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 …
Shimla: Governor Prabha Rau today stressed the need for setting up more agriculture and horticulture-based industries and processing units in the state for improving the lot of small and marginal farmers. Rau was presiding over the state-level national Productivity Award ceremony for micro, small and medium entrepreneurs in Himachal Pradesh …
Pune: Pune-Based entrepreneur Rajiv Devkar seems to have hit the jackpot in his quest to preserve mangoes without the use of cold storage facilities. Devkar experimented with honey, a natural preservative as an alternative, putting two alphonso mangoes in a jar of honey in May and found them well-preserved in …
PHULBANI: Keeping in view the establishment of a hi-tech horticulture training institution in Kandhamal district, the office of the deputy director of horticulture has imparted training to 25 farmers in the first phase. The institution will educate farmers and youths of the district about horticulture so that they can earn …
Testing the quality of water and soil should be the first step before taking up horticulture. The crops should be selected depending on minerals available in the soil, suggested, Dr Amarananjundeshwara, faculty at Agricultural Sciences Centre, Chintamani. He was speaking at a programme on comprehensive crop management in horticulture at …
DEOGARH: Many farmers in Deogarh are keen on watermelon cultivation considering the suitable climatic conditions. The district administration on its part is extending all support to the farmers. As per reports, farmers have sold watermelons valued at Rs 1.61 crore through Regulated Market Committee (RMC) in 2007 while the sale …
DEOGARH: Many farmers in Deogarh are keen on watermelon cultivation considering the suitable climatic conditions. The district administration on its part is extending all support to the farmers. As per reports, farmers have sold watermelons valued at Rs 1.61 crore through Regulated Market Committee (RMC) in 2007 while the sale …
R Vimal Kumar Tirupur: Precision farming practices in the district are set for scaling new heights as the Department of Horticulture plans to establish a net house nursery here shortly in partnership with Tirupur Precision Farmers
- Fruit creates mass market in state, higher production target set for this year ARTI SAHULIYAR Strawberry plantation at a farm owned by ICAR research institute in Ranchi on Thursday. Picture by Hardeep Singh Ranchi, March 5: Mustard fields are pass
Ranchi, March 3: An agri-clinic van at the ongoing Gram Shree Mela being held at the Jaipal Singh Stadium has turned out to be a hit with farmers. An idea devised by the National Horticulture Mission, the van comes equipped with every kind of apparatus enabling one to check the …
Though the green revolution enabled India to attain food security, the technologies, subsidies and public support systems failed to address the problems of small-scale dryland agriculture. Diversified farming, being more economically and ecologically resilient, can reduce risk. Integrating livestock, growing a variety of crops and recycling farm produce as Mr …
Agriculture continues to be a fundamental instrument for sustainable development and poverty reduction in India. India resides in its villages and according to the 2001 census 72.2 per cent of the people are in rural areas. The agriculture sector contributes only about 18 per cent of the total Gross Domestic …
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
Vanilla Growers Association of India and National Horticulture Board will organise a national seminar and exhibition on vanilla at Open Air Theatre Pilikula Nisargadhama on February 14 at 3 pm. Addressing a news conference National Seminar and exhibition on Vanilla Chairman Organising Committee Chairman Dr D C Chowta said that …
Srinagar: After more than a decade of hectic efforts and numerous trials, scientists at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture, Science and Technology (SKAUST) have developed country's first scab-resistant varieties of apples: Shireen, Akbar, Shalimar I and Shalimar II. While saplings of the first two varieties are already being grown, Shalimar I …
Underscoring the need for attaining a healthy agricultural growth rate for effectively addressing the concerns of poverty and hunger, Assam Governor Shiv Charan Mathur today said that horticulture, in particular, had immense scope for commercial exploitation.
Malda, Feb. 10: Warm weather and dense fog over the past three weeks have left mango growers and exporters in Malda district worried as the fruit trees are yet to blossom fully. The mango development officer of the state
