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Rice can help treat cholera better: Study

Long dry spell expected to dampen rice production
Distressed cotton and rice growers
Iran, Sindh govt to enhance bilateral trade
SP okays half-rice ordinance
Rice exports: Is Vietnam subsidizing foreign
consumers?
Farming nearly mechanised
Boosting exports: Paris gets taste of traditional
Pakistani rice
ICCI for focusing on China to improve trade,
exports
Exhibition held in Paris to promote rice export
Mamnoon hails EUs role for strengthening
democracy in Pakistan
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Rice can help treat cholera
better: Study
By FPJ Bureau | Dec 08, 2014 12:12 am
London : Replacing glucose with rice

powder in the oral rehydration therapy for
cholera can reduce toxicity by almost 75 per
cent, a new study has found, reports PTI.The
main treatment for cholera involves oral
rehydration therapy where the patient drinks
water
mixed
with
salts
and
glucose.Although proven to be enormously
effective, there are concerns that the glucose
content might actually worsen the disease,
researchers said.
Scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique
Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland have
shown that glucose increases the toxicity of
the cholera bacterium, whereas replacing
glucose with starch can reduce its toxicity
by almost 75 per cent.The usual treatment
for cholera involves feeding the patient
water mixed with electrolyte salts and
glucose. The idea is to replace the patients
lost fluids and essential salts, while the
glucose acts as a source of carbon and helps
the intestine to absorb the salts more
efficiently.The patient continues the therapy
until the infection has ran its course. Up to
half of cholera patients would die without
treatment, but oral rehydration therapy has
been shown to lower the deaths to around 1

per cent, Medicalxpress reported.
However, there are concerns that using
glucose in the rehydration mixture can
actually exacerbate the disease.The problem
is that the infecting bacterium also consumes
glucose, and that increases the expression of
its genes that make it toxic.Melanie
Blokesch and Andrea Rinaldo at EPFL
correlated data from a recent cholera
outbreak in Haiti with the effectiveness of
oral rehydration therapy. Blokeschs lab
grew the cholera bacterium with different
sugars (eg glucose, sucrose) and starch from
potatoes and rice to see how each would
affect the cholera toxin genes.Scientists
found that both the activity of the genes, as
well as the production of the cholera toxin
itself were increased when the bacterium
was fed with glucose, but they were
considerably decreased when it was fed with
starch from rice.The research was published
in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical
Diseases.
- See more at: http://freepressjournal.in/rice-can-help-treatcholera-better-study/#sthash.sVXLWyJE.dpuf
Long dry spell expected to

dampen rice production
Ronnel W. Domingo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
2:36 AM | Monday, December 8th, 2014
MANILA, PhilippinesThe probability that

the El Nio weather disturbance will occur
in the near future has climbed back up to 70
percent, but a strong event is not expected,
according to a United Nations agency.In its
latest market monitoring report, the
Agriculture Market Information System

(AMIS) said the global rice supply situation
would remain generally favorable,
although the rice production forecast for
2014 still indicated a decline from that of
2013.The AMIS, which is administered by
the Food and Agriculture Organization,
attributes the expected declineby 2
million tons to 496 million tonsto
contracting output in India, Indonesia, Sri
Lanka and Thailand.
Last month, expectations of a long, dry spell
that could dampen food production were
pegged at a 50-percent chance.Citing
information from the Australian Bureau of
Meteorology (BOM) and the International
Research Institute for Climate and Society
(IRI), the AMIS noted that atmospheric and
sea surface conditions pointed to a 70percent probability that the El Nio could
last until January.The criteria for an actual
El Nio, however, have not been met
because the conditions have not been in
place long enough, and certain atmospheric
features have not yet appeared, the AMIS
said.
A strong event is not expected, in any
case.Still, the agency noted that the IRI
forecast indicated an increased chance of
below-average precipitation in Southeast
Asia.Rice farmers in the Philippines are
currently in the latter stage of harvest. But
food security authorities have raised their
concerns over the possible effects of
Typhoon
Ruby
on
agricultural
production.According
to
Agriculture
Secretary Proceso J. Alcala, some 12,000
bags of seeds are now ready for distribution,
and the department has started to make
preparations for what has been described to
be the strongest typhoon to hit the country
this year.We advise farmers, whose crops
are ready, to harvest quickly before Ruby
arrives, Alcala said on Friday. We want to
minimize the effect of this typhoon.
A total of 691,692 hectares planted to

palay, and 303,542 hectares planted to corn
are ready for harvest, he said.In the Eastern
Visayas alone, Alcala added, a total of 3,800
bags of certified seeds and 8,300 bags of
hybrid seedsall from the Philippine Rice
Research Institutehave been made ready
for quick replanting.Overall, the Department
of Agriculture has prepared a buffer stock of
seeds totaling 78,479 bags for rice, and
17,554 for corn. It has also issued directives
for the relocation of livestock and other farm
animals
from
high-risk
areas.
source
with
thanks: http://business.inquirer.net/183153/l
ong-dry-spell-expected-to-dampen-riceproduction#ixzz3LJObfs6O
Distressed cotton and rice

growers
Ahmad Fraz Khan
The monthly report of the International

Cotton Advisory Committee has pointed
out a 6pc loss in cotton consumption
because of persistent energy crisis in
Pakistan, while persistent low cotton
prices are forcing farmers to shift to other
competing crops with better returns.
Coupled with this cotton crisis is the

problematic rice surplus, particularly of
basmati, and the agri business picture
worsens for everyone from farmers to

traders to industry.What makes the situation
even more frustrating is the governments
failure to tackle the long-standing,
underlying and aggravating problems of
cotton growers. Instead, when the cotton
rates fell much below the cost of production,
the government, asked the Trading
Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to lift 1m
bales off the market and help stabilise the
falling prices.The procurement is currently
stuck at 390,000 bales and markets rates
have not improved. The TCP has stopped
receiving samples for procurement.
For the rice crisis, the government
announced a compensation plan for the
basmati farmers, modalities of which were
to be decided later on. Its revenue
department has no data about who sows
basmati and who does not. Without such
precise data, how would it dole out
compensation cash or kind? No one
really knows; at least in Punjab, where
basmati is sown. Thus, neither the nature of
subsidy is decided yet nor the list of
recipients has yet been finalised.
What makes the situation more frustrating

is the governments failure to tackle the
long standing, underlying and aggravating
problems of cotton growers
One needs to imagine that had the electricity

problem not dented consumption by 6pc, the
total increase could have been close to 10pc
and disposal of cotton much quicker and
consistent, improving domestic rates.The
ministry of commerce still hopes that the
consumption would increase by 2pc to hit a
figure of 2.3m bales.Similarly, had the
government institutions planned better for
rice and arrested the declining trend, it
would not have needed to come up with any

subsidy plan.The cotton price for farmers
has been a persistent problem, which the
government had ignored for long. The
farmers responded by decreasing acreage
under the crop.
For the last few years, the area under crop
has dropped by almost 1m acres. With the
power crisis deepening each year, the
industry is unable, or unwilling, to buy crop
produced even from that reduced area. It is
the industrys crisis, which has now
attracted official attention, not the farmers
plight. Though both are interlinked, the
government prefers industry.Even now, the
government is concentrating on one-off
solutions; subsidy for basmati farmers and
inducting TCP for cotton growers. Instead, it
should focus on business cycles.The textile
industry needs power at affordable rates.
There is no way the government cannot
provide it, even during these crises. With the
entire industry needing around 3,000MW
out of total demand of 24,000MW and
some solution has to be found with better
management.
For basmati, the government has the option
of concentrating on the Gulf, Middle Eastern
and neighbouring states, where basmati rice
is in huge demand. The European Union
pays premier price for it. The only thing
both these commodities need is better
domestic planning on sustained and
efficient level.
Published in Dawn, Economic & Business,
December 8th , 2014
Iran, Sindh govt to enhance

bilateral trade
Staff Report
December 07, 2014
KARA
CHI:
Iran
and
the
Sindh
govern
ment agreed to enhance bilateral investment
and trade volume and bring chambers of
commerce and industry of Karachi and
Tehran closer.Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah
talking to Ambassador of Islamic Republic
of Iran, Rasool Islami, said Sindh was
growing comparatively good quality of rice
and it could enhance its volume of export to
Iran in exchange of importing energy to
meet the provinces requirements.The chief
minister said that Sindh has good potential
of investment especially in energy sector
and invited Iranian investors to avail
opportunities for which the provincial
government would provide land and other
facilities to them.
He said that Sindh has wind corridors from
40 to 45 kilometres where Iran-Pak Wind
Power Limited was already working to
establish 50 megawatts wind power project
but the government was eager to allot more
land to other Iranian investors for more
investments in wind energy sector. We
should further cooperate to bring progress in
economic and social sectors in the interest of
people of the both sides, he said.Iranian
Ambassador Rasool Islami said he and
people of his country considered people of
Pakistan and especially Sindh as their
brothers.
He said due to similarities in religion,

culture and literature, people of Iran like
Allama Iqbal while the people of
Pakistan/Sindh like poets/writers of Iran. He
said Iranian companies were more inclined
to invest in Sindh, whereas Iranian traders
were interested to import Pakistani rice,
wheat and meat.He said that the Iranian
government would encourage their investors
to do business with Pakistan. The
ambassador said that trade volume between
the two countries would be enhanced and
hoped by virtue of their and good relations
they could achieve a lot
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/sindh/07-Dec2014/iran-sindh-govt-to-enhance-bilateral-trade
SP okays half-rice
ordinance
An ordinance ordering food chains, restaurants,
hotels, pension houses, inns, canteens,
steakhouses, eateries, carinderias and all other
food businesses in Bacolod City to serve only
half orders of rice, was passed by the Bacolod
Sangguniang Panlungsod on third and final
reading Wednesday.The ordinance authored by
Councilor El Cid Familiaran said that globally,
the prices of rice continue to surge, which, in
effect creates shortage. Foreign news reports
state that, among the countries hit by rice
shortage are Bangladesh and China.The
ordinance said analysts have concluded that the
causes of shortages and high prices of rice vary
from country to country and include natural
disasters or adverse weather patterns; high cost
of fuel that adds to transport costs, hoarding and
smuggling and indiscriminate conversion of
agricultural lands.
Due to its limited lands for rice production, the
Philippines relies on rice imports from other
Asian countries, particularly, Vietnam, Thailand

and Japan. In 2008, it was reported that the
country had 4.2 million hectares of land devoted
to rice production, however only 1.4 million
hectares of which are irrigated, it said.Among
the doable and proactive measures is to prevent
cooked rice wastage that is prevalent in the
different restaurants and food businesses in the
city.The International Rice Research Institute
reported that the country wastes at least P23
million worth of rice per day or P8 billion worth
of rice a year, it added.
The ordinance provides penalties to
establishment owners who refuse to serve half
order of cooked rice ranging from P1,000 for the
first violation, P2,000 for the second violation
and P3,000 for the third offense, and P4,000
following each successive offenses.*CGS
total rice exports of Vietnam in 2013. Rice

exports are subsidised in the input stage so
the more Vietnam exports rice, the more it
subsidizes foreign users, Thanh said.
He explained that when townspeople pay

taxes, the taxes are used to directly support
farmers through the construction of road and
irrigation works. This expense is not
included in the sale price of rice so when
rice is sold to townsmen, it is no problem
because it should be seen as the townsmen
subsidizing the rice price. However, when
rice is exported, that expense cannot be
regained when Vietnam is competing with
low prices.The findings also indicate that
rice production in Vietnam remains at
medium quality and low price.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2014/December/05/businessnews2.htm
Rice exports: Is Vietnam

subsidizing foreign
consumers?
VietNamNet Bridge Reviewing the
effectiveness of rice exports and solutions to
improve the position and role of farmers is
the subject in the recent research "Structure
of the rice industry and the interests of small
producers" by the Agricultural Alliance.
Export more rice?
Dr. Nguyen Duc Thanh - Director of the

Center for Economic and Policy Research
and a member of the research team said
that Vietnams policy to export more rice
may not be a wise strategy.According to
Thanh, state food companies still dominate
the export market as Vinafood corporations
1 and 2 accounted for more than 40% of
For the same rice variety, Thailand usually

sells it at the highest price and Vietnam at
the lowest price. For example, in July 2012,
Thailand exported rice at $592 per ton
compared
to
$415
per
ton
for
Vietnam.Therefore, Thanh recommended
that Vietnams agriculture in general and
rice industry in particular should focus on
the domestic market instead of foreign ones.
Then Vietnam will move the labor force
from agriculture to industry because if
farmers are stuck with land and agriculture,
they will hardly be able to improve their
living standards.
Lessons from Thailand

The market structure characteristics of
Vietnam rice is described as a chain with
various stages of production, starting from
farmers who sell paddy in the fields to
traders. Traders purchase the paddy and then
sell it to the millers and then rice exporters.
Farmers who have no storage and lack of
capital have to sell rice to traders at low
prices and often take the highest risk.To deal
with this situation, Dao The Anh, deputy
director of the Institute for Food Plants, said
that the role of cooperatives and farmers'
organizations is very important.
Dr. Nguyen Van Giap of the Institute for
Rural Strategy and Policy, said in Thailand
the milling systems were invested in the
1940s and they still work very well today, so
the competitiveness of Thai rice is better
than Vietnam. Thailand's rice production
chain has only three stages: production,
millers and exporters.Dr. Vo Tri Thanh,
Deputy Director of the Institute for
Economic
Management,
said:
"To
implement an agricultural revolution,
Vietnam must have a scale advantage, a
value
chain
and
capital-technology
absorbing organizations, and finally, these
organizations must serve the rights of
farmers. The idea on institutional reform of
agriculture was mentioned in a speech
delivered by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan
Dung in early 2014."
VND7,200 per kg while that with 25-percent

broken grains, VND6,850 to VND6,950 per
kg.
This year, the country expects to export 6.5
to 7 million tonnes of rice, worth about $3
billion, revealed the VFA.Traditional export
markets for Vietnamese rice include
Singapore, mainland China, Hong Kong and
Cote d'Ivoire, as well as Algeria and
Indonesia.The association also predicted that
2015 will be a tough year for Vietnam's rice
exporters in the face of fierce competition
from their Thai rivals because Thailand has
concentrated on recovering traditional rice
markets in Africa and expanding its markets
in Asia, especially the Philippines, Indonesia
and China.
Lan Anh
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rice,
Farming nearly mechanised

Farmers bag more crops; come new jobs, go
old ones
Sohel Parvez
Rice exports hit over 6 million tonnes in

11 months
Vietnam earned nearly 3 billion USD from
exporting more than 6 million tonnes of rice
in the first 11 months of 2014, according to
the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).The
association reported that at present, the
prices of dried unhusked rice in the Mekong
Delta region range from VND5,450 to
VND5,750 per kg.Rice with five-percent
broken grains is sold at VND7,100-
FAREWELL TO TRADITIONAL FARMING.

Machines are fast replacing labour-intensive
agricultural tools. In the recently shot pictures,
a farmer is using a power tiller to plough his
land in Keraniganj near Dhaka. Photo: Anisur
Rahman

Gone are the days when farmers had to put
in backbreaking labour and depend fully on
animals to prepare land and thresh harvested
crops. Farmers now thresh more than 90
percent of their grain crops by machines and
till nearly 90 percent of cultivable land by
power tillers and tractors -- a transition that
took place over the last two and a half
decades.This has enabled growers to
produce more crops in a year and bag more
produce with lower production cost,
according to experts at agro-research
institutions and Bangladesh Agricultural
University (BAU).
Aware of the benefits of mechanised
farming, more and more farmers are now
using machines for harvesting, seeding and
planting."It has become a big boon for our
farming. Using power tillers, we can prepare
land quicker than we do by using animals.
Use of machines has reduced our time for
tilling and given us scope to grow more
crops," said ASM Sisnabi Mandal of
Dinajpur district, a major crop zone in the
northwest.The 40-year-old farmer grew only
two rice crops -- Aman and Boro-- in a year
on his 10-acre farmland when he had to
depend on bulls or buffaloes for land
preparation. Now by using power tiller, he
gets one additional crop every year.
A group of labourers, carrying a handheld

plough and a ladder are looking for work in
Narsingdi. Photo: Anisur Rahman
"Now I grow potato or mustard after

harvesting Aman rice. It is possible because
less time is required for land preparation by
using machines," he said.Sisnabi is one of
the tens of thousands of farmers in the
country who are reaping the advantage of
using modern tools in farming.
No official estimate on agricultural
mechanisation is available. But various
publications and studies show that use of
machines
have
grown
since
the
90s."Mechanised farm practices expanded
fast mostly for private initiatives augmented
by policy support from the government,"
said Monjurul Alam, professor of Farm
Power and Machinery at the BAU.Power
tillers and tractors were used to prepare
nearly 70 percent of land four to five years
ago; their use accelerated in the last five to
six years, he said.Faced with labour scarcity
and spiralling wages, farmers switched to
farm machinery, thanks to the emergence of
rental services for tilling, irrigation and
other farm operations."Farm wages rose

rapidly in the past decade and a half due to a
shift of labour to non-farm sectors. As a
result,
farmers
have
switched
to
mechanisation," said Economist Mahabub
Hossain, former director general of
Bangladesh Institute of Development
Studies.
Use of mechanised instruments in farming

helping farmers lower production cost as a
machine in many cases can do the job of a
hundred men. The photo on top shows farmers
using a transplanter to plant rice seedlings onto
a paddy field. File Photo
"If the current trend continues, there will be

a huge progress in the next five to seven
years in areas lagging behind in terms of
mechanisation," said Monjurul, who
conducted a study on value chain in agrimachinery in Bangladesh.
IMPACT OF MECHANISATION
Mechanisation of land preparation has
contributed to timely cultivation and thus
increased cropping intensity (the number of
crops grown on a piece of land in a year; one
crop a year means intensity 100 percent),
reduced yield losses and wastage.
Nearly 20,000 power tillers and tractors are

added every year for farming purposes,
according to a 2012 International
Development
Enterprise
estimate,
commissioned by the International Maize
and Wheat Improvement Centre.
Supported by the government's scheme of

subsidised sale of farm machinery in the
As a result, total production of food,

supported by an increased use of improved
seeds, fertiliser use and commercial farming,
has risen, according to analysts.Increasing
demand for agricultural machinery has also
recent years and private sector's increased

marketing and sales drives, modern tools
like power tillers, rice reapers, combined
harvesters and transplanting machines are
now easily available to help end the
centuries-old drudgery.
created thousands of jobs, facilitated

development of the rural non-farm sector
and spurred growth of farm machinery and
spare parts industries.It has also boosted
establishment of workshops for repair and
maintenance services.

A reaper mounted on a tractor is harvesting
rice. File Photo
Besides being imported, threshers, maize

shellers, spare parts of power tillers, diesel
engines and centrifugal pumps are also made
locally. The annual market for farm
machinery and spare parts stands at around
Tk 10,000 crore and it is growing, according
to stakeholders.Mahabub said a positive
effect of mechanised farming is a reduction
in the turnaround time to grow crops. "It has
a positive impact on cropping intensity."
Cropping intensity rose to 191 percent in
2012-13, up from 168 percent in 1988-89
when farm machinery imports were
liberalised
and
the
standardisation
requirement was withdrawn for shortage of
draught animals after the 1988 floods.Total
food grain production rose to 3.55 crore
tonnes in 2013-14 fiscal year, from 1.66
crore tonnes in FY 1988-89, according to
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
Monjurul said mechanisation was the main
factor behind increased cropping intensity in
the last one decade and spiral in overall food
production.The cost of production has also
come down, said Mahabub.Farmer Sisnabi

said use of power tillers has reduced tilling
cost of half acre to Tk 1,000 from Tk 1,400
needed if animals are used.Referring to a
study, ATM Ziauddin, professor of Farm
Power and Machinery at the BAU, in an
article said that farmers make extra gains by
using power tillers for land preparation.
They gain Tk 3,003 more per hectare by
using power tillers instead of animals in
Boro season and Tk 1,019 in Aman season.
Farmers separating the grain from rice plants

using a threshing machine. File Photo
Use of machines has also cut down the cost

of threshing.
Sisnabi said it would cost him Tk 1,200 for
manually threshing rice output of half acre
of land. Now he can do this by spending half
the amount."Crop wastage has also
decreased in mechanised threshing. We
could not collect all grains from plant
through manual threshing. Now, we get
almost the whole," he said.Shoeb Hassan,
chief scientific officer of farm power
division of Bangladesh Agricultural
Research Institute, said delayed plantation
causes yield losses, but mechanised tilling
has facilitated timeliness of operations.He
said more than 90 percent of grain crops are
now threshed by using machines.
Traditional means of threshing causes over
10 percent loss of crops, while
mechanisation has brought down threshing

losses to 5 percent, he added."Mechanisation
is the only option for timely crop
production. To increase production and
cropping intensity, it has become essential to
mechanise certain farm operations,"
according to a recent publication by
Bangladesh
Rice
Research
Institute.However, progress in mechanised
harvesting remains slow in the absence of
harvesters suitable to fragmented pieces of
land.
"Smaller harvesting machines are needed.
Efforts should be made to see whether it is
possible to introduce the smaller ones," said
economist Mahabub.Farmer Sisnabi said
machines have relieved them of many
hassles and tension and enabled them to do
farm-related jobs timely. They now do not
have to wait for labourers.He said he is not
familiar with harvesters as the technology is
yet to expand in his locality. "Power tillers
have become suitable for us. If any other
machine is found convenient for us and do
not affect our land and environment, we will
adopt that as well."
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Boosting exports: Paris gets

taste of traditional Pakistani
rice
By APP
Published: December 6, 2014
Rice export from Pakistan to France was

worth $31.72 million during JanuarySeptember 2014. STOCK IMAGE
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistans embassy in Paris organised a

rice exhibition in its premises on
Thursday in an effort to promote the
countrys rice in the European nation.
The show was also aimed at facilitating

meetings between Pakistani exporters and
French importers for promoting rice export.
Rice export from Pakistan to France was
worth $31.72 million during JanuarySeptember 2014, most of which was
consumed by the ethnic market.
It was expected that the exhibition would
help increase rice export, said a message
received from Paris on Friday.A number of
French importers were invited to participate
and meet Pakistani exporters, who were
invited to Paris especially for the event.The
embassy coordinated their meetings in order
to have detailed discussions on business
proposals.Services of a top French chef
Alian Stril were acquired to serve Basmati
rice. He prepared three different French
dishes while traditional Pakistani dishes like
Biryani, Zarda and Kheer made by Pakistani
cooks were also presented.
Published in The
December 6th, 2014.
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http://tribune.com.pk/story/802530/boostingexports-paris-gets-taste-of-traditional-pakistanirice/
Besides, Pakistan has comparative advantage of
ICCI for focusing on

China to improve trade,
exports
minerals, chemical, textiles and leather products.
oil seeds, fruits, base metals, plastic goods and

perfumery and stressed that government should
accelerate efforts to facilitate entrepreneurs in
promoting trade with China.Shakeel Munir said
the global economic power was shifting towards
Asia led by China and it was the right time for
ISLAMABAD (APP): ICCI on Friday called for
Pakistan to reorient its economic strategies to
developing strategic partnerships with China to
enhance cooperation with China, which would
improve trade and exports of Pakistan. The
yield beneficial outcomes for its economy.
govt should reprioritize its traditional approach

of looking towards Western countries, Acting
President, ICCI M.Shakeel Munir said in a
statement here Friday. He said We should be
more focused towards China as it offered
immense opportunities of promoting Pakistans
commercial and economic interests. He said
that bilateral trade between India and China had
surpassed US$ 65b during 2013 while Pakistans
trade with China was hovering around $ 10-12
billion despite the fact that there was huge
potential to improve it,according to press release
issued by ICCI.
He said both countries had signed a Free Trade
Agreement in November 2006 in addition to
finalizing almost 358 Joint Agreements, MoUs,
He said Pakistan should encourage and facilitate

its private sector in establishing joint ventures
with Chinese counterparts in energy, textile,
agro farming, food processing, pharmaceutical,
engineering goods and other areas of potential
cooperation.He said China could also help
Pakistan in developing and modernizing its
SMEs
sector.He
said
that
in
evolving
international Political dynamics,Chinas rise as a

major global power, it was important for
Pakistan to reassess and review the strengths and
challenges of its relationship with China in order
to move forward in a positive manner.
Exhibition held in Paris

to promote rice export
Joint Declarations and arrangements covering

almost every sector of economy, but necessary
ISLAMABAD (APP): Pakistan embassy in Paris
measures could not be taken to fully materialize
has organized a rice exhibition at its premises on
these mechanisms due to which the two-way
Thursday and facilitated meetings between
trade was still far below the desired level.He
Pakistani exporters and French importers for
said Pakistan enjoyed huge export potential to
promoting the rice export to the French market.

The import of rice from Pakistan to France was
worth $ 31.72 million during January-September
2014, most of which was consumed by ethnic
market. It is expected that the exhibition will
help increase the rice export, said a message
received from Paris on Friday.
A number of French importers were invited to
participate and meet some Pakistani rice
exporters who were invited to Paris especially
strengthening
for this event. The embassy coordinated their
institutions in Pakistan.The president
meetings to have detailed discussion over their
talking to Member of the European Parliament
business proposals.The services of a top French
and
chef Alian STRIL was acquired to serve the
Development Committee, Nirj Deva, who called
Basmati made French dishes on the occasion. He
on him here at Awan-e-Sadr.
prepared three different French dishes made of

Basmati rice while traditional Pakistani rice
dishes like Biryani, Zarda and Kheer made by
Pakistani cooks were also presented. The guests
took keen interest in the exhibition and were
impressed by the quality, aroma and taste of
rice.Different varieties of Basmati and other rice
were also put on display.A signer presented
classical and folk songs to entertain the
participants.
http://nation.com.pk/business/06-Dec2014/newsbrief
Mamnoon hails EUs role

for strengthening
democracy in Pakistan
December 06, 2014
Vice
democracy
President
and
of
democratic
was
Parliamentary
He said that Pakistan valued its relations with

the European Union and wanted to further
strengthen it.He said the five-year engagement
plan between Pakistan and European Union in
2012 had provided new avenues of cooperation
in various fields.He said that Pakistan wanted
good
relations
international
with
its
community
neighbours
and
had
and
special
importance in its foreign policy with its relations

with Afghanistan, India, China and Iran.The
president said that Pakistan started a new phase
of its relations with Afghanistan and wanted
serious, durable and result-oriented talks with
India on all issues including Kashmir.
The President told Nirj Deva that Pakistan
supported the UN Security Council efforts for
resolution of the Palestine issue.He said that
Pakistan had started military operation Zarb-e-
ISLAMABAD - President Mamnoon Hussain on
Azb for elimination of terrorists in FATA, which
Friday hailed the role of European Union for
was going on successfully, adding that the

government
was
taking
all
steps
for
He was happy to note that a new era of Pak-
rehabilitation of the Internally Displaced People
Afghan relations had started.The president said
(IDPs).
since Pakistan and Iran were facing the common

challenge of terrorism, the two countries will
The president said the member countries of the

European Union were playing important role in
investment field and the UK, Germany, Italy and
Holland were the greatest source of foreign
direct investment (FDI) in Pakistan.He said the
trade volume between Pakistan and the EU was
$11 billion, which needed further boost. He said
the inclusion of Pakistan in GSP plus would be
proved significant for managing economic
difficulties
and
creating
have to make joint efforts to tackle this

menace.President Mamnoon said that ongoing
operation against the militants and extremists in
tribal areas would soon meet its logical end and
ensure peace in the region.He said regional
peace would help Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran
to work for betterment of the region.President
Mamnoon said Pakistan was determined to
complete the project of gas pipeline with Iran.
job
opportunities.Meanwhile, President Mamnoon
He stressed cooperation with Iran in different
Hussain while talking to Speaker of Iranian
fields including trade and defence and added that
Parliament Dr Ali Larijani, who called on him
Iran could benefit from the Pakistani defence
here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr said Pakistan wanted
equipment.Speaker of Iranian Parliament Dr Ali
to have good relations with every country of the
Larijani emphasized the need for prudence to
world, but the ties with neighbouring countries
deal
and the Muslim world formed the basis of its
countries.He said that Iran wants to increase
foreign policy.
trade volume with Pakistan and expressed
with
the
problems
in
the
Muslim
interest in the import of rice from Pakistan. The

The President said Pakistan desired peace at
borders with all the neighbouring countries and
also wanted to resolve all issues with India
through
meaningful
and
constructive
Iranian Speaker lauded Pakistans efforts and

vigilance to protect its geographical borders and
hoped that Pakistan would soon overcome all its
issues.
dialogue.He said the resolution of Kashmir

dispute in accordance with the UN resolutions
He said any unwanted third party should not be
will not only promote peace in the region but
allowed
also
the
President Mamnoon and the Iranian Speaker
region.Referring to his recent meetings with the
called for opening the branches of their banks on
Afghan
reciprocal basis and added that it would enhance
help
boost
leadership,
development
the
in
President
said
to
bilateral
interfere
in
this
relations.Speaker
regard.
particularly his meeting with Afghan President
their
National
Ashraf Ghani remained very productive.
Assembly Ayaz Sadiq and higher officials of the

Aiwan-e-Sadr were present.

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