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 …
K. Balchand NEW DELHI: Even as Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar exuded confidence about kharif prospects, a ban has been imposed on wheat export. Within 10 days of allowing a shipment of nine lakh tonnes of wheat on July 3, the Directorate-General of Foreign Trade on Monday rescinded the order with …
In the first signs of worry over a possible drop in grain output due to a poor monsoon, the government has cancelled licences for limited export of wheat barely 10 days after these were issued. The Director General of Foreign Trade said on Monday that the government decided to
India today lifted a 28-month ban on wheat export by allowing export of 900,000 tonnes of the grain by government-owned trading agencies. Export of 650,000 tonnes of wheat products like wheat flour and maida has also been permitted, according to a notification issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade …
The agriculture sector, which in previous Economic Surveys seemed to be pulling out of a bad patch, slipped back into a dismal 1.6% growth in 2008-09, the latest report said. The worst show was in the third quarter, which, on a year-on-year basis, showed a 0.8% decline. The crimped gross …
Dr Muhammad Rashid, Director General Agricultural (Research) asked agricultural scientists to develop new technology to increase water-use efficiency. He stated this while addressing a seminar on Research Activities and the Achievements of the Agronomic Research Institute, Faisalabad. He said that water was the most precious resource, so it should be …
Groundwater table is declining in the state of Punjab over the decade more than 50 cm per year. This resource can be optimally used and sustained only when quantity of water is assessed at micro level. The present study was aimed to estimate the gap in demand and supply of …
Field experiments on rice-wheat cropping were conducted in well-drained sandy loam soil of semi-arid region, Project Directorate for Cropping Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut (UP) with the objectives to study the influence of tillage systems and irrigation schedules on soil cracking pattern, water requirement and performance of rice and wheat and …
After launching the ambitious rice scheme for Rs three per kg, the Chhattisgarh Government is all set to fulfill its election promise and has decided to give subsidised wheat along with rice to 37 lakh BPL families in the State, official sources said on Tuesday. The scheme shall be launched …
Canadian farmers oppose the introduction of genetically modified wheat until market conditions change, a Canadian Wheat Board survey has found. In the CWB's annual survey of 1,300 Western Canadian farmers, only 9 percent said GMO wheat should be grown as soon as it's available, with the majority saying it shouldn't …
As much as 19.50 lakh tonnes of wheat has been procured in the state this year on support price by Union and state government agencies. Importantly, middlemen were completely eliminated from procurement process this year. Farmers have been paid Rs 2200 crore. The procurement drive in the state, which was …
US scientists are trying to develop wheat strains resistant to a fungus that has spread from Africa to Iran, and is likely to show up soon in India and Pakistan. The 'Ug99' fungus, also known as 'stem rust', is likely to spread world-wide, either through windblown spores or carried inadvertently …
The response of the Arabian Sea to global warming is the disruption in the natural decadal cycle in the sea surface temperature (SST) after 1995, followed by a secular warming. The Arabian Sea is experiencing a regional climate-shift after 1995, which is accompanied by a five fold increase in the …
Farm and environment groups opposed to genetically modified wheat are countering a call from other farm organizations for biotech companies to commercially develop it. Fifteen groups in the top wheat-exporting countries of Canada, the U.S. and Australia released a joint statement of opposition to GMO wheat on Monday. It follows …
The nitrogen enriched phosphocompost was prepared utilizing the abundantly available green biomass of Lantana camara and supplemented with 12.5 and 25.0 per cent levels of rock phosphate, 1.0% fertilizer nitrogen (urea), 5.0 and 10.0 per cent pyrite or by inoculation with Azotobacter chroococcum and Aspergillus awamori. The compost mix-up was …
The experiments were conducted at the farmer's fields in a cluster of villages of Chugawan block of Amritsar district during summer and winter seasons of 2006-07 to evaluate recommended dose of urea, plant population and lopping for basmati rice and zero tillage for wheat vis-a-vis farmers' practices. The results indicated …
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