Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
Bringing pending clearance issue of the genetically modified (GM) mustard back on its table, the central biotech regulator - Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) - has asked the developer of this variety to undertake “field demonstration” to generate additional data to check whether the transgenic oilseed affects honey bees and …
Millions of Kenyans and Ugandans will experience extreme heat stress later this century as a result of climate change, a new US scientific study warns. “People living in already warm climates will have to endure increasingly intolerable conditions,” said Salvi Asefi-Najafabady, a University of Virginia researcher who led the study. …
The report findings shows how farming can generate employment opportunities and reduce poverty A major study by the Africa Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) has highlighted how transforming agriculture can become a stimulus for economic development across the continent. The report, the second of its kind from the centre, was …
There remain misconceptions regarding farmer suicides. There is a need to set right these erroneous ideas based on scientific studies that have been conducted seeking to devise solutions to address the prevailing crisis of the peasantry in Punjab.
With India emerging as a leading cotton producer in the world, and considering the large-scale adoption of Bt cotton cultivation, there is a need to understand the patterns of pesticide use by cotton farmers, especially as environmental, ecological, and health concerns surrounding pesticide use continue to be debated.
Nodal Officers not appointed in majority of key deptts JAMMU, May 10: Notwithstanding visible adverse impact of climate change, J&K; is showing slackness in obtaining benefit of National Adaptation Fund on Climate Change, a Central Sector Scheme aimed at mitigating the effects of change in the statistical distribution of weather …
Due to its complex polyploidy nature (hexaploid, containing A, B and D three subgenomes) and large genome size (17 Gb), the genetic and functional analysis of bread wheat is extremely challenging. The A genome, originates from the diploid wild einkorn wheat Triticum urartu with a genome size about 5 Gb, …
Abuja — Nigeria's economic productivity could decrease by up to 11 per cent by 2020 and up to 30 per cent by 2050 as a result of climate change, a new report has revealed. The report said while government is pursuing a vision of economic transformation and commercialisation with agriculture …
Farmers in various parts of the country are worried that they might face food insecurity following heavy rains that have ravaged the country for the past months, submerging crops on thousands of hectares. With over 13,000 farmers, UCORIBU, a union of rice farmers' co-operatives operating in Gisagara, Huye and Nyanza …
ABOUT 9 000 farmers in the province have taken up Climate Smart Agriculture programme, offered by the Zimbabwe Framers Union to ensure food security. The programme seeks to transform agricultural systems to ensure food security in the face of climate change. ZFU is sending climate-related messages to farmers' mobile phones …
The Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture decided to ban agricultural imports from South Africa over the outbreak of deadly listeria bacteria in South African agricultural products, official MENA news agency reported Thursday. The Egyptian ministry's Central Administration for Agricultural Quarantine also banned issuing any import permits related to agricultural products from …
Kenya is among five countries that will receive insurance cover for farmers suffering losses caused by weather-related disasters. This is part of a rural resilience initiative launched by the UN World Food Programme and Oxfam to protect poor farmers and strengthen their income as well as food security. Benoit Thiry …
For generations, farmers planted the lush earth of Awedai and nearby areas in eastern Ethiopia with coffee trees, earning a livelihood from a crop that is now the country’s main export. But the centuries-long practice is now being abandoned in favour of khat, a leafy plant chewed as a stimulant …
A new comprehensive surface temperature data set for India is used to document changes in Indian temperature over seven decades, in order to examine the patterns and possible effects of global warming. The data set is subdivided into pre-monsoon, monsoon, and post-monsoon categories in order to study the temperature patterns …
The projected demand of maize production in India in 2050 is 4–5 times of current production. With the scope for area expansion being limited, there is need for enhancement of yield. This calls for identifying areas where huge unrealized yield potential exists. With a view to address the issue, the …
The Bench presided over by Justice R F Nariman issued notice to all parties and posted the hearing for July 18 The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the Delhi high court order against Monsanto Technology in its patent dispute with Nuziveedu Seeds. The Bench presided over by Justice …
Agroecology is a better alternative than large-scale agriculture, both for the climate and for small farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to researcher Ellinor Isgren from Lund University in Sweden. This agricultural model preserves biodiversity and safeguards food supply while avoiding soil depletion. "We must consider other, alternative models for developing …
Crop burning, dust pollution, vehicular pollution, thermal power generation, have all been around for donkeys years. They all cause air pollution but are marginal contributors . The game changer that has created the most environmental pollution is none other than the refinery crude at the bottom of the barrel called …
Upset by loss of livelihoods, unfulfilled promises The 1.5 kilometres from Sagar Naka to Paar Naka in Dahanu was a river of red on Thursday. More than 50,000 farmers from over 60 villages in the Thane-Palghar district in red caps and sari, waving red flags, protested against the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet …
Five million people in West Africa's Sahel region will need food aid in the coming months following a drought, but current funding will be insufficient to prevent starvation, the United Nations said on Thursday. Six countries in the Sahel, a semi-arid belt below the Sahara, are facing the worst hunger …
