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 …
Agricultural practices, which add heavy metals to the soil, include indiscriminate use of fertilizers through chemical farming and plant protection chemicals. However organic farming is a production system to produce chemical free nutritious food of high quality. Organic farming is a production system, which avoids or largely excludes the use …
This Report of the Committee deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Twenty-Seventh Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Chemicals & Fertilizers (2008-09) on
Nodal agency for supply of fertilisers in the state, the public sector Himfed, has been hit hard due to inadequate and irregular supply of fertilisers from IFFCO and other manufacturing companies, forcing it to diversify into trading of other commodities. In fact, the supply of fertilisers is fast turning into …
LUCKNOW: The high court on Friday sought reply of the state government on a PIL seeking timely availability of fertilisers to farmers in the state. The court fixed November 26 for next hearing of the case. The order came on the PIL filed by five farmers from Lucknow, Pilibhit, Sitapur …
Hitting out at Congress-led UPA Government the Bahujan Samaj Party said that the much-hyped Bundelkhand package was "insufficient" and was aimed at gaining political mileage rather than solving problems of that rugged region. "The Congress government has ditched the people of Bundelkhand who are craving for development. With this package …
BHUBANESWAR: Though Orissa is a pioneer in conferring industrial status to agriculture in 1996, it still lies far behind in fertiliser use. Even after a new agriculture policy in 2008, the fertiliser use lies at 53.2 kg per hectare though it should have been 100 kg per hectare by 2007-
SALEPUR: The State Government is insensitive to the suicides of farmers. As many as 2,631 farmers have ended their lives between 2000 and 2009 but still the government is trotting out lame explanations to hush up the issue, said Opposition Leader Bhupinder Singh. Singh was part of the team of …
BHUBANESWAR: Sustainability of crop production depends greatly on soil fertility management. Though organic manures and bio-fertilisers can be supplements it to some extent, scientists feel that there is a greater challenge ahead to meet the projected food grain production by 2025. On the other hand, ever increasing use of fertilisers …
Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the medical fraternity raised concern over the discovery of high levels of nitrate contamination of drinking water based on a Greenpeace study. The study,
THE agriculture ministry plans to allow private players to import and supply urea, as it looks to bring down the fertiliser subsidy bill that has touched Rs 1,00,000 crore in 2008-09. The ministry
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.
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.
The objective of our study was to determine the current status of alluvial aquifer in the Souss-Massa basin, where the nitrate pollution of groundwater is being increasing along the last decades. A multi-approach methodology using hydrogeology, nitrate concentrations, irrigation type and oxygen-18 and deuterium data, was carried out to identify …
Eyes 90-year, revenue-sharing contract for eight fertiliser units. The government may lease six sick units on a public private partnership (PPP) basis instead of disposing of these units through an outright sale. The department of fertiliser plans to invite bids for the revival of these plants in November and is …
Farm Output Grows Merely 1.3% In Last 6-7 Years Rajeev Deshpande | TNN New Delhi: The green revolution is running out of steam. The evidence lies in an estimate that steep increases in fertiliser subsidy, currently touching Rs 100,000 crore, have failed to bring about anything more than a niggardly …
VINATI DEV IN THE second half of 2008 international fertiliser prices soared to historic levels. India, which imports significant amount of finished fertiliser and raw material, had no option but to continue to import at higher prices to meet domestic demand. The result was a massive and unsustainable subsidy level, …
Nangal : National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), Nangal, has entered into an agreement with Carb-Invest Consortium of USA for installation of a secondary catalyst in the nitric acid plant to reduce emission of nitrogen dioxide. The project named as N2O Abatement Project. In this connection, a meeting of the stakeholders was …
Karnal: Alarmed at diminishing minerals contents and nutrients in the soil, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has launched a customised fertilisers manufacturing project with focus on crop, soil and size of land holding in different localised areas. Different units of customised fertilisers would be set up across the …
