Rice, a major crop in Andhra Pradesh, is cultivated using water from borewells, tanks or open wells. Since the crop grows in standing water ground water depletion is usually high especially during ...

: System for Rice Intensification (SRI), a technique of paddy cultivation, is being successfully used for cultivation of other crops including vegetables by small farmers in Ganjam district of Odisha.

Boro rice, once the dominant form of paddy grown in Bangladesh, is increasingly under strain due to the high level of irrigation it uses. Most of the popular varieties of Boro rice were developed by ...

The trials of seeding of rice on beds (SRB), a method said to conserving more than 25% of water in paddy cultivation, has shown “encouraging” results as paddy cultivated with this method has given ...

New Delhi: At a time when the centre is mulling whether to allow transgenic technology to improve yields of mustard, an oilseed widely used in Indian kitchens, farmers from several states have claimed ...

Boro rice, once the dominant form of paddy grown in Bangladesh, is increasingly under strain due to the high level of irrigation it uses. Most of the popular varieties of Boro rice were developed by ...

In recent years, the use of bamboo platforms in the cultivation of vegetables has gained popularity among the farmers in Gaibandha. This new method of cultivation had given the farmers desired levels ...

Edited_340 words Margao: The mechanisation of paddy cultivation in Goa has led to a steep decline in the number of farmers practicing the SRI method of paddy farming over the last few years. The ...