Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Srikanta Samanta Vs State of West Bengal dated 13/11/2024. The matter related to a dumping ground located near the southern boundary wall of the Nabagram Hiralal Pau College, Konnagar, Hooghly which is posing a serious environmental …
Massive pest attack has been threatening Aman cultivation at Kaunia upazila in Rangpur district, causing grave concern among the farmers about the yield of the paddy during the current season. The pest has continued wreaking havoc on the plants foiling several attempts to prevent it by spaying pesticides. Local farmers …
Injudicious use telling on soil, crops and public health, Punjab pushes alternatives. There have been few takers. Amarjit Singh sets a trap with an electrical bulb on his 12-acre in Punjab’s Char Ke village. “Under it we keep an open-mouth utensil filled with water, with 20 to 30 ml diesel …
The cotton crop in Haryana is under the worst attack of whiteflies and Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCuV) this year. Earlier, Ferozepore and Abohar in Punjab and Ganganagar in Rajasthan used to be the centre of attack. According to Dr Dalip Monga, principal scientist and head of the Sirsa regional …
Insect swarms from warmer regions near the equator branching out to new locations they would have previously found too cold Hundreds of crop pests are advancing away from the tropics at a rate of nearly two miles a year, research has shown. The mostly likely explanation for the trend is …
Crop-damaging pests are moving towards the poles at a rate of more than 25 km (16 miles) a decade, aided by global warming and human transport, posing a potential threat to world food security, a study showed on Sunday. The spread of beetles, moths, bacteria, worms, funghi and other pests …
Central American coffee industry officials say the region's arabica crop is weathering an outbreak of leaf-rust fungus, but try telling that to small-hold farmers like Graciela Alvarenga. Her 0.3 hectare (0.74 acre) plot in Honduras' El Paraiso region near the border with Nicaragua has been so hard hit, she now …
The vegetable accounts for the largest use of insecticides. Not many know that brinjal, a commonly used vegetable, accounts for the highest use of insecticides among all the vegetables in the country. This is mainly because farmers have no option but to spray insecticides on a weekly basis 15 to …
Failure to implement legislation hurting farmers Poor quality seedlings and lack of monitoring of nurseries selling seedlings of fruits and vegetables to farmers are the main reasons why horticulture farmers in the State are losing out on their crop yield, said Dr M Krishna Reddy, Principal Scientist, Plant Pathology, Indian …
The Minister of Agriculture Ghulam Hassan Mir today dedicated the Mobile Plant Health Clinic van for district Udhamur under ATMA at Kissan mela held at village Neeli Nallah Jib. The MLA Udhampur Balwant Singh Mankotia was also present on the occasion. Over 500 farmers including women participated in the Kissan …
Vijayawada: Mango farmers are expressing concern over fall in price due to trips attack on mangoes. Though the mango crop was encouraging this year, majority of mango gardens were affected with trips. The farmers attribute the low quality yield to rainfall in January end when the trees were in flowering …
Wild arabica coffee may be extinct in 70 years, making it harder for plantations to survive long-term, scientists warn Rising temperatures due to climate change could mean wild arabica coffee is extinct in 70 years, posing a risk to the genetic sustainability of one of the world's basic commodities, scientists …
By April 2013, expect your shopping bag to flaunt organic tomatoes, cabbages, peas, turmeric and ginger. National Horticulture Mission (Jharkhand) director Prabhakar Singh told newsmen in Ranchi on Monday that by next spring, buyers could snap up vegetables and spices grown in the state without chemicals, including fertilisers, pesticides and …
BHAWANIPATNA: Pests and diseases have affected paddy crop in the irrigated pockets of Indravati during the last fortnight, causing anxiety among farmers of Kalahandi district. The plants are in the flowering stage. According to the Agriculture Department assessment, pests like BPH, Gandhi bug, Case worm and diseases like Sheath blight …
The Coconut Development and Janatha Estate Development Ministry has taken a number of measures to control pests and diseases affecting the coconut crop with the objective of increasing production and meeting future demands of the coconut industry, Coconut Development and Janatha Estate Development Minister Jagath Pushpakumara said. The minister said …
BHAWANIPATNA: Pest attacks are back to haunt farmers of Kalahandi district. Paddy crop in the irrigated pocket of Indravati project has reportedly been damaged by Brown Plant Hopper (BPH) pests and this comes at a time when the crops are in flowering stage. Severely affected blocks are Kalampur, Junargarh and …
BHUBANESWAR: Stating that attack by caterpillars would damage paddy crop in several districts, the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Saturday asked the State Government to take immediate steps to save the farmers from the pest menace. OPCC general secretary Arjya Kumar Gyanendra said though there was an expectation of …
The Andhra Pradesh Government will probe the reported attack of sucking pests on Bt cotton in some parts of the State. The Agriculture Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana has directed the officials to initiate a probe by the scientists of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agriculture University (ANGRAU) on the reported damage of Bt …
Developed by the city-based Directorate of Oilseeds Research, BT (Bacillus thuringiensis), a bio-pesticide, will be showcased at the CoP-11 biodiversity conference, it was informed. BT extract is used to kill pests such as pod borer, castor semi-looper and other insects that affect the rice crop, castor and pigeon pea and …
Official reviews pulses production programmes Farmers have been exhorted to adopt modern machinery, conserve rainwater for agricultural purposes and put in place scientific practices such as testing of soil for nutrients, deficiency in micronutrients and use best variety of seeds, during a review of pulses production programmes by an official …
Moderate to heavy rain during the past 24 hours in almost all parts of this region has brought smiles back on the faces of the disappointed farmers of Punjab and Haryana. They were saddened by the absence of a good widespread spell of rain in the region since the beginning …
