Submissions by DGM Project Punjab Mandi Board in the matter of Kapil Dev & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated January 14, 2025. All possible efforts were being made by the Punjab Mandi Board to comply with the NGT guidelines and to dispose of the vegetable waste of …
The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture is running a central sector scheme, "Monitoring of Pesticide Residues at National Level" in food commodities and environmental samples since 2005-06 with the participation of various laboratories representing Ministry of Agriculture, ICAR, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Environment …
Demand for effective bio-pesticides rising across the globe Young research scholars and the scientists working on the synthesis of bio-pesticides that play a pivotal role in controlling the pests without polluting environment should make use of the funds available with the Union Government's Department of Science and Technology (DST) for …
Greenhouse pot culture studies were conducted to evaluate the bioremediation potential of spinach for removal of cadmium. The results indicated that spinach was able to take up cadmium in substantial quantity in the shoot. There were no visual cadmium toxicity effects on spinach and no significant reduction in the dry …
A pilot study was conducted to assess the economic impact of weather forecast-based advisories issued to 15 of the 127 Agrometeorological Advisory Service (AAS) units of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. Six seasons comprising three Kharif (summer) and three Rabi (winter) during 2003–2007 were chosen. The major …
Tomato farmers on vast char (newly emerged landmass) areas of Nurundi and Tulshirchar unions under Jamalpur Sadar upazila are worried as a large portion of the plants are shrinking and dying due to attack by virus and bacterial wild. A large number of farmers have cultivated tomato at Kachundhora, Chhaitentola …
Senior Congress leader V. M. Sudheeran has called for a pesticide management policy for the safety of people and environment from the hazardous pesticides. He was addressing a workshop organised by the Thrissur District Panchayat on Friday as part of its mission to turn Thrissur an eco-friendly district. He said …
Thanks to a favourable agro-climatic condition Horticulture crops cultivation is picking up in the district as it is having a favourable agro-climatic condition. Farmers have raised horticulture crops on over 68,423 hectares, including fruits on over 8,555 hectares, vegetables on over 328 hectares, root and tuber crops on over 7,868 …
GUWAHATI: In order to boost farm output in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi inaugurated the Chief Minister’s special agricultural programme — Mission Double Cropping (MDC) — at a function organized at the auditorium of Dimoria Development Block at Sonapur on Thursday. Gogoi said that the Agriculture Department would be implementing …
U.S. food and drug regulators are requesting Beijing's help in implementing a new food-safety law requiring stricter oversight of exported food, a sign of China's growing importance as a food exporter for Americans. Drums of apple juice concentrate are stored at athe China Haisheng Juice Holdings Co. facility in Xian, …
‘Co-existence with ecosystem helps agriculture; begets healthy food’ ‘Decommodification’ of food could hold the key to an effective solution to the food crisis that is waiting to blow in the face, said Cariyappa, a progressive farmer, here on Sunday. For taste buds: Dr V Rajendra of Government Ayurvedic College and …
May Fuel Fresh Rise In Prices, Interest Rates New Delhi: Food inflation quickened in mid-October as prices of vegetables soared, sustaining the pressure on overall inflation and the Reserve Bank of India. Data released by the commerce and industry ministry on Thursday showed food inflation at a six-month high of …
KOLKATA, 23 OCT: At a time when the common people are facing immense hardship owing to rapidly rising prices of essential commodities, a new project to be taken up by the state irrigation department may bring a smile to their face, albeit a few years from now. Production of major …
Farmers in J&K; have been doing farming without the use of chemicals on approximately 32,000 hectares of land across the state since long. But now with the growing demand for organic produce around the globe, the state is keen to take up the practice on a much larger scale. The …
Keeping in mind large-scale consumption of food items and the consequent increase in food adulteration around Diwali, Delhi Health Minister A. K. Walia on Tuesday instructed the Department of Prevention of Food Adulteration to work towards curbing adulteration by picking up as many food samples as possible. However, a closer …
Bangladesh fared better than Pakistan in accelerating agricultural growth rate after its liberation in 1971, said a study yesterday. Expansion of cultivation of boro rice, increased use of high yielding seeds and irrigation helped Bangladesh attain faster growth in agriculture, said Takashi Kurosaki, researcher of the study. The country performed …
Although women are admittedly bearing the brunt of climate change, India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) has remained gender-blind and does not focus on gender issues. Aditi Kapoor’s report Engendering the Climate for Change — Policies and Practices for Gender-Just Adaptation highlights that the four adaptation-focused missions remain …
New Delhi: Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses will soon be running on fuel derived from vegetable waste and sludge from treated sewage. The Centre has struck a deal with the Swedish government to set up a compressed biofuel plant at Delhi Jal Board’s Keshopur sewage treatment plant (STP). The fuel …
The Neyyattinkara municipality plans to launch a novel project to promote natural farming for the cultivation of organic vegetables. The project, to be implemented in association with Agriculture Department and NIMS Medicity, is based on the Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) technology propagated by agriculturist Subhash Palekar. ZBNF is an …
New Delhi: It was a grand lunch fit to feed an army. Chefs from Le Meridien, Indian Institute of Hotel Management and Indian Culinary Forum prepared two mammoth containers of mouth-watering, traditional Punjabi style ‘B a i g a n k a B h a r t a.’ What made …
The Yorkshire village of Todmorden has taken local food to heart – and to the street. The planting of food crops at forty public locations throughout the village offer locals, and visitors, the chance to pick their own fresh fruit and vegetables, and it’s all free. From the local police …
