IIRR’s Direct Seeded Rice initiative boosts yields by 8-13% while reducing water usage by 25-35% for sustainable farming.

Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian said 23,410 farmers adopted the DSR technique during the 2025 kharif season, covering 2,35,899 ...

Cambodia will assist in carrying out a new international training programme on the direct-seeded rice (DSR) method of cultivation and resource conservation practices, in hopes for an agricultural ...

Sharing details of the water-conserving DSR scheme, Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister S. Gurmeet Singh Khudian ...

Mohali: Mohali district has witnessed a 33% increase in area dedicated to direct seeding of rice (DSR) as compared to last year. Around 673 acres have been sown using the DSR technique in Mohali this ...

Varanasi: The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the 2030 Water Resource Group (2030 WRG) organised a workshop on ‘Rice 2.0- Transforming Rice Cultivation in Uttar Pradesh’ on lowering ...

In a major push to save groundwater and promote sustainable paddy cultivation, Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister S. Gurmeet Singh Khudian announced that the state has set a target of ...

Against 71 to 74 lakh acres that would go under paddy cultivation this time, Punjab government has set a target of five lakh acres to be sown under direct seeded rice (DSR) method of paddy cultivation ...

KisanKraft Ltd, the Bengaluru-based agri-firm, has developed 12 new varieties of rice that are suited for direct-seeded rice (DSR) method of cultivation that uses less water for growing the cereal ...

Amid the Punjab government’s efforts to promote the direct seeded rice (DSR), the state has witnessed a 15 per cent increase in the area on which paddy has been sown using this technique as compared ...

FOLLOWING early warnings of El Nino conditions and the likelihood of erratic monsoon behaviour, Agriculture Department in ...

The farmers in Punjab are expected to plant around 25% of the total area under paddy crop through direct seeding of rice (DSR) technology this khairf season, moving away from the traditional practice ...