Kalimpong, Sept.

The scheme for Extending Green Revolution to Eastern India was introduced under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) in 2010-11. It was aimed at increasing agricultural production through use of new seeds and advanced agricultural technologies. Assam was included under the scheme in the later part of the 2010-11 fiscal. Rs 17.50 crore was allotted to Assam under this scheme, said sources in the Agriculture Department.

Central Vice President of the Sindh Abadgar Board, SAB, Gada Hussain Mahisar, has said that initial surveys showed that heavy rains coupled with faulty ‘sim nullahs’ have caused widespread damages

With the Monsoon session of Parliament drawing to a close next week, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday called on nine senior ministers — Veerappa Moily, Ambika Soni, Sharad Pawar

The Yorkshire village of Todmorden has taken local food to heart – and to the street. The planting of food crops at forty public locations throughout the village offer locals, and visitors, the chance to pick their own fresh fruit and vegetables, and it’s all free. From the local police station to the cemetery, from the health centre to the elderly care home (with raised garden beds at wheelchair height), in tubs on the street and in plots dug by the canal, Todmorden is embracing “local edible” with a passion.

Uttarakhand has decided to install anti-hail guns as part of efforts to save fruit crops, especially apples, from being damaged by hailstorms.

Rising global demand for cleaner energy from biomass could drive more land acquisition in poorer nations where food security and land rights are weak, an International Institute for Environment and

As the monsoon wreaked havoc in some parts of northern and western States, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said this is just an aberration and there is no flood-like threat in these areas.

Washington: Astronauts on the first manned mission to Mars are considering to grow their own food in a hi-tech “kitchen garden” onboard their spaceship, according to Nasa.

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Monday geared up its machinery to tackle drought-like situation in more than 30 blocks in eight districts.

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