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 …
Moga: Agriculture Department scientists have advised the farmers to keep a watch on their paddy crop on a daily basis so that preventive measures could be initiated in the event of an attack by pests. After reviewing the impact of the prevailing dry spell on paddy in the district, Moga …
Sugarcane FRP set at Rs. 170 per quintal for 2012-13 From now on, damage to crops due to extreme cold or frost will be considered a natural calamity and the affected farmers will be eligible for financial relief from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) or the State Disaster Response …
Abstracting from the scientific understanding and technological advances achieved over the last few decades, and relying on a network of several scientific institutions, FAO has packaged a set of tools in this Irrigation and Drainage paper to better appraise and enhance crop yield response to water. These tools provide the …
The Sugarcane Breeding Institute has developed transgenic sugarcane incorporating gene constructs, said its Director, Dr N. Vijayan Nair. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Sugarcane Breeding Institute-Indian Sugar Industry: National Interactive Workshop, Dr Nair said that it would take several years before the transgenic cane is released and commercialised. …
GM crops that make their own insecticide also deliver benefits for their conventional plant neighbours, a study in China has concluded. These strains seem to boost populations of natural pest-controlling predators, and this effect spills over to non-transgenic crops, the research found. Details of the work by a Chinese-French team …
New Delhi Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has criticised the government for its ‘failure’ to invest in public sector-initiated biotech research in agriculture, even as he stressed the need for scientific validation of the impact of Bt cotton on the sector. “There are serious scientific issues raised by responsible scientists …
The opinion on the success of second generation of genetically modified BT cotton variety, Bollgard 2, in the state is chiefly polarised. The new variety, resilient to two chief pests, has a large chunk of the state’s farmers taking it up with more than 85 per cent of acreage under …
URUMQI - Forestry scientists have released 800,000 wasps into Asia's largest wild fruit forest this summer, hoping they will kill many of the beetles threatening it. "It's the fourth time we have released parasitic wasps to destroy the insects eating the apple trees. The measure has so far proved very …
Anti-GM protesters who had planned to "decontaminate" a field of modified wheat in Hertfordshire have been stopped from entering by a police line. The Take the Flour Back group said it failed because the crop in Harpenden, created to deter aphids - a wheat pest - was "hidden behind a …
Drought and disease have devastated life of coconut growers in the district. Rubbing salt into their wounds is the slump in price of copra and coconut. Various diseases, including pest attack and stem bleeding, have ravaged crops on thousands of acres. Coconut trees in the rain-fed regions of Madhugiri, Pavagad, …
The government is set to enact a law to protect the rich biodiversity of the country and also to safeguard Indian agriculture from bio-terrorism and inflow of dangerous pests from outside. The proposed legislation, Agricultural Biosecurity Bill-2012, is high on the agenda of the Union Cabinet for its consideration, which …
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) recently launched a plant protection project to carry out a research on diseases and insect pests that cause huge crop loss. Diseases and insect pests cause a crop loss of over $8.48 …
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) of Central government recently launched a plant protection project to carry out a research on diseases and insect pests that cause huge crop loss. Diseases and insect pests cause a crop-loss of over …
Growth rate declines to 6.06 per cent in 2011-12 from 18.44 in 2010-11 With steep decline in the growth rate of agriculture sector becoming a matter of concern, experts want the government to make concerted efforts in a focussed manner to reverse the trend in the coming years. The growth …
New Delhi Close to five crore farmers have availed of the benefits under the national crop insurance scheme, which aims at protecting farming communities against crop failures due to vagaries of weather, pest attacks and diseases. According to the latest data released on Wednesday by ministry of agriculture, crop insurance …
Standing wheat crop has come under termite attack in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where rainwater is used for irrigation purposes, according to officials of Directorate of Agriculture Extension. The attack was feared to attain serious proportions, said a senior official, in case the ongoing dry spell in the province …
Three more debt-ridden farmers committed suicide in Kerala in 24 hours till Monday morning taking the total number of farmers ending life due to financial problems in the past two weeks in the State to seven. Farmers Kunhikrishnan (50) and KK Joseph (48) of Wayanad district committed suicide by hanging …
Researchers on Sunday reported initial signs of success from the first release into the environment of mosquitoes engineered to pass a lethal gene to their offspring, killing them before they reach adulthood. The results, and other work elsewhere, could herald an age in which genetically modified insects will be used …
Fatehabad: Despite a ban, farmers have been burning paddy straw on their fields with impunity after harvesting their crops. Smoke emanating from the burning paddy fields is leading to environment pollution. Thick dark clouds of smoke can be seen in the clear blue sky pointing towards the gravity of situation. …
The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention has decided to invite the Food and Agriculture Organisation to undertake studies on integrated pest management alternatives to endosulfan. The decision was taken as a follow up to the decision of the Conference of Parties to the Convention in April …
