Golden dream

Rice variety to fight vitamin A deficiency

High yields in Andhra's pesticide-free village

Best way to check arsenic residues in rice

Three years on, only 15% of Rs 1 lakh crore agri infrastructure fund disbursed

The scheme was launched in 2020 for the development of post-harvest infrastructure

Wheat, rice lost in transit in last 4 years could have fed 82.30 million Indians for a month

The transit foodgrain losses in the period amounted to Rs 1,109.82 crore

Pesticide guard

Plant hormone can protect rice from toxic effects of chemicals

Poor soil, global warming

The downside of using combine harvesters

Organic drive in Uttaranchal ignores farmers' concerns

Food crisis grips Bangladesh after flood and cyclone Sidr

Toxic harvest

Eating rice grown in arsenic-contaminated water can damage genes

Legislation for a few

Benefits of the Act that encourages conservation of plants reach few farmers

Flood resistance rice comes to rescue

Experiments in budgeting water

State is trying to get farmers to budget water

As told to Parliament (February 13, 2023): Climate change likely to pull down wheat yield by 6-25% in 2100, says minister

Rainfed rice yields in India are projected to reduce marginally

Basmati rice exporters demand government support to improve exports

International prices of basmati have been declining over the last two years

Food prices increase in Afghanistan amid conflict

A recent report said that 27.5 per cent of Afghanis are food insecure

Rice that binds

The paddy compulsion

War continues between Karnataka, Tamil Nadu farmers over Cauvery water for cultivation

Science and Technology - Briefs

Punjab's depleting groundwater stagnates agricultural growth

Farming made unprofitable

Modulating pathogen functions control sheath blight disease: study

Millions of tonnes of rice are lost due to this disease every year

Simply put: What do you do with rice

Recent Fall Armyworm invasion could be global, warn scientists

Such an occurrence could put world food security at risk

Bangladesh wants hybrid paddy, experts wary