HYDRABAD: Earlier, the drinking water needs of Hyderabad including the Rajendranagar area were met by the twin reservoirs of Osmansagar and Himayatsagar. Whereas, today the water is supplied from Krishna and Godavari rivers. The reservoir water is getting polluted / contaminated due to high usage of pesticides and fertilizers for the growth of vegetable crops […]
KOLKATA: The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh spoke about National Farmer Policy of the Union Government and said that the objective of this policy is to accelerate agricultural output, develop infrastructural facilities in the villages, promote value addition, expedite the growth of agro-business, create employment in the rural areas, […]
PORBANDAR: Prashant Jogiya grew up in a small village called Aadityana near Porbandar in Gujarat.His family had high hopes pinned on him till he was in Class X, considering he was good at studies. But very soon, he lost connect with the education system and decided to not slog at it any longer. He quit […]
HYDRABAD: Curry leaves which are known to be the important spice in Indian dishes and it is a must include in every South-Indian dishes are said to be dangerous claimed by agricultural scientists. The agricultural scientists have warned that the curry leaves are laced with poisonous pesticides that lead to cause cancer and other health […]
The most infamous fact about organic food is that its expensiveabout 47% more expensive, according to a recent analysis from Consumer Reports. But a new review study published in Nature Plants analyzed everything research currently knows about organic farming versus the conventional kind and found that organic offers a lot of good that outweighs its […]
New Delhi: The governments much-touted plan to develop the Northeast region as the countrys organic farming hub has run into rough weather. The charge for the organic farming plan has been taken away from the ministry for development of north-eastern region (DoNER) and given to the agriculture and farmers welfare ministry. The DoNER ministry has […]
GANGTOK: Decades after farmers on India’s plains flocked to the “Green Revolution”, reliant on chemical fertilisers to drive agricultural growth, the northeast Himalayan state of Sikkim is trying its luck with organic farming – a pull for young, green-minded entrepreneurs who could help get the produce to market. Last year Sikkim was declared 100 percent […]
Its the worlds biggest river island and the first such in India to be declared a district. Now plans are afoot to declare it the countrys first carbon-neutral district by 2020. It is by no means a mean task, but ambitious projects, with the help of locals, NGOs and corporate houses, are getting underway to […]
NEW DELHI: In an indication that the Centre has given up on the prospects of any forward movement on GM crops in immediate future, the NITI Aayog has reached out to the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) for a breakthrough in the stand-off. The think-tank panel has reasoned with the top brass of the RSS to […]
The India organic baby food market stood at US$223 Mn in 2014 and is expected to be worth US$638 Mn by 2020. Indias economy has been on the rise post the commencement of economic liberalization policy in 1990. Today, India is one of the worlds fastest developing nations. The transformation of the Indian economy has […]