The broad objective of this study is to undertake research on development perspectives of an integrated agro-industrial ecosystem in Africa that the African Development Bank (AfDB) has developed and termed Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs). The SAPZ model is conceptualised by the Bank as its brand for a spatial development …
Is pursuing floriculture in green house a commercial activity? The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) would lead us to believe so. However, the national horticulture mission thinks otherwise. Now, the future prospects of all these 50-odd farmers, as well as the horticulture mission project in Punjab, has come under a …
Srinagar: As the tulip garden by the banks of the Dal Lake is thrown open to the public, the authorities are skeptic about how long the breathtaking view of the flowers in full glory would last. Since the inception of what is touted as the largest tulip garden in Asia, …
First lac and silk cultivation and now state farmers will receive training to extract natural dyes from flowers. The training will start among self-help groups (SHG) in Ichagarh block of Seraikela-Kharsawan.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today hoped that tourists, both domestic and international, would visit the local tulip garden to enjoy its vast expanse having about 12 lakh tulips of different varieties and colours in full bloom. He was the first to purchase an entry ticket this morning when the garden …
Afsana Rashid Srinagar, March 16 The Floriculture Department has taken up the task of carrying out the census of chinars located across the Kashmir valley.
After great success in 2008, the tulip garden in Srinagar is all set to attract people this year as well with an added dimension. Contrary to 2008, tulips blooming this year would be indigenous with no imports. Director, Floriculture, Kashmir, GS Naqash says that the garden would be open between …
Amid dark clouds of economic meltdown, commercial cultivation of flower is booming in the Jammu region, with women taking the lead. Women in the region are opting for floriculture rather than traditional crops. A large number of women have set up floriculture businesses of their own in the past few …
Farming in progress at the polyhouse. Picture by Hardeep Singh Ranchi, Feb. 11: Rasila Kothari (50), a floriculturist, is slogging away to meet the Saturday deadline. The brain behind this mega project, along with 25 staff members, is taking care of 30,000 Dutch roses grown on one acre of land …
Solan: CM Prem Kumar Dhumal today said the multi-crore Pandit Deen Dayal Kisan Samridhi Yojana Polyhouse project will boost production of off-season vegetables and floriculture. He was addressing a public meeting at Kandaghat, after laying the foundation stone of the building of the Civil Hospital, to be constructed at a …
Jammu: Commercial cultivation of flowers is gradually picking up in Jammu and Kashmir. Around 100 women have come forward to set up their own flower farms following a drive by the state floriculture department to encourage them. The department is also holding training workshops for the women to help them …
While agriculture diversification in Punjab may not have been very successful on a larger scale, it is bearing great fruit at individual level. Ravi Inder Singh (23), who graduated in electric engineering last year, chose farming as a profession rather than sweating it out in some office. While a major …
This policy is intended to help in rejuvenating the agriculture sector of Orissa and bringing lasting improvement in the economic condition of the farmers. An integrated implementation of the intentions of the Government would definitely achieve the targeted annual growth rate of 4 per cent during the Eleventh Five Year …
Two representatives of the World Bank met the farmers at village Sunpura in Vidisha district yesterday and held discussions with them on issues pertaining to agriculture. They enquired as to what crops they take in which season, which variety of seeds they use, quantum of production, marketing of their produce …
A Week back, the rising temperatures in the state had the farmers worried about sowing of kharif crop. Even horticulturists, especially apple and mango growers, were under immense stress over fruit size. But the moderate rainfall that has intermittently continued all over the state during the past three days has …
Nahar phoole nuhuai, kapau phoole huaba-the fragrant 20 inch long orchid with a tinge of delicate purple shade has immense import not only in the cultural front of Assamese society. The gorgeous flower also has an all pervasive impact in the psyche of the population. An entity that embodies the …
