{"id":196283,"date":"2022-07-19T19:09:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=196283"},"modified":"2022-07-19T19:09:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:39:23","slug":"explained-is-there-a-crisis-in-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-is-there-a-crisis-in-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: Is there a crisis in rice?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cExplained: Is there a crisis in rice?<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> Indian Express <\/b>on 18th July 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

The overall crop coverage has risen since last year. But the rice coverage was 17.4% down from last year. <\/span>However, adequate stocks and cultivation of rice over a wider area suggest there should be no cause for worry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Statistics about Rice<\/b><\/h5>\n

Rice <\/span>is India\u2019s largest agricultural crop (accounting for over 40% of the total foodgrain output). <\/span>India is the world\u2019s biggest exporter (around 40% of the world\u2019s export).\u00a0<\/span>\u200b\u200b<\/span>India is the second-largest producer of rice in the world, behind only China.<\/span><\/p>\n

Process of Rice Cultivation<\/b>: Farmers first sow paddy seeds in nurseries, where they are raised into young plants. These seedlings are then uprooted and replanted 25-35 days later in the main field which is usually 10 times the size of the nursery seed-bed. Nursery sowing generally happens before the monsoon rains. For the first three weeks or so after transplanting, the water depth has to be maintained at 4-5 cm, in order to control weed growth in the early stage of the crop.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why has rice acreage fallen? <\/b>1)<\/strong> Areas such as Uttar Pradesh to West Bengal have had very little rain and 2)<\/strong> Most farmers with limited irrigation facilities have seen even their nurseries drying up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is there a crisis in rice ahead?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Not for now. This is because:<\/span><\/p>\n

Firstly,<\/b> the India Meteorological Department<\/a> <\/strong>has forecasted that the current monsoon trough which is active and south of its normal position, is very likely to shift gradually northwards and provide much-needed relief to farmers in the Gangetic plains.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secondly<\/b>, rice <\/span>cultivation takes place across a wider geography, unlike wheat which is grown only in a few states north of the Vindhyas. Also, rice is both a Kharif (monsoon) and rabi (winter-spring) season crop. So, the losses in one area or season can potentially be recouped from the other.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cExplained: Is there a crisis in rice?\u201d published in Indian Express on 18th July 2022. What is the News? The overall crop coverage has risen since last year. But the rice coverage was 17.4% down from last year. However, adequate stocks and cultivation of rice over a… Continue reading Explained: Is there a crisis in rice?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-196283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704768354},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}