Fertilise growth
The YK Alagh panel's recommendation to subsidise farmers for urea directly is the right prescription for addressing the fertiliser industry's long-standing distortions and easing the Rs 12,000-crore
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Effect of organic nitrogen management on yield and quality of produce in rice-vegetable based cropping system
A field experiment was conducted during 2003-04 and 2004-05 at Research Farm, BHU, Varanasi, U.P. to study the effect of various sources (farm yard manure, vermicompost and poultry manure) and rates of
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Impact of nitrate consumption: Case study of Punjab, India
<p>Punjab is one of the most fertile regions in India, where wheat, rice, sugar cane, fruits and vegetables are grown and it is called the “Granary of India” or “India’s bread-basket”.
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MMTC plans to acquire coal mines abroad
MMTC Ltd, an international trading house owned by the Indian Government, plans to acquire coal mines in Indonesia and Australia and also enter into long-term agreements with suppliers of fertiliser
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Cotton farmers’ agitation over support price adds to economy’s woes
Jalgaon Usually, this time of the year, Jalgaon is abuzz with trucks ferrying mountains of fluffy white cotton to its markets. But this year, farmers have been blocking roads with burning tyres and refusing to sell their produce in a bid to force the government to prop up crop prices, which they say barely cover costs.
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No sure fix: Prospects for reducing nitrogen fertilizer pollution through genetic engineering
Industrial farming operations apply massive amounts of nitrogen fertilizer to crops
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Tripura practises Jhum in 17,000 hectares for paddy
AGARTALA: The Tripura government has targeted to achieve paddy cultivation in more than 17,000 hectares of hill land under improvised Jhuming (shifting cultivation) method in 2011-12. State’s Agriculture
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Mir signs MoU with 3 companies
Promotion of organic farming in Jammu region JAMMU: To promote organic farming in Jammu province, Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with three reputed companies of the country to help the local cultivators of various crops to switch over to this mode of farming.
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Core sector industries grow by 0.1% in Oct
Contraction in the key industries such as coal, natural gas, fertiliser and crude oil, pulled down the growth of the eight core sector industries to 0.1 per cent in October, the lowest in five years, against
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Organic system in low rainfall areas for climate resilience and returns
Stagnating yields, negative impact on environment, soil health and farmers' economy were some of the side effects of green revolution and provided fuel to search new and unexploited areas to ensure increased
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Assessment of some homeopathic formulations on yield of wheat and rice in comparison with chemical fertilizers
Homeopathy is not only a human health care system but a whole science benefiting the entire life forms on the planet including the plants and crops. With the surge in demand for chemical residue free food
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Effect of zinc fertilization in sub-tropical floodplain soils under rice-wheat cropping sequence
Zinc (Zn) is the most important micronutrient required for sustainable crop production, particularly for rice and wheat crops. Therefore, on-farm trails (OFTs) were conducted at seventeen different locations
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Low rainfall hits use of fertilisers
Kunal Bose / October 13, 2009, 0:40 IST It
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Farmers sit on fast for fertilizer price rollback
Members of the Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam observed a fast at Somarasampettai near Tiruchi on Tuesday condemning the hike in prices of fertilizers and demanding a roll back of the same. The association
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GM crops created superweed, say scientists
Modified genes from crops in a GM crop trial have transferred into local wild plants, creating a form of herbicide-resistant "superweed", the Guardian can reveal. The cross-fertilisation between GM
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Nutrient losses from soils and their management for sustaining crop production
Efficient management of nutrients constitutes one of the most important factors to achieve agronomic and environmental targets of intensive crop production systems. Agricultural intensification requires
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Effect of distillery effluent based pressmud compost on seed yield and seed quality attributes of paddy (Oryza sativa) cultivar Pusa Basmati No 1
An investigation was carried out to study the effect of distillery effluent based pressmud compost (DEPC) on seed yield and seed quality attributes of paddy cv. Pus a Basmati-1 at Seed Production Unit,
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CM launches new mission for farmers
GUWAHATI: In order to boost farm output in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi inaugurated the Chief Minister’s special agricultural programme — Mission Double Cropping (MDC) — at a function organized at the auditorium of Dimoria Development Block at Sonapur on Thursday.
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A decade of Bt cotton in Tamil Nadu
Bt cotton was officially approved for cultivation in Tamil Nadu in 2002, when the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, the apex regulatory body pertaining to transgenics (renamed as Genetic Engineering