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 …
A field experiment was conducted during 2002-03 and 2003-04 at Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana to study the possible options for diversification of existing rice-wheat cropping system.
This new report highlights the potential benefits of adopting System of Rice Intensification (SRI) type practices in countries including India. Says that significance of SRI lies not only in enabling increased yields with less water, but in the basket of associated social and environmental benefits. It is based on the …
The study compares gross revenues from modern rice varieties and landraces and valuates different useful traits of rice landraces to demonstrate an empirical methodology for biodiversity valuation. A sample of 200 rice growers in hills and plain area was surveyed for commercialization of agro-biodiversity project. For estimating the value put …
This study examines the marginal productivity of water and other inputs in dry season rice production in Bangladesh. Agriculture is the major water using sector in Bangladesh, but water is in short supply during the dry winter months. The study aims to understand how efficiently irrigated water is used in …
If any crop needs an evolutionary boost, it's rice. Nearly half of humanity relies on the stuff, and yields must increase more than 50 per cent by 2050 to feed growing demand, so the discovery of a gene mutation that can bump up yields by a full 10 per cent …
The system of rice intensification (SRI), developed in Madagascar, is based on a set of practices to manage plants, soil, water and nutrients that reduce seed requirement, save irrigation water, lower the costs of production, while enhancing crop yield. This makes irrigated rice cultivation more productive, profitable and sustainable. SRI …
Kolleru, the largest freshwater lake along the east coast of India in Andhra Pradesh (AP) had been encroached, mainly for aquaculture, to such an extent that most of the lake area was highly compartmentalized by 3
The agriculture experts have asked growers to cultivate recommended varieties of rice for getting maximum yield which will not only help in redressing their financial problems but also increase the export of Pakistani rice. A spokesman of the Agriculture Department told APP here on Sunday that the recommended varieties were …
May 20: Cyclone Laila left a trial of devastation in both East and West Godavari districts with the inundation of paddy fields, damaged roads, overflowing canals, uprooted electric poles and snapped power lines under the influence of heavy rainfall with gales. In East Godavari, based on preliminary reports, paddy crop …
To Offer Subsidies Even In Those Cases Where The Seeds Are Not Certified, But Are Truthfully Labelled And Notified Devesh Kumar NEW DELHI IN AN effort to enhance rice productivity, the Manmohan Singh government has, in a policy shift, decided to encourage the cultivation of hybrid varieties by offering subsidies …
With expectations high for a good monsoon, India was likely to produce 99 million tonnes of rice in the crop year starting July 1, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has said in a recent report. The expected output is only marginally lower than the 2008-09 record of 99.18 million …
While Department of Agriculture has introduced different types of high yielding varieties of paddy -- Jaya and Jyoti have not lost their popularity and are much preferred by the Goan farmers. For the last few years the department has been attempting to popularise Karzat-7, a high yielding variety from Maharashtra …
R Krishna Das / Kolkata/ Raipur May 15, 2010, 0:14 IST Chhattisgarh government has decided to discourage the cultivation of summer paddy to save water in the state that is also known as rice bowl of the country. The move to discourage summer paddy cultivation is aimed at improving the …
Innovation To Bring Electricity Solutions To 50,000 Villages In Bihar, UP, Bengal & Orissa LIKE the rest of Bihar, villages of West Champaran district used to remain bereft of power-supply for most parts of the day. As night fell, the area used to be enveloped in darkness. In poor families, …
Bangalore: With a view to saving farmers from resorting to distress sale of paddy, owing to slump in prices, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said the Government will release Rs. 80 crore from the revolving fund and purchase paddy in Bellary, Koppal, Raichur, Davangere, Shimoga and Yadgir districts. Addressing …
A party is on. A slim woman looks wistfully at a platter of rice but decides to have just a spoonful. Enter a plump woman who asks her to have more; she declines. “We know why you cannot eat rice,” hints the television commercial as it shows the plump woman’s …
Assam is counting on boro rice to achieve the target of 46.7 lakh-metric tonnes that it has set for the crop this year. And given the increasing unpredictability of floods, the state is in a hurry to reap the harvest before the Brahmaputra goes wild this season.
ERODE: Collector R. Sudalaikannan has called upon farmers in the district to take up paddy cultivation under the System of Rice Intensification method to enhance productivity. Participating in a special mass contact programme held at Jambai village in Bhavani block on Wednesday, the Collector said one farmer from each village …
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Food Security, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, is likely to meet on Friday to assess the prospects of the ongoing wheat procurement and deliberate the outlook for the forthcoming rice crop. Official statistics suggest an increase of about 13 per cent in …
