Submissions by DGM Project Punjab Mandi Board in the matter of Kapil Dev & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated January 14, 2025. All possible efforts were being made by the Punjab Mandi Board to comply with the NGT guidelines and to dispose of the vegetable waste of …
Tomato, cabbage, and garden egg are important crops for small-scale farmers and migrants in the rural and peri-urban areas of Ghana. Genetic modification has the potential to alleviate poverty through combating yield losses from pests and diseases in these crops, while reducing health risks from application of hazardous chemicals. This …
Availability, accessibility and utilization of food are the three necessary conditions to achieve food security; yet food self sufficiency in India is often confused with the provisioning of food security. The country's self-sufficiency has also been dented with the massive imports of wheat in recent years. Price is important for …
Widespread use of harmful hormones in orchards, especially those for pineapple and banana in hilly Modhupur and Ghatail upazilas in Tangail district, is posing serious health hazards for human. The practice is also causing serious damage to environment and biodiversity. The two upazilas produce around 1,50,000 tonnes of pineapples a …
In a monitoring study residue levels of organochlorines (OC), synthetic pyrethroids (SP), organophosphates (OP) and carbamates were determined in unprocessed and processed three vegetables viz. brinjal, cauliflower and okra to know the residue levels and evaluate the effect of different household processes (washing and boiling/cooking) on reduction of residues. Samples …
Batch digestion of vegetable waste slurry was carried out in the laboratory using 2.5L capacity bottle reactors for 60 days at ambient conditions. The biogas yield from vegetable waste over the length of the digestion time was observed to be 0.391L/g of VS fed. The methane content of the biogas …
The cultivation and use of brinjal (eggplant/aubergine) is of great antiquity. It is from India, as philological studies indicate, that brinjal moved to West Asia and Europe. The different regions of India offer a diversity of accounts, documented as part of history, of the availability of brinjal and ancient food …
In order to address some issues faced by small farm holders, Agrarian Development Institute for Sustenance and Improved Livelihood (ADISIL), a Madurai based NGO, with the support of Svaraj, has revived an innovative, traditional technology, i.e. raised bed farming. Raised bed farming is the practice of using complex terraces of …
In Shiraz plain, there are 1070 ha of agriculture, 540 hectares of that is used for, vegetable cultivation. Two rivers are crossing Shiraz plain west to east. They are called Khoshk river and Soltanabad river. East and south of the city of Shiraz in two seprate countryside, people use polluted …
As a consequence of the developmental programmes undertaken by the concerned agencies in the State of Himachal Pradesh, production of fruits and vegetables have shown an increasing trend over the past few decades. Inspite of this increasing trend, when we compare productivity levels with global figures, these have been found …
Punjab Minister for Agriculture Ahmed Ali Aulkh has said that the government is giving priority to agriculture and is distributing 60,000 acres land on lease to the landless farmers, and priority will be given to agriculture graduates. "The government is also planning to start schemes for irrigation with a cost …
Chandigarh: Though the inflation now stands at 11.05 per cent, rates of grocery items, fruits and vegetables have recorded a hike of 25 to 30 per cent.Varun Chadhadoes a recce of the city markets The skyrocketing inflation, now at a 13-year high, has virtually eroded the hard-earned wealth of the …
Oil Price Hike Has Led To Increase In Transportation Costs, Say Mandi Sources; Rain Damaging Veggies New Delhi: If you are reeling under rising prices, then brace yourself for more next week
The residents of Khrew and Khanmoh in Pampore Tehsil have expressed serious concern over the increasing number of cement manufacturing factories, which they said have become major source of pollution in the area. Demanding that the factories should either be closed down or shifted to some uninhabited areas, the residents …
Organised food retail culture is fast catching up in the city but Delhiites are not yet shifting their loyalties from mom-&-pop stores From a hawker's tindas, karelas and baigans, to packaged zucchini, broccoli and cherry tomatoes, the Indian consumer has come a long way. Organised retail and the steady mushrooming …
Export-quality tomatoes labeled "Ready to Eat" in English flooded Mexico City markets on Thursday after a salmonella scare in the U.S. stopped them from crossing the border. There is no proof that Mexico provided the contaminated tomatoes that caused the alarm. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is still hunting …
Lawmakers voted Thursday to subpoena nine companies responsible for analyzing the most dangerous food entering the country as part of an investigation that gained more urgency with an outbreak of salmonella from tomatoes. For months, a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee has investigated the possible circumvention of government import alerts. …
The rise in fuel prices will mean costlier vegetables and fruits. The disparity in wholesale and retail prices will see a big jump in the coming days, say industry experts. The hike in diesel prices may make vegetables costlier by just 10-50 paise a kg, but in reality, the consumer …
The relative toxicity of emulsions of various pyrethroids was evaluated against the third instar larvae of Pieris brassicae in the laboratory. Except fenvalerate, the synthetic pyrethroids viz, deltamethrin, cyhalothrin, alphamethrin, bifenthrin, fenpropathrin and cyfluthrin were found to be highly toxic, their relative toxicity values being 23.2, 14.5, 10.5, 8.92, 7.73 …
