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 …
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 …
The government has taken up an agricultural rehabilitation programme aiming to provide input support free to some 2025 small and marginal farmers of four districts, said agriculture ministry sources. The government will distribute required seeds and fertilisers among the poor and marginal farmers of eleven upazilas of the districts as …
Niladri Bhattacharya / Mumbai April 9, 2009, 0:24 IST Public sector banks (PSBs) may have to deal with higher provisioning on a total outstanding amount of around Rs 25,000 crore under the farmers
Newly-appointed CII president, Venu Srinivasan, today met West Bengal chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, to discuss issues relating to contract farming.
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Indian farmers stand to lose crops worth over Rs. 25,000 crore annually due to use of sub-standard pesticides and insecticides, a farmers
COIMBATORE: Scientists have identified that water scarcity was a major impediment to agricultural productivity in Allapalayam village in Coimbatore. A group of them, recruited for the Agricultural Research Service of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, undertook a study of a sample village in Coimbatore to find out the problems …
Nitrogen-based fertilisers have helped all but eradicate famine in large parts of the world. But reactive nitrogen in circulation has now doubled. Owen Gaffney asks, what effect is this having on the carbon cycle?
Worldwide demand of phosphate fertilizer is met essentially from phosphatic rocks. India imports most of its requirements and produces a small portion through froth flotation of Precambrian stromatolitic rock phosphate. Increasing population and consequent increase in demand for food production necessitated investigation to utilize the large reserves of low-grade rock …
Traditional approaches to supplying food are an inefficient 'band aid', says Pedro A. Sanchez. New evidence shows that helping farmers to help themselves is more effective and would be six times cheaper.
