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 …
This paper reviews the success of zero-tillage wheat in the rice-wheat systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains. Diffusion of the zero- tillage technology increased in the last decade, particularly in northwest India. In 2008, in India alone, the aggregate area in zero- or reduced- tillage wheat amounted to 1.76 million hectares, …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The working group on food security, which met here the other day, approved various components of food security scheme, including an interestfree loan of Rs 1 crore for the paddy farmers of Kottayam, Palakkad, Alappuzha and Thrissur. The paddy fields which remain temporarily fallow in the cole lands of …
PALAKKAD: People are becoming more conscious about the food they eat, in particular rice, and are insisting on food which are nutritious and organically cultivated, said Union Minister Shashi Tharoor. He was speaking after inaugurating the national workshop on
It is rather unfortunate that unnecessary questions have been raised about the quality of the rice variety called PAU-201 released by Punjab Agricultural University in 2007. It is a semi-dwarf stiff-strawed variety with dark green erect leaves that remain green until maturity. The average plant height of the variety is …
Oct. 28: A severe food crisis looms large over the state with the government deciding to declare a crop holiday for 75 per cent irrigable area in the Godavari delta in the forthcoming Rabi season. The delta, with over 10 lakh acres in East and West Godavari districts and considered …
Way Out: Govt-To-Govt Imports Or Allowing State Units To Source For Welfare Needs Prabha Jagannathan NEW DELHI THE rice output for 2009-10 may be weaker at 82 million tonne (MT), a drop of 17 mt over record 99.15 mt output in 2008-09, according to US Department of Agriculture. Considering an …
The gentle mountain slopes in this fascinatingly beautiful place at once catch the attention not merely for their idyllic setting and extremely hospitable people that reside in their lush green shadows but also for a revolutionary trend in the agriculture they now practice along these inclines. As one winds through …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: On a day when the commercial release of Bt Brinjal was recommended by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) denied that Pusa Basmati 1121 rice (exported to the Middle East) was genetically modified as was reported in a section of the …
The sudden burst of rain across Uttar Pradesh may have brought respite from the humid weather, but for the farmers across the state this has been a double blow. The state
With the government finding itself in a spot after deficient monsoon adversely affected rice output this year, the government on Tuesday said that it would release about 30 lakh tonnes of wheat in the open market to keep a check on the foodgrain prices in the domestic market. Minister of …
This study shows the importance of physical, water retention and transmission properties of soils in relation to water management/hydrological studies of paddy fields in the vicinity of Nirjuli (Arunachal Pradesh). Soil samples were collected at varioud depths at Nirjuli village, Modern village, Doimukh and Banderdewa.
The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Committee in its latest estimates have projected that during the current financial year, agriculture could experience minus two % growth. However, in a year when the monsoon deficit has been 23%, the highest since 1972 and when drought has been declared in 299 districts during …
Out of twenty-eight Oryza species, only two are cultivated. The indigenous practices of different regions vary. But the essence of the indigenous practices are low external input (LEI) based farming system, organic produce, preference for taste and quality, and a number of innovations involved. The present paper elucidates the traditional …
In West Africa two rice species (Oryza glaberrima Steud. and Oryza sativa L.) co-exist. Although originally it was thought that interspecific hybridization is impossible without biotechnological methods, progenies of hybridization appear to occur in farmer fields. AFLP analysis was used to assess genetic diversity in West Africa (including the countries …
The Jeypore tract of Orissa, India is famous for the genetic diversity of Asian cultivated rice and has been considered the center of origin of aus ecotype. The landraces or traditional varieties growing here are thought to harbor dominant genes for biotic and abiotic stresses, aroma and palatability and hold …
Rainfall received during past ten years, i.e. from 1998 to 2007 at Meerut was analyzed to plan the rice cultivation in the region. Analysis of data reveal that out of 10 years only one year was as drought year on the basis of annual rainfall while drought was more frequent …
An investigation was carried out to study the effect of distillery effluent based pressmud compost (DEPC) on seed yield and seed quality attributes of paddy cv. Pus a Basmati-1 at Seed Production Unit, IARI, New Delhi.
