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The area under pulses and coarse cereals has declined in some parts of the country till August 12 in the ensuing kharif sowing season that began in June, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said today. Farmers have sown pulses only in 84.49 lakh hectares till August 12 of the ensuing kharif (summer) sowing season, as against . . . → Read More: Area under pulses, coarse cereals dips: Pawar Across the world, there is huge controversy around the introduction of genetically modified/engineered (GM/GE) crops. On one hand there are a few biotech crop developers and scientists recommending the use of GM technology as solution for food security and on other there are concerns about its impact on human health, environment and socioeconomy. Added to . . . → Read More: GM crops by backdoor Hyderabad, Aug. 5: Andhra’s rice bowl has dished out a lesson to the government’s inflation busters — it will have a “crop holiday”. Farmers in large swathes of the fertile East and West Godavari districts have decided not to cultivate paddy this season, preferring to keep their fields fallow rather than risk continued losses blamed . . . → Read More: Crop ‘holiday’ in food bowl Hybrid rice seeds are gaining popularity. BASF and Bayer CropScience believe that the addition of yield-enhancing traits to hybrid rice will play an important role in meeting the need for increased global rice production. Towards this end, Bayer CropScience and BASF Plant Science have announced a longterm collaboration agreement to improve rice productivity through plant . . . → Read More: We’ll help Indian farmers grow high-quality rice Madurai, Aug 4 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has identified for commercialisation various techniques, including laser levelling, that would help farmers boost agricultural productivity. Food output level in the state could be increased from the present 85 lakh tonnes to 115 lakh tonnes by implementing the laser levelling technology in all cultivable fields across the . . . → Read More: Laser levelling will help boost production: TNAU V-C Pesticides, including Endosulfan, are toxic and are required to be used as per conditions approved by the Registration Committee constituted under Section 5 of the Insecticides Act, 1968. If used in the manner prescribed, which is printed on the label and the leaflet, pesticides (including Endosulfan) do not cause harm to human beings and animals. . . . → Read More: Use of Endosulfan as per Prescribed Norms not Harmful Uttar Pradesh has been feted as India’s [ Images ] ‘Best Performing State’ in foodgrain production clocking 47.138 million tones during 2010-11. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [ Images ] handed over a cash prize of Rs. 2 crore (Rs. 20 million), a trophy and a citation to UP Agriculture Minister Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan at an . . . → Read More: UP honoured for having highest grain output in country JAIPUR: Despite being a desert state, Rajasthan achieved the feat of producing highest amount of pulses in the country, for which chief minister Ashok Gehlot and agriculture minister Harjiram Burdak were awarded by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi on Saturday. The average pulses production in the state in the previous five years was 12.92 . . . → Read More: Raj tops in pulses production, gets award |
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