Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated January 21, 2024 in the matter of ‘News item titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023’. NGT had directed CPCB to file a …
The Government of India has approved an agriculture work plan of Rs 22.22 crore for the state for the current financial year. Director, Agriculture, J.C. Rana said under the work plan integrated cereal development programmes for wheat, pulses and oilseed, schemes for farm mechanism, integrated nutrients and pest management, national …
Kalimpong, May 29: The laying of optical fibre cable (OFC) in the hills by telecom companies and leaving loose soil around have not gone down well with residents who are blaming the shoddy covering-up job as one of the reasons for landslides in recent times. One such stretch is the …
In compliance with the announcement of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to provide loan to the farmers at the rate of three per cent interest, a precise in this regard would soon be sent to the State Cabinet for a final decision. This information was given at a review meeting …
Permafrost thaw and microbial decomposition is considered one of the most likely positive climate feedbacks from terrestrial ecosystems to the atmosphere in a warmer world, but the rate of carbon release from permafrost soil remains highly uncertain. Here, net ecosystem carbon exchange is measured in a tundra landscape undergoing permafrost …
Tobacco cultivation is posing a threat to the public health and the environment in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Although tobacco cultivation is strictly prohibited, the tobacco companies are doing brisk business, violating the rules. Besides, they motivate the farmers openly by offering incentives in cash and kind to cultivate tobacco. …
KHUMTAI: The lone Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) of Golaghat district situated in Khumtai is ready to serve farmers this monsoon season. Dr H C Baruah, programme co-ordinator of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, informed newspersons that his institution has taken an action plan to institute about 68 training programmes among agriculturists …
The Land Management Institute today organised a workshop on monitoring and evaluation of watershed projects for the project implementers. The workshop was organised under the presidency of Vivek Porwal, Director Watershed Mission and inaugurated by Panchayat and Rural Development Department, secretary IS Dani. Addressing the participants of the workshop porwal …
Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide, is a crucial task. Current measures include using technology to improve energy efficiency, planting forests to store carbon and promoting nutrient recycling so that carbon can be used to enrich the soil. The first two techniques are far more costly than nutrient …
The Indo-Gangetic Alluvial Plains (IGP) is among the most extensive fluvial plains of the world and cover several states of the northern, central and eastern parts of India. The IGP occupies a total area of approximately 43.7 m ha and represent eight agro-ecological regions (AER) and 14 agro-ecological subregions. The …
Mandi Ahmedgarh: In an effort to join the poll campaigns of their candidates, farmers of the area falling under the Sangrur and Ludhiana districts continue to burn wheat stubble in their fields. Despite warnings by environmentalists and farm scientists against the burning of stubble and the ban imposed by the …
Anti-infectives are constantly discharged at trace levels in natural waters near urban centers and agricultural areas. They represent a cause for concern because of their potential contribution to the spread of anti-infective resistance in bacteria and other effects on aquatic biota. We compiled data on the occurrence of anti-infectives published …
In India, of the 49 million hectares (mha) of acid soil, 25 mha has pH below 5.5. Considerable genetic variability for aluminium (Al) tolerance exists in pea seedlings at intraspecific level, which has allowed the selection of tolerant and productive genotypes for acidic soil.
ACCORDING to a recent study carried out by the UN agency, Food and Agriculture Organisation, intensive cropping in some agro-ecological regions of the country is causing long term degradation of natural resources and the environment and hampering food security. As reported by national media, the use of fertilisers in low …
The loss of organic matter is major concern for Pakistans croplands, as the organic matter plays an important role in the physical structure of soils and, more importantly, is a medium for biological processes. In a report on Irrigated Agriculture and Cropland, an ADB study says that the purely mineral …
Farmers in various areas of the Jammu region have expressed concern over the failure of the Irrigation Department to get the Ranbir Canal properly cleaned and desilted. They alleged that filthy water from the canal was damaging their standing vegetable crops and the quality of soil. The Irrigation Department had …
Global retail sales of organic cotton apparel and home textile products climbed 63 percent in 2008 to $3.2 billion, a report said on Wednesday. The Organic Cotton Market Report said some of the leading organic cotton retailers in the United States are Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Anvil Knitwear Inc, Nike Inc, …
