There are multiple initiatives of the Government of India such as the Animal Husbandry Startup Grand Challenge launched by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy in partnership with the Startup India programme, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGPA), etc. which aim to encourage entrepreneurship in …
Shishir Prashant / Dehradun December 07, 2010, 0:28 IST The mountainous terrain, a fragile environment, small and fragmented holdings, a complete lack of irrigation facilities and poor marketing infrastructure, among other factors, has hampered the growth of horticulture in Uttarakhand. To overcome these odds, the state government has launched an …
Preeti Parashar Posted: Monday, Dec 06, 2010 at 2333 hrs IST Tags: Government Source More Horticulture Crops | CII Agrotech 2010 | Centre Holds Foodgrain Stocks | Punjab Contributes 40% Of Paddy Comments Email print Financial Express Facebook Twitter more The government is mulling sourcing more horticulture crops and oilseeds …
Assam is close to becoming the second State in the country in matters of productivity of rice in 2009-10. Almost all the formalities are complete now and only a formal announcement from the Union Government is awaited in this respect. The projected productivity rate of the State in this respect …
A sustained economic growth, rising per capita income and growing urbanization are apparently causing a shift in the consumption patterns in favor of high-value food commodities like fruits, vegetables, dairy, poultry, meat and fish products from staple food such as rice, wheat and coarse cereals. Such a shift in consumption …
Soaring temperature had led to incidences of fruit damage AFALL in production of oranges across major belts of Punjab, Maharashtra and Rajasthan has led to prices rising between 40% and 45% and touching 290-350 for a carton of 10 kg. The one bright spot, literally, is that growers in the …
Bangarpet: Farmers get no help from Agricultural Dept in time of crisis Acres of potato crop in Sakkanahalli in Bangarpet taluk destroyed by blight. dh photoFarmers have lost lakhs of rupees due to destruction of potato crop by a bout of blight, yet, they are yet to receive any relief …
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
JAIPUR: As part of its global outreach mission, city-based International Horticulture Innovation and Training Centre (IHITC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Michigan State University (MSU) of US to launch South Asia Partnership Initiative for collaborative research and education. The MoU was signed by principal secretary (horticulture) O …
KRISHNAGIRI: A low-cost pheromone trap to control fruit fly (Bacterocera dorsalis), which attacks papaya at the ripening stage, has been developed by Dr. Perumal Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Elumichangiri near Krishnagiri. Dr. T. Sundarraj, Programme Coordinator, Dr. Perumal Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), told The Hindu on Friday that the fruit fly …
Rs. 2.05 crore allotted for banana plantation A sum of Rs.3.5 lakh allotted to raise medicinal plants Two vermin-compost yards given a subsidy of Rs.30,000 Nagercoil: The Government had been implementing National Horticulture Mission Scheme, Micro Irrigation Scheme and Integrated Horticulture Scheme for the benefit of farmers in different parts …
AHMEDABAD: Bananas you eat every morning before hitting the gym or offer to your child as a good source of calcium to build bones and teeth may be laced with harmful chemicals. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Monday sealed nine godowns in Viratnagar, Naroda with 250 tons of bananas after …
Farmers in the high-altitude orchards are a shattered lot as more than 40 per cent of the fruit has dropped in the apple belt in the last leg of the season. This correspondent found it difficult to walk in the apple orchards as it was almost littered with rotting or …
The only hope of feeding India's future population of 1500 million lies in the sea food and horticulture. National Commission for Farms and Farmers under chairmanship of Prof. M. S. Swaminathan says that Indian farming has become profitless. The best way to make it profitable is through adding processing industry …
The process of taking out Rabi Yatras for creating awareness about the efforts to ensure 15 per cent increase in farm productivity is on in Indore district. The process was set in motion on September 13 on the occasion of Balram Jayanti. These Yatras have been taken out in as …
The district has good news on Tourism Day. An Eco-tourism Centre will soon be opened in the City. The Centre is already under construction in the horticultural park in the reserve forest area at Antargange region in Maderahalli. The village is about six kilometres away from Kolar City. Feel of …
The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has asked the officials to provide end-to-end solutions to the farmers growing horticulture crops. He asked them to promote public-private partnership mode in horticulture sector for optimum results in favour of farmers. He was reviewing plans of National Horticulture Mission at Mantralaya here …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a $170-million multitranche financing facility for modernising the horticulture industry in Bihar and Maharashtra. This is expected to boost earnings of farmers and other vulnerable rural groups. ADB today approved the facility for the Agribusiness Infrastructure Development Investment Programme, which will fund physical …
Bhopal, Sept 14: The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has exhorted the farming community to adopt green house and shed net technology for optimizing farm productivity describing it as revolutionary intervention. He was addressing a two-day seminar on green house technology organized by the Department of Food processing and …
