Punjab will turn into desert if famers don’t come out of wheat-paddy cycle: Expert
1 year, 3 months ago

Punjab will turn into desert if famers don’t come out of wheat-paddy cycle: Expert

Hindustan Times  

World Food Prize winner Dr Gurdev Singh Khush expressed concerns over high dependency of Punjab farmers on paddy. Dr Gurdev Khush on Friday said Punjab would become a desert state in a decade if state farmers don’t switch to other crops soon. World Food Prize winner Dr Gurdev Singh Khush Dr Khush has spent 35 years directing and participating in rice genetic research and breeding at International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines as a plant breeder. Punjab farmers should come off this traditional wheat and paddy cycle to conserve groundwater,” said Dr Khush.

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Punjab cannot go from granary to desert: Supreme Court
1 year, 1 month ago

Punjab cannot go from granary to desert: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Centre should “seriously consider” the Punjab government’s suggestion to phase out paddy cultivation in the State and incentivise farmers to switch over to traditional crops such as millets by giving them minimum support price in order to check rampant burning of paddy stubble and to revive a drastically low water table in the …

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