-South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) Farm ponds dotting the agricultural fields immediately grab your attention as you enter Hiwargaon Pawasa – a small village of about 1500 population in Sangamner Taluka of Ahmadnagar District. The village is located just off NH-50, the national highway connecting Pune and Nashik. Farm ponds start to appear as soon as you turn east from NH-50 (which broadly runs North South) to...
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Haryana to come out with scheme to make farming a profitable venture -Manvir Saini
-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: Haryana government is implementing a number of schemes to uplift the farmers through provisions of subsidies, increased productivity and marketing of produce to help them in making farming profitable. Agriculture and farmers' welfare minister OP Dhankar said on Thursday in a written reply to a question put up by INLD MLA Parminder Singh Dhull during ongoing budget session of state assembly here. The schemes having special provisions...
More »Pollution turning country's rainfall acidic, says study -Neha Madaan
-The Times of India PUNE: Pollution is causing 'life-giving' rain to become increasingly acidic in many parts of the country, particularly in the last decade, research by India Meteorological Department and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology has revealed. Analysis of rainwater samples from Nagpur, Mohanbari (in Assam), Allahabad, Visakhapatnam and Kodaikanal in the decade 2001-2012 showed a pH level varying from 4.77 to 5.32, indicating that these places have actually been...
More »Cropping patterns: Diversification dilemma on the ground -Anju Agnihotri Chaba
-The Indian Express Punjab farmers seek to move away from paddy-wheat, but not the way policymakers want it Jalandhar: Crop diversification and moving away from the entrenched paddy-wheat cycle has been the buzzword among Punjab’s policymakers for at least two decades now. It will remain so even when the next government takes over in a couple of weeks’ time. But on the ground, farmers are still planting paddy during kharif and wheat...
More »'Punjab exporting precious water via rice cultivation' -Vibhor Mohan
-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: Punjab has been exporting its underground water (to the rest of India) in the form of rice. This strong statement has come from one of Punjab's respected economists R S Ghuman in his study titled 'water Use Scenario in Punjab beyond the Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal'. The study was published in 'Economic & Political Weekly' journal in its January edition and some of its observations are crucial at...
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