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Air Pollution

Change policy to stop crop fire

Within a week or so, the national capital region will see a spike in air pollution levels as farmers across north India are likely to start burning wheat stubble following harvest of the rabi crop.

Publication Date: 
13/04/2017
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Crops, Agriculture, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Farmers, Carbon Dioxide
Agriculture

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Compensation for loss of crops due to floods and drought, 10/04/2017

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Compensation for loss of crops due to floods and drought, 10/04/2017.

Publication Date: 
10/04/2017
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Crops, Compensation, Floods, Droughts, India, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Parliament
Agriculture

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Agro-Climatic Zones, 28/03/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Agro-Climatic Zones, 28/03/2017. The Planning Commission has grouped the country into 15 agro-climatic zones, based on agro-climatic features, particularly soil type, climate including temperature and rainfall.

Publication Date: 
28/03/2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Agriculture, Climate Change, Crops, Irrigation, India, Parliament
Agriculture

Colombia's coca production soars to highest level in two decades, US says

Cultivation of plant used to make cocaine climbed 18% last year compared to 2015, with an estimated 188,000 hectares containing crops despite US efforts.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2017
Guardian
Tags:
Colombia, Crops, Plantation Crops, United States Of America (US)
Agriculture

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Compensation for Damaged Crops under Insurance Scheme, 14/03/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Compensation for Damaged Crops under Insurance Scheme, 14/03/2017. While various crop insurance schemes have been under implementation since 1985 however, subsequent to a comprehensive review, National Agricultural Insurance Scheme [(NAIS) (Rashtriya Krishi Bima Yojana)] was introduced in 1999.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Crop Insurance, Crops, Compensation, India, Statistics, Parliament, Farmers
Natural Disasters

Farmers hit as rain flattens wheat crop

The recent rain and strong winds in the district are giving anxious moments to farmers as the standing wheat crop has flattened at several places.

Publication Date: 
10/03/2017
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Rainfall, Crops, Agriculture, Farmers, Waterlogging, Faridkot (D), Natural Disasters
Agriculture

Doubling farmers' income: rationale, strategy, prospects and action plan

Irrigated farmland in the country must increase by 19 per cent and availability of quality seeds by 167 per cent if the Centre wants to double farmers’ real income by 2022-23, according to a plan devised by NITI Aayog. The base year for this calculation is 2015-16.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2017
NITI Aayog
Tags:
Farmers, Agriculture, India, GDP, Livestock, Agricultural Labourers, Crops, Irrigation
Agriculture

Rapid transcriptional plasticity of duplicated gene clusters enables a clonally reproducing aphid to colonise diverse plant species

The prevailing paradigm of host-parasite evolution is that arms races lead to increasing specialisation via genetic adaptation. Insect herbivores are no exception and the majority have evolved to colonise a small number of closely related host species. Remarkably, the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae, colonises plant species across 40 families and single M. persicae clonal lineages can colonise distantly related plants. This remarkable ability makes M. persicae a highly destructive pest of many important crop species.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2017
Thomas C. Mathers, Yazhou Chen, Gemy Kaithakottil & et al
Genome Biology
1-20
Tags:
Plant Diseases, Pest Control, Agricultural Research, Crops
Climate Change

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Crop Loss Due to Climate Change, 07/02/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Crop Loss Due to Climate Change, 07/02/2017. The frequent climatic/ weather variations and uneven rainfall distribution adversely impact the level of agriculture production and productivity.

Publication Date: 
07/02/2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Climate Change, Agriculture, Crops, India, Parliament
Natural Disasters

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Loss of Crops, 07/02/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Loss of Crops, 07/02/2017. A number of States were affected by drought and hailstorm of varying magnitude during the years 2013-14 to 2016-17. Memoranda received from the drought affected States for assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) were considered in accordance with the established procedure and a statement indicating State-wise details assistance sought by the respective State and assistance approved by the Government of India from NDRF are indicated in the statement annexed as Annexure-I & II.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Crops, Droughts, India, Finance, Statistics, Parliament, Storms

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