Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay dated 05.11.2024 dated 16/12/2024. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled "The Last Feral Horses in India" appearing in Mongabay dated November …
Organic spice cultivation should find priority in the 12th Plan programmes, according to a report which is to be submitted to the Government of India. Addressing a meeting of the state holders of organic spice industry at Myladumpara in Idukki district of Kerala, Dr A Jayathilak, Chairman of Spices Board, …
The importance of organic agriculture is increasing in eastern hill districts, all for better health and healthier environment. Three VDCs of Dhankuta, Sankhuwasabha and Terhathum have started off-season organic vegetable farming. Phulek of Tehrathum, Marekatahare of Dhankuta and Tamaphok of Sankhuwasabha are gloating at the start of organic farming by …
New Delhi Since the introduction of genetically modified (GM) cotton crop, which accounts more than 90% in the total area under cotton in the country, there has been a fear of genetic erosion and loss of biodiversity, a group of reputed cotton breeders have expressed. While acknowledging the fact that …
CARDAMOM Planters Marketing Co-operative Society in Kerala has appealed to the high court to suspend the ban on the use of extremely toxic and highly toxic pesticides. They say the ban will affect the cardamom crop this season. To promote organic farming in Kerala, the state agriculture department had ordered …
A field experiment was conducted at the research farm of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi during 3 wet and dry seasons of 2003-06 in rice-wheat cropping system. In this experiment different treatments comprising organic amendments such as blue green algae, vermicompost and farm yard manure applied alone or in …
Kasaragod, the northern district of Kerala, which is worst-affected by the use of endosulfan in cashew plantations, has been declared as organic farming district by the Government. Responding to a submission by Mr N.A. Nellikkunnu (IUML) in the Assembly, the Agriculture Minister, Mr K.P. Mohanan, said the pesticide had been …
Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday announced that syllabus in government schools will be changed next year to restore to agriculture the status it once enjoyed in Indian society. The change will be incorporated from Class II onwards by including practical aspects of agriculture to make it appealing to students. Justifying the …
It envisages setting up of demo plots on farmers' lands to start organic farming KARAIKAL: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has initiated a village development programme (VDP) for community-based capacity building at Agalangal village here in Karaikal. The programme introduced here recently, has taken on board …
Organic farming must ditch its irrational mistrust of science or risk losing its reputation as being safer and healthier. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028186.200-irradiating-organic-food-would-save-lives.html?full=true&print=true
SRINAGAR: The Governor, N. N. Vohra, has called for engendering very close coordination between the research and extension agencies to effectively transfer new techniques and know how from lab to land to make Jammu and Kashmir fully self-reliant in agriculture and all the allied sectors within the next 3-4 years …
The Sri Lankan government says it would promote organic farming as a precaution to prevent any threat that could arise from pesticides that may contain arsenic. Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has said agro chemicals containing banned substances would not be allowed to reach the local market. However, Abeywardena has …
Think organic. That is the message the state government is sending out to farmers with its promise of subsidies for those who opt for fertiliser and chemical-free farming. Although a nominal budget of Rs 1.4 crore has been earmarked for the project to start with, officials said it could be …
Lottery to identify beneficiaries of the land improvement grant scheme Not the vagaries of nature, but chance will play a major role to identify beneficiaries, who have applied for benefits of the State Government
It’s afternoon and wisps of clouds have already enveloped the Sora Muni shrine that keeps watch over Sri Lanka’s Horton Plains massif. Here, Tamil workers of the Thotulagalla tea estate in Haputale offer a sacrificial goat to the deity following the annual pruning of tea bushes. It is ironic to …
District panchayat approves annual Plan THRISSUR: Thrissur district panchayat will implement development schemes to the tune of Rs.78 crore this financial year. District panchayat president K.V. Dasan told a press conference here on Wednesday that the annual plan document had been approved by the district panchayat governing council.
Health authorities groped in the dark in search of the source of the E coli infection with suspicions about bean sprouts being a potential carrier yet to be substantiated, as the death toll in Germany
