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Rice feeds more than half the world, but scientists say current farming is crossing Earth’s safe limits for climate, water, and nutrients, and that makes every bowl part of a bigger planetary balancing act- Amazon signs $30 million deal to buy carbon credits from Indian rice farmers
- This UK agritech firm eyes India rollout for rice-tech that may ease food, climate and winter smog woes
- Transformative agricultural technologies could accelerate sustainable development in Bihar, finds Cornell University studyThe Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) at Cornell University has found that Bihar can significantly reduce greenhou...11 Jun, 2024, 03.58 PM IST
- In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow riceVietnam is the world's third-largest rice exporter, and the staple importance to Vietnamese culture is palpable in the Mekong Delta.23 Apr, 2024, 10.12 AM IST
- Methane: a powerful gas heating the planetGlobal forum in Geneva shifts focus to methane emissions, a significant contributor to rising greenhouse gases. Efforts to cut methane from...18 Mar, 2024, 01.35 PM IST
- UAE climate talks: Focus on fast action to reduce methane emissionsThe UN climate talks in the UAE are expected to see intense negotiations on methane. The UAE, hosting this year's climate talks (COP28), is...28 Nov, 2023, 10.55 AM IST
- Indian farmers rack up carbon credits with climate-conscious waysA new method of cultivation, called direct seeded rice (DSR), reduces the overall cost of cultivation by using 12-35% less irrigation water...21 Nov, 2023, 01.47 PM IST
- Bayer, GenZero, and Shell India join hands to showcase scalability of methane emissions reduction in rice cultivationBayer, GenZero, and Shell Energy India are forming a partnership to create a scalable model for reducing methane emissions in rice cultivat...07 Aug, 2023, 01.31 PM IST
- Re-imagining rice, a crop that feeds the worldIn China, a study showed that extreme rainfall had reduced rice yields over the past 20 years. India limited rice exports out of concern fo...22 May, 2023, 09.39 AM IST
- UN weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the UN weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an “om...26 Oct, 2022, 11.01 PM IST
- UN weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021Of the three main types of heat-trapping greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide - the biggest jump from 2020 to 2021 ...26 Oct, 2022, 09.06 PM IST
- How technology can decrease carbon footprint in agricultureAgriculture accounts for close to 80% of total nitrous oxide emissions, mainly generated from the application of synthetic nitrogen fertili...04 Jun, 2022, 11.06 AM IST
- US-China climate pact: What does it mean for Beijing?Beijing has yet to spell out precisely how it intends to achieve these goals, and environmentalists have warned that without specifying the...11 Nov, 2021, 03.32 PM IST
- Global methane emissions growing faster now: StudyNew York, Dec 12 (IANS) While the growth of carbon dioxide emissions has flattened out in recent years, global concentrations of methane, a...12 Dec, 2016, 11.20 AM IST
- Agriculture contributed to 18 per cent of emissions in 2010: Lok Sabha toldEnvironment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said in a written reply that human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), including those from ...26 Jul, 2016, 05.52 PM IST
- New genetically modified rice can cut greenhouse emission: ScientistsBy inserting a barley gene into rice, Sun Chuanxin and his colleagues created SUSIBA2 Rice, which stores more starch in the section of the ...23 Jul, 2015, 11.23 AM IST
- Giving up beef will be more beneficial to planet than driving carsCattle require on average 28 times more land and 11 times more irrigation water are responsible for releasing five times more greenhouse ga...22 Jul, 2014, 05.08 PM IST
- World Bank releases new report on climate change, global warmingReductions of these so-called short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) would slow rapid melting in mountain regions with glaciers, like the H...09 Nov, 2013, 11.38 AM IST
- Rice cultivation can aggravate global warming: StudyRising temperatures and high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are causing rice paddies to release more of the potent greenhouse g...23 Oct, 2012, 12.23 PM IST
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