The Rs 1,000 crore sugar industry in Punjab is in a crisis due to several reasons, the principal one being shortage of raw material to feed it for a full season of 180 days starting November 15.
The Centre for Advanced Technology (CAT), Indore, has designed a prototype portable microtron-based irradiator that can irradiate onions, potatoes and a range of other agriculture
Nanjangud rasabale has the pride of place among the banana varieties. The smallest banana variety is typical to the agro-climatic conditions of the Nanjangud taluk in Mysore district and has a
Standing paddy crop in over 500 hectares of land in Kuttanad, Kerala has come under pest attack. The attacks of the brown hopper and gally fly have been reported from the paddy fields in the
Orchids will be cultivated to make the best use of abandoned jhum and wasteland of Arunachal Pradesh, as part of the state's Forest Research Institute's recent land reclamation project. A senior
The Punjab Agricultural Univesity (PAU) has developed a new variety of rice, namely PR-114, which has extra long slender grains with good cooking quality, unversity officialls said here today. The
The Centre today lifted the ban on export of onion with immediate effect in view of the good crop in Maharashtra and Karnataka. The decision will help in arresting the decline in prices in the open
The owners of the Nagli Sakrawati dairy of Najafgarh, where about 100 buffaloes have died in the past few weeks, seem to be in for some relief. The city government has pressed various departments
The problem of availability of broiler type chicken meat in rural areas has been successfully addressed to by the Project Directorate on Poultry (PDP) by breding a bird suited for backyard