Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government's Agriculture Department on Tuesday signed an agreement with Pioneer Hybrid International for promoting research and development in seed production. Hybrid seeds are going to be the focal point of the pact. Additional Chief Secretary (Agriculture) S. Ahmed and Pioneer International Corporation managing director Subba Rao signed …
BV Mahalakshmi Hyderabad: As part of one of its thrust areas for the current year, National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (Nabard) is promoting the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of cultivation across the country. SRI is quite popular in the southern rice-growing states such as Karnataka, Tamil …
To improve the quality of Assam tea, the Consul General of US to India, Beth A Payne has underscored the need for carrying out a joint research by engaging the experts of both the US and the State. Talking to a group of reporters at a programme initiated by the …
Komal Amit Gera / Chandigarh July 15, 2010, 0:05 IST Monsanto Holdings, a leading global provider of technology-based agricultural products aimed to improve farm productivity and food quality, is scouting for partnerships with state governments to reach target groups of farmers. The company has signed public-private partnership agreements with the …
The Punjab Biodiversity Board has started work on the conservation of Inami Bagh, an orchard in Bassi Umar Khan village in Hoshiarpur district with over 165 mango trees and about 30 rare native varieties, some represented by only one tree. Officials of the board have surveyed the area for ground …
In the wake of runaway inflation and the ensuing food crisis, the prime minister constituted three high-powered committees of chief ministers and central ministers to recommend ways of containing inflation, improving PDS and boosting agricultural production. The Working Group on agricultural production was chaired by Haryana chief minister B S …
Farmers should grow jute at least once in three years to enhance the fertility of the soil, Agriculture Department Joint Director, C Chikkanna has said. Speaking to Deccan Herald after visiting the jute plot of N R Chandrashekhar in Nenamanahalli near here on Thursday, he said jute is natural manure …
Farmers work with knowledge systems that evolve with time and circumstance. They learn and unlearn, choosing the appropriate knowledge in their struggle to earn a livelihood. While scientists rely on averages, the knowledge of local people is dynamic and up-to-date, continually revised as conditions alter, writes A Thimmaiah. The integration …
Washington: Indian-origin scientists in the US claim to have created a new variety of tomatoes which can stay fresh for a week longer than usual, after they found a
Sandip Das New Delhi: As part of its ongoing efforts to bring second green revolution in eastern India through rice, the biggest foodgrain grown in these states, the central government would hold its first-ever major conference on agriculture in eastern states in Kolkata next month. The two-day long conference to …
Two high salinity-tolerant paddy developed by Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) are waiting release for cultivation at farmers level in next Boro season. Trials of the two salinity-tolerant rice under Seed Certification Agency (SCA) have been completed and now the verities will be placed before the technical committee meeting …
Sandip Das New Delhi: As Indian agriculture gets more and more impacted by changing weather patterns, which has become more acute in the last few years because of climate change, the ministry of agriculture through the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) and state agricultural universities are working on district-specific …
Monsanto's way of calculating royalty on its Bt cotton seeds raises serious questions about how tenable it is Latha Jishnu / New Delhi June 24, 2010, 0:11 IST For years now, at least since India passed amendments to the Patent Act to allow product patents in 2005, patents on drugs …
Shreya Roy Bangalore: The Rs 2,000-crore agri-biotech sector is experiencing an existential crisis of sorts due to an uncertain regulatory environment following the moratorium on Bt Brinjal. Companies and institutes with investments of millions of dollars and time in genetically modified crop research, are uncertain about the future. This is …
CHANDIGARH: Eminent citizens, farmers and environmental activists on Friday threatened to launch a sustained agitation to oppose entry of BT Maize crop into Punjab and prevent any attempt to jeopardise the country's food sovereignty. This was announced at a press conference organised in response to reports that Chief Minister Parkash …
