Agriculture
- Increasing Rice Output, Exports
Friday, 26 July 2013 ZAHID BAIG The Punjab government has decided to constitute a 'working group' comprising stakeholders to make efforts for increase in production and exports of rice. It is also decided that presence of all the stakeholders...
- Rice Varieties Of Irri 6, 9 Washed Away
The districts on right canal known as the rice belt in Sindh has suffered the most due to flood, as the rice varieties of Irri 6 and 9 have been washed away. This was stated by the Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) in a statement issued...
- Dry Seeded Rice Technology
By Zuhair Hasnain Dry seed rice cultivation on the mechanical lines is the linkage of past practice with throughput technology, becoming indispensable to address problems like drudgery, high production cost, low quality, low crop intensity and above all...
- Development Of Hybrid Rice In India
During the last few years in tropical, hybrid rice technology, India, Vietnam, Philippines, Bangladesh and Indonesia entered the commercialization phase. Research to develop hybrid rice in the 1970s had started in India way back, but with no success....
- Cultivation Of Rice In India
Rice cultivation is no way for all localities. This is quite different in different areas. However, most Asian countries like India, however, traditional methods of rice cultivation and hand harvesting is still practiced. Fields are ready Plowing (typically...
Agriculture
Two new rice varieties introduced
Rice Research Institute (RRI) Kala Shah Kaku has introduced two new varieties of rice and got them approved from Punjab Seed Council for cultivation. Experts told APP on Saturday the two varieties include PS-2 and KSK-434. They said that the institute had also introduced modern technology of direct cultivation of rice with seed. The technology would help in increasing the production of rice upto six to eight maund per acre of land besides reducing expenses of growers upto Rs 14,000 per acre of land, they added. 
They said the technology produced good results in less time and also saved water up to 30 to 35 percent. The experts said the technology has entered into a commercialisation process.
Source: The NationThey said the technology produced good results in less time and also saved water up to 30 to 35 percent. The experts said the technology has entered into a commercialisation process.- Increasing Rice Output, Exports
Friday, 26 July 2013 ZAHID BAIG The Punjab government has decided to constitute a 'working group' comprising stakeholders to make efforts for increase in production and exports of rice. It is also decided that presence of all the stakeholders...
- Rice Varieties Of Irri 6, 9 Washed Away
The districts on right canal known as the rice belt in Sindh has suffered the most due to flood, as the rice varieties of Irri 6 and 9 have been washed away. This was stated by the Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) in a statement issued...
- Dry Seeded Rice Technology
By Zuhair Hasnain Dry seed rice cultivation on the mechanical lines is the linkage of past practice with throughput technology, becoming indispensable to address problems like drudgery, high production cost, low quality, low crop intensity and above all...
- Development Of Hybrid Rice In India
During the last few years in tropical, hybrid rice technology, India, Vietnam, Philippines, Bangladesh and Indonesia entered the commercialization phase. Research to develop hybrid rice in the 1970s had started in India way back, but with no success....
- Cultivation Of Rice In India
Rice cultivation is no way for all localities. This is quite different in different areas. However, most Asian countries like India, however, traditional methods of rice cultivation and hand harvesting is still practiced. Fields are ready Plowing (typically...