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 …
Though the state government today hosted AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi to brainstorm on farmers’ issues to be included in the 2014 Lok Sabha manifesto, the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government has been dragging its feet on notifying the state’s agriculture policy since September, 2012. The policy was submitted by the …
Pakistan continues to face the threat of ‘Ug99’, a disease that cause rust on wheat, as the country has not developed enough disease-resistant varieties, cautioned an official of the US Department of Agriculture. “The threat is enormous because Pakistan does not have many Ug99-resistant varieties,” Ian Winborne, Plant Health Adviser …
26,500 cr to be spent on managing costs and losses of the public distribution system Implementation of food security law will cost . 88,500 crore in 2014-15 almost same as the total food subsidy last year, giving a push to the UPA government’s ambitious plan to meet the basic food …
Despite the country is enjoying surplus crops especially of wheat and rice, the food security seems extremely chaotic, as high inflation, declining income, unequal distribution of resources and stagnating domestic productivity are hampering attempts to achieve food security. Experts are critically examining this situation giving a warning that the country’s …
Farmers have started switching to cereals from paddy in the wake of adverse impact of climate change with new technology and seed in the vast Barind tract. According to the agriculture officials and scientists, the farmers reduced the cultivation of irrigation-dependent crop especially irri- boro paddy in the Barind tract, …
The world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050. Climate change, population, and income growth will drive food demand in the coming decades. Baseline scenarios show food prices for maize, rice, and wheat would significantly increase between 2005 and 2050, and the number of people at risk of …
JAMALPUR : Extensive wheat cultivation has been taken up in the district for the current year, reports BSS. According to official sources, fair price of wheat and bumper production of the crop last year have encouraged farmers to bring more land under wheat cultivation in the district this year. Department …
JAMALPUR : Extensive wheat cultivation has been taken up in the district for the current year, reports BSS. According to official sources, fair price of wheat and bumper production of the crop last year have encouraged farmers to bring more land under wheat cultivation in the district this year. Department …
The Punjab Government today directed the District Chief Agriculture Officers to step up monitoring of the wheat crop affected by yellow rust in the state. The move came following more reports of yellow rust attack on wheat crop, especially in the Kandi belt and Banur area, near Rajpura. The District …
To discuss measures to tackle the disease at a meeting today Agriculture experts, Vice-Chancellors and scientists of farm universities and state Agriculture Departments of northern states will meet at Una tomorrow to discuss measures to tackle yellow rust disease in wheat growing states. The meeting had been convened by JS …
Following three years of research, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) has identified core genes which would help in development of new varieties of wheat, rice and vegetables which would withstand climatic variations. These varieties, identified from the four lakh accessions held with NBPGR or the national gene bank, …
New Delhi : With wide variations in climatic conditions becoming a frequent phenomenon, the agriculture ministry has projected a decline in yield of crops such as rice, wheat, maize and sorghum. However, it expects output of soybean, groundnut and potato to rise by 2030 and beyond. Under the ‘National Initiative …
Vikhe Patil wanted a public hearing to be held before clearing the trials Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan overruled reservations expressed by the State’s Agriculture Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil in clearing no objection certificates (NOC) for “confined” field trials of genetically modified crops in the state, The Hindu has learnt. …
Nobel laureate Venkataraman ‘Venki’ Ramakrishnan on Monday came down heavily on those opposed to genetic modification of agricultural crops. In an exclusive interview to The Hindu , he said there was definitely a need to be careful while dealing with GM crops with proper regulatory mechanism, but one should not …
The Punjab Seed Council has approved 39 new verities of different crops for general cultivation. The new varieties included 15 Bt Cotton, six rice, two wheat, one Sugarcane, two Gram, three Citrus, four Peach, three flowers and one variety of each potato, tomato and turnip. The approval was granted in …
PANJIM: The government is likely to implement the restructured mid-day meal scheme from the New Year onwards with Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar saying that the government is ready to pour in more money for mid-day meals in addition to what is being given now; but only if the children are …
The debate on the relative benefits of conventional and organic farming systems has in recent time gained significant interest. So far, global agricultural development has focused on increased productivity rather than on a holistic natural resource management for food security. Thus, developing more sustainable farming practices on a large scale …
The wheat crop will be cultivated over 8,893 thousand hectares of land during current Rabbi season (2013-14) to fulfil the domestic requirements as well as to export. The government has fixed the production targets at 25 million tons as against the domestic consumption of 22-23 million tons per annum, said …
REWARI (HARYANA): Eight peacocks died and as many were found unconscious today after they reportedly consumed pesticide-sprinkled wheat at Nimoth village in the district. All the eight ailing peacocks including their five off springs, are being given treatment at the veterinary hospital at Dahina village here where they are stated …
The projects will collectively augment the storage capacity of FCI by about 1,25,060 metric tonnes (MT), out of which 53,000 MT is likely to be completed by March 2014 Food Corporation of India (FCI) is in the process of augmenting its infrastructure in North-East to implement the National Food Security …
