zero tillage Tag

18 Aug

Posted at 07:25h in Crop Cultivation
A.Anandan 1 view

धान की सीधे बीज (डायरेक्ट सीडेड) से बुआई: पानी की खपत और श्रम को कम करने के लिए एक दृष्टिकोण In India, rice field covers an area of 43.94 million hectares (mha) with production of 106.54 mt and has the share of 21% in global rice production during 2013-14. Of the total rice area, 49.5% (22 mha) is irrigated, 13.5% (6 mha) is upland, and 32.4% (14.4 mha) is rainfed lowland. In Asia, 90% of fresh water has been exploited by agriculture and more than 50% is utilized to irrigate rice. More than 75% of the rice supply comes from 79 mha of irrigated land. Therefore, food security is challenged and threatened...

08 May

Posted at 06:08h in Resource Management
Anita Meena 3,297 views

चावल के सतत उत्पादन के लिए संसाधन संरक्षण प्रौद्योगिकियों Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important staple food crops in the world. In Asia, more than two billion people are getting 60-70 percent of their energy requirement from rice and its derived products. In India, rice occupies an area of 44 million hectares with an average production of 90 million tonnes at productivity of 2.0 tonnes per hectare. It is estimated that 140 million tones of rice would require by 2025 in India. Therefore to sustain present food self-sufficiency and to meet future food requirement, India has to increase its rice productivity by 3 per cent per annum.   The present...