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April 28 ,2016
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Editorial Board
Chief Editor
Managing Editor
English Editor
Maryam Editor
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Advocate Zaheer Minhas
Editorial Associates
Hamlik
Dr.Hasina Gul
Dr.Hidayat Ullah
Assistant Professor, University of
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Assistant Professor, University of
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Zahid Mehmood
PSO,NIFA Peshawar
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It may come as no surprise to hear youve probably been cooking rice the wrong way all
along. Now, a cooking expert is bringing science to the kitchen to explain how to make better
rice, and he says the key is to minimize evaporationA quick look on the side of a bag of rice will
reveal the recipe commonly used to cook a standard serving two cups of water per one cup of
rice.But, following these seemingly simple instructions doesnt always lead to perfectly cooked
rice.
To get to the bottom of this problem, researchers designed an experiment to determine what the
ratio should really be, Business Insider reports.The team including Dan Souza, senior editor of
Cooks Illustrated from Americas Test Kitchen and one of the authors of The Science of Good
Cooking, placed sealed bags filled with one cup of water and one cup of rice into boiling
water.With this method, it took just a single cup of water to produce a perfectly cooked cup of
rice.
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lift the lid to see if its finished.Through trial-and-error, you can perfect a ratio based on your
own kitchen.
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North Korea's already-low food supply is set to deteriorate this year as dry weather hits crop
yields, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned."Given the
tight food supplies in 2015/16, the country's food security situation is expected to deteriorate
from the previous year when most households were already estimated to have poor or borderline
food consumption levels," the agency said in a report on Wednesday.North Korea's total food
production fell 9 percent on-year to 5.4 million tons in 2015, with the harvest of rice a food
staple dropping 26 percent due to poor rains and a lack of irrigation, the FAO said.It was the
country's first decline in total food production since 2010, the agency added. The FAO's country
monitor, Cristina Coslet, said in a video that the agency was concerned about the expected drop
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Poor weather in North Korea contributed to poor farm yields and a severe famine in the 1990s that
reportedly killed hundreds of thousands.Reduced fertilizer and fuel supply last year also limited crop
production, the FAO said.A strong ongoing El Nino weather phenomenon is causing hot, dry weather in
the Asia Pacific, hitting food crops such as palm oil in Southeast Asia and wheat in Australia. But it's not
just the weather North Korean's need worry about; in March a North Korean newspaper warned citizens
to prepare for economic hardship ahead, as the rogue nation channeled funding into its weapons program.
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/28/north-korean-food-supply-hit-by-drought-un-warns-as-kim-jong-unspends-on-missiles.html
THE head of the National Food Authority (NFA) said on Wednesday he is stepping down from
office due to health and personal reasons.NFA Administrator Renan B. Dalisay said he has
already submitted his resignation letter to the Office of the President. His resignation will take
effect on April 30.Dalisay, who was appointed as NFAs administrator in November 2014, said
he continues to wait for the Presidents feedback on his resignation.Im just waiting for the
consideration of the President. But I have to do this now. If I dont do this, it may further cause
more damage to my health and also affect the agency, he said in a phone interview.Despite his
resignation, Dalisay made an assurance that the food agency has already made all the necessary
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Responding to queries raised by MPs when debating the 2016/17 budget estimates, Mr Majaliwa
noted that there was a stock of sugar of about 37,000 tonnes in the country, which he said was in
the market.'"The government has already ordered sugar to cover the deficit and a few days from
today it should be in the country," said the PM, adding that the government was avoiding
ordering a huge consignment to avoid crippling local industries.However, Mr Majaliwa added,
the government was putting measures in place to ensure that there was enough production of
sugar in the country to avoid importing the essential commodity.The prime minister asked
traders and major distributors trying to hoard sugar to create artificial shortage to justify price
hikes to release the commodity immediately.
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Six of eight international climate models suggest that the tropical Pacific Ocean will return to
neutral levels during May. Of them, seven indicate that La Nina thresholds may emerge by
September. This is despite individual model outlooks showing a large spread between neutral
and La Nina scenarios, the Australian agency said. The emerging snippets of information with
regard to changing dynamics in the Equatorial Pacific are good news for the Indian monsoon.
La Nina has been associated with a successful Indian monsoon though with exceptions; they do
not strictly have a direct cause-effect relationship.
Overall build-up in India towards May/June as evidenced in the sustained heating of the land
also suggests that the ground is being prepared for a good monsoon this year.
Performance guarantee
Because, despite all its devastating impact on lives and livelihoods, the searing heat and the heat
waves during April, May and June play a big role in the guaranteed performance of the monsoon.
The extent to which the plains heat up determines how far the atmospheric pressure can climb
down over North India, setting up an ideal gradient from the South-West (around Kerala). The
moisture-laden monsoon winds ride this pressure gradient to blow in with full force into the land
and drain down its moisture in the form of heavy rain.
An outlook by India Met Department on Tuesday suggested that the top heat driven by heat
waves to severe heat waves may begin to shift to North-West India from this weekend itself.
This does not mean any respite for East India, which may witness mercury peaking to new highs
in the days to come.
During the 24 hours ending on Tuesday morning, Titlagarh in Odisha, the hottest place for days
together, saw the maximum temperature climb down to 46 deg Celsius from 48.5 deg Celsius the
previous day.
Heating of West
The India Met forecast said that dust storms may continue to hold down mercury over Punjab,
Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan on Tuesday.
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the international price.South Korea used Chinas price in the calculation because it did import
some rice at that time but the amount was too small and commercially insignificant, the South
Korean government explained. In response, the five countries are claiming that the price used by
China was inappropriate because China at that time was not a market economy and the Chinese
government might have intervened in the determination of the price.
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Rice Prices
as on : 28-04-2016 08:10:29 PM
Arrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market.
Arrivals
Current
Price
%
Season
Prev. Prev.Yr
Modal
change cumulative
Modal %change
Rice
Billsadda(UP)
Vishalpur(UP)
Bangalore(Kar)
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2340.00 175.29
6390.00
2255.00
2255.00
1628.00 -29.09 113866.00
2190
2190
3950
2185
3800
-7.06
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301.00
290.00
250.00
231.00
206.00
150.00
144.00
103.00
103.00
100.00
100.00
95.00
92.00
90.00
88.00
80.00
70.00
65.00
61.05
58.10
50.00
50.00
50.00
48.68
43.00
43.00
40.00
35.00
35.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
25.00
22.00
20.50
20.00
20.00
16.90
15.70
7.89
NC
-10.71
6.45
0.98
25
22.55
160.76
-14.17
-9.09
100
-20.83
-3.16
5.88
114.63
33.33
NC
8.33
-4.53
-43.37
-16.67
-16.67
4.17
-9.6
4200
7.5
NC
-10.26
-14.29
57.89
20
25
-21.88
-8.33
-21.15
-66.67
5.26
6.96
-7.65
6771.00
8990.00
9340.00
568.00
7069.00
6120.00
3780.00
1811.70
4226.50
7020.00
15860.00
1405.00
1126.00
2955.00
515.00
2465.00
2520.00
4611.00
1195.80
40490.10
18955.00
2445.00
1819.00
863.44
88.00
11488.10
1829.00
35.00
1574.00
1474.00
1212.00
330.15
1823.00
1549.00
440.00
803.50
500.00
461.00
290.90
1043.60
1850
2900
2190
1425
2205
2075
2150
1520
2120
1980
3000
2110
1750
2220
2790
2125
2650
2165
2100
2240
2255
2300
2700
2100
4724
1990
2125
2120
1990
2700
2025
2110
2200
3500
2900
1650
2210
2200
325
2400
1750
2900
2175
1475
2210
2160
2185
1530
2120
1985
2700
2100
1750
2200
1720
2150
2650
2165
2100
2230
2255
2200
2700
2100
4500
1980
2120
1980
2700
2020
2110
2200
3500
2900
1650
2180
2200
325
2400
NC
-12.12
0.69
5.50
-3.94
4.88
4.83
7.07
0.51
8.21
-2.78
15.32
-3.41
8.16
2.12
-4.55
8.21
1.12
NC
NC
-4.55
-1.00
2.16
7.07
NC
-3.57
4.38
8.21
-8.33
-13.16
13.33
NC
-7.69
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15.00
15.00
15.00
14.50
13.00
13.00
11.50
11.00
10.10
10.00
10.00
10.00
9.50
8.60
8.60
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
7.00
7.00
6.50
6.50
6.00
6.00
5.50
5.50
5.00
5.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
2.90
2.60
2.50
1.50
1.50
1.20
-38.78
36.36
25
3.57
-7.14
-13.33
-73.26
-8.33
5.21
NC
25
NC
-31.16
-4.44
7.5
NC
60
60
14.29
40
-6.67
-27.78
-13.33
-7.69
-14.29
-15.38
-26.67
150
NC
NC
100
33.33
-37.5
33.33
NC
-13.33
25
NC
NC
-85.88
415.00
525.50
647.00
461.00
277.80
559.00
1330.40
212.50
110.15
150.00
607.00
770.50
1335.40
263.40
154.10
102.00
479.70
483.50
380.00
1240.50
56.50
1072.70
230.00
17.50
539.00
236.80
90.30
126.00
134.00
127.00
57.00
53.00
22.90
260.90
82.90
97.00
73.50
18.50
23.20
106.40
2210
2300
1955
2075
2100
2400
3900
2090
2350
3500
2550
2650
1900
3250
2200
1890
2330
2040
2040
1965
2250
2450
2200
2030
2040
2600
2250
2170
2230
2700
2800
2050
2180
2150
2500
2125
2080
1600
2195
2160
2175
2300
1950
2070
2070
2400
2100
2080
2695
3500
2550
2650
1900
3250
2200
1880
2325
2040
2025
1960
2250
2450
2200
1985
2030
2600
2250
2175
2130
2700
2700
2045
2175
2150
2500
2120
2085
1600
2200
2250
9.00
2.89
-0.72
NC
NC
-2.50
-3.24
-18.83
12.90
2.00
1.92
NC
NC
-6.90
13.66
-1.21
NC
-0.76
-5.46
-8.33
4.10
-0.24
4.00
NC
15.54
NC
-6.67
0.24
2.83
-19.35
-1.62
1.96
4.52
-0.46
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Futures:
ROUGH RICE
High Low
Last Change
Rice Comment
Rice futures continued lower. May failed at the 62% retracement objective of $11.16 on
Tuesday. Weekly exports were only 31,700 metric tons this week, down from 121,300 metric
tons last week. The market will be watching crop progress closely. If farmers plant what they
reported to USDA in the survey, the large crop will limit the upside potential. Currently, USDA
says 62% of the crop in the ground and 38% emerged. In Arkansas, the totals are 75% planted
and 40% emerged, so Arkansas farmers made lots of progress in a weeks time
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) A San Franciscobased rice noodle manufacturer has agreed to
cease any food preparation services to settle a
complaint brought by federal prosecutors earlier
this month over unsanitary food handling,
according to the U.S. Attorneys Office.Federal
prosecutors brought the complaint in U.S. District
Court in San Francisco at the request of the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration. The FDA found in
an inspection earlier this year that Zi Xing Liu and
Zi Cheng Liu, the proprietors of Kun Wo Food
Products Inc., didnt take necessary precautions to
prevent food contamination.Among the violations,
the FDA found employees used a vat containing
rice to rinse their hands, buckets and rags; that
employees grabbed rice noodles for packaging
with unwashed hands; and that machinery in the
Mission District facility was covered in grease and
grime, exposing the noodles to particulate matter.
Condensation from a hose suspended on the ceiling dripped into the soaking rice, and
condensation from a copper pipe with a green and blacked film dripped into a grinder for rice
processing, according to prosecutors.Swabs of surfaces in the facility found bacterial
contamination, prosecutors said.Under the terms of the settlement, the company owners have to
comply with an injunction ordering them not to work with food in any capacity unless given
permission by the FDA.
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