- Montana's unpredictable climate: Unveiling the hottest temperature ever recorded
Montana is well-known for its variable climatic conditions and now it has recorded the highest temperatures in the history of the country.
11 Jun, 2023, 07.39 PM IST
Walmart offers a $2 million seed for AP farmersWednesday’s announcement takes the total funds granted by Walmart Foundation to the state to about $4 million over the last six months.
28 Jun, 2018, 10.02 AM IST
Global warming of 2 degrees may up drought, wildfiresThe study showed that reducing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere to limit global warming under 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius would dr...
02 Jan, 2018, 04.12 PM IST
World to become drier with global warming of 2 degrees CelsiusOver a quarter of the world's land could become significantly drier even if global warming is limited to the target of two degree Celsius, ...
02 Jan, 2018, 12.30 PM IST
Centre warns of water shortageMaharashtra, Telangana, Bihar, UP, Haryana, MP, Himachal, U'khand and Chhattisgarh are identified as vulnerable states as some of them are ...
15 Apr, 2017, 01.02 AM IST
- New gaur sowing technique can give 60% higher yield
Guar is a tiny size seed used for hydraulic fracturing in shale gas extraction. It is mainly grown in arid to semi-arid areas, and frequent...
10 Dec, 2014, 03.11 PM IST
Salt invasion in Indo-Gangetic basin has led to 40% increase in human health problems: UNLarge areas of rich irrigated and fertile land in the Indo-Gangetic basin is being lost daily to salt damage, confirms the UN.
28 Oct, 2014, 01.29 PM IST
Lesser Floricans tagged to trace migration patternTwo Lesser Florican (males) birds were fitted with satellite transmitters in Ajmer by a team of scientists from the Wildlife Institute of I...
19 Aug, 2014, 06.23 AM IST
Agro-forestry needs more investment: Pranab MukherjeeThe President also presented Krishi Karman awards to seven states -- MP, Odisha, Manipur, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand for their best ...
10 Feb, 2014, 04.48 PM IST
Dwindling gene pool poses threat to tigersBengal tigers were earlier found in two distinct groups based on their genes - those found south of Madhya Pradesh and the ones found in Te...
20 May, 2013, 04.20 AM IST
- ICRISAT-ICAR partner to build climate resilient agriculture
ICRISAT and ICAR have called to adapt new measures to tackle growing climate related risks and constraints that prevail in rural areas.
23 May, 2012, 05.43 PM IST
- ICRISAT takes up research on diseases, pests that damage crops
ICRISAT and DST of Central government recently launched a plant protection project to carry out a research on diseases and insect pests tha...
29 Feb, 2012, 11.34 AM IST
- Great Indian Bustard fights for survival in Maharashtra
It's a fight between local residents and voiceless winged birds that sit on the brink of extinction where the former clearly seems to have ...
09 Sep, 2008, 02.15 PM IST
- UN helping farmers in Afghanistan, Africa
Alarmed by adverse impact of climate change on farming and rising food prices, the UN agencies are helping farmers in Afghanistan and Afric...
29 Apr, 2008, 10.20 AM IST
- Govt to raise pulses growing area by 2 mn hectares
The government is planning to raise the area under pulses cultivation by two million hectares in the next couple of years to increase produ...
11 May, 2007, 08.00 PM IST
- Govt may farm tax carrots to lure corporates to fields
In a move that could provide a huge boost to backward linkage between industry and agriculture, certain agricultural zones may receive tax ...
09 May, 2007, 02.38 AM IST
- Bengal plans to bring in cashew under AEZ
Seeing the potential of cashew export from West Bengal, the state government has sent a proposal to the Agricultural and Processed Foods Ex...
12 Jun, 2006, 12.12 AM IST