Wheat

Evaluation report on efficacy of Minimum Support Prices (MSP) on farmers

A vast majority of farmers in the country are aware of the minimum support price (MSP) for various agricultural crops, such as rice, wheat, pulses, coarse cereals and oilseeds, announced by the government annually, a study by Niti Aayog has stated.

Publication Date:

01/01/2016

Source: NITI Aayog

Tags:

Farmers, Agriculture, Crops, India, Rice, Wheat, Oilseeds, GDP

Agriculture

Yellow rust disease spotted on wheat crop in Punjab

Yellow rust - a fungal disease- has been spotted on wheat crop in Punjab prompting farm experts to advise farmers to remain vigilant as the current weather conditions are conducive for it to spread

Publication Date:

29/12/2015

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Punjab, Plant Diseases, Wheat, Farmers, Ropar

Agriculture

Strengthening value chains for fruits and vegetables in Punjab: Alternative for faster growth in agriculture

The paddy-wheat monoculture induced a decelerating agricultural trend in Punjab which has been felt in the form of stagnation in output, deteriorating productivity, environmental degradation, declining farm incomes, depeasantization and suicides by farmers.

Publication Date:

01/12/2015

Author(s): Shayequa Zeenat Ali, Sandeep Dixit, R S Sidhu

Source: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Tags:

Agriculture, Horticulture, Punjab, Green Revolution, Rice, Wheat, Debt, Statistics, Farmers, Agricultural Inputs, Post Harvest Losses, Food Storage, Contract Farming

Natural Disasters

Extreme weather wreaking havoc on agriculture

Rabi season sees crop damage on 18 m hectares due to unseasonal rain, hail

Publication Date:

30/11/2015

Author(s): VIKAS VASUDEVA

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Extreme Weather Events, Agriculture, Rainfall, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Madhya Pradesh, Compensation, Farmers, Wheat, Rice, Natural Disasters

Agriculture

Insurance scheme for wheat, barley to continue

The state government has decided to continue with the national agricultural insurance scheme for the rabi season for wheat and barley crops on the existing patterns after the Centre’s nod.

Publication Date:

02/11/2015

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Himachal Pradesh, Crop Insurance, Wheat, Crops, Droughts, Cyclones, Agriculture

Agriculture

Haryana to focus on high quality seeds in current Rabi season

With a view to providing high quality certified seeds of wheat to farmers of Haryana during the ensuing Rabi season, more than 16.54 lakh quintal seeds have been made available for sale.

Publication Date:

28/10/2015

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Haryana, Seeds, Wheat, Farmers, Agriculture

Food Policy

Food Security Act: Grains distribution to begin on Oct 11

State Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Saryu Roy said that distribution of rice and wheat under the recently rolled out National Food Security Act in Jharkhand would start October

Publication Date:

05/10/2015

Author(s): Parvinder Bhatia

Source: Pioneer (Ranchi)

Tags:

Jharkhand, Food Security, Wheat, Rice, Public Distribution System (PDS), Food Policy

Climate Change

Adapting wheat ideotypes for climate change: accounting for uncertainties in CMIP5 climate projections

This study describes integration of climate change projections from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) multi-model ensemble with the LARS-WG weather generator, which delivers an attractive option for the downscaling of large-scale climate projections from global climate models (GCMs) to local-scale climate scenarios for impact assessments. A subset of 18 GCMs from the CMIP5 ensemble and 2 Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs), RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, were integrated with LARS-WG.

Publication Date:

28/09/2015

Author(s): Mikhail A. Semenov, Pierre Stratonovitch

Source: Climate Research

Vol:

65

pp:

123–139

Tags:

Climate Change, Agriculture, Wheat, Climate Adaptation, Weather Predictions

Agriculture

Agronomic fortification of rice and wheat grains with zinc for nutritional security

Zinc (Zn) deficiency is the most widespread micronutrient deficiency in crop plants and humans. Low intake of Zn through diet appears to be the major reason for the widespread prevalence of Zn deficiencies in human populations. Application of Zn fertilizer in soil having low Zn increased the grain yield in wheat up to 6.4–50.1%. However, soil Zn application increased the grain yield of rice only up to 7.2–14.8%.

Publication Date:

25/09/2015

Author(s): Hari Ram, V. S. Sohu, Ismail Cakmak & et al

Source: Current Science

Vol:

109

Issue:

6

pp:

1171-1176

Tags:

Rice, Wheat, Nutrition, Soil Capability, Food Security, Punjab, Agricultural Research, Health