Dams/ Irrigation

The salutary influence of irrigation on human settlement, economy and political power in pre-modern southeast Asia

The tropical monsoon rhythm for over centuries obviously occasioned the development of water works which facilitated wet rice cultivation in pre-modern Southeast Asia.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2005
Y Yagama Reddy
Asian Agri-History
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Rice, Water Management, Water Conservation, Dams/ Irrigation, Irrigation, Monsoons, Traditional Knowledge, History, Asia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Asian Agri-History, Y Yagama Reddy
India

 Rice for dry areas

Drought tolerant genes mapped in Indian variety

Publication Date: 
14/09/2005
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rice, Drought, Research, India
India

 Kalanamak

The future of Indian scented rice?

Publication Date: 
14/09/2005
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agricultural Research, Rice, Basmati Rice, India, Uttar Pradesh
Industry

 Hoary rice

Kalanamak grains were found in excavations at Aligarhwa (district Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India).

Publication Date: 
14/09/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rice, Uttar Pradesh, Sidharthnagar
Water Resources

 Rice does not need water

The system of rice intensification method shows how

Publication Date: 
14/09/2005
V VINOD GOUD
Down to Earth
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20050915
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Tags:
Weeds, Rice, Water Resources, Water Conservation, Irrigation, Research
Industry

 Treasure lost

Major aromatic non-basmati rices in some regions of Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, whose germplasm is lost forever:

Publication Date: 
14/09/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rice, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Water Resources

 "We have to produce more rice using less water"

Robert Zeigler, director general of the Manila, Phillipines based, International Rice Research Institution IRRI talks to Sourav Mishra about the challenges that agricultural scientists face today

Publication Date: 
14/08/2005
Down to Earth
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20050815
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Tags:
Agricultural Research, Rice, Water Resources, Biodiversity, Private Sector, Food Security
India

 Crossroad

nitin sethi visits Arunachal Pradesh and finds the Apatani grappling with stereotypes and change

Publication Date: 
14/08/2005
Down to Earth
14
20050815
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Tags:
Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Rice, Irrigation, Forest Resources, Bamboo, Habitat, Tribals, Energy, Geology, India, Arunachal
India

 Shortcut to better rice

Genomic approach saves time and effort

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rice, Research, Japan, Agricultural Science
Industry

 Cola and the paddy farmer

Whose water is it, anyway?

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
K P Prabhakaran Nair
Down to Earth
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20050731
0
Tags:
Rice, Coca Cola, Water Resources, Groundwater, Irrigation, Industry, Legislation, High Court, India, Kerala

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