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Grow Indigo partners String Bio to help rice growers cut down methane emissions 

Powered by CleanRise tech developed by StringBio, Grow Indigo’s leadership in sustainable farming solutions is further strengthened by addressing both conventional flooded and direct seeded rice. By BL Bengaluru Bureau. Agri start-ups Grow Indigo and String Bio have joined hands to help rice farmers cut down on methane emissions through the use of a breakthrough […]

Paddy Cultivation through Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) Method: Challenges and Solutions.

Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) emerged as a sustainable alternative to traditional paddy cultivation in response to growing water scarcity and rising input costs. Unlike conventional transplanting, DSR eliminates the need for nurseries and manual transplantation, resulting in significant savings of water, time, and labor. KJ Staff. Amid evolving agricultural practices, governments and scientists are increasingly […]

Bayer to issue carbon credits generated by rice farmers in India.

Bayer Rice Carbon Program being implemented in 11 states over past two years. By BL Bengaluru Bureau Bayer is announcing its first tranche of carbon credits from thousands of rice farmers implementing regenerative practices like direct seeded rice (DSR) farming in India. Credits of up to 250,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) are being […]

Direct seeding of rice in 3L acres: Agri minister

ByHT Correspondent, Karnal The benefits and challenges of adopting DSR were discussed at the workshop that was attended by farmers and deputy directors of agriculture (DDAs) of several districts. Haryana agriculture minister Shyam Singh Rana on Friday said that the state government has set a target to cover 3 lakh acres of land under direct […]

Sustainable rice farming: An economic case for a new green revolution

Vidushi Karnani Sustainable rice farming: India’s agricultural sector, with rice farming at its core, is both a powerful economic driver and a pillar of rural livelihood. Yet, traditional rice farming methods have exacted a high environmental toll, as the intensive water usage and greenhouse gas emissions associated with these practices raise pressing sustainability concerns. With […]

IRRI bats for mechanised direct seeded rice practice

Addressing an agriculture workshop here, IRRI scientist Ashok Kumar Yadav said the DSR method reduces water requirement by 40 per cent. BHUBANESWAR : Scientists of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) on Wednesday advised farmers to adopt mechanised direct seeded rice (DSR) practice in place of broadcasting and transplantation of paddy. Addressing an agriculture workshop here, […]

Advancing direct-seeded rice technology in northern Bangladesh through mechanized clustered demonstration

Muhammad Ashraful Habib, Swati Nayak, Nuruzzaman, Saidul Islam, and Amaresh Chandel Agriculture is the backbone of rural communities in Bangladesh, where farming employs more than 60% of the population. Farmers have been cultivating their lands using plenty of work, water, and expense. As rice is the staple food of Bangladesh, rice farming has a distinct […]

Resilient catalysts: Can regenerative agriculture revolutionise rice farming for smallholders in Asia?

Instead of recruiting a large labour base to carry out transplanting work, in the absence of standing water, DSR allows machinery to enter the paddy including sowing machines. By Malu Nachreiner Rice has been cultivated for millennia. Today, it sustains billions of people all over the world. But as the planet grapples with population growth, […]

How a new tech promises to kill weeds in rice and wheat fields, remove need for stubble-burning

A push for direct-seeded rice and zero-tillage wheat, using a new non-GM herbicide-tolerance technology, has the potential to reduce the environmental footprint of India’s two major cereal crops. A farmer in his direct-seeded rice field in Haryana’s Jind district. (Express Photo by Harish Damodaran) Cultivating rice using less water and not burning the leftover straw […]