Report to be submitted to the State Government soon Farmers told the team that animals from nearby forests destroyed their crops If necessary, association to move PIL KRISHNAGIRI: Man-animal conflict has increased in the recent past in Denkanikottai and Thaly regions in Krishnagiri district.
<p>Residential solid biomass cookstoves are important sources of aerosol emissions in India. Cookstove emissions rates are largely based on laboratory experiments conducted using the standard water-boiling
strains in India has begun to stutter and sputter in the last month, from triumphal to tentative. First came the government
<p>This review presents tropospheric ozone (O3), an air pollutant affecting agriculture by reducing crop yield and deteriorating quality of produce. O3 enters leaves through stomata and diffuses within
Crop models are essential tools for assessing the threat of climate change to local and global food production. Present models used to predict wheat grain yield are highly uncertain when simulating how
To commemorate the International Year of Family Farming, the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (FAO) Regional Office for
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The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture were assessed. These two key sectors are highly sensitive to climate and provide support to the livelihoods of the poorer sections of the
While food commodity prices have been generally stable, the cost of importing food is forecast to rise six per cent in 2017 to $1.413 trillion, making it the second highest bill on record, according to
Jeffrey M Smith has written about 65 scientists who have conducted tests on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in his book Genetic Roulette. He talks about the impact and hazards of Bt gene. He spoke to Savvy Soumya Misra at the launch of his book in Delhi recently Safety: Lab tests on mice showed allergies, disruption in reproductive cycle, hormonal imbalance, respiratory
So far, 7.22 lakh ryots have been covered in the State With recent rain causing heavy damage to standing paddy crops in Cauvery delta districts, agricultural insurance has come to the rescue of affected farmers.
The government will spend Rs 155 crore on the setting up of over 30,000 poly-houses to give a fillip to the production of cash crops in the state. The project will usher in a switchover from the traditional crop pattern to cash crops using the latest technology.
Recent cold wave in the region has caused extensive damage to crops in Hisar, Bhiwani, Sirsa and Jind districts of the Harayna state. Frost has mainly hit oilseed and vegetable crops, causing heavy
<p>For millennia, seeds have been freely available to use for farming and plant breeding without restriction. Within the past century, however, intellectual property rights (IPRs) have threatened this
India needs a credible regulator to conduct basic safety tests of GM cropsHas Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh sacrificed Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds
ON A grey day in December Johnny Anderes, the head chef at The Kitchen, a trendy restaurant in Chicago, is checking out a farm in an unlikely place. FarmedHere, which claims to be one of America’s largest
New minister to allow field trials, reversing stand of predecessors Ramesh and Natarajan Environment Minister Veerappa Moily is expected to cast his vote in favour of allowing genetically modified (GM) food crops in the country, overturning the position of his immediate predecessors — Jayanthi Natarajan and Jairam Ramesh. Moily’s support will pave the way for the government to submit an affidavit in the Supreme Court acquiescing to field trials of GM food crops on a conditional basis.
The environment ministry has its work cut out for the next three years. The Prakash Javadekar-led ministry will now devote all its efforts to ensure compliance of the environmental laws. For this, the
Chennai/Madurai/Trichy: The wholesale price of tomatoes in the state has gone up by Rs 10 after the recent assembly election. It now costs Rs 30-35 at the Koyambedu wholesale market in Chennai. This is
Genetically modified foods do not pose a threat to human health or the environment and will aid in feeding a growing world population in a sustainable manner, the Royal Society says. It published a factual
