Poverty in Mozambique has fallen but not nearly quick enough, according to a new World Bank report. Official data shows that poverty fell from 69.7% in 1996 to 46.1% in 2015 but for each percentage point
Endosulfan, a powerful 50-year-old insecticide sometimes called DDT
New Delhi: Water may no longer be a free commodity even for the agriculture sector. In order to deal with an imminent water crisis that could haunt the country in the next few decades, the Centre has commissioned the Planning Commission to formulate a policy on integrated water management.
AMIT AGNIHOTRI India is eyeing the world and how. Growing food security concerns have forced the government to encourage Indian corporates to till foreign farmlands and bring the produce back home. Indian embassies in South America and Africa have apprised the government of the huge opportunities that await the Indian farm groups there.
the circle of Green Revolution seems to be complete. Punjab's agricultural growth of 1.86 per cent last year was just a plot in a declining graph since 1970. It is clear that the farming system
Plans on to construct check dams, recharge and village ponds at a cost of Rs.1.65 crore National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has called for intensive water and soil conservation/harvesting efforts in some blocks and other promotional efforts in Tiruchi district. In its Potential Linked Credit Plan, the bank points out that the Cauvery is the most important river in the district irrigating 52,125 hectares. Besides, there are 75 system tanks and 99 seasonal/rainfed tanks that cover 5,751 hectares and 9,164 hectares. Net irrigated area in the district is 99,082 hectares.
Devesh K. Pandey NEW DELHI: Several property dealers and unknown government officials have been booked by the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Delhi Government for allegedly carving out residential plots on agricultural land. The case pertains to illegal conversion of land in and around Narela in Outer Delhi, but similar violations across the Capital would also be probed.
BHAWANIPATNA: Dambarudhar Gartia of Boringpadar village in Narla block harvested 90 quintals of paddy on three acres of land this kharif against 40 quintals during the previous season. This is despite fickle monsoon. He earned Rs 90,000 against an investment of around Rs 5,000. Gartia is not the only farmer reaping profits from the SRI (system of rice intensification) method of cultivation.
Reema Narendran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: When the whole country is discussing the merits and demerits of Bt brinjal, celebrities from Kollywood - Revathy, Rohini and Cheran, have brought out a film on genetically modified brinjal titled
The Rs 22,000-crore domestic poultry industry, with a production basket worth 40,000 million eggs, 1,200 million broilers, 1.6 million tonne of poultry meat and exports touching Rs 1,565 million
Nonstate certification programs have emerged as a new tool for steering the use and exchange of natural resources. Yet, despite being innovative, certification remains controversial. Questions surround how best to engage mainstream businesses in certification and respond to the proliferation of schemes.
Organically grown cotton is more profitable for farmers than Bt cotton & is the pro-poor option for improving economic livelihood in rural communities finds this new Greenpeace report. It is based on analysis of non-Bt organic and Bt cotton farmers in Andhra Pradesh.
<p>This assessment is one of several undertaken by USAID/ Bangladesh that will provide an input into the design of new economic growth activities to be implemented under the new strategy. The mission has also contracted assessments covering such themes as gender, the Global Development Alliance, energy, agricultural productivity, nutrition, and food security.
The relation between climate and maize production in Nepal was studied for the period 1970/71-2007/08. Due to the topographical differences within north-south span of the country, Nepal has wide variety
The incidence of cutaneous melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, tripled over the last 30 years in the United States. The reasons for this increase are not clear, although sun sensitivity and ultraviolet radiation are known risk factors.
This technical note describes the specifics of the indicator data and calculations underpinning the India Water Tool 2.0 (IWT). The IWT 2.0 allows companies, government agencies, and other users identify
Wetlands which face several anthropogenic and other threats are complex ecosystems providing substantial benefits to human society. This paper is an attempt to understand the ecological and economic importance as well as the associated property rights issues of wetlands in general and the Kole wetlands in Thrissur, Kerala in particular.
New Delhi: In India, crops worth millions of rupees are lost every year because of weather-related problems like floods and droughts. The central government runs a weather-based crop insurance scheme in some states to save farmers from vagaries of nature.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A rapid assessment of the effects of Endosulfan on cashew plantations, ecology, biodiversity and the people in Kasaragod, conducted by V.S.
Madhya Pradesh, whose capital saw the world
