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RiceIndia News - [ 30 Jul 2010 ]

Business Standard: Low pressure rain raises hope of normal output in Orissa

Orissa may be grappling with deficient monsoon but the recent low pressure has induced rainfall in many coastal parts of the state has revived hopes of the state meeting its targeted kharif output of 7.46 million tonnes for 2010-11. for more details

Business Standard: Rain brings smile to Orissa paddy growers

The much-needed rain across Orissa that was reeling under a prolonged dry spell has brightened the prospects of a good paddy harvest, bringing the smile back on the faces of the farmers. "Timely rainfall across the state for the past 3-4 days has brightened the prospect of paddy crop in the state which was under. for more details

Business Standard: Bengal paddy area may dip 30%

Rain is once again playing spoilsport in West Bengal, the country’s largest rice-growing state. Rainfall is deficient by about 30 per cent in major rice producing districts in the state. As a result paddy transplantation in delayed in most districts, though farmers are hoping showers before mid-August. If the present trend continues. for more details

Business Standard: Flood-hit Haryana records lower paddy acreage

Flood-affected Haryana may see a shortfall of about 50,000 hectares as against the target this kharif season for paddy crop sowing. Given the average yield of non-basmati paddy, the estimated shortage due to this would be about 275,000 tonnes. Besides, in the area under floods where the water has receded, non-basmati paddy. for more details

RiceIndia News - [ 28 Jul 2010 ]

Times of India: Paddy cultivation drops due to poor rainfall

Paddy has been cultivated over 21,899 hectares of land in Dakshina Kannada district as on July 19. This includes 8,740 hectares in Mangalore taluk, 4,270 in Bantwal taluk, 6,233 hectares in Belthangady taluk. for more details

Business Standard: Maharashtra expects rise in paddy Output

With nearly 90 per cent completion of sowing for the kharif season due to statewide rainfall, Maharashtra expects rise in the production of paddy, cotton, tur and maize during 2010-11. On the other hand, the area sown for jowar. for more details

The Hindu: Poor monsoon hits ‘kar' paddy cultivation

Vast stretch of cultivable lands, which usually have green cover during the month of July with ‘Kar' paddy saplings, remain arid as the southwest monsoon has let down the district for the second consecutive year. for more details

RiceIndia News - [ 27 Jul 2010 ]

Business standard: Paddy sowing picks up pace in Uttar Pradesh

The paddy plantation in Uttar Pradesh has picked up with the monsoon finally reaching the state after a month’s delay. Till last Sunday, 5.82 million hectares out of the target of 9.28 million hectares for paddy plantation, for more details

Bloomberg: Monsoon Gathers Pace, Cuts Rain Deficit, Aids Rice, Cotton, Soybean Sowing

India’s monsoon, the main source of irrigation for the nation’s 235 million farmers, gained momentum over the weekend, paring the seasonal rainfall deficiency and aiding the planting of rice, cotton and soybean crops. for more details

The Hindu: Rice husk power to light up villages

Three years after lighting up the electricity-deprived remote villages in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh with power harnessed through rice husk, the team behind the venture is now undertaking a similar task in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. for more details

RiceIndia News - [ 26 Jul 2010 ]

Business Standard: Farmers are getting more money for their produce now: Pawar

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said that more money was going into the hands of farmers after the increase in procurement prices for wheat and paddy. "We have to explain it to the people that more money is going into the hands of the farmers... for more details

FnBnews.com: Minister highlights role of private sector in storage, food processing

Involvement of the private sector in creating modern storage and processing facilities for food grains is key to food security, according to union minister of state for agriculture K V Thomas. Addressing FoodCon 2010, a seminar on the latest developments in the food processing industry, he said that with the Centre planning to enact the food security law. for more details

RiceIndia News - [ 23 Jul 2010 ]

Business Standard: Food secretaries to meet over paddy procurement

The rapid increase in foodgrain production across the country in the past few years has engaged the food procurement and distribution agencies in more than one way. The huge stocks lying in the traditional grain baskets of Punjab and Haryana for more details

Times of India: Industrial slag being deposited in paddy fields: GGF

MARGAO: Green Goa Foundation (GGF) has complained to the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) about industrial slag being used in land filling for the construction of an approach road for the Assolna-Cavelossim bridge over river Sal. for more details

Sifynews: Scanty monsoon hits farming in Orissa

Scanty monsoon rains have affected agriculture in Orissa, a state that contributes almost one-tenth of India's rice output, an official said Thursday. he kharif (autumn crop) activities have slowed down because the rains in the state for more details

Times of India: Rice knowledge portal launched

KANPUR: With an objective to enable rice workers to create, manage and share scientific, technical and market-related information for the benefits of the stakeholders, the Rice Knowledge Management Portal (RKMP) for more details

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