Sundarban Farmers Need a Rice Variety That Is Salt-Tolerant But Also Marketable
The increasing frequency of cyclones means growing high-yielding varieties â which do not grow well on saline soil â is no longer an option.
A villager at a temporary shelter on a high ground in the aftermath of Cyclone Yaas, at Ghoramara Island in the Sundarban Delta complex of the Bay of Bengal, Saturday, May 29, 2021 Photo: PTI
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Kolkata: Cyclone Aila of 2009 had triggered a wave of migration from the Sundarbans region, after the storm surges associated with the cyclone inundated thousands of acres of land with saline water from the rivers and the seas and left them uncultivable for years to come. It took a few years for the land to get back to normal yielding capacity.
Winners Announced in the 2021 Miami University Young Painters Competition
The Miami University College of Creative Arts and the Department of Art are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Young Painters Competition. The awards ceremony was held virtually over Zoom and featured Kelly Baum, the 2021 juror, who announced the awards and delivered the talk,
Painting in the Twenty-First Century: Art, Identity, Social Justice. The talk was presented as part of the Contemporary Art Forum and discussed developments in painting over the last twenty-five years in relationship to artistic, social, and political pressures.
Founded in 1999 by a generous gift from William (Miami Class of 1936) and Dorothy Yeck, of Dayton, Ohio, the
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Border Reopening: Rice millers propose stringent measures to curb illicit businesses
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By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja
As Federal Government announces the reopening of some land borders, rice millers under the auspices of Rice Millers Association of Nigeria, RIMAN, Sunday, proposed stringent measures to curb illicit businesses carried by criminal-minded persons undermining the prohibition of some items by the government.
This was made known by the National President, RIMAN, Peter Dama, in an interview with Vanguard, following fears of connivance by some government security personnel with those who smuggle prohibited items into the country.
Dama charged security personnel representing the country a the borders to be diligent, honest, and patriotic in enforcing the law in the interest of economic growth and development.