Rice Crop

After terming rats, mice, fruit bats, and crows as vermin for destroying crops, pokkali rice farmers in Kerala have now demanded the High Court to add Grey-headed swamphen or "Neela Kozhi" to the list.

More than adequate monsoon may help food grains output reach 150.5 million tonnes, which would be a record during the current Kharif season of 2020-21

Procurement of rice and paddy will begin two days ahead of time, the government said today in a signal to agitated farmers, who held a countrywide protest against the new farm laws today, backed by the opposition Congress. The usual date of procurement of monsoon crops is October 1 across the country.

India's rice production is estimated at record 102.36 million tonnes in kharif season of 2020-21 crop year on the back of good monsoon rains and acreage, according to government data.

Buoyed by the plentiful rains, rice farmers are likely to harvest a record crop and step up overseas sales from the world's biggest exporter of the grain.

Farmers plant crops such as rice, corn, cane, cotton and soybeans in the rainy months of June and July, with harvests from October.

Rice output in the world's biggest exporter and No. 2 producer is estimated to rise by 0.9 per cent to 117.47 million tonnes.

The monsoon deficit may have improved from minus 44 per cent to minus 33 per cent in two weeks, but it is still a big headache for farmers across the country. Sowing data from across the country shows a fall for crucial crops like rice and pulses in the kharif season.

A new study has said that climate change has already affected the production of the world's top 10 crops in certain regions.

Rains usually lash Kerala state around June 1 and cover the whole country by mid-July. Timely rains trigger planting of crops such as rice, soybeans and cotton.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced that paddy farmers in the state will get a bonus of Rs 500 per quintal for the crop.

Ikea wants to turn rice straw into household wares in a move that could end up reducing a major source of pollution in India.

A scientific study commissioned by the government to assess the impact of climate change has projected reduction in crop yields for irrigated maize, wheat and rain-fed rice, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pre-election gambit to sharply hike state-mandated prices for summer crops, including rice, may mean little to millions of farmers, as the government lacks the storage and funds needed to buy most of the produce.

Rice farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are in a bind over what to plant this season, following a prolonged dry spell in January and February. The state irrigation department has found a 'solution' to the water shortage -- it has asked farmers not to plant paddy this season as this crop needs a lot of water to grow

After terming rats, mice, fruit bats, and crows as vermin for destroying crops, pokkali rice farmers in Kerala have now demanded the High Court to add Grey-headed swamphen or "Neela Kozhi" to the list.

More than adequate monsoon may help food grains output reach 150.5 million tonnes, which would be a record during the current Kharif season of 2020-21

Procurement of rice and paddy will begin two days ahead of time, the government said today in a signal to agitated farmers, who held a countrywide protest against the new farm laws today, backed by the opposition Congress. The usual date of procurement of monsoon crops is October 1 across the country.

India's rice production is estimated at record 102.36 million tonnes in kharif season of 2020-21 crop year on the back of good monsoon rains and acreage, according to government data.

Buoyed by the plentiful rains, rice farmers are likely to harvest a record crop and step up overseas sales from the world's biggest exporter of the grain.

Farmers plant crops such as rice, corn, cane, cotton and soybeans in the rainy months of June and July, with harvests from October.

Rice output in the world's biggest exporter and No. 2 producer is estimated to rise by 0.9 per cent to 117.47 million tonnes.

The monsoon deficit may have improved from minus 44 per cent to minus 33 per cent in two weeks, but it is still a big headache for farmers across the country. Sowing data from across the country shows a fall for crucial crops like rice and pulses in the kharif season.

A new study has said that climate change has already affected the production of the world's top 10 crops in certain regions.

Rains usually lash Kerala state around June 1 and cover the whole country by mid-July. Timely rains trigger planting of crops such as rice, soybeans and cotton.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced that paddy farmers in the state will get a bonus of Rs 500 per quintal for the crop.

Ikea wants to turn rice straw into household wares in a move that could end up reducing a major source of pollution in India.

A scientific study commissioned by the government to assess the impact of climate change has projected reduction in crop yields for irrigated maize, wheat and rain-fed rice, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pre-election gambit to sharply hike state-mandated prices for summer crops, including rice, may mean little to millions of farmers, as the government lacks the storage and funds needed to buy most of the produce.

Rice farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are in a bind over what to plant this season, following a prolonged dry spell in January and February. The state irrigation department has found a 'solution' to the water shortage -- it has asked farmers not to plant paddy this season as this crop needs a lot of water to grow