Tag: Farming

While food waste is a global problem, it’s particularly of concern in Asia, which ironically is home to upwards of 370 million undernourished people – about half the world total. While not all of them are starving, the 2021 Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and ...

The dumping yard in Achan area of Srinagar on the Indian side of Kashmir wreaks havoc for locals in the capital city. The area was known for farming and wetlands but today the heaps of garbage have obtained the height of a mountain. For VOA, Muheet Ul Islam has ...

Srinagar : Five days Training Programme on “Sericulture Based Farming System on Entrepreneusrship Development” sponsored by NAHEP-IDP-SKUAST-K at College of Temperate Sericulture.Two (02) days Training Programme on “Economic Viability of Sericulture Enterprise” in collaboration with Department of Social Welfare, J&K at College of Temperate Sericulture, SKUAST-K and Two skill ...

Gujarat, Aug 12: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on August 12 said India needs a new green revolution under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to show the path of natural farming to the world and lead the way for prosperity of farmers.This green revolution will ...

Ramaraj, a wholesale tomato trader from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, has been camping in Kolar in south Karnataka, which has now turned into a bustling centre for tomato procurement for the entire country after the crop failed in Maharashtra and elsewhere. But he is yet to make significant purchases, given ...

Tahab, Indian administered Kashmir —  Farooq Ahmad Gannie’s one-hectare of land in the Tahab area of Pulwama district, located on the Indian side of Kashmir, is covered with orchids at the front and paddy fields at the back. Five years ago, the land was once a flourishing apple orchard. ...

Certification of Model Organic Village opens new vistas for progressive women Srinagar, April 30: Haseena Begum, of Hyhana village Kupwara, has become a role model in organic farming for aspiring women entrepreneurs of Kupwara with her success as an empowered Agripreneur. Haseena Begum, the wife of Mohammad Shafi, was ...

As Rehan Khan scans his 160 acres of muddy, partially snow-covered field, he sees golden — and red — opportunity."The first year, I seeded oats. Then in 2022, it was wheat. This year, it's red lentils," said the father of two who farms near Yorkton, Sask.Khan left Pakistan in ...

Representational Image New Delhi, Apr 11: The Centre has allowed five private firms to undertake cluster farming of specific horticulture crops in about 50,000 hectares on a pilot basis entailing an investment of Rs 750 crore, including government subsidy — a moved aimed at making Indian produce globally competitive ...

JUNAGADH, Mar 19:The national-level multi-state cooperative societies recently approved by the Union Cabinet for promotion of organic products and exports, will help increase farmers’ income manifold in the next 10 years, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said here on Sunday.Shah, who was here to inaugurate the Agricultural ...