New Delhi: Monsoon, the lifeline of Indian agriculture, is most likely to hit Kerala by June 5 and there is no room for concern over sowing of kharif (summer) crops like paddy and pulses, a top India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. "Most likely, the southwest monsoon will reach Kerala by June 5," IMD Director General LS Rathore said. Asked if there is a delay in monsoon onset, he said,...
08:19 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Bangalore/Raichur: Raichur in North Karnataka battled floods three years ago, but the district is still reeling under a severe drought. It's as if the Gods are mocking the farmers of Raichur district. In 2009 the farmers' homes and crops were destroyed by flooding and now three years on, a severe drought has hit the farmers hard. Gudusi Ramaiah a cotton farmer committed suicide in April this year by consuming pesticides....
06:10 AM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: Prices of vegetables are seeing a 10 to 15 per cent rise across the country due to unseasonal rainfall across north India. In Shimla, heavy hailstorm damaged a standing apple crop and caused huge losses. Farmers in the rest of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana too are suffering from similar problems due to unexpected rainfall. State governments have assured aid and will approach the Centre for more aid. It...
10:13 AM, Apr 13, 2012
Jaipur: Terming the genetically modified crops as the "next revolution" in farming, a panel of experts on Thursday batted strongly for employing modern techniques and methods to boost farm productivity. Discussing the importance of technology in agriculture sector at a panel discussion, one of the panelist Swapan Datta said that the biotechnology can improve biodiversity and help in improving farm productivity as well. "There is no relation between biotechnology and...
05:26 AM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, defending his controversial decision to impose a moratorium on the commercial release of Bt Brinjal says, "On Bt Brinjal, I would not say, from my experience that foreign NGOs influenced the decision". His remarks came against the backdrop of Prime Minister's comments that some NGOs based in the United States and Scandinavian countries were not "fully appreciative" of the development challenges India faces...
04:42 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, defending his controversial decision to impose a moratorium on the commercial release of Bt Brinjal says, "On Bt Brinjal, I would not say, from my experience that foreign NGOs influenced the decision". His remarks came against the backdrop of Prime Minister's comments that some NGOs based in the United States and Scandinavian countries were not "fully appreciative" of the development challenges India faces...
04:42 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: India's annual monsoon rains are likely to keep their date with Kerala bringing showers to the mainland by May 31, which has raised hopes for a normal season. The weather office has forecast normal rainfall for the second consecutive year and farmers are looking forward for a steady progress of the season that could help them have a bumper crop. Director, Metrological Department B P Yadav said, "The...
12:32 PM, May 16, 2011
Nashik: Six farmers have committed suicide in Nashik in the last few days after their grape crops were destroyed by unseasonal rains. The farmers took the drastic step even after the state government announced a Rs 1,000 crore relief package last week. Grape farmer Kiran Jadhav's family in stunned silence after the 23-year-old committed suicide after his grape crop, his only income against crippling debt, was destroyed following unseasonal rainfall...
09:21 PM, Dec 11, 2010
Hyderabad: Heavy rains in coastal Andhra Pradesh have claimed 16 lives and damaged crops in over 100,000 acres even as the threat of cyclonic storm looms large over the state, officials said on Tuesday. Dozens of villages and residential areas in several towns remained inundated as rains continued to cause havoc in north and south coastal districts. At least 16 people were killed in the rain-related incidents during the last...
03:17 PM, Nov 02, 2010
TERI to discuss ensuring agricultural sustainability through agri-innovation. ...
09:56 PM, Dec 05, 2009
Chairman of panel concedes that necessary tests were not done. ...
05:50 PM, Dec 04, 2009
A week's rain has wiped out much of the monsoon deficit. ...
12:35 AM, Sep 11, 2009
The Kharif crops production has been badly hit due to poor monsoon. ...
04:14 PM, Aug 27, 2009
The Govt has promised to help farmers in the times of drought. ...
01:10 AM, Aug 21, 2009
Govt will also keep a close vigil of grain markets for parity of prices. ...
10:38 PM, Aug 14, 2009
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