There are multiple initiatives of the Government of India such as the Animal Husbandry Startup Grand Challenge launched by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy in partnership with the Startup India programme, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGPA), etc. which aim to encourage entrepreneurship in …
The unique ecological entity and topographical diversities are the exclusive characteristics of the hill and mountain regions in India. The distinctive socio-economic features, ethnicity, climatic variability and human activities, seprate the hill and mountain ecosystem from the rest.
LUCKNOW: Mango aficionados, farmers and industry bigwigs, chew on this. If minister of food processing industries, Subodh Kant Sahai is referring to India as a future 'World Food Factory', it is not without reason. As the largest suppliers of mango by-products to the rest of the world, there's help at …
June 24: Small and marginal farmers from SC and ST communities are going to raise horticulture crops, mainly cashew nut on assigned lands over about 4,000 acres, 1,000 acres in agency areas, under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NR-EGS) in East Godavari. Horticulture authorities target to raise several horticulture …
LUCKNOW: The UP Jal Nigam (UPJN) is doing all it can to make the proposed Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) plant at Kakori a reality. After the State Advisory Council met the senior members of UPJN on June 14, the implementing authority for the plant is busy preparing a fresh blueprint …
The fate of the birthplace of famous Dashehari variety of mango, the Dashehari village, is hanging in a balance. Known for the oldest mango tree of the variety
Huge quantity of fertiliser and pesticides, meant for distribution to farmers, were found in an unused well near Kadri Park on Thursday. All the material belonged to the Horticulture Department. The incident came to light after a few members of the public, who had seen dumping of boxes brought in …
LUCKNOW: The site for the proposed municipal solid waste management (MSW) project would undergo yet another environmental scrutiny on June 14, when the state environment directorate would look into objections pertaining to environmental threat from the project. On Tuesday, the state advisory council (SAC) headed by Satish Chandra Mishra decided …
CHILDREN of a remote northeast village Dibrual Dehingio Gaon are now studying in nearby English medium schools, 40 people of Padamunda village in Orissa are employed in transportation business in nearby town and habitants of flood-prone regions of Bihar are no longer starving during rainy seasons; thanks to construction of …
Dalsinghsarai, Rosera and Bhibhutipur in Samastipur have been known for their rich moong harvested around this time of the year, but the new buzzword in these areas now is inter-cropping of the pulse with sugarcane and mango orchard. The district, adjacent to the famous low-lying vast tract (taal) by the …
Rajpura: Poor enforcement of law has lead to the sale of watermelons laced with intoxicants in Rajpura. The Health Department officials expressing their helplessness to get the samples of the fruit said the consumers should be made aware of the problem. Besides, this law should be enforced strictly to curb …
The Committee on Agriculture present this eleventh report on deficient monsoon and steps taken by the Government to mitigate its impact on agriculture sector. The Committee, taking into consideration the deficient rainfall in the country during Kharif 2009, had decided to select this subject for study and report to Parliament.
As dusk falls on the dark moon day in the Malayalam month of Karkidakam—between end-July and early August—devotees make their way to the bank of Kodayar river. At Kuzhithurai, in Kanyakumari district on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, it’s time to honour ancestors. The day begins with families squatting before priests …
Himanshu Bhatt | TNN Surat: Use of pruning and plastic mulching technique in mango farming have brought very encouraging results in the last few years for the farmers who export their produce to Gulf countries. Recipient of Sardar Patel Agriculture Research Award in 2009 from Fansa village in Valsad Rajesh …
Over 150 sapota trees, 50 mango trees, 100 coconut trees, 80 jackfruit trees, 200 areca trees, amruthaballi, cashews, coffee, custard apple, ginger, sweet lemon, cardamom, jamun, cinnamon, lemon, papaya, cocoa, vanila, beetle leaves, pumkin, ash guard, tamarind, neem, cactus... the list will go on. These are not the names of …
Hem Lata Verma Nearly a century after it brought in an unprecedented boom in apple cultivation in Himachal Pradesh, Kotgarh in Shimla district is set to usher in yet another era of sweeping horticulture reforms. A first-of-its-kind
