI law needs to
be given to an independent authority like Trading Corporation of Pakistan or Pakistan Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research alternatively to accredit private pre-shipment inspection
companies.
―Under no circumstances it should be entrusted to the association of growers or exporters as it
would give rise to conflict of interest,‖ he said.
Rice exporter Rafique Suleman said a task force has been formed in Rice Exporters Association
of Pakistan (Reap) to bring the matter up and involve bureaucracy and ministries. His views were
endorsed by other exporters.
The meeting was informed that protection and promotion of basmati is a collective responsibility
of all stakeholders and every effort must be made to grow more and export more.

It was advised that the matter pending in Sindh High Court also needs to be studied and pursued
diligently. The stakeholders must not show complacency and remain proactive and alert in this
matter.
The matter of trade with Kenya was also taken up during the meeting and it was suggested that a
free trade agreement with Kenya could resolve the issues of duties on rice and tea and trade can
be promoted fairly by both the countries.
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/726559-pakistan-accelerates-efforts-to-protect-basmati-
exports-rights-in-eu
Delhi's air quality 'poor' due to spike in farm fires, likely to
deteriorate further
Delhi's air quality was recorded in the "poor" category on Thursday and is likely to deteriorate
further due to unfavourable meteorological conditions and a spike in farm fires.
PTI
New DelhiPublished on: October 08, 2020 22:47 IST
Image Source : FIR
Delhi's air quality 'poor' due to spike in farm fires, likely to deteriorate further
Delhi's air quality was recorded in the "poor" category on Thursday and is likely to deteriorate
further due to unfavourable meteorological conditions and a spike in farm fires. The city
recorded a 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) of 208, which falls in the "poor" category.
The national capital's air quality turned poor on Wednesday, the first time since June 29, with the
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recording a 24-hour average AQI of 215. The AQI was
230 on June 29.
An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200
"moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 500 "severe".
The Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality monitor, SAFAR, said the AQI is likely to be
recorded in the "poor" category on Friday as well. However, it is expected to improve to the
"moderate" category thereafter.

A gradual increase was observed in farm fires around Punjab, Haryana and the border regions of
the national capital on Wednesday. The fire count was 399, the SAFAR said.
"The boundary layer wind direction and speed are favourable for the transport of pollutants
towards Delhi at present, but a shift in the wind direction is predicted," it said.
On Thursday morning, Delhi's minimum temperature settled at 19.1 degrees Celsius. The wind
speed was 12 kilometres per hour and the direction was northwesterly.
Low temperatures and stagnant winds help in the accumulation of pollutants near the ground,
affecting the air quality.
High levels of air pollution is a year-round problem in Delhi, which can be attributed to
unfavourable meteorological conditions, farm fires in the neighbouring regions and local sources
of pollution.
According to an analysis by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, a Delhi-based think
tank, transportation contributes the most -- 18 to 39 per cent -- to Delhi's air pollution.
Road dust is the second-largest source of air pollution in the city (18 to 38 per cent), followed by
industries (two to 29 per cent), thermal power plants (three to 11 per cent) and construction
(eight per cent).
The Delhi government launched a massive anti-air pollution campaign on Monday.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he himself will review the situation on a daily basis.
A "green" war room was also inaugurated at the Delhi Secretariat by Environment Minister
Gopal Rai to monitor the steps being taken to deal with the high levels of air pollution in winters.
The government will also start spraying the "Pusa bio-decomposer" solution in the non-basmati
rice fields of the national capital from October 11.
The solution, experts say, can turn the stubble into manure in 15 to 20 days and therefore, can
prevent stubble burning.
Starting October 15, stricter measures to fight air pollution will also come into force in Delhi and
its neighbouring areas as part of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), which was first
implemented in Delhi-NCR in 2017.
These measures include increasing the frequency of bus and metro services, hiking parking fees
and stopping the use of diesel generator sets when the air quality turns poor.
When the situation turns "severe", the GRAP recommends a closure of brick kilns, stone
crushers and hot-mix plants, sprinkling of water, frequent mechanised cleaning of roads and
maximising power generation from natural gas.

The measures to be followed in the "emergency" situation include stopping the entry of trucks in
Delhi, a ban on construction activities and introduction of the odd-even car-rationing scheme.
https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/delhi-air-quality-poor-aqi-farm-fire-spike-likely-to-
deteriorate-stubble-burning-655474
Basmati: what is at stake?
Last week, BR Research covered the gaps in local Geographical Indications framework and its
implementation that ...
BR Research Updated 08 Oct 2020
Last week, BR Research covered the gaps in Pakistan‘s Geographical Indications framework and
its stalled implementation. These gaps risk weakening Pakistan‘s case at EU against India‘s
exclusive rights claim as the only country of basmati origin. (For more, read: “Basmati exports
under threat” published on October 01, 2020). But it might help to take into account what is at
stake for the two competing nations.

Compared to Pakistan, India is pretty much a giant when it comes to global basmati trade. Out of
the total basmati exports from the sub-continent, Pakistan‘s share has been a puny 15 percent
over the past decade. In fact, during 2018, India‘s basmati exports alone exceeded Pakistan‘s
total food group exports, which include all agri commodities such as dairy, fish, fruits, and even
red meat!
But that makes sense, given the sheer size of our hostile neighbour and swathes of irrigated land
available to its farmers. Indian basmati edges over Pakistan in most respects, even though the
varieties cultivated are similar (often exchanged through grey market channels). For example,
average yield per hectare in Indian regions of Punjab, Haryana, and J&K ranges between 3 – 3.5
tons, against 1.97 tons this side of the border.
Similarly, Indian traders have historically fetched a better price for their produce in international
market. Consider that in 2019, Pakistani exporters sold local basmati at an average $880 per ton
against total volume of 0.9 million tons of basmati – compared to a tad higher $1,110 per ton
fetched by Indian traders on export of whopping 4.1 million tons.
Yet, basmati export from both countries is still largely commoditized, though to varying degrees.
Pakistani exporters have struggled more to build brands, onus of which largely falls on lack of
investment in marketing and building brand equity – a fact acknowledged by chairman Rice
Exporters Association of Pakistan in an interview with BR Research earlier this year.
Thus, the current conflict appears to be one of market access rather than brand recognition. Of
course, that is a far easier battle to pick, as even the most fervent patriots on this side of the
border would admit that nation branding is a stronger suit of the hegemonic neighbour, given its
greater diplomatic currency and soft power.
But this raises an obvious problem. If the conflict is over exclusive market access, why have
daggers been drawn over a market that buys just 5 percent of total global basmati trade?

Consider that more than 80 percent of Indian basmati exports – in value terms – are to Gulf
countries, where Iran is its biggest buyer with import of $1.2 billion worth basmati rice every
year. This is embarrassing on two accounts: one, Pakistani exporters have land access to Iran as
the two countries share a nearly thousand kilometres long border. And two, unlike UAE – which
serves as a re-packaging/re-branding stopover for basmati from both India and Pakistan – Iran
makes little re-exports to EU. Consider also that India‘s annual basmati export to Iran is 1.4
times Pakistan‘s total basmati export to the rest of the globe. Seen from the lens of market
access, Iran, and not EU, is the one who got away!
What makes India‘s obsession to getting Pakistan‘s basmati banned from EU all the more
frustrating is that until last year, UK was the largest buyer of Indian basmati in the single market,
with its share of 37 percent. Minus UK, basmati exports from India and Pakistan to continental
European countries are very much on equal footing – at $130 million per annum. For India,
that‘s less than 5 percent of its annual basmati exports, but for Pakistan, that is nearly 17 percent
of its total global basmati market. Pakistan‘s prospective loss thus is more substantial, especially
in relative terms.
It is tough to predict which way the camel might land. But its consequences are already obvious.
First, an exclusive right in EU could create a precedent under TRIPs for other markets as well,
beginning from North America, APAC, Mediterranean, and eventually Gulf nations. On the
other hand, all hope should not be lost for Pakistan, as it may continue to have its foot in the
European door through UK. The Great Britain is all set to exit the single market and may refuse
to follow EU‘s definition in bilateral trade with countries such as Pakistan.
What is clear, however, is that Pakistani exporters will now have to try even harder to capture the
Gulf market, which imports almost 80 percent of all internationally traded basmati. Transit ports
such as Dubai will become even more crucial as they may serve as sites to repackage goods
under Indian brands. As the Eastern hegemon continues to invest in building brand India, that
means further commoditization for Pakistan‘s basmati, as the gap between per unit prices fetched
by traders in both countries will widen.

The MoC then should be far more concerned with the lack of recognition for brand Pakistan,
which has allowed basmati to become synonymous with brand India. Yes, Pakistan should worry
about market access to EU, but worry even more about the precedent Indian move has created
for other trading partners. Meanwhile, some introspection might also be in order for losing the
other next-door neighbour, Iran, which - given its one-quarter share in global trade - is a five
times bigger market than EU-27.
https://www.brecorder.com/news/40024317/basmati-what-is-at-stake
KP govt fails to control food inflation despite tall claims
The recent price hikes have impacted the salaried class, who are now indebted to traders
By
Aziz Buneri
October 8, 2020

PESHAWAR: Rising food prices have reduced the purchasing power of the common man in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), as household budgets have been disrupted due to daily hike in the
prices of essential commodities.
Mohammad Imran, a school teacher in Peshawar, told Profit that the incompetence of the
government and district administrations across the province has forced the people to go on a
‗forced hunger strike‘, adding that the government authorities have complete failed to control
inflation.
―The recent price hikes have impacted the salaried class, who are now indebted to traders,‖ he
stated.
Meanwhile, sources informed flour prices are rising on a daily basis across the province despite
its availability in the market. ―In the past, its price was increased due to shortage, but strangely,
prices still remain out of control despite ample stock this time around,‖ an insider stated.
Talking to this scribe, Rehan Khan, a daily wager, said he barely earned Rs500 by working all
day, which makes it difficult to buy one-time meal for the house. ―A 20kg bag of flour costs
more than Rs1,400 while sugar is being sold at Rs110 per kg.‖
He said if the prevalent trend continues, the labour class will find it difficult to feed their children
and be forced to commit suicides.
The district administration in KP, however, has kept a mum on the entire process to check the
food inflation in the markets. It also refutes the claims of the provincial government that officers
will be made accountable for non-implementation of government‘s directives issued to control
inflation.
In Peshawar, besides the increase in flour prices along with other food items, milk has crossed
Rs130 per kg, while the price of common rice has increased to Rs140 and spices by Rs30 to
Rs40.
In the provincial capital, tomatoes have gone up to Rs120 while potatoes to Rs100 per kg; old
red potatoes are being sold at Rs80 per kg and old yellow potatoes at Rs70 per kg.
The increase in prices of edible items has also led to a decline in the purchasing power of
common man, creating problems for small traders and shopkeepers.
https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2020/10/08/kp-govt-fails-to-control-food-inflation-despite-
tall-claims/

Pakistan Should Engage With African Countries!
GLOBAL POLITICS
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Pakistan Should Engage With African Countries!
By Saim Naveed On Oct 8, 2020 48 0
In our daily discourse when we talk or think about the foreign relations of Pakistan with other
countries we usually think about India, China, U.S.A, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. Relations
with other states normally have been considered as less important for us and least of those are the
African countries. African continent consists of at least 54 countries and yet we do not show any
concern about our relations with those countries. This depicts our sheer carelessness and
ignorance. African continent does has image problem. African countries have been traditionally
been considered as unstable, warn torn and not important enough to see them as diplomatic and
trade wise important. This scenario has changed and is changing continuously. Countries have
grown very much and have established a kind internal stability with varying degrees. African
countries have grown economically now the combined economic size of top 10 African countries
is up to 2 trillion US Dollars with Nigeria and South Africa on top. Countries of this continent
are usually rich in oil, gas and minerals.
This situation has compelled many powers to look toward them from investment and trade
perspective. Big powers like America, China UK, and France are now the biggest investors in the
continent with USA and China on top. Bilateral trade has increased. China‘s bilateral trade with
African countries now stood at 200 billion US Dollars. China is now the biggest importer of the
African oil which has struck deals with many African countries as favorable rates in return for
investment and good bilateral relation. Nigeria and Angola are the biggest exporter of African
oil. There are number of countries in Africa whose economic size is bigger than Pakistan‘s
economic size. These countries include Nigeria South Africa and Egypt. African countries are
the exporters of oil, gas, minerals and some agricultural products such as tea olives cotton and
some dry fruits. Their international profile and presence on diplomatic horizon is increasing.
These countries are the big importers of cars, electrical devices, basic food items such as wheat ,
rice and dairy products, pharmaceuticals and machinery. India has made good relations with
these countries and now taking benefit by exporting different products specially pharmaceuticals
and food items.
Pakistan should come out of its long slumber. India is increasing its diplomatic presence there.
We currently have embassies/ high commission in only up to 14 countries. We should overcome
our deficiency in this regard. Currently Pakistan has very low diplomatic presence there. It does
not even have embassies or high commission even in half of the African countries. Pakistan has
good potential/ chance to form good relations with African countries . Pakistan should increase
its number of embassies. We have to improve our bilateral relations with African countries and

form new bilateral relations with those countries with which we do not have any working
relationship. For this Pakistan should increase its number of higher state level visits to African
countries and invite them to Pakistan and have continuous bilateral engagement with them.
Foreign office had announced its ―Look Africa initiative‖ but that has large remained on paper
and very less practical steps on ground. 54 countries are not less and if we have good bilateral
relations with them, it could be useful to us at different forums to get diplomatic support at
international forums i.e U.N. African continent has large number of important Muslims countries
with good enough Muslim population. North Africa consists up of almost all Muslim countries.
Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, Tanzania, Mauritania, Ghana are the biggest countries
in the continent. Major non-Muslim countries are Congo, Kenya, Angola, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia
etc. So we can use the similarity of religion (Pan Islamism) to ease our way to form good
relations with Islamic countries. Other diplomatic tools can be employed to form good relations
with other countries especially with non-Muslim majority countries. Cultural soft power can be
used in this regard. African countries are good export destination for us specially to export our
agricultural, dairy, textile products and other services (especially I.T related). Secondly we
should also look for cheaper sources of oil from African countries. We should also work toward
s making a good trade deals with African countries. Pakistan‘s trade with Africa has remained
stagnant at $3 billion/year from 2012-13 to 2016 -17, which has increased to $4.6 billion in
2018-19. Pakistan‘s share in total trade of African countries is 0.4 percent. So it‘s time for
Pakistan to consolidate and diversify its footprint in Africa and make up for its previous
negligence in this regard.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article are the author’s own and do not necessarily
reflect Dunya News’ editorial stance.
http://blogs.dunyanews.tv/27540/
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Govt Plans To Strengthen 8,264 Agriculture Farms Under
PM Agriculture Emergency Program
Fri 09th October 2020 | 03:23 PM
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has chalked out a comprehensive plan to strengthen
8,264 agriculture farms under the Prime Minister Agriculture Emergency Program worth
Rs903 billion to alleviate poverty and generate employment opportunities for people of
rural areas
PESHAWAR, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Oct, 2020 ) :Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa government has chalked out a comprehensive plan to strengthen

8,264 agriculture farms under the Prime Minister Agriculture Emergency Program worth
Rs903 billion to alleviate poverty and generate employment opportunities for people of rural
areas.
Officials in Agriculture and Livestock Department told APP on Friday that water-channels
leading to these agriculture farms would be improved and soils would be leveled under range
management techniques to bolster per acre production of all edible corps.
Pakistan is blessed with small, medium and big size agriculture farms both in public and private
sectors producing wheat, maize, sugarcane, rice and others seasonal crops in substantial quantity.
As many as 8264.48 agriculture farms on 52910.41 acres in Pakistan including 1539.83 on
5569.70 acres the province with 18pc KP's share were developed and efforts would be made to
strengthen it under PM's Agriculture Emergency Program.
Focus would be paid on development of small farms upto 50 acres because of its increased
number, easy accessibilities and required less investment.
Out of 1254.72 farms of less than one-acre area in the country, 476.33 were found in KP besides
2342.23 farms including 497.08 in KP are of one to 2.5 acres, 1754 farms including 271.16

in KP are of 2.5 to five acres, 1132 including 129.01 in KP of 5 to 7.1 acres and 917.01 including
91.85 in KP are under 7.5 to 12.5 acres.
Similarly, 560.75 farms in Pakistan including 49.22 in KP are of 12.5 to 25 acres, 210.91 farms
in country including 18.18 in KP are 25 to 50 acres area, 66.87 farms including 5.22 in KP of 50
to 100 acres area, 12.61 including 1.03 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 100 to 150 acres and 13.55
including 0.76 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are above 150 acres areas.
The official said Pakistan has vast integrated area with land utilization on over 20.
95 million hectares including 0.87 million hectares in KP with overall 4.15 percent share, adding
22.06 million hectares are cultivated including 1.62 million hectares in KP and 35.80
uncultivated area including 4.55 million hectare in KP besides 4.55 hectares are under forests
including 1.18 million hectares in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
As many as 25,492 tons wheat including 1,155 tons in KP were produced during 2017-18
besides rice 7,422 tons including 104 in KP, sugarcane 811.02 tons including 5080 in KP and
maize 5702 including 866ton in KP during the said period.
The official said promotion of agriculture is a cornerstone of KP Government's policy and Rs
8.22 billion would be spent on 133 mega agriculture and livestock projects during current fiscal
years.
Special attention is being made on development of agriculture and livestock in merged areas
under accelerated implementation programme (AIP) in line with ten years tribal decade strategy
(TDS) where mega projects like PM's poultry program and calves fattening were started for
socioeconomic development of tribesmen. KP Government is spending huge financial resources
on purchase of agriculture machinery and equipment to increase per acre yields.
The number of tractors, which were 23,193 in 2016-17, has increased in 2018-19 to 27,334,
thrashers from 7,965 to 9,013, tube-wells from 17,201 to 20,856 whereas cultivated area per
tractor's services was recorded from 69.88 to 68.01 hectares besides load per tube-well has been
decreased from 94.88 to 89.14 hectares.
The KP Government would launch special projects for water-conservation and management,
increasing meat production and research on adoptability of new varieties including potatoes
besides strengthening of vaccination services in merged areas.
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/agriculture/govt-plans-to-strengthen-8264-agriculture-fa-
1052170.html

Indian Basmati Rice Exporters Renegotiating Terms &
Conditions with the US, Canada and Australia Importers
Chintu Das 9 October, 2020 11:00 AM IST
Indian Basmati rice exporters are renegotiating the terms and conditions with the importers from
the US, Canada, Australia and western Europe. The new agreements are to be signed by the mid
of October after the abroad cargo rates moved about 50% in the course of the last one month.
Freight rates have also risen by $1200 to $1800 per ton.
Nonetheless, exporters stated that regardless of whether they renegotiate with importers or not,
they won't have the option to recoup the whole value climb in cargo. Additionally, the prices of
the regular variety of basmati rice i.e. Pusa 1121, have fallen about a fifth in comparison to the
previous year, after shipments to Iran were stopped as a result of non payment of levy by the
importers concerned. "Prior, compartments were originating from China and we were
confronting no problem. But since imports from China have descended, accessibility of
containers has diminished and we need to pay immense amounts of money to transportation lines
for exports," said Gautam Miglani, proprietor of LRNK, a Haryana-based basmati rice exporter.
"In spite of the fact that we will be attempting to renegotiate the agreements with foreign
purchasers in the scenery of this increasing cargo rates, there is no assurance that we will get

higher rates." India yearly fares 4.4 - 4.5 million tons of basmati rice to the worldwide business
sectors. Miglani included that due to oversupply of basmati rice in the country, the exporters are
not in a great situation to request more prices from other importing countries. "In addition, the
pandemic has seriously affected the financial state of the majority of the nations on the planet. So
we are dubious of getting greater prices," he said. A major basmati rice exporter from Amritsar
who wanted to remain anonymous said that "Freight rates have been increasing since the
lockdown was pulled back. However, over the most recent one month, they have gone up
forcefully. We had losses in the prior agreements because of high cargo rates. In any case, in the
forthcoming overseas arrangements, we should incorporate the excessive cost of cargo."
The business players are likewise stressed over Pakistan's transition to begin trading their
basmati rice to Iran under the barter framework. "Payment issue with Iran is not sorted in the
near future, we won't be having the option to export to the nation and hence lose the market
there. It is the greatest export destination for Indian basmati rice," said Miglani. BV Krishna Rao,
leader of Rice Exporters Association, said that the non-basmati rice exporters are additionally
feeling the warmth of rising cargo costs.
https://krishijagran.com/commodity-news/indian-basmati-rice-exporters-renegotiating-terms-
conditions-with-the-us-canada-and-australia-importers/
Crop Monitor for AMIS | No. 77 – October 2020
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As of the end of September, conditions are favourable for rice and soybeans while mixed for
wheat and maize. In the northern hemisphere, spring wheat harvesting is wrapping up under
favourable conditions while winter wheat sowing is beginning under mixed conditions. In the
southern hemisphere, winter wheat conditions are mixed due to dry conditions. For maize,
conditions are mixed in the has harvest draws near a close in the northern hemisphere. In the
southern hemisphere, sowing has begun in Argentina. Rice conditions are favourable in all

major growing areas. Soybean conditions are generally favourable except for some areas in
Canada and Ukraine.
https://reliefweb.int/report/world/crop-monitor-amis-no-77-october-2020
Crop Monitor for Early Warning | No. 54 – October 2020
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In East Africa, harvesting of main season cereals is underway in the north with mixed
conditions due to recent flooding, desert locust concerns, ongoing conflict, and socio-
economic challenges. Planting of second season cereals is underway in the equatorial sector
under favourable conditions. In West Africa, harvesting of main season cereal crops and
second season maize crops finalized in parts of the south while harvesting of main season
cereal crops continues across the Sahel, and overall conditions are favourable except in areas
affected by flooding and conflict. In the Middle East and North Africa, harvesting of summer-
planted maize and rice crops in Egypt continued under favourable conditions. Planting of
winter wheat crops is expected to start in October throughout the subregion. In Southern
Africa, harvesting of winter wheat is underway and will finalize in November, and overall
conditions are favourable. Land preparation and planting of main season crops is expected to
start in October to November. In Central and South Asia, harvesting of spring wheat will
finalize in October while planting of winter wheat began in September, and overall conditions
are favourable. In Southeast Asia, aboveaverage rainfall in the north benefitted development
of wet-season rice crops while dry conditions in Indonesia have affected dry-season rice
yields. In Central America and the Caribbean, harvesting of Primera season crops finalized in
September under favourable conditions except in Haiti, and above-average rainfall was
beneficial for Postrera/Segunda season crop planting and development.
https://reliefweb.int/report/world/crop-monitor-early-warning-no-54-october-2020

RPT-Asia Rice-Thai rates dip for 6th week as top hubs
grapple with weak demand
By Brijesh Patel
OCTOBER 9, 20206:31 (Repeats story first published on Thursday, no changes to text)
* India rates steady as demand softens
* Prices for Vietnamese rice quoted at $470 a tonne
* India‘s rice exports could jump to record this year - officials
Oct 8 (Reuters) - Rice export prices fell for a sixth straight week in Thailand, with fresh supply
expected to bring down rates further this month, as subdued global demand crimped exports
from most Asian hubs.
Thailand's benchmark 5 percent broken rice RI-THBKN5-P1 prices eased slightly to $470-$475
per tonne from $472-$477 last week, with traders attributing the slight dip to fluctuation in the
currency exchange amid relatively flat demand.
―There is still room for prices to go lower because the harvest volume should be bigger around
the end of the month,‖ a trader in Bangkok said.
In top exporter India, prices remained steady due to softening demand after a surge in exports in
the last few months.
Prices of the 5 percent broken parboiled variety RI-INBKN5-P1 were unchanged from last week,
around $376-$382 per tonne.
―We could not lower prices despite ample crop due to the appreciating rupee,‖ said an exporter
based at Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
However, India‘s rice exports in 2020 may rise by nearly 42%from a year ago to a record 14
million tonnes because of reduced shipments from rival exporters, industry officials said this
week.
In Vietnam, rates for 5 percent broken rice RI-VNBKN5-P1 were quoted at $470 a tonne versus
$460-$480 last week, as demand from Philippines remained weak.
―We have seen some buyers from the Philippines having shown interest, but most of them ended
up only checking for prices,‖ a trader based in Ho Chi Minh City said.

Meanwhile, domestic prices of rice kept rising in Bangladesh which officials blamed on hoarding
by middlemen, despite the government‘s move to fix wholesale prices of the staple grain for the
nation.
Stern action will be taken against those who are hoarding rice to create artificial crisis to make
windfall profits, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said. (Reporting by Brijesh Patel in
Bengaluru, Khanh Vu in Hanoi, Rajendra Jadhav in Mumbai, Ruma Paul in Dhaka, and Patpicha
Tanakasempipat in Bangkok; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
https://www.reuters.com/article/asia-rice-idINL4N2GZ2RP
New pact to develop rice sector in Ivory Coast
The Minister in charge of the
promotion of Rice Growing, Gaoussou
Touré, and the Managing Director of
SOLEVO Côte d’Ivoire, Marc
Desenfans signed in Abidjan, a
memorandum of understanding aimed
at developing the Ivorian rice sector,
by providing rice farmers with the necessary fertilizers, crop protection products, and
technical support to increase their productivity and revenues.
This agreement is part of the National Rice Development Strategy (SNDR) for the period 2020 –
2030, the objective of which is to ensure self-sufficiency for the country in high-quality rice
before 2025 and to turn the Ivory Coast into one of the largest African producers and exporters
of rice by 2030.
This agreement signed in the presence of the major players in the rice sector, the National Center
for Agronomic Research (CNRA), AfricaRice, ADERIZ, OIA-RIZ confirms the will of the
government to improve each level of the value chain by relying on the expertise of each of its
partners.
―The development of rice growing is a priority for the government,‖ said Minister Gaoussou
Touré. ―I thank my partners including SOLEVO for their significant contribution to the practical
implementation of the National Rice Development Strategy. This agreement signed with
SOLEVO Côte d´Ivoire will allow the delivery of suitable quality fertilizers at a lower cost to the

cluster leaders. It will also make it possible to cover the specific needs of rice growers in crop
protection products‖.
Marc Desenfans for his part stated that: ―We are happy to sign such a partnership with the
Ministry for the Promotion of Rice Growing. Indeed, at SOLEVO, we share the conviction that
agricultural self-sufficiency is the key to the development of Africa.
Through this agreement, we are committed to providing Ivorian rice farmers with complete
solutions in order to increase their yields: the development of innovative fertilizer formulas
adapted to the needs of the crop and to the specificities of the soils in different cultivation areas,
the best proposal. of fertilizers and phytosanitary products meeting the trilogy: cost-
effectiveness-sustainable agriculture, training and raising awareness about sound agricultural
practices.‖
A second agreement was signed during this ceremony between the Minister for the promotion of
rice growing, the CNRA and AfricaRice for the supply of high-yield and quality seeds.
http://africasciencenews.org/new-pact-to-develop-rice-sector-in-ivory-coast/
Gov’t placates poor farmers: Wait for rice law benefits
By: Karl R. Ocampo - Reporter / @kocampoINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:20 AM October 09, 2020
Four government agencies on Thursday called on the consuming public to give the rice
tariffication law a chance, stressing that the benefits of the new policy would not be felt entirely in
its first year of implementation.
Key officials from the departments of agriculture, finance and trade and industry and the National
Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said that while they recognized the shocks brought
by the reform, ―this is not an indication of the impact of the law.‖
The collective statement seemed to have been prompted by reports of palay prices drastically
sliding to P12 a kilo as farmers struggled to compete with the arrival of more affordable imported
rice.

Concerned Filipinos have even started the ―itaas ang presyo ng palay (increase the price of palay)‖
challenge on social media. The online movement has already garnered thousands of responses.
Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua countered reports of low palay
prices, saying price trends showed the farm-gate price of the staple would not fall below the
production cost of P12 per kilo.
He added since the passage of the law, rice was no longer among the top 10 contributors to the
country‘s inflation uptick. It also led to rice prices declining and rice inflation turning negative.
Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Assistant Trade Secretary Ruth Castelo added that the
government has put in place several interventions to help palay farmers transition to the new rice
regime.
The law funnels P10 billion annually to the rice industry for seeds and machinery provisions,
extension services and credit to farmers. On top of that, both the Department of Agriculture and the
Department of Trade and Industry have instituted reforms to ease the buying and selling of local
palay and rice.
The new rice law also minimized smuggling, Assistant Finance Secretary Tony Lambino said.
https://business.inquirer.net/309117/govt-placates-poor-farmers-wait-for-rice-law-
benefits#ixzz6aS1kk3yN
Rice Tariffication Law to boost GDP — NEDA (Philippine
Star)
Oct 9, 2020
Philippine Star published an article stating that The National Economic and Development
Authority (NEDA) has urged the public to give the Rice Tariffication Law a chance to take effect
in the structural transformation of the economy and contribute to the growth of the agriculture
sector.

Citing a 2019 IFPRI study, NEDA said the law could boost economic growth by at least 0.13
percentage point in 2025 by accelerating growth in the agriculture sector.
https://www.ifpri.org/news-release/rice-tariffication-law-boost-gdp-%25E2%2580%2594-neda-
philippine-star
Sharp increase in imports from Asia boosted U.S. 2019/20
rice imports to record high, with little decline projected for
2020/21
U.S. rice imports hit record highs in the second quarter of calendar year 2020, driving up total
U.S. rice imports to a record high in marketing year 2019/20 and up 29 percent from the previous
year. Imports now account for more than one-quarter of all rice that is used domestically.
Growing consumer demand for Asian aromatic varieties of rice drive this development.
Although the United States itself produces several aromatic varieties of rice, the consumer
qualities are not the same as those for the Asian varieties. The bulk of the increase in U.S. rice
imports in 2019/20 came from Thailand, up almost 29 percent from a year earlier. In recent
years, 80-85 percent of Thailand‘s shipments to the United States has been its jasmine rice, a
premium aromatic variety.
Combined U.S. imports from India and Pakistan increased 24 percent in 2019/20 to a record
262,000 tons, with most of this rice being basmati rice, also a premium aromatic. Imports of non-
aromatic rice have increased as well. China has recently been shipping 66,000-86,000 tons of
rice annually, with the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico buying almost all this amount; this market
was previously supplied with U.S. rice. The Government of China has been selling its stocks of
older rice at substantially discounted prices. Finally, Brazil‘s shipments have increased
considerably since 2017/18, shipping both regular long-grain milled rice for food use and broken
kernel rice for use in processed products. Rice imports in 2020/21 are expected to continue at a
strong clip, falling only slightly from the 2019/20 record high with the United States remaining
the largest importer in the Western Hemisphere. This chart is drawn from Economic Research
Service‘s Rice Outlook, September 2020.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=99514
Basmati rice exporters from India are renegotiating with
importers from Australia, Canada and the US
SECTIONS
Basmati rice exporters from India are renegotiating with importers from Australia, Canada and
the US

By Sutanuka Ghosal, ET BureauLast Updated: Oct 08, 2020, 05:25 PM IST
Synopsis
The industry players are also worried about Pakistan’s move to start exporting their
basmati rice to Iran under the barter system.
India annually exports 4.4 -4.5 million tonnes of basmati rice to the global markets.
Basmati rice exporters from India are renegotiating with importers from Australia, Canada, the
US and western Europe the new contracts to be signed by mid-October after a overseas cargo
rates climbed about 50% over the past one month. Freight rates have gone up from $1200 to
$1800 per tonne.
However, exporters say that even if they renegotiate with importers, they will not be able to
recover the entire price hike in cargo. Also, the prices of the common variety of basmati rice,
Pusa 1121, have fallen about a fifth compared to last year after shipments to Iran were halted
because of non-payment of dues by the importers concerned. ―Earlier, containers were coming
from China and we were facing no problem. But since imports from China have come down,
availability of containers has dwindled and we have to pay huge sums to shipping lines for
exports," said Gautam Miglani, owner of LRNK, a Haryana-based basmati rice exporter.
"Although we will be trying to renegotiate the contracts with foreign buyers in the backdrop of
this rising cargo rates, there is no guarantee that we will be getting higher rates.‖ India annually
exports 4.4 -4.5 million tonnes of basmati rice to the global markets. Miglani added that since
there is an oversupply of basmati rice in the Indian market, the exporters are not in a favourable
position to ask for higher prices from other importing nations. ―Moreover, the pandemic has
badly impacted the economic condition of most of the countries in the world. So we are doubtful
of getting higher prices,‖ he said. A leading basmati rice exporter from Amritsar who did not
want to be named said: ―Cargo rates have been rising since the lockdown was withdrawn. But in
the last one month, they have gone up sharply. We have made losses in the earlier contracts due
to high cargo rates. But in the upcoming overseas deals, we will have to include the high price of
cargo.‖
The industry players are also worried about Pakistan‘s move to start exporting their basmati rice
to Iran under the barter system. ―If the payment issue is not sorted out with Iran, we will not be
able to export to the country and subsequently lose the market there. It is the biggest export
destination for Indian basmati rice,‖ said Miglani. BV Krishna Rao, president of Rice Exporters
Association, said that the non-basmati rice exporters are also feeling the heat of rising cargo
prices.

―Our product price is much less than the basmati rice exporters. We are in real trouble. One of
the leading shipping companies has informed us that from October 15, it will increase cargo rate
by another $500,‖ said Rao.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/basmati-rice-exporters-from-india-are-
renegotiating-with-importers-from-australia-canada-the-us-and-western-
europe/articleshow/78554733.cms?from=mdr
Sharp increase in imports from Asia boosted U.S. 2019/20
rice imports to record high, with little decline projected
for 2020/21
U.S. rice imports hit record highs in the second quarter of calendar year 2020, driving up total
U.S. rice imports to a record high in marketing year 2019/20 and up 29 percent from the previous
year. Imports now account for more than one-quarter of all rice that is used domestically.
Growing consumer demand for Asian aromatic varieties of rice drive this development.
Although the United States itself produces several aromatic varieties of rice, the consumer
qualities are not the same as those for the Asian varieties. The bulk of the increase in U.S. rice
imports in 2019/20 came from Thailand, up almost 29 percent from a year earlier. In recent
years, 80-85 percent of Thailand‘s shipments to the United States has been its jasmine rice, a
premium aromatic variety. Combined U.S. imports from India and Pakistan increased 24 percent
in 2019/20 to a record 262,000 tons, with most of this rice being basmati rice, also a premium
aromatic. Imports of non-aromatic rice have increased as well. China has recently been shipping
66,000-86,000 tons of rice annually, with the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico buying almost all this
amount; this market was previously supplied with U.S. rice. The Government of China has been
selling its stocks of older rice at substantially discounted prices. Finally, Brazil‘s shipments have
increased considerably since 2017/18, shipping both regular long-grain milled rice for food use
and broken kernel rice for use in processed products. Rice imports in 2020/21 are expected to
continue at a strong clip, falling only slightly from the 2019/20 record high with the United
States remaining the largest importer in the Western Hemisphere. This chart is drawn from
Economic Research Service‘s Rice Outlook, September 2020.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=99514
New tech needed to boost rice growing water productivity
by 75%
AgriFutures Rice Program Open Innovation Challenge closes midnight 13 October 2020
AgriFutures Rice Program is reaching out to innovators across the country in search of new technologies
to boost water productivity in rice growing by 75 percent within five years.

With sustained drought and reduced water allocations leading to one of Australia‘s smallest annual rice
harvests on record, the AgriFutures Rice Program Open Innovation Challenge presents a novel
opportunity for creative thinkers to contribute their ideas, wherever they are based and regardless of their
industry.
The Challenge is hosted on the Brightidea platform, an online system popular with many of the world‘s
most innovative companies, such as Bayer, Cisco, Dell and MasterCard.
Impact Innovation, as the premier partner for Brightidea in the APAC region, has enabled AgriFutures
Rice Program to open up the Challenge to anyone with an existing or emerging technologies that will help
the rice industry significantly increase its dollar return per megalitre ($/ML) of water.
―The Australian rice industry needs transformative yet competitive and sustainable solutions, so the
Challenge welcomes input not just from the rice industry but also from other industries, like remote
sensing technologies, water management strategies and plant genetics,‖ said Impact Innovation‘s
managing director, Brian Ruddle.
―Crowdsourcing ideas using Brightidea‘s online engagement tools means tapping into the brain power of
researchers, R&D practitioners, engineers, environmental entrepreneurs and farmers all over the country
and across many different industries,‖ Mr Ruddle said.
Selected technologies or solutions may attract funding through the rice research, development and
extension program, with the ultimate objective being industry-wide adoption.
The Challenge is open until midnight (AEDT) Tuesday, 13 October 2020, with a shortlist of solutions
to be presented to the AgriFutures Rice Program Advisory Panel in November.
To register for the Challenge and submit innovative ideas,
visit https://agrifutures.brightidea.com/WaterProductivityChallenge.
Ends.
Media enquiries:
Brian Ruddle, Impact Innovation Group & chair of the AgriFutures Australia Emerging
Industries Panel b.ruddle@impactinnovation.com tel. +61 1300 299 505
RICE FACTS & FIGURES
- Rice is grown in more than 100 countries and sustains two-thirds of the world‘s population.
- Australian rice growing regions are concentrated in the Murrumbidgee and Murray valleys of
southern New South Wales, with smaller areas in Northern Victoria and Far North
Queensland.
- 80% of rice produced in Australia is exported to the Middle East, Papua New Guinea, Japan
and other Asian and Pacific countries.
- Australian-grown rice uses 50% less water than the global average.

@AgriFuturesAU, @Impactinnov, @Brightidea, #rice, #innovation, #waterproductivity
https://prwire.com.au/pr/92397/new-tech-needed-to-boost-rice-growing-water-productivity-by-75
CRF, IRRR vow to continue rice research and development
cooperation
Khmer Times
The meeting between Mr. Song Saran, President of CRF and Mr. Yurdi Yasmi, Regional Representative
of IRRI for Southeast Asia. Supplied
Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
have agreed to cooperate on rice research and development aiming to promote and
improve Cambodian rice sector.
The agreement was made in a meeting between Mr. Song Saran, President of CRF and
Mr. Yurdi Yasmi, Regional Representative of IRRI for Southeast Asia.
In the meeting, Mr. Saran warmly welcomed IRRI‘s collaboration on rice research
and development with the CRF in the seed production partnership, technical
cooperation and support, which is very supportive of improving Cambodia‘s rice
sector to be more competitive in markets.
For his part, Mr. Yasmi said that the collaboration between IRRI and CRF will
improve the rice sector by increasing the analysis of the productivity and resilience of
the value chain. Chea Vannak – AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50771825/crf-irrr-vow-to-continue-rice-research-and-development-
cooperation/
Why We Oppose Golden Rice
Agrochemical companies are using concerns over food security heightened by the pandemic to promote
GM product, tighten grip over agriculture.
T H E S T O P G O L D E N R I CE NE T W O R K
October 9, 2020

A grand push is on for corporate-led solutions to hunger and malnutrition. On the GMO front this
manifests as Golden Rice being pressed into service as a solution to the hunger and malnutrition worsened
by the pandemic. In this way, global agrochemical transnational corporations (TNCs) and collaborating
institutions such as the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) are using concerns over food security
heightened by the pandemic to promote an industrialized agricultural model that many think is already
discredited.
Opponents of Golden Rice are concerned it will endanger agrobiodiversity and peoples‘ health. Photo by
Kervin Bonganciso/MASIPAG.
As IRRI‘s head of Agri-Food Policy, Jean Balié, told a webinar sponsored by the UN‘s Food and
Agriculture Organization (“The future of food systems in Southeast Asia post-COVID19”), IRRI
is “looking to increase the mineral and vitamin content in rice grains” in response to the pandemic.
Golden Rice projects and applications for its approval are currently underway in three countries. On
December 10, 2019, the Philippines issued a Golden Rice permit for Direct Use for Food, Feed, and
Processing. This was despite the standing challenge by farmers, scientists, and civil society groups
regarding Golden Rice‘s unresolved safety and efficacy issues.
In Indonesia, it was confirmed in August 2019 that the rice research center (BB Padi) had grown
Golden Rice in their testing fields in Sukamandi, West Java. However, BB Padi is still waiting
for permission from Indonesia‘s biosafety clearing house for confined field testing in selected
areas.

In Bangladesh, rumors have been circulating since November 2019 that Golden Rice would be
approved by the Biosafety Core Committee. Despite the delay, proponents are optimistic that
approval in Bangladesh will still occur.
At the Stop Golden Rice Network (SGRN) we believe that Golden Rice is an unnecessary and
unwanted technology. It is being peddled by corporations purely for profit-making agendas and
will only strengthen the grip of corporations over rice and agriculture. Moreover, we believe it
will endanger agrobiodiversity and peoples‘ health as well. In consequence, farmers, consumers
and others have been campaigning against its use and commercialization since the mid-2000s,
including through the uprooting of Golden Rice field trials back in 2013.
Why is there intense opposition towards Golden Rice?
The importance of rice in Asian countries cannot be understated; 90 percent of rice is produced
and consumed in Asia. Rice is at the center of the social, cultural, and economic activities of
peoples all across Asia.
And as the staple food for a majority of the Asian population, it is also a political commodity. As
well, Asian countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, and India are the centers of origin of
more than 100,000 varieties of rice. Also considered as among the most biodiverse countries in
the world, a wide array of vegetables, fruits, root crops, and cereals abound in the farms and
forests of these countries, ensuring a dependable source of nutrition for the families and the
communities.
Yet malnutrition is prevalent in Asia, particularly among children and women. This is not simply
because of the absence of specific important nutrients or vitamins. It is caused by the ―lack of
access to sufficient, nutritious, and safe food‖ due to poverty and changing food production and
consumption patterns.
The impact of these changes is seen in IRRI‘s Green Revolution in which many farmers across
Asia have become bound to the expensive inputs and seeds peddled by huge agrochemical TNCs
who promote a single-crop diet. As a result of the green revolution, white rice now dominates
once very diverse Asian diets. White rice has a high glycemic index which causes diabetes and
60 percent of global diabetes cases are in Asia. Packing more nutrients, like Vitamin A, in rice,
which requires more rice consumption would make this worse. Especially in the context of the
Covid-19 pandemic, for which diabetes is considered a risk factor for disease severity.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) identifies the dominance of
large corporations over food systems as among the factors that contribute to food insecurity and
malnutrition. In developing countries, large tracts of agricultural lands are being converted either
to industrial and commercial land uses, or to large-scale mono-cropped plantations of cash crops
such as pineapples, palm oil, and bananas — crops that hardly serve the nutrition needs of the
people. FAO further acknowledges that the changes in food systems and diets, such as the
prevalence of highly processed foods and displacement of traditional foods and eating habits,
also contribute to the worsening trend of food insecurity and malnutrition.

Given this context, Golden Rice is simply a ‗band-aid‘ solution to the wide, gaping wound of
hunger and poverty.
More specifically, Golden Rice has a series of highly problematic aspects
1. Negligible beta carotene content — The current version of the Golden Rice is called
GR2E. It contains a negligible amount of beta-carotene (from 3.57 ug/g to 22 ug/g),
which the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) also acknowledged,
making the product useless in addressing Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in contrast to
existing and readily available food sources. Already minimal, Golden Rice‘s beta-
carotene was also found to degrade quickly after harvesting, storing, and processing, such
as milling and even cooking, unless the farmers vacuum-pack and refrigerate the GM
rice. Farmers from developing countries however, do not seal or store paddy rice in
vacuum packs, which will make the product more expensive. Electricity also remains
scarce in remote farming communities so refrigerating the harvest is unrealistic bordering
on the absurd.
2. No meaningful safety tests have been done — Even as the Golden Rice has been
approved in the Philippines, there has been no testing to ascertain if it is safe for human
consumption. Meanwhile, the aforementioned beta-carotene degradation may result in
toxic compounds causing oxidative stress damage–which might lead to cancer. Dr. David
Schubert of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA and Dr. Michael Antoniou of
King‘s College London, state that ―there have never been short nor, more importantly,
long-term safety testing in laboratory animals (of Golden Rice) and this must be done for
several generations in rats to determine if it causes birth defects, which we consider a
serious possibility.‖
3. Contamination of other rice varieties and wild relatives of rice — Field trials conducted
so far have only looked at the agronomic traits of Golden Rice, and not its long-term
effects on the environment, including its possible effects on the genetic diversity of the
thousands of rice varieties being cared for by small scale farmers and Indigenous peoples.
Although rice is a self-pollinating crop, cross-contamination is inevitable. Contamination
can also occur through seed mixing. Such contamination has already happened in the US
with the Liberty Link rice scandal back in 2006 that caused US farmers millions of
dollars in losses because of the inadvertent contamination of the yet unapproved GM rice.
4. Safer sources of beta-carotene — Being some of the mega-diverse countries, vegetables
and fruits that are high in beta-carotene are found in abundance in the Philippines,
Indonesia, Bangladesh, India and other target countries for Golden Rice. These foods are
available and accessible for the people and contain much higher levels of beta-carotene
than Golden Rice. Worsening land-grabbing and land conversion, liberalization of
agricultural commodities, and increasing control of corporations over agriculture and
food, however, are preventing farmers and their communities from having access to these
safe and nutritious foods.
In developing countries the challenges described above remain the main culprit of food
insecurity and malnutrition. Both the development of biofortified crops like Golden Rice for
solving health issues and corporate led projects in agriculture as ways to ensure food security

represent a worrisome push for top-down and anti-diversity approaches to food and health that
will ultimately undermine people‘s capacities to strengthen their local food systems. By
emphasizing dependence on just a few market-based crops biofortification actually promotes a
poor diet with little nutritional diversity
Golden Rice is a failed and useless product, and that is why we continue to resist and oppose it.
Time and again, huge agrochemical companies, philanthrocapitalists, and pseudo-public
agencies have attempted to deny the people‘s right to participate in decisions about their food
and agriculture. Already, zinc and iron GM rice and thirty other GM rice products are in the
pipeline, with Golden Rice serving as the Trojan Horse to lure the people into social acceptance
and false security.
More than resisting the release of Golden Rice however, we are pushing for safer, better and
healthier alternatives to address VAD and other malnutrition issues. Malnutrition can be
mitigated and addressed by having a diverse diet. Nutrition does not need to be an expensive
commodity, nor rely on advanced technology. We believe that instead of pushing Golden Rice
and biofortifying crops through genetic modification, governments should promote biodiversity
in farms and on tables by supporting safe, healthy and sustainable food production.
We are also calling on governments to pay attention to the needs of our food producers,
including facilitating access to lands to till, appropriate technologies, and an agriculture policy
that will promote and uphold the people‘s right to food and the nations‘ food sovereignty.
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/why-we-oppose-golden-rice/
Updates on the implementation of Rice Tariffication
Law
Published October 10, 2020, 10:00 AM
by Vina Medenilla
―Rice remains as the staple food of Filipinos. And there is no food that is used as widely as
rice,‖ says Department of Trade and Industry Undersecretary Ruth B. Castelo on the
Philippines being the sixth largest rice-consuming countries in the world.
After over a year of enactment of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), updates on government
efforts have been discussed in a webinar entitled ‗Sa Rice Tariffication Law (RTL),
Sambayanang Pilipino, Tuloy ang Panalo,‘ headed by the concerned agencies: Department
of Agriculture (DA), Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI), and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

RTL as a boost to farmers’ productivity
Republic Act (RA) No. 11203 or Rice Tariffication Law, passed last February 2019, aims to
modernize the agricultural sector as a way of making the sector globally competitive. Under
this law, it permits the entry of imported rice while imposing a tariff, which varies
depending on the volume of imported goods.
Although this hugely affects our farmers due to the higher supply and competition in the
market, RTL supports rice farmers by increasing their productivity and income through the
P10 billion annual budget from the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF).
RCEF comes from the tariff revenues of rice imports. The said P10 billion is allotted to
farm machinery and equipment (P5 million), high-quality rice seed development,
propagation, and promotion (P3 million), training for skills enhancement (P1 million), and
expanded rice credit assistance to the farmers (P1 million).
NEDA Acting Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua says that several factors hinder the
productivity and competitiveness of farmers in rice production. Some of these limitations
include natural disasters that damage crops, mountainous areas that are not feasible for rice
planting, and limited sources of natural irrigation in the country.
To make up for these challenges, DA Secretary William Dar shares the efforts that the
government has accomplished under the four components of the RTL including seeds,
mechanization, credit, and extension service.
Seed component
Secretary Dar says, ―We hope to see that after six years of RTL, we have raised the
productivity of our farmers from the current average harvest of four metric tons per hectare
to at least six metric tons per hectare. Secondly, we should have reduced the average cost by
30% from the current cost ranging from 12 pesos to 14 pesos per kilogram to ensure bigger
profit margins.‖
With lower production cost and higher productivity, Secretary Dar added it will not only
allow Filipino farmers to offer affordable rice to the customers, particularly the poor, but
this will also enable them to compete globally.
From October 2019 up to now, they‘ve distributed over three million bags of certified
inbred seeds to more than a million farmers covering around one million hectares of land.

Mechanization component
In terms of rice farm equipment, 1,108 out of the 2,938 machines have also given away to
625 farmer cooperatives and associations.
Credit component
The amount of one billion pesos has also been loaned out to 5,671 farmers in 2019, while in
2020, they‘ve released 102 million to 610 farmers and 15 cooperatives. These credits entail
minimal interest rates and collateral requirements for the farmers.
Extension service component
This last initiative involves training for farmers, scholarship grants, and the establishment of
farm schools around the country. There have been 53 farm schools built, over 800 different
sets of training conducted, and 20, 231 individuals have received scholarship grants. There
are about three million copies of informational materials given to the farmers, too.
―Rice is a part of the Filipino culture,‖ says, DA Secretary William Dar, ―To make rice
production profitable and the staple affordable to consumers, care and production,
processing, post-harvest, and logistic systems must be more efficient, inclusive, and
sustainable.‖
The implementation of RTL has both positive and negative impacts, says Dar. The positive
side includes the decline of retail prices of regular milled rice from the previous P45 per
kilo in 2018 to an average of P37 from September to December 2019 that as per Dar, has
benefitted millions of Filipinos.
To watch the webinar, click here.
https://mb.com.ph/2020/10/10/updates-on-the-implementation-of-rice-tariffication-law/
Stubble Burning, Pollution, And Politics
Stubble-burning, in a nutshell, is an unintended consequence of the technology
developed for the Green Revolution.
Dr. Taradatt10 October 2020
Stubble-burning practiced after harvest of paddy in Punjab, Haryana, and Western
Uttar Pradesh during the winters, cited among the principal reasons for pollution in
Delhi.

Delhi, our national capital, draws attention many-a-times for issues that sully its image
worldwide. Career-activists and news-makers, particularly from electronic media, appear
ever ready to indulge in scare-mongering without proper study of root causes and
possible remedial measures, often without realizing that their display of ‗expertise‘ on
such issues risks causing unwarranted tragedies. Many physical and mental disorders are
psychosomatic; repetitive hourly predictions of doom are enough to rock even a
reasonably stable mind!
Stubble-burning practiced after harvest of paddy in Punjab, Haryana, and Western Uttar
Pradesh during the winters, cited among the principal reasons for pollution in Delhi, as if
to pressurize governments for doling out subsidies. The hyper environmental
consciousness that emerges after the harvest of paddy gets lost to oblivion with the
showing of the Kharif crop!
Notwithstanding Corona being the flavor of the season, the issues related to agriculture
including pollution on account of stubble burning are bound to resurrect sooner or later.
A question seldom examined is why stubble-burning is rarely seen in traditional paddy-
growing areas across India. Without getting digressed to search for reasons why stubble-
burning appears to cause more suffering in the National Capital Region (NCR) than in
areas where it happens, it is necessary to gauge the factors leading to stubble-burning and
measures to arrest it.
Production of rice in large swathes of areas surrounding the NCR is largely a Green
Revolution phenomenon after the mid-1960s. The Green Revolution, as we know, was
intended to somehow achieve self-sufficiency in food grain production. It was not as
important as to which areas the rice production came from. Research on developing high-
yielding varieties was biased towards plain areas with higher potential for irrigated
agriculture. The technology thus developed was not scale-neutral. More so, unlike in the
traditional paddy-growing areas in eastern, southern, and central India where rice is the
principal staple food, in Punjab, Haryana, and Western Uttar Pradesh, rice is hardly
consumed by the growers. Rice became a commercial cash crop in the newfound granary
giving birth to the recurrent stubble burning menace.
While the country succeeded in achieving the desired objective, there were unintended
consequences of large proportions that have persisted over time. Paddy cultivation is
water-intensive and requires flooding for irrigation. The fertile plains of areas with rayati
settlement system received high investment and heavy subsidies for developing irrigation
infrastructure coupled with heavy exploitation of groundwater. Incentivized progressive
farmers in these areas started producing paddy with assured market intervention by the
State unmindful of their non-rice-consuming habits. Paddy became a commercial crop in
Punjab, Haryana, and Western Uttar Pradesh, and the direct beneficiaries were the big
farmers.
High-yielding paddy developed by scientists and cultivated in these areas is mostly a
dwarf variety, matched well for mechanized harvesting. With hardly any risk of cyclones
and floods in the new-found granary for rice, productivity soared with more sunny days

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