Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS) is trying to popularise the cultivation of Parija rice as an additional crop in between Aman and Boro in greater Rangpur region. Parija is one of the disappeared Aus varieties of rice. Farmers in the region used to cultivate the early harvest variety during Aus …
A new bill in Tamil Nadu puts farmers at the thrall of agriculture university graduates On the last day of its budget session the Tamil Nadu assembly passed 30 bills without any discussion. One of them was without parallel. If the governer signs the bill, writings of Thiruvalluavar, Oovaiyar and …
Pakistan can benefit from 60 years long Chinese research in agriculture sector for superior crop varieties to meet their ever increasing national food grain requirements. Leader of the 4-member Chinese private sector delegation Dr John Liu talking to Vice Chancellor, Punjab University Professor Mujahid Kamran here Thursday, during their visit …
Sept.11 : In times when food is genetically manipulated and chemically contaminated, the metaphor "food for thought" can also stand for manipulated information and be toxic food for thought. Unfortunately, Dr M.S. Swaminathan
he newly innovated hybrid Boro paddy- BRRI Hybrid Dhan-3-with shorter lifetime and lower production cost is expected to release very soon. The authorities concerned is set give the final approval for releasing the variety for commercial production within next one or two months, director (administration) of the BRRI Dr A …
G. Chandrashekhar Decatur (Illinois), Sept. 7 After the success of genetically modified cotton in India, Monsanto is interested in extending its product line to include corn (maize), rice, wheat and vegetables such as tomato, okra and pepper. The life-science major is already testing modified corn in India. It is the …
A fourth of all the water used in Asia can be saved using new methods of growing rice Surinder Sud / New Delhi September 8, 2009, 0:36 IST New methods can halve the use of water in growing rice - the water saved can equal a fourth of all Asia
Narayan Lakshman CHENNAI: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) has helped farmers in Tiruchi district to cope with an unreliable monsoon and shortage of farm labour, according to the district administration. Speaking to The Hindu, District Collector T. Soundiah said the production cost of paddy under the new cultivation technique …
Lux Lakshmanan Food security in India is getting more and more dependent on annual monsoons. In a year of low rainfall, a large section of the people, especially those below the poverty line, have to depend on subsidised government food rations. If this situation continues, the country will be stressed …
Ludhiana: A group of wheat scientists working in the department of plant breeding and genetics has brought laurels to the varsity during the 48th All India Wheat and Barley Research Workers' Meeting, organised at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. A PAU-developed durum wheat variety - PDW 314 - has …
The National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), Nagpur, has undertaken an ambitious project to assess the State
Melting Himalayan glaciers and other climate change impacts pose a direct threat to the water and food security of more than 1.6 billion people in South Asia, according to preliminary findings of a new study financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute, …
TIRUCHI: Transport Minister K.N.Nehru appealed to the farmers to make use of the agricultural laboratories set up in Tiruchi district and get proper advice for increasing the yield of all agricultural crops. Inaugurating the 11th agricultural laboratory in Tiruchi district set up by the Agricultural department at Natarjapuram in Tiruverambur …
BALASORE: Here's good news for betel farmers. Now they do not have to sell betel leaves at throwaway price as a research has claimed that aromatic oil can be produced from the betel leaves and sold at a price that is at least two times higher than the cost of …
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Dibrugarh organised a farmer-scientist interaction-cum-awareness programme on August 26 as part of the technology week from August 24 to 29, in the conference hall of the district agriculture office, Dibrugarh. Inaugurating the programme, Dr J K Choudhury, Programme Coordinator of KVK, Dibrugarh, highlighted the objectives of …
Plant growth promoters are naturally produced molecules that increase crop yield. Developing them for commercial use is difficult. The Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) received a US patent in May, this year, for developing a promoter, isolated from a medicinal plant. Anil Kumar Singh, Deputy Director of …
The Agro-Biotechnology can play an important role in the agriculture development of the country. The products of agriculture biotechnology, especially the disease resistance crops, high yielding varieties and new varieties with essential nutrients can fulfil our present and future needs. This was stated by International Centre for Chemical and Biological …
M.J. PRABU Personal experience: Women in Thandalam village, Tamil Nadu involved in the manufacture of panchagavya. AGRICULTURE IS undergoing a rapid change.
Researchers in Japan have identified a gene that allows rice plants to fight off a fungal disease called blast, which may open the way for farmers to cultivate hardier plants. Using genetic sequencing, they were also able to separate the gene, Pi21, from a nearby gene that is associated with …
