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 …
Pune Pune district is all set to house yet another national institution in the form of the National Centre for Abiotic Stress, with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) giving the green signal to the proposal. The institute will be set up in Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress …
Shashikant Trivedi / Bhopal December 12, 2008, 0:47 IST Scientists also working on transgenic soya, potato. Come 2012 and Indian farmers will have their own transgenic cotton. They will not have to depend on seed companies for transgenic cotton seed and can be the consumers of their own cotton crop. …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi November 10, 2008, 0:15 IST In a significant move to avert potential global wheat crisis, the wheat growing countries have decided to combat the threat from a new and fast-spreading disease, called Ug99 rust, which can wipe out wheat cultivation in several countries across the …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi November 04, 2008, 0:24 IST The ASRB chief has come up with possible solutions to find quality scientists to man research institutes. Dissatisfaction among agricultural scientists over the procedures of their recruitment and career enhancement has been the bane of the National Agricultural Research System …
The Centre is planning increase in the outlay for agriculture in the 11th five-year plan. In the 10th five-year plan, an amount of Rs 20,000 crore was earmarked for agriculture. In the next plan, the amount has been raised to Rs 1 lakh crore (Rs 1 trillion). This was stated …
T.V. Sivanandan GULBARGA: Scientists at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) are preparing to meet the serious threat to wheat cultivation in the country from the
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Fifty-two per cent of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) and on-farm testing service of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), were still demonstrating old crop varieties released between 1948 and 1997 in frontline demonstrations on oilseeds and pulses. As a result, the latest crop varieties and …
National Centre for Integrated Pest Management (NCIPM), a national research centre of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India was established in February, 1988 to cater to the emerging plant protection needs of different agro-ecological zones of the country. The activities of the centre extend across and beyond different disciplines …
Wanton coal mining in Meghalaya is not only harming the environment but also affecting food grain production of the State by degrading the cultivable land and polluting the irrigable water supply. "In particular, paddy cultivation has been adversely affected in the coal mining areas," a State Government report said. The …
Ranchi, Sept. 19: Jharkhand receives a good rainfall but in the absence of a water conservation system, the water drains out. Hence, water conservation methods, like rainwater harvesting, are needed to increase awareness among masses. These points came to the fore during a seminar on the status of water conservation …
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), through its multi-disciplinary research programmes had identified several viable alternative land use models and land management practices that can be introduced in areas under shifting cultivation. These models were developed based on their evaluation in terms of their long term runoff, production potentials, …
In the recent outbreak of avian bird flu (H5N1) in West Bengal during January-February 2008, the Government responded promptly by distributing equipment for culling operations and Tamiflu, which resulted in effective control of the outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) rightly issued a warning notice that the outbreak in West …
India with its varied agro-climatic conditions and topography has been considered as the botanical garden of the world. Our herbal wealth constitutes about 5000 species of known medicinal and aromatic plants. The increase in population, rapid expansion of the area under food and commercial crops, deforestation, extension of urban area …
National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal genetics were set up on 21st September, 1984. At present the Bureau has fully developed Information System on Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources. The Bureau is engaged in the characterization and evaluation of Livestock and Poultry genetic resources of …
