Tag: Krushi
India to open its first plant quarantine center to prevent foreign pla...
Separate arrangements are being made to prevent foreign diseases from agricultural and horticultural crops. Keeping in view the good health of the crop, imported plants from abroad will be kept separate. The country's first plantation quarantine center is to be set up in Uttarakhand. Imported plants will first be quarantined for a specific time. On...
Agricultural scientists develop scientific method for organic farming ...
Gandhinagar, 6 September 2020
Instead of using pesticides, chemicals and chemical fertilizers, the Agriculture Department of Gujarat is now focusing more on natural agriculture. Therefore, research is being done on it. Scientists from Navsari Agricultural University conducted experiments for organic farming in South Gujarat, where Tuvar is produ...
Record area of 1095.38 lakh ha has been coveredunder Kharif crops
Delhi, 04 SEP 2020
In the current season of Kharif 2020, record area of 1095.38 lakh ha has been covered. Sowing of rice still continues while sowing of pulses, coarse cereals, millets and oilseeds is almost over. There is no impact of COVID-19 on progress of area coverage under kharif crops as on date.
Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers...