Rs 20-lakh project to encourage cultivation of jasmine, betel leaves and banana with GI tags Brand crops Special varieties of jasmine, betel leaves and banana grown in Mysore region. dh photoThe Horticulture Department has initiated measures to boost cultivation of
Sushil Kumar Lodhi, 32, walks about Dashehari village with newspaper clippings, which carried news of his grandfather’s death. His grandfather suffered a heart attack on his way back from Lucknow. He went there to convince officials not to build a solid waste management facility in their village because it would …
GREENING of citrus or huanglongbing disease affects oranges, kinnows, lemons and other members of the citrus family. The bacterial infection, characterised by yellow leaves and unripe green fruits, is difficult to detect. A recent study offers insight into how the disease might be detected early in sweet oranges. The disease …
The Central Statistical Organisation's advance estimate of a decline in the agricultural sector's output in 2009-10 by a mere 0.2% is a highly optimistic forecast. An analysis of the numbers in the latest estimates of foodgrain output and a comparison of output/GDP changes in the drought years of 2002-03 and …
While rising temperatures and changes in weather conditions is affecting agriculture and is a matter of serious concern, farmers in Himachal Pradesh have converted it into an opportunity. Apple farmers affected by climate change have shifted to crops like kiwi and pomegranate. Farmers who were earlier not able to grow …
The authorities were spending Rs 2 crore for the development of horticulture in Prakasam district, said Mr M. Venkateswarlu, additional director of horticulture, here on Sunday. Speaking to this newspaper, he said that they were also operating a horticultural training institute at the district headquarters to give the latest technology …
A contingent of farmers from Doda, Ramban Kishtwar and Poonch districts was flaged off today by the Director of Agriculture, Jammu Vinod Bala Sharma to visit outside the state under 'Technology Mission on Integration Development of Horticulture' As per a press release, the group will also participate in 'Kissan Mela' …
Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF) has launched 'Participatory Rapid Horticulture Appraisal' scheme to conduct a rapid appraisal of the horticulture sub-sector with an aim to identify those horticulture crops, which offer the greatest potential for growth. Under this scheme, ASF would focus on 17-key horticulture crops throughout Pakistan. These are mango, …
Almost seven months after Reliance Fresh stores were shut in UP after Chief Minister Mayawati scrapped the new agriculture policy following protests by a section of traders, a state government-funded agency is set to foray into the agri retail sector. The Uttar Pradesh State Horticultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (HOFED) is …
JAMMU, Mar 10 - Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti has sought the extension of agriculture loan waiver facility, recently announced in the union budget, to the horticulture sector in Jammu & Kashmir. The PDP President spoke to the Union Finance Minister, P Chidambaram and the Agriculture Minister Sharad …
This year's prolonged winter is likely to affect mango production in the State, according to the agriculture department. This is because the peak season of mangoes is expected to coincide with the onset of monsoon as the flowering of trees did not happen on time. Due to the extended winter, …
Says area under orchards increases to 97000 hectares, about 4000 hectares of additional land in Jammu division is being brought under fruit plantation under technology Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture during the current financial year raising the total area under horticulture to 97000 hectares. For this purpose, about 5 …
The West Bengal Power Development Corporation's Bakreswar Thermal Power Project in Birbhum district. WEST BENGAL has emerged as one of the fastest-growing States in India and is the third largest economy in the country. So its growing reputation as a preferred investment destination should come as no surprise. The State …
Adverse weather conditions, including heavy rains, have affected mango crop in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, while the prospects in Maharashtra, the largest producer of the
After Sargodha, Toba Tek Singh is on the second position in the production of citrus fruit orchards, said agriculture deputy director and vegetable development project in charge Dr Shafiq Muhammad while addressing the farmers. He said the production of citrus fruit was increasing gradually in the district and presently the …
A silent revolution is on in this water-scarce belt of Jammu and Kashmir, heralded by a farmer who has shown what self-help and innovation can do. Most of the farmland was lying fallow in this belt of Samba district. Overcoming the constraint, the farming community diversified its produce base by …
Since the economy of the North East is basically agro-based, the primary reason for its poverty is agricultural backwardness. The very fact that the region has to look after 3.8 per cent of India's population with only 2.7 per cent of national income earned by its economy shows what poverty-distance …
All the colours of the season are on display in their brilliant best at the Assam Engineering Institute Playground, which is hosting the North East Regional Horticultural Show - 2008 organised jointly by the Assam State Agricultural Marketing Board, Assam Horticultural Society and the Directorate of Agriculture and Horticulture, Government …
