Fish production in NE to be doubled by 2020
SHILLONG, Sept 11 – The Centre is planning to double the fish production in North-eastern region and aims at increasing its per capita availability to 15 kg by 2020. “We have a daunting task of achieving
SHILLONG, Sept 11 – The Centre is planning to double the fish production in North-eastern region and aims at increasing its per capita availability to 15 kg by 2020. “We have a daunting task of achieving
Officials to take measures for opening sea mouths at Rayadurg and Konduruvaripalem villages Here is some good news for the environmentalists, bird lovers, fishermen and the farmers staying on sea bed
The world has made lacklustre progress in meeting most of the commitments it made 20 years ago to safeguard the oceans, says a report. At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, agreements were
NONGPOH: Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma has called upon the youth of the State to take advantage of the State government’s developmental schemes. Inaugurating a mass mobilisation campaign for the Aquaculture Mission at Umsning on Thursday, Dr Sangma said Aquaculture Mission has been aimed at creating self-employment opportunities for the unemployment youth.
More than 60 pilot whales died in a mass stranding at a remote New Zealand beach, conservation officials said yesterday. Tourists found the pod of 61 beached whales on Monday at Farewell Spit, on the
Spanning several agro-ecological regions constituting 60% of total cropped area, the rainfed areas represent the geography with the largest concentration of poverty and backwardness. The cumulative neglect
SHILLONG: The State Government is contemplating to launch the much-anticipated Meghalaya Aquaculture Mission at the beginning of next year.
SHILLONG: Israeli experts will help Meghalaya to improve fish farming in the northeastern state, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has said. Launching an awareness campaign about a state aquaculture mission, Sangma said late Thursday: “Experts from Israel have been invited to study and suggest measures to further improve fish farming by adopting modern techniques of fish culture.”
Protests by fishermen against drilling by the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) in the Krishna-Godavari basin, off the coast of Kakinada, has put the Gujarat-based company in a spot. About 10,000
For centuries, traditional agricultural systems have contributed to food and livelihood security throughout the world. Recognizing the ecological legacy in the traditional agricultural systems may help
Kerala has become the first State to form biodiversity management committees in all panchayats. The committee, chaired by the panchayat president, is to ensure conservation of biodiversity and use and equitable sharing of benefits from it. The committee has been formed in all 978 grama panchayats by October and will come into being in 60 municipalities and five city corporations in two months. With this, Kerala would become the first State to have such committees in all local self-government institutions.