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Precision N Application Increases Yields and Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Rain-Fed Rice
Nitrogen fertilizer management under rainfed conditions is challenging since farmers may not be able to properly time the topdressing due to extended drought or flood (i.e., excess rainfall). This results in low nitrogen availability under rain-fed conditions. Deep placement of briquetted urea is considered a sustainable approach under irrigated rice conduction; however, its impacts on rain-fed drought conditions are not clear.
Researchers from the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), and the Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), with support from USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS), demonstrated that precision nitrogen management through deep placement of briquetted urea can achieve multiple benefits of increased crop yields and farm profits with reduced fertilizer application, compared to conventional broad
Govt forms a task force to gather evidence to support its geographical indication claim for Basmati paddy My Republica
KATHMANDU, Jan. 10 The European Union (EU) has asked Nepal to provide with necessary evidence on the country s claim on the geographical indication (GI) right on Basmati paddy.
According to the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), the EU has set a deadline of January 25 for Nepal to submit documents to support its claim. Officials said the NARC has formed a task force under the agricultural expert Balkrishna Joshi to gather necessary evidence.
On December 10, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD) had sent a letter to the EU laying its claim on the product after India sought to receive the patent right for the same agricultural product.
Wheat fields at Toluca station, Mexico. (Photo: Fernando Delgado/CIMMYT)
On December 11, 2020, the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) announced the release of six new wheat varieties for multiplication and distribution to the country’s wheat farmers, offering increased production for Nepal’s nearly one million wheat farmers and boosted nutrition for its 28 million wheat consumers.
The varieties, which are derived from materials developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), include five bred for elevated levels of the crucial micronutrient zinc, and Borlaug 100, a variety well known for being high yielding, drought- and heat-resilient, and resistant to wheat blast, as well as high in zinc.