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 …
This paper makes a case for gender equity in the agricultural R&D; system. It reviews the evidence on exactly why it is important to pay attention to gender issues in agriculture and why it is necessary to recognize women
This paper estimates required investment and its allocation among different regions to maximize agricultural output gains and poverty reduction. The analysis uses a social welfare function to simulate the optimal allocation of research and development (R&D;) investment across developing regions to maximize agricultural growth or to maximize poverty reduction at …
Two of India's foremost agricultural scientists, whose names invariably come up whenever the phrase "green revolution" is uttered or written about - Dr. MS Swaminathan and Dr MV Rao-have not endorsed the application of Bt technology in brinjal so far Why? Dr. Swaminathan is well known as the "father of …
ERODE: Collector R. Sudalaikannan has called upon farmers in the district to take up paddy cultivation under the System of Rice Intensification method to enhance productivity. Participating in a special mass contact programme held at Jambai village in Bhavani block on Wednesday, the Collector said one farmer from each village …
Research projects on at least 36 genetically modified crops including rice, okra, brinjal, potato, groundnut and tomato are under process, the government told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
G. Srinivasan Crossing for the seedlings done manually every day at two farms Hand picked:A labourer spraying pollen grains on flowers of a coconut tree in the Agricultural Research Centre in Pattukottai on Tuesday. PATTUKOTTAI: Demand for hybrid coconut seedlings is high among the farmers of Thanjavur district. Catering to …
For quite sometime now, Goa has been witnessing artificial ripening of bananas posing health hazard to the consumer. Hopefully this will be thing of the past, to a great extent, as the Goa State Horticultural Corporation has plans to set up state-of-the-art ripening facility.
Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University has decided to take back PAU 201 paddy seed and replace it with PR-120 or PR-111, the other varities recommended by university experts. Taking the initiative in favour of the farming community, PAU officials today called upon the interested farmers to get a replacement of paddy …
Scientists Clear 11 New Varieties, Panel Releases List Nationally Prashant Rupera | TNN Vadodara/Anand: Paddy growing farmers and consumers across the country are set to get more choice with rice scientists giving clearance to 11 new rice varieties for national release
ANDREW POLLACK Critics of biotechnology, who say the crops may be risky to health and the environment, have issued studies say- ing the use of the crops has resulted in increased reliance on pesticides and has had only a minimal effect on crop yields. The report is described as the …
APPROXIMATELY 6.73 million hectares of India’s agricultural land is affected by varying degrees of soil salinity. About 130 million hectares are under agriculture. “Estimates indicate that by 2025 the country may have an area of about 13 million hectares under salt-affected soils,” said Suresh K Chaudhari, a scientist in the …
District in-charge minister Dr Mumtaz Ali Khan has suggested farmers in the parched district to adopt scientific methods in agriculture. Mumtaz Ali KhanPresiding over a meeting of Agriculture Development Committee here on Monday, the minister said farmers in the drought-hit district were dependent on vagaries of weather and truant rains. …
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI Despite minister of food & agriculture Sharad Pawar pushing for Bt brin al, farmers across the coun ry are not enthusiastic abou growing this vegetable in heir field. India's first com prehensive study of geneti cally-modified (GM) food highlights that the majority of farmers are not …
Kolar (Jagraon): Banana was once considered an unviable crop in Punjab due to its climatic requirements. But that was in days of yore. Today, banana cultivation is spread over not less than 250 acres in the state. Though a high value crop, it was not being grown in Punjab till …
Soybean, the 'Golden Bean' is an important oilseed and pulse crop containing about 20% edible oil and 40% protein. Soybean being legume crop, mainly draw nutrients from native pool of soil therefore the incremental doses of fertilizers will not help in increasing the productivity, rather the function of beneficial microbes …
People may never look at brinjal in the same way again. In the last few months, this innocuous vegetable has garnered much public attention and so did the research and development happening in the field of agriculture. R&D; in agriculture which usually misses to impress the media or the people …
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has posted to April 22 the hearings on a petition filed by Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech (MMB) against the Andhra Pradesh Government over fixation of Bt cotton trait value. MMB has contended that the Government has no role in fixing the trait value and appealed to the …
