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 …
The Lakshadweep administration on Saturday night started to dump 300 tonnes of damaged rice off Minicoy coast, without clearance from the Environment and Forest Ministry. The rice had been kept at the Co-operative Supply and Marketing Society at Minicoy Island since 2005 after it was found not good for consumption. …
State govt, FCI don’t see eye to eye, send separate proposals to Centre The paddy growers in the state may have to wait for more time to get procurement centres (mandis), as there is a conflict between the Agriculture Department and the Food Corporation of India (FCI) over the establishment …
New Delhi With the standing paddy crop being adversely impacted by recent floods in Orissa and other eastern states of the country, close to a million farmers have managed to save their crop thanks to a rice variety which can withstand submergence for more than two weeks. The variety named …
As part of popularising Conservation Agriculture (CA) technologies, Soil and Water Management Research Institute (SWMRI) of the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University here organised Direct Seeded Harvest day at Kuruvadipatti village recently. Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) harvester machine was used at the field of Mr.Asaithambi. DSR is the best mechanical practice …
The Union government is inclined to examine specific requirements of States individually while implementing the proposed legislation on food security. When it was brought to his attention that crores of people in the State would be left out of the Public Distribution System as the ceiling for coverage of urban …
Foodgrain production in Mizoram has increased by 30 per cent this year. A source from the Mizoram agriculture department said that buoyed by the considerable improvement in the production of foodgrains, the Mizoram government has underlined the need for tapping the potentials. The source also said that the Vision 2020 …
The Agriculture Department would adopt 84 villages in the district to promote the system of rice intensification (SRI) technique in paddy cultivation during the samba and thaladi seasons this year. One assistant agriculture officer would be assigned to each of these villages to ensure that the entire paddy area in …
Grain output is growing as farmers chase high prices, according to US government figures, suggesting food inflation pressures may abate in the months to come. Farmers would harvest 681.2m tonnes of wheat and record crops of 860.1m tonnes of corn and 461.4m tonnes of rice in the current year, the …
International Rice Research Institute has developed a flood-resistant variety of rice, which it aims to cultivate on a million hectares in the country by the end of next year, Director-General Mr Robert S. Ziegler said on Wednesday. “We are expecting certainly by end of next year flood-tolerant rice in eastern …
Floods in Pakistan have damaged at least 880,000 hectares of standing crops, including rice, maize, cotton, sugar cane, fruit orchards and vegetables, which represent about 3.7 percent of total national crop area, the United Nations' food agency said on Tuesday, citing preliminary official estimates. "Damage to the current paddy crop …
Bangladesh fared better than Pakistan in accelerating agricultural growth rate after its liberation in 1971, said a study yesterday. Expansion of cultivation of boro rice, increased use of high yielding seeds and irrigation helped Bangladesh attain faster growth in agriculture, said Takashi Kurosaki, researcher of the study. The country performed …
World rice production is expected to touch a record 480.5 million tonnes this year on the back of higher output in Asia, Egypt, Argentina, Mozambique, the US and Russian Federation, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. “The outlook for global rice production in 2011 …
“There is never enough rice to go around for the whole family,” says tribal woman Leela With a handful of grain and a head full of recipes, Leela cooks rice in a pot balanced on three stones in a room with a few bricks knocked out to let in sunlight …
Massive floods have ravaged vast swathes of Asia’s rice bowl, threatening to further drive up food prices and adding to the burden of farmers who are among the region’s poorest, experts say. About 1.5 million hectares (3.7 million acres) of paddy fields in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos have been …
In one of the most required initiative to exhort the farmers not to burn paddy stubble, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) will kickstart an awareness campaign against paddy stubble burning from October 4 in the entire state. Brainchild of the PPCB chairman, KS Pannu, who is known for his …
Remarkable increase in rice production in island nation: M.S. Swaminathan The draft Indian Food Security Bill could provide valuable inputs to a similar Sri Lankan initiative, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said. The Indian Bill is designed to ensure that every citizen has a legal right to food. Mr. Rajapaksa made …
This study examined the gender role in Sawah system of rice production in Nigeria. This study was carried out in five states where Sawah is being practiced. The states are Niger, Kaduna, Ondo, Kwara and Ekiti. Data used in this study were collected in all the Sawah sites in Nigeria …
The purpose of this study is to ascertain the impact of and Sri Lankan policy responses to the global food and financial crises with special emphasis on the country's agricultural sector.
Itanagar: Farmers of several villages in Chayang Tajo and Sawa circles under East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh are spending sleepless nights following bamboo flowering on a large scale. According to official sources here on Thursday, flowering of taffo (a sub-Himalayan species of dwarf bamboo) is spreading thick and fast …
The largest area under paddy cultivation, in the country’s history, was recorded in the Yala season of 2011, Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI) Deputy Director (Research) L. P. Rupasena said. The Yala harvesting has commenced and it is expected to yield 1,916,138 metric tons of paddy this …
