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 …
Field experiments on rice-wheat cropping were conducted in well-drained sandy loam soil of semi-arid region, Project Directorate for Cropping Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut (UP) with the objectives to study the influence of tillage systems and irrigation schedules on soil cracking pattern, water requirement and performance of rice and wheat and …
In a slow but definite transformation in farming patterns in the state, farmers are increasingly opting for direct seed plantation that is conducive to growing rice in fields without water puddles or with a minimum level of water. Scores of farmers in Amritsar, Ludhiana, Gurdaspur and Patiala districts have reportedly …
This paper attempts to provide an ex-post assessment of the field level impact and economic viability of the SRRP using the empirically derived estimates of the average income impacts that the application of bentonite or clay technology has generated among farm communities in Northeast Thailand. These impact estimates for the …
This paper attempts to provide an ex-post assessment of the field level impact and economic viability of the SRRP using the empirically derived estimates of the average income impacts that the application of bentonite or clay technology has generated among farm communities in Northeast Thailand. These impact estimates for the …
After launching the ambitious rice scheme for Rs three per kg, the Chhattisgarh Government is all set to fulfill its election promise and has decided to give subsidised wheat along with rice to 37 lakh BPL families in the State, official sources said on Tuesday. The scheme shall be launched …
The projected 40 per cent shortfall in water flows for ongoing Kharif season is bound to have serious impact on crops and make growers of Sindh to suffer more in economic terms. The growers believe that after cut in water flows Sindh will receive hardly 3,500 cusec from Taunsa-Panjnad link …
Global Humanitarian Forum (GHF) an organization run by Kofi Anan Foundation assured of all cooperation to Bangladesh in facing the challenges of climate change. The assurance came when State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Hasan Mahmud called on former secretary general of the United Nations Kofi Anan on June 24 …
In mid-altitude of the North Eastern Hill (NEH) region of India, a second crop of rice following the harvest of main kharif (July to mid-November) rice is not possible due to early onset of low temperature (<15
Lalgarh, June 23: Bullets cannot isolate Maoists, bowls of rice can. Realising the importance of delivering basic necessities to wean the villagers who had joined in the Lalgarh rebellion away from the guerrillas, the state government is trying to revive development projects in the region. At the Binpur I block …
The press release by Greenpeace on its protest against herbicide-resistant rice trial by Bayer Crop in the village of Chinnakanjarla, about 45 kilometers from Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. It warns that this would lead to serious contamination of non-GM rice grown in the vicinity. Greenpeace activists today raided a genetically …
Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) has launched a number of projects aimed at cultivating bio-fuel crops for the production of fuel products to enable the country save huge amounts spent on fuel imports. "We have identified three salt-tolerant plants including Jatropha, Salicornia and Castor, which would grow in salt marshes …
They suggest chisel ploughing once in four years THANJAVUR: The Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute at Aduthurai near Kumbakonam in the district has said that the Rice Leaf Mite (Oilgonychus oryzae) has attained pest status in Cauvery deltaic regions of Tamil Nadu. In a press release issued here, TRRI scientists …
THE government will take a call on the new rice export policy only after September when the new season begins and the stock position is known. The food and commerce ministries are also in favour of the move as the impact of monsoon on the rice crop will be known …
Agriculture The green revolution brought in hybrid rice varieties, but they were susceptible to pest and diseases. The Organic Farming Research Centre has been able to regenerate 83 varieties of rice, which are more resistant to pests and survive flooding, writes M A Siraj The organic food movement is receiving …
Thiruvananthapuram, June 11 A joint team comprising experts from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai, and the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Kozhikode, will carry out scientific studies to improve the efficiency of the Thanneermukkom bund and the Thottappally Spillway under the
