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Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan shares agricultural experience, urges farmers to adopt traditional farming methodsSharing his experience in a post on X, Chouhan noted that before the main paddy transplantation, dhaincha (Sesbania aculeata) was grown in ...- Need to cut chemical fertilisers usage via crop diversification, incentives: EAC-PM ChairmanIndia must curb chemical fertilizer use by promoting crop diversification, natural farming, and productivity-linked incentives, stated EAC-...
- Govt to formulate plan to stop incidents of stubble burning: Agriculture ministerThe Indian government will create a plan to end stubble burning. This initiative aims to improve air quality in Delhi-NCR and protect soil ...
- How to remove pesticides naturally from your favourite summer fruits: Berries, peaches and plumsSummer's bounty of berries, peaches, and plums offers peak flavour and nutrition. While delicious, these fruits can carry pesticide residue...
- JSW–The Times of India Earth Care Awards Recognises Champions of Climate Action and Sustainability
- Root cause: India’s spice crown under threat as quality concerns trace back to farmsFarm-level traceability, quality, value addition, and branding are key to converting export scale into global trust, according to experts.
- India set to hike biogas prices, subsidies under new programIndia is launching a new program to significantly increase compressed biogas production. Higher guaranteed purchase prices and subsidies wi...
- In 1859, Robert Chesebrough saw oil workers scraping sticky rod wax from drilling rigs, and it wasn’t just waste: It became VaselineA chemist named Robert Chesebrough discovered petroleum jelly in the 1800s. He saw value in a sticky wax that oil workers discarded. Cheseb...
- India spots an export champion in a sector tariffs failed to sinkIndia's seafood sector has demonstrated remarkable resilience, transforming a 50% US tariff into a catalyst for growth. Through strategic m...
- India figures in EU's draft list for continued export of aquaculture productsIndia has been reinstated on the European Union's draft list for aquaculture product exports, ensuring continued shipments beyond September...
- Quality and branding: The twin pillars of India’s global horticulture pushA coordinated push involving policy support, private investment, and technology adoption can help India shift from volume-driven to value-l...
- India Inc playing firefighter as stubble burning turns air toxicStubble burning by farmers in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab leads to massive increase in air pollution across North India, and has beco...
- Farmers in Punjab, Haryana to be given machines at a discount to check pollutionThe paddy harvest, which begins by the end of this month, has been a major source of pollution in northern India, which has even triggered ...
- Delhi air quality to be very hazardous for next few daysWinds are blowing in farm fire smoke from Haryana, Punjab. The concentration of the very fine, and very dangerous, tiny PM 2.5 ranged from ...
- Winter is coming to north, so is toxic airQuality of air may worsen in Delhi after a week due to stubble burning & lower temperature.
- Air quality set to worsen in north IndiaMay turn hazardous within weeks as a result of Diwali fireworks, crop stubble-burning and calmer weather.
- Groundwater policies behind added air pollution in northwest India: StudyThe study, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, reveals how water-use policies require farmers to transplant rice later in the y...
- New Holland Agri offers tech solutions to reduce crop burningThe country generates 540 million tonnes crop residue annually. About 35 million tonnes of paddy straw is burned in Punjab and Haryana alon...
- States ignore national policy on crop residue management; Indulge in stubble burningHad the Delhi’s neighbouring states adhered to the guidelines of the two-year-old national policy for management of crop residue (NPMCR), t...
- Efforts are on to reduce black carbon content in airThis in turn adversely affects rivers, and the higher rate of melting can mean overflowing rivers and flooding impacting agriculture.
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