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 …
Scientists Clear 11 New Varieties, Panel Releases List Nationally Prashant Rupera | TNN Vadodara/Anand: Paddy growing farmers and consumers across the country are set to get more choice with rice scientists giving clearance to 11 new rice varieties for national release
BHUBANESWAR: After system of rice intensification (SRI) paddy, it is sustainable sugarcane initiative (SSI) which would be the next generation sugarcane production technique with the rising labour cost and water crisis in the State. The SSI method would not only be requiring less labour and water, but it would also …
UPA Wants To Revamp System Before Food Security Bill Rollout Pradeep Thakur | TNN New Delhi: To facilitate the UPA government in implementing the proposed Food Security Act
Vadodara/Anand: The 12th Five Year Plan will pay special attention towards improving production of rice in the country, S Ayyappan, secretary, Department of Agriculture Research and Education (DARE) and director general of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), said on Sunday while delivering a lecture on the first day of …
The local farmers possess an immense knowledge of their environment. An effort was made to carryout a research on the conservation and testing of nitrogen effect over the location specific indigenous paddy varieties in purposively selected tribals Original Source
Organic farming systems have attracted increasing attention over the last one decade because they are perceived to offer some solutions to the problems currently besetting the agricultural sector. Organic farming has the potential to provide benefits in terms of environmental protection, conservation of non-renewable resources and improved food quality. India …
More testing has to be done on the new variety of brinjal and on any vegetable that may be in the process of being genetically modified.OVER three decades ago I was asked, as were other District Magistrates and Deputy Commissioners in the country, to help the agricultural officers in our …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI NEW DELHI Having learnt its lessons last year, when a severe drought had badly affected the paddy crop, the government has chalked out a multi-pronged strategy to maximise rice production during the forthcoming summer season. The kharif plan 2010 focuses on expanding areas under rice, enhancing the yield …
Among the abiotic stresses, drought is a serious limiting factor that reduces rice production and yield stability in rainfed ecosystems. Conventional breeding for drought resistance is slow in attaining progress due to poor understanding of genetic control of drought resistance. Molecular markers help in identification of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) …
Primitive tribal communities like the Chuktia Bhunjias living in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa continue to practise traditional agriculture using bio-cultural resources. Policymakers must learn from them in order to challenge the conventional model of agricultural production and food insecurity, as also about how to make development sustainable.
The Empowered Group of Ministers that met here on Thursday has advised the Union Food Ministry to get the National Food Security Bill vetted by the Law Ministry before placing it in the Union Cabinet for approval. The proposed Bill envisages provision of 25 kg. of wheat or rice to …
A study of price rise across 78 towns and cities between April 2006 and June 2009 shows that the inflation in the case of rice is more of a large-town phenomenon. The same trend has been observed in the case of edible oils and fish. The study, conducted by Dr …
Kakinada, March 14: East Godavari which is known as the rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh, is likely to witness a sharp decline in paddy production in 2009-10. Agriculture officials also agree and maintain that it is the result of drought and would be around two lakh metric tonnes, compared to …
The Department of Food and Civil Supplies has released food grains to various categories of ration card holders for the month of March 2010. Antyodaya Anna card holders are entitled to 29 kgs of rice at Rs 3 per kg and six kgs of wheat at Rs 2 per kg; …
Implementation of State scheme to provide rice at Rs. 2 a kg THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Running the public distribution system being a collective responsibility of the Central and State governments, the State's decision to provide rice at Rs.2 a kg for 35 lakh families will be jointly implemented, Food and Civil Supplies …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government has appealed to the Centre to relax the norms for inclusion of paddy lands in the Central food security scheme so that the Kuttanad region and the kole lands in Thrissur district could be brought under its ambit, Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Rathnakaran told the Assembly on …
Towards effective climate adaptation issues and research priorities: a paper presented by Dr. K.S. Kavi Kumar, Madras School of Economics at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010.
