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 …
Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan have refused to accept further cut on water release by the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), saying that crop must be saved first. “Partnering States (Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan) have not agreed to take further cut on water,” an official of BBMB said here. A 10 …
IMPHAL: The cabinet sub-committee formed to monitor the scanty rainfall and make necessary recommendations was not happy with the insufficient rains this season. The ministers who made extensive tour of the paddy fields in the four districts of the valley recommended the Chief Minister Okram Ibobi to take steps for …
The Revolutionary Youth Front has called upon the State government to implement the recommendations of the Assembly Committee on Environment to protect wetlands and paddy fields in Aranmula. In a statement here on Wednesday, Saleem P. Chacko, secretary of the organisation’s State unit, alleged that the promoters of a private …
Iron is an important micronutrient essential for production of red blood cells (RBCs). It is a vital component of haemoglobin that carries oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body. Iron has an imperative role to play in the human body. It enables physical and mental growth and …
Agartala: The Central government has provided additional quota of rice at a subsidized rate for the poor living in 12 backward districts in the Northeast, a State government official said here on Monday. “The union ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution on the direction of the Supreme Court …
The Punjab government on Sunday sought a Rs 800-crore interim relief package from the Centre expressing its anxiety over the drought-like situation in the State. The State also sought 1000 mw additional power allocation from the Central pool in lieu of extra money being spent by the State government on …
Production of kharif crops, mainly paddy has been adversely affected in all 24 districts of the state due to scanty rainfall. The state government has constituted district-level task forces comprising officials of agriculture, water resources and disaster management departments to visit districts to estimate the losses because of poor monsoon …
With sowing of kharif crops lagging by over 86 lakh hectares compared to last year, owing to an erratic southwest monsoon and the average water level in major reservoirs declining by 2 per cent (to 59 per cent of last year’s storage) over the previous week, the country faces a …
The government has in principle decided to expand the coverage of population under the proposed Food Security Bill to include almost 70 per cent of Indians, who will have the legal right to cheap food, against the earlier proposal of 64 per cent of the same. It will also end …
The panel, which held a detailed three-hour discussion on the issue here on Wednesday, recommended a law modelled after a Karnataka legislation that permits sale and purchase of agriculture land only for cultivation. The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee’s party-government coordination committee has put forward a three-point recommendation for the consideration …
With more than half the continental US experiencing a severe drought, global food prices have skyrocketed in recent days. Separately, long-term projections just released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) expect prices to remain high over the coming decade …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting tomorrow to discuss an alternative plan for the National Food Security Bill, the ruling coalition’s most ambitious social security programme. Also termed ‘Plan B’, it seeks to widen the numbers covered under the programme to about 68 per cent of the entire …
A below-par monsoon is likely to set alarm bells ringing in the UPA 2 Government, already reeling under the impact of an economic downturn. Besides affecting the kharif sowing, which is certain to have a bearing on the production of rice, oilseeds and pulses, the delay in rain has the …
Guwahati: The Assam government is planning to bring around five lakh hectares under double cropping pattern next season to boost the agriculture production of the state, Agriculture Minister Nilamoni Sen Deka said Wednesday. Last year, the agriculture department had initiated double cropping in about 2,90,000 hectares of mono-cropping land to …
New Delhi In order to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the farm sector, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) on Tuesday suggested shifting one million hectare of irrigated-rice fields from north to eastern India. The country’s agriculture sector contributes 17% of total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Rice is the …
New Delhi If Central and state taxes and generous subsidies coexist in India’s fuel sector, the food sector is no different. Various state-level taxes on grain procurement inflate the Centre’s food subsidy bill — a major component of its revenue expenditure — by almost 14 per cent, finds a Financial …
New Delhi: Rice isn’t the diet villain as commonly thought, especially for diabetics. Two varieties of rice that are the staple of India’s middle class have now been found to have the lowest glycemic index (GI) — the measure of its ability to raise blood sugar levels after eating — …
Central team arrives to assess damage GUWAHATI: The agricultural sector appears to be the worst affected by the devastating floods in the State this year and this is evident by the fact that the total agricultural damage stands at around Rs 900 crore. This figure was arrived upon after an …
William D. Dar, Director General of International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), has said that biotechnology will pay an indispensable role in empowering the rural sector by helping increasing the food production multi-fold to meet the needs. Speaking at a workshop organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers …
Chandigarh: A delayed monsoon has hit paddy sowing in Punjab, the country’s grain bowl that contributes 40% of rice to the central pool. Agricultural experts say this could lead to a decline of at least 25 lakh tonnes in rice production. A rain deficit of 83% till July first week …
