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 …
The grain is all set to bring about the much-needed second green revolution Surinder Sud / New Delhi April 20, 2010, 0:44 IST If wheat and rice were the harbingers of the first green revolution, maize might play a similar role in bringing about the much-needed second green revolution. In …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The Project Directorate on Poultry (PDP), Hyderabad, under the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), has developed transgenic chicken for therapeutic purposes by transferring a gene from a different species into chicken. A team, led by senior scientist T.K. Bhattacharya, transferred the enhanced green fluorescent protein …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI Your favourite given to the Malihabadi Dussehri mango known for being fibreless and its light yellow colour. The GI recognises the fruit on the basis of its morphological characteristics, chemical constituents and the particular location where it is grown. This means, retail chains selling and exporting fruits, cannot …
Small and marginal farmers practising agriculture on rain-fed farms will bear the brunt of climate change Surinder Sud / New Delhi April 06, 2010, 0:28 IST The vulnerability of Indian agriculture to climate change is well acknowledged. But what is not fully appreciated is the impact this will have on …
An acute shortage of healthy seeding materials for horticulture requires redrafting of the Seeds Bill, 2004 Surinder Sud / New Delhi March 23, 2010, 0:45 IST Unlike foodgrain crops that have been getting every kind of support from the government for their growth ever since the green revolution started in …
A framework for adapting Indian agriculture to global climate change: a paper presented by Dr. P.K Agarwal, IARI, Delhi at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010.
A state level workshop will be held on February 20 at Central Agricultural Engineering Institute, Nabibagh, Bhopal on the subject 'role of farm implements in making agriculture profitable. The workshop will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at 11 am. It will be presided over by Farmers' Welfare …
EVEN as agriculture minister Sharad Pawar accepted that the last word on Bt Brinjal was that of environment minister Jairam Ramesh, he made a strong case for genetically modified crops. Arguing in favour of the GM crops, Mr Pawar said that it could solve the country
Jairam Ramesh today led another line of assault, saying government scientists who had dared to oppose the introduction of Bt brinjal were being harassed. At the same time, senior agricultural scientists have started to openly attack Ramesh on the decision.
The decision to grant relaxation in the PAU rice variety 201 specifications may be further delayed as the union food ministry has referred the matter to the health ministry for analysis of the variety. The teams of the PFA authority (Prevention of Food Adulteration Act) of the ministry have arrived …
With traditional preoccupation of Indian women with agriculture coming under gradual stress due to advent of new technologies and change in farming pattern, the Directorate of Research on Women in Agriculture (DRWA) is working hard to redefine the role of women in farm sector. Evidently, the last year drought also …
The North-east has fared rather poorly in utilizing the funds allocated for horticulture development, and this should change if the region were to harness its tremendous potential in the sector. L Rynjah, Principal Adviser, Planning Commission, said this while interacting with the media during the
As climate change is a worldwide concern, the tea industry in Assam too is worried about the damage done to the plantation sector, with Jorhat-based Tocklai Experimental Station (TES) having already made some significant revelations in this respect. While the volume of rainfall in the state has been showing significant …
RASHME SEHGAL Vegetarianism has received a major boost with scientists of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) insisting that a vegetarian diet emits less green house gas (GMG). Meat, chicken and poultry products emit more green house gas (GMG) in comparison to fresh vegetables and chapatis. The IARI scientists have …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Small and marginal farmers would be the worst sufferers of climate change, Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Sharad Pawar said here on Wednesday.
Worried about the rising day and night temperatures in the winters, officials of the Punjab Agriculture Department will raise the issue at a meeting of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) on December 23. The meeting will be chaired by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and will be attended …
A higher carbon dioxide concentration in the air can help increase the productivity of certain crops Surinder Sud / New Delhi November 03, 2009, 0:28 IST Carbon dioxide (CO2) is infamous as a pollutant. It is one of the key greenhouse gases (GHGs), along with methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated …
