Action taken report by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board on the operation of 9 cold storages in tehsil Sadabad, Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh. During the visit, one of the cold storage units was not in operational condition and found closed. The other 8 cold storage facilities were found …
SMALL FARMERS WHO SUPPLY THE TUBER TO PEPSI HAVE BENEFITED A LOT SUNIPA DAS GUPTA & ASHOK GULATI WHEN POTATO PRICES CROSSED THE Rs 20-per-kg mark a few months ago, the consumer had to pay through her nose and cried for relief. In tandem with general expectation, arrival of the …
The approval of a genetically modified potato for cultivation in EU territories has sparked strong reactions from all sides of the debate. Many member states and environmental groups are outraged, while the biotech industry sees promising signs of progress.
Alleging the state government for being apathetic to woes of farmers, RLD on Monday demanded subsidy on transportation of Potato crop to other states which was seeing over production this season. RLD general secretary and legislative party leader in Vidhan Parishad, Munna Singh Chauhan talking to reporters said, in view …
Kumar (35), a farmer from Ayyanahalli committed suicide on Thursday, consuming pesticide after the potato crop he had grown in his 2 acre land failed due to
The bumper production of potato has led to a glut-like situation in Punjab and if immediate measures are not taken, nearly 1 lakh tonnes of the produce will rot in the next 15 days. The government may also find it difficult to dispose of the over 16 lakh tonnes of …
Malda, March 28: A group of farmers burnt quintals of potatoes in a Malda village yesterday to protest the lower price for the produce, prompting the district administration to order the agricultural marketing department to buy the crop at Rs 3.50 per kilo. More than 100 growers in Jairampur village …
Misleading the public on safety of genetically modified crops or organisms without scientific evidence would not be made a punishable offence, the government has decided following concerns raised by some scientists and civil society groups. A relevant clause to this effect in the proposed Bill to set up the National …
After receiving flak from his political opponents over price rise, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar is now trying to win them over. Sharad Pawar Acting on a request from Left leaders, Pawar will provide transport assistance to the farmers of West Bengal to help them export potatoes in a competitive …
Prashant Dayal | TNN Ahmedabad: Those present at a farm in Deesa on Sunday may have been lucky to witness the sight. A huge mound of potatoes dwarfed everything else in sight. The awe-struck farmers and government officials were milling around to catch the sight of 87 tonnes of potato …
JAMES KANTER The European Commission began a new push on Wednesday to allow farmers in Europe to grow more biotech crops. In doing so, they have cleared the genetically modified potato for cultivation, despite persistent public opposition to the technolo- gy. In the first such step in more than a …
The European Union, where genetically modified food crops face stiff opposition on grounds of health and environmental risk, has approved the cultivation of GM potato
High Content Of Natural Steroid Found In It Has Medicinal Properties Himanshu Bhatt | TNN Surat: Potato is the most commonly consumed vegetable in the world. The same potato if grown on creepers and not under the soil can work wonders. This variety of potato has a high content of …
A field experiment was conducted during 2002-03 and 2003-04 at Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana to study the possible options for diversification of existing rice-wheat cropping system.
An experiment was conducted during 2005-06 and 2006-07 in the Division of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Khalsa College, Amritsar to study the effect of combined used of farmyard manure and poultry manure with 75, 100 and 125 per cent NPK on productivity, nutrient uptake and profitability of autumn potato.
Poor, marginalized people in rural areas of Nepal, who depend solely on natural resources and climatesensitive sectors such as agriculture, forestry and fisheries for their livelihoods, are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts. Most farmers depend on monsoon rain for crop cultivation, so changing rainfall patterns could have devastating results. …
The government has allowed a number of private companies for importing High Yielding Variety (HYV) of potato seeds aimed at increasing production of potato in the next season. The companies will import the HYV potato including diamont, provento, vanila, felsina, mondial, asterix, courag, ultra and granula from Holland and Germany …
