Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
KOLLAM: Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran has said that the expatriate Keralites also have directly or indirectly contributed to the decline in the acreage of paddy fields. Inaugurating a seminar on rehabilitation of NRKs organised as part of the district convention of Kerala Pravasi Federation here on Monday, the Minister said …
Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate a two-day symposium, training and exhibition on September 14 at Bhopal, which will be held to give a fillip to protected cultivation in Madhya Pradesh. The function will be presided over by Horticulture Minister Shri Kailash Vijayvargiya. The function based on greenhouse/polyhouse …
Farmers of the state will get such variety of mustard seeds which will mature within short period and will be with more oil content. The Regional Agriculture Research Centre, Morena of the Rajmata Vijayaraje Agriculture University has developed a new variety of mustard seed, 'Rajmata Mustard-1'. This has proved successful …
COIMBATORE: Climate change and climate variability have major impact on food production systems. In the face of challenges and opportunities arising out of these threats, there is an urgent need to introduce multi-disciplinary approaches to maximise resources and develop
Why can't India design ergonomic farm equipment? Surinder Sud / New Delhi September 7, 2010, 0:01 IST Consider these startling facts. Nearly 45,000 agricultural workers lose their lives every year working in the fields and 755,000 others suffer various kinds of injuries, many of which can be wholly or partially …
T. Nandakumar Subhash Palekar is spearheading a quiet revolution Thiruvananthapuram: At a time when governments are going all out to promote organic farming as an environment-friendly alternative to the conventional agricultural methods that depend on chemical fertilizers and pesticides, a farmer and activist from Maharashtra is spearheading a quiet revolution …
Jorhat, Sept. 2: From finding a cure for AIDS to providing food security to the world, genomics is indispensable for curing many an ill, Padma Bhushan Asis Datta, Professor of Eminence, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, JNU, said here today. Delivering the 16th JN Baruah Memorial lecture at the …
SANDIP DAS Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, sometimes called India's `suicide belt', has this year added the bulk of the increase in Bt cotton acreage. With this achievement, the time is ripe to look into greater technology infusions, which can further augment output over the next few years. Sure, the area under …
"Max Bupa" collects the information within this ad and is solely responsible for their use of it. Please read their Privacy policy.KOCHI: The problems faced by global agriculture, starting from soil degradation owing to high input chemical agriculture, euphemistically known as the Green Revolution, to the ravages of global warming …
Chandigarh: The Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation (Markfed) signed a memorandum of understanding with Bayer CropScience, an innovation leader to introduce technologies to promote rice cultivation in the state.Jens Hartmann, country head, India, head of Bayer CropScience, South Asia observed after signing the MoU that
Potato type I and II serine protease inhibitors are produced by solanaceous plants as a defense mechanism against insects and microbes. Nicotiana alata proteinase inhibitor (NaPI) is a multidomain potato type II inhibitor (pin II) that is produced at high levels in the female reproductive tissues of the ornamental tobacco, …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government has signed an MoU with J. K. Agri-Genetics Ltd. for increase in seed production, development of new breeds and transfer of technical knowledge in the agriculture sector. State Additional Chief Secretary (Agriculture) S. Ahmed and J. K. Agri-Genetics CEO S.K. Gupta signed the MoU at Pant …
Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai August 19, 2010, 0:41 IST Monsanto India (MIL), the leading hybrid seed and technology provider, plans to launch two high-yielding hybrid variety of maize, next year. The premium seeds Dekalb 9108 and Dekalb 9106 will be available during spring and the kharif seasons in Uttar …
A Hamburg-based lab, Eurofins, has alleged high levels of pesticide residue in Indian rice, basmati and non basmati. This is likely to start a long-drawn legal battle and for the time being jeopardise around $300m in basmati exports alone to Europe. The first batch of legal correspondence from the grain …
The Central Government has consented for setting up of International Millet and Wheat Research Centre at Khamaria near Jabalpur. This Research Centre will be set up with cooperation of Mexico. Here research will be conducted for producing hybrid quality seeds of Millets and Wheat. In view of the dwindling wheat …
GREENING of citrus or huanglongbing disease affects oranges, kinnows, lemons and other members of the citrus family. The bacterial infection, characterised by yellow leaves and unripe green fruits, is difficult to detect. A recent study offers insight into how the disease might be detected early in sweet oranges. The disease …
Afrequent traveller to rural parts of northern India will find something odd about the roadside sights on a ride from Jaipur to Jobner, especially during late March. On the fields flanking the nearly 50-km stretch, bundles of freshly cut wheat signal the harvest season. But instead of the golden ears …
