Tag: Farming

A farmer from Maharashtra's Solapur was in for a rude shock when he got to know that he has earned a profit of merely Rs 2.49 against the sale of his 512 kg onions to a trader in the district. Published Date - 05:47 PM, Fri - 24 February ...

SRINAGAR, Dec 15: Fish farming is emerging as a lucrative means of livelihood for young entrepreneurs across Jammu and Kashmir with the support of Central Government’s Rashtriya Kissan Vikas Yojna (RKVY).The department of fisheries is propagating fish culture to give job opportunities to educated youth, besides the development of ...

Sharp temperature variations across India-administered Kashmir have brought unseasonal snowfalls or early summers, resulting in heavy damage to apple orchards. An almost 30% decline in apple production has dealt a serious blow to the region's biggest industry, leaving farming families with huge debts. Nearly 1 million families are associated with ...

After 22 years, Farming resumes along IB in Kathua Kathua- Farmers resumed agriculture activities on the zero line along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Friday, after a gap of almost two decades, officials said. They said the farming activity was resumed with the ...

LAHORE, Pakistan With alarm bells ringing all over the world over global warming, new farming technologies are helping the young generation reduce waste and keep the Earth healthy.A survey by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics in 2018 found that some 39% of the country's labor force was engaged in agriculture, ...

Representational Image Bhaderwah (J&K), March 6: Considered as the birthplace of India’s purple revolution, Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district is likely to witness a major boom in Lavender farming under the ‘one district, one product’ scheme with the government, army and various other institutions coming forward in a big ...

Pakistan's Ravi River Urban Development Project (RRUDP) is envisioned by the current ruling government, Pakistan Tekreef-i-Insaf, as an innovative and efficient solution to the country's exponentially growing population in one its major urban center's ⁠— Lahore. However, the project has been met with criticism from environmentalists and activists as well as ...

  Jammu: Government of J&K today signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) for transforming Sheep Farming Sector in the UT. The virtual MoC signing ceremony was presided over by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan. The MoC was signed by Sh. Navin Kumar Choudhary, Principal Secretary to J&K ...

Pakistan’s economic direction, including its agriculture and food policy, is characterised by contradictions that could not be starker than its sugar policy. Sugar is an important part of the household diet in Pakistan but is not consumed more than rice, both in terms of volume and value. Paradoxically, rice ...

Veena ParmarWhile addressing conclave on Natural Farming on 22 December 2021 at Anand, Gujarat, PM Modi stated that time has come to correct the past mistakes before they become gangrene adding that there is a dire need to take away agriculture from chemical and physical laboratories and connect it ...