Brainstorming Session on “Rice and Water” organized

11th February, 2022, Hyderabad

The ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad in association with the Society for Advancement of Rice Research, Hyderabad organized the Brainstorming Session on “Rice and Water” today.

Dr. V. Praveen Rao, Vice-Chancellor, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad known as “Water Man of India” delivered the Talk on “Sustainable Agri- food systems: water challenges and transformation technologies for the benefit of technology adaptation, farm profitability and wellbeing”. Dr. Rao stated that the significant quantity of water is applied by the farmers for growing the rice and it is estimated that this can be as high as 3,000 to 5,000 litres of water per Kg of the Rice produced.

Earlier, Dr. R. Mahender Kumar, Principal Scientist & Head (Agronomy), ICAR-IIRR, Hyderabad & Secretary (SARR) delivered the welcome address.

The Senior Officials of ICAR Institutes and State Agricultural Universities along with a total of 175 Rice Researchers, R&D Personnel and Progressive Farmers participated in the Brainstorming Session.

(Source: ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad)