RC recommendation on 27 pesticides
<p>This report is on the review of 66 pesticides under the Chairmanship of Dr. Anupam Varma. The main parameters emphasized by the Committee to review the products were uses approved under the Insecticides
Ministry Of Agriculture
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Is the Food Bill enough to feed India’s hungry?
Consider the two best-known facts about India’s food economy. On the one hand, 42 percent of our little children are malnourished. On the other, our godowns are bursting with foodgrain. Can we join the
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GoM curbs system of 'inviolate' mining areas
A Group of Ministers (GoM) has restricted the environment ministry from executing the system of 'inviolate' mining areas, which would have rendered several acres of coal-bearing areas unmineable leading to a shortage of the fuel for power plants. This is seen as a setback for environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan's efforts to secure her ministry's control on implementing stricter green norms. The GoM headed by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar in its recent meeting has restrained the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) from executing its proposed system of inviolate areas saying the six parameters and scoring patterns identified in the draft report on such areas "appeared to be too restrictive and may lead to further curtailment of mining activities".
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Activist wants a Bt-free ecosystem
Strange as it might seem to urbanites, birds don't flock to the cotton fields of Heggadadevanakote. That's mainly because of the invasion of Bt cotton - birds have lost their space, symbolizing the crisis we're facing. Unsustainable technologies are being pushed through, and simple methods backed by traditional knowledge are under threat. Small and marginal farmers are led up the garden path of higher yields by the genetically modified crops lobby. The next government should see they don't yield to the false propaganda of GM MNCs who have overt and covert spokespersons well entrenched in the system. It shouldn't kowtow to a few MNCs trying to tighten their stranglehold on agriculture.
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Israel crop protection firm gets show-cause notice over trials data
If Makhteshim Agan India fails to reply to the show-cause notice, its import approval could be revoked The Union agriculture ministry has issued a show-cause notice to Makhteshim Agan India, the Indian arm of Makhteshim Agan (MA), a leading crop protection solutions company based in Israel, for "variance" in data of field evaluation studies commissioned by it. The studies were aimed at securing an approval to import a particular herbicide.
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Govt Mulls Crop Switch in Punjab to Save Soil, Water
The government plans to revive cultivation of crops that make Punjab’s iconic “makki ki roti and sarson ka saag” -- maize and mustard --along with horticulture and fodder to breathe life into the stressed
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Govt to kick off Nutri-Farms in select dists to fight malnutrition
The Union Budget sought to consolidate the "remarkable progress" achieved in government's efforts to extend green revolution to eastern India by deciding to continue with the Rs 1,000-crore support. Finance
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Rs 500 crore for crop diversification brings cheer to Punjab
Finally, the Centre today officially recognised the fact that Green Revolution states need crop diversification. The Centre has made a fiscal provision of Rs 500 crore in the budget to facilitate the plan
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Green shoots to harvest growth
The Budget has provided ample resources for farmers and the farm sector even in a year of fiscal blight. The finance minister announced an allocation of Rs 27,049 crore to the agriculture ministry,
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State seeks Rs.7,888-crore package as drought relief
Adoor Prakash submits memorandum to Sharad Pawar The State government has submitted a memorandum to Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar seeking a special package of Rs.7,888 crore to help the State tide over the prevalent drought conditions. The government had declared the entire State drought-hit on December 19, following which a series of discussions were held at the district level under the leadership Ministers designated to look after each district. The memorandum, prepared on the basis of ground-level assessment, sought Rs.5,810 crore as compensation for crop loss.
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Centre cold to state’s farm diversification proposal
The Punjab Government’s proposal to the Centre seeking Rs 5,300 crore for diversification in the agriculture sector has failed to generate any response. Last year, the Centre had conveyed to the state