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 …
Ranchi, Dec. 26: A noble project aimed at minimising water requirements to grow vegetables without compromising on the yield in the fields of Jharkhand is on the anvil. Horticulture and Agro-forestry Research Programme (HARP), the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) research station in eastern region located at Plandu, Namkum, …
Jalpaiguri, Dec. 23: Sumanta Mishra has been working wonders in his small garden and rooftop where he has been growing chilli plants that soar up to 25 feet and a cotton shrub that has attained a height of 30 feet, all by using organic fertilisers. Today, scientists from the Indian …
The government has approved Rs 350 crore scheme to study impact of climate change on agriculture and reduce production losses. Approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, the main objective of new plan scheme
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The Centre has allocated Rs. 350 crore for implementation of a new planned scheme - National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture - to address the impact of climate change on agriculture and allied sectors. About one lakh farmers from 100 districts in various States will benefit …
A project seeks to build commercial benefits from innovations, both within the agri-research system and outside Surinder Sud / New Delhi December 14, 2010, 0:16 IST The launch of the World Bank-assisted National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) four years ago marked a new chapter in agricultural research. Researchers began viewing …
Boosting fish production can help India alleviate nutritional deficiency in a big way The green revolution has largely mitigated food security concerns even though flawed distribution and food inflation keep a section of the population underfed. However, nutritional security still eludes most people, including many of those who eat enough …
COME winters, farmers in 50 districts of the country will be covered by an experimental crop insurance scheme by the Centre. The new scheme is a modified version of the current programme with new features like providing indemnity and advance relief to farmers. The unit area for the new insurance …
Bhopal: A workshop of All India Coordinated Project on Post harvest Technology was organised at Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal during Oct 28 to Oct 31:. While inaugurating the workshop, Dr BS Bisht, Vice-Chancellor, GB Pant University of Agril. & Technology, Pant Ngr stated that it was the need …
Concerned over wastage of around 40 lakh tonnes of PAU 201 variety of rice in Punjab, which was rejected by the Food Corporation of India, an empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on food will try to find a solution to the vexed issue on Thursday. Sources said the EGoM headed …
Why can't India design ergonomic farm equipment? Surinder Sud / New Delhi September 7, 2010, 0:01 IST Consider these startling facts. Nearly 45,000 agricultural workers lose their lives every year working in the fields and 755,000 others suffer various kinds of injuries, many of which can be wholly or partially …
New Delhi: The government is developing a uniform set of scientific criteria for declaring drought in any part of the country to overcome the problems arising out of divergent parameters used by different states.At present there is no uniformity in the criteria for declaring drought and each state adopts different …
A new technology aims at developing area-specific mineral mixtures for cattle to remove nutritional imbalanceSurinder Sud / New Delhi August 10, 2010, 0:42 ISTInadequate mineral (micro-nutrients) intake by cattle is among the significant factors responsible for their low productivity and deficient fertility. Most cattle owners are least aware of this. …
Sandip Das New Delhi: As Indian agriculture gets more and more impacted by changing weather patterns, which has become more acute in the last few years because of climate change, the ministry of agriculture through the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) and state agricultural universities are working on district-specific …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi June 21, 2010, 0:37 IST Paucity of monsoon rainfall alone is not a sufficient determinant of drought, maintains the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Several other factors need to be taken into account to declare an agricultural drought. This opinion emerges from a meeting of 19 …
Ankita Rai New Delhi: The country is losing Rs 28,500 crore, at current price, on account of degraded lands. This comes to about 12% loss as per the total value productivity of these lands. According to a study conducted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and department of space, degraded …
New Delhi: Increase in atmospheric temperature due to climate change adversely impacts the growth of the various agricultural crops, an assessment study conducted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has said.
The Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), Old Goa has discovered a new variety of Mancurad mango at Siolim village in Bardez taluka . Having average weight content of 480 grams it is considered to be of superior quality. Also, it has less fibre, said a scientist at ICAR. What …
