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 …
With maximum and minimum temperatures across the hilly and lower areas of Himachal Pradesh remaining unusually high, warning bells have started to toll for the farmers and horticulturists in the state. The Shimla hills have been recording temperature above 25 degree Celsius for two weeks, with Sunday touching the all-time …
ITANAGAR, April 12: Horticulture Minister Honchum Ngandam expressed hope that in days to come poppy cultivation in some districts of the state would give way to medicinal plants. He was addressing as the chief guest during the day long state level seminar on medicinal plants organized by Horticulture department here …
MUMBAI: Last week, the state Food and Drug Administration officers cracked down on a racket using calcium carbide to ripen mangoes, but FDA insiders say it was just the tip of the iceberg and use of chemicals to ripen fruits and mixing colours in fruits and vegetables is quite common. …
DHENKANAL: Baidyanath Sahoo, a farmer of Tarava village in Dhenkanal district, is a happy man today. He along with his family members have cultivated watermelons in over 200 acres. They have already sold 300 tonnes of this popular fruit so far and earned a profit of Rs 12 lakh. Santosh …
Kolar (Jagraon): Banana was once considered an unviable crop in Punjab due to its climatic requirements. But that was in days of yore. Today, banana cultivation is spread over not less than 250 acres in the state. Though a high value crop, it was not being grown in Punjab till …
The Garo, Khasi and Jaintia Hills region, with its unique landscape, climatic phenomenon of heavy cloud cover and torrential rainfall, and agricultural richness involving the majority of the population, has been proposed as another National Agricultural Biodiversity Heritage Site based on six indices. The region is very rich in floristic …
With the onset of summers, the wait for mango starts. Speculations become rife about the mango crop. This year, the heat wave-like conditions prevailing in the state even in March, are posing a threat to mango production even after bumper flowering. The quantity if baur visible on mango trees had …
Drip is considered as the most efficient irrigation method amongst methods which as it wets up only one-third cropped surface area and saves about 40 to 50 per cent of irrigation water depending upon the situation.
Rajahmundry, March 24: Horticulture authorities are going to take up plantation of mango and cashew nut in about 1,347 acres of land in six mandals to benefit nearly 1,700 farmers, mainly from the SC and ST communities under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in East Godavari shortly. The …
BHUBANESWAR: Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout today said in the Assembly that the State Government had decided to spend Rs 1,000 crore during the next several years to convert highlands into fertile land to deal with the situation arising out of crop loss and erratic monsoon. To a question from Naba …
The Central Statistical Organisation's advance estimate of a decline in the agricultural sector's output in 2009-10 by a mere 0.2% is a highly optimistic forecast. An analysis of the numbers in the latest estimates of foodgrain output and a comparison of output/GDP changes in the drought years of 2002-03 and …
BHUBANESWAR: The Pradesh Congress today demanded a white paper from the Government on its activities on the agriculture sector and the measures taken during the last 10 years to protect the interest of the farmers. While more than 50 farmers of the State committed suicide due to crop failure and …
Union Agriculture Commissioner Dr Gurbachan Singh has said that more than 80 per cent farmers in the country have lands up to 2 hectare. Out of these, 50 per cent farmers do not have even one-hectare agricultural land. Keeping the requirements of these farmers in mind, such ideal agriculture modules …
As part of its beautification drive in view of the Commonwealth Games 2010, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will develop a Commonwealth Park on Africa Avenue spreading on 2.5 acres of land. The unique park will house a special plant from each participating country as their representation for which …
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board (DJB), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Central Public Works Department (CPWD) are in trouble for supplying untreated sewage water to Lodhi Garden for horticulture purposes. Having failed to respond to a notice issued to them by Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) in December, the …
Dharamsala: Palampur Agriculture University (PAU) has come out with a booklet to help common farmers compute economics of their crops using simple methodologies. Dr Tej Partap, Vice-Chancellor, PAU, while releasing the bulletin, said it was imperative to provide precise knowledge and technology to farmers right from seed selection stage to …
