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Editorial Board

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Managing Editor

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Rahmat Ullah

Rozeen Shaukat

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Editorial Associates

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Ch.Hamid Malhi

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Islam Akhtar Khan

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HashimAssistant Professor, Goma

University DIK

Dr.Hasina GulAssistant Director, Agriculture KP

Dr.Hidayat UllahAssistant Professor, Unive

of Swabi

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of Swabi

Zahid MehmoodPSO,NIFA Peshawar

Falak Naz ShahHead Food Science &

Technology ART, Peshawar

Today Rice News Headlines...

60,000 rice farmers to benefit from CBN agric loan in Kano Ghana to become net-exporter of rice by 2020 – Mahama Korean rice and samgyetang might enter Chinese market next month

Agri department to allocate more land for khazan paddy crops

Debt fills Thailand's rice bowl

Drought exacts toll on crops in region

Scientists develop climate-smart rice varieties for Vietnam

Rice prices in Davao del Sur rise due to El Niɦo

Tanzanian rice swells yield from salty soil

Agri department to allocate more land for khazan paddy crops

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60,000 rice farmers to benefit from CBN agricloan in Kano No fewer than 60, 000 rice farmers in Kano State will benefit from the CentralBank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers Programme.Isa Bawa, the OrganisingSecretary, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, RIFAN, in Kano State, saidthis in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday.According to

him, the programme will take off before the wet season farming to enable theassociationraise the required number of farmers.He said the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, required no fewer than 100,000 registered farmers beforedisbursing the fund.He recalled that the Federal Government inaugurated the programme in November 2015 in Kebbi as part of effort to boost rice andwheat production in the country.


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March 20, 2016Premium Times

Photo Credit: Agro Nigeria

―The CBN has set aside N40 billion for the implementation of the programme in the state. We aretrying to register at least 60,000 rice farmers so that the programme can start before the wet season,‖

Mr. Bawa said.He said the association had also discussed with officials of the bank on theimplementation of the programme ―which is expected to begin between now and May. ―We areexpected to have a minimum of 10 farmers and a maximum of 25 farmers in each cooperative.‖ According to him, each farmer cultivating one hectare of rice would collect fertiliser, herbicide, pesticide and equipment chemical worth N250,000

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kano.html

Ghana to become net-exporter of rice by 2020 – MahamaGovernment has targeted to position Ghana asa net-exporter of Rice by the year 2020,President Mahama has said.President Mahamawho announced this during an address to aselect Committee of the Scottish Parliament inEdinburgh as part of his four-day workingvisit to that country said: ―We’ve taken rice

from the production of 30-60% as I speak and

so gradually we’re reducing rice import toGhana‖.The importation of rice top the chartof six commodities that the Ghanaianeconomy has comparative advantage to produce yet are imported in huge volumes into

the country, because of the high demand on the market.At least 1.5 billion dollars go into the

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importation of these products annually, including rice but President Mahama has reiterated as part of measures by government to reduce drastically the importation of rice, it will prop up local production that will lead to a steady decline in imported rice.The price of imported rice has seencontinuous reduction of about 20 percent in February, according to ESOKO.ESOKO GhanaCommodity Index has attributed the continuous decline in the price of imported rice to an

increase in demand for local rice by consumershttp://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Ghana-to-become-net-exporter-of-rice-by-2020-Mahama-424576

Korean rice and samgyetang might enter Chinese market nextmonthPosted March. 21, 2016 07:14,Updated March. 21, 2016 07:25

Korean rice will be served on tables in Chinese homes in the beginning of next month at theearliest as Chinese customs authority decided to issue sanitary certificate to 30 tons of Korean

rice that has been tied in the Shanghai customs.According to the Trade, Industry and EnergyMinistry's announcement made on Saturday, Minister Joo Hyung-hwan urged on Zhi Shuping,director of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, tosolve the rice inspection issue as soon as possible during 'the 1st Korea-China MinisterialMeeting on Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine' held on Friday in China. TheKorean government's initial expectation was that the customs clearance for the 30 tons of riceexported to the Port of Shanghai at the end of January would be swiftly processed and soon beavailable in Lotte Mart in Shanghai and nearby cities.

However, the clearance for the rice has not proceeded yet due to a non-tariff barrier called thesanitary and phytosanitary measures.Export of Korean rice, samgyetang, and kimchi to China

that was agreed during the last meeting in November last year were more specifically discussedin this ministerial meeting. The two countries agreed that Korea will start exporting samgyetang,which has gained popularity from Chinese tourists, in the first half of this year. They alsoreached an agreement on export of Korean seafood to China starting within this year, whichincludes frozen cutlass fish, frozen butterfish, and two other kinds of seafood.Both countriesfound a middle ground for solving non-tariff barrier issues on Korean food, medicine, andelectronics: Food and medicine that are certified for safety by Korean Ministry of Food and DrugSafety will be automatically certified by the Chinese authorities as well. China will also take lesstime to certify Korean electronics including TVs. "Korean electric car battery will be examinedfor safety with Korean company's presence and later the Chinese government will decidewhether it will provide subsidy," a ministry official said

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Agri department to allocate more land for khazan paddycrops


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TNN | Mar 21, 2016, 07.06 AM IST

Panaji: The agriculture department has claimed that about 2,485 hectares of khazan land has

been protected in the state. The department has plans to bring additional area under paddy

cultivation. By 2019-20, the department aims to have 600 hectares of additional area under

paddy cultivation.Khazan lands have been a major cause for concern, as many farmers in the

state have quit cultivating paddy due to the high cost of cultivation.In some areas, paddy under

khazan land is affected by the growth of mangroves caused due to the seepage of saline water

near breached bunds .An agriculture officer said the soil conservation wing of the department is

operating a scheme to repair breached bunds.

Paddy cultivation is being revitalized in a phased manner by providing salt tolerant paddy seed'korgut' to farmers free-of-cost, and tractors are provided for tilling with a 50% subsidy.Theagriculture department also intends to provide high-yielding seeds to farmers. A new variety ofseed will be made available to farmers for trial during the coming kharif season, the official said.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Agri-department-to-allocate-more-land-for-khazan-paddy-crops/articleshow/51487574.cms

Debt fills Thailand's rice bowl

MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR, Contributing writerA rice farmer in Baan Plaboo cleans her latest harvest. (Photo: Marwaan Macan-Markar)


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BAAN PLABOO, Thailand -- Phayu Longklan, a

rice farmer in Thailand's poor northeast, recently

sold a fifth of her land for 600,000 baht ($17,247)

to pay off debt. But she still needs to repay

200,000 baht in loans, mostly owed to the Bank

for Agriculture and Agriculture Cooperatives, aleading government lender to rural communities.

The bank loans were used to buy farming

equipment, help pay for her three children's

education and acquire three motorcycles. The

51-year-old is in a financial predicament, but, she

said, "I am not the only one.

There are four other families in her village -- a collection of bare wooden houses shaded by trees -- who

are also selling land to pay off debt. There are visible signs of the same, vicious debt cycle hitting farms

throughout Mahasarakham, the northeast province where Baan Plabuu is located. More than 40 "land for

sale" signs were spotted along a main road stretching 100km through paddy fields, many of them caked

with brown dust due to a severe El Nino-delivered drought. The country's traditional rice bowl is mired in

intensifying economic problems. Analysts see the land sales as a symptom of an expanding household

debt crisis that could plunge the region, home to a third of Thailand's 67 million inhabitants, into social

instability. United Nations' researchers estimate that the percentage of farmers owning land in Thailand

has dropped dramatically -- from 44% in 2004 to 15% by 2011.

Phayu Longklan still has debts to pay. (Photo: Marwaan Macan-Markar)

Rice growers owned 28% of Thailand's 24

million hectares of arable land as of 2013,

according to the government's Office ofAgriculture Economics. The current drought has

forced many indebted farmers to sell their land

due to crop failures. Farmers have accumulated

338.36 billion baht in debt, according to Local

Action Link, a think tank that focuses on

research into the current plight of Thai farmers.

Deepening debt

Phayu's village illustrates the scale of the problem. Baan Plaboo's 69 households are saddled with nearly

25 million baht in debt. Most of the loans from the BAAC were used to finance farming expenses and buy

household and consumer items, including pickup trucks. Boonpet Khotplabuu, 58, is struggling to pay

off a 300,000 baht loan that she used to buy a Toyota pickup to transport her produce. The BAAC is

gravely concerned about the situation, said Theerada Namhai, founder of the Thai Baan Association, a


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grassroots organization that supports social enterprise in villages. "The BAAC sent representatives to talk

about it when we had a meeting four months ago," she noted.

The BAAC's concerns are understandable. Last year, Thailand's ratio of household debt to gross domestic

product reached 84.2%, one of the highest levels in Southeast Asia. Household debt levels had already

grown from 45% in 2003 to 61% in 2009. In 2013, the average household debt in Thailand's northeastwas 78,648 baht, slightly lower than the national average of 82,572 baht, according to the OAE. But the

region's average monthly household income, at 19,181 baht, was also lower that the national average,

25,194 baht, according to the National Statistics Office. The debt situation is much worse for rural

families, according to analysts. While the formal banking sector, including the BAAC and other state

lenders, account for more than 80% of the loans, many families "have gone to loan sharks," said Decharut

Sukkumnoed, an agriculture economy expert at Kasetsaart University in Bangkok. These lenders charge

exorbitant interest rates -- 2% every day for a 24-day loan, in some cases.

Boonpet Khotplabuu, who took out a loan to buy a Toyota pickup, has become a casualty of the

terminated rice subsidy scheme. (Photo: Marwaan Macan-Markar)

In 2015, nearly 150,000 farmers borrowed 21.59 billion baht from these lenders, according to the

Provincial Administration Department. Despite the heavy odds against them, farmers have not given up

hope of solving their debt problem. But the estimates of what they are paying varies, with some analysts

putting the debt servicing ratio at 50% per rural household and at 60% to 70% for the poorest homes.

Studies have shown that villagers are eager to borrow money to acquire pickup trucks, refrigerators and

television sets. "Being able to get loans is seen as something positive, and they perceive they are free to

enjoy an urban lifestyle," said Dusadee Ayuwat, a professor of sociology and anthropology at Khon Kaen

University.

Easy credit

This attitude reflects the easier availability of credit and a rise in monthly household incomes in the

northeast since 2000. Borrowing was also encouraged by the lavish subsidies offered to rice farmers by

the government of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, which was ousted by a military coup in

May 2014. Under Yingluck's flagship rice-pledging scheme, introduced in late 2011, the government

strove to "buy every grain of rice" produced by Thai farmers at inflated market prices, with premium

jasmine rice going for 20,000 baht per ton. In the long term, the government was unable to keep funding

the expensive program and wound it up in early 2014 .

While it lasted, however, the program prompted farmers like Boonpet to borrow in the belief that her rice

harvest could earn 300,000 baht every year. The annual subsidies, which cost the government 120 billion

baht a year, fueled heavy consumer spending in rural areas, adding 1 percentage point to GDP growth,according to the World Bank. The resulting debt problems have proved a challenge for the military

government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who heads the National Council for Peace and Order,

the official name for the ruling junta. In late February, the junta launched a media blitz using glossy, four-

page advertising spreads in national newspapers to highlight its agenda to boost the country's slowing

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The government late last year also sought to help debt-ridden farmers with direct cash handouts, as well

as other financial schemes aimed at reviving rural consumer spending, which had slowed after the rice

subsidy was terminated. The largess highlights the rising financial clout of rice farmers, who account

for 40% of the labor force despite agriculture contributing only 10% to GDP. "Farmers are punching

above their weight, not as rice producers but as big consumers," said a foreign researcher at an

international financial services company, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "It all supports the ideathat their buying power is important for consumption and to boost growth." As the latest handouts start

to trickle down to debt-ridden farmers, some see another implication. The financial relief is not an act of

compassion, but a "cynical ploy," as one analyst put it, by the business community to revive sales in the

rural heartland. It reveals who the junta is really listening to.

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Drought exacts toll on crops in region

Above: Farmers in Vietnam trying to catch fish in an almost dry canal in Soc Trang. Thailandand Vietnam are facing their worst drought in decades.PHOTOS: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTOAGENCY, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PUBLISHEDMAR 20, 2016, 5:00 AM SGT

Asia's farmers bear the brunt of harsh dry season, with no respite on immediate horizonTan Hui Yee Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok

Amid Thailand's worst drought in decades, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha last week visited

the north-eastern region grappling with parched farmlands and low water reserves.Parts of thecountry are so dry that roads lining empty canals have collapsed. National park officials have built ponds to sustain wildlife, while irrigation officials are pumping water from the dregs of adam. Bangkok's administrators last week announced they were cutting short April's Songkranfestival - which normally draws hundreds of thousands of tourists to one of the world's biggestwater fights.But the brunt of the drought has been borne by farmers, who have been forced to putoff dry season crops while the region is battered by unusually warm weather brought on by theEl Nino phenomenon.Already, this climate cycle has taken its toll on the production of rice in Thailand, sugar in India,as well as palm oil in Malaysia, with no respite expected until the later part of the year.Much ofthe drought is a "carry- over effect" from reduced rainfall during last year's wet season, says Dr

Anond Snidvongs, a climate change expert on Thailand's national water policy committee. Therewas not enough rain to fill the reservoirs and tributaries that feed farmlands this time of the year.Thailand, the world's second largest rice exporter, registered a 4.6 million tonne or 14.5 per centdrop in paddy production in the current crop year compared to the previous year. A Decemberreport from the Office of Agricultural Economics shows paddy plantations have also shrunk by10 per cent.

SLIDING OUTPUT

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RICE: Thailand will produce 27.06 million tonnes of paddy in the current crop year, downfrom 31.63 million tonnes in the previous year.SUGAR: India will produce 346.4 million tonnes of sugar cane in this crop year, down from362.4 million tonnes the previous year.PALM: Malaysia produced 1.04 million tonnes of crude palm oil in February, down from

1.12 million tonnes in the same period last year.Sources: Office of Agricultural Economics (Thailand), Department of Agriculture,Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (India), Malaysian Palm Oil Board

In Vietnam, rising salinity of water in the Mekong delta has already destroyed more than200,000 tonnes of rice, reported Radio Free Asia. Water levels of the Mekong River are at theirlowest since 1926, partly because of dams built upstream by countries like China and Laos.In response to Vietnam's request, China last Tuesday sped up the discharge of water from theJinghong hydropower station in Yunnan province and said it would continue doing so until April10.

In Malaysia, arid conditions have dented palm production. Statistics from the Malaysian PalmOil Board show palm yields have slipped, while the output of crude palm oil was just 1.04million tonnes in February, down from 1.12 million tonnes in the same period last year .Meanwhile, India's Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare expects sugarcane production in this current season to drop by 16 million tonnes. India is the world's biggest producer of sugar cane after Brazil.But while sugar cane-growing states face a rainfall shortage,other parts of India have been hit by persistent rain and hail storms, cutting the country's wheatcrop by possibly 14 per cent, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India hassaid.

PROACTIVEWe anticipated its effects as early as 2014. We also carried out various programmes tomitigate the effects in a massive way. MR HARI PRIYONO, Indonesia's Agriculture Ministry's secretary-general

REACTIVE

They tend to favour relief intervention.

DR LEOCADIO SEBASTIAN, a Vietnam-based regional programme leader for theConsultative Group On International Agricultural Research

This could lead to the world's second largest wheat producer having to import the grain for thefirst time in 10 years, said the industry body.Some other Asian countries are faring better.Indonesia's production of milled rice last year grew by 6.4 per cent, and that of corn and soybeanalso rose.The Agriculture Ministry's secretary-general Hari Priyono attributes this to good preparation. "We anticipated its effects as early as 2014," he told The Sunday Times. "We also


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carried out various programmes to mitigate the effects in a massive way. For example, werehabilitated irrigation networks, provided machines like tractors to farmers during theharvesting and post-harvesting period, and supplied a lot of water pumps so they could optimiseavailable water sources during the extended drought."

Such long-term planning is unfortunately uncommon, say agriculture experts. Dr LeocadioSebastian, a Vietnam-based regional programme leader for the Consultative Group OnInternational Agricultural Research, says governments tend to be reactive. "They tend to favourrelief intervention."Despite the drop in global rice production, analysts do not expect prices torise significantly because stockpiles have bloated in recent years. The Thai government, forexample, was sitting on 12 million tonnes of rice last month, while Indonesia holds 1.6 milliontonnes.

Palm oil prices will rise but be reined in by subdued import demand from China and theEuropean Union, notes BMI Research firm in a report published this month.Meanwhile, a goodBrazilian sugar cane crop this season will moderate prices increases, says BMI's head of

commodities Aurelia Britsch.The bigger impact for now will be felt in rural communities. Thaieconomist Witsanu Attavanich estimates the drought would cost the country 62 billion baht(S$2.4 billion) in damage. In the Philippines, EL Nino has already wiped out at least 3.6 billion pesos (S$105 million) from agricultural production. And some farmers have taken to hunting oreating rats to survive.•Additional reporting by Arlina Arshad and Raul Dancel

CHI NA RELEASES WATER TO PARCHED MEKONG COUNTRIES

A family looking for fish in a nearly dry canal in the southern Mekong Delta province of SocTrang, on March 8, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

BANGKOK • China has embarked on anunprecedented "water diplomacy" mission toalleviate the drought in Laos, Myanmar,Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam bydischarging massive quantities of fresh waterdownstream from one of its dams in itssouthern region.The emergency water supplyfrom the Chinese Jinghong hydropowerstation will last till April 10, The Nationnewspaper reported yesterday.China had sentletters to all four member countries of the

Mekong River Commission (MRC) on its planto help ease the shortage of fresh water in downstream countries. The MRC consists of Thailand,Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, while China and Myanmar are dialogue partners.


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MORE HOT WEATHER AHEAD FOR MALAYSIA

Malaysians have been told to brace themselves for extremely hot weather for the rest of themonth. PHOTO: THE STAR/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK

PETALING JAYA • Malaysians have been told to brace themselves for extremely hot weather,

particularly in the afternoons for the rest of the month.Weathermen expect today to be especiallystifling with the equinox, when the sun shines directly over the equator, and the heatwave caused by the El Nino phenomenon.Malaysian Meteorological Department director-general Che GayahIsmail said the heatwave was expected to continue until the end of the month.

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Scientists develop climate-smart rice varieties for VietnamMarch 20, 2016 in International, News

Scientists are developing more resistant varieties of rice to help farmers in Vietnam adapt to climate change,amid the country’s worst drought in 90 years. IRIN

The drought, as well as the related flow of saltwater upriver, has destroyed 159 000 hectares ofrice paddies and left almost one million people lacking drinking water, according to a new UNreport. Another half million hectares are expected to be damaged by mid-year.In line with itswork in other Asian countries, the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institutehas been breeding high quality ―climate-smart rice varieties‖ that mature quickly, can tolerate

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salt, and are designed specifically for Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, Reiner Wassmann, the projectleader said.

The delta region, one of the worst-hit by thedrought, accounted for half the country’s rice

production and 90% of its exports last year. Thedrought is linked to El Niño, which is disruptingweather patterns around the world, whilesaltwater intrusion occurs annually. But thedrought has made it worse: the saltwater arrivedabout two months earlier than usual and hasextended around 25km further inland thanaverage because river levels were lower than anyyear since record-keeping began one centuryago.In the midst of a drought in 2014, thegovernment urged farmers in the northern and

central regions to shift from rice to moredrought-resistant crops.Scientists say that this year’s emergency is only a taste of what’s tocome, as climate change leads to more frequent and intense droughts and rising sea levels. That’s bad news for rice farmers, as well as Vietnam’s economy and its 90 million people. Rice is astaple at dinner tables throughout the country and an important export.

Only India and Thailand exported more rice than Vietnam last year, according to theIRRI.Wassmann’s team have also developed water management techniques to allow farmers toreduce the risk of losing their crops, which can be destroyed if they are inundated with salt waterright before and right after flowering. In addition, to mitigate the risk from drought, IRRIdeveloped a cycle of draining and re-flooding paddies, which can save water use by as much as

25% while cutting the cost to farmers of pumping water for irrigation. Wassmann said he hopesto secure funding to continue working in the delta and recommended that authorities ―fast-trackthe development and delivery of short duration, good quality rice with enhanced salttolerance‖.Such strains and strategies will become more important as Vietnam plans to increaserice production just as the effects of climate change become more severe.

Vietnam doubled rice production over the past two decades after being a net importer. In 2014,the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced a national strategy to furtherincrease production. Research conducted in Vietnam also feeds into a larger IRRI programmeaimed at adapting rice farming to various aspects of climate change in different countries. Forexample, IRRI has developed drought-tolerant varieties of rice being farmed in India, Nepal, the

Philippines and Bangladesh. Similar work is aimed at protecting against flooding: one variety ofrice is infused with a ―scuba‖ gene to allow it to be submerged for two weeks. It is being grownin flood-prone areas of countries like Myanmar, Laos and Indonesia. Scientists are alsotransferring the gene into varieties of rice in Africa.

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Rice prices in Davao del Sur rise due to El NiɦoBy: Orlando B. Dinoy

@inquirerdotnet I nquirer M indanao

10:30 AM March 22nd, 2016

BANSALAN, Davao del Sur – Prices of milled rice are on the uptrend in the province as the El Niño continues to ravage farms.Prices of milled rice have also increased in this town, which produces about 13 percent of the total provincial average rice output of 127,000 metric tons percropping season (figure still include that of the newly created province of DavaoOccidental).Rice dealer Modesta Porquiado said it has become difficult for rice millers to find palay these days because of the dry spell. This has led to the rising prices of rice, she said. Amonitoring by the Philippine Daily Inquirer at the public market here showed that milled rice prices have increased by an average of P2 per kilogram. For example, the so-called 7-tonnervariety now sells between P40 and P46 per kilogram, depending on the grade, from the previous

price of P38-44 per kilogram.

Ordinary rice now sells at P35 per kilogram from just P30 a few weeks back.But according to the National Food Authority (NFA), even with the shortage of palay, the province has sufficient ricestocks that can help residents overcome the effects of the El Niño phenomenon.Virgilio Alerta, NFA Davao provincial manager, said more than 195,000 bags of imported rice have been instock at the at the NFA warehouse in Digos City alone. More rice will be made available to themarkets in the coming days because of the upcoming procurement of 300,000 bags for SouthernMindanao, he said.Alerta said the NFA outlets were also told to start selling more NFA rice tohelp consumers amid rising rice prices.At just P25-P27 per kilogram, the quality of NFA rice isat least equal to that commercial rice varieties being sold in the markets, according to Alerta.

Davao del Sur Gov. Claude Bautista said the provincial government has already started providing assistance to farmers in the province so that rice production could start amid thedrought.According to Bautista, the P16-million emergency fund drawn from the calamity fund is being spent on water pumps, drought-resistant varieties and other forms of assistance. SFM

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Tanzanian rice swells yield from salty soil

Scientists in Tanzania have developed a high-yielding, salt-resistant rice variety that could benefit millions of

farmers across Africa.

The variety, dubbed SATO1, can yield several tonnes of rice per hectare even in salty ground —

up from just 0.5 tonnes for traditional varieties that grow poorly in such soil, the researchers

say. “Farmers are now able to produce six tonnes per hectare, the highest yield ever

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recorded in the history of rice production in the entire eastern and southern Africa

countries.”

Sophia Kashenge, Chollima Agro-Scientific Research Centre, Tanzania

The rice is being used as part of a wider project that combines salt-tolerant varieties identified in

Japan after the 2011 tsunami with treatments designed to reduce salt concentrations in the earth.

The combination of better rice and soil treatment has led to the reclamation of 680 hectares of

land previously almost incapable of producing rice.The research is yet to be published in a

scientific journal, but the researchers say the land now supports 1,774 households in Ndungu, a

salt-prone area in Kilimanjaro district in northern Tanzania.―Farmers are now able to produce six

tonnes per hectare, the highest yield ever recorded in the history of rice production in the entire

eastern and southern Africa countries,‖ says Sophia Kashenge, a researcher at the Chollima

Agro-Scientific Research Centre in Tanzania, which managed the project.

As the water receded following the 2011 tsunami in Japan, farmers noticed that some rice plants

survived despite being inundated with seawater. Scientists had the foresight to collect these

samples for later testing, Kashenge explains.According to the Food and Agriculture

Organization, there are set to befour times as many people to feed in Africa by the end of the

century as there are now, so farmers will need to increase their food production.Tanzania has

seen its population increase from roughly eight million in the 1960s to nearly 45 million

today.The country also has one of the fastest growing urban populations in East Africa — rising

by 4.7 per year, according to the government.

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The expanding urban middle class prefers rice over other staples, and the agriculture ministry iskeen to ensure that local rice production can keep up with demand to discourage expensiveimports.But Mike Nenguny, a policy officer at the Kilimo Kwanza initiative, which supportsagricultural decision-making in northern Tanzania, says irrigation systems in the area are in poorcondition and would need to be repaired before rice can be grown at a larger scale.He adds that

farmers are constrained by water shortages, insufficient fertilisation because of cost andavailability, and plant diseases.―I applaud the work of our local scientists for the development ofnew SATO1 rice seed, but more support is needed to put our rice production on greater heights,‖ Nenguny sayshttp://www.scidev.net/global/farming/news/tanzanian-rice-swells-yield-salty-soil.html

Agri department to allocate more land for khazan

paddy crops

TNN | Mar 21, 2016, 07.06 AM IST Panaji: The agriculture department has claimed that about 2,485 hectares of khazan land has

been protected in the state. The department has plans to bring additional area under paddy

cultivation. By 2019-20, the department aims to have 600 hectares of additional area under

paddy cultivation. Khazan lands have been a major cause for concern, as many farmers in the

state have quit cultivating paddy due to the high cost of cultivation.In some areas, paddy under

khazan land is affected by the growth of mangroves caused due to the seepage of saline water

near breached bunds .

An agriculture officer said the soil conservation wing of the department is operating a scheme to

repair breached bunds. Paddy cultivation is being revitalized in a phased manner by providing

salt tolerant paddy seed 'korgut' to farmers free-of-cost, and tractors are provided for tilling with

a 50% subsidy.The agriculture department also intends to provide high-yielding seeds to farmers.

A new variety of seed will be made available to farmers for trial during the coming kharif

season, the official said.

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crops/articleshow/51487574.cms

APEDA RICE COMMODITY

International Benchmark PricePrice on: 17-03-2016

Product Benchmark Indicators Name Price

Honey

1 Argentine 85mm, CIF NW Europe (USD/t) 2310

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Peanuts

1 South Africa, HPS 70/80 peanuts CFR main European ports (USD/t) 1875

2 South African, HPS 40/50 peanuts CFR main European ports (USD/t) 1000

3 Argentinean 38/42 runners, CFR NW Europe (USD/t) 1485White Sugar

1 CZCE White Sugar Futures (USD/t) 832

2 Kenya Mumias white sugar, EXW (USD/t) 691

3 Pakistani refined sugar, EXW Akbari Mandi (USD/t) 575

Source:agra-net For more info

Market WatchCommodity-wise, Market-wise Daily Price on 19-03-2016

Domestic Prices Unit Price : Rs per Qty

Product Market Center Variety Min Price Max Price

Rice

1 Aroor (Kerala) Other 3100 3300

2 Mangalore (Karnataka) Fine 2600 3290

3 Sainthia (West Bengal) Common 1750 1770

Wheat

1 Amreli (Gujarat) Lokwan 1450 1900

2 Gangavathi (Karnataka) Local 1500 1500

3 Nagpur (Maharashtra) Other 1450 1590

Guava

1 Kondotty (Kerala) Other 2800 3000

2 Mumbai (Maharashtra) Other 1000 2500

3 Fatehabad (Haryana) Other 1800 2000

Onion

1 Cherthala (Kerala) Other 1850 2000

2 Karad (Maharashtra) Other 500 1000

3 Jatni (Orissa) Other 1100 1300

Source:agmarknet.nic.in For more info

Egg Rs per 100 NoPrice on 19-03-2016

Product Market Center Price

1 Pune 315

2 Hyderabad 290

3 Nagapur 287Source: e2necc.com

Other International Prices Unit Price : US$ per packagePrice on 17-03-2016

Product Market Center Origin Variety Low High

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Potatoes Package: 50 lb cartons

1 Atlanta Colorado Yellow 16 16.75

2 Chicago California Yellow 21 21

3 Miami Idaho Yellow 20 21

Cucumbers Package: cartons film wrapped

1 Atlanta Mexico Long Seedless 11 14

2 Dallas California Long Seedless 13.50 15

3 Detroit Canada Long Seedless 8 9.50

Grapes Package: 18 lb containers bagged

1 Atlanta Peru Red Globe 22.50 26

2 Chicago Peru Red Globe 20 20.50

3 Miami Chile Red Globe 17 20

Source:USDA

03/21/2016 Farm Bureau Market Report

Rice

High Low

Long Grain Cash Bids - - - - - -

Long Grain New Crop - - - - - -

Futures:ROUGH RICE

High Low Last Change

May '16 1052.0 1035.0 1037.5 -7.5

Jul '16 1076.0 1071.0 1064.5 -7.5

Sep '16 1091.5 1080.0 1080.5 -7.0

Nov '16 1092.0 -8.5

Jan '17 1106.5 -8.5

Mar '17 1107.0 -8.5

May '17 1107.0 -8.5

Rice Comment

Rice prices closed slightly lower today. The market continues to retreat despite wet conditionsthat may impact supplies in 2016. The rice market remains under pressure from less thanimpressive demand both in export market and domestically.

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New Agreements for U.S.-Cuba Agriculture Sectors

Announced During Historic Visit

By Kristen Dayton

HAVANA, CUBA -- Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, who is traveling with President Obama on

his historic visit to Cuba this week, announced today that agricultural commodity groups receiving

funding from federal check-offs or U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Marketing Orders for

research and promotion activities are now able to use their resources in preparing for normalized trade

with the country. USA Rice promotion activities were not impacted by today's announcement because,

when conducting promotion activities in Cuba, USA Rice uses state-generated resources that are not

subject to federal check-off restrictions.

The U.S. government is still barred from spending appropriated funds, including Market Access

Programs (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD), on promotion programs in Cuba.

Prior to his departure, USA Rice armed Secretary Vilsack with rice industry priorities for trade with

Cuba including allowing U.S. financial institutions to extend credit to Cuban entities and support for

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"The announcement today, like the White House announcements on liberalized travel from last week,

continues the momentum toward normalized commercial relations with Cuba," said Brian King, chairman

of the USA Rice Western Hemisphere Promotions Subcommittee. "We are looking forward to a USDA

presence at the U.S. Embassy in Havana. But there is much more to be done, and we need to Congress to

take action to remove the embargo once and for all."

While in Havana, Vilsack has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Cuban Minister

of Agriculture Gustavo Rodriguez Rollero, establishing a framework for sharing research between the two

countries.

Star-Studded Food Service Seminar

By Sarah Moran

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO -- Earlier this month, U.S.

rice was the highlight of a foodservice seminar,

"Mizrahi and Friends," at the Colegio Superior de

Gastronomia Culinary Institute where distinguished

international chefs cooked for an audience of

foodservice professionals, press, and special guests.

The organizer and star of the event, Chef Aaron

Mizrahi, grilled various cuts of U.S. meat served with

a delicious rice dish made with U.S.-grown rice and

emphasized the importance of selecting U.S. rice for

its nutritional value and superior quality.USA Rice

Chef Jorge Cuevas, who was also at the event, said,"Traditionally, steak is served with potatoes so this

was a great opportunity to showcase the versatility of

rice. During the seminar, I talked about the benefits of

U.S. rice, explained proper cooking techniques, and

conducted a question and answer session for more than 100 guests."

Kisko Garcia, a Spanish chef with a Michelin star, and Eva Millan of Master Chef Spain fame,

prepared a host of specialized dishes using U.S. rice during the live cooking portion of the

program.Local press covered the event that trended on social media. Above is a link to an

Instagram video (in Spanish) of one of the chefs at the seminar explaining the superior qualitiesof U.S. rice that make it the best choice for cooking.USA Rice has worked with this culinary

institute for the past 15 years, providing training to student chefs and a rice curriculum for professors.

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Dry Season Rice Snapped up by Neighbor

Khmer Times / Sok Chan

Monday, 21 March 2016

Thirteen provinces across the country have finished harvesting their dry season rice and yieldshave increased on last year’s crop, but local millers and exporters are concerned ab out the bulkof the crop making its way to a neighboring country.While local rice millers and exporters areconcerned about the flow of rice to a neighboring country, a bigger concern for them is the lackof clarity in the government’s plans to solve the issues facing the rice sector – loans to farmersand millers and other important issues.A total of 13 provinces have finished harvesting rice – Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong Speu, Kratie, Siem Reap, PreahVihear, Stung Treng, Svay Rieng, Oddor Meanchey, Kep, Kampot and Pailin – and the amountof rice harvested in the dry season has increased to 72,126 tons, a rise of about 17 percent on lastyear, according to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture released last week.

Song Saran, the president of AMRU Rice, told Khmer Times that climate change, a lack ofcapital and loans from banks and microfinance institutions to buy rice from farmers for stock and processing were lacking and this has had a serious impact on rice millers and exporters. He said aresponse from government has been slow and Vietnam had bought rice from farmers in various provinces.―We saw that Vietnam had purchased rice from Cambodia, which for us is a missedopportunity to buy rice in the dry season this year,‖ Mr. Saran said. ―I think the Cambodian RiceFederation (CRF) could not do much at the moment, but we hope they can help before July orAugust when we start harvesting more rice such as jasmine.

We should have a funding package beforehand to purchase rice for processing and export,otherwise we will lose again,‖ Mr. Saran said.―The lack of a funding package has seriously hurt

us and Vietnam has a lot of money and has bought all the rice from Cambodia since March andApril last year. We still have rice to buy from farmers, but I think the dry season rice is over andwe are waiting for newly harvested rice in August or September, but we hope the funding package arrives on time.‖ Last week the CRF had a meeting with the Commerce Ministry to seek a solution and will comeup with a formula or model to help the rice sector and will submit it to the government. The main point the CRF stressed to the government was the need for a budget of $20 to $30 million to helprice millers and exporters.


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the rice sector and will submit it to the government. The main point the CRF stressed to thegovernment was the need for a budget of $20 to $30 million to help rice millers and exporters.

Deputy Director General of Agriculture Hean Vanhan told Khmer Times that it was good thatfarmers had somewhere to sell their rice after all their hard work. He added that Cambodia

should not worry about the lack of a food supply as the country produces more than four milliontons of rice per year.―From my point of view, please stop thinking about banning imports as wetry our best to have as many exports as we can to neighboring countries under the free flow ofgoods in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). We are afraid that our neighboring countrieswill not accept our rice and export their rice to Cambodia. We s hould clear up that concern,‖ Mr.Vanhan said.

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Commodity Report-March 21Published March 21, 2016

In today’s commodity report we have the Weekly Rice Summary, California Shell Eggs: DailyEgg Report, Shell Eggs: Daily National Egg Market and other commodity end of the day marketnumbers.

Weekly Rice Summary

In California, medium grain milled rice prices steady to 2.00 lower.Second heads and Brewers steady to weak. Rice by-products: Rice Bran prices steady. Rice hulls spot trade not well tested.CME Rough Ricesettlements for Friday 18th, May 16 closed .095 lower at 10.45; Jul 16closed .09 lower at 10.72. US dollar index on Friday settled at 95.09.USDA National Weekly Rice Summary (.pdf) with all prices.

Calif ornia Shell Eggs: Daily Egg ReportBenchmark prices are 27 cents lower for Jumbo, Extra Large and Large, and 24 cents lower forMedium and Small. The undertone is lower. Retail and food service demand is moderate.Offerings are moderate to heavy. Supplies are moderate to heavy. Market activity is slow.Shellegg marketer’s benchmark price for negotiated egg sales of USDA Grade AA and Grade AA incartons, cents per dozen. This price does not reflect discounts or other contract terms.

RANGE

JUMBO 176

EXTRA LARGE 174

LARGE 167

MEDIUM 155Shell Eggs: Daily National Egg Market

New York prices are steady on larger sizes, 3 cents lower on Medium. Regional prices are steadywith California prices 27 cents lower on Jumbo, Extra Large and Large, down 24 cents onMedium and Small. The undertone is steady to weak. Offerings are moderate in the regions,however moderate to heavy in California. Retail and distributive demand is moderate to good

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entering the Easter week. Supplies are mostly moderate to heavy, while light to moderate in theSoutheast. Market activity is slow in California and moderate elsewhere. Breaking stock floorstocks are moderate to heavy; breaking schedules are mostly full-time. Light type fowl offeringsare at least adequate for the light to moderate demand.Check the March USDA Commodity Report Calendar for today’s commodity reports released

by USDA. Now Monday’s Commodity Market endi ng market numbers for other commoditi es:

Corn May Corn ended at $3.69 1/2 increasing 2 1/2 cents, July ended at $3.74 1/4 gaining 2 1/2 cents.

Soybeans May Soybeans ended at 9.02 up 4 1/2 cents, July ended at 9.08 1/4 increasing 4 cents.

Wheat May Wheat ended at $4.66 1/2, gaining 3 1/2 cents, July Wheat ended at $4.73 1/2 up 3 1/4cents.

Rough Rice

May Rough Rice ended at 10.375 down 0.075, July ended at 10.645 decreasing 0.075.

Live Cattle

April Live Cattle ended at $138.35 decreasing $1.475 and June ended at $127.85 down $1.25and August ended at $122.15 losing $1.175.

Feeder Cattle

March Feeder Cattle ended at $163.375 losing $0.85 and April ended at $157.975 decreasing

$4.225 and May ended at $156.775 down $3.925.Lean Hogs

April Lean Hogs ended at $69.35 decreasing $2.10, May ended at $77.675 down $2.10

Class III Milk

March Class III Milk ended at $13.83 unchanged, April ended at $13.95 increasing $0.07 andMay ended at $13.75 gaining $0.12.

#2 Cotton

May #2 Cotton ending at 58.17 gaining 1.01, July ended at 58.08 up 1.02.

Sugar #11

May sugar #11 ended at 16.29 up $0.32 and July ended at 16.19 increasing $0.28.

Orange Juice

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7 delicious ways to use leftover rice

F R O M

The Week StaffMarch 21, 2016

Even when your fridge is empty and sad, there somehow always seems to be a container ofleftover rice lurking in the back. Inevitably your delivery order came with more rice than youneeded, and instead of tossing it at the end of your meal, you decided to save it. You'd eat it

eventually, you told yourself.If you're still staring at that box of rice and feeling so uninspiredthat you're considering ordering Seamless again, we're here to help you get out of this viscouscycle. Leftover rice isn't a curse. In fact, for dishes like fried rice, it actually works better thanfresh rice.Here are seven ways to put your leftover rice to great use.

1. Fry it up

Day-old, dried-out rice is perfect for a warm, comforting bowl of fried rice, like this KimchiFried Rice or Crab Fried Rice. You'll get a much better texture with rice made ahead of time.

2 Make arancini

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These Italian rice balls might be one of the world's most underrated street foods. Use yourleftover rice to make fried gems like Paella Arancini or Carbonara Arancini.

3. The proof is in the pudding

Rice pudding might not be the sexiest dessert on the menu, but it's one of the most comforting. Ifyou start with cooked rice, the cooking time will be cut in half. Try it out in this Forbidden RicePudding. 4. Stuff your peppers

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Stuffed peppers don't have to be cool: They're just reliable staples you look forward to in yourdinner rotation. And they're a great use of your rice. Try these Avocado, Cucumber and BasmatiSalad-Stuffed Peppers.

5. Throw rice in soup

Rice can add some much needed texture and heft to soups. It's probably the easiest and mostsatisfying way to rehydrate your grains. Recipes like thisChicken and Rice Soup with YoungCollard Greens, Parsnips and Rutabagawill fill you up without weighing you down.

6. Make a rice salad

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Grain salads, like this Pickled Mushroom and Miso Brown Rice Salad, are all the rage. So takethat rice and add it to any combination of vegetables, legumes, cheese, you name it. You now

have lunch for the week.7. Conjure up some congee

Don't be afraid of this comforting rice porridge. It's easier to make than you might think, and youcan definitely use your day-old rice for recipes like this Congee with Pickled Plums, Fried

Shallots and Chives. But asYotam Ottolenghi suggests, if you use leftover rice for congee, "makesure you chill the leftover rice within one hour of making it and use within a day."Tasting Table is a website and newsletter for culinary enthusiasts. We eat high and low to bring you discerning dining, recipe, culinary events, gift guides, and food travel advice you can trust

along with news you can use from the world of food and drink.

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Competition in Chile's rice market

Chile is classified as a 'high-income' country by the World Bank and has a per capita GDP of$22,346," explained USA Rice Vice President of International Promotion Jim Guinn, who is participating in the trade mission. "It's an impressive economy that has really turned around. In1990 the poverty rate was 40 percent, today it is 7 percent."

By Sarah Moran

USA Rice Federation

Posted Mar. 21, 2016 at 1:39 PM

SANTIAGO, CHILE —

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack has brought his trade mission to Chile, the wealthiest country in

South America and the most prolific negotiator of free trade agreements."Chile is classified as a

'high-income' country by the World Bank and has a per capita GDP of $22,346," explained USA

Rice Vice President of International Promotion Jim Guinn, who is participating in the trade

mission. "It's an impressive economy that has really turned around. In 1990 the poverty rate was

40 percent, today it is 7 percent."This year however, Guinn says the economic growth rate is

projected at 2.2 percent, due principally to low commodity prices, especially copper, whichmakes up about 50 percent of Chile's exports by value. Chile has entered into 23 trade

agreements covering 60 countries, including those in the newly negotiated Trans Pacific

Partnership (TPP).

The U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement came into force in 2004 and as a result, bilateral trade

between the two countries quadrupled in the first eight years of the agreement. In 2014 total U.S.

exports reached $16.5 billion, a $7 billion trade surplus for the United States, although U.S. rice

exports have held low and steady for the past five years.Unlike Peru, Chile is not a huge

consumer of rice. Their 17.6 million citizens consume about 29 pounds of rice annually per

capita, or 231,000 MT. Last year, domestic production in Chile was 164,000 MT and is

estimated at 172,000 MT for this year. Approximately 50-60 percent of that is imported, with the

lion's share going to Argentina (35 percent), Paraguay (25 percent), and Uruguay (13 percent). In

2015, U.S. exports, which were mainly medium grain, were 2,200 MT or about 1.5 percent of

total rice imports.

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Guinn says 10-15 percent of the market is parboiled rice, a majority of the domestic crop is long

grain, and after touring a local supermarket here, he surmised that most of the rice imports also

are long grain."In my opinion, the opportunities for U.S. rice here will be in small quantities and

likely limited to U.S. medium grain or specialty rices," Guinn said. "The geographic proximity of

competing suppliers of long grain rice in MERCOSUR, whose prices are significantly lower than

U.S. prices, and the strength of the U.S. dollar, create considerable challenges for significant

gains in this market. However, I have additional meetings with the trade here before heading

home that may provide additional perspective on the opportunities for U.S. rice here in Chile.

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Fiji’s rice producer welcomes Korean

investor

2016 March

Fiji’s sole but struggling rice producer, Rewa Rice Limited has welcomed the entry of Grace

Roads Limited, a South Korean investor built on Christians’ apocalyptic principles, into the local

rice industry.A miller for rice paddy, Rewa Rice Limited is a government-owned company that

buys paddy from farmers all over Fiji. Their mill is located in Dreketi, in Fiji’s northern island of

Vanua Levu. Company Manager, Ashrit Pratap says Grace Road farms will supplement rice

production in Fiji as Rewa Rice alone does not have the capacity to satisfy local demands. ―The

government aims to reduce rice imports and be fully self-sufficient by year 2020,‖ said Pratap.

―Therefore we do not see Grace Road as a competition but we see them as a partner to achieveour aims to reduce imports and promote local rice.‖ Grace Roads Group is a Korean Christiangroup that made landfall in Fiji in 2014 with the aim of introducing and developing organicfarming in the country, and have built their own rice mill. President Daniel Kim says Fiji was agood place for investment, and a greater place for their mission – http://islandsbusiness.com/ibi/component/k2/item/1480-fiji-s-rice-producer-welcomes-korean-investor

Aspen Times Weekly: Cook, why don't you?A CONVENIENT TRUTHMake food prep a breeze with these handy tips from Epicurious editor David Tamarkin of The#Cook90 Challenge.•Do a ―big shop‖ every week. Attempting to buy ingredients à la carte — onweeknights after work or when hungry — is recipe for failure.• Stay stocked on staples: washedgreens, frozen fish or shrimp, bread. Toast may be topped with virtually anything to create a

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meal.• Batch it. Cook a large quantity of grains such as quinoa, rice, and farro — those that takea while to cook, especially — to store in the freezer.• Get creative with leftovers. Tamarkin turnseverything into soup. Whiz leftover roasted vegetables, cooked beans, and meat with broth for aquick, hot dish.• When in doubt, put an egg on it.

Instant protein upgrade.• Don’t let the voice in your head get to you. You’re more skilled thanyou think. Plan and focus. And remember that even food editors like Tamarkin struggle withwalking the talk.LAST NOVEMBER, before I moved to a new apartment, I made a strong effortto clean out my pantry. A fresh start seemed appropriate. It worked, mostly: I ended up packing just a couple of egg boxes, one full of spices, oils, vinegars, and other shelf-stable condimentsthat tend to go the distance.

But now, every time I open the cabinet where these kinds of ingredients live in my new place,I’m reminded of a past shortcoming. A slender figure the shape of an old soda bottle stands at thefront corner, clear of the Lazy Susan that holds frequently used items. It’s wrapped in a bright

blue label with Arabic lettering: pomegranate molasses.I ordered the tangy, sanguine syruponline, one day inspired to prepare fesenjan, an Iranian chicken stew made with a thick gravy ofonion, ground walnuts, and this special sweet-tart ingredient. I even printed the recipe from the New York Times Cooking website in anticipation of making it during the winter solstice, as iscustomary. This was two and a half years ago.What happened to my motivation to tackle thisexotic dish for the last 30 months? This bottle of pomegranate molasses had become a relic ofmy own kitchen inadequacy.

The fesenjan procedure isn’t daunting. Hands-on time maxes out around half an hour, mostly thedish bubbles away in a Dutch oven by itself. Rarely do I have four cups of walnuts, two poundsof chicken, and a half-cup of grated butternut squash lying around, but I could go buy it if Ireally wanted to. The flavor could be a crapshoot — possibly sour and cloying at the same time.Even if I halved the recipe, the leftovers! Ugh.David Tamarkin knows all about this — he calls

it, ―the barriers to home cooking.‖ In January, the editor of online recipe encyclopediaEpicurious endeavored to cook every meal he ate for the entire month. He allowed himself threecheat meals out of 90 — he’s human, after all — otherwise, he’d prep all food himself. Theoriginal impetus was financial — daily $4 breakfasts of pre-peeled hardboiled eggs, plusmultiple coffee breaks, in the Condé Nast cafeteria, followed by dinners in Manhattan, added upto an obscene amount of discretionary income.

During the last week of his #Cook90 challenge, Tamarkin explains via the Food52 ―Burnt Toast‖ podcast that many common obstacles to cooking — lack of money or access to grocery stores; anuncompromising work schedule; children or a partner with different tastes; time and desire toscout new recipes to break out of a rut — don’t apply to him. Yet while he feels confident in his

skills and calm in the kitchen, he isn’t the kind of person to find ―magic…in choppingtomatoes.‖So, Tamarkin says, ―If I could cook every day and see what my barriers were, I wouldunderstand the barriers my readers have.‖ He wanted to become a better cook, too. One rule: hemust attempt three new cuisines each week.Tamarkin discovered that organization was his mostcrucial excuse. ―If I don’t meal plan and do a big weekly shop, I’m not gonna be a good cookthat week because I’m having a panic attack at 3 p.m….about dinner,‖ he says. (See more of histips, opposite page.).


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Despite being a food editor, Tamarkin also struggled with motivation. He lamented feeling likehe spent a lot of time indoors, cooking. (That might be a biggie for Aspenites who would rathergrab a granola bar and get outside than spend daylight hours in the kitchen.) He drank morewine — alone. He missed the social interaction of dining out; on Day 24 he broke down and usedhis first cheat meal. He suffered critiques on social media, such as the Instagram naysayer who

questioned his choice of grilled cheese for breakfast.The challenge begs the question: Whatconstitutes cooking, anyway? Do morning smoothies count? What about toast? Assembling asalad? Are we not home cooks if we eat eggs for dinner every night?

―If I’ve used my skills in the kitchen to feed myself, that’s cooking,‖ Tamarkin concluded on an

Epicurious blog documenting his #Cook90 experience.Then there are the chestnuts of drive andinspiration — often hard to summon, especially when actively sought after.Witness a listenercalling in for advice to The Splendid Table, NPR’s popular culinary podcast: ―One of my goalsin 2016 is to tr y 12 new dishes from 12 different countries this year,‖ she says. ―Suggestions oncuisines, cultures to not miss?‖

It’s personal, host David Leite replies. He suggests the woman take a radical, adventurous

approach.―Buy a map of the world, tape it to your kitchen wall,‖ Leite says. ―Blindfold your

husband and play pin the tail on the country. Wherever that pin lands is where you’ll cook from.

It’s culinary travel— you can research and learn about it, and guess who becomes the expert on

Yemen cooking or South African cooking? You! And your circle of friends.‖

How’s that for a personal dare or supper club theme?

Cathy Erway of Not Eating Out in New York — a 10-year-old blog chronicling her home-cooking

adventures since she began boycotting pricey restaurants, which led her to write a book, ―The

Art of Eating In‖ — approaches inspiration from another angle. Among her ―Reasons for Not

Eating Out‖: #1 Gimmicks, #22 Your Health, #52 To Better Experience the Seasons, #30 This is

Why You’re Not Fat, and #39 Because the Hair in My Food is Always Mine.

Ha!So, after watching Michael Pollan’s call-to-action Netflix series, ―Cooked,‖ last week, I

stared down that bottle of pomegranate molasses for the last time. I plucked it from the cabinet

and picked up the other ingredients during my Sunday evening food haul. Finally, I made

fesenjan.As expected, Erway was right about the ―adrenaline rush once you start [cooking],‖ the

momentum of which ―is much like a domino effect.‖ In fact, I prepared chelo (steamed Persian

basmati rice) with crispy tadig crust to go with it.

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