NITI Aayog has launched the GROW initiative, focusing on transforming India's wastelands through agroforestry. The Greening and Restoration of Wasteland with Agroforestry (GROW) report, analyses the country's environmental and sustainable land use efforts using advanced remote sensing and GIS technologies. The report offers a detailed state-wise and district-wise analysis, providing …
Aiming to reduce India’s dependence on fossil fuels¤ the Centre gave its nod to the national biofuel policy last month that the ministry of new and renewable energy (mnre) has developed. The policy sets a 2017 deadline to achieve blending 20 per cent home grown biofuel with petrol and diesel¤ …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has targeted afforestation in six million hectares of degraded forest land by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan. In this context, the Government
There was a time when desert in India was synonymous with the Thar in Rajasthan. But the sands have flown across—unchecked and uncontained—and taken over parts of Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh as they advance by half a kilometre every year. There would soon be more contenders on …
CPI state secretariat demanding to stop acquisition process of fertile agricultural lands for upcoming power project in Lalitpur district on Thursday suggested that this project could be set up on forest department
Ajay Modi / New Delhi January 5, 2010, 0:55 IST New government policy on biofuels may consider financial incentives. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the country
Barren soil undergoes several changes in its physical and chemical properties when brought under tree cover. Trees influence the soil by providing shade and litter at the surface and through their roots in the sub-surface layers. The changes undergone by the barren soil after raising Tectona grandis plantation in Chiryapur …
Various mining projects have been proposed in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. The proposed mining area seeks to destroy about 200 sq km. in the Western Ghats part of the Sawantwadi and Dodamarg blocks of the district in the core of the northern Western Ghats.
Over the last four decades exploitation of natural resources to meet increasing societal demands for land based products has caused significant changes in land use and land cover not only in nature's best gifted regions but also environmentally sensitive arid regions. Through digital interpretation of IRS LISS-III data of 2004 …
The planning of conservation measures to conserve water and soil resources taking hydrological planning unit as micro-watershed is considered to be effective. The automated watershed delineation technique using the spline interpolated filled digital elevation model (DEM) is effective in converging slopes of the area in which the stream patterns match …
Nanjido, an island in Republic of South Korea, at the end of the Han River was made a landfill site in 1978. Fifteen years later, the site had to be closed due to the extensive damage caused by the pollution of soil, air, surface and underground water. In 1996, the …
Biomass estimation and productivity studies were conducted in 3, 6 and 9 years old plantations of Dalbergia sissoo in sodic lands of Sultanpur District in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. A set of regression equations for biomass production per unit area was also developed to be applied on regional basis.
While the issue of crop diversification for better returns has always topped the agenda of agriculture experts, horticultural crops, especially for high and waste lands, have shown new promise with good returns. Paddy being the major crop for all land types in the State, the recent drought-like situation has given …
The mindset of farmers should be changed and multiple cropping is essential to increase productivity as recurrence of floods almost every year has made production of crops uncertain said MLA Sipajhar LAC Binanda Kumar Saikia. He was addressing the inaugural function of the cultivation process of mustard, lentils and maize …
A 50-acre plot in Action Area III of Rajarhat, with no infrastructure in sight, is the land of hope for the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government desperate to resurrect the bruised Brand Bengal. The state government has earmarked this plot for Wipro, the IT major is yet to accept the proposal. But …
New Delhi: In rural India, ceiling should be imposed on irrigated lands above 15-20 hectares and holdings of non-irrigated lands should be limited to 10-15 hectares, a committee of rural development ministry on agrarian land reforms has recommended. The ceiling limits should be implemented with retrospective effect, the committee said. …
Research on energy from nuclear, wind, tidal and biological origins gained great momentum but it needs special infrastructure facilities, whereas biofuels can be produced from a diverse set of crops. Each country is adopting a strategy that exploits the comparative advantages it holds in certain crops. In India, more than …
