A star 40 million times brighter than the Sun
Astronomers have spotted what they believe is the biggest, brightest star they have ever seen
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Environmental cost of using topsoil for brick making
Presentation by Dr. Vinish Kathuria of IIT Bombay at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015
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Brace yourself, high food prices are here to stay, says report
Global food prices are expected to be higher in the 2011-20 period compared with the previous decade and this could have a
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States not lifting grain, Centre faces storage crunch
A good monsoon and bumper wheat harvest is in sight, but the Food Ministry seems worried.
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ITC paperboards unit emerging 'carbon positive'
As you sow, so you reap, may have negative overtones, but ITC Ltd has literally sown quality seeds, and helped the Andhra Pradesh farmers reap a rich harvest. The company has taken upon itself the
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Draft land law is open-ended
Amid no clear consensus emerging on the proposed Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, the government is likely to move an
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Microsatellite markers linked to drought resistance in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Among the abiotic stresses, drought is a serious limiting factor that reduces rice production and yield stability in rainfed ecosystems. Conventional breeding for drought resistance is slow in attaining progress due to poor understanding of genetic control of drought resistance.
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What agenda now for agriculture?: a response to the world development report 2008
The agenda for agriculture as laid out in the WDR 2008 contains important and urgent messages, but it is limited in its scope. A broader vision is needed that pays more
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Biomass burning related ozone damage on vegetation over the Amazon forest: a model sensitivity study
<p>The HadGEM2 earth system climate model was used to assess the impact of biomass burning on surface ozone concentrations over the Amazon forest and its impact on vegetation, under present-day climate
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Last year's kharif drought may tell on output this year
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The foodgrains output for 2009-10 is expected to be 16.27 million tonnes lower at 218.20 million tonnes than the record production of 234.47 million tonnes last year. The decline, mainly in rice, edible oils and coarse cereals, is due to the widespread drought in the kharif season last year.
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International conference on organic agriculture and food security: 3-5 May 2007, FAO, Italy
Access to food involves entitlements for producing or acquiring food, which are discussed in this paper under three main headings: access to productive natural resources including land, water, agrofor
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A rare mango variety faces extinction
Noor Jahan is a rare variety of mango grown only in the Katthiwara area of Alirajpur district, which shares its boundaries with Gujarat. Unlike the dainty image the name evokes, the Noor Jahan variety is all about size.
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Bt brinjal and its discontents
Or why Bt cotton was introduced in the fields while Bt brinjal was embargoed The fate of the controversial Bt brinjal is blowing in the wind!
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BJP government gives short shrift to its own organic policy
Massive subsidy for Monsanto's hybrid maize seed The Shivraj Singh Chauhan government recently formed a separate
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Shortage of pulses to stay for 2-3 years, says govt
With the inflation rate of pulses still in double digits for more than a year, the government today said the supply of pulses would remain a critical problem for another two to three years. The government is expecting an increase of two million tonnes (mt) in production of pulses in the current crop year (July 2010-June 2011).
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Insurance cover for farmers
Hyderabad, July 20: The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, on Tuesday, called upon farmers to make use of the weather-based crop insurance scheme. Mr Rosaiah said that the government has decided to extend the scheme to other districts and crops like cotton, oil palm and sweet lime after the pilot project for the chilli crop in Guntur yielded good results.
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Widespread use of insecticides starts taking toll on living organism
The steady rise in agricultural output and economic expansion have probably obsured the real trouble of Bangladesh such as degrading ecosystems. Sources at the Agricultural Extension Department said
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Traditional ecological management of late blight in potato
Farmers' traditional methods for managing the potato late blight in the Meghalaya hills are successful examples of ecological disease management and an established outcome of traditional experimentations. Such farmers' wisdom ought to be given attention in formal research systems. Dec 2007
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Suvarna Bhoomi too is a gamble for farmers in State
Lottery to identify beneficiaries of the land improvement grant scheme Not the vagaries of nature, but chance will play a major role to identify beneficiaries, who have applied for benefits of the State Government