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 …
Assam is close to becoming the second State in the country in matters of productivity of rice in 2009-10. Almost all the formalities are complete now and only a formal announcement from the Union Government is awaited in this respect. The projected productivity rate of the State in this respect …
Change in climate conditions and the frequency of natural disasters in recent times has made it imperative to find lasting adaptation solutions for the agriculture sector. Given that almost 60 % of the country’s population relies on this sector for its livelihood and that it contributes approximately 15.7% of India’s …
This report examines where, why, and how past interventions in agricultural development have succeeded. It carefully reviews the policies, programs, and investments in agricultural development that have reduced hunger and poverty across Africa, Asia, and Latin America over the past half century. The 19 successes included here are described in …
CUTTACK: The impact of population pressure and shrinking land and water resources on agriculture notwithstanding, climate change has emerged as one of the most potent challenges prompting emergency moves by experts, policy-makers and scientists to face the unfolding dangers. The signs are ominous with changing climate and seasonal patterns in …
Read this summary of the monitoring of pesticide residues in the food commodities conducted from April 2008 to March 2009 at national level by Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and the IARI. The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India in collaboration with Indian Agriculture …
- Centrally-sponsored project at AAU department explores use of by-product Jorhat: A project sponsored by the central department of science and technology at Assam Agricultural University (AAU) to explore the use of flyash in the agricultural sector has shown
CHINSURAH, 21 NOV: Acting on a tiff-off, Serampore police today raided a house in the Mahesh Colony area and confiscated 1,015 bags of wheat and rice meant for APL, BPL and mid-day meal schemes. According to police, Mr Kishore Das of Mahesh Colony in Serampore purchased rice and wheat from …
PSUs Flouted Norms On Non-Basmati Rice Exports During UPA-I THE government has admitted that public sector units (PSUs) did not follow a transparent procedure for nonbasmati rice exports during the UPA
As per S Akbar, Chief General Manager, who heads the NABARD 'S Madhya Pradesh Regional Office, NABARD has, to start with, sanctioned a grant assistance of Rs 51,36 lakhs towards the implementation of SRI project in three districts the state viz, Balaghat, Hoshangbad and Katni. These projects once commissioned shall …
Global meet's call to reverse inefficient farming methods HANOI: Urgent action is needed to reverse inefficient farming methods and boost the world's supply of rice to prevent rising poverty and hunger, experts told a major world rice congress on Tuesday.
Fast and swift:Modernised transplantation in progress at Vangal village near Karur. KARUR: Farmers in Karur district have embraced the system of rice intensification (SRI) method, rechristened as Rajaran 1000. Officials hope to bring 50 per cent of the paddy cultivation under the Rajarajan 1000 system during the current season. The …
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has certified the controversial rice variety PAU-201 as fit for human consumption. The fate of 400,000 tonnes of rice, costing Rs 4,000 crore, was hanging in balance for more than a year; Food Corporation of India (FCI), the Central procurement agency, and the …
THE Kerala Cricket Association’s plan to build a stadium designed to international specifications at Edakochi has run afoul of environmental laws. The state forest department has filed a first information report in a magistrate’s court saying the cricket association (KCA) has destroyed mangrove trees in preparation for the construction work. …
CHHATTISGARH “It was a crazy time and we took great risks,” said Alok Shukla. “Sometimes I shudder to think what would have happened if we had not succeeded. We would have been facing audit questions the rest of our lives.” Shukla was referring to his challenging time as food secretary …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday fixed the rice procurement target for the year 2010-11 at 32 lakh metric tonne of which three lakh tonne of rice will be procured through millers while the rest will be done by the government agencies, including Food Corporation of India (FCI). A decision …
The Pilar Fathers have begun cultivation of the drought tolerant rice variety 'Sahbhagi Dhan' at the Zogati Nature Farm in Bhirondem-Valpoi. The area brought under cultivation was left barren for almost 20 years. According to the Pilar Fathers, the 'Sahbhagi Dhan' was released by Central Rainfed Upland Rice Research Station …
BHUBANESWAR: Good agriculture growth still eludes the State. As per the mid-term appraisal report of the Eleventh Plan, the growth of agriculture during the period 2005-09 has been only 2.08 per cent. The target has been to achieve a growth rate of 4 per cent. The report categorised Andhra Pradesh, …
