Swarming caterpillars leave farmers devastated
SAMBALPUR: While the farmers of western Orissa continue to reel under water stressed condition, the appearance of swarming caterpillars has given farmers sleepless nights.
SAMBALPUR: While the farmers of western Orissa continue to reel under water stressed condition, the appearance of swarming caterpillars has given farmers sleepless nights.
Independent experts should be truly independent
Joginder Singh Food adulteration, which is the act of intentionally debasing the quality of food offered for sale either by the admixture or substitution of inferior substances or by the removal of some valuable ingredient, is something that has been rampant in our country. This is so despite the existence of stringent laws against the malpractice.
Marine scientists from California are venturing this week to the middle of the North Pacific for a study of plastic debris accumulating across hundreds of miles (km) of open sea dubbed the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch."
In a major step toward an overhaul of the nation
Government is actively contemplating to strengthen the Integreted Paste Management (IPM) program aiming to impose control on the indiscriminate use of pesticides and chemicals at different stages of food chain, Food and Disaster management Minister, Dr Md Abdur Razzak said on Sunday.
U.S. farmers and foresters could earn more money from carbon contracts than they pay in higher costs from legislation to control greenhouse gases, the Agriculture Department estimated on Wednesday.
The Centre on Friday informed Parliament that the use of the DDT other than in eradication of diseases like malaria and kala azar, is completely banned in the country.
To take on MNC dominance in new-generation molecules. The conventional anti-lepidopteran formulations sell for Rs 500-600 a litre (Rs 250-300 an acre), whereas Syngenta
Many wild pigeons were reported killed in Manipur
Fighting to prevent the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn from being labeled a Superfund site, city officials are proposing an alternative cleanup plan that they say would still be overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency but would take only about half the time a Superfund project would require.
The State Water Resources Planning Department (SWRPD) was established to achieve an integrated and multisectoral approach to the planning, development and use of the State
Many chemicals are dangerous to human and ecosystem health. Among the worst is a range of synthetic organic compounds that persist in the environment for long periods of time. GEF
Villagers of Basarikatte in the taluk demanded a ban on the spraying of dreaded pesticide Endosulphan in coffee plantations. Planters in and around Basarikatte are spraying Endosulphan to prevent coffee borer attack. Meanwhile, villagers are anxious about the possibilities of water pollution through the spray of Endosulphan.
Kotdwar (Garhwal): Thousands of fish were found dead in the Khoh river in Uttarakhand
The climate bill nearing a vote in the U.S. House will reward farmers who plant trees or take other steps to control greenhouse gases and it will remove for five years an obstacle to corn-based ethanol, said the House Agriculture Committee chairman on Wednesday.
Nagercoil: Kanyakumari Collector Rajendra Ratnoo conducted a surprise check in Primary Agriculture Co-operative Bank at Eraviputhur to verify the stock position of fertilizers and pesticides. He told a gathering in front of the bank that there was adequate stock of fertilizer and pesticides in the godown. He appealed to them to make use of this opportunity.
Land fertility in Rangpur region comprising Kurigram, Gaibandha, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat districts is falling alarmingly due to shortage of green manure, sulphur and zinc in the soil. Unrestricted use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides were also contributed in reducing fertility of lands, agricultural experts here said.
Lunch with BS: Sanjeev Chadha Suvi Dogra & Kanika Datta / New Delhi June 16, 2009, 0:27 IST
Most mango growers in Chapainawabganj and Rajshahi districts are using pesticides and other chemicals at least 20 times for 'protection and better yield' against experts' suggestion for three times safe use.