-The Hindu Trap crops are grown to attract insects or other organisms to protect main crops from pest attack. Protection may be achieved either by preventing the pests from reaching the crop or by concentrating them in certain parts of the field where they can be destroyed. The principle of trap cropping rests on the fact that virtually all pests show a distinct preference to a certain crop stage. Farmers are being...

-The Hindu TUTICORIN (Tamil Nadu): A technologically advanced method is rooted in the success of a farmer from Kurukattoor in Alwarthirunagari block. With the adoption of System Rice Intensification (SRI) method, John, a progressive farmer, reaped rich benefits in paddy. With the key intervention from officials of the Department of Agriculture, the farmer reaped 4,000 kg of paddy per acre, against the normal yield of 2,300 kg. On his 10-acre farm land, Mr....

-Financial Chronicle The United Nations declared 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) to recognise the importance of family farming in reducing poverty and improving global food security. According to the UN, the IYFF aims to promote new development policies at national and regional levels that will help small holder and family farmers eradicate hunger through small scale sustainable agricultural production. Family farming involves about 500 million families consisting...

-The Business Standard The government had announced Rs 2,000 per quintal, which the farmers were unhappy with Dharwad: The State Agriculture Price Commission will shortly recommend the revised support price for jowar and ragi crops, said commission chairman Prakash Kammaradi. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a workshop on the production of jowar, organised in connection with the government's plans to incorporate jowar and ragi into the Anna Bhagya scheme here on...

-The Business Standard This is to minimize the use of chemicals, pesticides and insecticides Bhopal: State government has geared up to protect honeybees that help humans in plant pollination. Growing use of pesticides and insecticides is posing a serious threat to the bees and thereby human lives. "We have to protect the bees or else there will be a threat to human lives. If there will be no bees there will be no...