Punjab consumes 9 per cent of the whole fertilisers used in the country despite accounting for 1.53% area of the country. Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba. After observing several people in rural areas suffering from deadly diseases a couple of years ago, Talwinder Singh, in his 30s from Nauli village in Jalandhar, began growing organic […]
By FRANCK DICK ROSETE CAGAYAN DE ORO – Filipinos still vividly remember the promise made by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., during his election campaign in 2022: to lower the prices of rice to P20 per kilo. However, after nearly three years, a rice farmer still sees it as something that is “unlikely to happen.” This […]
Shipments rose due to low yields among neighbors, India trade restrictions. APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, Nikkei staff writer BANGKOK — Thailand’s rice exports are likely to hit a six-year high of about 10 million tonnes this year, backed by surging demand from Indonesia, the Philippines and other importers, according to industry officials. The Southeast Asian country is […]
Aslam Memon | Dr Muhammad Ismail Kumbhar Several studies show that irrigation system disparity and unreliability pose serious risks to agricultural output and harm farmers’ livelihoods. Since Sindh’s water supply mostly depends on the Indus River, the region’s economic stability and food security depend on the fair distribution of irrigation water. Water distribution disparities, however, […]
Thousands of women in West Bengal’s Jhargram district have set up a farmer producer company, Aamon, cultivating indigenous varieties of paddy without using lab-made fertilizsers. The enterprise has made them economically stable, and has given them the power to make decisions on agriculture and on matters at home. Now, Shiv Sahay Singh reports, it has […]
The Society for the Development and Exploitation of Land in the Senegal River Delta and the Falémé (SAED) has launched an ambitious initiative to cultivate 4,000 hectares during the current off-season rice farming campaign, a significant increase from the 1,672 hectares cultivated in the previous season. Paul Faye, Deputy Director-General of SAED, announced this goal […]
Dylan Smith. In the heart of technological innovation, Japan is embarking on a bold new venture: integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into its agriculture, specifically focusing on its iconic rice cultivation. As traditional farming faces challenges such as aging farmers, climate change, and global competition, Japan sees emerging technology as a beacon to navigate these obstacles. […]
That the per-acre Aman rice yield this season is notably higher than that of the last season, when the country reportedly had produced an all-time high of 16.7 million tonnes of Aman, is a piece of welcome news. Despite an increase in per-acre yield, it is hard to make assessment of the actual Aman production […]
By News Agency , Agency POULTRY and rice farmers in Nigeria have blamed high cost of feeds and production for the skyrocketing prices of their produce. Not only the consumers are finding it difficult at this festive period, the farmers are not finding it easy as well. The high cost of chicken which has skyrocketed […]
CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation By Shalini Gakhar and Steve Klassen (International Rice Research Institute) The impact of drone technology is growing across various sectors, and agriculture is no exception. Globally, the market for agricultural drones is worth US $32.4 billion, compared to US $127 billion for the total value of drone-powered solutions. For smallholder […]
