Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay dated 05.11.2024 dated 16/12/2024. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled "The Last Feral Horses in India" appearing in Mongabay dated November …
This study presents foliar application effect of Kappaphycus alvarezii (5-15%) extract on yield and seed quality of greengram at flowering stage. Application of K. alvarezii (conc. 10.0%) significantly increased seed yield (30.11%) compared to control,due to increase in yield of pods, weight of pods as well as seed yield per …
The economic analysis in the Green Economy Report builds in part on the encouraging signs and results of many initiatives around the world. A number of these come from developing countries, including emerging economies, and illustrate a positive benefit stream from specific green investments and policies, that if scaled up …
Organically grown cotton is more profitable for farmers than Bt cotton & is the pro-poor option for improving economic livelihood in rural communities finds this new Greenpeace report. It is based on analysis of non-Bt organic and Bt cotton farmers in Andhra Pradesh. This report said the monetary benefits of …
Farmers need credit for various reasons. But their inability to repay has been an important reason for not being able to access timely credit. Pragathibandhu is an innovative programme which makes the poor bankable by diversifying income sources and facilitating labour sharing. http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/india/2-finance-for-farming/financing-small-farmers-2013-an-innovative/at_download/article_pdf
Farmers' Welfare and Agriculture Development Minister Dr. Ramkrishna Kusmaria has said farmers should adopt organic farming with a view to increasing production as well as keeping the soil fertility intact. Organic farming has been in practice in India since ages. Dr. Kusmaria was addressing a function at Agriculture Science Fair …
Over 150 sapota trees, 50 mango trees, 100 coconut trees, 80 jackfruit trees, 200 areca trees, amruthaballi, cashews, coffee, custard apple, ginger, sweet lemon, cardamom, jamun, cinnamon, lemon, papaya, cocoa, vanila, beetle leaves, pumkin, ash guard, tamarind, neem, cactus... the list will go on. These are not the names of …
New policy envisages decentralised storage facilities. Policy highlights Envisages converting all crops into organic farming mode over the next ten years in a phased and compact manner. Advocates adopting a compact area group approach Every local self-government institution will develop model organic farms in select farmers' fields. Our Bureau Kozhikode, …
Sections of Indian government establishment are violating different laws regarding genetically modified food to illegally favour bio-technology multi-national corporations against the interest of citizens,
Addada village in Koppa taluk is emerging as a model organic village. About 100 hectare area of the village had been selected for implementing the organic village mission three years ago, and now it has started yielding fruits. The farmers were depending on chemical fertilisers for their crops like areca, …
Sandip Das New Delhi: A decade after launching the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) to export green products from India, the government is planning to launch a comprehensive web-based traceability software to trace operations from farms to consumers online. Named
The Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, will announce the organic farming policy of the State in Kozhikode on May 17. An official spokesman quoted the Agriculture Minister, Mr Mullakkara Ratnakaran, as saying that the policy proposed the setting up of an organic farming zone in each district so at least …
“This is our palace,” says 60-year-old N Ravindranath Shetty, as he welcomes one to his home with a grin. The palace he refers to is a 240 square feet single-room house made of clay bricks, roofed with coconut thatch and tarpaulin. An incredulous stare elicits an explanation: “Since we moved …
MUMBAI: If you thought biting into an alphonso untouched by chemicals and artificial fertilisers or sprays was no longer possible, think again. The city is currently witnessing a windfall of the king of fruits in the organic avatar. According to traders, this variety of the alphonso is grown in a …
CARTELISATION among state governments to cap the price of Bt cotton seed has brought the domestic and multinational seed companies on a common platform to push for removal of all strictures on prices. The seeds industry has argued that price controls will snuff out all competition and, consequently, new and …
A survey was made on certified organic farms in the country to ascertain the real benefits and feasibility of organic farming in terms of the production potential, economics and soil health in comparison to the conventional farms. The study revealed that organic farming, in spite of the reduction in crop …
VELLORE: The Central government has decided to provide financial assistance of Rs.10,000 per hectare for a maximum area of four hectares per beneficiary, over a period of three years, for the adoption of organic farming for horticultural crops under the National Horticulture Mission (NHM). This was conveyed in a letter …
ERODE: Erode MP A. Ganesha Murthi has appealed to the Central Government to declare Erode, Coimbatore and Tirupur districts as Special Zone for Organic Farming and initiate concerted efforts to promote the organic farm practices. Many farmers in the three districts had taken up organic farming at a large scale. …
Two of India's foremost agricultural scientists, whose names invariably come up whenever the phrase "green revolution" is uttered or written about - Dr. MS Swaminathan and Dr MV Rao-have not endorsed the application of Bt technology in brinjal so far Why? Dr. Swaminathan is well known as the "father of …
