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 …
Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate a two-day symposium, training and exhibition on September 14 at Bhopal, which will be held to give a fillip to protected cultivation in Madhya Pradesh. The function will be presided over by Horticulture Minister Shri Kailash Vijayvargiya. The function based on greenhouse/polyhouse …
In order to encourage the techniques of agriculture conservation, a two-day conference is being organized here on 14 and 15 September at Hotel Ashoka Lake View. The conference based on the subject Green House/Poly House and Shednet will be attended by agriculture scientists, horticulturists and about 150 farmers. It may …
LUCKNOW: In what could come as a major relief to banana traders in the state, the Centre has finally cleared the air on which chemicals qualify as `safe' for artificially ripening bananas. With this, nearly 1,800 tonnes of bananas could find safe passage into the state every day. In Lucknow …
New Delhi: Keen to help India with its highly developed technologies in the farm sector, Israel will soon set up two centres of excellence in the field of floriculture and horticulture in Haryana to provide expertise to farmers. These centres which would provide important lessons to growers of Punjab, Delhi, …
SHIMLA: The Himachal Government would send a group of progressive farmers and apple growers to Israel next month to learn the latest farming techniques, the State Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here on Sunday after his meeting with Agriculture Councillor in Embassy of Israel, Dr. Avri Bar Zur. Mr …
Bhopal, Aug 26: The state government has urged people not to use harmful chemicals and non-edible colours so that their harmful effects on human body can be prevented. In this connection, the Horticulture Department has instructed the departmental officers to suggest alternatives to the people with a view to preventing …
New Delhi: First, minister of state for health Dinesh Trivedi said the chemical oxytocin, which was being injected by farmers to make fruits and veggies look fresh and grow faster, was seriously threatening human health. A few weeks later, he said exactly the opposite
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 state government has urged people not to use harmful chemicals and non-edible colours so that their harmful effects on human body can be prevented. The Principal Secretary, Horticulture Department has sent a circular in this connection to all the departmental officers asking them to suggest alternatives to the people …
Gangtok, July 19: Make the State free from poverty and convert the State from Consumer to Producer in all respects said DN Thakarpa, Minister for Food Security, Agriculture and Horticulture Cash Crop Development, Government of Sikkim while inaugurating the Bagan Development Project (Orange Orchard) at Kateng, South Sikkim recently. The …
Fruit growers and sellers are experimenting and evolving techniques for inducing ripening in unripe fruits. There are serious concerns about the safety of some of them Use of chemicals in fruit ripening Chiranjit Parmar Bananas induced to ripen with calcium carbide There are two kinds of fruits. One are those …
The Punjab Biodiversity Board has started work on the conservation of Inami Bagh, an orchard in Bassi Umar Khan village in Hoshiarpur district with over 165 mango trees and about 30 rare native varieties, some represented by only one tree. Officials of the board have surveyed the area for ground …
THE food inflation might be worrying the consumer, but apple prices are currently 35-40% less than the previous year, hovering at Rs 35-50 a kg in the retail market. Apart from the low quality of fruit, the availability of the mango crop in the market is also curtailing the price …
The policy for promotion of agro-processing industries and agri-business seeks to address the entire value chain in agro-processing and marketing, including development of the supply chain, market development and diversification. This policy is aimed at the following objectives: To increase the income in the hands of the farmers through more …
