The Hindu Business Line

India can benefit substantially on multiple fronts such as nutritional security, energy and water utilisation and even cut its greenhouse gas emissions if it promotes the cultivation of coarse cereals, showed a study by researchers from India, Austria and the US. During the Green Revolution of the 1960s and the 1970s, the focus has mainly been on increasing rice and wheat output. As a result, a large number of farmers shifted away from more nutritious coarse cereals to high-yielding crops such as rice, leading to narrowing in the diversity of cultivated crops.

Krishi Jagran

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology research in agriculture and horticulture are still at a elementary stage but developing rapidly. Conventional bulk fertilizer or traditional fertilizers are not only expensive for the producer, but may be harmful to humans and the environment. This has led to the search for environmentally friendly fertilizers or smart fertilizer, mainly those with high nutrient-use efficiency, and nanotechnology is rising as a promising alternative.

Down to Earth

Agriculture is a critical economic sector, especially in developing countries. It employs around 28 per cent of the global workforce in 2019, and around 43 per cent of the workforce in India. It contributes to climate change in multiple ways. Estimating global emissions from these sources, particularly from soil carbon loss, is tough. The natural systems involved are extremely complex, with multiple layers of feedback, and significant variations across regions and ecosystems. Nevertheless, a lot of technical progress has been made on this front.

The Tribune

ahangir Shafi, Chief Agriculture Officer, Command Area Development, Jammu, visited farmers’ field of Jakh, Sarore and other areas of Samba district. Shafi inspected the first pick of button mushroom at the demonstration-cum-training centre, Rakh Dhyansar.

The Economic Times

The NITI Aayog has asked the Indian Agriculture Research Institute to expeditiously conduct field trials of a technology that allows paddy straw to decompose in fields as concerns mount over growing air pollution in the capital due to stubble burning in neighbouring states. The Aayog will work out a fiscal package for quick adoption of the technology from next year after the field trials, said a senior government official.