Nagpur: With drinking water being scarce, irrigation is a far cry at Borwa a tribal village 60 kms from Akola city. The only source for villagers, who mainly depend on jowar (sorghum) cultivation, is the rainwater flowing down from the hills around. Even the hill stream slowed down due to a dry spell three years […]
Applications are invited for admission into a 6 months certificate course in Agroecology to be organized by the Centre for Pollination Studies in collaboration with Norwegian University of Life Science
Until a week ago, R Raji spent her evening hours watching TV serials. Since getting a push-cart, she has been selling vegetables and fruits to customers in Anna Nagar from 5pm to 8pm. She pays no rent for the push-cart and doesn’t have to buy vegetables and fruits from the wholesale market either. They are […]
Powerful scientific techniques have caused dramatic expansion of genetically modified crops leading to altered agricultural practices posing direct and indirect environmental implications. Despite the enhanced yield potential, risks and biosafety concerns associated with such GM crops are the fundamental issues to be addressed. An increasing interest can be noted among the researchers and policy makers […]
A delegation of Art of Living Guru Ravi Shankar’s Sri Sri Institute of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Trust today came forward to provide necessary training and required help to encourage organic farming in Telangana. The delegation led by Uma Maheshwari, the head of Telangana, AP and Tamil Nadu states met Telangana Panchayat Raj Minister Jupally […]
KOCHI: Dont be surprised if the next time you go to your temple the priest offers you a collection of vegetables along with the prasadam. The initiative, which is being launched by Cochin Devasom Board (CDB), begins this Onam at all temples that come under its jurisdiction. According to Cochin Devaswom Board president M K […]
The Goa government has decided to brand the farm produce from the state as Born in Goa to gain an edge in marketing. Goa Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai said such kind of branding will help distinguish and certify the agri produce from the coastal state. I suggest that there should be a brand for the […]
Nirmala Barla (40), a passionate farmer of Sundargarh districts Brahmanamara village, is a proud woman because she feeds her family with a variety of safely grown food, and not just cereals grown by using lots of chemical fertilisers that are available in the market. In her 14 acres of land, both upland and relatively plain, […]
The Centre today informed the Supreme Court that so far it has not taken any policy decision on the commercial release of Genetically Modified (GM) mustard crop. A bench comprising Chief Justice J. S. Khehar and Justice D. Y. Chandrachud considered the statement of Additional Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, that the government is […]
A 31-year-old farmer and entrepreneur Karan Sikri of Dhangali village of Kurukshetra district will get the National Jagjivan Ram Kisan Abhinav award of the Indian Centre of Agriculture Research (ICAR) on Sunday. Karan will receive the prestigious ICAR award from the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee in Delhi on the ICAR foundation day. The award […]