- Pollution hits mango groves
Rise in the level of vehicle pollution and the consequent degradation of environment has been affecting plants in Chandigarh city. A large number of mango trees in the two kilometre stretch of green
Rise in the level of vehicle pollution and the consequent degradation of environment has been affecting plants in Chandigarh city. A large number of mango trees in the two kilometre stretch of green
Study : Several fertiliser projects, both in public and private sectors, involving an estimated cost of Rs 4,179.61 crore under implementation are expected to produce an additional 13.0 lakh tonne
Union minister of state for rural areas and employment Babagouda Patil on Sunday alleged that sub-standard pesticides brought into the country by Indian firms to make a quick buck had ruined the
Australian Centre for International AgriculturalResearch (ACIAR) will provide 728,000 Australian dollars to develop highly profitable and sustainable legume-cereal rotations for rain-fed systems in
Apple nurseries in Himachal Pradesh are witnessing a spurt in diseases due to unrestricted supply of plants acros the State, warn crop
For the past four years, Colombia's anti-drugs police, backed by the United States, have tried to eradicate coca-growing in its southern jungles. Chemicals are being sprayed to eradicate the crop.
Mr.G.B. Shivkumar, Chairman of the Legislature Committee constitued to study the crop loss in different parts of the State and suicide by the farmers, said in the Assembly on Thursday that the
The pesticides industry has said that poor quality chemicals are not responsible for the cottoncrop failure in Andhra Pradesh that had led to a spate of suicides among horrowed farmers there last
Crop production has been decreasing alarmingly due to sharp decline of minerals in the soil in all 13 thanas of the Kishoreganj district. Sources said about 75 percent land of the district have
Scientists at Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BSCSIR) have succeeded in developing a low cost technology for the production of nutrition rich spirulina, a blue-green micro
The Mahajan committee, in the voluminous 2-part report submitted on Wednesday, has proposed a pricing board comprising representatives of sugar mills and cane growers against the existing system
Finally, there's some help on the way for farmers in Maharashtra hit hard this time by the unseasonal rains and hailstorms. A local charitable trust has decided to "adopt" a farmer in distress, and
The French Government has launched an urgent scientific investigation into why honey bees in western France are becoming disoriented and dying in millions, unable to find their way back to their
A plantation crop weather modelling project has been taken up by the Coffee Board to study the weather pattern influencing crop production during the ninth plan, commerce ministry sources said. "The
Land tax on farmers in Tamil Nadu has been waived this year in view of the floods during the monsoons, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi announced in the state assembly on
Drought-hit farmers from this Maharashtra district have warned they would sit on dharna in front of the District Collector's official residence from May 1 if the State Government doesn't take note of
Union Minister of State for Agriculture Som Pal said on Monday that the National Agricultural Policy, to be presented in the budget session of Parliament, will focus on rain-fed areas which
Applying small amounts of flyash - a polluting waste from thermal power plants - to soil can help to improve agricultural yields, says crop scientists. Adding flyash to soil improves growth and yield
A massive peasant rally and public meeting, involving 50 farmers' organisations in the country, will be held in Hyderabad on May 1 under the aegis of the Joint action forum of India people against
In mid-December, the Department of Agriculture published its National Organic Program regulations, a set of proposed rules for production of organic food that would be the basis for a national