T-Aman farming may exceed target in C'nawabganj
Cultivation of Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) paddy is likely to exceed its target this year in Chapainawabganj. (Bangladesh) A total of 57,022 hectares of land was brought under the scheme of T-Aman
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Portugal fires could speed flight from interior
This year's Portuguese forest fires, among the worst in decades, will likely hasten an exodus from the countryside and leave the land more vulnerable to future blazes, officials and residents said.
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Plan panel to meet on dry land farming
The Planning Commission has scheduled its first meeting, specifically devoted to agriculture, for September 27 to study the urgent situation of drought and how to aid dry land farming with specific
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Delhi waste may soon outgrow disposal sites, warns report
Weighing heavy on the Capital's municipal solid waste collection infrastructure, the city's brisk pace of generating waste could soon leave it with no land for putting up any more waste disposal
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Budapest to spend $1 million to wipe out dog waste
Hungary's capital is launching a 200-million-forint ($1-million) campaign to rid itself of hundreds of tonnes of dog waste which land on the city's sidewalks and parks each year, the daily
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Kenyan wild elephants pack their trunks
The Land Rover bounced down a yellow dirt track, carrying three khaki-clad European tourists streaked with sweat, exhilarated after an elephant-spotting expedition. By the roadside, farmers sitting
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State offers land in Bhiwandi for dumping ground
After much wrangling on the subject, the Mumbai city may finally find a resting place for its garbage. The Maharashtra state government has offered the BMC 60 hectares of land near the Bhiwandi
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Bellary's farmers hit hard by pest menace
After five successive years of drought, the farmers in Bellary district of Karnataka are now confronted with pest menace, which has reportedly destroyed standing crops across 5,000 hectares of land
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Impact of climate change on groundwater resources studied
There is a need to adapt measures to cultivate in a situation where land and water are depleting, without causing damage to the environment: V-C Groundwater accounts for more than 60 per cent of the total agricultural water use and more than 80 per cent of drinking water requirements. Climate change has tremendous impact on groundwater resources and consequently on agriculture and also drinking water use
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PIL seeks closure of polluting ceramic units
The PIL has been filed by one Babubhai Saini through his lawyer Dhaval Barot A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Gujarat High Court seeking closure of ceramic and silicate units in Morbi, Rajkot, that are not adhering to existing pollution norms.
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African land grab could lead to future water conflicts
<p>Is this the face of future water conflicts? China, India and Saudi Arabia have lately leased vast tracts of land in sub-Saharan Africa at knockdown prices. Their primary aim is to grow food abroad using the water that African countries don't have the infrastructure to exploit. Doing so is cheaper and easier than using water resources back home. But it is a plan that could well backfire.</p>
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RIL enters bio-diesel farming
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is planning to enter the bio-fuel segment in a big way. To begin with, the company has earmarked 200 acres of land at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh to cultivate jatropha,
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Nagaland occupies 54,150 hectares of State's forest land
The people of Nagaland have so far occupied 54,150 hectares of forest lands of Assam it was revealed by the forest department sources. In the border areas of Doyang-Merapani within Golaghat district,
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‘New’ lists for ‘old’: (Re-) constructing the poor in the BPL census
This paper aims to understand the implications of implementing the Saxena Committee’s recommendations in respect of identifying the poor in India. Relative to the one currently in use, the application
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The sensitivity of food security in India to alternate estimation methods
There are a number of assumptions required to estimate actual calories consumed from expenditure data regarding calories contained in processed foods and meals eaten outside the household. Ideally, estimates
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ABITA scheme helps farmer raise rice yield
In a significant development, one Md Zoinal Abedin of Koilamari area under Serapbati village of North Lakhimpur, has produced 10.12 quintal hybrid quality of Ranjit rice in each bigha of land under
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Govt vows to add land to Lal Dora
Government assured the Assembly that it would soon take up the task of extending borders of 340-odd villages in Lal Dora under provisions of the Land Reforms Act. The assurances came at the end of a
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Report on forest land sale: DFO, Collector 'clueless'
The Malappuram District Collector M. Sivasankar has denied having any information regarding the sale of forest land as reported in this website's newspaper. He said it was yet to be known if a big
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Environmental impact assessment for proposed (0.96 Million TPA) coal washery at Chote Dhoumarpali, Kharsia Distt,Raigarh
M/s Rajan Coal Washery Limited has Proposed to install Coal washery of capacity 0.96 MTPA at Village- Chote Dhoumarpali, Tehsil- Kharsia, Dist- Raigarh, State- Chhattisgarh. The report has been prepared
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Order of the National Green Tribunal on Yamuna flood plain area dated 17/07/2013
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akash Vashishtha & Others Vs Union of India & Others in which NGT has asked the Local Authorities, Corporations, State of UP and Haryana or Development