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 …
The State Assembly on Monday referred to its Subject Committee the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland (Amendment) Bill, 2011, seeking to empower village officers with the authority to take action against those flouting the provisions of the original Act of 2008.
The Department of Environment yesterday fined dyeing factory Apparel Village Ltd Tk 30.31 lakh for polluting water bodies and cultivable land at Birulia in Savar. The penalty came after a team of Rapid Action Battalion-1 led by DoE Director (monitoring and enforcement) Muhammad Munir Chowdhury conducted a raid on the …
Narendra Modi seems to have set aside Hindutva to appease big business while the human development indices of Gujarat keep falling. WHEN Anna Hazare praised Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his achievements in rural development in Gujarat, it resulted in a slew of messages to the veteran Gandhian from outraged …
Foreign firms are coming to farm in IndiaThat Indian firms, some of them backed by the government, have gone scouting for land abroad to farm crops for consumption back home is well-known. Reversing the trend, now many Gulf countries are getting a toehold in India that will allow them to …
Mettuppalayam: The Odanthurai Panchayat in Mettuppalayam at the foothills of Western Ghats on Wednesday resolved not to grant approval for conversion of agricultural lands into layouts in a bid to prevent obstructions in the elephant corridor. A gram sabha meeting adopted a resolution stating that mushrooming real estate business at …
Much has been made in the media of the apparent contradiction between what United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently said about development and environmental concerns. In a meeting with editors, the Prime Minister is reported to have said that while care should be taken …
Over 1.31 million hectares of the cultivated area have been destroyed by floods in the four provinces and Azad Kashmir, according to the preliminary rapid damage assessment carried out by the United Nations. According to a report released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday, the highest loss …
A high-powered government body has fixed the price of each acre of agriculture land at Tk 4 lakh and the price of each acre of commercial land at Tk 7 lakh for the affected people in Barapukuria coal mine areas. "The Barapukuria Coal Mine Authority will start the disbursement of …
Parliament could see a sharp division on those seeking to protect interests of the farmers and those of the consumers during the debate on price rise in coming days. While Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has taken a position in favour of food grain producers, the Opposition is gearing up …
Construction of a new structure in place of the Mullaperiyar dam will be a grave threat to Tamil Nadu as it will deny water to a vast stretch of cultivable land in the southern districts, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Vaiko said here on Wednesday. Addressing party cadre at …
I am extremely happy to note that this year, India Today State of the States Conclave has decided to keep agriculture at the top of its agenda. The topic, "Second Green Revolution: What the States Need to Do", is extremely appropriate though I would modify it slightly to read "Second …
The district shot to national prominence when it elected Sonia Gandhi to the Lok Sabha, but in more recent times, Bellary in Karnataka has stayed in the news because of its mining tycoons"the Gali Reddy brothers, two of whom are members of the state Cabinet. {mosimage}Thanks to its mining wealth, …
The government has allocated 35,000 acres of land in the Trincomalee District for Banana cultivation to a private company, while the people in the area don
The country has suffered a financial loss of several hundred crores of taka in agriculture and its sub-sectors, including fisheries, poultry and livestock, due to the cyclone Aila, said sources at the ministry concerned on Sunday. Various types of standing crops on about 2.20 lakh hectares of land in 25 …
Only a short time ago, African farmland seemed of little interest to outsiders. But last year's food crisis and water scarcity in many countries has changed foreigners' appetite with the result being that fertile soil in Africa is now sought by international investors to the tune of hundreds of thousands …
