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PUNJAB FRUIT NURSERY
Dussehri is suited for a specific kind of soil & micro weather conditions which are best found in Uttar PradeshLow-hanging fruit’ is a cliche used to describe tasks that are easily achieved — whoever coined it hasn’t savoured the Dussehri mango.
05 Jun, 2016, 09.39 AM IST
Poor back-to-back monsoons, coupled with depleting reservoirs and a heatwave have hit rural India hardThis year’s monsoon is expected to be good, but officials say it may take up to three months for water scarcity to ease as soil moisture ha...
12 Apr, 2016, 07.02 AM IST
Rains drive up vegetable, fruit prices by 15-50%According to official data, pulses and vegetables became costlier by about 15 per cent in a year and onions by 26.6 per cent, while fruit p...
18 Mar, 2015, 06.12 AM IST
Vegetable prices shoot up in North India due to unseasonal showersPrices of spinach, fenugreek and mustard have more than doubled, while cauliflower, capsicum, brinjal, lady finger and bitter gourd are up ...
05 Mar, 2015, 01.14 AM IST
Punjab to set up 'Bureau of Agriculture Promotion'In its bid to provide single window system to farmers for accelerating agriculture growth in the state, Punjab government will set up a 'Bu...
17 Feb, 2015, 04.27 PM IST
Centre of excellence for Horticulture to be set up at AttariPunjab CM Parkash Singh Badal announced the decision to set up a 'National Centre of Excellence for Horticulture' in this border district t...
12 Dec, 2014, 06.34 PM IST
Indo-Israel centre unveiled for citrus growers in PunjabA total of 28 such centres are to be set up under the mutual cooperation agreement signed between the two countries. 9 of them are operatio...
21 Nov, 2014, 02.27 PM IST
Gopal Kanda promises free power to farmers, laptops to students in election manifestoAhead of forthcoming assembly polls in the state, Gopal Kanda-led Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) today announced its election manifesto.
13 Sep, 2014, 07.29 PM IST
Drought like conditions, heat wave delay sowing; El Nino likely in SeptemberThe monsoon deficit and high temperatures delaying crop planting, are giving jitters to the govt that needs a good harvest to prop up shaky...
18 Jun, 2014, 08.40 AM IST
Vegetable prices likely to fall by August-end on fresh arrivalsVegetable prices are likely to fall in the next one month with new crops.
19 Jul, 2010, 07.52 AM IST
- PepsiCo products safest: Nooyi
Food and beverages major PepsiCo's CEO Indra Nooyi today said the company's products were safest of any of the products available in the fo...
22 Dec, 2007, 08.41 PM IST
- PepsiCo to triple beverage business in next five years
Food and beverages major, PepsiCo plans to triple its beverage business in the next five years, the company's top official said.
22 Dec, 2007, 05.19 PM IST
- Chilli time for Punjab farmers
A well-known market for chillies before and even after partition Bhikhiwind and Kalra town in the newly formed district Tarn Taran has been...
28 Mar, 2007, 02.14 AM IST