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 …
PANJIM: While Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s ambitious March Budget for 2012-13, held out a major promise to boost agriculture through mechanized farming, talukas of Sanguem, Quepem, Sattari and Bicholim are witnessing its slow death with the onslaught of mining. Now there appear to be little hope for the growth of …
The monsoon was almost missing during June-July, the two crucial months of paddy transplantation, but Punjab is looking once again at reaping a record harvest. Since the green revolution of the 1960s, the area under paddy has touched nearly 28 lakh hectares and Punjab contributes about 135 lakh tonnes of …
In the coming decades, a crucial challenge for humanity will be meeting future food demands without undermining further the integrity of the Earth’s environmental systems. Agricultural systems are already major forces of global environmental degradation, but population growth and increasing consumption of calorie- and meat-intensive diets are expected to roughly …
It contributed to a cumulative national farm income of $9.4 bn between 2002 and 2010 Bt cotton has delivered significant benefits to all members of the agricultural value chain in the country, and has contributed to a cumulative national farm income of about $9.4 billion between 2002 and 2010, turning …
Discard Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill, say NGOs The Coalition for GM Free India; Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Hyderabad; and Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture have called upon the Union government to enact a comprehensive National Biosafety Protection Law to address the risks posed by genetic engineering. In …
BHUBANESWAR: The Pradesh Krushak Morcha of the BJP demanded Rs 2,025 as the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy and rollback the hike in the prices of fertilisers. The State executive committee of the Morcha slammed the Centre for increasing the prices of fertilisers and its failure to meet the …
But they are likely to affect higher-level species such as birds, says ornithologist The long-term environmental impacts of Genetically Modified Organisms need intensive study, but they are very likely to have impacts on higher-level species such as birds. Dr. P.A. Azeez, director of the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and …
Government has failed to provide quality Basmati seed to the farmers, thus creating aguish among the farmers community. This was alleged by Choudhary Dev Raj, president, RS Pura Rice Growers Association, during a press conference, here this afternoon. Choudhary Dev Raj said that the Basmati seed 370, which has been …
Three people died and one remained untraced on Tuesday as rains wreaked havoc across the state. Thousands of hectares of paddy were submerged and many low-lying areas in the cities were inundated. Met office sources said that a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal along Coastal Andhra and …
In adult populations, emerging evidence indicates that humans are exposed to arsenic by ingestion of contaminated foods such as rice, grains, and juice; yet little is known about arsenic exposure among children. The objective of the study was to determine whether rice consumption contributes to arsenic exposure in U.S. children.
CHANDIGARH: Even as there are concerns about storage space for new paddy crop, Punjab government is all set to begin procurement of record 150 lakh MT of paddy in 1,770 notified mandis across the state on Monday against expected arrival of 135 lakh MT paddy during the current kharif season. …
JAMMU, Sept 28 (PTI): Threatened by rising rejection and holding up of rice consignments in US due to higher than permissible pesticide residues, the Rs 24,000 crore rice export industry has decided to educate farmers on the issue. The exporters will advice them to adopt good agriculture practice by controlling …
GUWAHATI, Sept 26 – State Agriculture Minister Nilamani Sen Deka has urged Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to enhance subsidy by at least 50 per cent for hybrid, high-yielding varieties of paddy seeds and pulse seeds under schemes like National Food Security Mission, etc., in view of the meagre subsidy …
Developed by the city-based Directorate of Oilseeds Research, BT (Bacillus thuringiensis), a bio-pesticide, will be showcased at the CoP-11 biodiversity conference, it was informed. BT extract is used to kill pests such as pod borer, castor semi-looper and other insects that affect the rice crop, castor and pigeon pea and …
SRINAGAR : Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today equated agriculture development with prosperity, adding that use of high yielding and disease resistant seed varieties have revolutionized farm production and productivity universally. He said that adoption of modern cultivation practices have given additional boost to agricultural activities ensuring increased and quality production. …
GUWAHATI: State Agriculture Minister Nilamoni Sen Deka has requested Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to enhance the subsidy to at least 50 per cent for hybrid rice, high yielding varieties of paddy and pulse seeds under the scheme like National Food Security Mission (NFSM) as the Centre has been providing …
Seven Eastern States appear to have brought about a Green Revolution in paddy cultivation. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Monday said the chronically food-deficit Eastern region has made a quantum jump in paddy output. “In two years (2009-10 to 2011-12) the seven Eastern States added around 85 lakh tonnes …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today approved procurement of 30 lakh tonnes of rice during 2012-13 through different agencies other than Food Corporation of India (FCI) and announced Rs 1250 as the minimum support price (MSP) per quintal of paddy. This was decided at the cabinet meeting presided over by chief …
New Delhi: The government on Monday projected a 10% fall in foodgrains output during the kharif season this year at 117.18 million tonnes due to a deficient monsoon but expects the shortfall to be made up by winter crops. While production of rice — a major kharif (summer) crop — …
At an estimated 117.18 million tonnes, it is, however, “better than expected,” says Pawar At an estimated 117.18 million tonnes, kharif production is expected to fall short of the target by 11.84 million tonnes this year, what with the delayed and deficient monsoon hitting production of coarse cereals, pulses and …
