Suicides in a parched state
For Karnataka has had a hat trick of sorrows. Even as the rest of India has hailed a good monsoon, the state has had scanty rainfall for the third time in a row. Though talks are on with the Andhra
For Karnataka has had a hat trick of sorrows. Even as the rest of India has hailed a good monsoon, the state has had scanty rainfall for the third time in a row. Though talks are on with the Andhra
The European Union has warned trade partners they will 'poison the atmosphere' in the World Trade Organisation and jeopardise chances of reviving the Doha trade round if they mount aggressive legal
The overwhelmingly large public opinion recently expressed in UK against commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops and foods and subsequently the release of results of the world's largest
Haryana has set a target to produce 94.01 lakh tonnes of foodgrains during Rabi 2003-204 as against production of 93.22 lakh tonnes during Rabi 2002-2003, according to the Chief Minister, Om Prakash
The National Environment Appellate Authority has dismissed an appeal by the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, challenging the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC)
The Union Ministry of Rural Development has released funds of Rs 329.95 lakh for wastelands development to the governments of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka during
The Puthimari Cooperative Wasteland Development project, which would cover an area of 6,000 hectares of wasteland of 59 villages under Kamalpur development block, of Assam, was launched recently at a
The government of Kerala has decided to exempt cashew farms from land ceiling under the Land Reforms Act. The cashew industry in the state had been demanding plantation status for cashew and its
The International Textile Manufacturers Federation's 2003 edition of the cotton contamination survey has revealed that the contamination level of all varieties in all countries evaluated has risen
It's a Catch-22 situation at the Bandipur National Park in Karnataka. While the Forest Department says that cattle grazing inside the forest is affecting wildlife in the Tiger Reserve, the economy of
This week, scientists and regulators of GM crops held forth on India's need for a robust regulatory apparatus for transgenic crops. They revisited the various "problem' areas pertaining to
Sugar cooperatives in Nashik district are grappling with an acute shortage of sugarcane brought on by insufficient rainfall for the third consecutive
The Governor, Lt. Gen. (Retd), S K Sinha has called upon agriculture scientists to evolve strategies for bringing improvement in livestock production and productivity enabling to meet the
The Shiv Sena has called for a ban on chicken slaughter after survey reports state that chickens carry 100 to 200 times more bacteria, two to four times more lead and eight to 10 times more mercury
Hyderabad has achieved another milestone in agricultural science. Six scientists from the city have developed a fool-proof technique, whereby hybrid seeds can be segregated from the deficient ones s
Complete failure of the BT cotton Bollguard-162 across 1,300 acres of land in Sabarkantha has pushed the farmers into financial losses. Sabarkantha MP Madhusudan Mistry, who immediately shot a letter
Dr H. Pathak is working as Scientist at International Rice Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi
The Department of Forests (DoF) was established in 1952, way before the start of FYPs. In 1961 the DoF was under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Forest, while Department of Agriculture (DoA) and Department
<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Agro-Chemical</span></strong></p> <p><img alt="Agro-chemical" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/country/srilanka/agrochemical_hl.jpg" style="border-width: 2px; border-style: solid;" /></p> <p>The Government of Sri Lanka has introduced a number of policies and programs to increase paddy production since independence. The fertilizer subsidy program is one of the longest-lasting, most expensive, and most politically sensitive policies implemented to promote rice cultivation in Sri Lanka. It was initiated in 1962 (that is, at the onset of the Green Revolution) with the main objective of encouraging farmers to switch from traditional rice varieties to high-yielding varieties (HYVs) that are highly responsive to chemical fertilizers. Since then, however, the provision of the subsidy has become customary, and successive governments have been under tremendous pressure to continue the subsidy despite budgetary constraints.</p>
Agriculture is the major sector of Nepalese economy. The Ministry is the central apex body of Government of Nepal to look after the agriculture and allied fields. The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives