Brazil expecting record grain harvest
August 10th, 2012 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 10 (IANS/EFE) Brazil will reap a record grain harvest of 163.3 million tonnes this year, a gain of 2 percent over 2011, a statistics agency said.The ... Read more...
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Punjab farmers adopt direct seeding to save water, cut costs in rice cultivation
July 18th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Barnala (Punjab), July 18 (IANS) Farmers in Punjab are increasingly using the direct seeding method of rice cultivation that reduces water consumption by almost 30 percent and labour and costs ... Read more...
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Oz native rice could help buffer world’s rice crop
October 16th, 2010 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct 16 (ANI): In August, a research warned that rice yields are expected to decline over the coming decades as global temperatures rise. It highlighted the need for heat tolerant strains ... Read more...
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Deepawali: The Festival Of Lights
October 17th, 2009 - 3:13 pm ICT by admin
By Shobha Shukla, CNSThe nights are laden with the intoxicating smell of the white flowers of ‘queen of night’. There is a rosy nip in the morning air, hinting at the approaching ... Read more...
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Jammu region may be declared hit by drought
September 16th, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 16 (IANS) Authorities here are considering declaring the Jammu region drought-hit as it has received 40 percent less rainfall this monsoon.
"We are gathering the statistics and other facts to see ... Read more...
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82 percent Raigad farmers against Reliance SEZ
October 6th, 2008 - 9:09 pm ICT by ANI
Alibaug (Maharashtra), Oct 6 (ANI): Eighty two percent farmers and landowners in Raigad district are against the of the proposed Reliance Special Economic Zone (SEZ) project.Though the Government has not ... Read more...
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Kashmir: Toiling in Ramadan, yet clueless about tomorrow (Letter from Kashmir)
September 12th, 2008 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Haripora, Sep 12 (IANS) Ghulam Muhammad Magray, 42, is fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan but still toiling away at his small, golden brown paddy field in this northern hamlet ... Read more...
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Punjab farmers using floodwaters for lotus cultivation
September 6th, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
By Karan Kapoor
Dhanauri (Punjab), Sep.5 (ANI): While floods have caused havoc in north Bihar marooning millions of people, farmers in Punjabs Dhanouri Village have made a fortune of it, by using ... Read more...
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India expects robust rice crop in current season
August 29th, 2008 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Rice production will go up significantly in India in the current season, notwithstanding raging floods in Bihar and Punjab, a senior agriculture ministry official said here ... Read more...
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Canadian soup for famine-hit Mizoram
August 2nd, 2008 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Aizawl, Aug 2 (IANS) A Canadian non-profit organisation has provided a large consignment of dehydrated soup mixes for people in the northeastern state of Mizoram, currently hit by a ... Read more...
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Mizoram facing famine, rats devour rice and maize
July 27th, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, July 27 (IANS) After feasting on paddy in the fields and inside granaries, armies of rodents in Mizoram have started targeting maize, devouring the crop by the tonne and leading to ... Read more...
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‘India may lift rice export ban in four-five months’
June 17th, 2008 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Anticipating a record harvest and procurement of paddy in the coming season, a top official Tuesday said the current ban on export of rice may be relaxed ... Read more...
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India prays to rain gods to tame inflation, fill granary (Lead)
June 17th, 2008 - 8:29 am ICT by IANS
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) An early monsoon may be a good omen for the government that is under attack for spiralling inflation, but experts are also looking for ... Read more...
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Sustained monsoon needed for bumper rice crop: experts
June 16th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) An early monsoon may be a good omen for the beleaguered government fighting zooming inflation, but experts look for a stable rainy season ahead ... Read more...
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UN chief in Myanmar to inspect cyclone damage, hasten aid
May 22nd, 2008 - 11:33 am ICT by admin
DPA
Yangon, May 22 (DPA) United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Myanmar Thursday to inspect areas devastated by Cyclone Nargis, which hit the country's coastal region 20 days ago, and talk ... Read more...
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Myanmar needs $243 mn in agricultural aid: FAO
May 14th, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Bangkok, May 14 (DPA) Myanmar's cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy Delta - the country's rice bowl - will need more than $200 million in agricultural aid soon to prevent a severe food shortage this year ... Read more...
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