Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Srikanta Samanta Vs State of West Bengal dated 13/11/2024. The matter related to a dumping ground located near the southern boundary wall of the Nabagram Hiralal Pau College, Konnagar, Hooghly which is posing a serious environmental …
Arusha — Armyworms and pernicious weeds are threatening crops in Arusha. It is feared that they will cause a food shortage. Fall armyworms (FAW), Parthenium hysterophorus weed and a maize wilting disease are causing a serious concern in the region. According to regional administrative secretary Richard Kwitega, the maize wilting …
Arusha — Fall Armyworms (FAW) have emerged as new serious threat to over 80 crops as East Africa strives to control tropical and subtropical insects.The threat of the insect, scientifically known as Spodoptera frugiperda, comes as millions of smallholder farmers in the East African region have not yet recovered fully …
A team of University of Georgia researchers has developed a new way to breed plants with better traits. By introducing a human protein into the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana, researchers found that they could selectively activate silenced genes already present within the plant. Using this method to increase diversity …
Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Pandurang Fundkar said the government would not hesitate in filing FIRs against seed companies in this regard. About 83 per cent of the farm land under cotton cultivation in Maharashtra have been ravaged by the pink bollworm attack, Agriculture Minister Pandurang Fundkar said on Wednesday. The pink …
A plague of fall army-worm that has spread to all the country's provinces has infested nearly 150 000 hectares posing a serious threat to the country's major staple food crop -- maize, preliminary findings of the Agricultural Technical and Extension Services (AGRITEX) show. AGRITEX plant expert Rutendo Nhongonhema told plant …
Fall armyworm,Spodoptera frugiperda(J E Smith), an economically important pest native to tropical and sub-tropical America has recently invaded Africa, causing substantial damage to maize and other crops. We eval-uated functionality of a companion cropping system,‘climate-adapted push-pull’, developed for control of cerealstemborers in drier agro-ecologies, as an added tool for the …
MUMBAI: Nearly 35 lakh cotton farmers who have suffered massive losses due to pest attacks will have to wait longer for relief, that too not the full amount. The fate of the affected farmers hangs in balance as the Centre has raised several queries on the proposal moved by the …
Armed with fish soup and neem leaves, as well as chemical pesticides, Malawi's drought-hit farmers are fighting a caterpillar that is devouring their crops and putting them at risk of hunger. The fall armyworm, an invasive Latin American species that is harder to detect and eradicate than its African counterpart, …
Pune: The recent, untimely rain and hail has not just destroyed crops but is causing an attack of various pests and diseases on the state’s rabi harvest. A report of the state agriculture department said over 100 villages had reported diseases on crops, particularly wheat, ragi, jowar, grams, maize and …
Kenyan farmers will benefit from a Sh870 million European Union grant that will promote natural methods to fight the Fall armyworm. Scientists at the Kasarani-based International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology will manage the grant until 2022. Icipe’s push-pull farming technology, which can be adopted by farmers at no …
The remaining 20 per cent of NPV will be utilised for strengthening the forest and wildlife-related infrastructure, capacity building of personnel of state forest departments and other associated agencies and organisations, according to draft rules. The Environment Ministry has notified the draft rules of the Compensatory Afforestation Act. The act …
Arusha — Tomato farmers in Arumeru district, Arusha region have raised a red flag over an agricultural pest attacking their tomato crops. Over 800 acres are reported to have been damaged by a specie of moth also known as tomato leaf miner or locally called 'kantangaze' amid reports they can …
Tucked away on the University of Bangui campus in the capital of Central African Republic, a portacabin surrounded by palm trees shelters neat rows of test-tubes filled with green shoots. Here scientists are running a laboratory using advanced nuclear-derived techniques to find a solution to one of the war-torn country's …
The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization says prolonged dry spells, erratic rainfall, high temperatures and the presence of the voracious fall armyworm have significantly dampened Southern Africa's 2018 agricultural season's cereal production prospects. In an interview, Chimimba David Phiri, the Food and Agriculture Organization coordinator in southern Africa said …
They are nutritious, versatile and a dietary staple for millions of people from South Asia to Ethiopia, but scientists have warned that the humble chickpea is under threat from climate impacts such as higher temperatures, drought and pests. The key to saving the chickpea could lie with a project cross-breeding …
Harare — THE United States (US) is partnering thousands of Zimbabwean farmers to tackle the fall armyworm in the drought-prone Southern African country. Partnerships come amid projections the pest could cause extensive maize yield losses, estimated between $76 million (about R912 million) and $191 million (R2.293 billion) in Zimbabwe if …
Johannesburg — The twin scourges of another prolonged dry spell and an invasive crop-eating worm are set to sharply curtail harvests across southern Africa, driving millions of people – most of them children – into severe hunger, warns the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The warning follows an alert …
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in co-ordination with the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and their respective implementing partners, have created a hands-on fact sheet to help small-scale farmers combat the spread of fall armyworm. They have partnered with over 350 000 farmers. The factsheet, …
A total of 33,948 farming households have been affected by fall armyworms in Dedza, raising fears there may be a reduction in maize production during this farming season, Agriculture officials have confirmed. Speaking in an interview with the Malawi News Agency ,Crops Officer at Dedza Agriculture Office, John Malunga said …
Rabat – UK based organization British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) reports the first occurrence of Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) in Morocco. BSPP’s New Diseases Reports (NDRs) bulletin, declared that the ToLCNDV constitutes a threat to the Moroccan production of cucurbit, include wax gourd, watermelon, cucumber, pumpkin, …
