Americans discard significant food waste annually. Composting offers a simple, science-based solution to convert these scraps into valuable...

Scientists from Denmark, Spain, and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility have found out that zinc has a significant role in supporti...

According to an official release here, the plan for paddy crop residue management was discussed at a high-level meeting in view of the comi...

According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) ha...

Last year's stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana had contributed to 44 percent of the pollution in NCR Delhi, according to System of Air Q...

Lakhs of children studying in schools situated in rural areas participated in the anti-stubble burning rallies organized in the respective ...

In India, use of machines for dealing with crop residue has not picked up and farmers still resort to open burning.

The northern Indian plains have again come into focus as one of the globe's most-polluted regions, with nine of the world's 20 most pollute...

The Central University of Punjab on Friday celebrated the World Environment Day on its campus where ideas were exchanged to contain air, wa...

Though excessive use of Urea is mainly noticed in states having strong irrigation network, there have always been deep concern about its ex...

The Board has approved nine prosecution cases for filing in the Environment Courts against farmers for violation of stubble burning for yea...

Prof Raviprakash Dani, the vice chancellor of Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth stressed on good agriculture practices to prevent enviro...

UN's Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has expressed concerns over pollution and food safety issues in the world's second largest ec...

Green revolution through use of hybrid varieties, fertilizers and pesticides may have made many countries including India self reliant in f...

Orissa has chalked out an ambitious plan to reap the benefit with innovative strategy for agrarian development.

A large part of the city may have been rendered unfit for vegetation and will not support plantation unless steps are taken to revive the t...

A Indian state government has asked US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola to respond to allegations that its bottling plant was polluting water an...