Paddy

• How to Grow Rice in Your Garden? Tips and Techniques

  If you love rice then you must definitely learn how to grow it at home. I bet this will not only be interesting but also rewarding!…

• CGIAR & IRRI's Seed Equal Initiative Expanding Engagement with Rice Sector Stakeholders in South Asia

  The CGIAR Initiative "Seed Equal- Delivering Genetic Gains to Farmers Fields" is stepping up its engagement with South Asian rice sector stakeholders and rice farmers through a variety of consultations, visits, and workshops.…

• Nigeria Launches 10-Year Document to Achieve Rice Self-Sufficiency

  The Nigerian government launched the second phase of the National Rice Development Strategy (NRDS II) and the Competitive Africa Rice Platform (CARP)-NIgeria recently in a renewed effort to boost rice production in the country.…

• Govt's Paddy Procurement Increased By 13% at 38 mn tonnes Till December 11: FCI

  UP's contribution was 20.02 million tonnes as of December 11, compared to 23.77 million tonnes the previous year.…

• Iran Halts Basmati Rice & Tea Imports from India

  Indian exporters believe that the ongoing protests in Iran are to blame for this shift, as hotels, shops, and other businesses are refusing to open as a result.…

• Jharkhand Govt Offers Rs 10 per quintal Bonus on MSP to ‘Drought-Hit’ Paddy Growers

  With the state's decision to provide an additional Rs 10, a drought-stricken farmer will receive Rs 2,050 for selling a quintal of general variety paddy, and Rs 2,070 for A-grade paddy.…

• Odisha Govt Demands for Increase in MSP of Paddy to Rs 3,400 Per Quintal

  On Saturday, Odisha government proposed that the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy be raised from the current Rs 2,040 per quintal to Rs 3,400…

• Chhattisgarh: Paddy Procurement Surpasses 12 Million Tonne Mark

  On Wednesday, the Chhattisgarh paddy production reached 12 lakh tonnes. In the current market year, the state government has so far purchased roughly 13.34 lakh tonnes of paddy…

• Are Long-Duration Paddy Varieties Behind High Number of Farm Fire Cases in Punjab? Know Here

  The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR) among others have both drawn attention to the issue.…

• “Haryana Procured 58.59 Lakh Tonne Paddy, 98% Farmers Paid Within 48 hrs”: Chautala

  According to Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday, Haryana has procured 58.59 lakh tonne of paddy this season compared to its goal of 57 lakh tonne.…

• China & Uganda Farmers Switch to Cost-Saving, High-Yielding Perennial Rice

  A new Nature Sustainability report documents the agronomic, economic, and environmental outcomes of perennial rice cultivation in China's Yunnan Province. More than 55,752 smallholder farmers in southern China and Uganda have already benefited from the retooled crop.…

• Bengal’s Premium Aromatic Rice- ‘Gobindobhog’ Experiences 11% Decline

  Gobindobhog is highly sought-after on international markets, particularly in Europe and the Gulf states. Sources, however, asserted that the 20% customs duty imposed on rice hurt exports, which in turn affected prices.…

• Kerala Finalises Deal with AP to Procure Premium Quality Parboiled Rice

  The State government buys and stores the majority of the rice produced locally. According to official statistics, the area under paddy cultivation and total yield fell dramatically between 2005 and 2020.…

• Paddy Procurement Up by 12 % to 170.53 Lakh Tonnes till October: Food Ministry

  According to data released by the food ministry, the government's purchases of paddy for the central pool during the current 2022–23 kharif marketing season increased by 12% to 170.53 lakh tonnes. Greater amounts of paddy were procured by State government /State agencies from Tamil Nadu,…

• Chhattisgarh is Eyeing 11 million MT Paddy Procurement in 2022-23

  ​​Last year, around 98 lakh MT of paddy was purchased from cultivators in the state. The paddy procurement drive will begin on November 1, Chhattisgarh's statehood day, and conclude on January 31 next year.…

• IRRI Advancing the Goal of Cross-Border NARES Capacity Building & Knowledge Exchange

  The week that started from 26th to 30th September 2022 was marked in International Rice Research Institute's (IRRI) calendar as the inception of a robust capacity-building cum knowledge exchange initiative that merges country-specific boundaries.…

• Paddy Crop on 1.5 Lakh Hectares Damaged Due to Continuous Rainfall in Punjab

  The worst affected areas were Patiala, Mohali, Sangrur, Mansa, Fatehgarh Sahib, Muktsar and Tarn Taran, where early paddy varieties were sown.…

• Bullish Market Brings Cheer to Nellore Paddy Growers

  Even though the crop is wet after harvest, millers and traders from the East Godavari and West Godavari districts frequently visit farms in the Nellore district to buy freshly harvested paddy.…

• This Scheme Will Allow Distribution of Fortified Rice Under PDS

  Fortification is described as "deliberately raising the quantity of essential micronutrients in a food so as to improve nutritional quality of food and to give public health benefit with little danger to health" by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.…

• Kharif Rice Production May Decrease by 10-12 million tonnes: Food Secretary

  According to agriculture ministry data, the area under paddy crop was down 5.62 percent to 383.99 lakh hectares as of September 2 in the ongoing Kharif season.…

• Gram Unnati Organizes Buyer-Seller Meet for Paddy Farmers in Bareilly

  The buyer-seller meet was organized to help farmers discuss their concerns with the buyers and the buyers to explain their requirements, terms, and conditions to the farmers. This meet also helped farmers and buyers comprehend one another's needs and problems.…

• A Mysterious ‘Dwarfing’ Disease Hits Rice in Punjab & Haryana

  Basmati paddy grower Pritam Hanjra claims to have discovered the issue on July 4 in a neighbouring farmer's 35-acre field in the Madlauda tehsil of Haryana's Panipat district.…

• Rice Exports: Buyers Oppose Hike in Price Despite Fears of Weather Impacting Crop

  According to the US Department of Agriculture, India is likely to produce 128.5 million tonnes of rice this year, with exports, including Basmati rice, estimated at 21.75 million tonnes, up from 21.38 million tonnes in the previous year.…

• Monsoon Hampered Paddy Sowing by 13 Percent This Kharif Season

  Rice-producing states including West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Telangana, Odisha, Chattisgarh, Assam, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Haryana saw reduced sowing. This year has also seen a drought in many of these states.…

• Rice Acreage Drops by 13% Due to Insufficient Rainfall in Major Paddy-producing States

  According to data issued by the agricultural ministry on Monday, the area covered under paddy stood at 274.30 lakh hectare as on August 5, compared to 314.14 lakh hectares during the same period previous year.…

• Lower Kharif Plantings Due to Irregular Rainfall a Growing Concern: Report

  The eastern part of India, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, has received insufficient rainfall, which has hampered rice planting, the main Kharif crop. South India, on the other hand, received excessive rain, according to the report. According to the report, the states…

• Odisha's Paddy Cultivation Area Reduced by 20% Due to Scanty Rainfall

  The official acknowledged that little rain in June had a negative impact on paddy farming in some areas of the state, but added that things had slightly improved in July and would survive if IMD's forecast for excellent rain in August came true.…

• Farmers to Get Drought-Resistant & Genome-Edited Rice Variety by 2026: Narendra Singh Tomar

  This is expected to be the first variety of agricultural crop developed using genome-edited technology to be commercialized in the country within the next four years. Scientists distinguish genome-edited plants from genetically modified organisms (GMO) technology. Genome editing refers to a set of technologies that…

• To Help Struggling Farmers, Telangana Man Invents Paddy-Planting Machine with Help of YouTube

  Kammari Nagaswamy, an ITI graduate, decided to help the struggling farmers in his district by inventing the paddy-planting machine that plants five rows of paddy at once and reduces the need for physical labor.…

• Govt Agrees to Resume Procurement of Custom Milled Rice from Telangana

  The FCI halted the procurement after discovering discrepancies in some mills' stocks and the State's failure to distribute rice lifted from the Central pool under the Prime Minister's Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).…

• “No GM Rice Approved for Commercial Cultivation,” Agriculture Minister Tomar

  The Commerce Ministry claimed in a statement that the contamination could have occurred later while the imported broken rice was being processed in the EU, and that it could also be a conspiracy to tarnish India's image as a reliable supplier of quality rice.…

• Swarna Paddy Variety Fetching Higher Yields & Higher Net Income for Andhra Farmers

  The first "mega" paddy variety, Swarna, was introduced in 1982 by Dr. V. Rama Chandra Rao, and it has a cultivated area of 1.69 lakh hectares in Godavari zone in 2019-20.…

• Govt Plans to Resume Custom-Milled Rice Procurement from State

  The state government claimed that it could only provide parboiled rice because paddy grown in rabi and milled after April was unfit for producing raw rice in adequate quantities because the milling will result in broken rice of large percentage due to higher temperatures.…

• Govt Plans to Impose 5% GST on Unbranded Packaged Rice; CAIT Raises Concerns

  "The GST on unbranded packaged rice could eliminate the price difference with expensive branded rice," said M Madan Prakash, President of the Agricultural Commodities Exporters Association. In the domestic market, his company sells both branded and unbranded rice.…

• Punjab Agriculture Department Plans to Use Drones to Combat Stubble Burning

  During the rice and wheat harvest seasons, the Punjab agriculture department intends to use drones to undertake aerial surveys to map fields where crop residue is burned in violation of official rules.…

• ‘States Must Encourage Farmers to Increase Sowing to Boost Exports,’ says Piyush Goyal

  Goyal told state governments that there is no shortage of funds at the Centre to settle old food subsidy claims, but the delay is due to states failing to file their claims with proper documentation. The Union Minister urged all states to submit their claims…

• Farmers Shift to High Breed Varieties Due to Lack of Buyers for Subsidized Seeds

  Despite the fact that the state government provides farmers with rice seed subsidies, around 65% of the district's land has been grown with high breed types.…

• Brief Guide to Inter Cultivation Operations in Paddy Cultivation

  Intercultural operations help keep the soil loose and soft, allowing rainwater to be retained and organic fertilizer to be added to the soil. Intercultural equipment is the machines and devices that are employed for this objective. Here we guide you through the steps of inter-cultivation…

• Fortified Rice Helps in Preventing Cretinism & Brain damage, say Experts

  The Secretary stated that Phase I covered ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) and PM POSHAN throughout India by March 2022, and that nearly 17 lakh MT of fortified rice was distributed. However, under the PDS, more than 90 districts (in 16 states) have begun lifting…

• Farmers in Punjab Begin Early Sowing of Paddy

  Farmers in several villages in Malwa, Punjab have begun transplanting paddy ahead of time for the official start of paddy transplantation on June 17.…

• Kashmir Agriculture Department Celebrates “Paddy Transplanting Day”

  This valley-wide effort, according to the Director, is being overseen by Atal Dulloo, Financial Commissioner AP&FWD (Additional Chief Secretary).…

• Wheat And Paddy Procurement So Far Has Helped 134.5 Lakh Farmers

  So far, wheat procurement has benefited 17.50 lakh farmers and paddy procurement has benefited 117 lakh farmers.…

• DSR Portal Launched in Punjab To Help Paddy Farmers

  Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann launched a portal on Wednesday to help paddy farmers who desire to use the DSR technique.…

• After Wheat & Sugar, Government may Restrict Rice Exports

  Many countries now have a policy of importing essential grains. India desires food security for itself, its neighbours, and vulnerable countries "The first official stated that restrictions on non-Basmati rice could be considered because it is consumed by everyone.…

• IRRI-NARES Collaboration Identifies Improved Rice Varieties through On-Farm Trials

  A total of 27 new varieties were validated, including some pipeline varieties. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) announced in a statement that they were selected by more than nine partners in the Indian National Agricultural Research and Education System (NARES) breeding network.…

• IRRI to Conduct Research into Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties

  IRRI delegation wanted to know about the release of Golden Rice in Bangladesh at this time and requested its release. The release of Golden Rice in the country is currently being considered by the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change, according to the minister.…

• Karnal Farmers Defy Government Orders And Begin Paddy Transplantation

  Farmers in numerous Karnal villages have begun transplanting rice, despite government orders prohibiting growing the water-intensive crop before June 15.…

• SOP Issued to Maintain Desired Quality Standards for Implementation of ‘Rice Fortification’

  A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has also been formulated and issued by the Department in March 2022 to ensure the smooth implementation of the entire program/to maintain the desired quality standards under the domestic supply chain.…

• Telangana Govt Agrees to Purchase Wet Paddy; Farmers Need Not Worry

  Observing that appropriate precautions should be taken as harvested paddy becomes wet due to unseasonal rains in some areas of the state, Rao stated that the state government would purchase wet paddy until the last grain was purchased, regardless of Expenditure.…

• Paddy Cultivation Done Right: A Guide to Land Preparation

  This comprehensive guide helps farmers prepare the land for paddy cultivation to get the best yield.…