Since the start of the desert locust upsurge in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen just over four months ago, and the subsequent launch of FAO’s crisis appeal in January, a total of USD 130 million has been mobilized (85 percent of the requested USD 153 million). Together with …
In an effort to take back the unutilised land from the industrial houses, real estate developers, educational institutions, places of worship, the state government is proposing an amendment to Section 109 of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961. Minister for Revenue V Srinivas Prasad today tabled the Karnataka Land Reforms …
America’s farm, ranch and forest managers are stewards of the land, and have long recognized the significance of managing soil health, plant productivity and animal nutrition. Conservation practices and other management changes can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase carbon storage while improving soil health, crop or livestock productivity, …
The work of agricultural researchers and development workers in Africa has the potential to significantly improve the lives of the poor. But that potential can only be realized with easy access to high-quality data and information. The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development highlights the ubiquitous role of smallholder …
Aurangabad (Maharashtra): Absence of proper rainfall has risked the farmlands of Aurangabad district in Maharashtra and lack of subsequent effective government intervention is leaving farmers with no option but suicide. According to climate report of researchers there are high chances of climatic conditions similar to El Nino effect to occur …
‘Water scarcity curtailed cultivation of short-term crops’. The Tamizhaga Vivasayegal Sangam has made an appeal to the Government to declare Tamil Nadu as a drought-hit State. A resolution in this connection was passed at the state executive committee meeting of the association, here on Saturday. The association’s state president, M.R. …
A new FAO database collects previously scattered and unharmonized land cover information from around the globe into one centralized database, marking a major improvement in information regarding the physical characteristics of the Earth's surface. Up to now, one of the major challenges to getting a good global overview of land …
Agricultural activities in the developing world directly contribute about 4.23 GtCO2eq/y to the current anthropogenic forcing of the global climate, and indirectly a further approximately 3.93GtCO2eq/y through forest clearing and degradation. Together they constitute a quarter of the total global climate forcing from all sources. Many proven agricultural practices and …
The 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands (Wetlands Supplement) extends the content of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines by filling gaps in coverage and providing updated information reflecting scientific advances, including updating emission factors. It covers inland organic soils and wetlands on mineral soils, …
About 3.33 million hectares of China’s farmland is too polluted to grow crops, a government official said on Monday, highlighting the risk facing agriculture after three decades of rapid industrial growth. China has been under pressure to improve its urban environment following a spate of pollution scares. But cleaning up …
The world will need 70 percent more food, as measured by calories, in order to feed a global population of 9.6 billion people in 2050 finds this new report by UNEP, UNDP, WRI and the World Bank. Also provides solutions to close the food gap by reducing excessive consumption. New …
Favourable weather conditions have helped farmers to cross the government’s target in the amount of land that it wanted placed under Aman cultivation during the current year, Department of Agriculture Extension officials claim. The department has estimated that farmers have cultivated Aman in about 58 lakh hectares of land, almost …
With agricultural land falling prey to unchecked urbanisation and rampant commercialisation, the state government is helpless about putting a brake on the growing trend of land conversions. In 2011, the state government had established a committee, led by Minister for Housing, Horticulture, and Culture, to review the bill that would …
NAVIGATING Colombia’s mountainous countryside was even harder than usual for three weeks in the summer, when thousands of farmers blocked roads to protest about poor conditions in rural areas. The immediate causes of their anger were expensive fertiliser and recent free-trade deals with the United States and Europe. But their …
Due to the flash floods, vast agriculture land in the hill areas had been washed away, while those in the plains had also been damaged. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Thursday met Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi and submitted a proposal worth Rs 60.70 …
Land IS at a premium beyond the Assam plains in the Northeast where two-thirds of the area is made up of hills and mountains. With less than 3 percent cropland, Arunachal Pradesh is India’s most sparsely cultivated state. of the few patches of fertile alluvial fields, the most priceless are …
Global food production has already appropriated almost half the land suitable for agriculture. And there is no adding to that because the remainder supports the world’s surviving natural ecosystems vital to our future and that of our planet. We have no other option but to zealously protect every field and …
Jalandhar, June 2: Concerned over the depleting water table in 110 of the total 138 blocks of the state, the Punjab Agriculture Department plans to encourage farmers to sow alternative crops and reduce the land under paddy cultivation. This season the department has set a target of reducing land under …
MADURAI: In what may come as a surprise package to the farming community, the number of farmers in Madurai district has increased marginally, even as there is a decline at the national level. In 2001, there were 3.1 lakh land holdings or farmers for a population of 25.78 lakh in …
Pushing the country's food security at risk, nearly 69,000 hectares of agricultural land have been shrinking annually due to rapid industrialisation, unplanned urbanisation and increase in rural settlements, according to a recent study. The study reveals that annual loss of agricultural land in Bangladesh was 13,412 hectares during 1976-2000 and …
Srinagar, Apr 4: High Court today directed the Deputy Commissioners of Kashmir valley to stop conversion of agricultural land into residential colonies in their districts and asked them to explore possibility of accommodating the increasing population on modern lines. A Division Bench comprising Justice Mansoor Ahmed Mir and Justice Ali …
