The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Nagercoil: The district unit of Eco-friendly Agriculture Products Association in co-operation with Rural Uplift Centre organized a district level conference and distributed certificates to farmers, who adopted eco-friendly methods while under taking agriculture operations in their respective villages, at Thuvarancadu near Thittuvilai recently. The members of the association passed various …
The American food system rests on an unstable foundation of massive fossil fuel inputs. It must be reinvented in the face of declining fuel stocks. The new food system will use less energy, and the energy it uses will come from renewable sources. The seeds of the new food system …
As national governments move toward negotiating the next international agreement on climate change, and states and regions across the United States work to meet already established state greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets, what is the role of agriculture and food systems? According to several recent estimates, these sectors are …
Pakistan wants to benefit in the field of agriculture and particularly in enhancing rice production by employing Hybrid rice technology developed by an expert from Hunan province, said Pakistans Ambassador to China, Masood Khan. Pakistan largely benefited from the Hybrid rice seeds developed by Professor Yuan Long Ping, who is …
By Devinder Sharma In the garb of 'conservation agriculture', costly technology and imported concepts of sustainability are being introduced. On the face of it, it looks like agricultural scientists all over the world are now trying to mend ways, trying to learn from the farmers on the need to conserve …
Tuticorin: Farmers were being motivated to take up precision farming under National Agricultural Development Agency (NADP), said the Deputy Director of Horticulture, S. Joseph Karunanidhi. With a view to achieve the goal of reducing the yield gaps in important crops through focused interventions and maximise returns to the farmers, NADP …
Tribal farmers in India are being encouraged to plant underutilised indigenous wild trees on their land. This is in response to the fact that, in recent times, farming systems in central India have become less diversified and natural resources are becoming scarcer. Tribal communities living in remote areas are specially …
Supporters of small-scale farming claim that it provides livelihoods, and it can also conserve agrodiversity. In an attempt to show this, an international network of scientists joined hands with farmer communities to document agrodiversity. By sharing this knowledge with other farming communities, they showed how it is possible to achieve …
Diversity is being lost rapidly both in nature and culture, including agriculture. But, all is not lost yet. Realising the benefits and also as a reliable option in fragile ecosystems, communities are still nurturing diversity. This article highlights issues, available and potential options as well as barriers.
Small land holders can be self sustainable. This was proved by Shri. Santu, a small farmer in Gorakhpur, who started making a decent living from farming by increasing the diversity on the farms and integrating one into another.
ASHWANI SHARMA SHIMLA, State to build low-cost poly houses and offer micro-irrigation means like sprinkler and drip irrigation to help farmers grow cash crops round the year LALIT KUMAR THE Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to fund farmers, especially those in the hills, to build polyhouses
ANTARA BOSE Jamshedpur, Feb. 25: Here comes an opportunity for farmers of Kuchai village in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district to earn a few extra bucks. The state forest department is trying hard to promote lac cultivation in the region along with two other districts
Udupi District Farmers Association is organising Farmers Convention-2009 on February 21 at Sharada Kalyan Mantap, informed Association President Ramakrishna Bantakallu. Speaking to the media here on Wednesday, he said that the convention will comprise workshops on agriculture related information along with exhibition and demonstration of agriculture equipment. Dharmadarshi of Janardhan …
The Japanese team members at Santook. (C.F. Lepcha) Kalimpong, Feb. 19: The Japan International Cooperation Agency will implement the second phase of its greenhouse community service here as soon as it gets the clearance from the governments of both the countries. The first phase of the Jica-funded programme
MUMBAI: Union energy minister Sushilkumar Shinde has drafted an ambitious Rs 70,000 crore plan to replace the existing agriculture pumps across the country with energy-efficient pumps. The move is expected to save power worth Rs 18,000 crore per year. "Based on the studies conducted all over the world, we undertook …
