An Eye on Methane: the road to radical transparency takes stock of progress harnessing an imminent data revolution that can accelerate methane reduction on a global scale. Credible data has the potential to deliver the transparency needed for rapid climate action, but only if reconciled, integrated and put into the …
Italy would help Pakistan in alleviation of poverty and bringing a green revolution in agriculture by providing modern technology, logistic, financial support and legal advice, said Dr Vincenzo Prati, Italian Ambassador to Pakistan. While delivering his speech at a seminar on "Agriculture in Pakistan" jointly organised by Multan Chamber of …
Kissan Support Service Limited (KSSL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with Pak Arab Fertilizer to ensure timely availability of fertilisers, seeds, pesticides and other agriculture inputs to the farmers, Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf, President Zari Tariqiati Bank (ZTBL) said here on Sunday while addressing first KSSL employees' convention at …
The loss of organic matter is major concern for Pakistans croplands, as the organic matter plays an important role in the physical structure of soils and, more importantly, is a medium for biological processes. In a report on Irrigated Agriculture and Cropland, an ADB study says that the purely mineral …
President Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) Muhammad Zaka Ashraf has said the government is making all out efforts to bring about green revolution in the country. Addressing a press conference in Mandi Bahauddin, he said President Asif Ali Zardari has directed decrease in interest rate on agri loans from 14 …
Observations of Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Governor of West Bengal and Chancellor at the Annual Convocation of The Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Mohanpur, 9 April 2009.
The concept of food security has evolved during the last three decades to include not only food availability, but also economic access to food and the biological absorption of food in the body. The author discusses in this paper the challenge of achieving sustainable advances in farm productivity, leading to …
Agriculture growth and instability have remained the subject of intense debate in the agricultural economics literature in India. While the need for increasing agricultural production or growth are obvious, the increase in instability in agricultural production is considered adverse for several reasons. It raises the risk involved in farm production …
Amidst the multidimensional problems and issues that dent the livelihoods of farmers in India, mixed cropping comes as a fresh breeze of hope. As the model plays as a risk reduction measure, farmers can rest assured that even in the face of an unforeseen event causing failure of a crop, …
ABU DHABI: With one of the highest per capita carbon footprints in the world, these oil-rich emirates would seem an unlikely place for a green revolution. Gasoline sells for 45 cents a gallon. There is little public transportation and no recycling. Residents drive between air-conditioned apartments and air-conditioned malls, which …
The Second Green Revolution for Sustainable Livelihood of Small Farmers is a Concept Paper developed by BAIF, based on its experience while working with small farmers and weaker sections of the society particularly tribals, across rural India. The aim is to create nationwide awareness among farmers, extension workers, scientists and …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Behind the high walls of the Poojappura Central Prison, a green revolution is in the making. Three acres of prison land are now all set for cultivating paddy. Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran on Tuesday launched the
The first part of this publication examines hunger and poverty in the region, changes in dietary patterns, agricultural commodity trends, and the outlook for the future, including the major challenges that need to be addressed. The second part provides a special focus on the new
This publication highlights the significance of the seed and new crop technologies. It captures the experiences of three key developments in Indian agriculture that sustained growth in agriculture, contributed to increased food production and the alleviation of poverty and hunger.
Rahi Gaikwad MUMBAI: Alluding to the risks involved in agriculture and the lack of a safety net for the poor, agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan called for reducing the dependency on agriculture by half and creating employment in other sectors to push up income levels. Mr. Swaminathan was speaking here on …
Thomas Friedman, the three-time Pulitzer prize winner and foreign affairs columnist of The New York Times, built a bonding with book readers and avid students and followers of the international politics with his 2005 bestseller, The World is Flat. He now returns to his audiences with Hot, Flat and Crowded, …
Rising input prices have almost sounded the death knell for the farmer. Is there a way out? A special report published in Down To Earth. For most Indians, Mahendra Singh Tikait is the man who brought Delhi to its knees in 1988 with a rally that brought the national capital …
The terms in which India"s agrarian crisis is discussed ensure that there is no solution a balanced, neutral story with both sides covered does not always the truth tell. But it is not easy to fit in people with several perspectives into a television studio. Much less when it involves …
The Green Revolution technologies in the country have resulted many fold increase in crop production, but simultaneously have made heavy demands of agro-chemicals, mostly fertilisers and pesticides. These have created pollution of soil, water, air and agricultural produce. Agricultural pollutants include pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers and some other agro- chemicals. In …
