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In 2009, researchers in Spain mixed grape waste with slate mining waste and created a soil-like material that could help barren mine dumps grow plantsResearchers in north-west Spain are turning grape waste into a soil-like material by mixing grape marc compost and vermicompost with barren...- Merchant Navy professional quit his job to transform his gooseberry farm. His earnings boomed from Rs 45,000 to Rs 9 lakh per acreAfter realizing that raw amla sales were not lucrative, Shyam Singh's family pivoted to processing amla into juice and other by-products, r...
- 10-minute balcony gardening: 8 low-maintenance home plants that need less water and are perfect for busy peopleCreating a thriving terrace garden doesn't have to take hours of work. With the right plant choices, even busy people can grow fresh herbs,...
- Oil India Ltd & GMC ink MoU to collaborate on transformation of Municipal Solid Waste into compressed biogasOil India Limited (OIL) and Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on co...
- Assets created under MGNREGA has had a positive impact on agricultural productivity, says Economic Survey 2023These works include creating household assets such as animal sheds, farm ponds, dug wells, horticulture plantations, vermicomposting pits e...
- Chhattisgarh government launches scheme to develop 'gauthans' into rural industrial parks"In the first phase of the programme, 300 such facilities are being developed across the state for which a provision of Rs 600 crore has be...
- Chhattisgarh govt to procure cow urine at Rs 4 per litre from July 28 under flagship schemeGovernment in Chhattisgarh will start the purchase of cow urine at a minimum rate of Rs 4 per litre from local festival 'Hareli' on July 28.
- Chhattisgarh's Godhan Nyay banks on dung to push cow economyIn July 2020, Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel launched Godhan Nyay, a scheme under which the government purchases cow dung at ₹2...
- Chhattisgarh economy will soon get major boost; 'naxal image' of state will change: CM Bhupesh BaghelBaghel said his government is committed to boosting employment, especially in naxal areas as this would stop youngsters from taking the pat...
- Committed to developing LoC areas together with civil administration: Army CommanderBrigadier H S Sahi was speaking at a function organised by the army to dedicate two community centres to border village of Balakote in Poon...
- Flower pollution: Here's how HelpUsGreen is keeping the Ganga cleanFlower pollution is often overlooked in policy-making on cleaning the holy river, with the gaze firmly focused on industrial waste.
- NREGS comes to rescue for states facing drought, Centre sets a deadline of June 2016Drought management is a state subject, but in an observation the SC said that the Central govt’s responsibility does not end with providing...
- Jammu & Kashmir to develop Mahore as a modern walnut zoneSharma also gave a lowdown on modern techniques for producing grafted walnut plants in low-cost green house to raise walnut production.
- Farmers to get subsidy direct in bank account: Radhamohan SinghThe minister said that the effort was to remove middlemen in transfer of subsidy for purchase of farm equipment on the lines the government...
- Centre studies PM Narendra Modi’s animal hostel schemeThe women of the village do not have to spend 6-7 hours each day tending to cows and buffaloes tethered to posts outside each house.
- Thiruvananthapuram zoo to generate organic manure from animal wasteIn a bid to raise internal resources for its maintenance, the zoological park here is getting ready to produce vermicompost on commercial b...
- Vermicompost plants let out a stinkTwo vermicompost facilities, set up by the Pune Municipal Corporation at Ramtekdi and Hadapsar to process 200 metric tonnes of wet garbage ...
- Schools sow the seeds of a healthy environmentGiven the importance of the issue, many schools have made it a year-long practice by roping in NGOs and other forums to run environment pro...
- Zero budget farming catching up, claims organisorSenior officials in Tamil Nadu Government have shown keen interest in the utility of Zero Budget Farming, a new system being adopted in dif...
- Over 5,000 acres of land comes under organic farming in PunjabAbout 5,078 acres of land have been brought under organic farming in Punjab under a scheme sponsored by the Union Government, the State Ass...
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