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 …
Srinagar: A delegation of 15 officials of the Afghanistan Government are visiting the valley to learn horticulture techniques and also participate in a two-week international training programme on
Shimla: With barely 10 per cent of the work having been completed on the Theog-Kotkhai-Hatkoti-Rohru road being executed by the Chinese Longijian Road and Construction Company, apple growers are a worried lot despite expectations of a bumper crop. Work on the two roads, including the Mehatpur-Amb-Una raod, being constructed under …
Horticulture, irrigation and land development works have been undertaken in 62.5 lakh hectare private lands of reserved and backward class people in the state under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Giving this information, Minister for Panchayats, Rural Development and Social Justice Gopal Bhargava said that on one hand …
MUMBAI: If you thought biting into an alphonso untouched by chemicals and artificial fertilisers or sprays was no longer possible, think again. The city is currently witnessing a windfall of the king of fruits in the organic avatar. According to traders, this variety of the alphonso is grown in a …
Shivpuri : Taking advantage of the state government schemes and with their own efforts and hard work farmers of this district has given a unique identity in the field of farming to this district. Now several farmers of this district are taking interest to cultivate forest medicinal plants along with …
ROURKELA: Even as vegetable prices continue to soar, the horticulture potential of the Sundargarh district is not being tapped. If done properly, it could come handy in keeping vegetable prices under check across the year. Agro experts said an integrated and holistic approach is the need of the hour to …
Aurangabad: Farmers are lamenting the damage to their mango crops in various regions of Maharashtra due to hailstones and early rainfall. Every year Aurangabad district exports around 70 tons of Kesar Mangoes to USA. But earlier this week, due to hailstorms and unexpected rainfall, the mangoes have been damaged, and …
P Jonathan Ambrose | ENS The soaring temperature bringing down the production of mangoes to 40 per cent across the country and various diseases and pests affecting the crops have taken the sweet out this summer. But mango growers do not have to scratch their heads anymore, as the Perunthalaivar …
The hailstorm that lashed Sikkim on April 27 has caused extensive damage to crops, especially kharif, affecting about 3,000 families, Horticulture and Cash Crops Development department said today. The department held two consecutive meetings on April 29 and 30 to review the progress of various schemes and modify strategies for …
DIMAPUR, April 30: A training cultivation of coconut in foothill areas was held at State Horticulture Nursery (Green Park) on Thursday with Regional Director, Coconut Development Board (Guwahati) Sugata Ghose as chief guest and Dr J C Acharia as the resource person. With approximately 1200 hectares, Nagaland has entered into …
Figure set to touch a record 900 tonnes; less rain, no hailstorm the reason, say experts Cherry production in the state is likely to touch an all-time high in the current season and the estimates project that it will be double the quantity produced last year. Due to favourable weather …
The Madhya Pradesh government has proposed to set up food parks in three districts of the state. Harda district is also in the plan along with Bhopal and Ratlam district where the food parks would be set up. Talking to our correspondent, member of Narmada Valley Rural Development Foundation Trust …
Fertility of 17.14 lakh hectares has been improved and more than 65 lakh fruit saplings planted in Madhya Pradesh as part of the Nandan Falodyan Sub-Scheme under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. ''The planting has been undertaken over 23,578 hectares,'' Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargava …
For quite sometime now, Goa has been witnessing artificial ripening of bananas posing health hazard to the consumer. Hopefully this will be thing of the past, to a great extent, as the Goa State Horticultural Corporation has plans to set up state-of-the-art ripening facility.
Mandi/Kullu: High temperature and drought has started giving heartburns to apple farmers who own orchards in the south sunny face as they are facing moth attack on the fruit crop since last week. This has damaged almost 10-20 per cent of crop in some drought-hit areas in Churag-Karsog in Mandi, …
Though Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, in his budget, gave certain benefits to the tea industry, the associations representing the industry are disappointed with the budget and they feel that the budget would benefit only a handful of bog gardens. The industry also felt that the Chief Minister, despite promises made …
LUCKNOW: The Dussehri belt of Malihabad was in the grip of a power cut that stretched for over 28 hours. The power cut, which occurred due to a "serious fault" in the grid supply to Malihabad, occurred at 12.00pm on Thursday. Electricity supply could only be restored at 9.00pm on …
Siliguri: More than 75 per cent of the bought-leaf factories in north Bengal have closed down because of acute shortage of tea leaves triggered by low rain and pest attacks during the time of first flush when the best quality brew is produced. To tide over the crisis, BLF owners …
Malda: A hailstorm wreaked havoc in four blocks of Malda district last night, destroying ripening mangoes and damaging the boro crop. The hailstorm left Sabera Bibi, 30, dead in a lightning strike at Mandi village near Vaisnabnagar. Her husband suffered severe burn injuries and was admitted to the Malda District …
BHUBANESWAR: After system of rice intensification (SRI) paddy, it is sustainable sugarcane initiative (SSI) which would be the next generation sugarcane production technique with the rising labour cost and water crisis in the State. The SSI method would not only be requiring less labour and water, but it would also …
