-The Times of India Kanpur: Scientists of Chandra Shekhar Azad (CSA) Agricultural University have come up with insect monitoring traps that can control the pest population in a farm. Pests damage crops and thereby affect productivity of crops, including pulses, vegetables and fruits. The trap was displayed at the three-day Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Mela which began in the university on Wednesday. Insect traps, use pheromone lures (attractants) and other trap kits for...
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'One-third India's women, children underweight'
-IANS New Delhi: India's improved ranking in the Global Hunger Index is good news, but the country still has a long way to go as one-third of its women and children under five still underweight, experts said Wednesday. India improved its position from 63rd in 2013 to 55th in 2014 in the Global Hunger Index released recently. "India has clearly made progress towards improving nutrition, but the road ahead is still long,"...
More »‘Eco Cooker’ promises to save 30% of LPG -B Venkat Sandeep
-The Hindu Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh): Given that about 30 per cent of the national energy goes to conventional cooking, bringing down LPG consumption holds the key. As the likely targets are social welfare hostels and schools, where mass cooking of meals is an integral part of the daily chore, New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) gave a demo at Social Welfare Boys' Hostel here recently on the use...
More »Wells in Telangana may go dry, says report
-The Times of India HYDERABAD: In what could be more bad news for the Telangana government, the state groundwater department warned that wells in several parts of the state are likely to go dry. Even if the next monsoon is good, the water would not be sufficient as the depth of available groundwater is expected to be lower than normal, the Groundwater Board stated in its report for September. The present situation "may...
More »Salt invasion in Indo-Gangetic basin has led to 40% increase in human health problems: UN -Kounteya Sinha
-The Economic Times LONDON: Large areas of rich irrigated and fertile land in the Indo-Gangetic basin is being lost daily to salt damage, confirms the UN. Crop yield losses on salt-affected lands for wheat, rice, sugarcane and cotton grown on salt-affected lands could be 40%, 45%, 48%, and 63%, respectively. Employment losses could be 50-80 man-days per hectare, with an estimate 20-40% increase in human health problems and 15-50% increase in animal health...
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