This report evaluates emission mitigation options to achieve net-zero carbon emissions through marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves for the existing plants in the fertiliser industry. MAC curves were developed for three major fertilisers produced in India, which account for 85 per cent of total fertiliser production—urea, di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), and …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged the government to formulate a regulatory framework to control the quality of imported fertilizers and pesticides and test them for nephro-toxic agents such as arsenic and cadmium as they are known to cause kidney diseases. Research has shown that water in the North–Central …
Kudumbasree groups to take up fallow land cultivation The Kudumbasree district mission has launched ‘Harithasree,’ a project to promote organic farming among its subgroups. The Kudumbasree subgroups which are already into collective farming will switch to organic farming, by avoiding artificial fertilizers and pesticides. The mission envisages bringing these products …
The Centre has assured the Odisha government that it is ready to supply more than the demanded quantity of fertiliser to the state by September first week. Responding to the chief minister’s demand for supply of one lakh tonne of urea within next one week, Union minister of state for …
Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of the verbal duel between the state agriculture minister Debi Prasad Mishra and Union minister for chemicals and fertiliser Srikant Jena over the scarcity of fertiliser for farmers of the state, the district level enforcement squads of the agriculture department have launched massive raid across …
Farmers To Get Seeds, Fertilizers Worth . 1500 Free Gandhinagar:As a sop to farmers hit by water scarcity across the state, the Gujarat government has implemented a new scheme to encourage cultivation of fodder. Under the scheme, the government is providing fodder seeds and fertilizers up to Rs 1,500 free …
KOLKATA, 14 AUG: Many farmers whose land was taken away for the Tata Nano project are either working as daily wage earners or searching for jobs. State agriculture minister Rabindranath Bhattacharya said some were now woodworkers or masons in Howrah, Kolkata, North 24-Parganas and other places. Others are searching for …
Farmers can now get online information on the amount of fertilizers that they must apply to a particular kind of soil and crop. This will help them overcome the problem of over-use of fertilizer that is eroding soil health. The Bhopal-based Indian Institute of Soil Science has developed a web-based …
Cutting input subsidies in agriculture, getting incentive structures right and declaring organised retail as a priority sector will boost private and public investment With a weak monsoon, farmers and farm labour, agriinvestors and policy makers, everyone is looking up in the sky and praying for more water to pour. Farm …
Bhubaneswar: With 11 of the 30 districts in Odisha recording deficit rainfall, the Centre on Tuesday offered to increase the fertiliser quota to help farmers in overcoming the situation. Though 11 districts recorded deficit rainfall, the situation was gradually improving in eight districts due to recent rainfall in the state, …
Chhattisgarh government has disbursed about Rs 1272 crore to farmers in the state as farm loan at a nominal rate of interest of one per cent per annum. The credit disbursement to the farmers is about 75 per cent of the target set by the state government for distributing loan …
Petronet LNG Ltd, India’s largest natural gas importer, is in talks to set up a Rs 3,500-crore power plant adjacent to its upcoming liquefied natural gas import facility at Kochi in Kerala. Petronet had proposed to set up a 1,200-Mw gas-fired power plant, a 50:50 joint venture with the Kerala …
JAMMU, Jul 26: People Democratic Party (PDP) highlighted various problems being faced by the farming community of the State due to failure of the monsoons in the early months of June and July. The State is undergoing severe conditions of drought and now only 25% of the Kharif crops can …
56% of samples highly polluted; filtration not up to mark. The chemical analysis of 124 groundwater samples, picked up by the Central Ground Water Board from all over the capital in May 2010, has revealed that 56% of the samples were not fit for drinking. Taking parameters like alkalinity, total …
The soil as a natural resource has always been taken for granted by policymakers. While the government investments continue to support chemical fertiliser-based farming models, this article explores the contradictions in soil health management policies and their impact on farming and food production. It argues that it is high time …
Showing a way to the farming community trapped in the vicious circle of chemical fertilisers, pesticides and debts, a small group of farmers in 21 villages of Roopnagar (Ropar) district has come out of this net and is gradually shifting to organic farming. Called the ‘Granary of India’, Punjab contributes …
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s demand to the Union Government for reduction in fertiliser prices in the larger interests of farmers has drawn support of even non-BJP ruled states’ Chief Ministers. Supporting Shri Chouhan’s stand, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Sushri Jayalalitha, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Akhilesh Yadav …
KOLKATA, 15 JULY: A sharp rise in fertiliser prices has raised the cost of cultivation by as much as Rs 1,200 per acre. Agriculturists are apprehensive this may lead to a dip in paddy production in the state because farmers are opting for urea, the only fertiliser whose price has …
Chandigarh: A specialised laboratory equipped to check contamination of groundwater by uranium and other heavy metals will be set up and run in conjunction with the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Panjab University at Mohali within six months. Union Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Jairam Ramesh …
The government last week allowed private companies to import urea for preparation of complex fertilisers used in agriculture. Till now, such companies could only import urea for industrial use, in preparation of chemicals. For agricultural purposes, private companies used to source urea from imports made by government canalising agents, such …
It is the world’s favourite fruit and India is its largest producer, contributing to 23 per cent of the world production. It gives an instant and sustainable boost of energy and is a good source of potassium, fibre, carrying 110 calories each and approximately six vitamins and 11 minerals. After …
