Agriculture & Rural Development

The role and scope of the agricultural sector in achieving India’s $5 trillion economy target are important, considering the labour force participation witnessed by the sector, said Shri. Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Union Cabinet Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal emphasised on the role...

As food production needs continue to increase, more land is converted to agriculture. This stresses ecosystems and limits land available for biodiversity preservation, so much so that land conversion to agriculture is thought to threaten wildlife and biodiversity to a degree that is on par with climate change. Two strategies to balance food production and biodiversity conservation...

With extensive use of chemical fertilisers, there is a significant increase in the salinity of soil as well as water making it difficult for plants and other living organisms to survive. Halophytes are salt-tolerant plants that grow in waters with high salinity, such as in mangrove swamps, marshes, seashores and saline semi-deserts. Only two% of...

जल है तो कल है ये कहावत हम कई बार सुनते है, लेकिन बावजूद जल को बचाने के लिए हम कुछ नहीं करते, शायद हमारी सरकारें भी कुछ नहीं करती, जल संरक्षण को लेकर अगर "कल" हमने कुछ किया होता तो आज परिस्थितियां कुछ अलग होती, "कल" यानि बिता हुआ कल, महाराष्ट्र में सूखा...

Kangana Ranaut has always been a vocal and responsible star. The Bollywood diva has established herself as a symbol of resilience against the patriarchy ingrained in the industry. Last year, after the devastating floods that shook Kerala, Kangana had donated to those who had been affected. She had said, "I want to urge to people...

Policy makers, practitioners and researchers from 15 countries across the region wrapped up a four-day training in Cambodia underscoring the need for appropriate agricultural machinery to enable the adoption of conservation agriculture approaches in the Asia-Pacific region. Despite its growing significance as a means to address land degradation and declining yields in the agricultural sector,...

‘Development' in agriculture by the mechanization of agrarian systems did not only make agriculture dependent on machines but, with time and technological development, has gradually been successful in reigning over every agricultural input. As the first link to our agricultural and food system, the seed becomes one of the most inevitable inputs to do farming....

Sachin has won hearts with his sportsmanship and his charity work. He auctioned the bat he used to score his 100th century and donated the money to charity. The former cricketer put in 51 lakh rupees towards a relief fund to help Uttarakhand in its time of loss when it was ruined by enormous...

Volkswagen India signed an MoU with International Association for Human Values (IAHV) for a watershed management project in Latur district. Volkswagen India has committed INR 1.34 crore for this project that seeks to restore and sustain natural resources in selected village cluster of – Lasona, Indral, Wadmurambi and Ambanagar. The aim behind this initiative is...

India is predominantly an agrarian country. Agriculture employs almost half of the country’s workforce. It is also responsible for providing livelihood to the majority of the country’s population. However, with the growing demand for food, the agriculture sector of the country is caught between providing food at affordable prices and generating the necessary income...

Some of the most critical developmental goals that governments strive to achieve are providing employment, securing livelihoods and improving incomes of the people. Indian economy has an advantage in the form of its favourable demographic composition. With 877 million working-age people, India is the largest young nation in the world. According to the IMF,...

With an aim to promote sustainable agriculture in the catchment area of its dams in Maval, Tata Power implemented the ‘Sustainable Agriculture Programme’ amongst tribal farmers. It sensitised over 950 farmers across 369 acres in 42 villages. Under this programme, awareness sessions were conducted for landholding farmers during the Rabi season on best agriculture practices...