In an effort to save water during paddy cultivation, former district agriculture officer Daler Singh, who has already been promoting sowing of paddy on ridges, has now innovated ‘dry puddling’ ...

The trials of seeding of rice on beds (SRB), a method said to conserving more than 25% of water in paddy cultivation, has shown “encouraging” results as paddy cultivated with this method has given ...

: A report by the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has recommended a ban on the cultivation of water guzzling long duration varieties of paddy during the Kharif season, underlining the issue of ...