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 …
K.V. Kurmanath Chinnakanjarla (Medak dist), June 22 Activists of Greenpeace, a global non-governmental organisation that takes up environmental issues, today barged into a Bayer Crop science field trial site here, protesting against herbicide-resistant rice trials. The trials were being conducted on a 1,440-sq yard plot in this remote village.
Nagercoil: Kanyakumari Collector Rajendra Ratnoo conducted a surprise check in Primary Agriculture Co-operative Bank at Eraviputhur to verify the stock position of fertilizers and pesticides. He told a gathering in front of the bank that there was adequate stock of fertilizer and pesticides in the godown. He appealed to them …
Nutrient cycles link agricultural systems to their societies and surroundings; inputs of nitrogen and phosphorus in particular are essential for high crop yields, but downstream and downwind losses of these same nutrients diminish environmental quality and human well-being. Agricultural nutrient balances differ substantially with economic development, from inputs that are …
The government has began an agriculture rehabilitation programme for more than four lakh small, poor and marginal farmers at a cost of nearly Taka 32 crore with the aim of getting over the losses caused by the devastating cyclone Aila last month. The agriculture ministry sources said the government would …
The nitrogen enriched phosphocompost was prepared utilizing the abundantly available green biomass of Lantana camara and supplemented with 12.5 and 25.0 per cent levels of rock phosphate, 1.0% fertilizer nitrogen (urea), 5.0 and 10.0 per cent pyrite or by inoculation with Azotobacter chroococcum and Aspergillus awamori. The compost mix-up was …
Phosphorus has been used extensively for over 100 years as a fertiliser in modern industrial agriculture. This underappreciated resource is still decades from running out. This paper published in Scientific American advises us to act now to conserve it, or the future agriculture could collapse. As complex as the chemistry …
Many current global policies propose that farmers can get out of poverty by being (better) linked to markets. Government and NGO programmes thus often promote cheap agricultural input supplies, and support farmers to sell their products through
MUMBAI: In the wake of scarcity of complex fertilizers creating unrest among farmers, the state government has decided to ask the Maharashtra Agro-Industries Development Corporation to help overcome the crisis. The scarcity has been created owing to global market conditions. "The state government had demanded 9 lakh tonnes of complex …
Prashant Rupera | TNN Vadodara: Anand Agricultural University (AAU) is all set to enter into an agreement with Gujarat State Fertilisers and Chemicals (GSFC) Limited through which the latter will sell liquid bio-fertiliser indigenously developed by the varsity. AAU scientists had developed the bio-fertiliser, which it has been selling to …
The government has shelved plans to import about 10,000 tractors under the Benazir Tractor Scheme (BTS) and decided that only locally made tractors would be provided to the farmers at subsidised rates under this scheme. This was stated by Federal Minister for Industries and Production Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo while talking …
Narasimharajapur, DH News Service: Friday, May 08, 2009, 1:30 [IST] Farmers will be happy only if they get good rains and sufficient fertilisers. They were is deep trouble due to the improper supply of fertilisers. Agriculture is the prime occupation of the taluk. Farmers will be happy only if they …
Jute cultivation in all eight upazilas of the district has been facing a setback due to continuous hot spell during the current season. According to district Agriculture Extension Department office, it was fixed up to bring 30,000 hectares of land under jute cultivation, one of the main jute producing areas …
Chief Minister Yeddyurappa on Monday, said that the government had taken adequate steps to provide the required quantity of chemical fertilisers for farmers in the State. It seems the government has learnt a lesson from the Haveri firing incident following agitation by farmers for chemical fertilisers. Chief Minister Yeddyurappa on …
Energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions are closely linked. This paper reviews agricultural options to reduce energy intensities and their impacts, discusses important accounting issues related to system boundaries, land scarcity, and measurement units and compares agricultural energy intensities and improvement potentials on an international level.
Agricultural activities gained momentum in Kolar, following rain in the last week. Farming community got engaged in brisk ploughing, resulting in low voters turnout. Bangarpet taluk of Kolar district received good rain for continues four days, as a result of which farming activities picked up momentum. 42mm rainfall The taluk …
The farmers of Srinivaspur are making good use of Honge flowers. It is traditionally believed that the Honge flowers are useful as external manure for several horticultural produce. The Honge flowers, believed to produce a good peak, if used as manure. According to the farmers, Honge plays a very important …
Kissan Support Service Limited (KSSL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with Pak Arab Fertilizer to ensure timely availability of fertilisers, seeds, pesticides and other agriculture inputs to the farmers, Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf, President Zari Tariqiati Bank (ZTBL) said here on Sunday while addressing first KSSL employees' convention at …
