With the help of geospatial technology, it is possible to generate and update information about natural resources, in spatial format, at much more frequent intervals, so enabling proper inventory and management of natural resources, said P. Subbian, Registrar, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU).

Inaugurating a 21-day summer training on “Geospatial Technologies and Applications” at TNAU, he said the Indian geospatial industry’s current annual productive capacity was nearly Rs. 4,000 crore.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged the government to formulate a regulatory framework to control the quality of imported fertilizers and pesticides and test them for nephro-toxic agents

Kudumbasree groups to take up fallow land cultivation

The Kudumbasree district mission has launched ‘Harithasree,’ a project to promote organic farming among its subgroups. The Kudumbasree subgroups which are already into collective farming will switch to organic farming, by avoiding artificial fertilizers and pesticides. The mission envisages bringing these products to the market in time for next Onam.

The Centre has assured the Odisha government that it is ready to supply more than the demanded quantity of fertiliser to the state by September first week.

Responding to the chief minister’s demand for supply of one lakh tonne of urea within next one week, Union minister of state for chemicals and fertiliser, Srikant Jena said, “we are ready to supply more than that by September first week”.

Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of the verbal duel between the state agriculture minister Debi Prasad Mishra and Union minister for chemicals and fertiliser Srikant Jena over the scarcity of fertil

Farmers To Get Seeds, Fertilizers Worth . 1500 Free

Gandhinagar:As a sop to farmers hit by water scarcity across the state, the Gujarat government has implemented a new scheme to encourage cultivation of fodder. Under the scheme, the government is providing fodder seeds and fertilizers up to Rs 1,500 free of cost. Officials told TOI that the scheme is being extended to farmers who plan to plant fodder crops on their land covering an area half an acre to two acres.

KOLKATA, 14 AUG: Many farmers whose land was taken away for the Tata Nano project are either working as daily wage earners or searching for jobs.

Farmers can now get online information on the amount of fertilizers that they must apply to a particular kind of soil and crop. This will help them overcome the problem of over-use of fertilizer that is eroding soil health.

The Bhopal-based Indian Institute of Soil Science has developed a web-based system that calculates the quantum and quality of fertilizers that should be applied to the soil for targeted yield.

Cutting input subsidies in agriculture, getting incentive structures right and declaring organised retail as a priority sector will boost private and public investment

Bhubaneswar: With 11 of the 30 districts in Odisha recording deficit rainfall, the Centre on Tuesday offered to increase the fertiliser quota to help farmers in overcoming the situation.