Rainfed Agriculture
Need to bring focus of water & agriculture policies onto rainfed farming : SANDRP May '10
Posted on 18 Jun, 2010 11:03 AM
The Dams, Rivers and People issue for Apr-May 2010 is out. The state government policies, programmes and practices in water resources and highlights the need to bring focus of water & agriculture policies onto rainfed Farming. It is likely to yeild better economic, hydrologic, sustainable, equitable and climate friendly results and foodgrains production as per our future demands.
System of Rice Intensification and Paddy Cultivation - Maps developed by the WWF-ICRISAT Project
Posted on 14 Jun, 2010 06:23 PM
Paddy, one the country's staple crops is cultivated all over the country, barring parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Rajasthan. This set of interesting maps about Paddy and System of Rice Intensification (SRI) from the SRI India website, maintained by the WWF-ICRISAT Project (a joint initiative of WWF and ICRISAT), give a bird's eye view of the districts under Paddy and SRI Paddy cultivation, and the Paddy productivity in various districts of the country.
Districts with Paddy cultivation and where SRI approach has been introduced: Of the total 604 districts in India, paddy is cultivated in 564 districts. Of these, in 246 districts, SRI paddy cultivation approach has been introduced (data as of 2010). The spread of SRI has been most widespread in Uttarakhand, Eastern Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, as 50-95% of the districts in these regions/states have presence of SRI.
New farm practice for rice crop : A Lok Sabha response
Posted on 31 Mar, 2010 10:48 AM
Goverment of India
Ministry of Agriculture
Lok Sabha
Unstarred Question No 2961
Answered On 16.03.2010
New Farm Practice for Rice Crops 2961 .
J. Shantha
Will the Minister of Agriculture be pleased to state:-
- Whether a new farm practice has been developed in Karnataka to increase the productivity of land, water and other farm inputs in the cultivation of rice crops;
- If so, the details thereof;
- Whether this practice has incorporated some innovative features over the conventional method of flooded rice cultivation;
- If so, the details thereof;
- Whether the existing problems like water scarcity high energy usage and environmental degradation would adequately be taken care of and crop yield increased substantially by this new farming practice; and
- If so, the details thereof?
CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS (Revitalizing Rainfed Agriculture - RRA network)
Posted on 20 Mar, 2010 02:31 PMCALL FOR RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Revitalizing Rainfed Agriculture (RRA) Network looking for National Coordinator
Posted on 03 Mar, 2010 02:06 PMThe Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture (RRA) Network is a national consortium of academics, bureaucrats and representatives of civil society working to develop policy options aimed at enhancing appropriate and comprehensive public investments in rainfed agriculture. The network's functioning is premised on a combination of collating existing experiences, undertaking
WIO press release on COP 15- Orissa Farmers’ Agenda for the World Leaders attending COP 15
Posted on 08 Dec, 2009 03:23 PMSambalpur, 7th December 2009 - The Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP 15 and COP/MOP 5) begins today, just a day after the Orissa Legislative Assembly’s current session was wrapped up in a hush half way through. The otherwise strong and majority government of Orissa has been i
India threatened by flood-drought syndrome, says Mr M.Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 23 Nov, 2009 02:36 PM
M.Gopalakrishnan speaking on Policy Issues (Photo: Praveena Sridhar)
National symposium on climate change and rainfed agriculture, CRIDA, Hyderabad
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 12:36 PMSymposium on Climate Change and Rainfed Agriculture
Date: February 18-20, 2010
Venue: Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Enhancing Sustainability of Dryland Rainfed Farming Systems: A new scheme under the National Common Minimum Programme
Posted on 02 Sep, 2009 11:12 AMIndia's experience with drought management: Changed perspectives and challenges
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 02:43 PMThis document describes the drought situation in India over the years, the earlier perspective at drought management and the gradual change in perspective at managing droughts that evolved over the years.