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Rice losses picked to go higher | Bangkok Post: news Pridiyathorn now sees B466bn hit to economy : Published: 22 Oct 2013
Former deputy prime minister and finance minister Pridiyathorn Devakula has repeated his call for the government to scrap the rice-pledging scheme, saying the project could incur more losses than he earlier estimated.He said the total loss from the project could reach as much as 466 billion baht.He based the expected loss figures on rice release information
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from the Commerce Ministry.According to the figures, the government has bought 26.75 million tonnes of milled rice during the past two harvest years at an average cost of 28,673 baht per tonne (including handling costs). The government, through the Commerce Minister, however, has sold 12 million tonnes at an average price of only 10,750 baht per tonne. That has already resulted in a loss of 215 billion baht, he said.He said the government still has about 14 million tonnes of rice in its stockpile."Even if the government is able to sell its remaining stock at the same price of 10,750 baht per tonne, it would still stand to lose another 251 billion baht," MR Pridiyathorn said.Based on his calculation, the total expected loss over the two years of implementing the programme would amount to 466 billion baht."It would be even higher if the government had to settle for lower prices because of deterioration of the stockpiled rice," he said. Last week, MR Pridiyathorn, also known by his nickname of Mom Oui, gave a press conference in which he called the government's rice-pledging scheme the biggest loss-incurring project ever conceived.At the time, he estimated that if the government could sell all of the pledged rice stockpiles by 2015, it would make losses of at least 425 billion baht _ 205 billion baht from the 2011/2012 crop and 220 billion from the 2012/2013 crop.MR Pridiyathorn's comments prompted government ministers to defend the project. Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said MR Pridiyathorn, also a former governor of the Bank of Thailand, does not understand the programme's accounting system.Deputy Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan, who is also commerce minister, said actual losses from the scheme as of January were only about 100 billion baht.In response to MR Pridiyathorn's latest estimates, Deputy Commerce Minister Yanyong Phuangrach yesterday said it was impossible for the rice scheme to cause as much as 466 billion baht in losses.He said the government has spent about 600 billion baht on the project. It expected to earn 200 billion baht from rice sales by the end of this year. "That means there is a gap of 400 billion baht. But we have more than 10 million tonnes of rice in stock. Even if we sell the rice at half price, we would still earn about 200 billion baht," Mr Yanyong insisted.He added that his calculation means the government will be only about 200 billion baht short, which amounts to a loss of about 100 billion baht a year.MR Pridiyathorn insisted yesterday that number was impossible based on the rice release information from the ministry itself."It's clear the ministry's argument is completely wrong. The issue is whether the ministry understands the issue but conceals the loss figures, or if it does not understand anything," MR Pridiyathorn said. Despite the anticipated losses, he urged the government to speed up the sale of the stockpiled rice, at any price."Now it's time to face the truth and help one another tackle the problem," he said. "The time is also ripe for the government to scrap the scheme, as it is proven that any further moves will lead the government to incur heftier losses," he said.In an article released yesterday, Thailand Development Research Institute fellows Nipon Puapongsakorn and Kampol Pantakual said the government's loss figure of about 100 billion baht a year differs from MR Pridiyathorn's at more than 200 billion baht a year because they use different methods to estimate the value of the rice in the stockpile.The government estimates the value of its stockpile at the buying cost of 15,000 baht per tonne. MR Pridiyathorn, however, calculates it based on market prices.
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The academics said the mark-to-market valuation method should be the preferred one for this project.They said the government, through the ministry, could have misled the public into believing the rice-pledging scheme is incurring less of a financial burden than it does in reality."Regarding the rice-pledging project, the government must keep its accounts up to date and ensure they reflect the real situation as closely as possible."
Rice production to be lower than estimate The deluge in parts of Odisha, resulting from cyclone Phailin, and hailstorms in Punjab and Haryana recently are expected to hit rice production.Earlier, the fourth revised estimate (2013-14) of the ministry of agriculture had pegged the rice crop at 92.3 million tonnes (mt). Now, this seems a distant dream.In 2012-13, Odisha contributed about 8.5 mt. Of the kharif acreage of 3.6 million hectares this year, 0.5 million hectares has been affected in Odisha. This year, production in the state might fall to one mt, said Trilochan Mohapatra, director of Rice Research Institute, Cuttak. He added the earlier estimate of 107 mt (kharif and rabi combined) might not be met, as adverse weather conditions had effected the crop in Odisha, western Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana. Satnam Arora, joint managing director of Satnam Overseas Ltd (Kohinoor Rice), said the rice crop in Punjab and Haryana might record a loss of two-four per cent. Ashwani Arora, director of L T Overseas Ltd, said the crop had been hit by the delay in rains. He added production might be up to four per cent lower than estimated.In the 2012-13 kharif season, Punjab produced 16 mt of rice, while the output in Haryana srood at about eight mt.The Rice Research Institute had sent various teams to affected areas in different states and a clear picture on production would emerge in about a week, Mohapatra said. In India, the kharif season accounts for 88 per cent of the total rice production. As a result, damage to the kharif crop might have a significant impact on the overall production, Mohapatra said.Farmers said in Odisha, floods, more than the cyclone, had damaged the crop. But though the pre-mature and mature crop had been damaged, the early-stage crop could still be saved. While farmers might get some compensation from the government, it was too early to decide a course of action, said a farmer.
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No rice imports in 2013: Bulog The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Business | Tue, October 22 2013, 7:11 PM
The National Logistics Agency (Bulog) says that there will be no need to import rice in 2013.Bulog president director Sutarto Alimoeso said as quoted by Antara on Tuesday that the current rice supply stood at 2.5 million tons and after the disbursement of the rice for the poor (Raskin) program, the supply would stand at 1.87 million tons by the end of 2013―If we do not carry out the 13th, 14th and 15th disbursement of Raskin, then we will have more than enough supply by the end of this year,‖ Sutarto said.Sutarto said that the current supply was enough to meet 9.3 months of demand for rice.
Vietnam attempts to increase profits for farmers VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in Vietnam are discussing solutions to rice production so as to increase the incomes of farmers who have continued to complain about modest profits. Vietnam to restructure agriculture and profit farmers: Minister. It is obvious that agriculture plays a vital role in Vietnam’s economy, especially when it helped turn a country that mainly imported rice before 1989 into world’s second biggest rice exporter.However, public concerns have been raised over that fact that, even though rice prices in the world market have increased considerably, no significant change in Vietnamese farmers’ incomes have been made. Worse still, their incomes are tending to decrease in recent years due to increased production costs and low export prices. Inadequate policies A report entitled ―Who has benefited from high rice prices in Vietnam?‖, jointly conducted by Oxfam and the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), released on October 17, showed that several problems remained at all phases of the rice supply chain in Vietnam, including incompetent farmers, unprofessional traders and irresponsible exporters who do not pay proper attention to farmers and rice production, but use proceeds from rice exports to invest in other sectors.―Although the government has issued
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several policies in support rice growers, their incomes are remain low, even in the context of the price hikes in the world market,‖ said Dr. Do Anh Tuan, IPSARD Deputy Director at the report launch event. According to Tuan, two separate research by the World Bank and Oxfam in 2012 both showed that the incomes of farmers in the Mekong Delta region, Vietnam’s major rice production area, averaged at only VND535,000 (USD25.3) monthly, equivalent to a half of the standard minimum wage.Amid price hikes in the world market, the government’s policies to shore up prices for domestic consumers did not adequately benefit farmers. The government’s temporary ban to new rice export contracts with terms of from three to six months between March and June 2008 pulled down domestic rice prices in Vietnam to a record low of around VND3,000 (USD0.14) per kilo. When the rice export prices in the world market rocketed from USD430 per tonne in early 2008 to USD900 per tonne in May of the same year, Vietnamese farmers’ rice selling prices increased by only USD100 per tonne due to the moratorium.Economist Pham Chi Lan attributed the situation to inadequate government policies, market mechanisms and other social factors.―Even though the government’s renewal policies has driven up Vietnam’s status in the world’s rice market, our thinking of rice production is still outdated. It seems that rice is regarded as serving food security. The cause is that too much attention has been paid to rice production, and not enough on carefully taking into account several related issues, including rising input costs, low selling prices, modest profits for farmers and increasing harm to the environment,‖ Lan commented.She assessed that the country’s rice exports seem to focus on quantity instead of quality as rice export revenues are much lower than Thailand's. This is because the government has yet to consider rice production an advantageous industry of the national economy. The government’s policies seem to target small-sized farming households instead of cooperatives and farming groups. Whilst investment for agriculture is still the government’s last priority, rice production continues to use an old model, according to many experts, leaving a widening the gap between farmers and the market.Meanwhile, exporters do not pay proper attention to farmers as most of them are not in direct contact with the growers, but through small traders. Leaders of such export firms are nick-named as ―briefcase cadres‖. They are portrayed by many as people who sit in air-conditioned rooms and direct traders to gather rice for export.The rice export market is dominated by two state-owned giants: Vietnam Northern Food Corporation (Vinafood 1) and Vietnam Southern Food Corporation (Vinafood 2), which, together, hold over 50% of the market share. These firms do not use proceeds from rice exports to re-invest in rice production, but instead invest these funds into animal and fisheries feed, real estate, hotels and even motorbike production.Many see that the government's policy to buy rice from farmers at the peak of the harvest season as inefficient because farmers have no influence in the policy making procedures.―This is a result of lack of cooperation among farmers, traders, exporters and even ministries,‖ Tuan emphasised. He said that Vietnam’s exchange rate is currently overvalued, benefiting importers but causing losses for exporters. Vietnam reported an agricultural trade surplus of USD15 billion last year, but the overvaluation caused a loss of up to 40% of that. The blame game
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Dr. Vo Tong Xuan, an agricultural expert, said Vietnamese farmers are at a disadvantage because of a lack of competence. VietGAP and GlobalGAP projects are aimed at improving their farming skills, but many of them refuse to comply with standards, resulting in the misuse of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, adding to input costs and greenhouse gas emissions.Several other experts agreed that poverty has been farmers’ major obstacle, forcing them to sell rice in the field directly after harvest to pay off bank loans and debts for seed, fertilizer and pesticides. They largely do not benefit from later price hikes as they are unable to store or process their products.In order to deal with the aforementioned problems and build a sustainable rice supply chain, experts emphasised the necessity of improving all phases in the chain of rice production. This would mean that farmers be reorganised, likely into co-operatives or production groups, and education on ways to actively fight for their interests. ―Traders should cooperate with one another, at least until farmers improve their production capacity. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development should be authorised to manage both rice production and exports. Currently, the Ministry of Industry and Trade seems to list rice exports as their last priority as they are managing several sectors that bring about much higher revenues, such as electricity,‖ said Lan.Xuan, however, said that if Vinafood 1, Vinafood 2 and VFA continue to control rice export prices and rice export quotas, and that such a move would annul innovation by private firms.He also stressed the importance of finding enterprises who are competent and would keep farmers' interests in mind. Source: DTriNews Tags:Vietnam,profits,farmers,VietGAP,GlobalGAP,
TABLE-India Grain Prices-Delhi-Oct 22 Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:19pm IST TABLE-India Grain Prices - Delhi - Oct 22 Rates by Asian News International, New Delhi Tel: 011 2619 1464 Indicative Previous Grains opening close (in rupees per 100 kg unless stated) ---------------------------------------------------------Wheat Desi 2,300-2,600 2,300-2,600. Wheat Dara 1,650-1,750 1,650-1,750. Atta Chakki (per 10 Kg) 210-235 210-235. Roller Mill (per bag) 1,725-1,825 1,725-1,825. Maida (per bag) 1,825-1,935 1,825-1,925. Sooji (per bag) 1,850-1,950 1,850-1,950. Rice Basmati(Sri Lal Mahal) 12,000 12,000.
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Rice Basmati(Lal Quila) 11,000 11,000. Rice Basmati(Common) 7,300-7,900 7,300-7,900. Rice Permal 2,500-2,600 2,435-2,535. Rice Sela 3,100-3,220 3,100-3,220. I.R.-8 2,245-2,345 2,245-2,345. Gram 3,350-4,200 3,325-4,150. Peas Green 3,250-3,370 3,250-3,370. Peas White 2,550-2,650 2,550-2,650. Bajra 3,170-3,270 3,170-3,270. Jowar white 2,470-2,680 2,470-2,680. Maize 1,500-1,580 1,510-1,600. Barley 1,320-1,450 1,320-1,450. Guwar 3,310-3,710 3,310-3,710. Source: Delhi grain market traders.
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Oct 22 Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:18pm IST Nagpur, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Gram prices in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC) firmed up again on increased demand from local millers amid weak supply from producing regions. Fresh hike on NCDEX and upward trend in Madhya Pradesh gram prices also helped to push up prices, according to sources. *
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FOODGRAINS & PULSES GRAM * Gram varieties ruled steady in open market on subdued demand from local traders amid ample supply in ready position. TUAR * Tuar black showed firm tendency in open market on renewed demand from local for festival season demand amid tight supply from producing regions. * Moong varieties reported strong in open market on good demand from local traders amid restricted supply from producing belts. * Wheat mill quality recovered in open market on good buying support from local
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traders amid thin supply from producing regions like Punjab and Haryana. * In Akola, Tuar - 4,200-4,400, Tuar dal - 6,400-6,600, Udid at 4,700-4,900, Udid Mogar (clean) - 5,500-5,800, Moong - 6,000-6,400, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,100-7,300, Gram - 3,100-3,400, Gram Super best bold - 4,200-4,400 for 100 kg. * Other varieties of wheat, rice and other commodities remained steady in open market in thin trading activity, according to sources. Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close Gram Auction 2,500-2,920 2,500-2,810 Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600 Tuar Auction n.a. 3,850-4,050 Moong Auction n.a. 4,200-4,400 Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500 Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800 Gram Super Best Bold 4,400-4,800 4,400-4,800 Gram Super Best n.a. Gram Medium Best 3,950-4,300 3,950-4,300 Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a. Gram Mill Quality 3,900-4,000 3,900-4,000 Desi gram Raw 3,500-3,600 3,500-3,600 Gram Filter Yellow n.a. n.a. Gram Kabuli 7,700-10,000 7,700-10,000 Gram Pink 7,600-8,000 7,600-8,000 Tuar Fataka Best 6,700-6,850 6,700-6,850 Tuar Fataka Medium 6,500-6,600 6,500-6,600 Tuar Dal Best Phod 6,100-6,200 6,100-6,200 Tuar Dal Medium phod 5,700-5,900 5,700-5,800 Tuar Gavarani 4,250-4,400 4,250-4,400 Tuar Karnataka 4,200-4,300 4,200-4,300 Tuar Black 7,100-7,200 7,000-7,100 Masoor dal best 5,400-5,500 5,400-5,500 Masoor dal medium 5,000-5,100 5,000-5,100 Masoor n.a. n.a. Moong Mogar bold 7,500-7,800 7,400-7,800 Moong Mogar Medium best 7,100-7,300 7,000-7,200 Moong dal super best 6,600-6,900 6,500-6,5800 Moong dal Chilka 6,100-6,400 6,000-6,300
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Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a. Moong Chamki best 6,500-7,200 6,400-7,000 Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000 Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,500 5,000-5,500 Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 4,800-5,000 4,800-5,000 Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 3,700-3,800 3,700-3,800 Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,900-3,000 2,900-3,000 Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,350-3,400 3,350-3,400 Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,400 3,300-3,400 Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 7,900-8,100 7,900-8,100 Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,700 Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,650 1,550-1,600 Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,800 1,600-1,800 Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 1,850-2,300 1,850-2,300 Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,900 1,700-1,900 Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a. MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,600 3,100-3,600 MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,900 2,600-2,900 Wheat 147 (100 INR/KG) 1,400-1,500 1,400-1,500 Wheat Best (100 INR/KG) 1,500-1,600 1,500-1,600 Rice BPT (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,500 2,800-3,500 Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,500 2,200-2,500 Rice Swarna Best (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400 Rice Swarna Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,250 2,000-2,250 Rice HMT (100 INR/KG) 4,100-4,500 4,100-4,500 Rice HMT Shriram (100 INR/KG) 4,400-4,900 4,400-4,900 Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 10,000-12,500 10,000-12,500 Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,200-7,500 6,200-7,500 Rice Chinnor (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,500 5,000-5,500 Rice Chinnor Medium (100 INR/KG) 4,400-4,800 4,400-4,800 Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,500-1,650 1,500-1,650 Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,800-1,900 1,800-1,900 WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 32.0 degree Celsius (89.6 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp. 20.5 degree Celsius (68.9 degree Fahrenheit) Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a. Rainfall : nil FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and Minimum temperature likely to be around 32 and 22 degree Celsius respectively. Note: n.a.--not available
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(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.)
Sierra Leone News: Salone imports 120,000 metric tons rice yearly Sierra Leone imports a total of 120, 000 (one hundred and twenty thousand) tons of rice each year according to the Managing Director of the Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Company. Henry Yamba Kamara made this disclosure in an interview with Awoko over the weekend, noting that this is costing the country ―a huge fortune‖.The Managing Director lamented over this ―huge importation of rice‖, the country’s staple food, when as a matter of fact, he noted, ―Sierra Leone is producing enough food to feed itself.‖ He disclosed that data from the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) shows Sierra Leone is second highest on its per capita consumption data in the sub region. He said it shows 104kg per person which he said calculates for the country’s total rice need to 600, 000 metric tons of rice annually.He condemned the importation of rice saying that most of the imported rice has been produced for over two or three years, while the rice produced by farmers in-country ―is fresh‖ and has ―more nutritional value‖ than the imported ones. He maintained that too much emphasis on importation of rice ―is rendering local farmers poor and unmotivated.‖Kamara said Sierra Leone needs to compete with other markets and to achieve this, he maintained, ―there is need for packaging of the rice and palm oil produced in the country‖.The Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Company took over the functions of the former Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Board (SLPMB) which was solely responsible for the export of agricultural products, primarily cocoa and coffee. The company went into liquidation in 1992 and was resuscitated in 2012 following a Cabinet decision in 2009 to resuscitate the Board transforming in to a company.According to Kamara, when he took up office in 2012, he thought of redefining the company through diversification of its activities. He said the company should not limit its activities to the buying and selling of raw agricultural products, but that it should also be effective in playing significant roles in government’s food security objective, contribution towards foreign exchange earnings and its support to agro industries operating in the country in terms of provision of raw agricultural materials. He disclosed that the SLPMC has commenced ―adding value‖ to the country’s local products and that the company has started with the packaging of rice. He disclosed that funds were disbursed to the company by the Ministry of Agriculture for the purpose and that the buy rice from the farmers at competitive prices at harvest time, package them and that these products can now be found in super markets and other retailing stores.By Nancy Koroma Tuesday October 22, 2013
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Modern Technology and Investments to Boost Rice Development Program in Camagüey Camagüey, Oct 22. – The upgrading of the Tato Rodríguez Vedo rice mill, one of Cuba’s largest, should end next year when the screens for this facility finally arrive in Camagüey province. The investment program in the rice-growing sector in Camagüey should foster improvements in technology and consequently better the performance of this sector. This investment will contribute to ensure the self-sufficient production of this cereal in Cuba’s largest province.In the municipality of Vertientes, one of the lines of Enceiba-2 drying house which had been out of order for 20 years, should become operational very soon, not later than November of December. For achieving such goal, specialized workers of the Ruta Invasora Agro-Industrial Complex have been working hard.
This company has also been working on the building of a scale in the Cándido González rice mill, after the latter cancelled the contract its executives have signed with other construction companies within this province, because of delays in their works.In addition, a new rice drying tower is being assembled in Alazan, also located in the municipality of Vertientes. This will have the capacity to dry 128 metric tons of the cereal allowing to setting up a drying complex in this important rice-growing area. (Raysa Mestril Gutiérrez/ Radio Cadena Agramonte) Extraction of Technologies for mediciala and armomatic plants For more details follow the link http://www.academia.edu/664514/Extraction_Technologies_for_Medicinal_and_Aromatic_Plants
Tough task Rice researchers in India come up with miracle solution to increase output FEBRUARY 15, 1991 | UPDATED 17:20 IST {mosimage}From the present plateau to the next peak: that is the task before rice researchers in India, who have to come up with a miracle solution to increase output from the present 70 million tonnes to over 100 million tonnes by 2000 AD.The strategy has been identified: conserve biological variety; identify gene strains which can be adapted to climatic stresses; transfer tested genes to cultivated varieties through recombinant DNA technologies.Frazzled scientists gathered in Hyderabad recently to celebrate the silver jubilee of the Directorate of Rice Research. They identified constraints that could scuttle their plans: limited irrigated land potential, fragmentation of land holdings, the deterioration of soil health care, and erratic monsoons.However, like true patriots, they are optimistic. They say that the target is not elusive
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London (PRWEB) October 22, 2013 As the selling season for pesticides has begun, many companies, especially some overseas pesticide companies, are busy promoting their products, which will further strengthen their position in the domestic rice insecticide market. For example, Bayer recently signed an agreement with NATESC to promote its "Much More Rice" program, which offers farmers a system solution for advanced crop protection products and technologies that cover the whole process from sowing to harvest. Syngenta, another major pesticide company, also signed an agreement with NATESC to promote its products. DuPont, which achieved great success with the promotion of Rynaxypyr (with AI of chlorantraniliprole), launched essay writing activities for its Rynaxypyr product.Owing to their good control effect and extensive promotion, most of the market share of the high end market of rice insecticides are enjoyed by overseas companies' products, especially products based on two diamide insecticides, namely chlorantraniliprole and flubendiamide. Recently, Sinochem Agro Co., Ltd. secured two registrations of SYP-9080, becoming the first domestic company to successfully register diamide insecticides with independent intellectual property rights. The company has high expectations for this insecticide and hopes that it can take a slice of the high end rice insecticide market.7. Domestic fluorine material research centers have played a very important role in the development of domestic fluorine chemical industry.Sinochem Agro introducing new diamide insecticides.Recently, Sinochem Agro Co., Ltd. (Sinochem Agro) introduced new diamide insecticides with its own intellectual property rights. In late-April, 2013, Shenyang Sciencreat Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Shenyang Sciencreat), a subsidiary of Shenyang Research Institute of the Chemical Industry (SYRICI, one of Sinochem Agro's research institutes) has secured registrations of its new product namely SYP-9080 (Chinese name: Silvchongxian'an) which is a new species of diamides researched by SYRICI. Sinochem Agro claimed that it and two subsidiaries——SYRICI and Zhejiang Research Institute of Chemical Industry (ZJRICI) would jointly introduce more diamide insecticides to the market. TABLE 7: Registration of silvchongxian'an (SYP-9080) obtained by Shenyang Sciencreat in China, as 13 July, 2013 No. Product Specification Reg. code Effective date Expiry date Target 1 Silvchongxian'an 95% TC LS20130224 2013.04.28 2014.04.28 / 2 Silvchongxian'an 10% SC LS20130225 2013.04.28 2014.04.28 Rice (rice leaf roller) Source: ICAMA SYP-9080 acts on ryanodine receptors as its insecticidal mechanism, with a similar structure to chlorantraniliprole which is the most popular diamide insecticide for the control of rice pests in the domestic market.Its full chemical name is 3-Bromo-N-(2,4-chloro-6-(methylformamide)phenyl)-1-(3,5-chloro-2pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, with CAS No. 1104384-14-6. Its insecticidal activity and spectrum are similar to the latter's. According to the introduction from SYRICI, SYP-9080 shows high efficacy against not
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only rice leaf roller, but also Diamondback moth, Chilo suppressalis Walker, cabbage caterpillar and other lepidopterous insect pests.Own intellectual property rights and similar features with chlorantraniliprole are considered two superior qualities of SYP-9080, which could facilitate its promotion in the market. It is speculated that SYP-9080 is targeted at the high-class insecticide market, challenging foreign patented diamide insecticide, such as chlorantraniliprole. In advertising the new product, sellers and dealers allege that SYP-9080 is the third generation of diamide insecticides created by the Chinese, and is a new product created by structureal renewal of chlorantraniliprole. As a home made product with lower operating costs than imported patented products, SYP-9080 could be given a price a little lower than chlorantraniliprole, strengthening its market competitiveness.Meanwhile, as the product is developed by Sinochem Agro itself with patent protection, it is superior to the generic products of most pesticide companies in the domestic industry. Marketing proprietary products could facilitate brand awareness enhancement and stable profits.It seems that Sinochem Agro is eager to develop more proprietary diamide insecticides in the coming years. According to Sinochem Agro, it together with SYRICI and ZRICI would enhance their interactive cooperation and discussion for introducing a series of diamide insecticides. Against this backdrop, it is believed that ZJ4042, which is one of the diamide insecticides created by ZRICI in recent years, would enter the market quickly in the near future. Its chemical name is 3-chloro-N2-1-methyl-1-cyano-ethyl-N1-[2-methyl-4-(1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1trifluoromethyl-ethyl)-phenyl]-phthalamide, with a similar structure to that of another diamide insecticide namely flubendiamide. In Sept. 2012, an on-the-spot field-application demonstration of ZJ4042 was successfully held by ZRICI in Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province. See Insecticide China News Volume 05 Issued 11 on Page four, ZJ4042 a new fluorine insecticide achieves field application.Sinochem Agro, as one of the centrally-administered state-owned enterprises in the domestic pesticide industry, possesses abundant funds and R&D ability for the research and development of new pesticides. Li Zhaoqiang, the chief marketing officer of Sinochem Agro said that Sinochem Group would firmly insist on creating and developing pesticides with its own intellectual property rights by Chinese.However, most "self-developed" pesticides are actually the result of small modifications to the activity structure of foreign patented products, indicating that the innovation of China's pesticides is still in the primary stage. 4 enterprise with pesticides business get into 2013 China’s top 500 enterprises. Read the full report: Insecticides China News 1307 http://www.reportbuyer.com/chemicals/agricultural_chemicals/insecticides_china_news_1307.html#utm_sourc e=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Pesticide For more information: Sarah Smith Research Advisor at Reportbuyer.com Email: query@reportbuyer.com
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Getting the facts right is the holy grail of scientific research and one of the pillars of science journalism excellence. But this ideal is not always guaranteed when it should be.The mutual mistrust between scientists and journalists on the coverage of science will not be resolved soon enough as science journalists testified to during a media training workshop held in YaoundĂŠ, Cameroon, ahead of the 3rd Africa Rice Congress 21-24 October.A scientist once asked to see, rather read the article I had written following an interview before it was published. A fair request judged on the grounds of safeguarding facts and professional face but a No, No in journalism, save for exceptional cases.The thoughts that raced in my mind were, 'OK so you do not trust me nor my skills' and that 'you are convinced of my high propensity to misquote or misrepresent facts'. Of course the scientist meant well in his request because defending credibility and protecting a reputation built over the years, sometimes painfully, is a common quest for scientists and journalists even though this is the source of often
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frosty relations between the two.The common suspicion ought not to be if journalists perfected the habit of reading about scientific developments and arms themselves with necessary details before they interview scientists or cover science events, advises science journalist and SciDev.Net's Sub-Saharan Africa English Regional Coordinator, Ochieng' Ogodo, who led a media training session on covering science conferences and sourcing science stories. "A journalist can share with scientist quotations for fact checking but not their unpublished story because journalism has its own demands that are different from those of scientists," Ogodo says.Journalist, Martha Chindong from Cameroon, feels accessing scientists for quick comments is a challenge, especially for deadlinedriven journalists that often the science story is never told fully.Andre Bion, a journalist and staffer in the Communications Unit of the Cameroon Ministry of Science Research and Innovation, notes that science journalists sometimes face the challenge of wanting to get a scoop and having to wait for scientists to make public their work at the appropriate time. "In certain circumstances, patience and persistence in getting the facts when the scientists are able to give the information and grant them the interview at the right time pays because scoops are not always the key issue and should not override the need to get the facts right," says Ogodo.Cameroon radio and television journalist, Dora Shey, laments that some journalists prefer the shortcut of 'speech journalism' — writing the entire story from a speech delivered at a function — and highlighting only what the politician or scientist says without incorporating the voices of ordinary people, who are the end users and, perhaps, needs most the products of scientific developments."A key question of holding the 3rd Africa Rice congress in Cameroon is how this meeting will benefit the country and the people who are facing increasing rice prices. Science journalists have a duty to do balanced stories when reporting on science," says Shey.While, journalists have to overcome the numerous huddles that characterise science journalism, how can scientists play their part in improving the way science is covered in Africa? That is food for thought. This article has been produced by SciDev.Net’s Sub-Saharan Africa desk
Solon wants probe of 'Golden Rice' farm ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 10/22/2013 10:32 AM | Updated as of 10/22/2013 10:32 AM MANILA - Nueva Ecija 1st District Rep. Estrellita Suansing has filed a resolution urging the House of Representatives to investigate the planting of genetically modified rice in a farm in Pili, Camarines Sur.In a statement, Suansing said the inquiry will look into allegations that the experimental farm is being funded by a private company that would supposedly benefit in the country once the "Golden Rice" variety is commercially planted."There is an imperative need to know all the circumstances on said experiment to protect the interest of farmers and the rice consuming public," Suansing said.
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The lawmaker said the Department of Agriculture is the one maintaining an experimental farm of genetically modified "Golden Rice" in Pili, Camarines Sur.She said the the experiment is funded by the government and is being carried out with experts from the state-run Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).PhilRice defines Golden Rice refers to genetically-modified (GM) rice developed to produce a carotenoid called beta carotene. The beta carotene becomes vitamin A when processed by the body and gives the rice grain the yellow-orange or gold color; hence, the name ―Golden Rice."Militant farmers and anti-GMO activists led by Wilfredo Marbella, deputy secretary of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, earlier uprooted the Golden Rice farm last August. The group later said genetically modified organism (GMO) foods have not been established to be safe for consumption.The Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (Farmer-Scientist Partnership for Development) said Golden Rice "sends a wrong message on how to address malnutrition and hunger.""Instead of increasing diversification of food sources, which also provides much needed nutrition, the people are being offered a single crop that addresses only Vitamin A deficiency," the group said in its website."The Golden Rice field testing was conducted amid the lack of sufficient safety studies in contained environment which should minimize and control any potential risks."
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