Tag: rice
FSSAI releases norms for identification of basmati rice
For the first time, food regulator FSSAI has come out with comprehensive standards...
Area sown for Rabi crops up by 2.86 per cent
The total area sown for Rabi crops is at 665.58 lakh hectares so far in the current...
Sufficient foodgrains in stock under Central Pool
About 159 LMT of wheat and 104 LMT of rice will be available as on 1 January 2023....
Corteva Agriscience launches Novixid herbicide to manage weeds in rice fields
Corteva Agriscience, a global pure-play agriculture company, launched its Novixid...
Cultivation of short-duration varieties of rice for straw management
The cultivation of short-duration varieties of rice provides an extended window...
GSP Crop launches CTPR products Helipro and Ballot to benefit farmers in India
GSP Crop Science, a leader in the agrochemical business based out of Ahmedabad,...
Inflation effect: Global food import bill set to rise to nearly $2trn, but import by poor countries decreases
The bulk of the increase in the bill is accounted for by high-income countries,...
Stubble trouble: Politics overtakes economics
Stubble burning begins around October and peaks in November, coinciding with the...
Farmers getting good Basmati prices, but yield declines due to rain
Although the farmers in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan are getting...
How to increase the productivity and production of foodgrains
India’s current population of 1.39bn is likely to reach 1.51bn by 2030. The country...
Rice production estimated to be lower by 6.77 million tonnes in 2022-23 Kharif season
Rice production in the Kharif season for 2022-23 is estimated at 104.99 million...
Bajra with higher micro-nutrients gets global recognition
Research efforts on biofortified crops have got a shot in the arm with the Norman...
Decision to impose 20 per cent export duty on non-Basmati rice to rein in domestic prices
Two weeks after releasing figures for record rice production and the very next day...
Fear of decline in rice production looms large as acreage down by 3.1mn ha and mystery ‘dwarfing’ disease hits in Punjab and Haryana
The paddy acreage during the current Kharif season lags behind that last year by...
Foodgrain production to be record 315.72 mt: 4th AE 2021-22
The production of foodgrains in the country is estimated at 315.72 mt, higher by...
MSP in India targeted using WTO’s deeply flawed methodology
The flaws are several. The first and the most significant flaw is that the quantum...
