-TheBetterIndia.com Over 100 women farmers have come together to reduce the impact of whiteflies on cotton crops. They have started a campaign to spread awareness about natural sprays to get rid of the pests and improve the production. Whitefly pest attacks, which destroy cotton crops, have always been an issue in Punjab and Haryana. After many failed attempts by scientists and governments to find a solution, a group of women in Haryana...
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An intel unit to track food prices -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: With the abnormal rise in prices of essential commodities such as onions, potatos, pulses, tomatoes and edible oils becoming a seasonal affair, the government is considering creation of a specialized entity that can help forecast demand and supply of such items. It will monitor the situation both in the domestic and international markets. The issue came up for discussion at the inter-ministerial committee on prices and...
More »PAU turns to social networking sites to discourage stubble burning -Rameshinder Singh Sandhu
-Hindustan Times Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University’s (PAU) Centre of Communication and International Linkages (CCIL), which last year came out with a eight-minute video drama on harms of stubble burning, has restored to various social networking platforms to promote the video. Keeping in view of the ongoing stubble burning in the state following paddy Harvest, experts want to popularise it among farmers of the state. Experts are also of the view that...
More »Govt plans to train civil engineers to supervise MGNREGS projects -Elizabeth Roche
-Livemint.com Move to train 10,000 youths aimed at maintaining quality of assets created under rural jobs scheme New Delhi: The ministry of rural development is planning to train at least 10,000 youths in basic civil engineering concepts and engage them in the planning and supervision of works carried out under the ministry’s flagship welfare programme—the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), according to ministry officials who did not want...
More »Because of a poor Harvest, voting is the last thing on Bihar farmers' minds -Alok KN Mishra
-The Times of India ATRI/ WAZIRGANJ (Gaya): For 50-year-old landless farmer Ramchandra Yadav, alias Sadhuji, voting is the last thing on his mind, as he looks at his dry farm in Tetua village in the Atri assembly segment. All he can think of is how he will make ends meet, because this season's Harvest will be extremely poor due to the depleted monsoon in Gaya and in many other parts of...
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