pulsesstorage lossA concurrent, national-level survey covering 14 agro-climatic zones (ACZ) was conducted in 2012-14 to quantitatively assess the harvest and post-harvest losses in pulses. The loss, estimated at INR 38.77 billion, was due mainly to inappropriate harvesting and poor post-harvest ...
Since the 1970s, however, Bangladesh has become a major producer of ready-made clothes for export to the West (particularly the United States). Based on cheap Bangladeshi labor (mostly women), this now accounts for over 60 percent of export revenues. The export of frozen shrimp and fish ...
b CO2 emissions when negative emissions from BECCS are allocated to the biomass producer instead of the carbon-storing country (note that results are shown for fewer models, as POLES did not report the required variable agricultural production of energy crops). c The sum of CO2, CH4, N2O and...
Asia-Pacific is the major consumer of crop protection, owing to its large agricultural base. China, Japan, India, and Australia accounted for more than 80.0% share in the crop protection chemicals market in Asia-Pacific in 2020. In China, the Ministry of Agriculture introduced the "Zero Growth...
Trends in area, production and productivity of major pulses in Karnataka and India: An economic analysisAvinash CsBL PatilAkiNik Publications
India with a large economically weaker section and a major vegetarian population depends on pulses for its protein and food security. Several biotic and abiotic factors are responsible for a poor and unstable yield of pulses. Out of these, biotic stresses caused by Fusarium oxysporum the causal ...