Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
KOZHIKODE: By driving in two rusted nails at the base of each tree, a Kerala farmer has managed to save his arecanut trees from a fungal infection that causes leaves to turn yellow and kills the tree. While T Benny
Over 3000 acres of coconut grooves along Birur-Lingadalli road in Kadur taluk have been infested by the black headed caterpillar. Partial view of the coconut trees affected by black headed caterpillar at Balliganur. DH PHOTO The saplings are drying due to the attack by the worm. The problem is severe …
Pink bollworm (PBW, Pectinophora gossypiella Saund.) is a pest of economic importance in cotton producing countries. Earlier results of host-plant resistance to the PBW indicated races of Gossypium hirsutum L. and some wild species including Gossypium thurberi Tod. which are resistant to PBW. Hence prebreeding efforts were made to transfer …
Pakistan is seeking a regional action plan to combat the wheat stem rust (UG99) virus that has caused serious damage to wheat crops in many counties. UG99 originated in Uganda in 1999 and has migrated to many countries. It has reached Iran and become a regional threat that now confronts …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said the state government had decided to cover maize, bajra, cotton and arhar under the National Insurance Agriculture Scheme in the state during kharif-2009. He said the decision had been taken keeping in view the drought-like situation in the state. Hooda said under …
Chinese government has agreed to send its agricultural experts to Pakistan for the control of Cotton leaf curl virus that has extensively hit cotton crop in Punjab and Sindh. Three experts from China have been invited to visit Pakistan to support the ongoing research against the virus, the chairman Pakistan …
A forum consisting of Scientists has been appointed to diagnose diseases affecting coconut cultivation in the country and recommend remedial measures with special focus on a disease affecting coconut palms in the South, the Plantation Industries Ministry said. This forum was appointed at a special discussion presided over by the …
Pushpa M. Bhargava Policies with regard to agriculture, education and health need to change in order to ensure a meaningful and wide-ranging security for this country. The arms business is probably the second largest business in the world after the food business. It is, therefore, not surprising that we consider …
MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST - From the vantage point of an 80-foot (25 meter) tower rising above the trees, the Wyoming vista seems idyllic: snow-capped peaks in the distance give way to shimmering green spruce. But this is a forest under siege. Among the green foliage of the healthy spruce …
Long infamous for heroin, opium, and other poppy products, the Golden Triangle, the mountainous, thickly forested intersection of Laos, Myanmar (formerly Burma), and China, is now becoming known for another plant: Hevea brasiliensis, the Par
The document proposes elements of a new world food security governance structure and addresses agriculture mitigation and adaptation to climate change. The document, titled
Rot disease has surfaced in the areca plantations of Kattemane in Lokanathapura village affecting huge quantity of yield. Heavy rains have resulted in increased moisture in the atmosphere, which in turn has caused rot disease. Areca growers in the region are anxious over the possible spread of the disease to …
The ninth species of the tomato leaf curl virus in India is found supriya chakraborty was used to tomato farmers in Varanasi complaining about their dwarfed plants that would produce no fruits. The agriculture scientist saw many farmers shift to other crops. First the leaves would turn yellow, curl up …
Worms feeding on the roots of areca trees and yellow leaf disease have come as a blow to the areca growers of the region. The loss incurred due to these two factors have worsened the condition of the growers. Frequent weather changes, fall in price of areca and various kinds …
Africa's farmers need help to access loans, fertilizer and export markets to avoid future food supply crises caused by climate change and commodities speculation, a top agricultural expert said on Tuesday. Wheat, rice and maize prices have fallen sharply from their 2008 highs, when protests broke out across the developing …
Saffron yields fall in Kashmir. Climate change? Or just over-anxious farmers In mid-16th century, Abul Fazl, visited Kashmir. Fazl was a formidable administrator, a historiographer and one of the nine gems at Mughal emperor Akbar
In mid-altitude of the North Eastern Hill (NEH) region of India, a second crop of rice following the harvest of main kharif (July to mid-November) rice is not possible due to early onset of low temperature (<15
They suggest chisel ploughing once in four years THANJAVUR: The Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute at Aduthurai near Kumbakonam in the district has said that the Rice Leaf Mite (Oilgonychus oryzae) has attained pest status in Cauvery deltaic regions of Tamil Nadu. In a press release issued here, TRRI scientists …
Jammu: The strawberry crop grown over hundreds of acres in Jammu is threatened by widespread fungal attacks. In many areas, the plants have in fact prematurely wilted following a fungal blight attack. According to cultivators in Bishnah, Samba and Hiranagar
Chikmagalur, DH News Service: Monday, June 15, 2009 Coffee berry borer is causing nightmare to robusta coffee growers in the district. Coffee Board Extension unit Deputy Director G H Omkarappa has estimated that about 20,000 hectare of land in the district is affected by coffee berry borer disease. Robusta is …
