Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Govt will extend support to rain-hit farmers: Balka Sumanedit
Suman visited several villages in Kishtampet and Bheemaram mandals to get first-hand information on the damage to mango and paddy crops caused by rains coupled with gale. He interacted with farmers and assured them that the government would extend all support soon. He instructed officials of Horticulture and Agriculture Departments to carry out crop damage survey.
Farmers survey from April 20edit
Starting from Saturday, Telangana State government will conduct a comprehensive farmer survey (Rythu Samagra Survey) to collect and consolidate necessary data of around 55 lac farmers in the State. The aim of the survey is to build a data bank of farmers. That would serve as a reckoner for agriculture-related issues and can also develop crop colonies as per the facilities across the State.
When agriculture meets science, the yields of land and farmers are skyrocketingedit
Forty-five years ago, people living in the area of Quzhou, in north China’s Hebei Province, made money by selling salt. Farmers dug them from the land and extracted it through traditional methods. Improper ways of irrigation and use of fertilizers resulted in a vicious circle, namely saline-alkali land, where nothing could be harvested.
Scientists develop a method to boost seed oil yield in cropsedit
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU), have developed a method to increase the yield of natural oils in seeds by 15 per cent in laboratory condition. According to the research published in the Plant Signaling & Behavior, the new method can be applied to crops such as canola, soybean, and sunflower, which are in a multi-billion dollar industry that continues to see increasing global demand.
Why Construction Workers Missed Government Welfare Benefits For 23 Yearsedit
“I am at the naka or at a site working all day. I can’t take care of her from there, so I prefer she come with me and earn a bit for the house,” said Meena Ben Rathwa, holding her 14-year-old daughter Jhini’s hand, as they stood at Harinagar Naka, Vadodara, hoping to find wage work for the day.
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Indoor emissions affect air-quality standardsedit
India can achieve its air quality goals if it completely eliminates emissions from household sources. A recent study has pointed out that the use of firewood, kerosene and coal in the households contributed to about 40% of the PM 2.5 pollution in the Gangetic basin districts. This number varied across the country but household emissions remained one of the major culprits behind air pollution.