Paddy farmers a confused lot

Farmers in the district who have raised paddy nurseries in anticipation of good harvest in rabi season, are in confused as to go ahead with transplantation of the seedlings from nurseries to the main fields or drop the cultivation at nursery-stage itself to minimise the losses. Reason for it is the continuing poor monsoon coupled with insufficient release of water from reservoirs for irrigation. Already, it has been a poor season for paddy...

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Aid to agriculture increases by 130% in China and by 40% in the US

Global support to agriculture per capita in the period 2005-2010 has increased by 130% in China, by 60% in Brazil and by 40% in the United States, while in the European Union it has stayed in the same level since 2005, according to the indicator "Global Support to Agricultural Production (SGPA)" published by the Movement for a World Agricultural Organization, MOMAGRI. According to the indicator that measures support to agriculture in the planet's...

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Severe drought has lasting effects on Amazon

The Amazon basin does not readily bounce back after a period of drought, researchers suggest. Rodrigo Baleia/LatinContent/Getty Images Hannah Hoag A study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1 sheds light on the long-term effects of drought on the Amazon rainforest — giving clues about how the rainforest might be affected by global warming in the future. The researchers report that the severe drought that hit...

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