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 …
The state government will promote vegetable and banana farming in a big way to help small and marginal farmers to augment their income. This was stated by chairman of the Punjab State Farmers Commission GS Kalkat, who was in the city to attend a function. He said after a research, …
While the issue of crop diversification for better returns has always topped the agenda of agriculture experts, horticultural crops, especially for high and waste lands, have shown new promise with good returns. Paddy being the major crop for all land types in the State, the recent drought-like situation has given …
Department of Horticulture, Udhampur has organised an awareness camp under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana today. District Development Commissioner Ajay Khajuria, was the chief guest while JL Sharma presided over the function as Director Horticulture. As many as 200 orchardists of different blocks of the district participated in the camp. …
The mindset of farmers should be changed and multiple cropping is essential to increase productivity as recurrence of floods almost every year has made production of crops uncertain said MLA Sipajhar LAC Binanda Kumar Saikia. He was addressing the inaugural function of the cultivation process of mustard, lentils and maize …
It prided itself for being the land of orchards. This year, however, many in Karnikhera village in the border district of Ferozepur in Punjab did not go for kinnows or guavas but chose basmati
Unfavourable weather conditions over the past one year took a heavy toll of the apple crop with the total production declining by over 45 per cent as compared to last year. Though the apple season officially came to an end on October 31, stray trucks carrying fruit are still moving …
This study conducted during January- March, 2007, in the Kullu Valley of Himachal Pradesh in India, takes the apple as an indicator crop to investigate the positive and negative effects of climate change on farm economy. It explores the impacts it had on the agricultural economy of the hill farmers …
ITC is prototyping a new script for its e-Choupal initiative to take engagement with farmers to the next level-co-creating with farmers and harnessing their entrepreneurship. E. KUMAR SHARMA When you run Corporate India's largest, most ambitious and most celebrated rural initiative, you better know the following:
Chandigarh: The cold desert of Lahaul and Spiti, till now known to supply high quality potatoes and peas to the country when the crop in most parts is almost over, is slowly capturing the market with its apples. In its nascent stage yet, apples from this part of Himachal have …
Soil exhaustion is a major concern particularly in ferruginous soils of the tropics and restoration of soil quality through management of soil organic carbon (SOC) is one of the options to combat the situation. To understand the scope of different systems to sequester organic carbon in ferruginous soils (Typic Rhodustalfs), …
Himachal Pradesh, which has its own peculiar environmental problems, needs to tread the developmental path without compromising with its pristine environment. Climate change and biological diversity loss are the two major planetary environmental threats facing mankind today and they are closely interlinked. Himachal Pradesh is a sensitive and highly bio-diverse …
Banana is a common horticultural crop in the Sunderbans region though there are hardly any cultivation of proven commercial elite varieties that can yield much higher incomes per unit of area under the crop. Keeping in mind the promise that banana holds as a cash generating crop for the Sunderbans …
THENI: The Agriculture Graduate Officials Association has demanded the government to immediately implement the Tamil Nadu State Agriculture Council Act in the State. The association conducted an advisory meeting in Theni on Sunday to discuss various provisions of the Act. State president of the association Suresh presided over the meeting …
Perfect canopy management imperative for better yield: seminar THENI: High density planting system, off season flowering and fruiting of mango, plant growth regulations and effective propagation of post harvest technologies are the need of the hour to trim down post harvest loss and to boost exports. Scientists made these suggestions …
Apple production started in Arunachal Pradesh a couple of years back but the State is yet to become a producer of any repute mainly due to lack of post-harvest facilities in the State. However, the Technology Mission for Horticulture in Northeastern States has now decided to impart training to apple …
Apple production started in Arunachal Pradesh a couple of years back but the State is yet to become a producer of any repute mainly due to lack of post-harvest facilities in the State. However, the Technology Mission for Horticulture in Northeastern States has now decided to impart training to apple …
To include private land of small farmers, freezing wages the rural development ministry recently issued a notification expanding the scope of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (nregs) to allow asset creation on private land of small and marginal farmers. The work, the notification said, will include
The Centre has released Rs 80.56 crore for the development of horticulture in all north-eastern States, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Under the Technology Mission for north-eastern States, a Centrally-sponsored scheme implemented by the Agriculture Ministry, Rs 57.46 crore has been earmarked for Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers Federation (OMFED) is all set to launch a low fat content skimmed milk on September 20. Announcing this at a media conference here today, federa
