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 …
After yellow rust, the attack by brown plant hopper on wheat plants has increased the worries of the farming community in the district. Farmers Manpreet Singh and Nachatar Singh of Kalewal village told the Tribune here today that they had taken 18 acres on contract for agriculture. They said that …
CHANDIGARH: Comparatively higher temperatures during the ongoing winters have become a cause of concern for the wheat-growers in Punjab and Haryana with experts fearing productivity loss if mercury continues to remain this way. Besides, experts also fear fast spread of yellow rust - a fungal disease on wheat crop due …
When it comes to pest control, farmers have far more influence than you might think. Scientists have found that the actions of individual farmers should be considered when studying and modelling strategies of pest control. In this latest study, the researchers presented a model to understand the actions of humans …
BATHINDA: After weather vagaries on wheat and whitefly attacks destroying over 3 lakh hectare of cotton, farmers in Punjab are dealing with virus trouble in potato crop. Such is the situation that a group of farmers of a Bathinda village has decided to plough their potato crop to clear the …
Ginning industry sources estimate that famers lost Rs2,700 crore in Haryana due to the whitefly attack even as the state government is yet to make public its special girdawari report. Cotton industry sources maintain more than half of the average 125 lakh quintal cotton crop has been lost to whitefly …
India will screen genetically modified (GM) cotton hybrids on sale in the country to identify the varieties that are resistant to whitefly, a pest that recently caused extensive damages to crops in two northern states, a government official said. The whitefly attack on the BT cotton variety in Punjab and …
A tiny beetle could wipe out Britain’s ash trees much faster than the established ash dieback disease which is expected to eventually kill millions of the trees, according to the government’s leading authority on pests and pathogens threatening UK forests. “The emerald ash borer is moving uncontrolled through Russia. It …
Several farmers’ unions in Punjab will again take to agitation from Wednesday, in the second phase of the stir whose earlier version had caused a huge economic loss to the state and crippled train services. Rallies and dharnas would be staged in front of district administrative complexes in Amritsar and …
Jind Deputy Commissioner Ajit Balaji Joshi yesterday directed all officials of the Agriculture Department to accelerate the process of ongoing assessment of whitefly affected cotton farmers in the district. The DC was presiding over a district-level meeting of all department officers. He directed officials of the revenue and agriculture department …
The “rail roko” agitation by Punjab farmers demanding higher compensation for their cotton and basmati crops paralysed train services in the state for the second day today as the unions leading the protest extended it by another two days. Forty-one trains, including the India-Pakistan Samjhauta Express, had to be cancelled …
Many Dealers Held For Selling Fake Pesticide “It was like the Ja panese air strike in the film Pearl Harbour,“ said Naresh Kumar Lehri, a seed and pesti cide dealer at Singho village in Bathinda district. “They ap peared out of nowhere and lef a trail of destruction.“ Lehri was …
Faced with 60 per cent loss to cotton crop in the Malwa region, the Punjab Government has okayed a Rs 600-crore compensation package for the affected farmers. The report of a special girdawri ordered by the Punjab Government shows that 6.75 lakh acres under cotton crop have been affected in …
The study recorded a 59% increase in corn earworm larvae in areas where bats were not present Bats provide a service worth an estimated US $1bn (£649m) globally by controlling pests on corn crops, a study has suggested. Scientists carried out a series of experiments to assess the economic and …
Vice-Chancellor had earlier blamed farmers for ignoring their advice Cotton crop grown on research fields on the campus of Punjab Agricultural University has come under the attack of whitefly. The development has come as an embarrassment for the PAU Vice-Chancellor who had blamed farmers for damage to their crops. During …
About 40 per cent of the standing cotton crop has been affected by the whitefly attack in Fazilka making it one of the worst-hit districts of the state. Official sources said out of the total 2.5 lakh acres under cotton cultivation, about 99,000 acres have been damaged partially or substantially …
Punjab Agriculture Department on Tuesday asked the State’s farmers to use pesticides to control damage to the standing cotton crop that has been hit by whitefly attack. “Due to unseasonal rains this year, the attack of whitefly pest on cotton crop has taken serious proportions…Cotton cultivation is encouraged under crop …
JORHAT (ASSAM): As climate change is affecting both quality and production of tea, scientists are testing which botanical varieties of the crop are resilient to climatic pressures. At Tea Research Association's Tocklai Experimental Station here, a team of scientists has created chambers where they are studying how the 200-odd varieties …
Farmers who have harnessed the collective power of the humble ant have proved more successful at controlling the pests that ravage their crops than those using chemicals, according to new research. Armed only with the most rudimentary equipment, farmers in tropical forests have caught, cultivated and trained colonies of ants …
Two research institutions are conducting research into developing crop varieties with useful biological traits that will not only be high-yielding but also tolerant to pests, diseases and drought. Some of the crops the research is being conducted on are cassava, sweet potato and cocoyam. The initiative by the Savanna Agricultural …
After losses in paddy and wheat, cotton harvest goes for a toss Kaka Singh, a cotton grower at Thuthianwali village, near Mansa, is a shattered man. The reason: Damage to his cotton crop. He had sown cotton in about 8.5 acres. However, the attack of whitefly has completely ruined his …
