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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE INTENSIFICATION
For thousands of years, Pacific farmers adapted crops to drought and changing weather; now Samoa and Tonga are combining that ancestral knowledge with modern science to rebuild soil, manage weeds and make farms more climate-resilientPacific farmers are reviving ancestral wisdom and scientific methods for climate resilience. Traditional practices like mulching and sheep ...- More trees do not always mean more birds, and a Japanese study found grassland species fell by over 70% near shelterbelts, showing that restoring habitat can sometimes reduce biodiversityA surprising study reveals that planting trees as windbreaks on farms can devastate bird populations, particularly those needing open grass...
- RBI warns West Asia war may hurt India growth outlookThe central bank said the impact of the conflict is likely to remain contained in the near term but warned that an escalation could derail ...
- RBI warns prolonged West Asia conflict could hit India’s economyAmidst the backdrop of conflict in West Asia, India's economic landscape finds itself at a crossroads. Although the Reserve Bank of India p...
- Planet's fate rests on our platesFood systems are major global crisis drivers. A new report highlights the need for sustainable diets and farming. Current practices harm he...
- Vedanta Aluminium’s 'Jeevika Samriddhi Project' plans to empower agri-entrepreneurs in OdishaIt said that the company's flagship project has elevated the lives of over 400 farming households in its initial phases. With the third pha...
- UN University report warns about risk tipping points with irreversible impacts on people and planetA report by the United Nations University warns that the northwestern region of India, particularly Punjab and Haryana, is at risk of exper...
- Climate change poses a real trade-off in sustainable resource management — India faces this with the use of water now: Charles A. TaylorGenerally, as places become higher income, two forces are at work. First, the relative returns to non-agricultural work increase — so, peop...
- Threats to China’s food security & its global implicationsChinese President Xi Jinping has underlined the importance of food security for China, calling for efforts to strengthen farmland protectio...
- 1/8th of flora & fauna face extinction due to degradation of biodiversityNature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and its impact will see extinction of one million of the eight million...
- Halting biodiversity loss and ecosystems degradation is central to Asia-Pacific region’s growth and well-beingThe 2018 report highlights the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the development of the region
- Agriculture contributed to 18 per cent of emissions in 2010: Lok Sabha toldEnvironment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said in a written reply that human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), including those from ...
- Government to give subsidy for buying horticultural equipmentsThe government has revised norms to give financial assistance of up to 50% to farmers for buying post- harvesting and other equipments used...
- Crop rotation boosts soil health, plant growthTraditional wisdom that got sidelined by modern agriculture has been confirmed in a new study which found that crop rotation – planting dif...
- Environmental loss in Sundarbans worth Rs 1290 crore: World BankUN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects an increase in sea level and intensification of present climatic variability.
- Farmers of West Bengal, Chhatisgarh, Uttarakhand adopt Ambuja Cement Foundation's SRI method of farmingAmbuja Cement Foundation's systematic Rice Intensification method of farming is increasingly being adopted by farmers in many states.
- Tamil Nadu Agricultural University launches sustainable sugarcane initiativeTamil Nadu Agricultural University has come out with a Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative to improve productivity of water, land and labour.
- Planning Commission approves Haryana's Rs 27,072 cr outlay for 2013-14The Planning Commission today approved Haryana's Plan expenditure of Rs 27,072 crore for the current fiscal, which is just 2.2 per cent hig...
- Sharad Pawar favours field trials of GM crops with strict safetyPawar today said that agriculture scientists should be allowed to conduct field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops by adopting stric...
- Farming needs major shift, says FAOWorld farming needs a “major shift” to more sustainable practices as intensive crop production since the 1960s has degraded soils, depleted...
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