-The New Indian Express KOCHI (Kerala): Around 2 tonnes of seabass (Kalanchi) and over 170 kg of pearl spot (Karimeen), all cultured in cages, were harvested from the fish farms at Kakkamadanthuruth and Thiruthur in the Puthenvelikkara Panchayat. The cage culture was initiated as part of the ‘Samagra Matsyagramam' project under the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), with the support of the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), and...
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Costs of ignoring hunger -S Mahendra Dev
-The Hindu Ignoring hunger and malnutrition will have significant costs to any country's development. Nutrition improvement has both intrinsic and instrumental value One of the disappointments in the post-reform period in India has been the slow progress in the reduction of malnutrition, especially with reference to the underweight among children. In fact, the rate of change in the percentage of underweight children has been negligible in the period 1998-99 to 2005-06; the...
More »Water conservation methods come to a small farmer’s rescue -MJ Prabu
-The Hindu A well recharge pit was also dug for harvesting the rains Appiyampatti, a small hamlet in Dindugal district of Tamil Nadu, is one among the several villages in the state which has been facing a severe drought for the past over five years. Even during such a critical phase when several farmers left farming and started moving out in search of alternative work Mr. V.Chellamutu remained anchored in the village to...
More »Man behind sugarcane ‘revolution’ in U’khand -Kautilya Singh
-The Times of India Haridwar: The journey of a thousand miles, they say, starts with a single step. Rahul Kumar should know. The 29-year-old took the first step, quit his job in a pesticide firm and returned to his roots with a desire to do something for his village. Today, Kumar's wish has come true. With the innovative farming practices that he ushered in at his village Liberhedi near Haridwar, life...
More »Wheat laurels for India-born
-PTI Washington: India-born Mexican scientist Sanjaya Rajaram has been awarded the World Food Prize 2014 for agricultural research that spurred an astonishing increase in world wheat production. The 71-year-old Rajaram, however, played down his contribution and thanked farmers for their "innovative spirit". "It is a collective achievement rather than that of a single person," the scientist told the award ceremony audience at the Iowa State University in America. The award "honours the innovative spirit...
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