Barely a week before the Union Budget for 2010-11, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government today raised urea prices 10 per cent. It also allowed the industry to fix retail prices of other subsidised fertilisers, while limiting the government

suitable for saline soils: Fertilizer bags being unloaded from a goods wagon at the yard in Tiruchi on Saturday.

TIRUCHI: The Indian Farmers

Ananth Krishnan

BEIJING: For every tonne of chemical effluents that factories dump into China

On the surface it looks like a paradox. When agricultural production in most other states is plummeting, Gujarat, with large semi-arid tracts that were alien to good crops, offers a turnaround story. Last year, it posted an agricultural growth of 9.6 per cent against a national average of 2.9 per cent.

KRISHNAGIRI: Quality seeds are essential for rain-fed farming, Dr. A.K. Mani, Professor and Head, Regional Research Station of the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Paiyur said here on Thursday.
Solid foundation

THODUPUZHA: In an effort to encourage bio-farming, the Central Government has decided to provide subsidy for bio-manure.

Inaugurating the meeting of farmers as part of the `Agrifest

Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai January 22, 2010, 0:04 IST

The farmers who were using urea in their farms are now busy in preparing