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 …
COIMBATORE: Insecticides India Private Limited, an agro-chemicals manufacturing company, aims at achieving six per cent market share in Tamil Nadu. According to Rajesh Aggarwal, Managing Director of the company, the agro-chemicals market in the State was estimated to be Rs. 300 crore. The company would focus on the Southern States …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi November 10, 2009, 0:23 IST The proposed policy of direct transfer of fertiliser subsidy to farmers is misconceived and inappropriate, according to a study by scholars of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A). The study has discounted several common notions about fertiliser subsidy, including one …
Phosphate-based fertilizers have helped spur agricultural gains in the past century, but the world may soon run out of them. Natasha Gilbert investigates the potential phosphate crisis.
The demand for biofuels has recently increased because of rising prices of fossil fuels and diversification of energy resources. As a result, the demand for sugarcane and corn has been increasing, not only for food production, but also as sources of energy. In this context, securing supplies of phosphorus, required …
Efficient management of nutrients constitutes one of the most important factors to achieve agronomic and environmental targets of intensive crop production systems. Agricultural intensification requires increased uptake of nutrients by crops. The depletion of nutrient reserves from the soil is often a hidden form of land degradation.
With the reclaiming of one third of land and increasing its fishing zone by two thirds from the war torn North and East, Sri Lanka would be agriculturally one of the wealthiest nations by 2015, Trade, Co- Operative and Consumer Affairs Minister Bandula Gunawardena said during his Wednesday
New fuel regulations based on life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have focused renewed attention on life cycle models of biofuels. The BESS model estimates 25% lower life cycle GHG emissions for corn ethanol than does the well-known GREET model, which raises questions about which model is more accurate. I …
Environmental activists were arrested outside Parliament on Monday while they attempted to stage a demonstration to protest against the new fertiliser subsidy regime. Members of Greenpeace India had planned a rally even as the Finance Bill was being passed to demand an alternative subsidy system to promote ecological farming but …
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought German assistances for tapping all sources of renewable energy in the country and facing the challenges of global climate change. She wished for the cooperation when German Ambassador Frank Meyke made a farewell call on her at the PM's office in the morning. "Germany …
The fertiliser ministry may come up with guidelines for the new subsidy policy in the next two months, whereby the dole out amount is likely to be fixed by the government in advance, throwing fertiliser prices open to change in sync with market realities.
Federal government has provided Rs 1607.012 million for providing training and latest agriculture input technology to small farmers to enhance per acre yield and increase their income with collective market mechanism and small agro business interventions in Sindh. This was informed in a meeting of Provincial Steering Committee of the …
K. Balchand NEW DELHI: Greenpeace India and the Institute of Agriculture, Visva Bharathi University, West Bengal, have demanded that the government look into an alternative subsidy system that will promote ecological farming. In their joint report, released on the eve of the general budget, the two organisations said the subsidy …
The concept of local food is appealing to many consumers. But it is difficult to define what actually constitutes local food. Given the globalised nature of agricultural markets, bread baked in a small village bakery in England may be made from grain grown in Canada. Similarly, many of the inputs …
In mid-altitude of the North Eastern Hill (NEH) region of India, a second crop of rice following the harvest of main kharif (July to mid-November) rice is not possible due to early onset of low temperature (<15
