Short affidavit on behalf of the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) in terms of the National Green Tribunal order dated January 22, 2025. The application was registered suo motu by the NGT on the basis of a news item titled "Toxic kilns pollution Aravallis; wildlife and locals suffer" appearing …
NEW DELHI: Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP Brinda Karat has sought to know from the Centre the progress of its promised CBI probe into the alleged corrupt practices by Dow Chemical in bribing Indian officials to sell the pesticide dursban produced by it here. In a letter to Union …
Communist Party of India-Marxist CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged corrupt practices indulged in by Dow Chemical to bribe Indian officials for selling in India a pesticide, Dursban, which is produced by them. In a letter written to the union agriculture minister Sharad …
Communist Party of India-Marxist CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged corrupt practices indulged in by Dow Chemical to bribe Indian officials for selling in India a pesticide, Dursban, which is produced by them. In a letter written to the union agriculture minister Sharad …
Agricultural price policy has come under serious attack recently for recommending support prices higher than what the costs of production warrant, supposedly leading to a distortion of the market, and, therefore, to food deprivation. With an in-depth analysis of costs and returns in rice and wheat, which are the most …
S.H. Venkatramani The exclusive and focused cultivation of a single crop in any given geography has completely stymied genetic variety and biodiversity in our farms and fields. Apart from destroying natural biodiversity, singlecrop monoculture carries the high risk of extensive crops being routed by a single pest. TODAY, THERE is …
Spatial location of the farm households shapes farming practices and livelihoods of the farmers. Many socio-economic variables have strong spatial relations that would otherwise be missed by data aggregation at household level. Geographic Information System (GIS) provides display and analysis of socio-economic data that may be fundamental for many social …
A field experiment was conducted during kharif and rabi season to study the organic, integrated and pure chemical fertilizers as a source of nutrition on maize growth, macro and micro nutrient uptake on irrigated sandy loam soil in maize-wheat sequence.
The Farmers' Welfare Department has been undertaking constant preparations for supplying hybrid and high quality seeds to farmers during the kharif season. A meeting was held at the Mantralaya on Tuesday for reviewing the preparations. The meeting was chaired by Principal Secretary Agriculture and Cooperatives MM Upadhayay. At the meting, …
Trudy Rubin The goal is to end the farmers' addiction to chemical fertilisers China's leadership has recognised the problem and adopted new regulations on industrial and agricultural pollution. But that doesn't guarantee that all local officials -- let alone polluters -- will follow the rules ANLONG, a small village on …
On the outskirts of Kathmandu, Siddhipur village has rediscovered the value of urine. More than 100 toilets in the village divert urine to farms, where it is used as fertilizer. It is not a new practice, though. The village was recycling urine before modern fertilizers were introduced. “In the past, …
Nayanima Basu / New Delhi May 14, 2010, 1:15 IST The much-awaited nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) policy, which came into effect from April 1 with the objective of enhancing soil nutrition in the country, might turn out to be ineffective and unproductive for the farming community even as it was expected …
The Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday banned sale of seeds manufactured by Monsanto company, as a US-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation, in the state
Quashing criticism over the changed structure of fertiliser subsidy, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today argued the price of urea was increased to ensure farmers got the subsidy at the maximum retail price and more investment flows into the sector. Pranab Mukherjee
This paper reviews existing microeconomic empirical literature on gender differences in use, access, and adoption of nonland agricultural inputs in developing countries. This review focuses on four key areas: technological resources, natural resources, human resources, and social and political capital. In general, there has been more empirical research on inorganic …
Nearly one sixth of the global population is malnourished. The problem is particularly acute in tropical Africa, where constant or recurrent food shortages affect over 30% of the population
Indore’s soil is malnourished Vital nutrients missing: study liberal doses of synthetic fertilizers may increase farm productivity for sometime but they are bad for the soil’s health. Studies conducted in the four tehsils of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh revealed injudicious use of fertilizer is causing nutrition deficiency in the …
Gireesh Chandra Prasad, KG Narendranath New Delhi: The nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) regime that came with decontrol of farm-gate prices of phosphatic and and potassic fertilisers has kept the farmer happy with increased availability of these fertilisers at prices which they can pay, according to sources in the government and the …
NBS teething troubles should not thwart further reform Within days of changing over to the much-hyped nutrient based subsidy (NBS) regime for fertilisers, doubts have arisen about its success in achieving the twin objectives of reducing fertiliser subsidy and remedying the imbalance in fertiliser use. Being a half-hearted exercise in …
