CEOs need to accelerate their action plans to safeguard the production of commodities critical to the global population and economy as heat stress and drought risk rise around the world, according to PwC's report, Climate Risks to Nine Key Commodities: Protecting People and Prosperity, published. The report, which analysed nine …
Rice-wheat farming systems have identified the economic benefits of zero tillage farming and it covers about 80 per cent of the food requirement and about 60 per cent of the nutritional requirement of the Indian population.
Rice production in India could decrease by almost a tonne/hectare if the temperature goes up 20C, while each 10C rise in mean temperature could cause wheat yield losses of 7 million tonnes per year. A recent national conference on food security and agriculture deliberated strategies to protect agriculture, food and …
With chemical farming becoming uneconomical and grain yields declining, more and more farmers are switching to organic agriculture, says natural scientist G Nammalvar in this interview with Claude Alvares. Nammalvar has been training organic farmers and setting up learning centres in Tamil Nadu for three decades. Trainings sometimes need to …
A diagnostic survey was conducted in rice growing areas across different blocks and districts of Jammu region, viz. Jammu, Kathua and Udhampur, for identification of N, P and K imbalance through DRIS (Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System), taking 121 sets of plant samples data composition and corresponding yields.
Food security has been a cause of concern for the Indian economy as the physical and economic access to food with adequate calorie content from different sources has been on the wane over time. The per capita net availability of cereals and pulses declined from 510 gms per day in …
The performance of the Indian economy in 2009/10 greatly exceeded expectations. The farm sector which was expected to contract showed resilience, growing by 0.2 per cent despite the weak South West monsoon. The non farm sector also did well. It is the assessment of the Council that the Indian economy …
Sandip Das New Delhi: As part of its ongoing efforts to bring second green revolution in eastern India through rice, the biggest foodgrain grown in these states, the central government would hold its first-ever major conference on agriculture in eastern states in Kolkata next month. The two-day long conference to …
Two high salinity-tolerant paddy developed by Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) are waiting release for cultivation at farmers level in next Boro season. Trials of the two salinity-tolerant rice under Seed Certification Agency (SCA) have been completed and now the verities will be placed before the technical committee meeting …
Agricultural price policy has come under serious attack recently for recommending support prices higher than what the costs of production warrant, supposedly leading to a distortion of the market, and, therefore, to food deprivation. With an in-depth analysis of costs and returns in rice and wheat, which are the most …
Jamshedpur, June 22: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has decided to initiate steps to ensure better production of rice in Jharkhand through implementation of the system of rice intensification (SRI) in villages. It has decided to rope in NGOs for starting the project across the state. …
Brown A Better Option, Is Rich In Vitamins And Minerals, Says Research Washington: In a finding which has implications for Asians, including Indians, whose staple food is rice, scientists claim to have found that eating white rice could increase one
As efforts to mitigate climate change increase, there is a need to identify cost-effective ways to avoid emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Agriculture is rightly recognized as a source of considerable emissions, with concomitant opportunities for mitigation. Although future agricultural productivity is critical, as it will shape emissions from conversion …
Food subsidy bill to soar way above targeted Rs 55, 578 cr Pulses MSP increase unlikely to push sowing as govt not major purchaser Cotton quality, sales checks in place Our Bureau NEW DELHI THE government on Thursday raised the minimum support price of paddy by Rs 50 per quintal …
To overcome the food crisis due to the economic blockade called by various Naga groups, the Manipur Government will import 1000 MT of rice from Myanmar. Manipur Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) which is engaged in promotion of small-scale industries and border trade, has been asked by the State Government to …
BHUBANESWAR: Rice Tech 2010, a three-day event, would bring together a host of agri-researchers, technology providers, rice industry captains and farmers to the City on June 5. This edition of the expo would be the 11th international exhibition on rice processing technology and give an opportunity to the stakeholders to …
The process of procurement of wheat on support price was over on May 31. Till that date a record purchase of 35 lakh 27 thousand metric tonnes of wheat was done by the government agencies. As desired by the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Minister of State For Food and …
International prices of key food staples have dropped during the first five months of 2010 according to the latest edition of FAO's biannual Food Outlook report. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 164 points in May 2010, down from 174 points in January and substantially less than its peak of …
