Growing Rice Under Looming Water Crises

JML Gulati*

Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (Institute of Agricultural Sciences), Siksha O Ansundhan, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

*Corresponding Author: JML Gulati, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (Institute of Agricultural Sciences), Siksha O Ansundhan, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Received: July 22, 2022; Published: September 26, 2022

Population growth was and will be one of the main criteria to assess the requirements of crop commodity for life over the earth. It’s the rice with its major contribution as staple food facing the threat of climate change impact in terms water scenario. It’s not only an important crop to provide perpetuity to food and nutritional security, it’s perspective lies in its historics where it is revered as gift of God, as divine creative, it’s place in rituals and religious occasions and also as central element in both culinary and spiritual practices. It’s also a major contributor of energy requirements accounting to more than 20% of all calories that mankind consumes.

 

References

1. Bouman BAM., et al. “Aerobic rice (Han Dao): A new way of growing rice in water short area”. In: proceedings of 12^th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference, May 26-31, Beizing, Chin Tsinghu University (2002): 175-181.

Citation

Citation: JML Gulati. “Growing Rice Under Looming Water Crises". Acta Scientific Agriculture 6.10 (2022): 54-55.

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Copyright: © 2022 JML Gulati. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.