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 Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) has entered the production and distribution of hybrid rice seeds to provide them to farmers at reasonable prices, officials said yesterday. The move by the public sector entity, stakeholders observe, is expected to intensify competition in seed business dominated by private-sector players.
Kurunegala Government Agent Jayantha Bulumulla warned that paddy production in the district during the Yala season would be affected by the prevailing drought that resulted in the fast dwindling water levels in tanks and reservoirs. Addressing the District Coordinating Committee she said releasing of water from Batalagoda and Hatwatunaoya tanks …
'Bangla Moti'- a new variety of high- quality aromatic rice produced in Bangladesh for 'Polou', a local delicious dish of rice and meat boiled in butter will hit the market by 2012. The government has undertaken a project considering the demand for the aromatic rice among people of the country …
Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains dumped by a typhoon have killed 20 people and left three missing in the Philippines, the country's disaster agency said on Monday. The weather bureau said Typhoon Kujira was centred off the coast of the southeastern province of Catanduanes in Luzon Island …
There has been growing concern over conversion of coastal rice paddies to shrimp farms. This study estimates the external cost of shrimp-induced salinity on crop production by comparing two villages in southern India: Poovam, which is affected by salinity, with Thiruvettakudy, which is not. Data show that the soil salinity …
Regulating GM paddy: The Supreme Court has issued notices to the ministry of agriculture, department of biotechnology under ministry of science and technology and the environment ministry to clear their stand on the regulatory process for approval of genetically modified (GM) crops (see
The D.C.O. Matiari Dr Baqaullah Unar has put a ban on paddy cultivation throughout the district, directing the agriculture officials to guide the growers to switch over to alternative crops. He asked the concerned authorities to take strict measures to restrict rice cultivation. If any landlord or grower has already …
BHUBANESWAR: In a major achievement, the Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology has developed a new rice variety that would not only enhance productivity but also has better resistance to pest infestations. Christened Ranidhan, the rice has been developed by scientists Dr Simanchal Sahu and Dr Swapan Kumar Tripathy at …
Despite bumper production of rice in the current fiscal year farmers were not able to get proper price rate in return, were compelled to sell their yield at throw away prices and the disappointed farmers therefore, have decided to cultivate BT cotton instead of rice in future. Well-placed sources disclosed …
With diminished rice harvests, seawater seeping into aquifers and islands vanishing into rising oceans, Southeast Asia will be among the regions worst affected by global warming, according to a report scheduled for release on Monday by the Asian Development Bank. The rise in sea levels may force the sprawling archipelago …
Production of organic rice is a necessity of the present era. Hence, development of high-yielding rice varieties, suitable for a salinity stress area which is naturally an organic production system like the
Cultivation of BR-47, a saline-tolerant rice variety, in the southern coastal region could bring about significant changes in rice production, Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said yesterday. "There are around 2.8 million hectares of agricultural land in the coastal districts. If high yielding varieties like BR-47 are …
It is thought that around 5000 hectares of paddy fields in the Uva region have been devastated due to the prolonged drought in the Maha season this year. The Uva Province Agricultural Department; said 800 hectares of paddy cultivation in Dambagalla, 450 in Nanapurawa , 65 in Kotagama, 250 in …
Sindh government has selected four consultant firms for initiating feasibility work for the "cluster development" of agro-based small and medium enterprises, sources told Business Recorder on Friday. They said that six companies had taken part in the bidding process, out of them four pre-qualified last Monday. The consultants, who would …
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Kashmir, Anwar Alam has urged the scientific community to put in strenuous efforts to address emerging challenges in agriculture and allied sectors. He identified important issues in various sectors of agriculture, particularly forestry, fisheries and livestock husbandry that need focused …
This paddy field was once a shrimp enclosure. The farmers are returning to paddy cultivation as they realise that shrimp enclosures have been ruining the soil and damaging the environment. Photo: STARAmena Khatun, Back From Khulna Thousands of farmers in three upazilas of Khulna district have decided to turn their …
Agitated villagers of Curtorim on Sunday vehemently objected to filling of low lying paddy fields in the village at San Deul and Bhatti. The villagers alleged that the paddy fields and water bodies are being filled without permission from the Panchayat or other authorities. Suspecting that the work was being …
Congressmen like Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jairam Ramesh and Arjun Sengupta have bowled a googly in saying that the grand old party will abolish hunger if elected. Impossible, you say? Of course, it
