Chilli industry spices up people's lives in central China

Source: Xinhua| 2019-08-08 20:45:43|Editor: mingmei

CHANGSHA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese phrase "chixianghela" depicts a rich lifestyle of eating delicious and spicy food, and that's what Chen Jinxiang's life is all about these days.

Chen used to make ends meet by tending rice paddies deep in the mountains of central China's Hunan Province. But his life took a U-turn after switching to the chilli industry.

"Last year, I grew 0.4 hectares of chilli, and made about 30,000 yuan (4,260 U.S. dollars)," said Chen, a farmer in Xiuling Village of Rucheng County. "This year I have expanded the area to one hectare, and now the chilli is ready for collection."

In the serene village of Xiuling, which means "beautiful mountains" in Chinese, swathes of red chilli and peppers envelop the lush green mountains. The plantation is part of the county government's efforts to help lift locals out of poverty, while creating a "distinctive township based on chilli" in answer to a central government plan.

In 2016, the Chinese government issued a plan to create about 1,000 "distinctive townships" across the country that center on tourism, traditional culture, education, manufacturing and more by 2020.

Over the years, many such townships have mushroomed, including an "acrobatics township," "music township" and "opera township," to name just a few.

So the county of Rucheng, which has a tradition of chilli cultivation and perfect air and soil conditions for growing chilli, decided to turn itself into a special township of chilli.

According to official figures, by the end of 2018, a total of 780 hectares of chilli has been planted in the county. Local officials handed out more than 16 million chilli seedlings, and encouraged 5,461 impoverished families to grow more than 653 hectares of the crops.

To help the growers reap benefits, the local government introduced a major chilli company into the county. The company purchases the chilli from farmers at a bottomline price when the market price is low. Meanwhile, agricultural experts have been designated to help the poor farmers learn the techniques of plantation.

"We also help sell the chilli for the farmers online," a local official said.

China aims to eradicate poverty by 2020, the target year to complete the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects.

The county made the leap in 2018, thanks to the chilli industry.

Last month, Quanshui Township, which administers Xiuling Village, was named one of the "Top Ten Special Agricultural Townships" in Hunan Province.

The chilli has been transformed into different products, including pickled chilli, chopped chilli and chilli sauce, and has been included in local spicy specialties.

In the exhibition hall of Fanhua Food Co., Ltd. in Rucheng, a variety of chilli products are on display.

"We came to invest in the industry in 2018, and our products have taken up almost a half of the chilli market in the county," said Zhu Shuqing, with the company. "We see rosy prospects."

Zhu said that the county is close to coastal provinces like Guangdong, where there is a robust market for chilli, particularly chilli from Hunan Province, which is known in China as a hotbed for chilli production and consumption.

"More people in China are beginning to fall for spicy food, and the chilli industry has huge potential," Zhu said. "The industry truly spiced up people's lives here."

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Chinese garlic prices have begun to fall

From The Fresh Plaza

Source: Voice of Chinese Villages

Publication date: 8/8/2019

The overall garlic price in 2019 rose in northern China. According to Xie Lei, an analyst at the Beijing Xinfadi Market, since May, prices of the new crop sold at the market have increased by 104% over the same period last year. In the following two months, prices continued to rise, only starting to fall recently.

Recently, the wholesale price at the market stayed at 8.4-9.6 yuan/kg, up 200% year-on-year compared with that of 2-4 yuan/kg during the same period last year. In the last 2-3 weeks, prices at the market became less stable and started to drop. As the stockpiling season will reach an end in August, many growers are rushing to sell, leading prices to start declining recently.

For garlic growers, the quality of garlic not yet in storage will decline by the beginning of autumn, accompanied by a lack of purchasers, so it is also the final opportunity to sell.

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PEPPER PRICES 2010 - 2018

Cardamom price on a record high

IDUKKI , August 05, 2019 00:17 IST

Delayed harvest leads to poor supply

Cardamom price continues to break records because of the crop’s poor availability in the market. A drop in production is predicted in the days ahead too of the current season.

Market sources said that the first crop of the season had not reached the auction centres and adverse climate had impacted the production. Usually the first crop reaches auction centres by June/July. However, because of poor southwest monsoon, the first crop is expected only by the end of August or in September this time.

The maximum price recorded at the Spices Park at Puttady on Saturday was ₹7,000 a kg while the average price was ₹4,733. It was a record in the maximum and average prices in both the auctions, held in the morning and eventing, at Spices Park.

 In the evening auction held by Header Systems (India) Ltd., Nedumkandam, on Saturday, 26,142 kg reached the auction centre, all of which was sold. The maximum and average prices respectively were ₹7,000 and ₹4,655 per kg.

In the morning auction held by Mas Enterprise, Vandanmedu, of the 8,796 kg of cardamom that had arrived, 8,741 kg was sold at ₹5,212 (maximum) and ₹4,733 per kg (average). The maximum price had remained above ₹4,000 per kg from July 24.
Flood impact

The Cardamom Hill Reserve (CHR) area received very poor rainfall and the atmospheric temperature remains high, affecting the flowering and the growth of beans. In addition, the flood of 2018 had taken a toll with plants largely destroyed in the CHR. Market sources said the high fluctuation in prices may not benefit the farmers and it is likely to drop with the arrival of the first crop.
Giji K. Raman


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Price Indication several spices

August 5, 2019

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Price Indication (FOB MUNDRA) (Prices are subject to reconfirmation)

New Crop Cumin seeds
Singapore 99%: $ 2360
Singapore 99.5%: $ 2390
Europe 99%: $ 2425

New crop Fennel seed
Europe 99%: $ 1400
Semi Europe: $ 1245
Singapore 99%: $ 1035

New Crop Fenugreek seeds
Machine Clean: $ 695
Sortex: $ 725

New crop Coriander Seeds
Eagle (M.P. Origin): $ 930
100% Split: $ 905
Super XO: $ 1030

Mustard Seeds
Bold: $ 570
Small: $ 625

New Crop Dill Seeds
Whole 99%: $ 1000
100% split: $ 955

* Kalonji (Black Cumin) seeds*
Machine Clean: $ 1590
Sortex: $ 1640

Turmeric Finger (Double Polished)
Salem, No. 1: $ 1180
Nizamabad, Good Grade: $ 1065
Nizamabad, FAQ: $ 1025

Shipment: Prompt
Packing: 25/50 KG
Prices are subject to reconfirmation

IPC Market report No. 31/19, 29 July - 2 August 2019

LOCAL MARKET REPORT
Market this week showed mixed response.
In local market, Malabar black pepper was reported with an increase by 1% as compare to the previous week averaging at USD 4,892 per Mt.
Indonesia black and white pepper were reported with a 1% deficit as opposed to the previous week with an average of USD 1,918 per Mt for black pepper and USD 3,446 per Mt for white pepper. As Indonesian black and white pepper in local currency were traded unchanged as opposed to the previous, the decrease in Indonesia pepper was highly contributed to the weakening of Indonesian Rupiah against US Dollar.
Malaysian black pepper was reported to be traded with 1% deficit as compared to the previous week, averaging at USD 2,369 per Mt. Whilst, Malaysian white pepper was reported stable averaging at USD 3,909 per Mt.
Viet Nam black pepper was reported to be traded with 1% deficit as opposed to the previous week, averaging at USD 1,876 per Mt while Viet Nam white pepper was reported unchanged.
Sri Lanka black pepper was reported with a slight increase of 1% as compared to the previous week, averaging at USD 2,538 per Mt.

INTERNATIONAL MARKET

In international market, FOB price of India black pepper was reported with an increase by 1% as compared to the previous week averaging at USD 5,182 per Mt.
Indonesia black and white pepper were reported with a deficit of 1% as opposed to the previous week with an average of USD 2,358 per Mt for black pepper and USD 4,074 per Mt for white pepper.
Malaysia black and white pepper were reported stable and unchanged.
Furthermore, Viet Nam black pepper 500 g/l, 550 g/l and Viet Nam white pepper were reported stable averaging at USD 2,265 per Mt, USD 2,330 per Mt and USD 3,415 per Mt respectively.

US market was reported stable and unchanged with Muntok spot price being reported at USD 5,072 per Mt 

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IPC REPORT ABOUT INDONESIAN PEPPER CROP

Indonesian Crop Survey.

Pepper Crop Situation in Lampung

Being known as the origin of black pepper in Indonesia, pepper in Lampung is cultivated in all 15 districts, totaling an approximate of 45,742 Ha with concentration area being East and North Lampung and Tanggamus district. Whilst other districts cultivated pepper in a smaller scale.
As unfavorable price continues to progress these past years, many farmers has applied intercropping to make ends meet. Many farmers in Lampung chose to intercrop with coffee, cocoa and banana.

In the past two years, favorable weather condition has resulted in good crop and yield in most districts.
Considered as the symbol of Lampung, farmers still feel the pride of cultivating pepper despite the current unfavorable price.
Therefore, many farmers still tried to maintain their pepper crop as best as their economy allows them.
As pepper farmers in Lampung mostly traditional farmers, they still prefer compost fertilizers.

Crop Situation in Lampung by District

North Lampung

Condition of pepper gardens in North Lampung has changed quite significantly this past year.
Area of pepper cultivation in Ogan Lima, Cahaya Negeri, PulauPanggung had slightly dropped due to the fact some areas had been converted to other crops for intercropping which is more profitable and some areas were lost due to diseases,
During the crop survey unhealthy vines were frequently found and farmers were found trying to stop the spreading of the disease by cutting down the infected vines.
However, many rehabilitated pepper gardens were also found during our survey.
Currently farmers are still picking their crops and it would continue to the beginning of August.
Despite the spreading of diseases and converted crops, good weather condition has resulted in good production this year which is confirmed to be better than 2018.



East Lampung

In the past few years, East Lampung has surfaced as the main area of pepper cultivation in Lampung.
Concentration areas of pepper cultivation are MargaTiga, Melinting and Sukadana.
It is observed that most farmers in East Lampung prefer monocropping.
Furthermore, the gardens in East Lampung were better and much more maintained than that of North Lampung.
Significantly less of unhealthy vines were observed in East Lampung though reports of some unhealthy vines come from some farmers but in a smaller scale.
Farmers in East Lampung still continue their nursery programme and East Lampung has become the origins of other districts seeds/shoots distribution programme from the government.
Farmers in East Lampung still keeps a high spirit despite the unfavorable price.
Currently farmers have almost finished picking their berries and continued with drying process.
Farmers and Plantation Official in East Lampung confirmed that this year crop will be better than 2018 as it benefited from the goo d weather condition. Some farmers even projected that 2020 will also bring a good crop.



Tanggamus

Following report of last year, our crop survey went to confirmed reports of pepper in Tanggamus.
District Tanggamus is consisted of 20 sub-districts where Air Naningan and PulauPanggung became the main sub-districts of pepper.
With last year production reaching 2,988 Ton from 5,240 Ha the productivity of pepper crops in Tanggamus district was 570 Kg/Ha.
Upon observing many pepper gardens in Tanggamus, we found that pepper gardens in Tanggamus are well maintained and produces good pepper.
Furthermore, due to its geographical terrain, it was common to find pepper garden on a steep hill.
Farmers in Tanggamus also implemented intercropping system mostly with coffee.
Harvest season in Tanggamus is currently in full swing and to conclude by early August.
It was a very common sight to see farmers drying their pepper in front of their houses.
During our observation we also found some unhealthy vines due to disease and pests.
Many rehabilitated gardens were also encountered. This year crop is confirmed to be better than 2018 as confirmed by most farmers and Plantation Officials of Tanggamus.
Tanggamus Plantation division is currently implementing fertilizer distribution programme to pepper farmers in Tanggamus.

Major Problems

Aside from the common issues of unfavorable price in all districts, many cases of Phytophthora and Yellowing disease were found in some districts.
Many farmers in North Lampung complained on the free seeds/shoots distributed by Local Government as it only grows tall but bear no fruits.



Farmers App

After its launched last July 2018 in Bangka, IPC Farmers App was introduced to Belitung Farmers in a Dissemination and Farmers Training Workshop in February 2019. IPC is currently planning to organize second workshop in collaboration with East Lampung Plantation Division scheduled to be held in September 2019. IPC will continuously organize workshops in other pepper farms regions such as Kalimantan, Sulawesi and many other to increase farmers awareness of the App and also to update farmers so as they could explore the App more efficiently on the market, cultivation practices and many other.

Conclusion

Aside from East Lampung, Tanggamus is confirmed to be another main concentration of pepper. These two districts presented a good and well-maintained garden while North Lampung is currently under-going some rehabilitation of its gardens. East Lampung farmers prefer monocropping whilst other districts implemented intercropping with coffee, cacao and other crops. Backed up by a good weather condition in most districts, this year Lampung is confirmed to produce more than in 2018 as harvest will continue until mid or end of August. Considering the increase in Lampung export of pepper as of May 2019 which amounted to 14%, it is estimated that Lampung's total production will be around 22,000 Mt or more. Projecting an increase by 2,000 Mt as compared to last year figure. Pepper export from Lampung as of May 2019 amounted to 4,501 Mt.

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