Ludhiana: A team of the Direct Seeded Rice Consortium (DSRC) members, led by Varinder Kumar, IRS, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the Philippines, and scientists from the IRRI South Asia Regional Centre, Varanasi, visited Punjab Agricultural University (PAU).
Ludhiana: A team of the Direct Seeded Rice Consortium (DSRC) members, led by Varinder Kumar, IRS, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the Philippines, and scientists from the IRRI South Asia Regional Centre, Varanasi, visited Punjab Agricultural University (PAU).
The delegates discussed water, soil health, labour, environment, energy and food security issues in north-western states, and the sustainability of rice cultivation. They explored all available options (crop diversification, water use efficient varieties (non-basmati versus basmati), crop establishment methods and irrigations methods) to sustain the production.
The progress and problems related to direct seeded rice in Punjab was also discussed. The team visited the DSR experiments in the department of plant breeding and genetics, department of agronomy and School of Agricultural Biotechnology.
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