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 …
Controlling methane emissions through acid rain? adding sulphate to soil in paddy fields is a popular method of controlling methane emission, to the tune of up to 70 per cent. In highly polluted countries such as India and China, acid rain also deposits a substantial amount of sulphate. This leads …
Mahyco flouts rules in Bt rice trials in Jharkhand mahyco seed company was found conducting field trials of Bt rice in Jharkhand, flouting all the rules and regulations prescribed for trials of a genetically modified crop. The trials were being conducted at Saparong village in Ranchi district of Jharkhand without …
Haryana farmers give up water-guzzling paddy haryana has managed to dissuade its farmers from sowing summer paddy saathi this year to prevent water shortage.
Agriculture scientists are upbeat with a new aromatic rice variety, which they claim is cost effective and disease resistant and will help mitigate monga [seasonal joblessness] in the northern districts. Researchers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University in association with Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service, a leading non-government organisation, developed …
The Kashmir valley is all set to have a bumper crop of rice and maize and likely to achieve the target production of these principle crops during this year following the timely rainfall and use of good-quality seeds by the farmers. The rain showers witnessed by the valley on Tuesday …
Shastry V. Mallady MADURAI: The impact of climate change on rice cultivation, and its yield, is being researched by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and two international institutions. Studies indicate that a four degree increase in temperature will reduce the yield by 10 per cent. The research, carried out under …
Rice culture and consumption in Kashmir has been in vogue since the drainage of water from Satisar by Kashyap Reshi. Farmers had developed sound traditional knowledge about the parameters for good rice harvest and management of blast (rai) disease. Sustained rice production by adopting organic pratices coupled with indigenous farming …
The quantitative analysis of agricultural production systems has become an important step in the formulation of agricultural policy. A number of empirical studies have attempted to investigate producer responsiveness to product and input price changes, to estimate economics of scale, to assess the relative efficiency, and to measure the impact …
Scented rices have been known in the Indian subcontinent since the times of Charaka [600 BC] and Susruta [200 BC]. These rices have played an important role in many regional economies, and have been the favorites of kings, religious heads, royalty and the elite of society. Most of these rices …
Chronic renal failure (CRF), in the main agricultural region under reservoir based cascade irrigation in Sri Lanka has reached crisis proportion. Over 5,000 patients in the region are under treatment for CRF. The objective of this study is to establish the etiology of the CRF. Concentrations of nine heavy metals …
The transition from the prostrate growth of ancestral wild rice (O. rufipogon Griff.) to the erect growth of Oryza sativa cultivars was one of the most critical events in rice domestication. This evolutionary step importantly improved plant architecture and increased grain yield. Here the authors find that prostrate growth of …
False smut of rice, once considered as a minor disease, has now become a serious disease in Tamil Nadu and also other rice growing states of India. For the past three years, the disease incidence has been reported in many places in an alarming proportion. The disease is caused by …
Business Standard / New Delhi September 25, 2008, 0:00 IST The indication by the finance minister, P Chidambaram, that the ban on the export of non-basmati rice may soon be lifted, is welcome
Amid prospects of good kharif output, finance minister P Chidambaram expressed the hope that the ban on export of nonbasmati rice, which was imposed as a temporary measure, would be lifted soon.
