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 …
A GROUP of ministers on Thursday agreed in principle to lift the two-year old ban on exports of wheat and wheat products after general elections end in May. The decision was taken by an empowered group of ministers (EGoM) headed by external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, government officials said. The …
With the forthcoming wheat harvest and its subsequent procurement, having the potential to sway elections in the rural areas of Punjab, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today assured Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal that every grain of wheat would be lifted from the Punjab Mandis during the season. The …
LUCKNOW: Sugar may be in short supply but `dal-roti' will be in abundance in Uttar Pradesh. A record production this year has belied all apprehensions of gloom on the agriculture front in the wake of dry spell of winter. This may give the Mayawati government an added advantage over her …
Prabha Jagannathan NEW DELHI THE government may ease restrictions on export of wheat and rice as it looks to clear the stocks in anticipation of a bumper harvest, a government official hinted. A meeting of the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on March 5 is likely to ease export norms, …
LUCKNOW: High temperatures, no rains and strong gusty winds this winters have given a heavy blow to the wheat and oilseed crops. So much so that the agriculture department expects a shortfall of 10-25% in the yield. However, an authentic report would be released only after receiving revenue reports from …
Quantitative land evaluation procedures, namely USDA Land Capability Classification (LCC) and FAO Land Evaluation Procedure for Soil Site Suitability for various land utilization types have been used to assess the land suitability for different crops and for generating cropping pattern for kharif (summer) and rabi (winter) seasons in a watershed.
LUCKNOW: Thunderstorms followed by light rains in some parts of the state on Tuesday night and on Wednesday, though came as a relief but the amount of rains was very low. Weatherman said that the circulations which caused thunderstorms have passed but newer ones are on their way, hence the …
22 Jan 2009, 0320 hrs IST, Nidhi Nath Srinivas , ET Bureau The Food Corporation of India will start the wheat season with enough in its godowns to keep ration shops supplied for the next eight months. If it buys another 10 mn tonne from farmers this harvest, by June …
SP Sharma Tribune News Service Bathinda, January 19 Wheat fields and orchards at many places in the Malwa belt were inundated today as the canals breached due to increased water level. Crop in 250 acres were destroyed in Mehma Sarja and Kot Fatta areas. The canal breached in Chief Minister …
Ludhiana: It turned out to be a prosperous 2008 for Punjab farmers as they reaped rich dividends from the bumper wheat and paddy crops. The plentiful season brought some cheer for the state Government as well with Punjab farmers accounting for a major chunk of the Central pool in wheat …
8 Jan 2009, 0129 hrs IST, Prabha Jagannathan, ET Bureau The food subsidy bill this fiscal would be a whopping Rs 50,000 crore, because of the record food grain procurement and hefty increases in Minimum Support Prices (MSP). Stung by the high payout, the government seems to be dithering on …
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 …
Each year as a follow up to the official processes which regulate pesticides, government monitors food to check that the residue levels found are within those expected from normal use of the pesticide and checks that legal trading levels (Maximum Residue Levels) are not breached for both imported and home-produced …
Thousands of tonnes of wheat procured by the Punjab Agro Industries Corporation this season and stored in the open has been rotting at some places in the state. Procured in May this year, it was stored on open plinths and fields rented by the agency. At Kotla Bhai Ke village, …
