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 …
BURDWAN, Dec. 31: Burdwan~ one of the leading paddy growing districts in the state will soon employ a high-tech drying process which will cut down on breakage of rice grains. A Mumbai-based international engineering major has developed an improvised version of dryer that will reduce moisture level in rice grains. …
Increased organic farming of wheat and paddy crops could be counter-productive for Punjab and could also jeopardise the national food security, according to a six-month study of organic as well as intensive farming systems in the state by the State Farmers Commission. The report, which has been prepared after the …
KARUR: A holistic approach to precision farming would help farmers produce world- class agricultural products by implementing recent technology to maximise the yield and get improved profits, according to Commissioner for Agriculture, S. Kosalaraman. Speaking after inspecting a field of paddy near Veerarakkiam raised under the System of Rice Intensification …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Behind the high walls of the Poojappura Central Prison, a green revolution is in the making. Three acres of prison land are now all set for cultivating paddy. Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran on Tuesday launched the
The director of rice under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) in New Delhi, MC Dibakar, recently visited the paddy fields of Nalbari district to take stock of the progress of the newly-introduced System of Rice Intensification (SRI). He also interacted with the farmers to share the experiences of this new …
Rice production has been placed at 96.43 mt, the highest ever, of course; wheat at 78.40 mt, also the highest so far as also the fact that this was higher by two million tonnes than the previous record of 76.37 mt during 1999-2000; coarse grains had recorded production of 40.73 …
BHUBANESWAR: Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Manmohan Samal justified the Rs 2-a-kg rice scheme to the BPL families saying it is to provide relief to the economically weaker sections who are hard hit by the price rise. While the price of rice has increased by 63 per cent over …
In order to meet increasing demands of food due to rising population and income, food production in India and other south Asian countries need to be increased. Rain-fed agriculture in India, practiced on 94 million hectares (M ha), is considered a major source of production increase in future. This report …
The efficacy of carbosulfan was evaluated during kharif, 2005-06 against rice stem borer, Scripophaga incertulas in comparison with chlorpyriphos. The results revealed that all the insecticidal treatments reduced the insect population significantly over untreated control and incurred significantly higher yield.
How germinated brown rice is good for diabetics ACROSS the world, the most conspicuous form of rice is the white, polished one. Diabetics are advised against eating this, and even brown rice, considered healthier, is advised only in moderation. Recent research has shown how the simple process of germination could …
Kalyan, a youth welfare organisation in the district has started a 'Millennium Village' programme supported by German Agro Action in a small pocket of Purulia district since September 2006. This organisation falls under the umbrella of Ramakrishna Mission Lokasiksha Parishad, Narendrapur and their aim is to achieve certain developmental goals …
Recent flooding has damaged around 470,000 tonnes of paddy from Thailand's main crop, a senior agricultural official said on Thursday. "Floods hit rice fields in the north and the northeastern regions and destroyed around 2 percent of our main rice crop, which equates to around 470,000 tonnes of paddy," Apichart …
Claiming that some 13 hectares of farmland was registered in an illegal way, cadres of CPN-Maoist have prevented landowners from harvesting their ripe paddy here at Kurainiya of Bhaktipur VDC. The Maoists returned the land, that they captured five years ago, to the rightful owners last year as per the …
A team of agriculture scientists zeroed in on a gene that imparts salt stress tolerance to paddy plants for long time and found that it remains suppressed in Gobindobhog. Gobindobhog aromatic rice is essential to many delicacies in eastern India. This small-grain rice variety commands high premium in domestic and …
There is a discussion in the scientific circles that methane emission from rice cultivation is an important cause for climate change, with methane being one of the greenhouse gases (GHGs). Some argue that during the past 200 years we have witnessed an increase in methane emission. If it were so, …
Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change has shown that the earth temperature has increased by 0.74 degree C between 1906 and 2005 due to increase in anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. It is estimated that crop production loss in India by 2100 AD could be 10-40% despite the beneficial effects of …
Why Gobindobhog rice fails to yield in saline soil? gobindobhog aromatic rice is essential to many delicacies in eastern India. This small-grain rice variety commands high premium in domestic and international markets. But its cultivation is limited to a few districts, such as Nadia, Murshidabad, Bankura and Purulia, in West …
