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Pakistan pursues trade ties with Taiwan
Pakistani economic official secretly visits Taiwan Trade Center in Cairo
By Ching-Tse Cheng, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2020/09/04 11:38
Pakistan flag. (Pixabay photo)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Pakistan, one of China's closest strategic allies, is reportedly
pursuing secret trade ties with Taiwan, according to Times of India.
On Wednesday (Sept. 2), Sidrah Haque, trade officer at the Pakistani embassy in Cairo,
posted a picture of her visit to the local Taiwan Trade Center and its director Michael
Yen (葉人誠). She said their meeting was focused on developing Pakistan-Taiwan trade
ties and sharing information about the local business market.
Although Haque expressed excitement about connecting with Taiwanese on trade matters,
she quickly deleted the post, likely due to concerns over Beijing's reaction. However, it is

clear that Pakistan is considering establishing closer economic ties with Taiwan despite
its heavy dependence on China.
With a population estimated at 212 million, Pakistan relies on rice, cotton, linen, and
textiles as its main exports. Its top imports include petroleum products, electrical
machinery, plastics, iron, and steel.
According to Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) data, Pakistan's
imports from Taiwan totaled US$626 million in 2019. In the same year, its exports to
Taiwan were worth US$100 million, reported CNA.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4001665
Chinese president reschedules Pakistan visit due to
COVID-19
China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan (L) ahead of their meeting at the Great
Hall of the People in Beijing on November 2, 2018. (AFP)
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September 04, 202010:43
 Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Yao says both nations working together to finalize a new
date for Xi‘s trip
 Pakistani foreign minister emphasizes need for greater cooperation between Pakistan and
China in agriculture sector
ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing said on Thursday that a planned visit to Pakistan
of Chinese President Xi Jinping had been rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic,
Pakistani media has reported.
While speaking to journalists at a local mall in Rawalpindi, Yao said the governments of China

and Pakistan were working to finalize a new date for Xi‘s visit, which would be announced soon.
He said President Xi would visit Pakistan on the invitation of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The envoy expressed satisfaction over progress in projects under the multibillion-dollar China-
Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) agreement, saying both nations were aware of threats to the
corridor posed by common ‗enemies‘.
―We will not allow the enemies to succeed in their nefarious designs and CPEC projects will
continue despite the challenge of COVID-19 on both sides,‖ Yao was quoted by Pakistani media
as saying.
CPEC has seen Beijing pledge over $60 billion for infrastructure projects in Pakistan, central to
China‘s wider Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to develop land and sea trade routes in Asia and
beyond.
Separately on Thursday, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met Yao and emphasized the
need for greater cooperation between Pakistan and China in the agriculture sector.
There is a greater need to revamp and modernize agriculture sector with China‘s co-operation
and unleash the Second Green Revolution in Pakistan,‖ Qureshi said in a statement.
He said China in recent years had introduced wide-ranging reforms in its agriculture sector that
had contributed significantly to the country‘s GDP growth and strengthened and diversified its
research and development capacity.
―It was imperative that Pakistan benefits from China‘s experiences,‖ the statement said, adding
that Qureshi said ―deeper agriculture cooperation between China and Pakistan will lead to job
creation, enhancing agricultural productivity, poverty alleviation and stimulating economic
recovery in Pakistan in the aftermath of COVID-19.‖
Welcoming the establishment of the Joint Working Group on Agriculture Cooperation under
CPEC, Qureshi said the inclusion of agriculture under the CPEC umbrella would promote
industrialization and modernization of the agriculture economy.
https://www.arabnews.pk/node/1729426/pakistan
Excess White Rice Intake Linked To New Onset Of Type 2
Diabetes
Excess White Rice Intake Linked To New Onset Of Type 2 Diabetes By Hina ZahidPublished
On 4 Sep 2020 10:00 PM | Updated On 5 Sep 2020 1:45 PM Advertisement Chennai: Data
from the large multinational Prospective, Urban Rural Epidemiological Study (PURE study) just
published online in the American Journal Diabetes Care, confirms an association between excess
white rice intake with incident type 2 diabetes. The study was carried out on 132,373 participants
in 21 countries. During the mean follow up of 9.5 years, 6129 individuals without diabetes at
baseline developed incident (new-onset) diabetes. In the overall cohort, higher intake of white
rice, (> 450 gms per day compared to <150 gms per day) was associated with an increased risk

of diabetes, (Hazards Ratio 1.20). However, the highest risk was seen in South Asia, (Hazard
Ratio 1.65) where the rice intake was the highest, followed by other regions of the world, which
included South East Asia, Middle East, South America, North America, Europe and Africa and
China. The association of white rice with incident diabetes was strongly correlated to the amount
of white rice consumed.
In South Asia, where the consumption of rice was 630g/day, the highest risk was seen, followed
by South East Asia where the mean consumption was 239 g/day. In China where the intake was
around 200g/day, there was an association with diabetes, but it was not statistically significant.
Advertisement Commenting on the results, Dr. Bhavadharini Balaji, first author of the paper,
said that, "This is the largest study on white rice intake and incident diabetes ever done. It is also
one of the first to be done across different countries and confirms that white rice intake is one of
the contributors to the diabetes epidemic in South Asia". Dr. V. Mohan, the second author of the
paper, who conceived the study, added, "We have earlier shown in the Chennai Urban Rural
Epidemiological study (CURES study) that there was an association of white rice intake with
prevalent diabetes. Further follow up of the CURES study over 10 years showed that excess
white rice consumption was also associated with new-onset (incident) diabetes in South India,
particularly in Chennai.
However, this study adds to the evidence because it was conducted on much larger sample size,
(n=132,2371 participants) across 21 countries and with a longer period of follow up. What comes
out clearly in the study that it is the amount of white rice consumed which is important. Clearly
in India, the consumption of carbohydrate is too high in Southern and Eastern and North-Eastern
parts of the country it is mainly rice consumption which predominates, while in the North and
West of India, wheat consumption is more. Earlier studies from our group have shown that
refined carbohydrates like white rice have a very high glycemic index which contributes to a
high glycemic load in the diet. This is correlated not only with increased risk of diabetes but also
of metabolic syndrome including high serum triglyceride levels and low HDL cholesterol
concentrations. These characteristics of what is called as the 'Asian Indian phenotype' or the
'South Asian phenotype' could be largely contributed at least partly by excess rice intake.
The solution for this is to reduce the amount of rice consumed or to change to healthier varieties
of rice like brown rice. Also, by including legumes and pulses like Bengal gram, green gram,
black gram, rajma etc, the protein and fiber content in the diet can be increased and the glycemic
load can be reduced. This would help in making the diet healthier. In India, almost 70 – 75% of
the diet consumed consists of carbohydrates in the form of polished white rice or refined wheat.
If this can be brought down to 45-50 % and the protein intake can be increased up to about 20%

by including vegetable protein and if healthy fats like mono unsaturated fats are increased along
with plenty of green leafy vegetables and some fruits, this would make the Indian diet much
healthier and reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes and other non-communicable diseases in
India". The PURE study is coordinated and conducted by the Population Health Research
Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada under the
leadership of the world-renowned Prof. Salim Yusuf. american journal diabetes care type 2
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'Winning at shelf' is less important than
'winning at couch'
By Elizabeth Crawford
04-Sep-2020 - Last updated on 04-Sep-2020 at 13:29 GMT
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Once considered a top priority for a food or beverage brand‟s success, „winning at shelf‟ is now
only “somewhat important” as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic reshapes how consumers plan
and shop for groceries and how manufacturers and retailers engage with them, according to

industry stakeholders.
“I think all of us are trained through the years [that] it’s all about winning at shelf and in the
store,” but “all of that changed overnight” when the pandemic was declared, Harmless Harvest
CEO Ben Mand said during a roundtable discussion with other plant-based brand executives and
investors hosted by the PR agency JConnelly, Inc.
He explained that before the COVID-19 outbreak, new and emerging brands relied heavily on in-
store demos to drive trial, while all brands used shelf tags, in-store merchandising, and in store
promotions to win at shelf.
But now, he said, “there’s no longer field reps in there building big displays. … You no longer
have those promotions going on. You no longer can sample.”
As a result, he said, “winning at shelf, while in the long run that is still somewhat important,
what we felt became far more important is winning at couch.”
He explained winning at couch means connecting with consumers online as they order groceries
for delivery or pick up, or as they draft shopping lists so that if they visit a store they can get in
and out as fast as possible.

“For us, and I think all of us, what we’ve experienced is … [marketing and consumer
engagement] really migrated from the shelf and all the things that you do in-store to: How do we
win at couch? How do we win either the planning of the trip or the actual shopping?” Mand
said.
Earn cart access with instant rebates, „surprise and delight‟ campaigns
One way that the plant-based beverage grand Koia has “hacked” online shopping and planning
is by focusing on rebate apps, like Ibotta, that consumers pre-load or Instacart, said company
CEO Chris Hunter.
Another strategy was a “surprise and delight” campaign that Koia did with the delivery platform
goPuff, in which it gave away one bottle of Koia each to 20,000 orders.
“What that did is put it in their carts as if they had ordered. It made it pop to the top when they
went to reorder. What we noticed is every month since we’ve done that, our sales have doubled.
It is a unique way for us to get to a customer in a unique manner and then also link it closer to
sales, to the point of sale,” Hunter said.
Koia also partnered meal kits, which Hunter said “reemerged during this time.” He explained
that initially the partnerships were a way to sample products but then he realized it was a new
revenue channel and way to connect with consumers at home on a continual basis.
Improve online marketing, offer inspiration & solutions
Ensuring a high-quality digital marketing campaign with richer content media, including
photographs, videos and recipes, is another way that the plant-based comfort food brand Alpha
Foods is winning at couch, according to the company co-founder and CEO Cole Orobetz.
“A lot of digital social messaging and strategy shifted to putting together more interactive social
content, such as cooking with certain chefs and influencers and how to use the Alpha products in
a home setting, versus some of our previous messaging up until this point with a wide array of
grab-and-go items” that focused on “eat-it-quick and run out of the house, which no longer [is
something] people are doing,” he explained.
Mand echoed the value of offering consumers recipes and inspiration “because there’s a
monotony to how we’re living right now, and finding new ways to cook … new routines and stuff
like that is definitely something that people are searching for,” he said.

Rethink pricing and packaging
Products historically purchased as single-serve items or grab-and-go can still find their way to
consumers‘ virtual carts by repackaging them as a multi-pack or multi-serve option, said Jordan
Gaspar, president and managing partner of AF Ventures.
She also advises brands that historically focused on the natural channel or more premium
retailers to rethink their pricing strategies to make their products more accessible to online
consumers across channels.
“It’s an important moment right now, as we think about the macroclimate and sort of
recessionary climate of how do we offer these high-quality products to consumers at a price that
they’re able to afford? Price strategies are top of mind for everybody here because one of the
most important things we all discovered in the past five months is that the conventional channel
is where huge growth came out of,” Gaspar said. “People were buying all of these natural
products at Walmart, Target, Kroger, Publix and Costco. We need to make sure that the pricing
of our products meet the expectations of those consumers so they’ll continue to [buy] those
products from those locations.”
Ultimately, they all agreed that there is still significant desire by consumers to discover and
engage with brands, but it is up to companies to identify new ways to do so in today's unique and
evolving climate.
Cong to move NHRC over inedible foodgrain
Suchandana Gupta | TNN | Sep 4, 2020, 04:57 IST
Bhopal: State Congress on Thursday said it will register a complaint with the National Human
Rights Commission (NHRC) regarding the inedible food grain distribution through public
distribution system (PDS) in tribal areas during the Covid lockdown.
In a joint press conference by AICC media convener Abhay Dubey and state PCC vice-president
Bhupendra Gupta, Congress also demanded a high-level probe to fix responsibility for the
substandard food distribution.
The revelation about the rations, ―suitable only for goats and sheep‖, was made through a letter
from the Union consumer affairs ministry dated August 21.
While ruling BJP claimed that the grains were acquired during the 15-month Kamal Nath

government in the state, Congress said that the substandard rice distributed is not grown in
Madhya Pradesh. Dubey said, ―BJP‘s allegation does not target the erstwhile Congress
government, it humiliates the toil and hard work of farmers of this state. Do farmers of MP give
this kind of rice for acquisition to the government?‖
Dubey also alleged that the grains were exchanged from the warehouses. ―Today or tomorrow, it
will get revealed that a nexus of certain big grain merchants from a neighbouring state, some big
mill owners, senior officials of this state and senior BJP leaders have a nexus. I say with full
responsibility that the grains were exchanged.‖
Congress maintained that genetically if the grains, especially rice is tested, then it would be
revealed that this variety does not grow in MP. ―It is a shameful incident of extreme corruption
when the last man in our society, the poor tribal, is being given inedible rations fit for
consumption of animals,‖ Dubey added.
Gupta argued that the letter from the consumer affairs ministry states that gunny bags in which
the rice was stored were stamped and dated three years ago. ―If the seal on the rice bags are dated
three years ago, how can BJP claim it was procured during Congress rule? The rice must have
been procured by the previous BJP government because three years ago there was no Congress
government in the state,‖ he said.
―The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government should state when this rice was procured,‖ Gupta
added.
Dubey further pointed out that the government procures paddy from farmers and not rice. ―Paddy
is procured from farmers and sent to the mills. If BJP was not involved in this nexus, then it
would have registered an FIR against the culprits by now. But the government hasn‘t done that.
The Congress party demands a probe so that responsibility can be fixed on those involved. A
chain of officials certifies the quality of grains,‖ he said.
Both Gupta and Dubey said that the state Congress will register a complaint with the NHRC
since the incident amounts to gross violation of human rights.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/cong-to-move-nhrc-over-inedible-
foodgrain/articleshow/77920559.cms
Friday Fakeaway: Indian chef shares his signature
dish, Chillies‟ Garlic Butter Chicken
by Brian Stormont
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We all want to create an authentic restaurant or takeaway Indian curry in our own
home. And now you can with this recipe for garlic butter chicken.
Indian food is fantastic and certainly something you can create at home easily enough, but we are
all guilty of sticking to our comfort zone and rarely try to make something different.
Personally if I am cooking Indian at home, I will make a basic curry, a Madras or some tikka.
That is pretty much my entire repertoire.
But now we can all try to cook something a little more extravagant, thanks to a local eaterie
which has provided this week‘s Friday Fakeaway.
Atik Raj from Chillies Indian restaurant in Carnoustie, Angus, has kindly let us in to the secrets
of his cooking by providing this recipe for Chillies‘ Garlic Butter Chicken which I will definitely
be trying myself to at home.
Atik is a specialised tandoori and seafood chef with more than 25 years‘ experience in the
hospitality industry.
He worked in many places in Bangladesh and the UK, including Essex, South London, Kent,
Oxfordshire, St-Andrews and Dundee.
Atik also gained some experience working with many renowned Thai, Indian and other
multicultural chefs.
He said: ―This is one of our best-selling item and chef‘s signature dish. This one is highly
recommended if you are looking for a healthy curry.‖
You can make this delicious garlic butter chicken.
Ingredients
For chicken marinade:
 2 chicken breast (cut into bite size chunks)
 1 tsp Fresh ginger (minced)
 1 clove fresh garlic (minced)
 Salt (to taste)
 1 tsp ground cumin
 1 tsp garam masala
 ½ cup yoghurt
 2 tbsp lemon juice
For sauce:
 25g butter
 1 medium onion (finely chopped)
 3 garlic cloves, peel cloves by crushing them lightly with the flat of a knife

 1 tsp tomato puree
 3 green chillies (thick chopped)
 1 tsp fresh ginger (minced)
 ½ tsp turmeric powder-
 ½ tsp cumin powder
 ½ tsp red chilli powder
 ½ tsp coriander powder
 Salt (to taste)
 2 tbsp cooking oil
 2 Bullet chillies (one sliced into half, another one thick chopped)
 Spring onion (Finely chopped to garnish)
 Coriander (Finely chopped to garnish)
Method
1. Combine the cubed chicken with the lemon juice, garlic, ginger, salt, garam masala,
cumin, paprika, yoghurt and stir until well-coated.
2. Cover and refrigerate for at least one hour, or overnight.
3. Preheat the oven to 500°F (260°C). Line a high-sided baking pan or roasting tray with
parchment paper.
4. Place the marinated chicken pieces on bamboo or wooden skewers, then set them over
the prepared baking tray, making sure there is space underneath the chicken to help
distribute the heat more evenly. Bake for about 15 minutes, until slightly dark brown on
the edges.
Make the sauce:
1. Heat pan add butter and the chopped onions.
2. Fry on high heat for a few minutes until golden brown in colour.
3. Add ginger and garlic and cook on medium heat for 2 mins.
4. Add the tomato puree and green chillies and fry on medium heat for 2 mins.
5. Add the turmeric, chilli powder, coriander powder and cumin powder, mix & fry on
medium heat for few minutes and then added one third of a cup of water and cook the
sauce until oil comes up to the top of the pan.
6. Now add the chicken pieces and fry on a high heat.
7. Add salt, continue to fry on medium heat for another 5 mins.
8. Add chopped bullet chillies, spring onions and coriander.
9. At the end garnish the curry with half sliced bullet chillies.
Chillies restaurant, Links Parade, Carnoustie, is open seven days a week, from 1pm to 10pm for
lunch and dinner. Takeaway and home delivery are available.
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/food-and-drink/2460526/friday-fakeaway-indian-
chef-shares-his-signature-dish-chillies-garlic-butter-chicken/

Turkish Delight: Mediterranean Takeout at Masa
Midtown Every Weekend
Turkish Bagels,
 Masa Midtown
After sitting empty for over a decade, the former Midtown Chophouse space on the corner of
Broadway and Downs Street in Kingston reopened as Turkish eatery Masa Midtown on March 1.
Yep, just in time for the pandemic (collective eye roll).

"Originally, we planned to be a catering venue that would host occasional pop-up events in the
space here, with the intention of opening a few days a week for restaurant-style dining down the
road," says chef/proprietor Ozlem Oguzcan-Cranston. Also known as Chef Oz, she spent the last
seven years prior doing catering and private chefing in the city before relocating upstate full-time
with her husband last year.
They pair purchased the building housing Masa at 666 Broadway in April 2019 and spent almost
a year planning and renovating the space into a 60-seat restaurant. The clean homey space has
exposed ceiling beams, beadboard paneling, elegant tile floors, and long wooden tables. They
had a grand opening celebration, and then...lockdown. "We were like, 'Wow, we opened an event
space and then every event in the world got cancelled within a week,'" she says. "We didn't want
to wait for the pandemic to pass, so within two weeks of everything shutting down, we started
doing takeout."
Over the course of lockdown and the summer, Masa has opened weekends for takeout dinners,
brunch, and pop-up bakery sales. Like its Turkish-born chef, the food at Masa is homestyle
Turkish to the core, and features rustic Mediterranean fare like zucchini herb fritters with lemon
garlic yogurt; raki-steamed mussels with fennel seed, tomato jus, and charred pita; yogurt-
marinated chicken thighs on the bone with basmati rice; and filo spring rolls with spinach, kale,
shallots, and feta cream.
Oguzcan-Cranston was raised on many of the recipes she now serves. "I never got concrete
recipes from my mom," she says. "She would say things like, 'You just have to feel it out.' and
'Taste it." There was a lot of eyeballing. But as I do it more and more I'm getting pretty close."
The breakfast/brunch menu, with pastries like borek, a strained yogurt and granola parfait, and
even a Turkish breakfast salad, offer a refreshing, less common introduction to the Middle
Eastern cuisine. "Some people are still hesitant, but if they try it, they love it," says Oguzcan-
Cranston of the brunch menu. One of the most popular items is the circular, sesame-crusted
simit. "I hate saying it this way, but it's kind of like a Turkish bagel," she says, defending both
her Turkish heritage and her Brooklyn upbringing. "It's not as dense, it's much lighter and
crispier. That's been really exciting to introduce to people. They love it."
Order the simit on its own, or as part of the breakfast box, which comes with two simits; a
classic, cold breakfast salad; a hard-boiled egg; and whipped feta (basically Turkish cream
cheese). "It's such a common street food," Oguzcan-Cranston says. "Typically, people break it
like a piece of bread, and schmear each bite as they go, or just eat it without any kind of topping.
It goes really well with Turkish tea."
Masa is currently open Thursdays and Fridays, 3-8pm, for curbside pick-up of dinner orders as
well as Saturday mornings, 10am-2pm, for brunch takeout. (They're also catering small
events). All ordering is done online via ToastTab. Keep your eyes peeled for the weekly are
dinner specials. This week, the special features mild Poblano peppers and grape leaves stuffed

with the classic blend of ground beef, onions, tomatoes, and fresh parsley, with a side of bulgur
rice pilaf and shepherd's salad for $14.
The restaurant gets its name, "masa" from the Turkish word for table—in other words, a place to
gather and break bread. Although Masa hasn't been able to do much sit-down hosting since its
late winter opening, in August, Oguzcan-Cranston decided to start offering a pop-up pastry sale
in the Masa space on the first Saturday of every month. (That means then next one is tomorrow,
September 5, 11am-3pm!) "It‘s nice for me because the space was intended for people to come in
and gather," she says. And in case you miss brunch, Masa is also at the Kingston Waterfront
farmers' market on Sundays.
"It's been awesome," Oguzcan-Cranston says. "Kind of a learning curve, sort of chaotic,
definitely an adventure. But we‘ve been so welcomed by the community—not just Kingston but
people from Woodstock, Rosendale, and Stone Sidge. Word spread, so it‘s been really good."
Masa Midtown
666 Broadway, Kingston NY 12401
(718) 408-0468
Hours: Thursday and Friday: 3-8pm; Saturday: 10am-2pm
https://www.chronogram.com/hudsonvalley/turkish-delight-mediterranean-takeout-at-masa-
midtown-every-weekend/Content?oid=11301862
FIR against owners of 18 rice mills in Waraseoni region
Date :04-Sep-
2020
Staff Reporter :
Power connections of all these mills to be cut for supplying sub-standard rice n Mills and
godowns sealed
The warehouses and fair price shops of Balaghat district were inspected by Deputy
Commissioner, Government of India, Vishwajeet Haldhar during the period from July 30 to
August 2. During this inspection, sub-standard rice was found in the godowns of Balaghat

district which was not fit to be consumed by humans and was found to be of low grade under the
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. Taking this situation into consideration, a ban has been
imposed on the immediate submission of rice from the concerned millers.
Collector Deepak Arya directed to immediately register an FIR against the owners of 18 rice
mills and nine employees of Warehouse Corporation and Civil Supplies Corporation.
Warehouses have also been sealed. It may be mentioned that Haldhar had taken the samples of
the rice supplied to the government by the rice millers from the warehouses of Balaghat and
Mandla districts after custom milling. Samples were checked, out of which 31 samples were
found to be defective.
The rice quality was so bad that they were not fit to be consumed by animals also. After the
report of sample of rice, a letter issued by the Central Government created a stir in State‘s
politics. After this, on the instructions of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, rice mills
supplying non-standard level rice identified as Gambhir Sancheti, owner of Sancheti Rice Udyog
Waraseoni, Bhojesh Pardhi, owner of Maa Durga Rice Mill, Hulesh Katre, owner of Laxmi Rice
Udyog, Sancheti Sartex, owner Gaurav Sancheti, Anand Kumar Thakre, owner of Shree Kumar‘s
Rice Mill, Gagandas Somani owner of Akash Industries, Rakesh Tolani, owner of Tolani Rice
Mill, Khuman Singh Bisen, owner of Mahalaxmi Rice Mill Khamaria, Balakrishna Bisen, owner
of Siddhivinayak Rice Mill Khamaria, Ravi Shankar Thackeray, owner of Baba Rice Mill
Sanwagi, Hriday Shay Hirvane, owner of Bajrang Rice Mill, Baihar, Rakesh Agrawal, owner of

Ambika Rice Mill, Baihar, Akash Agrawal, owner of Satakshi Rice Mill, Baihar, Sasikala
Agarwal, owner of Chaitanya Prasad Agrawal Rice Mill, Baihar, Mukesh Agrawal, owner of
Shree Laxmi Rice Mill Ukwa, Barkha Rani Nag, owner of V B Rice Mill, CWC Garra, Lal
Chand Dhanwani owner of Maa Durga Rice Industries of CWC Garra and Geeta Traders CWC
Garra, owner Deepak Dhanwani, were booked and instructions were issued to register FIR
against them.
Along with this, instructions have been given to register FIR against R K Soni, District Manager
of Civil Supplies Corporation responsible for passing the sub-standard rice, Quality Inspector
(then) Nagesh Upadhyay, Quality Inspector, Mukesh Kanheria, CWC Garra‘s Quality Inspector
Rakesh Sen, S L Dwivedi, Baihar‘s Quality Inspector Lochan Singh Tembhare, CWC Garra‘s
Branch Manager Vipin Bisen, Shweta Warehouse Nevergaon Branch Manager Uday Singh
Rajput and MPWLC Baihar Branch Manager Jitendra Dongre. Collector Arya directed the
Tehsildars of Waraseoni, Lalbarra, Paraswara and Baihar to immediately file an FIR against the
owners and employees of the mills of their areas and submit a compliance report.
The Superintendent of Police has also been asked to file an FIR against 18 rice millers and nine
employees soon. District Collector Arya has directed the Superintending Engineer of Madhya
Pradesh East Region Power Distribution Company, Balaghat to immediately cut off the
electricity connection of these 18 rice mills responsible for supplying non-standard level and
submit compliance report.
CM hands over probe of supply of sub-standard rice to EOW The issue of distribution of
poor quality rice (not fit for human consumption and meant for cattle fodder) through fair price
shops in Balaghat and Mandla districts has heated up and also gained political hues as Congress
is making blistering attack on the Government. As BJP Government coming under fire of harsh
criticism from all corners, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced in a high-level
meeting that Economic Offences Wing (EOW) will investigate the case. In the meantime, former
Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh has demanded CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan that case pertaining
to distribution of cattle grade rice to poor people should be handed over to the CBI for
investigation. Stating that he will personally complain regarding the matter to President of India
and Prime Minister.
He asserted that image of State got stained at national-level over the issue. He said that
Government tried to do away with the issue by suspending one officer and sacking two
contractual employees. He asserted that he had raised the issue five days back but Government
paid no attention. Taking potshots on State Government, he alleged that good quality rice was
sold in market and recycled rice from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, meant for cattle, was purchased at
cheap rates and supplied through fair price shops. Trying to pass the heat on Congress, Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told that previous Government (headed by Kamal Nath) did not
take any action in the case pertaining to receiving of sub-standard rice from Balaghat millers and
distribution of it from public distribution system in February this year.

FIR Against owers of 18 rice mills in Waraseoni region
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Photo | PTI)
By Express News Service
Apprehending high level nexus in the matter, he said that action will be taken against guilty after
investigation. After inspection of godowns in Balaghat and Mandla, supply of rice has been
stopped from godowns. In the meeting, CM Chouhan directed for comprehensive probe into the
matter and said that cereal quality will be ensured across the State.
Published: 04th September 2020 12:28 AM | Last Updated: 04th September 2020 12:28
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has asked the state's
Economic Offence Wing (EOW) to probe a matter pertaining to the supply of sub-standard
quality rice under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in Mandla and Balaghat.
Instructions about EOW's probe into the matter was issued by the CM at a high-level meeting on
Thursday wherein Chouhan blamed former CM Kamal Nath's government for taking no action
on the issue.
The sub-standard quality rice, which is not fit for human consumption, was procured from the
millers in Balaghat under the public distribution system in February this year.
After inspection, it was found that over 3,136 metric tonnes rice in Balaghat and 1,658 metric
tonnes of rice in Mandla, were that of sub-standard quality and subsequently, the supply and
transport of this rice was discontinued, which will now be replaced by rice of the standard
quality.
Corruption will not be tolerated at any level, Chouhan said, adding that cases related to quality of
food grains and ration scam should be investigated thoroughly, including those in the past and
instructed officials to take strict measures.
A total of 51 joint teams have been formed and 284 of 1000 samples of stored rice have been
tested so far.
As per information received from the local offices of the Food Corporation of India, 72 samples
are fit for distribution, while 57 samples do not meet the standards.
Remaining samples of rice from other districts of the state will also be completed this week.
The warehouses and mills of the millers, who had supplied the low-quality rice are also being
searched. FIR has been registered against the related millers.
Meanwhile, according to reports from Balaghat district, the District Collector Deepak Arya has
issued orders to lodge FIRs against 18 rice mills owners and nine officers and employees of
Warehouse Corporation and State Civil Supplies Corporation, including the district manager of
the Civil Supplies Corporation, who have been prima facie found guilty in the matter.
The Balaghat district collector has also asked for electricity connections of the respective rice
mills to be discontinued.

The union ministry has also requested Madhya Pradesh government to withhold rice stock
available in the depots for further investigation and re-categorisation and also intimated to the
state about ―grave lapses by the district officers, officials and authorities.‖
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/sep/04/mp-sub-standard-rice-supply-row-cm-
shivraj-singh-chouhan-hands-over-probe-to-eow-2192137.html.
New USA Rice Marketing Tool Delivers Strong
Sustainability Message
By Eszter Somogyi
LONDON, UK -- USA Rice has developed a new infographic-based tool to help exporters,
overseas importers, and end-users communicate the impressive U.S. rice sustainability story,
differentiating itself from other rice origins. That story is not just a look at the past, but also the
current situation, and it's also a look at the industry's future sustainability goals to show where
environmental metrics are headed.
Sustainability is an increasingly important factor for food companies and
consumers. Throughout the supply chain, businesses are being asked where food originates and
what conditions it was produced under to ensure consumers feel morally comfortable buying
their products.
"Sustainability is not a static idea, it's an ever-changing target with goal posts constantly being
moved, but our industry has a history of adapting to the expectations of both consumers and the
market," said Jennifer James, an Arkansas farmer and chair of the USA Rice Sustainability
Committee. "That's why it was important to develop and include our goals for 2030 to show our
dedication to continuous improvement. We have always been ahead of the curve compared to
other commodities and we're investing significantly to document that and ensure we stay ahead."
Originally, just the premium or top-tier market sector was concerned with environmental
responsibility, but that trend is shifting into middle and low-tier market segments, too. This shift
in consumer demand is not just happening in the United States, but in major markets like
Canada, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore, among others. It has become clear that, for
international markets, sustainability commitments are more of an expectation than a bonus.
"Consumers buying premium products want to know more than whether something is organic

versus conventionally raised," said Riceland Food's Terry Harris, who is chair of the USA Rice
International Promotion Committee. "They want assurance that the product was raised
responsibly, both environmentally and socially. They want to know if forced or child labor was
used, were there regulations on the chemicals applied, and was it grown by family farmers versus
corporations. All of these things are just a given in the United States, but not everywhere else."
The infographic is a comprehensive look at the U.S. rice industry's high standards for
sustainability, and provides a turn-key brochure for USA Rice members to glean whatever
information is most useful for their marketing.
USA Rice is working to translate the tool into several languages to increase its functionality and
deliver the message to consumers around the world: this is how we grow.
Missouri Virtual Field Day Sessions Available Online
By Emily Woodall
PORTAGEVILLE, MO -- Last Friday, the University of
Missouri's College of Agriculture hosted their ann
ual Fisher Delta Research Center Field Day that typically attracts more than 500 attendees and
kicks-off with an appreciation breakfast and presentations by local, state, and national elected
officials followed by field tours and concluding with lunch. This year, however, the Center
opted for a virtual field day rather than their usual in-person meeting.
The Fisher Delta Research Center website states: "Every year, at the Fisher Delta Research
Center Appreciation Breakfast that precedes the annual Field Day, speakers come from across
the state to support the center and talk about the state's number one economic driver -
agriculture. This year, all invited speakers were instead welcomed to share virtual well wishes
for the center and the producers, natural resources managers, and landowners of southeast
Missouri."
The research presentation portion of this year's virtual field day included topics such as furrow
irrigated rice bed widths, nitrogen management for furrow irrigated rice, grass control in tank
mixtures, and reliability of plant sensors, as well as other topics regarding cotton, soybean, and
hemp production.
Go here to view the recorded presentations.
Typical Fisher Delta Center
Field Day crowd

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As of the end of August, conditions are generally
favourable for maize, rice, and soybeans while mixed for
wheat. In the northern hemisphere, winter wheat harvesting
is wrapping up under mixed conditions while spring wheat
harvest is beginning under favourable conditions. In the
southern hemisphere, winter wheat conditions are mixed
due to dry and cool conditions. For maize, conditions are
generally favourable except for some areas of concern main
due to dry conditions.
Rice conditions are generally favourable except for some
areas in China, Indonesia, and Japan. Soybean conditions
are generally favourable except for some areas in the US
and Ukraine.
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A year after border closure: Stakeholders speak on
rice production
SEPTEMBER 4, 20202:13 AMIN AGRIC
Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare By Jimoh Babatunde When President
Muhammadu Buhari ordered the partial closure of the land borders in August last year due to
massive smuggling activities, especially rice, many saw it as a fulfilment of one of his campaign
promises to increase local production of rice. Today, one year down the lane, major stakeholders
in agriculture have divergent views on the impact of the continued closure of the borders on the
country‘s economy. Speaking on the effects on the economy, a rice farmer, Bunmi Ade, said the
border closure helped push Nigeria‘s rice production to 9.2 million tonnes last year and that the
outlook would have been better this year if not for the Coronavirus pandemic. ALSO READ:
Only agro-revolution can save us, not Oil — Ayade Dr (Mrs) Nike Olagunju, a rice processor, in
an interview with journalists recently, said the statistics of rice farmers in Nigeria in recent times
had shown that the closure ―is a decision taken in the right direction. ―Suffice to say that it‘s an
indication that the growth of our economy is in our hands.‖ She said Nigerians are getting used
to eating locally-produced rice, and farmers are now confident that there is a steady market
waiting for their produce unhindered and they could go all the length in production of paddy rice.
―The COVID-19 pandemic has also taught us a great lesson that we can look inwards and better
our economy without foreign interventions, even now that the whole world is in a great crisis;
economic and food-wise. ―The border closure on rice importation has also favoured employment

of labour in the various rice production chain, invariably enhancing the GDP of our nation,‖ she
argued. Local rice farmers are getting better by the day and closing the quality gap between
imported and Nigerian rice. Also, the President, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Mr.
Ibrahim Kabir, explained that when the border closure happened, Nigeria did not know there
would be a pandemic, but luckily, the border closure prevented food items from going out of the
country informally as they used to, especially in Katsina. Kabir added that as time goes on, the
borders will have to be reopened ―because we have signed the African Continental Free Trade
Agreement, AFCTA, but the misbehaviour of our neighbours indicated they were not there for
us. ―They were working with some unscrupulous Nigerians to smuggle in what we have
comparative advantages in. We were forced to close the borders.‖
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/09/a-year-after-border-closure-stakeholders-speak-on-rice-
production/
Kharif sowing touches new record at 1,095.38 lakh hectare:
Govt
New Delhi, Sep 4 (PTI) Sowing of kharif (summer) crops touched a new record at 1,095.38 lakh
hectare so far in the current season on the back of good rains and timely pre-positioning of crop
inputs, according to the agriculture ministry.
Sowing of rice still continues while sowing of pulses, coarse cereals, millets and oilseeds is
almost over. The final sowing figures for the current kharif season will be closed on October 2, it
said.
The previous record was achieved in 2016 when farmers had sown kharif crops in a total area of
1,075.71 lakh hectare.
Kharif sowing begins with the onset of southwest monsoon from June and harvesting from
October onwards.
According to the ministry''s data, kharif crops have been sown in a record area of 1,095.38 lakh
hectare so far this season, as against 1,030.32 lakh hectare in the year-ago.
Good rains and the timely prepositioning of inputs like seeds, pesticides, fertilisers, machinery
and credit has made it possible for large coverage even during pandemic lockdown conditions, it
said.
"There is no impact of COVID-19 on progress of area coverage under kharif crops as on date,"
the ministry added.
As per the data, total area sown to rice has increased by 8.27 per cent to 396.18 lakh hectare so
far in the current kharif season from 365.92 lakh hectare in the year-ago.
Area under pulses has increased by 4.67 per cent to 136.79 lakh hectare as against 130.68 lakh
hectare, while that of area sown to coarse cereals increased by 1.77 per cent to 179.36 lakh
hectare area as against 176.25 lakh hectare in the year-ago.

Similarly, area under oilseeds increased sharply by 12 per cent to 194.75 lakh hectare so far in
the current kharif season as against 174.00 lakh hectare in the year-ago.
Among cash crops, sugarcane area rose 1.30 per cent to 52.38 lakh hectare from 51.71 lakh
hectare, while that of cotton acreage rose 3.24 per cent to 128.95 lakh hectare from 124.90 lakh
hectare in the said period.
There has been a 9 per cent increase in the overall rainfall in the country so far. PTI LUX ANS
ANS
https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kharif-sowing-touches-new-record-at-109538-lakh-
hectare-govt/1929336
Rice Prices
as on : 04-09-2020 01:38:07 PM
Arrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market.
Arrivals Price
Current %
change
Season
cumulative
Modal Prev.
Modal
Prev.Yr
%change
Rice
Sultanpur(UP) 200.00 -20 8837.00 2350 2300 -13.76
Gondal(UP) 115.50 10 9825.50 2400 2400 -3.23
Dadri(UP) 100.00 17.65 3005.00 5950 5950 -
Barhaj(UP) 90.00 -18.18 11985.00 2520 2570 4.13
Kalipur(WB) 84.00 16.67 3823.00 2400 2400 2.13
Mandya(Kar) 74.00 -71.76 8099.00 2500 2400 -
Kopaganj(UP) 62.00 NC 2120.00 2550 2575 3.87
Choubepur(UP) 45.00 16.88 2778.95 2400 2450 -10.11
Aligarh(UP) 40.00 14.29 5007.00 2550 2540 NC
Raibareilly(UP) 39.50 618.18 1798.00 2300 2300 -2.13

Jhargram(WB) 37.00 2.78 1052.00 2900 3000 NC
Lalitpur(UP) 36.00 -5.26 1931.50 2475 2460 -5.89
Mainpuri(UP) 36.00 2.86 4463.50 2500 2650 -3.47
Allahabad(UP) 35.00 NC 2902.50 2550 2500 NC
Bharwari(UP) 35.00 -12.5 310.50 1700 1700 -
Saharanpur(UP) 34.00 36 3179.50 2820 2800 -1.40
Lakhimpur(UP) 30.00 -14.29 3333.00 2440 2430 1.67
Beldanga(WB) 30.00 NC 1835.00 2700 2700 3.85
Firozabad(UP) 28.50 14 2094.60 2600 2590 -
Muradabad(UP) 28.00 -6.67 2180.00 2610 2600 1.95
Madhoganj(UP) 27.00 28.57 3904.00 2430 2425 5.19
Balrampur(UP) 26.00 4 1355.00 2400 2400 4.35
Sahiyapur(UP) 21.50 7.5 2855.50 2530 2530 3.48
Vilaspur(UP) 21.00 NC 1957.20 2585 2580 2.99
Paliakala(UP) 20.00 NC 941.00 2420 2400 4.09
Champadanga(WB) 18.00 28.57 892.00 3250 3250 10.17
Sirsaganj(UP) 16.00 -3.03 1381.50 2610 2600 -1.88
Rasda(UP) 16.00 6.67 714.50 2550 2560 1059.09
Medinipur(West)(WB) 16.00 -11.11 241.00 2900 2900 1.75
Gazipur(UP) 15.50 3.33 2321.50 3260 3260 0.93
Islampur(WB) 15.00 NC 799.80 3400 3400 -5.56

Raiganj(WB) 15.00 NC 700.50 3300 3300 -5.71
Unnao(UP) 14.00 211.11 335.50 2450 2450 -7.55
Soharatgarh(UP) 13.50 -15.62 1774.70 2520 2510 3.28
Sindhanur(Kar) 13.00 - 13.00 2800 - -
Farukhabad(UP) 13.00 4 1383.50 2450 2460 -7.55
Utraula(UP) 12.50 -34.21 799.70 2400 2420 -
Mawana(UP) 11.00 57.14 464.20 2800 2850 -
Vishalpur(UP) 10.00 -37.5 548.20 2650 2550 0.57
Indus(Bankura Sadar)(WB) 10.00 -16.67 1279.00 2800 2800 1.82
Badayoun(UP) 8.00 100 1195.50 2600 2620 1.56
Etah(UP) 8.00 33.33 557.00 2600 2610 1.56
Mahoba(UP) 7.80 -13.33 509.60 2430 2460 7.28
Mohamadabad(UP) 6.80 13.33 963.10 2450 2470 -
Fatehpur(UP) 6.50 16.07 2433.10 2510 2500 5.46
Devariya(UP) 6.50 8.33 1189.50 2535 2530 3.47
Amroha(UP) 5.50 22.22 142.50 2590 2570 -0.38
Kasganj(UP) 5.00 25 571.50 2610 2620 1.95
Mirzapur(UP) 5.00 25 358.50 2665 2675 10.12
Kayamganj(UP) 5.00 -28.57 2149.00 2470 2480 -6.79
Nadia(WB) 5.00 66.67 303.00 3200 3350 -15.79
Lucknow(UP) 4.30 19.44 5013.20 2410 2400 -13.93

Jhijhank(UP) 4.00 -20 515.50 2500 2475 -
Jahangirabad(UP) 3.50 -12.5 344.50 2640 2640 2.52
Chitwadagaon(UP) 3.50 -22.22 508.30 2620 2640 24.76
Kalyani(WB) 3.50 NC 113.00 3400 3400 NC
Fatehpur Sikri(UP) 3.40 6.25 182.70 2590 2585 -0.96
Chhibramau(Kannuj)(UP) 3.40 3.03 667.70 2460 2450 -7.52
Buland Shahr(UP) 2.50 108.33 166.60 2665 2650 0.57
Chandoli(UP) 2.20 10 112.60 2590 2580 11.16
Khurja(UP) 2.20 83.33 217.00 2666 2650 -0.34
Charra(UP) 1.70 -5.56 145.70 2560 2560 0.79
Jhansi(UP) 1.60 -20 171.00 2505 2490 5.47
Melaghar(Tri) 1.50 87.5 81.70 2800 2800 3.70
Lalganj(UP) 1.50 50 293.00 2300 2300 31.43
Pilibhit(UP) 1.50 -94.64 46986.00 2585 2605 -1.71
Muskara(UP) 1.50 NC 100.50 2400 2360 0.84
Wazirganj(UP) 1.50 -25 56.00 2590 2590 -
Alibagh(Mah) 1.00 NC 111.00 2200 2200 NC
Murud(Mah) 1.00 NC 109.00 2200 2200 NC
Anandnagar(UP) 1.00 -28.57 237.90 2515 2510 4.79
Bangarmau(UP) 0.80 -77.14 223.00 2450 2450 3.16
Atrauli(UP) 0.60 NC 17.10 2555 2560

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No impact of coronavirus on kharif season: Summer crops
sowing touches record high
By: FE Online |
September 4, 2020 5:54 PM
While the year has not fared well for the economy, India can at least find some respite in its
agricultural sector with the sowing of kharif or the summer crops touching a new record in the
season.
Kharif acreage has been 1,095.38 lakh hectare so far thanks to good rains and timely pre-
positioning of crop inputs.
While the year has not fared well for the economy, India can at least find some respite in its
agricultural sector with the sowing of kharif or the summer crops touching a new record in the
season. Kharif acreage has been 1,095.38 lakh hectare so far thanks to good rains and timely pre-

positioning of crop inputs, the agriculture ministry said in a statement today. The sowing of
pulses, coarse cereals, millets and oilseeds is almost over while on the other hand, rice continues
to be sown. The final sowing figures for the current kharif season will be closed on 2nd October.
A year ago, farmers had sown a total area of 1,030.32 lakh hectare.
Before this year‘s record high, the previous max mark was achieved in 2016 when farmers had
sown kharif crops in a total area of 1,075.71 lakh hectare. Monsoon rains play a pivotal role in
kharif acreage which begins with the onset of southwest monsoon from June and harvesting is
done from October onwards. Other than good rains, timely prepositioning of inputs like seeds,
pesticides, fertilisers, machinery and credit has made it possible for large coverage even while
the country continued to face the headwinds of coronavirus, the ministry said. ―There is no
impact of COVID-19 on progress of area coverage under kharif crops as on date‖.
IRCTC special trains: Good news for Indian Railways passengers! More special trains
being planned - The Financial ExpressAs all the passenger train services are still suspended
due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the selected 230 special trains are still being operated
across the Indian Railways network.Financial Express
https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/no-impact-of-coronavirus-on-kharif-season-
summer-crops-sowing-touches-record-high/2075054/
Record 0.18m tonnes Aush rice produced in Rangpur
Published: September 04, 2020 16:12:12 | Updated: September 04, 2020 19:38:58
File photo (Collected)
Braving the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and damages caused by recent
floods, farmers produced an all-time record 0.18 million tonnes of clean Aush rice
(0.27 million tonnes of paddy) this season in Rangpur agriculture region.
Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has said farmers
achieved the fixed production target of 0.18 million tonnes of Aush rice despite
damage of the crop on 4,597.68 hectares of land caused by floods this year in the
region, reports BSS.
―The farmers achieved the record Aush rice output following various government
programmes despite huge losses caused by recent floods,‖ Additional Director of
the DAE for Rangpur region Agriculturist Muhammad Ali said on Thursday.
The programmes included distribution of special intensives in terms of Aush rice
seed and fertilisers among farmers for expanding cultivation of Aush rice and
providing training, technical support and conducting motivational campaigns.

―Earlier, the DAE had fixed a target of cultivating Aush rice on 59,675 heaters of
land to produce over 0.18 million tonnes of clean rice (0.27 million tonnes of
paddy) for the region this season,‖ Ali said.
However, the farmers had brought 63,690 hectares of land under Aush rice
cultivation in the region, higher by 4,150 hectares or 6.73 per cent than the fixed
farming target for the season.
Of them, farmers had cultivated the hybrid varieties of Aush rice on 12,638 hectares
of land, high yielding varieties on 50,902 hectares and local varieties of Aush rice
on 350 hectares of land.
However, recent floods damaged standing Aush rice crop on 4,597.68 hectares of
land in the flood-affected areas of Rangpur, Nilphamari, Kurigram, Gaibandha and
Lalmonirhat districts of the region.
After completing harvest on the rest of 59,092.30 hectares of land by Wednesday,
farmers finally produced over 0.18 million tonnes of Aush rice with the yield rate of
3.10 tonnes per hectare and achieved the fixed production target.
―If the standing Aush rice crop on 4,597.68 hectares of and were not damaged by
floods, the total production of the crop might be over 0.19 million tones in terms of
clean rice (0.29 million tonnes of paddy) this time,‖ Ali said.

In the last year of 2019, farmers produced 0.14 million of clean Aush rice and 0.12
million tonnes of clean Aush rice in the previous year of 2018 in Rangpur
agriculture region.
Farmers said they are happy getting bumper Aush rice output and excellent market
price between Tk 800 and 900 per mound of paddy (every 40 kilogram) of the crop.
Farmers Echhahaq Alim Ayub Hossain, Akram Hossain and Ariful Haque of
different villages in Rangpur said they cultivated Aush rice successfully, completed
its harvest and got excellent yield with lucrative market price this year.
Agriculturist Dr Md Abdul Mazid, who got the Independence Award 2018 Medal in
food security category, said that Aush rice farming is increasing following various
effective steps taken by the present government in the last 12 years.
He said cultivation of short duration Aush rice should be increased further using
unused seasonal rainwater during May, June and July as an additional crop on the
lands that remain fallow during the off season.
―After harvesting Aush rice by mid-August, farmers are easily cultivating Aman
rice on the same land to further increase rice production for attaining sustainable
national food security amid changing climate,‖ Dr Mazid added.
https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/record-018m-tonnes-aush-rice-produced-in-rangpur-
1599214332
RPT-ASIA RICE-Thai rates ease on baht slide, low
supply lifts Vietnam rates
Arundhati Sarkar
 SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 / 6:34 AM

(Repeats story published on Sep 3 with no changes to text)
* Demand for Thai rice still flat
* India prices unchanged after 3-week long rally
* Weak demand likely to cap Vietnamese rates - traders
* Bangladesh decision on imports pending- official
By Arundhati Sarkar
Sept 3 (Reuters) - Rice export prices in Thailand eased this week, snapping a three-week-long
rally as the baht slid following the exit of the country‘s finance minister, while rates for the
Vietnamese grain rose on waning supply.
Prices of second-biggest exporter Thailand‘s 5% broken rice RI-THBKN5-P1 slipped to $500-
$513 per tonne on Thursday from $500-$520 last week.
The baht was hit by the sudden resignation of recently appointed finance minister, Predee
Daochai, on Tuesday, raising uncertainty in an economy already reeling from the coronavirus.

―The day the finance minister resigned, the rice price suddenly dropped by 0.20 baht, so it did
have a psychological effect on rice trade,‖ a Bangkok-based trader said.
Fresh supplies also contributed to the lower prices.
But another trader said the volume of Thailand‘s off-season crop harvested this month has been
underwhelming.
Rates for Vietnam‘s 5% broken rice RI-VNBKN5-P1 rose to $490 a tonne on Thursday from
$480-$490 last week on thin supplies, but traders said weak demand should prevent a further rise
in coming weeks.
Supplies aren‘t likely to build until the autumn-winter harvest starting November, a Ho Chi Minh
City-based trader said.
Preliminary government data showed Vietnam‘s rice shipments in the first eight months likely
fell 1.7% to 4.5 million tonnes from last year.
Top exporter India‘s 5% broken parboiled rice rates RI-INBKN5-P1 were unchanged at $384-
$390 per tonne.
―Exporters haven‘t made any changes in prices, but they have to raise prices if rupee rises
further,‖ said an exporter based at Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
The rupee has appreciated about 3% over the past two weeks.
Neighbouring Bangladesh continued to grapple with floods, which have destroyed rice crop
worth $4.29 billion and led to a fresh price rise.
―The decision on importing rice is pending. There‘s no shortage at the moment,‖ said Sarwar
Mahmud, head of the Directorate General of Food. (Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um in
Bangkok, Khanh Vu in Hanoi, Rajendra Jadhav in Mumbai and Ruma Paul in Dhaka; editing by
Arpan Varghese and Ramakrishnan M.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/asia-rice/rpt-asia-rice-thai-rates-ease-on-baht-slide-low-supply-
lifts-vietnam-rates-idINL4N2G02XS
Farmers expect more profitable fall-winter crop
SGGP-Friday, September 04, 2020 16:31
While farmers in the Mekong Delta are eager to harvest the bumper summer-fall crops
because of high price and demand of rice, the forecast of low flood level made them more
exciting to grow the fall-winter crop.
Farmers expect more profitable fall-winter crop (Photo: SGGP)
According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in An Giang Province to the
west, farmers have harvested approximately 227,000-ha summer-fall crop with average
productivity of over 5.7 tons per hectare till early September.
Moreover, dealers were offering to buy IR rice at VND5,800 -VND6,100 per kilogram at paddy
fields. Traders agreed to buy Taiwanese rice, Jasmine rice and Japanese rice at VND6,100 -
VND6,300 per kilogram, VND6,300 per kilogram and VND7,500 a kilogram respectively.

Farmers
can earn a net profit from VND20 million to VND25 million a hectare at this price. Farmers
were so exciting that they turned over the soil to begin the next crop.
Director of the Department of agriculture and Rural Development in An Giang Nguyen Si Lam
said farmers have sown seeds on 106,000 hectares and the work keeps continuing as the province
will grow the fall-winter crop on 161,500 hectares.
Meantime, farmers in Kien Giang have harvested half of the summer-fall crop or 141,000
hectares. Forecasters have told that this year flood is not serious like previous years, agriculture
sector in Kien Giang decided to expand the land for fall-winter crop to 83,000 hectares.
In Dong Thap Province at the heart of the Mekong Delta, farmers have enjoyed bumper crop
with productivity of 800,000 tons. Farmer Nguyen Van Tuyen in Vinh Thanh Commune said
thanks to good embankment system, fall-winter crop will be safer.
Moreover, forecasters announced this year flood will not be as high as before, farmers decided to
expand rice farming area.
The Department of crop Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
said local agriculture sector decision to grow the fall-winter crop on 800,000-ha land is
reasonable to make up the shortage in the fall-winter crop before due to drought and salinity.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that consumption of rice is prospective
to increase because of rise in exports.
https://sggpnews.org.vn/business/farmers-expect-more-profitable-fallwinter-crop-88314.html
Rice from Vietnam arrives in Iligan, CdeO ports
By
RICHEL V. UMEL

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 4:12 PM
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 04 September) – Rice imported from Vietnam arrived at the ports
in Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro City, Medardo Sosobrado Jr., acting manager of the
Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) in Iligan said.
Two cargo vessels unloaded a total of 344,000 bags in Iligan while another ship brought
thousands of bags more to Cagayan de Oro, Sosobrado said.
Rice from Vietnam arrives at the port in Iligan on Thursday, 3 September 2020. MindaNews
photo by RICHEL V. UMEL
MV New Xala arrived in Iligan on Aug. 29 bringing 164,000 bags of rice equivalent to 4,118
metric tons while MV Troung Lou docked on Sept. 3 with 180,000 bags or 4,519 metric tons of
the same cargo, he said.
The official added that thousands of bags of rice were also unloaded in Cagayan de Oro.
He said the bulk of rice supply from Vietnam was received by Soda Enterprises in Iligan and will
be allocated to different rice traders in Mindanao.
Sosobrado said the PPA is strictly imposing the standard health protocols as the city is under a
modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).

As of Sept. 3, the Emergency Operations Center Health Cluster managed by Dra. Belinda Lim
said the city had a total of 377 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 142 recoveries and 221 active
cases.
Of the active cases, 145 were placed in an isolation facility, 42 were confined in a hospital and
34 were on home quarantine.
Iligan Vice Mayor Jemar Vera Cruz and City Councilor Petronilo Pardillo had confirmed that
they have been infected with the virus.
Vera Cruz said‖ the city council has designated Councilor Ryan Ong as acting vice mayor.
He said Ong is bonded and allowed to sign checks on his behalf.
Vera Cruz was placed on home quarantine while Pardillo was confined in a private hospital.
Despite Iligan‘s MECQ status the two malls in the city were still allowed to open from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. but with a limit on the number of people who may enter. Mall goers were required to wear
face masks and face shields. (Richel V. Umel/MindaNews)
https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2020/09/rice-from-vietnam-arrives-in-iligan-cdeo-ports/

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