Zero Budget Natural Farming
The concept of Zero Budget Natural Farming was first promulgated by Padma Shri awardee Subhash Palekar, in the mid-1990s as an alternative to the...
WAR AND PRICES
Indian farmers may be unwittingly benefiting from Russia's disastrous assault on Ukraine. Despite a bumper rabi harvest of wheat and mustard, soaring international agri-commodity...
“OPERATION GREENS- The central scheme for agriculture under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.”
The impact of COVID-19 on every sector of the Indian economy has been very devastating. Its impact on agriculture and its diverse segment that...
The cataclysmic cattle disease: Lumpy skin disease
First reported in Kenya in 1921, Lumpy skin disease (LSD) spread like a wildfire across the globe. It was first reported in India in...
CARBON NEUTRAL AGRICULTURE
One of the major global problems that the world is facing today is that of global warming. It's mainly due to the greenhouse gas...
Pesticides Ban: Masterstroke or Misfire?
The government has drafted a plan to ban 27 pesticides out of 66, under reviewing hazardous pesticides. The expert committee in 2018 was successful...
Nanotechnology in Agriculture
As we all know, the current world population is 7.8 billion which is expected to reach nearly 9.8 billion in 2050 which implies the...