Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
KHUMTAI: The lone Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) of Golaghat district situated in Khumtai is ready to serve farmers this monsoon season. Dr H C Baruah, programme co-ordinator of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, informed newspersons that his institution has taken an action plan to institute about 68 training programmes among agriculturists …
India has done a commendable job of collecting and preserving its precious micro-organisms Surinder Sud / New Delhi May 19, 2009, 0:23 IST The issue of patentability of micro-organisms has remained controversial largely because it concerns the high-profile pharmaceutical industry which views these organisms as sources of future drugs. The …
Unlike bird flu that killed a large number of birds before affecting human beings, swine flu affects only humans Surinder Sud / New Delhi May 5, 2009, 0:49 IST Unlike bird flu that killed a large number of birds before affecting human beings, swine flu affects only humans. Unlike avian …
Pune MPKV farm is one of three such sites in India The Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (MPKV) said it has decided to stop genetically modified (GM) crop trials for corn at its fields in Kolhapur. The trails began in December 2008 and MPKV land in Kolhapur was one of the …
A one-day training programme on soil and nutrient management in fruit orchards under rain-fed conditions was organised for farmers at dry land research sub-station of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Rakh Dhiansar, here today. The programme was held under the project funded by the Horticulture Technology Mission, India …
Agartala: Prolonged dry spell and unexpected fluctuation in temperature have caused delay in the horticultural productions including summer fruits in Northeastern states. According to agricultural scientists, entire Northeastern region was facing a peculiar weather phenomenon so far this year that ultimately led to diseases and pest attacks on horticultural crops. …
- Fruit creates mass market in state, higher production target set for this year ARTI SAHULIYAR Strawberry plantation at a farm owned by ICAR research institute in Ranchi on Thursday. Picture by Hardeep Singh Ranchi, March 5: Mustard fields are pass
The paper examines the impact of Intellectual Property Rights on the Indian seed industry. The data used in the study have been taken from the reputed published sources. The study brought out that as long as Indian farmer continues to be a grain producer and does not convert himself into …
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is the first ever law internationally, that guarantees wage employment at an unprecedented scale. NREGA aims at enhancing livelihood security of households in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a year to every household whose adult …
After becoming the first country to clone a buffalo, scientists in India are all set to start work on cloning the famous Pashmina goat. A six-member-team of scientists from Karnal
Bottlenecks of barren and dryland farming were discussed at a meeting organised on the university campus recently. The meeting was convened by the Department of Agronomy of the varsity under the directives of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Several scientists, progressive farmers from dryland areas, officers of the …
The Government has identified cross-border movement of poultry between India and Bangladesh as the cause of frequent outbreaks of avian flu in Assam and West Bengal, and will ask the two States to check the movement. Top animal science officials from both the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and …
A NEW postgraduate course will be introduced in all agricultural universities of the country from the next academic session. This course will enable the students to deal efficiently with the challenges of climate change and decreasing productivity in agriculture sector, J.C. Katyal, vice-chancellor of Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, …
Director-general of ICAR Mangla Roy inaugurates a poultry centre at BAU on Sunday. Picture by Manik Bose Ranchi, Feb. 8: Birsa Agriculture University (BAU), Ranchi, is well on the path to take its annual piglet production from 600 to over 2,000 per year, thanks to a mega seed project funded …
The mandate of the 4th World Congress of Conservation Agriculture picked up momentum on Wednesday with London-based World Bank vice-president Katherine Sierra announcing a huge package for the environmentally-friendly process. Speaking on the occasion, she said that, given the global crisis in agriculture, it was time that developing nations attach …
Cultivation of hybrid rice is to be promoted in a big way by offering heavy subsidies in areas where the paddy yields have reached the plateau. This will help lift the rice production and productivity to the next higher level from the record 83.25 million tonnes bagged in the last …
