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 …
While passing an interim order staying field trials of genetically modified (gm) crops, the Supreme Court had observed on September 22, that the proceedings of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (geac)
tomato production may receive a major boost if the field trials for a transgenic variety developed by a team of scientists at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (iari) are successful. The new variety is resistant to the leaf curl disease, which cuts down tomato production by as much as 65 …
sterilising produce: A new method to sterilise fruits and vegetables has been developed, which literally sucks life out of germs. It could replace ozone-depleting chemicals, like methyl bromide, which are currently used to sterilise fresh produce. Called metabolic stress disinfection, the technique was developed by Manuel Lagunas-Solar and his team …
Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) is a cucurbitaceous vegetable for which India is the secondary center of diversity and endowed with rich variability especially in the fruit characters. The Regional Station of the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NGPGR), located at Hyderabad, India has conducted several expeditions in the Telangana …
Manipur is the paradise of wild edible plants. The traditional delicacies made out of these plants are nutritious (full of minerals) and do not need oil or many spices to taste good. Eronba is one such dish that is often eaten along with rice. It is prepared from a number …
Boil vegetables such as Alpinia nigra, Hedychium spicatum and Ammomum aromaticum along with potatoes and chillies (either the dried red ones or the fresh green variety). Thereafter, mash them along with fermented and steamed/roasted ngaree (a fish variety) to make a thick paste; the fish has high nutritional value and …
an apple a day: Consumption of fruits and vegetables reduces the incidence of cardiovascular disease and cancer, according to a study by researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The researchers estimate that 2.6 million people die per year due to inadequate fruit and vegetable intake. Consuming …
The idea that food has therapeutic value is not a new one. Ayurveda, for instance, recommends diet regimes based on seasons and on an individual's constitution (see box: Take cues from traditional wisdom). And it's not just this ancient system of medicine. Traditional communities in most countries had dietary practices …
HERBAL BEER Looks, smells, even tastes like it. But is it beer? WHAT GOES IN? Pub-crawlers beware, herbal beer is just raw mango mixed with herbs (Andrographis or kalmegh and Tinospora or guduchi), fermented for a week. Besides mango (Mangifera indica), other fruit such as amla (Phyllanthus emblica), guava (Psidium …
Be careful, but not paranoiac about pesticides. They are harmful but only when consumed in large doses. We are what we eat and drink. And our increasingly insecure existence is mirrored in our food fears: pesticides in fruits and vegetables, mercury in fish, bad fats in snacks, bird flu in …
the obsession to increase farm productivity is taking a toll on the quality of fruits and vegetables. A us study shows nutrient value of 43 common crops has declined significantly over the past 50 years. The crops included 39 vegetables, three types of melons and strawberries. Between 1950 and 1999 …
if you visit village Amol Kalan Paschim, you are sure to be served highly nutritious water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica), kaseru (Scirpus kysoor), winged beans (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus), guar phali (Cyamopsis tetragonolobus) and sehjan (Moringa oleifera). About 20 kilometers away from Lucknow, it has been adopted by the National Botanical Research Institute …
The samples of okra and brinjal fruit and soil collected from non-IPM and IPM fields were analyzed for insecticides viz chlorpyriphos, cypermethrin and monocrotophos, widely used in these crops in adopted village Raispur, in Ghaziabad District (UP).
china’s agricultural revolution has come at a cost. With farmers abandoning the millennia-old tradition of growing rice in favour of fruits and vegetables, the soil quality has declined owing to the application of too much fertiliser. This is causing a profound and detrimental affect on the agricultural produce. These are …
us citizens need beneficial dietary guidance, indicates a 30-year-long study of the us Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. As per the research, calorie intake of the nation has increased manifolds
the Spices Board India (sbi) in Kochi, Kerala, has identified 43 villages in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh to grow residue-free chillies using the integrated pest management (ipm) system. The move is a part of the board's strategy to encourage farmers to totally avoid the use of chemicals in the …
simple remedy: Garlic not only keeps the vampires at bay, but also pests such as slugs and snails, which cause millions of dollars worth of damage in countries with cool or temperate climates. Scientists from the uk-based University of Newcastle upon Tyne have found that the pungent herb could act …
every traditional malayalee home has a tulsi plant in front of the house and a drumstick tree in the backyard. The drumstick tree (Moringa oleifera) is commonly known as moringa in south India . Its fruits, leaves and flowers are all edible. All these are an outstanding source of vitamins …
