-Down to Earth Experts welcome move but call for a complete ban The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare issued a notice October 21, 2022 restricting the use of glyphosate, a widely used herbicide, citing health hazards for humans and animals. Only authorised Pest Control Operators are allowed to use it. Earlier, state governments of Maharashtra, Telangana, punjab and Andhra Pradesh have tried similar steps but failed. Pesticide Action Network (PAN) India...
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Nod for GM mustard could mean a repeat of anti-farm laws stir -Gargi Parsai
-Deccan Herald With the general elections a little over a year away, a nod for GM food crops could turn out to be as contentious an issue for the BJP By suddenly giving its nod for the environmental release of genetically modified (GM) herbicide mustard crop - the first edible crop that may enter the food chain in India - the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has stirred a hornet's nest. The...
More »Why punjab’s farmers are rejecting solutions to curb stubble burning -Vaishnavi Rathore
-Scroll.in After years of criticising the state government, the AAP is now in power in punjab. But farmers remain sceptical of the proposed solutions to the problem. In early October, the paddy in punjab’s Sangrur district was in the final stages of ripening. Fields rippled in various shades of green and golden-brown, the latter indicating crop that was almost ready to be harvested. The picturesque landscape belied a problem that the state had...
More »A renewable energy revolution, rooted in agriculture -Ramesh Chand and Konda Reddy Chavva
-The Hindu In punjab, a project to use of paddy straw to produce compressed bio gas is one that is replicable across India, and can transform the rural economy The beginnings of a renewable energy revolution rooted in agriculture are taking shape in India with the first bio-energy plant of a private company in Sangrur district of punjab having commenced commercial operations on October 18. It will produce Compressed Bio Gas (CBG)...
More »punjab reports nearly three-fold jump in stubble burning incidents in 9 days
-PTI/ The Hindu Business Line Total number of such cases has touched 2,625 so far this season punjab has reported a nearly three-fold jump in farm fire incidents in the last nine days, with the total number of such cases reaching 2,625 so far this season. From September 15 till October 10 this year, the state had witnessed 718 stubble burning incidents. According to data from the Ludhiana-based punjab Remote Sensing Centre, the state...
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