CPM protests budget bias
BHUBANESWAR: CPM activists on Sunday staged a rail roko at Bhubaneswar Railway Station here protesting what they called an anti-Orissa Railway Budget and an anti-people General Budget by the UPA Government.
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Human-elephant conflict mitigation measures: lessons from Bangladesh
The Asian elephant plays a crucial role in its forest ecosystem. Commonly referred to as a ‘keystone’ species, it helps to open up forest clearings and distributes the seeds of trees and shrubs. The magnificent
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Farmers future looks rosy
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Governor assures farmers of fair deal
Governor Jagannath Pahadia today gave a solemn assurance to the Haryana Assembly that it would be
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Life cycle assessment of biosolids land application and evaluation of the factors impacting human toxicity through plant uptake
Due to increasing environmental concerns in the wastewater treatment sector, the environmental impacts of organic waste disposal procedures require careful evaluation. However, the impacts related to the return of organic matter to agricultural soils are difficult to assess.
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Climate change and agricultural water demand: Impacts and adaptations
Global climate change related to natural and anthropogenic processes has been the topic of concern and interest world - wide. One of the most significant impacts of the
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GM crops: global socio-economic and environmental impacts 1996-2008
<p>This study presents the findings of research into the global socio-economic and environmental impact of biotech crops in the thirteen years since they were first commercially planted on a significant area.
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Rust scare raises concern about soyabean prospects
Soyabean production in the US has been upped by another 1.2 million tonnes (mt) and projected at a new high of 85.7 mt for 2004-05, an increase of a massive 18.9 mt from last year's 66.8 mt as per
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Deforestation appears to rise again in Brazil's Amazon
After years of gains against destruction of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil appears to be suffering from an increase in deforestation as farmers, loggers, miners and builders move into previously untouched
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Mon villagers warm up to pig-breeding-Data reveals that 25% of countrys pig population
Mon villagers warm up to pig-breeding-Data reveals that 25% of country
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Highlands hold out hope for plantation crops
While the issue of crop diversification for better returns has always topped the agenda of agriculture experts, horticultural crops, especially for high and waste lands, have shown new promise with good returns.
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What the Green Revolution teaches us
The issue concerning genetically-modified crops is not that Bt brinjal was consigned to cold storage but the process that led to its approval being held in abeyance, says Arvind Panagariya
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New churning in the Valley is silent, white and revolutionary
Even as the state has been busy fighting militancy over the last decade, a silent revolution has been on in Kashmir's rural areas. In the last five years, Jammu and Kashmir's milk production has
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Key indicators of land and livestock holdings in India (January- December 2013)
The surveys on Land & Livestock Holdings of the National Sample Survey(NSS) are the primary source of data on various types of land, classified by kind and duration of possession by the households, pattem
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Budget aims to raise farm yield, lower ecological damage
Food security and organic farming can go hand in hand.
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Food Security Army gets mission-ready
The 80-member Food Security Army (FSA) envisaged as an initiative of the Malabar Kaipad Farmers' Society involving participation of paddy farmers to enhance paddy production in North Malabar will be
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Call to set up committee on Keenjhar pollution
Taking notice of increasing contamination of water in the Keenjhar lake by the release of toxic waste via Kalri-Baghar (KB) feeder, the district administration of Thatta requested the Sindh government
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Tweak a gene & tomato yield goes up by 60%
London: Tomatoes can be made more sweeter by tweaking a gene that can also increase its yield by 60%, a new study has found. Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York identified the gene that promotes
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Crop loss drove farmer to suicide, says BJP
BHUBANESWAR: A fact-finding team of the BJP today claimed that Nanda Nayak of Golapada village under Bhanjanagar block in Ganjam district committed suicide due to crop loss and loan burden.
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Decision on Bt food crops to be taken only next year
THERE is unlikely to be any decision on Bt food crops till next year. Dr K Kasturirangan, who is discussing the controversial issue of biotechnology and food crops with the scientific community, will present a detailed review report in December this year.