Spread of New Varieties of Hybrid Rice and Their Impact on the Overall Production and Prductivity in Bihar

摘要

With over one billion people in India, there is a need to increase food production to meet the demand for the burgeoning population. As rice is the staple food in most parts of India, there is a need to increase production of rice and productivity ofland under rice cultivation. India has the largest acreage under rice at 43.97 million hectare with a production on 104.32 million tones and yield of 2372 kg/ha (Government of India, 2012).