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Basmati prices touch ₹4,000 per quintal in Haryanaedit
Hindustan Times – Online
With basmati prices touching ₹4,000 per quintal, paddy growers in Haryana are hoping to reap a rich harvest this kharif season. Usually, quick-maturing varieties of paddy fetch around ₹2,500 per quintal, but this year long-grained varieties are being sold for up to ₹4,000 in some mandis. An agent, Rishi Kumar of Taraori Grain Market, Karnal, says, “Pusa 1509 is being sold for around ₹4,000 to private players. Traders are showing a good interest in the harvest as paddy from Uttar Pradesh is being sold immediately.” Praveen Kumar, a commission agent at Nilokheri Grain Market, Karnal, however, said that farmers from Uttar Pardesh had benefitted the most from the increase in price as there were no ...
Paddy in India
Swarna Paddy Variety Fetching Higher Yields & Higher Net Income for Andhra Farmersedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
A team of ANGRAU scientists evaluated the effects of the Swarna paddy variety in the Godavari zone. According to the study, farmers who grew the popular paddy variety Swarna had greater yields (846 kg/ha/Kharif season) and higher net income (Rs 12479.88/ha/Kharif season) than those who grew the BPT 5204. The variety contributes 1.09 percent and 0.99 percent, respectively, of the total income from the Swarna variety to the Gross District Domestic Product (GDDP) and Agriculture Gross Value Added (AGVA) of the Godavari zone. In 2019–20, this variety will contribute 0.63, 0.22, and 0.20 shares, respectively, to AGVA, Gross Value Added (GVA), and Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), according to KN Ravi Kumar, one of the ...
Paddy sowing takes a hit due to uneven monsoonedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Sowing of rice, a key summer staple, lags considerably due to an unevenly distributed monsoon even as planting of most kharif or summer-sown crops has accelerated, latest official data show. The June-September monsoon waters nearly 60% of India’s net-sown area, critical for robust food output. Rain has picked pace in July after an 8% deficit in June, which dragged down rice acreage. Farmers have sown rice in nearly 12.8 million hectares, down 27% over last year for the week ending July 15, estimates for agriculture ministry suggest. The deficit in rice has enlarged from about 24% in the week ending July 8. Most crops have to be planted by July and early August, known as ...