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 …
Experts and officials from some 150 countries started talks on Monday on banning production of nine chemicals considered potentially dangerous but still used in farming and for other commercial purposes. If agreement is reached at the week-long meeting, under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the nine …
President Barack Obama will direct the heads of three US agencies to make the biofuels industry cleaner and encourage output of ethanol made from non-food crops, according to a draft memo obtained by Reuters on Monday. The Biofuels Interagency Working Group, to be headed by the secretaries of the Environmental …
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 …
Farmers are likely to face yet another crisis at the hands of fertiliser dealers who have increased the urea price from Rs680 to Rs825 per bag at the start of the season. And now when the wheat buying season is almost coming to an end, the district government officials are …
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Tuesday said, the government would ensure the interests of the farmers and protect them from any distressed situation. She urged the entrepreneurs in the agriculture sector for serving the farmers by doing business complying with the rules. "Don't only raise sale of your product, also …
The D.C.O. Matiari Dr Baqaullah Unar has put a ban on paddy cultivation throughout the district, directing the agriculture officials to guide the growers to switch over to alternative crops. He asked the concerned authorities to take strict measures to restrict rice cultivation. If any landlord or grower has already …
ONGC, Assam Asset recently promoted agricultural entrepreneurship to distribute saplings, seeds and fertilizers to register participants at Bihu Pandal, ONGC Colony, Sivasagar and Geleki College, Geleki. As a holistic initiative for local entrepreneurship development, an one-day Horticulture Development Awareness Camp was organised by ONGC Assam Asset and ONGC Mahila Samiti …
In the wake of acute power crisis, the government plans to shut down operation of Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Ltd (CUFL) for an interim period to help increase supply of power. Sources said the government is likely to take a decision soon in this regard and the shutdown may come into …
The government has made all arrangements to provide 10 million tons of urea to the farmers at their door steps across the country for 2009-2010 Kharif crops cotton, rice and sugarcane. Additional Secretary Food and Agriculture, Shahid Hussain Raja told a representative meeting of all the stakeholders in Islamabad on …
ACCORDING to a recent study carried out by the UN agency, Food and Agriculture Organisation, intensive cropping in some agro-ecological regions of the country is causing long term degradation of natural resources and the environment and hampering food security. As reported by national media, the use of fertilisers in low …
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 …
Work has begun on the Organic Farming, a cultivation project in the country envisaging without the usage of Chemical fertiliser and pesticides. The National Agriculture Research Council has started a pilot project, where wheat has been sown on 600 acres of land, vegetables on 60 acres and watermelon on 55 …
The district of Pudong in the Chinese coastal city of Shanghai will launch a pilot emission trading scheme this year, the China Daily said, citing local officials. Pudong's environmental bureau will allow more than 300 companies to trade "pollution discharge rights" on the Shenghai Environment and Energy Exchange, according to …
BHUBANESWAR: For the villages under Tangi block of Khurda district acute water shortage for agriculture purposes was deemed to be a perennial problem. Though in the vicinity of the Malaguni river, water is acutely scarce during the agricultural season. But the river has not forgotten to unleash the fury of …
India is on the verge of clearing its first genetically modified food crop, Bt brinjal, with several others in the pipeline. Does India need GM crops? Are they safe? How much does the consumer know?
Savvy Soumya Misra And Kirtiman Awasthi India is on the verge of clearing its first genetically modified food crop, Bt brinjal, with several others in the pipeline. Does India need GM crops? Are they safe? How much does the consumer know? On January 14, a meeting happened in room 23 …
Agriculture growth and instability have remained the subject of intense debate in the agricultural economics literature in India. While the need for increasing agricultural production or growth are obvious, the increase in instability in agricultural production is considered adverse for several reasons. It raises the risk involved in farm production …
Use of food crops such as corn, rapeseed, sugarcane etc for production of biofuels by developed countries might endanger the food security of the world. Therefore attempts have been made to use the no edible oil yielding plants, such as Jatropha for generating substitute of diesel.
Jalandhar: Silence of the political parties contesting Lok Sabha elections over degradation of environment in Punjab has disappointed environmentalists in the state. No political party has made an issue of threat to ecology. It is said politicians seeking votes do not want to annoy industrialists manufacturing of pesticides, fertiliser and …
