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 …
When the well-armed and counter-insurgency trained personnel of the 2nd Meghalaya Police Battalion, located at Goeragre, 10 kms from Tura, are not chasing militants in Garo Hills, they can surely be found replacing their guns for garden tools inside their complex busy in the cultivation of strawberries which has become …
They are educated and industrious youths leading a generation living in an economically tough world, who have stepped forward to steer in a green revolution in greater Puthimari area. It needs to be mentioned that at a time when lakhs of youths have been reeling under the burning unemployment problems …
The State Government plans to facilitate the farming of industrial hemp on about 30,000 hectares of barren land in Uttarakhand. The fiber and wood pulp from the cultivated hemp will be used for manufacturing paper and fabric in the initial stages, according to official sources. If the plans are executed …
THENI: Technology driven fruit production, integrated approach, mechanisation, enhancement and utilisation of wastelands and efficient post harvest management and technology would meet the challenges faced by horticulture, said H.P. Singh, Deputy Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. He was inaugurating the XV Group Meeting of All India …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: Mango trees full of flowers is an indication that the crop this year will be sweet. Going by the full bloom in Saurashtra and even Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, the state is heading for a good mango yield. Also, if conditions are favourable, kesar mango will …
The North-east has fared rather poorly in utilizing the funds allocated for horticulture development, and this should change if the region were to harness its tremendous potential in the sector. L Rynjah, Principal Adviser, Planning Commission, said this while interacting with the media during the
GOAL, a leading NGO of Golaghat district, in association with Horticulture dept of Assam Agriculture University (AAU), Jorhat organised several training programmes on banana cultivation at different places on the outskirts of Dergaon.After holding the programmes at Disoi, Danichapori, etc., the programme was organised at Dadhara Doingia gaon, Kakodonga and …
Farmers and horticulturists in the region are likely to frostbite in their income. The sources available here told The Tribune that the frost coupled with unexpectedly low temperatures has dominated the month of December this year. This is likely to cause extensive damage to vegetable and other crops in the …
The Brahmaputra Valley region has a unique landscape, with the Brahmaputra River and other rivulets running between the parallel hill ranges. The valley gets flooded during the monsoons, which deposit a large amount of silt and debris on the riverbeds. The local communities have developed systems to take advantage of …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today underscored the urgency of making the fruits of science and technology available to the common man for ameliorating many of the ills afflicting the society such as poverty, unemployment, etc. In his inaugural address on the second day of the 9th Indian Science Communication Congress …
It pays to go Dutch. Ask Rasila Kothari, 52, who took to commercial cultivation of Dutch roses in Chandwe village, near Ranchi in Jharkhand. While it has been quite some time since tech-backed farming of roses began in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi and West Bengal, it was yet …
KOLKATA, 10 DEC: The West Bengal horticulture department is planning to set up six multi-purpose cold storage units in the state under the National Horticulture Mission. The initiative has been taken after it was found that most of the fruit and vegetables were wasting away after harvest due to poor …
Rajahmundry, Dec. 4: Even as paddy farmers are struggling hard to cope with the shortage of water for raising paddy, especially in the Godavari delta area, for the rabi season following low water availability in the Godavari river and the authorities supplying water in a phased manner only to notified …
Plum holds a prominent position among the temperate fruits. Orchard floor-management affects growth, yield and fruit quality indirectly through its effect on the availability of nutrients and water. Weeds compete with the main crop for water, nutrients, space and light resulting in low yield and poor quality fruit.
