Farmers’ protest spreads across state
Farmers of Yamunanagar district held a demonstration and blocked national highways at three places in Jagadhri, Yamunanagar and Chhachhrauli demanding implementation of the Swaminathan report in the state.
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Crop prospects and food situation
The FAO Food Price Index was down for a third consecutive month in June, a decline mostly influenced by lower wheat, maize and palm oil prices that reflected ample supplies and improved global production
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Energy poverty in India compounded by inequality
Presentation by Satish B Agnihotri at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
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New rice variety saves the day for rain-hit farmers in Orissa
New Delhi With the standing paddy crop being adversely impacted by recent floods in Orissa and other eastern states of the country, close to a million farmers have managed to save their crop thanks to
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Over 1.3 lakh deaths projected due to climate change in India, says study
The study conducted by Oxford University has projected losses in some crops, change in the composition of the forest and spread of malaria in new areas, said Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave An
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Japan weather bureau raises chance of El Nino emerging by summer
(Reuters) - Japan's weather bureau said on Tuesday that the possibility of an El Nino pattern forming by summer is higher than the 50 percent it projected in its previous monthly forecast. Normal weather
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Rain in next fortnight crucial for kharif crop
Chandan Kishore Kant / Mumbai July 4, 2009, 0:41 IST Irrespective of the fact that the monsoon has covered most parts of the country, the next fortnight is going to be crucial for the kharif crop. Concerns over the crop size have still not receded as rain has been deficient till now.
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Tea shortage to worsen as pests damage crop
TeaA tea shortage in India may worsen as pest attacks damage plantations, lowering output and boosting prices, according to the world
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Acquiring irrigated multi-crop land may become more difficult
The government is considering various options to ensure the smooth passage of the controversial land acquisition amendment Bill, listed for tabling in the Lok Sabha on Monday, in both Houses of Parliament.
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Himachal to plant 1 Cr saplings to increase green cover
Himachal Pradesh government has set a target of planting over one crore saplings this year to increase the depleting green cover in the state. Himachal Pradesh was the first state in country to earn
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Biotech Firms Warn EU Over Pace Of GM Crop Approvals
Europe's biotechnology industry has warned the European Commission that agricultural imports vital to EU food security are increasingly being put at risk, due to the slow pace of the bloc's approval system
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Govt encouraging crop diversification
The Himachal Pradesh government is encouraging farmers to diversify from traditional crops to ensure better returns from their small landholdings. Under the crop diversification programme,
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State to remain GM-free
Not to allow field trials of transgenic rice varieties The government on Monday asserted that it would not permit field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops in Kerala, even as research and advocacy groups came out against the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) for considering an application submitted by a multinational company for trial cultivation of transgenic rice.
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3rd breach in a month, crops submerged
Fatehabad: Standing crops on hundreds of acres of agriculture land were submerged under water due to a breach - third in the past one month - in the Munshiwala Minor near Shehnal and Hamzapur villages
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Human-Rheus monkey conflict at Rampur village uner Monohardi Upazila in Narsingdi district of Bangladesh
<p>Conflicts between humans and non-human primates are recognized as major issues in conservation of primates. Crop damage caused by primates is one of the most wide spread and common examples of human-nonhuman
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yohana, 05/08/2016
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yohana, 05/08/2016. Total 16 insurance companies including all concerned Public Sector Insurance Companies and 11 Private Sector
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The political economy of farmers’ suicides in India: indebted cash-crop farmers with marginal landholdings explain state-level variation in suicide rates
<p>A recent Lancet article reported the first reliable estimates of suicide rates in India. National-level suicide rates are among the highest in the world, but suicide rates vary sharply between states
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WA Greens move to compensate organic farmers for GM contamination
Motion to create national GM contamination insurance scheme comes after farmer Steve Marsh claims he lost organic certification after GM canola drifted on to his land In May last year, Marsh failed
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Forest tree seeds arrive at Svalbard's 'Doomsday vault'
The Svalbard "doomsday" vault - widely known for protecting global food crop seeds - has accepted its first delivery of forest tree species seeds. Norway spruce and Scots pine samples have entered the
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It’s raining sops in AP
It is raining sops in Andhra Pradesh. The Congress government has unveiled yet another populist scheme envisaging interest-free crop loans up to Rs 1 lakh for farmers across the state. The new “zero