The Punjab government-backed water-saving direct seeding of rice (DSR) technique for sowing paddy is not an over night wonder, but a result of four years of strenuous research trials that is proving ...

Chandigarh : The Punjab government may have decided to double the area under the direct seeding of rice (DSR) method from 6 lakh hectares to 12 lakh hectares in the upcoming kharif sowing season to ...

Having set in efforts to save the underground water in paddy transplantation, the Punjab agriculture department has announced to provide grant of Rs 1,500 per acre to farmers going for direct seeding ...

Aakanksha N Bhardwaj Jalandhar, June 3 Farmers in the district have been slow to adopt the Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) technique, leading to a significant reduction in the area under paddy sowing ...

Despite ₹1,500 per acre incentive, Punjab farmers prefer traditional transplantation over water-saving paddy sowing method ...

AAP MLAs took the lead in using the direct seeded rice (DSR) method in the state on the first day of the sowing schedule announced by the Punjab government on Friday. “I also made an appeal to more ...

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 ...

The Punjab Agricultural University’s upgraded technology of direct seeding of rice — ‘Tar wattar DSR’, (good soil moisture) seems to have caught the fancy of the paddy farmers in Punjab as the rise in ...

To help paddy growers overcome farm labour shortage, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and rising cost of cultivation, the Agriculture department has stepped up efforts to encourage more farmers ...

Farmers in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram are increasingly adopting Direct Seeded Rice to reduce water use and labour costs. Delayed rains and El Niño concerns are influencing sowing decisions, crop ...

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Encouraged by the growing response, the state government has increased the allocation for the scheme to ₹40 crore for the 2026-27 financial year, up from ₹35.16 crore disbursed in 2025. Farmers ...