Nothing green in the Green Revolution
There is no reason why India should face hunger and malnutrition, and why our farmers should commit suicide. India is blessed with the most fertile soils in the world. Our climate is so generous we can,
View ArticleSustainable crop production faces threat: Experts
Forecasting a serious threat to sustainable crop production, scientists have estimated that by 2050 salinity may affect about 20 million hectares of arable land, causing over three-fold increase in area
View ArticleStrengthening value chains for fruits and vegetables in Punjab: Alternative...
The paddy-wheat monoculture induced a decelerating agricultural trend in Punjab which has been felt in the form of stagnation in output, deteriorating productivity, environmental degradation, declining
View ArticleRaising agricultural productivity and making farming remunerative for farmers
As a source of livelihood, agriculture (including forestry and fishing) remains the largest sector of Indian Economy. While its output share fell from 28.3% in 1993-94 to 14.4% in 2011-12, employment...
View ArticleSave and grow in practice: maize, rice, wheat- a guide to sustainable cereal...
A new FAO book out today takes a close look at how the world's major cereals maize, rice and wheat - which together account for an estimated 42.5 percent of human calories and 37 percent of our protein
View ArticleImpact of nitrate consumption: Case study of Punjab, India
Punjab is one of the most fertile regions in India, where wheat, rice, sugar cane, fruits and vegetables are grown and it is called the “Granary of India” or “India’s bread-basket”.
View ArticleGM plants: Questions and answers
Genetically modified foods do not pose a threat to human health or the environment and will aid in feeding a growing world population in a sustainable manner, the Royal Society says. It published a...
View ArticleOn the central role of small farms in African rural development strategies
Improving the productivity of smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa offers the best chance to reduce poverty among this generation of rural poor, by building on the limited resources farming households
View ArticleImpact of Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides on Agriculture and Allied...
The Standing Committee on Agriculture (2015-2016) present this Twenty Ninth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘Impact of Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides on Agriculture and Allied Sectors
View ArticleRural Development Report 2016: fostering inclusive rural transformation
The 2016 Rural Development Report focuses on inclusive rural transformation as a central element of the global efforts to eliminate poverty and hunger, and build inclusive and sustainable societies
View Article'Organic farming to curb global warning'
Jodhpur: Dantiwara, a model village for organic agriculture will witness throwing of hats by the ex-servicemen in the agricultural ring to ensure food security in the country. Not only they themselves
View ArticleAgricultural mechanization: a key input for sub-Saharan African smallholders
Feeding the burgeoning world population will require significant improvements in agricultural productivity, above all in Africa, and mechanization and appropriate mechanization strategies have a large
View ArticleFather of Green Revolution gives call for ‘evergreen revolution’
Chandigarh: Father of the Green Revolution in India and renowned farm scientist M S Swaminathan has given the call for 'evergreen revolution', "which implies productivity improvement in perpetuity without
View ArticleInnovations spearheading the next transformations in India‘s agriculture
The present study involves an extensive stocktaking exercise of the types of innovations that have emerged globally and in India in particular, and their increasing impact on the agricultural sector. The
View ArticleAfrica Agriculture Status Report 2017
Africa's food market may be worth more than US$1 trillion each year by 2030, according to this latest report on the state of agriculture in Africa.
View ArticleSpeed breeding technique sows seeds of new green revolution
Speed breeding means that it is now possible to grow as many as 6 generations of wheat every year -- a threefold increase on the techniques currently used by breeders and researchers. Credit: John Innes
View ArticleFind solutions for challenges like climate change
President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday exhorted scientists and students to work towards finding solutions to challenges such as climate change and water scarcity. Kovind, who was addressing the 7th...
View Article‘Track down wild relatives of indigenous crops’
Agronomist proposes genetic introgression to mitigate the after-effects of Green Revolution The Green Revolution played a major role in improving the agricultural economy of India as a newly independent
View ArticleA review of Andhra Pradesh’s climate resilient zero budget natural farming...
On the occassion of World Food Day, 2018, Environment Support Group is happy to share "A Review of Andhra Pradesh's Climate Resilient Zero Budget Natural Farming Programme", authored by Leo F. Saldanha.
View ArticleThe implications of Korea’s experience for developing agriculture value...
Sub-Saharan African countries have been seeking ways to improve their economies, particularly as problems of malnutrition, poverty, and unemployment continue to plague the people. The challenges that most
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