The government subsidizes agricultural inputs to keep farm costs low and increase production. Irrigation and electricity are supplied directly to farmers at below production costs.
In April , a new nutrient-based subsidy scheme was implemented in which farmers are given incentives to use a better mix of nutrients. It provided a subsidy on nutrient nitrogen N , phosphorus P , potash K , and sulfur S contents for There is also an additional subsidy on fertilizers carrying other secondary nutrients and micronutrients.
Around million farmers rely on this fertilizer subsidy. Through the Food Corporation of India FCI , the government implements price policy through procurement and public distribution operations. The agency buys rough rice and milled rice for which a minimum support price is announced well before the commencement of the rabi and kharif seasons.
They buy paddy rice directly from farmers and maintain huge rice stocks at all times. These stocks are then subsidized by the government and distributed to poorer communities across the country. Before sowing the seed should be treated with fungicides which protects the seed against soil-born fungi and also give a boost to the seedlings.
Click here for more information on rice Central Rice Research Institute Annual report Animal Husbandry Corner. Weather Details Extreme Weather Alert. Page visited [ since Nov 17, ]. About Rice Oryza Sativa, it is believed, is associated with wet, humid climate, though it is not a tropical plant. History of Rice in India India is an important centre of rice cultivation.
Climatic Requirements In India rice is grown under widely varying conditions of altitude and climate. Nutritional value of Rice Rice is a nutritional staple food which provides instant energy as its most important component is carbohydrate starch. Medicinal Value The immense diversity of rice germplasm is a rich source for many rice based products and is also used for treating many health related maladies such as indigestion, diabetes, arthritis, paralysis, epilepsy and give strength to pregnant and lactating mothers.
The crop of rice is grown with the following methods Dry or Semi-dry upland cultivation Broadcasting the seed Sowing the seed behind the plough or drilling Wet or lowland cultivation Transplanting in puddled fields. Broadcasting sprouted seeds in puddled fields. Selection of Seeds The use of quality seeds in cultivation of rice is an important factor to get better crop yield. The government raised the price at which it will buy new-season rice from farmers by 2.
India's rice production is likely to surge to a record high as farmers are expanding the area under paddy because of good monsoon rains and after the government raised the price at which it will buy the new-season crop. Higher output by the world's biggest rice exporter could dampen domestic prices and make exports more competitive, compensating for lower supplies from rivals Thailand and Vietnam.
It could also force India's state-run agencies to ramp up purchases from farmers even as inventories are bulging. They are likely to expand area due to government support. In the new marketing year, we could produce as much as million tonnes," said B.
India, which produced a record With more than one in seven of the global population going hungry and demand for rice expected to outstrip supply within 20 years, it appears to offer real hope. This is revolutionary," said Dr Surendra Chaurassa from Bihar's agriculture ministry. I would want every state to promote it. The results in Bihar have exceeded Chaurassa's hopes. Veerapandi Arumugam, the former agriculture minister of Tamil Nadu state, hailed the system as "revolutionising" farming.
SRI's origins go back to the s in Madagascar where Henri de Laulanie, a French Jesuit priest and agronomist, observed how villagers grew rice in the uplands. He developed the method but it was an American, professor Norman Uphoff, director of the International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development at Cornell University , who was largely responsible for spreading the word about De Laulanie's work.
In he started to actively promote SRI in Asia, where more than million people are malnourished. That came at a tremendous ecological cost," says Uphoff. Land and water resources are becoming scarcer, of poorer quality, or less reliable.
Climatic conditions are in many places more adverse. SRI offers millions of disadvantaged households far better opportunities.
Nobody is benefiting from this except the farmers; there are no patents, royalties or licensing fees. For 40 years now, says Uphoff, science has been obsessed with improving seeds and using artificial fertilisers: "It's been genes, genes, genes. There has never been talk of managing crops. We have tried to make agriculture an industrial enterprise and have forgotten its biological roots.
Not everyone agrees. Some scientists complain there is not enough peer-reviewed evidence around SRI and that it is impossible to get such returns.
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