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 …
SAMBALPUR: The recent rains may have given some solace to the farmers panicked by the drought-like conditions. But the worries are far from over. They are fighting the problem of wild grass and attacks by stem borer and blast pests. With many of them having already pumped in their savings …
Union agriculture secretary T. Nanda Kumar today placed a four-pronged contingency plan before the state to mitigate the drought impact in the state. The tips came at a meeting on how to improve agricultural yield. While state agriculture secretary A.P. Singh said that the first step should be to make …
Centre starts laying down criteria The Union government has started the exercise for the payment of subsidy on fertiliser direct to farmers. But it will take a few months to evolve criterion for its disbursement. The Centre had convened a meeting of officials of states in Delhi on Friday in …
MOUNDS OF ROTTING seaweed clogging beaches across northwestern France are emitting a toxic and potentially lethal gas, test results released by the French government showed on Thursday. Tests were ordered on the foul-smelling algae, which green groups blame on nitrates fertilisers used by local farmers, after a horse apparently died …
82 per cent Indian farmers want bio-fertilizers says study excessive use of synthetic fertilizers in India is reducing soil fertility and affecting food production, said a joint study by non-profit Greenpeace and West Bengal
There is need for both organic and inorganic food The findings of a study sponsored by the British Food Standards Agency, that organic food is no healthier and provides no significant nutritional benefit when compared with conventionally produced food, may have irked the proponents of organic agriculture but it comes …
The green technology is gaining ground in Bangladesh, as several sectors are adopting the innovations, thanks to growing campaigns against carbon emissions, the lead contributor to global warming. The idea behind green technology encompasses evolving new methods and techniques to generate energy for production of non-toxic products. The concept -- …
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 …
Ministry utilising data of Kisan Credit cards to compile land holding figures. The fertiliser ministry has set a target of three months to roll out the direct subsidy transfer to farmers on a national scale. It is utilising the data of Kisan credit cards and cooperative banks to compile the …
The pro-poor and pro-rural Budget has got a thumbs- up from farm economists, farmer leaders and agriculturists in the region. Hailing the Budget for its approach towards 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 …
Shimla: The monsoon has finally arrived but the low offtake of fertilisers, particularly urea because of the prolonged dry spell, continues to be a matter of concern to the state. Till June 30, about 10,000 tonnes of fertiliser had been lifted by farmers as against the normal 30,000 to 35,000 …
Arvind Virmani, Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, said today in the Economic Survey 2008-09 that India can potentially grow at 7.75 per cent in 2009-10 and even enter the 8-9 per cent orbit in the coming years but attached two crucial riders
This paper examines trends in fertilizer subsidy and the issue of distribution of fertilizer subsidies between farmers and fertilizer industry, across regions/ states, crops and different farm sizes.Says that the proposed policy of direct transfer of fertiliser subsidy to farmers is misconceived and inappropriate. Agricultural subsidies that encourage production and …
This report present scientific evidence linking synthetic fertiliser overuse and imbalanced use in Indian agriculture to the current system of government subsidies on fertilisers , showing how this system is leading to soil degradation and stagnant food production. Synthetic fertilisers cause also further damage in the environment. The report also …
The climate bill nearing a vote in the U.S. House will reward farmers who plant trees or take other steps to control greenhouse gases and it will remove for five years an obstacle to corn-based ethanol, said the House Agriculture Committee chairman on Wednesday. Chairman Collin Peterson said negotiators hoped …
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.
