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Philippines – “IRRI has an important role in food security and in ensuring that rice production is sufficient in India,” said Ashok Dalwai, additional secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare. “We are interested in raising our productivity to meet the increasing demand of food and nutrition security of the population,” Dalwai said. |
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LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – “IRRI has an important role in food security and in ensuring that rice production is sufficient in India,” said Ashok Dalwai, additional secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare.
“We are interested in raising our productivity to meet the increasing demand of food and nutrition security of the population,” Dalwai said when he and a team of senior agriculture officials (photo) visited IRRI headquarters on 22 June. “We are here to study the latest research and technologies in terms of varietal development, production strategies, as well as postproduction and storage technologies.
We are keen on understanding these technologies and adopt them in India. The country produces 21% of the world’s rice, according to Dalwai. But the official said rice production must be increased in eastern India where some of the areas are low-lying rainfed areas. Currently, rice yields in these areas are low--about 1.8 to 2.2 tons per hectare. If the country could increase yield in eastern India to 4 tons per hectare, these areas can help secure the food requirements of a hundred million people in India.
See more: http://news.irri.org/2016/06/india-agriculture-officials-look-to.html |
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