The management of terrestrial weed is of great concern for the scientific community as these weeds cause adverse effect in different ecosystems like forest, agriculture and urban. The widespread of these weeds by their adaptive capability and morphological advancement is difficult to control. Parthenium hysterophorous, Lantana camara, Saccharum spontaneum, Ageratum …
Management of waste continues to be a problem for the local bodies. In a bid to reduce the problem, the City Corporation is planning to start vermicompost units in two wards on pilot basis, writes Naina J A.Disposal of garbage has been a challenge for civic bodies in urban areas. …
Jayant Barve used to market chemical fertilisers and pesticides and practise chemical agriculture himself. In 1988, he switched to sustainable agriculture, and has never looked back since. In this interview he emphasises that despite much lower input costs, organic farming does give the same yield as chemical agriculture, sometimes even …
KOCHI: The failure to implement projects formulated to manage domestic waste at its place of origin has led to the current waste management crisis in the city, former Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary P C Cyriac said here on Saturday. Inaugurating the public meeting on
The newly elected Mayor has expressed apprehension about the three landfill sites of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) as they are already full beyond their capacity. The Mayor, P.R. Sawhney, said the corporation was facing space crunch and did not have place for disposing garbage.
Coconut leaf vermiwash (CLV) was produced from actively vermicomposting coconut leaf litter + cow dung substrate (10 : 1 w/w basis) by Eudrilus sp. It significantly increased the seedling vigour index of cowpea and paddy at 1 : 10 and 1 : 15 dilutions in laboratory trials. Field trials carried …
Pune Aundh residents Rajendra and wife Sangeeta Joshi proudly display their property tax bill in which they have been awarded a rebate of five per cent. What makes the rebate doubly special is the fact that it
THANJAVUR: World Bank funded Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation of Water Bodies Restoration Management Project (IAMWARM) has helped in popularising vermicompost and pulses, maize and red gram cultivation in Pattukottai and Peravurani areas of Thanjavur district. IAMWARM aims at modernising system tanks under Agniyar and Ambuliyar divisions in the area and utilising …
Many organisations emerged in the country to create awareness among the farmers on organic farming. The 'Welfare Organization for Rural Development' (WORD) is a dedicated organization in Tirupati (A.P.) working for the upliftment of the rural poor through implementation of various technologies for livelihood, health and environment protection. The NGO …
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is considered as one of the most essential vegetable crops for human nutrition. The deficiency of plant nutrients causes different changes in the physiological and biochemical processes within the plant cell resulting in a reduction of growth, delay of development and qualitative and quantitative decrease of yield, …
ITANAGAR, Mar 31: In response to the clarion call of Governor Gen (Retd) J J Singh for a Clean, Green and Plastic Free Arunachal, NABARD has sanctioned a pilot project on Solid Waste Management under its Rural Innovation Fund to be implemented in the state capital. The project is sanctioned …
Experiments were conducted to determine the efficacy of various vermicomposts produced from agro- and distillation-waste of medicinal and aromatic crops on hatching of eggs of Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood and root-knot disease development in tomato.
- A backward Netarhat village shows the way by making vermi-compost Bishunpur (Gumla), March 24: A sleepy nondescript village in Bishunpur block of Gumla district, inhabited by primitive tribes and otherwise looked down upon for being backward, has a lesson to teach to not only its neighbours but also to …
Chennai: The cold, arid region of Ladakh, where temperatures dip to minus 45 degrees Celsius, is the last place on earth where you would expect tomatoes, potatoes, cucumber, brinjal, onion and garlic to grow. But, thanks to the efforts of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), about 5,000 tons …
During the day, Amanjeet Gill is a diplomat, tall, urbane and well travelled. But on weekends, 41-year-old Gill becomes a farmer. He is the driving force behind a non-profit called the Farmer
Bank conceives a loan component for vermicomposting NAGAPATTINAM: The Indian Overseas Bank has conceived a loan component for vermicomposting to provide for sustainable agriculture at the tail-end areas. The scheme envisages a loan component of upto Rs.5 lakh towards project cost. The loan facility is an extension of the provisions …
BHUBANESWAR: If things go as planned, Orissa prisons may show the way in organic farming. In fact, the open air jail at Jamujhari, which boasts of 111 acre farm land, already is into organic farming. To give a boost to the initiatives, some top officials of the Agricultural and Processed …
Rain water conservation techniques, like large compartmental bunding and furrow opening in between the crop rows in combination with organic sources were evaluated for their impact on increasing the productivity of cotton+soybean intercropping system.
Ludhiana: Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), Ludhiana, honoured five progressive farmers during the two-day Kisan Mela that began on the university premises here today. The farmers who have been honoured are Gurdev Kaur Deol of Ayyali Khurd village in Ludhiana district, Jagdeep Singh Dhillon of Kanoi village in Sangrur district, Amar …
India Gelatine and Chemicals Limited (IGCL), Vapi, Gujarat a public limited company produces food and pharma grade gelatine. The plant produces 30 tonne of obnoxious semi-solid proteinaceous sludge everyday which is threat to the environment. Authors have developed the novel three-tier biotechnology using enzymes, vermiculture and micro-organisms at pilot level …
The experiment showed that noxious aquatic weeds like water hyacinth, water lettuce and cattail could be managed beneficially by converting easily in to good quality vermicompost within 2 to 3 month using Perionyx excavates earthworms. These composts recorded 0.71-1.36% total nitrogen, 0.38-0.75% total phosphorus and 0.86-1.44% total potassium, indicating its …
