Agriculture Articles

Rice Cultivation - The Humid Western Himalayan Region

By admin  | Dec 16, 2011 17:46:10 IST

The major soil groups in this region are: Sub-montane Soil Hill Soil Terai soils The Humid Western Himalaya region comprises the following regions :   1) Jammu and Kashmir : The rice soils which are found in Jammu and Kashmir have been formed from the all

Development of Hybrid Rice in India

By admin  | Dec 16, 2011 17:48:05 IST

During the last few years, hybrid rice technology in the tropics has entered the commercialization phase in India, Vietnam, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. Research to develop hybrid rice was initiated in India way back in 1970s but with no success. It was only in the year 1989, the r

Concept of Seed Multiplication

By admin  | Dec 16, 2011 17:51:42 IST

Seeds are dynamic instruments for change, not just another agricultural input. Volumes of seeds produced hasten the spread of new varieties to farmers' fields, provide enough supply to seed growers and increase availability of high quality seeds at reasonable cost. The seeds also serve as &qu

Rice: Seed Rate and Transplanting

By admin  | Dec 16, 2011 17:54:50 IST

Seeds may be sown after sprouting them or the seedlings be transplanted. Transplanting should be done with proper age of seedlings. Transplanting in a puddled field has the following advantages : A good leveling of the land is ensured. The weeds are buried at the time of pudd

Rice: Sowing Seeds or Transplanting

By admin  | Dec 16, 2011 17:56:09 IST

Seeds may be sown after sprouting them or the seedlings be transplanted. Transplanting should be done with proper age of seedlings. Transplanting in a puddled field has the following advantages : A good leveling of the land is ensured. The weeds are buried at the time of puddling an

Selection of Seeds for Rice

By admin  | Dec 16, 2011 17:58:17 IST

Seed selection is a complex and sometimes misunderstood process. Some farmers assess individual entire plant's performance through the season when selecting seed, while other farmers select seed post-harvest from threshed crops in their storage. Seed of rice varieties are harvested, processed

Rice Cultivation: Farming in Dry or Semi-Dry Upland

By admin  | Dec 16, 2011 18:04:38 IST

The dry and semi-dry systems of cultivation are mainly confined to tracts which depend on rains and do not have supplementary irrigation facilities. The fields are ploughed and harrowed in summer for achieving the required-tilth. Farmyard manure is uniformly distributed 2-3 weeks before so

Average Export Price for Rice

By admin  | Dec 16, 2011 18:09:16 IST

Calculation of Average Export Price: Total quantity of rice exported and its value realized in rupees have been taken separately for basmati and non-basmati rice and then the value of export divided by the quantity of rice exported to arrive at the average export price of rice per quintal year

Steps to Improve Production of Rice

By admin  | Dec 19, 2011 15:56:26 IST

The following strategies may be adopted to increase the productivity of rice in various states: Emphasis may be given on a cropping system approach rather than a single crop development approach.. Propagation of location specific crop production technologies in different agro-climat