Rs36b mega agri uplift project in the making
The Punjab government has approved a multi-phased Rs36 billion mega project namely "Punjab Irrigated Agricultural Productivity Improvement Project" with objective to increase per acre yield and boost...
View ArticleGM Food Admirer Slams Ramesh for Bt Brinjal Move
British environmental activist Mark Lynas, who once “demonised” geneticially modified crops and now campaigns for their cause, blames Jairam Ramesh for being “cynical” and “politically opportunist” and
View ArticleGreen Revolution may not have been that revolutionary: Data
Two Bad Years Impacted Overall Growth The Green Revolution is said to have revolutionized agriculture in India. However, government data shows more or less the same rate of growth of yields for various...
View ArticleThree states get Rs 450 cr for crop diversification plan
New Delhi : In a bid to shift a chunk of area under water-intensive paddy cultivation in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh to maize, oilseeds and poplar-based agroforestry, the government has...
View ArticleConservation agriculture the way forward: Experts
However, according to experts, with nearly 80 per cent land in Punjab still under rice and wheat cultivation and the farmers not very receptive to the idea of resource management, the real challenge is...
View ArticleRice production can rise by 15 per cent in east: study
Rice production in the eastern region of India can touch 670 lakh tonnes by 2017-18 from 580 lakh tonnes now while that of West Bengal can reach 173 lakh tonnes by 2017-18 from 148 lakh tonnes now.
View ArticleMoving from vulnerability to resilience in Africa
In August 2012, the Seidu family had to cope with the bad harvest. Like many farming families in northern Ghana, they had to adopt the ‘one-zero-one’ strategy for the children and the ‘zero-zero-one’...
View ArticlePM calls for a ‘tricolour revolution’
Modi rolls out vision for agriculture, renewable energy India needs to harness its ‘demographic dividend’, preparing a generation of teachers to educate not just in India but also abroad if it is to
View ArticleBio farming brings another ‘green revolution’ in Dantewada
Bio farming has altered the direction and way of 2,000-year-old traditional agricultural practices of farmers residing in villages such as Bhusaras, Hiranaar and Surnaar of Dantewada district of Bastar
View ArticleEmergent ruralities - Revisiting village life and agrarian change in Haryana
Based on a revisit to two villages of Haryana after a gap of 20 years (1988-89 and 2008-09), this paper provides a historical overview of the process of development and change in a micro setting. Locating
View ArticleAim: a second green revolution driven by technology
Committing itself to a sustained growth of four per cent in the farm sector, the government on Thursday announced in its Budget a technology-driven second green revolution with emphasis on higher...
View ArticlePutting agriculture on the takeoff trajectory: Nurturing the seeds of growth...
The Green Revolution bypassed Bihar in its first wave in the 1960s and 1970s. Subsequently, during a short interval in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the agricultural growth rate reached almost 3...
View ArticleNarendra Modi outlines plan for ‘second green revolution
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday mooted a more broad-based and inclusive approach for a ‘second green revolution’ aimed at augmenting grain production in a sustainable manner. Pitching for greater
View ArticleGlobal market integration increases likelihood that a future African Green...
Agriculture is a key driver of tropical deforestation, and there is heated debate about whether productivity-enhancing crop innovations can slow such environmental degradation. For fixed food demand,...
View Article‘Nutrition transition’: A paradigm shift in Uttrakhand
The major aim of this review is to assess the nutrition transition in Uttrakhand toward, to its contribution to the emerging epidemic of chronic non-communicable diseases.
View ArticleAgricultural Green Revolution as a driver of increasing atmospheric CO2...
The atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) record displays a prominent seasonal cycle that arises mainly from changes in vegetation growth and the corresponding CO2 uptake during the boreal spring and summer
View ArticleSoil fertility has improved in Punjab
Contrary to opinion articulated through various quarters, empirical evidence and various studies have shown that the agronomic practices since the Green Revolution, especially dependence on the...
View ArticleModi bets on GM crops for India's second green revolution
On a fenced plot not far from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home, a field of mustard is in full yellow bloom, representing his government's reversal of an effective ban on field trials of...
View ArticleRs 184 cr allocation for state under BGREI
The government of India has approved an allocation of Rs 184 crore for Odisha under 'Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India' (BGREI) for 2015-16. Of the agreed amount of Rs 184 crore, the Odisha...
View ArticlePunjab issues soil health cards to all farmers
Keeping in view the over exploitation of soil during last 20 years, the Punjab Agriculture Department on Tuesday launched an ambitious pan-State programme to monitor the soil health of every farm in the
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