Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
Bangladesh's jute industry has hit a rough patch. The crop's price has reportedly nosedived to an "abnormally" low rate of US$ 4-5 per 38 kg in the primary market, against a production cost of US$ 7 for 38 kg. While India is manufacturing diverse products, including industrial and coarse textiles, …
SURVIVAL is still the most important factor in the lives of millions in the developing countries. Now is the time to look carefully at all its aspects. Recalling Darwin, learning to live with errors and malfunctions is essential to survival. Now, we are struggling to correct the previous errors of …
INDIA"S Green Revolution in the"60s had a baneful side to it too- the use of high-yielding seed varieties led to a spurt in fertiliser and pesticide application. This was especially true of rice, the staple food of a majority of Indians and other Asian people. The continent accounts for over …
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a method of reducing the use of pesticides by farmers by promoting alternative pest control practices such as the use of resistant rice varieties, dependence on natural enemies to control pests (also known as biological control), better water, weed, and fertillser managernent, and better cultivation …
"I have wasps to take care of the yellow stemborers and green leaffolders, spiders to control the brown planthopper and ducks and tadpoles to feed on the menacing golden apple snail. So why should I use insecticides?" says Sesinando Masajo, a 61-year-old farmer from the Laguna province of the Philippines, …
Australia is in the grip of a severe drought. Recently, food production has decreased sharply, prices have soared and there has been water shortages and Flowering in concrete jungles bush fires in the eastern parts of the country. The state of agricultural production looks dim for the country. According to …
THE notorious Indian sweet tooth is on a survation diet: red rot, an infectious fungal disease that has devastated the sugarcane crop in western Uttar Pradesh, has left the nation dreadfully short on sugar - at a time when it should be pouring into the domestic market to feed the …
The first documented report on red rot (Colletotrichum falcaturn) dates back to 1901. However, some researchers daim that it was prevalent in the Indian subcontinent centuries ago and was referred to in Buddhist literature as Lai 6alan. Even if the fungus had existed before the British introduced "exotic" varieties, it …
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SOON after the euphoria of the Green Revolution in India subsided, it became clear that the high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of rice and wheat were not the answer to the problem of foodgrain scarcity. The planting of HYV seeds, in fact, resulted in more agricultural problems. HYVs of rice required more …
"A soil test is like an X-ray sheet," says R S Mehla, joint director of Haryana's State Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Karnal. The test results give a detailed picture of the condition of the soil and its characteristics. "The objective of soil testing is to help farmers make judicious …
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West Bengal's department of environment and forests has decided to use fly ash generated by thermal power plants and industrial boilers using coal as soil conditioners, and convert old ash ponds into agricultural land. These schemes are a part of the masterplan drawn up by the department to deal with …
The German pharmaceutical giant Schering AG is in for a hard time. Androcur and Diane 35, 2 of its best-selling drugs marketed in Europe, are suspected to be potential causes of cancer. Tests carried out on rodents by the Federal Institute for Medication and Medical Products revealed a possible carcinogenic …
ABOUT 1.2 billion women live in the rural areas of the developing world and at least one-third of these are heads of households. These women bear a crushing workload -- at home and in the fields -- but their contribution to rural development is often overlooked. Environmental degradation adds to …
THE Short Filmfest (July 29-August 7) at Delhi's Shakuntalam Theatre truly disappointed viewers who expect social reality to be reflected in documentary and short films made by independent filmmakers. The despondency deepens as one sees the absence of environmental elements in any social documentation. The only film that comes through …
IT IS time for European farmers to clean up their backyards: the European Community has launched in London its first environmental audit for farms. The brainchild of Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF), a British organisation promoting profitable but environment-friendly farming, the audit has won support from the government, conservationists, supermarkets, …
Agriculture, India's primary sector, is vulnerable nature's vagaries, but technological innovations have been playing a bigger role in its development. However, the lack of coordination between researchers and administrators, agricultural extension officials and farmers, even between progressive farmers and other land-tillers often hamper the process. Extension officials play a special …
THE temporary check dams (locally known as bandharas) across streams, have made a huge impact on the agricultural system in Hivare, a drought-prone village 35 km from Pune on the Pune-Saswad road. Even a year ago, the villagers of Hivare wouldn't have dared to dream of watering their fields all …
INTEGRATED development has changed the Hivare landscape in more ways than one. Check dams have raised the groundwater level, slowed down erosion and helped increase crop yields. Villagers like 67-year-old G D Gurav hope that water and fuelwood problems will be solved shortly. The villagers used to migrate to cities …
