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 …
International research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found how plants, such as rice and wheat, sense and respond to extreme drought stress, in a breakthrough that could lead to the development of next-generation drought-proof crops. Lead researcher Dr Kai Xun Chan from the ANU Research School of …
ZAMBIA’S annual national consumption was slightly above 1,500,000 metric tonnes by the end of 2015. THE bullies of the airwaves who have perfected the art of humiliating guests who do not support their preferred political party during live phone-in programmes on the privately-owned Radio Phoenix met their match last Friday. …
Effective adaptation determines agricultural vulnerability to climate change, especially in the pre-industrial era. Crop management as an agricultural adaptation to climate change in recent human history, however, has rarely been systematically evaluated. Using Europe as our study area, we statistically compared yield ratio of wheat, rye, barley, and oats (an …
Soil series representing different physiographic units were studied to know the impact of temporal change in land use and cropping system on some soil properties in the northwestern parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The dynamics in land use and cropping system for the period 1983–84, 1996–97 and 2007–2008 and change …
The recent period of high agricultural commodity prices is most likely over, say the OECD and FAO in their latest 10-year Outlook. But the two organisations warn of the need to be vigilant as the probability of a major price swing remains high. The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2016-2025, published today, …
In restaurants and supermarkets, bread wheat reigns supreme and quinoa is the superfood du jour. But plant scientists want to re-introduce ancient grains einkorn, emmer and spelt. In the latest issue of Trends in Plant Science, German researchers say the cereal industry should take advantage of the demand for "novel, …
Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Sunday that the National Food Security Act will be implemented in the remaining States next month to bring the whole country under its ambit. “The National Food Security Act is in force in 33 States/UTs, and in States of …
The government has decided to extend the 25% import duty on wheat for another three months, mainly due to sufficient domestic stock available in the country. A notification by the Central Board of Excise and Customs is expected shortly. In March this year, the government had extended the 25% import …
This report analyzes the costs and benefits of managing nitrogen fertilizer in ways that also reduce greenhouse gas emissions in cereal production (rice, wheat, and maize) in India and Mexico. The purpose of this work is to inform finance needed for low emissions agricultural development. For each agricultural mitigation practice …
Researchers led by Lixin Wang, assistant professor of earth sciences in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, have identified critical information about the environmental variables and agronomic factors that determine the vulnerability of maize and wheat production to drought. The study, "Global Synthesis of Drought Effects on …
Drought has been a major cause of agricultural disaster, yet how it affects the vulnerability of maize and wheat production in combination with several co-varying factors (i.e., phenological phases, agro-climatic regions, soil texture) remains unclear. Using a data synthesis approach, this study aims to better characterize the effects of those …
India can enhance its rice yields by 2.5 percent and wheat by 3.3 percent if emissions leading to generation of ground-level ozone could be mitigated, say scientists who have developed an ozone risk estimate database. It could aid policymakers examine suitable mitigation strategies for crop protection against ozone pollution, they …
MOSCOW, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia has become the world's leader in the export of wheat, surpassing the United States and Canada, Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev said Thursday. "Russia supplies about 25 million tons of wheat on the external market by the end of the agricultural 2016 year. …
On 26 April, a team led by microbial population geneticist Daniel Croll, who is at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, reported on github.com that the Bangladeshi wheat-blast strain is closely related to those collected in Brazilian wheat fields and on nearby weeds. His team’s analysis, which uses …
Evanston, IL - Today's advanced online publication of the journal Nature Biotechnology carries three important papers on crop disease resistance. They report the isolation of novel disease resistance genes and the successful transfer of resistance into wheat, soybean, and potato. The 2Blades Foundation supported the development of these efforts as …
In this study, we evaluate the potential impact of ground level ozone (O3) on rice and wheat yield in top 10 states in India during 2005. This study is based on simulated hourly O3 concentration from the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem), district-wise seasonal crop production …
Estimating the exposure of agriculture to climate variability and change can help us understand key vulnerabilities and improve adaptive capacity, which is vital to secure and increase world food production to feed its growing population. A number of indices to estimate exposure are available in literature. However, testing or validating …
Bringing drought and increased temperatures, climate change has been widely portrayed as a force that will leave staple food crops struggling in many areas where they are grown today. But a new study has shown that increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may actually lead to greater yields …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the district magistrates of five states, including Haryana and Punjab, to constitute special teams to conduct inspection to ensure there was no burning of wheat stubble in their respective jurisdictions. “This shall be done on regular intervals and inspection reports should be submitted …
31,357 beneficiaries from middle-class area to receive Annapurna cards today. After the state government announced the implementation of the Centre’s Food Security Act as Maa Annapurna Yojana, Fatehpura resident, Ramila Lokhande, 37, hoped that her family of five will have access to monthly grains. But it was not to be. …
