He helped fight hunger but with new cropping patterns and smaller land holdings, a new farming strategy is needed
Barun Roy / New Delhi September 24, 2009, 0:43 IST
Farming is becoming difficult and costlier day by day. The farming crisis in Punjab has deepened this year due to the failure of the monsoon, as a result of which the farmers had to invest more money to raise kharif crops, particularly paddy. This impression was given by the farmers from various parts of Punjab, who visited the two-day kisan mela of Punjab Agricultural University.
The National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA) has come out with an elaborate strategy to make use of the late monsoon rains for compensatory crop production to offset part of the anticipated loss in kharif harvest.
A sub-project entitled "precision farming technologies based on micro-processor and decision support systems for enhancing input application efficiency in production agriculture", under the World Bank funded Mega National Agricultural Innovation Project of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), was formally launched in consortium mode on Wednesday at Central Institute of Agricultural
At a time when the cultivators of Assam are spending their days in hopelessness and agony because of the long spell of drought, a new method of cultivation named SRI has brought a ray of hope to them as by this method Ahu rice production can be doubled.
This report begins with an overview of existing on-farm food safety policies and programs. It then analyzes the ramifications of existing and proposed protocols, and offers recommendations for improving produce safety while preserving the diversity of farm sizes and production methods present in the U.S. food system.
JAIPUR: Agricultural experts and scientists in Rajasthan have decided to take up agricultural activities in each district in accordance with its climatic requirements in view of the failure of this year
Daliapur-based Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), along with the district agriculture and fisheries departments, has come to the rescue of farmers of drought-hit Dhanbad.
A programme called Chalein Gaon Ki Or has been launched, under which scientists are to visit rural hinterlands to provide much-needed technical knowhow on coping with the drought situation and tips on alternative farming.
At a time when hundreds of farmers in Sonitpur district have been reeling under the on-going drought-like situation and the resultant uncertain future, a section of farmers of Saraka, Saraka Baligaon Purani Ghatwa, etc., areas under Bihuguri development block and Tezpur and Dhekiajuli revenue circles of Sonitpur district have been able to show a tremendous performance in the agricultural field by
