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 actRice cultivation, a global staple, is pushing Earth's natural systems beyond safe limits, particularly concerning climate change, water use...
27 Jun, 2026, 04.53 PM IST
India's foodgrain production hits record 332.22 mn tonne in 2023-24: GovtIndia's foodgrain production hit a record 332.22 million tonnes in the 2023-24 crop year, driven by bumper wheat and rice output. Wheat pro...
25 Sep, 2024, 03.25 PM IST
India's sugar production to increase by 2.5 million tonne in 2023-24: CrisilCRISIL has expected a 2.5 million-tonne increase in India's sugar production in 2023-24 due to a ban on using sugarcane juice for ethanol. ...
11 Dec, 2023, 12.01 PM IST
Against the grain: The many pressures that are cooking up a rice crisisNon-basmati white rice constitutes about 25 per cent of total rice exported from the country. India accounts for 40 per cent of global rice...
24 Oct, 2023, 01.12 PM IST
Rice, a staple for 3 billion, won't be spared by the price spike devilIndia, which accounts for 40 per cent of the world's rice exports and is its cheapest supplier, is set to boost payments to its farmers. Th...
06 Jul, 2023, 11.56 AM IST
India's rice production may fall by 10-12 mn tonnes during the Kharif season this year: Food SecretaryHe emphasised that the lack of rain in various states is to blame for the 38 lakh hectare decrease in paddy acreage so far this kharif seas...
09 Sep, 2022, 06.04 PM IST
Production pattern is not in sync with the demand: The Economic Survey 2019-20The survey said that the share of cereals declines steadily as MPCE level increases, from about 19 per cent for the bottom decile class of ...
31 Jan, 2020, 05.08 PM IST
Crop production nosedives in Gujarat: Socio-Economic reviewDuring 2013-14, the production of cotton bales, each of 170 kg, was 100.88 lakh bales. This has decreased to 100.66 bales during the year 2...
25 Feb, 2015, 04.03 PM IST
CRRI launches new unit to make rice farming profitableAs land under rice cultivation is falling, farmers are turning away as rice cultivation is not profitable. But rice is staple food for over...
22 Sep, 2013, 05.41 PM IST
Climate change could impact food output: World Bank reportProjections on the impact of higher temperatures on account of climate change on agricultural produce vary depending on the temperature ris...
20 Jun, 2013, 05.19 AM IST
- Production of major crops likely to fall by 2.8% in FY13: CMIE
As on January 4, 2013, cultivation of wheat was 1.6 per cent higher at 286.4 lakh hectares compared to last year.
03 Feb, 2013, 12.03 PM IST
- Major crop production to dip by 2.3% in FY'13: CMIE
Output of major crops, both food and non-food, is expected to decline by about 2.3 per cent in 2012-13 as sowing has remained sluggish.
21 Oct, 2012, 12.02 PM IST
Wheat, rice production likely to be same as last year: Food Minister K V ThomasThe production of wheat and rice is likely to be as good as at last year's level on increased rain by the end of the monsoon season, Food M...
21 Sep, 2012, 10.17 PM IST
Kerala to see 26% dip in south-west monsoonAccording to a series of studies being done by meteorologists, there would be a 26% fall in annual rainfall in the next few decades in the ...
10 Feb, 2012, 03.50 PM IST
- FAO predicts increased rice production in Asian countries
The United Nations has forecast an increase in the production of rice in all major Asian rice producing countries including India, and easi...
03 Apr, 2008, 09.12 AM IST
- Report already given to UN, PM says study on
The PM told Rajya Sabha that the government was studying the impact of climate change. But the government conveyed to the UN four years ago...
24 Mar, 2008, 12.23 AM IST
- Global warming cooks rice’s prospects
There’s a silent killer stalking your bowl of rice: heat. Global warming is not just changing the climate drastically the world over, it is...
13 Feb, 2007, 03.37 AM IST