Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Nabin Kisan Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The matter related to discharge of wastewater by the municipality of Belpahar on the applicants land. The affidavit filed by the District Magistrate, Jharsuguda, May 14, …
An alliance between the Bangladesh's Grameen Bank and US-based Monsanto company, a biotechnology corporation, is a cause of concern for farmers- Under the deal, the farmers will be offered small loans to buy "appropriate, environment-sensitive" agricultural technologies, including Mon santo's own proprietary herbicides and hybrid rice and cotton - both …
The draft of the PVP Act is hanging fire since 1994. It was to be tabled in Parliament earlier this year. What happened? The PVP involves several angles and several ministries ministry of environment and forests (MEF), foreign affairs, commerce and the department of science and technology. All of them …
Yields from the rice-wheat cropping system in the Indo-Gangetic plain are declining despite the increasing use of chemical fertilizers. Crop residues are important components of soil fertility management, but are burnt in some areas such as Punjab state. Not only does this mean a loss of nutrients but also causes …
A FEW decades ago, David Croxton, farmer and consultant agronomist, would have struggled to support his family finances. But not today. At present, Croxton owns about 150 hectare (ha) farm near Kingsbridge in south Devon, UK. And this achievement follows an advice to use "elephant grass" - miscanthus - as …
Farmers in Haryana have found a novel way to prevent rapid decline of natural forests in India. This method would also help support nearly 500 wood-based industries. They have demonstrated commercial viability of the poplar tree (Poplus). This tree can reduce pressure on natural forests that are declining annually at …
FARMERS in the us are having a hard time as they have lost million of dollars following a catastrophic drought. According to reports, the blistering heat has killed more than 130 people across the southern parts of the us. The heat wave shows no sign of abating and the impact …
SEEDSAVERS of crops worldwide face an unprecedented threat. A technology, appropriately called the 'terminator technology', has been creating waves in agricultural circles since March. So much so that it has jolted the normally somnolent agriculture ministry of the government of India into some sort of action. On July 17, minister …
WHILE delivering his budget speech in Parliament, the union finance minister, Yashwant Sinha, went on to state, "The rural economy is central to India's economic and social development-there is no reason why our farmers should not reap the benefits of access to the wider global market." It was, therefore, surprising …
"if we continue to plough our fields with tractors and keep on using chemical fertilisers, the natural productivity of the soil will be killed,' says Raju Titus, a 53-year-old farmer from Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, who has been practising natural farming for the last 12 years. He sees the Green Revolution …
among the most tragic consequences of the drug war in South America is the destruction of the Andean jungle. A recent move to use a granular herbicide, called tebuthiuron or "spike', to put an end to coca cultivation has ignited a degree of opposition from environmental groups. us activists point …
rice tec inc, the us seed company that sent shock waves across India by staking patent rights on a particular variety of basmati rice at the us Patent and Trademark Office, will not be able to pull the same trick on Thailand. Thai farmers have pledged to protect Khao Dawk …
Under a unique two-year distance education programme drawn up by the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore, farmers in Karnataka, from June 1 will have an opportunity to enhance their knowledge about farming as well as learn about new farming technology. It is for the first time that any agricultural …
The Punjab government has ordered a probe into a series of suicides by small and marginal farmers and landless workers in Sangrur district of the state. This decision was taken by Punjab chief minister Prakash Singh Badal after a Chandigarh-based human rights group, Movement Against State Repression (MASR), found that …
by being a member of the World Trade Organisation (wto ), India has agreed to provide protection to plant varieties through patents or an effective sui-generis system or by a combination of the two. Trade related intellectual property rights (trips) of the wto do not insist upon the protection of …
Several farmers in Sri Lanka have committed suicides in recent times largely due to crop failures. Most of the cases have been reported in Hettipola, nearly 80 kilometres from Colombo, which has probably highest suicides rates in the world. Most of the areas in Hettipola have been converted into parched …
ginger cultivators in Mizoram are facing rough weather as the state government has backtracked from its promise to buy all cultivated ginger. In 1995, the state government in its bid to promote ginger cultivation, had promised to buy back all ginger if only farmers cultivated it. The government's promise encouraged …
Despite their long history and their prominence in the local diet, potato yields of small Andean farmers are generally low. This is largely due to pest and disease-related losses. Intensified potato production, less reliance on local species and varieties, and the indiscriminate use of pesticides has resulted in a high …
The National Human Rights Com-mission (NHRC) has asked the Andhra Pradesh government to submit a report regarding mass suicides by cotton farmers in the state. Recently, P Pullarao, a resident of Polavaram, Andhra Pradesh, and also an agriculturist, had lodged a complaint to NHRC about suffering of farmers in the …
