RC recommendation on 27 pesticides
<p>This report is on the review of 66 pesticides under the Chairmanship of Dr. Anupam Varma. The main parameters emphasized by the Committee to review the products were uses approved under the Insecticides
<p>This report is on the review of 66 pesticides under the Chairmanship of Dr. Anupam Varma. The main parameters emphasized by the Committee to review the products were uses approved under the Insecticides
UNLESS THE prices of vegetables skyrocket and become a scandal
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai March 25, 2010, 1:24 IST BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations, with total population of 2.7 billion, will explore opportunities of cooperation in the field of agriculture.
AMIT AGNIHOTRI India's food security high on his agenda, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar will press for greater cooperation between Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) to boost the farm sector during a meet in Moscow this week.
After receiving flak from his political opponents over price rise, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar is now trying to win them over. Sharad Pawar Acting on a request from Left leaders, Pawar will provide transport assistance to the farmers of West Bengal to help them export potatoes in a competitive international market.
IN GREEN-LIGHTING the new
LUCKNOW: Even as the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee advocated growth in rural sectors of the country, the exemplary efforts of three farmers from Uttar Pradesh were being recognised by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, just a few kilometres away at Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital, on Friday.
The pre-Budget Economic Survey is usually a reformer
A GOVERNMENT plan to buy ethanol for blending with petrol at a price of Rs 27 per litre may be limited to six months, although agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has asked the price to be frozen for the next three years in line with the demand by sugar mills.
The moratorium imposed on the commercial release of Bt brinjal stays, but
Soil moisture, rising temperature may affect output. The buffer stocks of wheat are already close to 20 mt, nearly five times the minimum stock norms for this time of the year.