High resolution rice maps can help boost production

The maps for Northeast India and Bangladesh will help study cloud-prone rice paddy cultivation regions in South Asia.

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Indigenous appeal

Farmers in West Bengal are going back to indigenous rice varieties, with a little encouragement

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Agroforestry boosts rice and biodiversity in India

In West Bengal, the adoption of useful trees into paddy fields has boosted crop yields and crop diversity, and has also sparked a movement that …

Kerala regularises paddy field reclamation and conversion up to 2008

The government expects to make additional revenue of Rs 200 crore; activists say it has yielded to mafia pressure

Can changing crop pattern foil elephant raids to farmlands?

Farmers in eastern Indian states are replacing paddy with alternative crops to prevent elephant attacks. The question is can this experiment be …

New Green Revolution programme has not benefited Jharkhand farmers, says report

The programme does not address challenges that farmers face in eastern states

Abandon paddy, build IT hubs: Montek

Planning Commission deputy chairperson gets flak for his advice to Kerala at investors' meet