Tirupur: To increase the productivity of agriculture crops multifold, the Department of Agriculture plans to introduce a mobile soil and water testing laboratory in the district shortly.
China is the world's largest user of synthetic fertilizer, consuming 36% of the global total. As a result, China's farmers have exceeded soil needs, causing nitrates to accumulate and create serious pollution problems. And the hunger for nitrogen has added to China's energy and greenhouse gas emissions: In the atmosphere, those nitrates form nitrous oxide, a potent warming gas.
Precision agriculture comprises a set of technologies that combines sensors, information systems, enhanced machinery, and informed management to optimize production by accounting for variability and uncertainties within agricultural systems.
Kolkata: Faced with secondary nutrient deficiency in soil, threatening to drag productivity lower in several districts, West Bengal is preparing a soil map for the state. The state government will concentrate on site specific nutrient management after the soil map is ready. The map, being prepared by department officials, will be complete by March next year.
Dr Milkha Singh Aulakh, Dean, College of Agriculture, PAU, attended the fourth and final research coordination meeting (RCM) of the coordinated research project
Food security in India is getting more and more dependent on annual monsoons. In a year of low rainfall, a large section of the people, especially those below the poverty line, have to depend on subsidised government food rations. If this situation continues, the country will be stressed for resources to provide food for the people.
Kochi, Aug. 30 Mr Mangala Rai, the Director General of Indian Council of Agriculture Research, has called for immediate steps to adapt ways to mitigate the impact of climate change on agriculture, as it is a cause of concern.
