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 …
Government data released on Monday said 255.67 lakh tonnes of grain had been procured by different agencies across the country with Punjab alone reporting 112.04 lakh tonnes of wheat being picked up. NEW DELHI: Record procurement of foodgrain -- 44 lakh tonnes over what was bought last year by this …
West Godavari district, irrigated by two mighty rivers, is on the road to agricultural prosperity thanks to various schemes. WEST Godavari district, nestling between the mighty Krishna and the Godavari rivers in the coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh, finds itself on the road to prosperity. It is bounded by …
In flood-hit fields in the Philippines, farmers are testing a hardy new variety of rice that can survive completely submerged for more than two weeks. In Kenya's Kibera slum, poor urban families are turning around their diets and incomes just by learning to grow vegetables in sack gardens outside their …
Rice can be a major source of inorganic arsenic (Asi) for many sub-populations. Rice products are also used as ingredients in prepared foods, some of which may not be obviously rice based. Organic brown rice syrup (OBRS) is used as a sweetener in organic food products as an alternative to …
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday approved a proposed five-year farm bill that seeks to make steep cuts to subsidies while expanding government crop-insurance programs. The proposal met sharp resistance from lawmakers in Southern states, who say it goes too far in peeling back billions of dollars in subsidies that …
In the developing world climate change has far more ramifications than can be addressed by controlling just carbon emissions. The developed world has stable populations and landscapes, and is thus affected mainly by the air which spreads democratically without boundaries. On the other hand, the developing world with increasing populations …
New Delhi Notwithstanding apprehensions expressed by rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on the proposal of giving grain as part payment of wages under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, food minister KV Thomas on Sunday continued to support the idea. Thomas said, “There is enough surplus grain to be given …
The Government has launched an integrated centre which will provide estimates of crop output and assess the drought situation in the country through latest technologies. The Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, today launched the National Crop Forecast Centre, which will prepare in-season forecasts for major crops such as rice, wheat, …
The area under cultivation and total output of rice crop decreased by 18 percent and 30 percent respectively during 2010-11 due to floods and breaches in protective bunds of river Indus as well as low market returns. This was revealed in a report titled 'Agriculture Statistics of Pakistan (ASP)', prepared …
The International Rice Research Institute recently said that the rice wasted in the Philippines ever year could feed several million people. Citing a study done by Food and Agriculture Organisation, the IRRI in its publication ‘Rice Today’ said the Philippines, the world’s biggest rice importer for several years, wasted rice …
Hyderabad-based Administrative Staff College to work with ministry officials and give suggestions The government has started work on the rules and bylaws of the proposed Food Security Act, even as the Bill is being debated by a standing committee of Parliament. The food ministry has appointed Hyderabad-based Administrative Staff College …
GUWAHATI, April 11 – In an initiative aimed at boosting hybrid rice cultivation in an unprecedented manner, the State has set an ambitious target of expanding the area under hybrid rice cultivation to 20 per cent of the total rice producing area. At present, a meagre 2.4 per cent (62,743 …
JAMMU: Underscoring the significance of agriculture in socio-economic emancification of the society, the Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs, Abdul Rahim Rather today said that agriculture in the state has been made almost tax free sector. Speaking at a function organized by the Jammu and Kashmir State Advisory Board for …
New Delhi Madhya Pradesh is set for a comprehensive policy for promotion of organic method of farming through restoration of deteriorating soil health. The central Indian state's agriculture sector, which has been growing at an annual rate of 9% over the last three years and is expected to touch the …
Parliamentary committee is likely to go for universalising distribution of grains to cover wider range of population The much-awaited Food Security Bill, which is being vetted by Parliamentary Standing Committee, may see some changes before being cleared. “The committee may go for universalising the distribution of grains to cover wider …
Crop residue burning is one among the many sources of air pollution. It is essential to mitigate impacts due to the burning of agricultural waste in the open fields and its consequent effects on soil, ambient air and living organisms.
: Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) will distribute the seed of New Rice For Africa (Nerica), a high yielding variety, for the first time to some 37,000 farmers during the upcoming Aman season. The rice seed will be distributed in 83 upazilas of 30 districts. According to the BADC officials …
Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said he would explore the possibility of setting up a committee of chief ministers of the eastern states for a second green revolution in the region and praised Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal for substantial increase in rice production during the current …
The Statistical Book 2011 of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reveals that Pakistan is way behind in wheat, rice, sugarcane and pulses production, both globally and regionally. According to experts, water shortage, absence of high yield verities of seeds, and lack of research and development are the …
Also woos Saudi Arabia with new petroleum diplomacy, while trying to soothe a vexed US, in an interesting coordination effort between external and other ministries India is finally plunging into the oil politics of the Gulf and West Asia. It sent a team of senior officials from the commerce ministry …
