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Advocate Zaheer Minhas
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Dr.Hasina Gul
News Detail...
Hamlik
Dr.Hidayat Ullah
Assistant Professor, University of
Swabi
Dr.Abdul Basir
Assistant Professor, University of
Zahid Mehmood
PSO,NIFA Peshawar
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"We are not aware of actual water shortage in Rabi as availability and demand figures have not
been firmed up so far. However, we foresee 15-20 percent shortage in Rabi to be shared by the
provinces as per their share," said an official. This year Pakistan received 15 percent more water
in Indus River due to heavier rainfall. The entire shortage will be distributed between Punjab and
Sindh as both Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KP) and Balochistan are exempted from shortage. The
water regulator in its meeting held on August 20, 2016 decided that instead of indented supply,
provinces should be given water as per share in accordance with para two of the Irsa Act. Sindh,
however, argued that it should be given water in accordance with 1991 Accord instead of para
two which implies the maximum share that the canals can absorb.
Water sector experts argue that the water shortage in Rabi could be reduced partially or
completely in case western winds enter Pakistan on time in the months of December and
January. Water shortage has been recorded at zero percent last year. "Pakistan is facing climate
changes due to which substantial water variations exist in the country. Water availability was
satisfactory at the initial stage of Kharif season but at a later stage it declined. Seasonal
fluctuations which are the result of climate changes will always continue to disturb Pakistan," the
official added.
Presently Tarbela and Mangla reservoirs are at elevations of 1,515.48 feet and 1,216.60 feet
respectively. The two reservoirs are 34.52 feet and 25.40 feet below their respective maximum
conservation levels of 1,550 feet and 1,242 respectively. According to hydrology experts,
Pakistan has to fill Mangla and Tarbela by August 20 each year because after this date flows
drop drastically.
Chairman Irsa recently informed the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Water and
Power that according to data from 1992, Sindh got six percent less water than its share and
Punjab nine percent less than its share; KP, with a smaller share, got more than its share as the
shortage was not shared with the province and Balochistan provided more water than its share as
the province gets water from Sindh canals and, on average, Balochistan suffers 40 percent losses.
Sindh is expected to request the Advisory Council to continue releasing water to downstream
Kotri.
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FAYETTEVILLE Heavy rains in August have cost Arkansas farmers more than $46 million
according to preliminary estimates, with rice taking the hardest hit, said Brad Watkins,
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture economist.Watkins said that figure may
be as high as $50 million once the fall harvests are finished and the extent of the damage is
known.
The preliminary report, drafted by Watkins and Eric Wailes, Distinguished Professor of
agricultural economics, is based on crop and harvest reports by Division of Agriculture crop
specialists.
Watkins presented the report to a meeting of the Arkansas General Assemblys Joint Committee
of Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development held last week at the Division of
Agricultures Livestock and Forestry Research Station near Batesville.Watkins said the losses
resulted from heavy rains around the third week of August. Many crops were at or near harvest
stage when the rains and flooding occurred.
Seven counties Randolph, Greene, Lawrence, Craighead, Independence, Jackson and White
along the Black, Cache and White rivers were the hardest hit, Watkins said. Those rivers
collected rainfall from watershed tributaries and sent it into low areas, submerging many
northeast Arkansas fields.
Sustained submergence of fields accompanied by sustained cloudy conditions destroyed many
fields and severely damaged crop output and quality from others.
Many rice, soybean, corn and grain sorghum grains were damaged by sprouting in the field, and
soybean pods split open. The result was that significant percentages of harvested crops were
rated poor or very poor when they arrived at market.
-- Rice was hardest hit, with estimated yield loss of more than 4.1 million bushels amounting to
more than $18.6 million in lost value. Of harvested grain, 16 percent is rated poor and 12 percent
rated very poor.
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-- Soybeans have an estimated yield loss of nearly 1.1 million bushels, amounting to nearly $10.8
million in lost value. Ten percent of harvested soybeans were rated poor and 9 percent very poor.
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As the flash floods had damaged some crop in parts of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts, the division's
target of yield remained a little behind, farmers said. The total cultivated area includes 47,415 hectares in
Sylhet, 43,597 hectares in Moulvibazar and 39,930 hectares in Habiganj district while 6687 hectares were
cultivated in Sunamganj district.
Of the total 0.13 million hectares were under the different high yielding varieties and the local varieties
were cultivated on 3,493 hectares, the official added, on the other hand, hybrid varieties of Aus were
cultivated on 100 hectares in Moulvibazar district only.
Under the targeted programme, 0.33 million tonnes of rice is expected to be produced in the division
against the last year's 0.34 million tonnes.
On the other hand, 25,700 selected farmers in 234 unions in 28 upazilas of Sylhet, Moulvibazar and
Habiganj districts were covered under incentive programme. They were supplied with HYV seeds and
fertilisers and other expenses for farming worth totaling Tk 34.5 million in incentives.
Moreover, 2700 farmers were supplied with Nerika variety seeds and 40 kgs of ferilisers for one bigha
land each free of cost. The Nerika paddy farming incentive programme had cost another Tk 5.2 million.
Bumper production of T-Aman on way in Nilphamari
Meanwhile, Our Nilphamari Correspondent adds: A bumper production of Transplanted Aman (T-Aman)
paddy is expected this season in the district.
Now a deep green colour is being visible in the Aman croplands in all the six upazilas of the district. The
farmers are now weeding and sprinkling urea fertiliser on their lands to ensure expected output.
Abu Alam, a farmer of Gomnati union parishad of Domar Upazila, said he cultivated T-Aman on two
acres of land, apprehending the plants had to overcome drought-like situation. But now the plants are
growing excellently. He said late rain in the last two weeks helped the plants grow beautifully.
A DAE official said there is no obstacle for T-Aman plants to become more strong and healthy. He said
incidence of pest attack in the cropland is very negligible. In only very few cases the farmers used
pesticides and some others adopted Parching Method to kill the pests.
DAE sources 0.10 million hectares of land has been fixed to cultivate Aman this year with the production
target of 0.29 million tonnes. Upshi variety is cultivated on 0.10 million hectares of land while local
variety on 1712 hectares.
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Up
to
1.39
million tonnes of
coffee, valued at
$2.48
billion,
was shipped to
overseas markets
from January to
September.
cafe.orgH NI
The countrys
exports
are
estimated
to
reach
US$128
billion in the first
nine months of
this year, up 6.7
per cent year-onyear, according
to the latest statistics from the General Statistics Office (GSO).Of which, the domestic sector
contributed $37 billion, up 5 per cent, and the foreign-invested sector (including crude oil) made
up $91.1 billion, up 7.4 per cent. However, in September alone, exports plunged 6.8 per cent to
an estimated $15 billion compared to August due to a turnover reduction in several key export
items such as telephones and components (down 17.4 per cent to $506 million), footwear (down
18.2 per cent to $200 million) and garments (down 7.1 per cent to $175 million.)
From January to September, the country spent $125.4 billion on imports, surging 1.3 per cent
over same period of last year, with the foreign-invested sector making up $74 billion and the
domestic sector accounting for $51.4 billion.
A slight increase seen in both sectors imports in nine months proved that local production was
well on track to recover, the GSO said.
In the period, Vit Nam enjoyed a trade surplus of $2.7 billion. Unsurprisingly, the foreigninvested sector obtained a trade surplus of $17.1 billion while the domestic sector suffered a
trade deficit of $14.4 billion.
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Rapid progress
The US National Centre for Environmental Prediction indicated that withdrawal would witness some
rapid progress to cover adjoining West India (Gujarat and west Madhya Pradesh), but only briefly.
This is because of the possibility of a fresh low-pressure area over East India triggering another round of
rains in East and Central India and adjoining Peninsular India.
After September 30 (Friday), some of these rains could march into east Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh
and Gujarat, delaying the withdrawal process yet again.
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts shows a wave of rainfall moving across
Central India during the week ending October 6.
The subsequent week (ending October 14) too shows a wet spell the heaviest getting concentrated over
west Madhya Pradesh, south Gujarat, and adjoining Konkan & Goa.
The rain deficit for the country as a whole until Wednesday is 3 per cent, and it remains to be seen to
what extent the residual rains can improve situation over two days.
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Meanwhile, during the 24 hours ending on Wednesday morning, the South-West monsoon was vigorous
over Chhattisgarh and active over Telangana and Vidarbha. Heavy rain was reported from east Uttar
Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand during this period.
The causative cyclonic circulation persisted, promising more rain. The IMD forecast for the weekend said
that the footprint of an emerging wet spell over East India would start growing in size before covering
Central and West India.
(This article was published on September 28, 2016)
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Futures:
ROUGH RICE
High Low
Last Change
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1043.5 -2.5
Jul '17
1061.5 -3.0
Sep '17
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Nov '17
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Rice Comment
Rice prices ended the day higher, but well off the days highs after November failed to find buying
interest above $10. 73% of the crop has been harvested nation-wide, and in Arkansas 84% of the crop is
in the bins. November continues to have support at the low of $9.35, with resistance at $10.20
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In Celebration of Whole Grains Month and National Rice Month, check out these easy-toprepare recipes from MyPlate. (Click to view a larger version)
Did you know September is Whole Grains Month and National Rice Month? To help you fit
whole grains into your menu this week, MyPlate is sharing five, easy-to-prepare recipes with
brown rice as the star ingredient.
Almost all Americans are not eating enough whole grains. At least half of your grains should be
whole grains. Whole grains provide more vitamins and minerals than refined grains because they
are made from the entire grain seed. Eating more whole grains is easy to do! Try these recipes
featuring brown rice five different ways to add more whole grains to your recipe repertoire:
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The herbicide in RiceTecs new ACCase herbicide-resistant rice system may not be as
forgiving as the Clearfield technology, according to a rice weed scientist.But it will take out
grasses that have become resistant to other classes of herbicide chemistry. RiceTecs Mason
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By Sandeep Sahu
Scams may come and scams may go, but there is one scam that goes on
forever in Odisha: the scam in paddy procurement. It has got to a stage
where irregularities (read pilferage) of huge sums of money running into
hundreds of crores by the well-entrenched miller-supply official-politician
nexus every single year have stopped raising eyebrows. One just has to
witness the lukewarm response to the revelation in the report of the
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) laid in the state Assembly on
Monday about massive bungling in the procurement of paddy in the 201314 and 2014-15 fiscal to realize it. It is as if everyone the government,
the millers, the people and even the media has come to accept it as a fact of life about which
nothing can be done.
Ironically, the CAG report came just a day after Food Supplies minister Sanjay Dasburma went
through the charade of holding a consultation with farmers from all 30 districts where
suggestions were invited from them on how to streamline the procurement process in the coming
kharif season beginning in November next. A new procurement policy taking these suggestions
into consideration would get the cabinet nod soon, Dasburma told the farmers at the meeting
assuring them that mandis will be opened and farmers paid their dues in time.
A few nuggets of information from the CAG report would bring out the extent of the scam in all
its damning details. The state lost out on central subsidy worth Rs 581 crore between 2010 and
2015 because of its failure to settle the accounts in time. Failure to open mandis in time forced
farmers to sell their produce for Rs 700-800 instead of the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs
1310 in the procurement year 2013-14. Millers in five districts Bargarh, Jharsuguda,
Sambalpur, Sunargarh and Kalahandi procured 9.48 lakh tonnes of paddy instead of the 5.75
lakh tones they were entitled to excess procurement of 3.73 lakh tones worth about Rs 496
crore. At the other end of the supply chain, millers failed to supply 61, 561 tonnes of rice they
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28 September 2016
From the section Asia
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The military had seized power in 2014 after months of
political unrest, saying it wanted to restore stability
Thailand's military government has allowed a "culture of torture" to flourish since assuming
power, says a new report by rights group Amnesty International.
The report lists 74 alleged cases of torture and other ill-treatment, including methods such as
beatings and waterboarding, by soldiers and police.
The military seized power in 2014 after months of political unrest, saying it wanted to restore
stability.
It has denied allegations of torture.
"Our investigations into such allegations have shown no indication of torture, I have seen no
indication of torture and the Thai people have seen no indication of torture," Gen Sansern
Kaewkamnerd, a spokesman for the prime minister's office, told Reuters.
Amnesty was due to hold a press conference in Bangkok on Wednesday to release the report.
But it was cancelled at the last minute after officials warned that speakers could face arrest under
labour laws.
"We are not singling out the Thai government," Amnesty's Asia media manager Omar Waraich
told Reuters.
"We are here on business visas, we have an office in Thailand."
'No accountability'
Rafendi Djamin, Amnesty International's director for South East Asia and the Pacific, said
Thailand "may claim to be tough on torture, but actions speak louder than words".
"[Its] military rulers have allowed a culture of torture to flourish, where there is no accountability
for the perpetrators and no justice for the victims."
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Researchers at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have developed an automated
classification software to measure chalkiness and identify immature grains in milled rice.
In the conventional process, the grain quality evaluation team of the Rice Varietal Improvement
Group (RVIG) manually evaluates the physical attributes of 600-800 promising lines every year.
They evaluate two sets of 30g milled rice of candidate elite line using their naked eye, a process
that is tedious and time consuming for researchers.
This prompted us to come up with the PhilRice Milled Grain Classifier (PMGC), a software that
can speed up the conventional classification process, said Imeldalyn G. Pacada, PhilRice senior
science research specialist.
A classifier evaluates 30g of milled rice and can assess its physical attributes at around 4896min. By using PMGC, a classifier can evaluate 6.2g of milled rice in less than 5min.
The software provides quick overview of analyzed milled grain samples that can be enlarged for
verification. It validates translucent, chalky, and immature grains and gives grain ID number and
color. It can also determine grain length and shape, and identify broken and brewer grains.
According to Pacada, PMGC was developed by establishing an algorithm using special
programming language for image acquisition, processing, and integration of Artificial Neural
Network (ANN). The developed algorithm includes the development of Graphical User Interface
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(GUI) to control the hardware and execute the image analysis software. The establishment of
models or training samples was the key for increasing the predicting value of the software.
This consists of image acquisition of different degree of chalky grains and various samples of
immature grains that were used for model development with the help of neuroshell program,
Pacada explained.
The research team composed of Pacada, Evelyn H. Bandonill, Thessa Marie M. Pascual, Fred
Jan A. Fracia, Arvin Paul P. Tuao, Andres M. Tuates, and Thelma F. Padolina hopes that the
software can help classifiers and plant breeders for faster grain quality evaluation.
The software was developed under the research study titled New tools for predicting chalkiness
and immature grains in milled rice. The study won the best poster award during the 29th
National Rice R&D Conference held at PhilRice, Sept. 7-8
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In an effort to stir national pride and bolster the faltering rice sector, the Cambodian Rice
Federation has created a seal emblazoned with the federations logo to identify rice that has been
grown and milled in Cambodia.
And if the carrot doesnt work, they are also prepared to use a stick: more vigorous enforcement
of laws that punish those who sell imported rice falsely claiming that it is 100 percent
Cambodian grown.
Rice is displayed at a shop near Phnom Penhs Central Market on Wednesday. (Siv Channa/The
Cambodia Daily)
An ad campaign featuring Cambodian rice, celebrity chefs and the new seal is set to be filmed
this morning, with the ads scheduled to begin airing on television, radio and social media
websites by this weekend, federation adviser Rod Bassett said.Moul Sarith, secretary-general of
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The donation will be made at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Arkansas Food Bank, a statewide food
bank that works with 600 Arkansas hunger relief programs including food pantries, school food
programs, disaster relief organizations and a statewide hunger hotline. The donation will follow
Gov. Asa Hutchinson's Rice Month proclamation event to be held at 10:30 a.m. at the State
Capitol in the Governor's Conference Room.
By Submitted for Stuttgart Daily Leader
In honor of National Rice Month, on Thursday the Arkansas rice industry will donate 117,000
pounds of rice to the Arkansas Food Bank. The donation will provide over one million servings
to help feed hungry families in Arkansas. Participating rice mills are Cormier Rice Mill of
DeWitt, Windmill Rice Company of Jonesboro, Riceland Foods Inc. of Stuttgart, Producers Rice
Mill of Stuttgart, Riviana Foods of Carlisle, Southwind Rice Mill of Pine Bluff and Specialty
Rice Inc. of Brinkley.
The donation will be made at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Arkansas Food Bank, a statewide food
bank that works with 600 Arkansas hunger relief programs including food pantries, school food
programs, disaster relief organizations and a statewide hunger hotline. The donation will follow
Gov. Asa Hutchinson's Rice Month proclamation event to be held at 10:30 a.m. at the State
Capitol in the Governor's Conference Room.
Arkansas is the number one rice-producing state in the nation. This year, Arkansas family
farmers will produce over 50 percent of the nation's rice. The Arkansas rice industry contributes
over $6 billion annually to the state's economy and employs over 25,000 Arkansans.
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