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: Scientists from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institutes, who recently surveyed the damage caused by hailstorms, have recommended raising of permanent windbreaks or shelterbelts on the windward side and growing genotypes to avoid failure of all crops. Windbreaks comprise a hedge, fence, or a row of trees …
Kerala cannot afford to overlook the potential of Genetically Modified (GM) crops to emerge as a substitute for toxic chemicals used against plant parasites in polyhouse cultivation, Swapan K. Dutta, Deputy Director General (Crop Sciences), Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) has said. Talking to The Hindu on the sidelines …
Thirty-five agricultural scientists, most of them associated with the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), on Tuesday mooted the continuation of field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops under their guidance, without a no-objection certificate (NoC) from the respective state governments. “Agriculture is a state subject, and state agricultural universities …
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (Icrisat) is set to release its high breed short duration pigeon pea (tur dal) seed variety ICPH 3672 on a large scale in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh in the next crop season starting June. The institute has tied …
Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday ruled out a sharp fall in foodgrain production because of an anticipated adverse impact of El Nino on the southwestern monsoon. “Our Met department is seriously concentrating on this subject. We have seen this situation in 2009 as well. But according to the assessment …
Though Tamil Nadu has a long coastline and a good fish catch, maintaining quality of the catch is a serious issue. A two-day seminar on developing fisheries in water-deficient regions got under way here on Tuesday. It aims to find various ways to enthuse the government into developing policies that …
Though the state government today hosted AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi to brainstorm on farmers’ issues to be included in the 2014 Lok Sabha manifesto, the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government has been dragging its feet on notifying the state’s agriculture policy since September, 2012. The policy was submitted by the …
The state government is coming up with an ambitious project of Hybrid Maize Seed Production in Banswara-Dungarpur, the twin districts of south Rajasthan. The areas so far known for the vulnerable condition of their tribal population will soon come to be recognized as the hybrid corn seed hub within a …
The government has allowed commercial cultivation of Bt cotton, while moratorium has been put on Bt brinjal There are no "credible scientific reports" to prove that genetically modified (GM) crops have adverse impact on environment, human health and livestock, the government said in Parliament today. "No madam, there are no …
The Punjab Government today directed the District Chief Agriculture Officers to step up monitoring of the wheat crop affected by yellow rust in the state. The move came following more reports of yellow rust attack on wheat crop, especially in the Kandi belt and Banur area, near Rajpura. The District …
Following three years of research, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) has identified core genes which would help in development of new varieties of wheat, rice and vegetables which would withstand climatic variations. These varieties, identified from the four lakh accessions held with NBPGR or the national gene bank, …
Govt. committee headed by Cabinet Secretary readies draft affidavit If the Environment Ministry relents, the government will intend slamming the Supreme Court’s Technical Expert Committee (TEC) on genetically modified (GM) crop regulations. The draft affidavit prepared jointly by the Ministries of Agriculture and Science to be submitted to the court, …
The government’s attempts to get the Environment Ministry to support field trials have failed. The government’s attempts to persuade the Environment Ministry to accept the Agriculture, and Science and Technology Ministries’ views in favour of immediately going ahead with field trials of genetically modified (GM) food crops have failed so …
New Delhi : With wide variations in climatic conditions becoming a frequent phenomenon, the agriculture ministry has projected a decline in yield of crops such as rice, wheat, maize and sorghum. However, it expects output of soybean, groundnut and potato to rise by 2030 and beyond. Under the ‘National Initiative …
With recurrent floods, storms and erratic rainfall adversely impacting farmers and agricultural productivity, the government will soon commence pilot programmes in Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh for climate change mitigation through district-level contingency plans. An agriculture ministry official told FE that in the last three years 450 district-level contingency plans have …
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has sought Rs 5,700 crore to strengthen Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) in the 12th Plan. During the 11th Plan, the allocation for KVK was Rs 2,000 crore. K.D. Kakote, Deputy Director-General of ICAR, said: “We have sought massive funds to strengthen KVK infrastructure in …
Four maize varieties have been recently released by the maize department of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) at the national level this year. All of them have passed rigorous field trials held across various states. "These varieties have passed tests proving that they have a higher productivity than 4 high …
Researchers at India’s premier agricultural institute have found the Goan climatic condition suitable for the farming of sweet corn, the cash crop that is in good demand. Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s (ICAR) senior horticulture scientists Dr K Ramachandrudu and Dr M Thangam culminating their two-year long research have come …
Stating that the overall area under rice production had reduced from 45,000 hectares to 32,000 hectares in the last 10 years due to mining, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Director, Dr Narendra Pratap Singh said that now the trend is reversing due to the closure of mining operations. Rice …
