Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Avinash Vidhrohi Vs State of Himachal Pradesh dated 04/11/2022. Avinash Vidhrohi resident of village Deoli, tehsil Ghanari, district Una, Himachal Pradesh in his application to the NGT said that the PWD Department got pruning of all branches of 200 fruit …
Lucknow: Famous Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib had once said, “A a m k h o o b h o a u r m e e t h e h o,” (mango must be in plenty and sweet) after having tasted Lucknow’s famous Dusseheri variety of mango. However, this time the …
Vijayawada: Mango farmers are expressing concern over fall in price due to trips attack on mangoes. Though the mango crop was encouraging this year, majority of mango gardens were affected with trips. The farmers attribute the low quality yield to rainfall in January end when the trees were in flowering …
New Delhi:As a fall-out of the tree cutting incident in Vasant Kunj’s block C-6 on Saturday, the forest department filed an FIR with the Vasant Kunj (North) police station against the president of the colony resident welfare association. The accused was arrested and released on bail. As per FIR number …
Lion’s share of credit earmarked for agriculture, allied activities in PLP Even as the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has earmarked a lion’s share of credit for agriculture and allied activities in its Potential Linked Credit Plan (PLP) for Ariyalur district, one of the most backward districts …
About 40 to 54 per cent of the daily consumed foods including fish, milk and baby foods are found adulterated and poisonous and the adulteration is increasing for the last couple of years. This was disclosed in a report prepared by the National Food Safety Laboratory (NFSL) under the Institute …
Israel has decided to open three ‘Centres of Excellence’ in the field of agriculture in Karnataka. The country also plans to open its second consulate in India, in Bangalore by October to attract tourists, especially from South India. Speaking to Deccan Herald, the Consul General for Israel in India, Orna …
Fruits should be thoroughly washed with fresh/salt water to remove pesticides and other chemicals Consuming seasonal fruits is one of the best ways to stay healthy when braving scorching summer days. Doctors and dieticians say that fruits provided necessary nutrients while keeping diseases away. But, there is concern over carcinogenic …
Some miscreants have cut down 50 fruit bearing mango trees on Wednesday night at Baribathan village under Sadar Upazila in Jhenidah. This mango orchard owns Shahidul Islam son of Abul Hossain of Baribathan village of the district. Shahidul said, a few days back he protested an unethical activity of some …
A study has been undertaken to assess the number of six important tree species including teak, mango, babool, neem, kathal and shisham outside forests in rural areas of district Gorakhpur.
The Maharashtra government has decided to launch a project with $85 million funding from the Asian Development Bank, which will augment the agriculture infrastructure in the State. The project is named Agribusiness Infrastructure Development Investment Program (AIDIP) and aims to achieve accelerated investment in agriculture sector and to support related …
Before dawn every day he joins hundreds of wholesale traders at Delhi's Azadpur Mandi, a sprawling, chaotic market where trucks blare Bollywood music, porters haul huge brown sacks of fruit and vegetables and hawkers ply tea and cigarettes. His own trade is in rosy red apples, laced with calcium carbide. …
The Karnataka Planters' Association (KPA), which is currently holding its coffee area scientific symposium (CASS) in Israel, plans to adopt kibbutz model of drip irrigation for their plantations. “After visiting the Naan Dan Kibbutz near Tel Aviv, we were able to get a first-hand experience of irrigation facilities created to …
Indian Agriculture Research Institute has developed four hybrid mango varieties which promise a yield three-four times higher than the existing varieties. This is likely to scale up mango production in the next 10 years without any additional input cost. The varieties named Pusa Pratibha, Pusa Peetamber, Pusa Shreshth and Pusa …
Acting on the directives of the Centre, States such as Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana are ready with their annual plans to boost horticulture production. Besides these States, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa have also drawn the annual action plan for 2012-13 horticulture year, sources in the Agriculture Ministry …
2,000 Kg Of Unseasonal Alphonso Ready For Plucking By February Surat: There have been cases of unseasonal fruit growing on an isolated tree but not in an entire orchard. An estimated 2,000 kg of mangoes on 100 trees of an orchard near Sarigam on the Gujarat-Maharashtra border will be ready …
Contrary to popular belief that trees fight pollution, several species of plants including cashew, tamarind, guava, mango, custard apple, gulmohar, banyan, sapota and jackfruit, are falling prey to heavy air pollution in the industrial city of Visakhapatnam. Researchers from the departments of chemistry, and environmental studies, GITAM University, Visakh-apatnam, have …
In the land of sops, the latest is mango milkshake. The Tamil Nadu government is considering a plan to provide mango milkshake to mid-day meal centres, with the state milk cooperative, Aavin, directed to examine the proposal. However, unlike the hugely popular mid-day meal scheme implemented at thousands of government …
It is providing incentives to framers for the number of trees grown Forest Department in its attempt to create awareness among masses has taken up many novel projects aiding more greenery in Udupi district through the process of involving public. Kundapur division ACF Manjunath Shetty informed Deccan Herald that many …
The Centre plans to amend the Atomic Energy Act to acquire land in and around the world’s biggest nuclear plant in the works at Jaitapur, where protests have stalled the land acquisition process. The proposed draft has a new Section 2, in Clause 19, that would allow the Centre to …
Sakleshpur (Hassan dist) : At a time when farmers often demand compensation for failed crops, Jai Maruthi Devaraj, a ryot of Jannapura in the taluk has set an example on how to reap rich benefits in farming. His three acre farm with dense banana plantation is hard to miss on …
