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 …
ERODE: On Tuesday farmers in Kanchikoil village in Erode district pledged not to use hybrid or tissue cultured paddy varieties for crop cultivation. They decided to use only traditional paddy varieties which do not need pesticides and other fertilisers. "We have taken this decision after we realised that the soil …
A year after releasing the world's first zinc-enriched rice variety, Bangladeshi breeders have come up with another rice variety with higher zinc content and greater yield potentials. High-zinc rice -- Brri dhan-62 -- released late last year contains around 19 to 20 parts per million (ppm) zinc against 14 to …
A new kind of hybrid rice developed in China is expected to achieve a target yield of a thousand kilograms per mu, or 6070 kilograms per acre, this year. Yuan Longping, the leader of the development team, says the hybrid rice is growing quite well in test fields in Central …
New Ration Cards For All Beneficiaries By March 2015 The state government will implement the Food Security Act brought by the Centre in the state from October 2, food and civil supplies minister Anoop Jacob said here on Monday. A high-level meeting convened by chief minister Oommen Chandy here on …
Farmers badly affected by changing weather patterns in South Asia now have the opportunity to improve food security by planting new varieties of rice capable of withstanding the impact of both severe droughts and floods. This is particularly good news for countries such as Nepal, where around 65 per cent …
Chief minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday announced that the centrally sponsored Food for All scheme, called Khadyan Yojna, offering subsidized food grains including wheat and rice to all families, whether below or above poverty line, would be implemented in the Himalayan state in right earnest from August 1. The announcement …
An international team of researchers have sequenced the complete genome of African rice, enabling the development of new rice varieties that are better able to cope with increasing environmental stresses to help solve global hunger issues. The genetic information will also enhance understanding of the growing patterns of African rice. …
Ozone pollution, which worsens breathing problems and causes air quality warnings, may compound global warming's damage to the world's food crops, according to a new study. Ground-level ozone, formed mainly from pollutants emitted by burning fossil fuels for cars, industry and power plants, increases as temperatures rise. That's why air …
Future food production is highly vulnerable to both climate change and air pollution with implications for global food security. Climate change adaptation and ozone regulation have been identified as important strategies to safeguard food production5,6, but little is known about how climate and ozone pollution interact to affect agriculture, nor …
The cultivation of rice in Africa dates back more than 3,000 years. Interestingly, African rice is not of the same origin as Asian rice (Oryza sativa L.) but rather is an entirely different species (i.e., Oryza glaberrima Steud.). Here we present a high-quality assembly and annotation of the O. glaberrima …
Environment Ministry today clarified that it has given no approval for field trials of certain varieties of Genetically Modified (GM) crops. The ministry, however, said that the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has recommended certain cases for field trials. "Field trials of GM Crops is not a Government Decision. It …
The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) and the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM), two Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-inspired organisations, on Saturday criticised the Union environment ministry’s approval to field trials of 15 varieties of genetically modified (GM) crops, including rice, brinjal, chickpea, mustard and cotton. In India, the issue of GM crops …
The Green Revolution bypassed Bihar in its first wave in the 1960s and 1970s. Subsequently, during a short interval in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the agricultural growth rate reached almost 3 percent per year, one of the highest in the country, though over a smaller base. Even this …
Darchula, July 14: Farmers in the district are facing shortage of fertilizers in the peak season of paddy plantation. According to the Agriculture Development Officer Tika Ram Thapa, shortage of fertilizers has surfaced as the contractor Om Mahasani Dev Construction and Suppliers failed to supply it on schedule. As per …
Continuous rise in prices of rice in the open market has forced households to lower their consumption. According to a latest Government survey, trends also show an increasing reliance on ration shops to buy rice and other food grains at controlled rates. According to the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) …
Debris cleanup work by Tokyo Electric Power Co. at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant may have led to the contamination of rice crops in nearby areas, agriculture ministry officials said Monday. Radioactive cesium exceeding the government limit of 100 becquerels per kilogram was detected in rice crops from Minamisoma, …
The government on Thursday said it proposed to restructure the Food Corporation of India that procured, stored and distributed foodgrain to identified beneficiaries under the Targeted Public Distribution System. Presenting his budget proposals for the food sector, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government was committed to reducing transportation …
This twentieth edition of the Agricultural Outlook published jointly by OECD and FAO provides market projections to 2023 for major agricultural commodities, biofuels and fish across 41 countries and 12 regions: OECD member countries (European Union as a region), key non-OECD agricultural producers (such as India, China, Brazil, Russian Federation …
CAG has questioned the need for Aranmula airport in Kerala and has recommended an in-depth study on environmental impact of the project on this ecologically-sensitive region based on reports submitted by the legislature committee on environment, Kerala State Biodiversity Board and the Expert Appraisal committee of Airport Authority of India …
With the completion of distribution of new ration cards among intended beneficiaries of National Food Security Scheme (NFSS) in most of the 13 districts in Uttarakhand, the State Government is going to implement this scheme from Tuesday. “Except four districts, including Dehradun, Pauri, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh, the remaining nine districts …
