-The Times of India DEHRUDUN: The rich aroma and distinct taste of the Dehradooni basmati may be a thing of the past as early as the next couple of years. The grain, which made the term 'basmati' synonymous with good quality rice, is being edged out by other hybrid varieties as well as rapid urbanization which has shrunk the fields where it is grown. Confirming that the Dehradooni basmati, known as...
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Organic Route Turns Farms Green Again -S Deepak Karthik
-The New Indian Express NAGAPATTINAM/KARAIKAL: With just two weeks left for pongal, the farming community along the Nagapattinam and Karaikal coasts was abuzz with preparation for reaping the harvest of six months' hard work. However, the tsunami on December 24, 2004 swallowed their paddy fields whole, bringing with it tonnes of mud and saline water. Ten years on, farmers are now posting twice the yield of their pre-tsunami days, with the...
More »Uttarakhand to launch cluster farming -Shishir Prashant
-The Business Standard Chief Minister Rawat calls for bringing in an effective agriculture policy and making efforts to promote farming in hilly areas Dehradun: Uttarakhand has decided to bring a new agriculture policy and launch cluster farming in hilly areas. At a review meeting of the agriculture department held on Tuesday at Bijapur Guest House (the chief minister's residence) here, Chief Minister Harish Rawat called for concerted efforts to promote farming in hilly...
More »Use of organic fertilisers has raised farm yield: Govt
-PTI Government today said it is promoting use of organic fertilisers and studies have shown that farm yields have not fallen where use of chemical fertilisers was restricted. Rural Development Minister Birender Singh told Lok Sabha a scheme to empower woman farmers has made positive impact as it supplements their income and use of manures like cow dung is encouraged under the scheme. "Yields have not gone down. It has come up......
More »One-third of Capital’s organic veggies have pesticide residues: CCFI -Tomojit Basu
-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: Following up on its October investigation of data irregularities in the National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF), the Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI) stated on Tuesday that it had found pesticide residues in one-third of the organic products retailed in New Delhi that are marketed as chemical pesticide-free. The owner of a retail store mentioned in the response by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI),...
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