Agriculture
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Mobile biodiversity festival celebrated in Zaheerabad
Hyderabad: Deccan Development Society (DDS) celebrated the Zahirabad Mandal Jathara of 23rd mobile biodiversity festival at the Government Degree College here on Sunday. The event began with traditional songs and the installation…
- Telangana
KCR calls for changing model of India’s agriculture
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday called for changing the model of the country’s agriculture to lay a path for a qualitative growth on the lines of his state.…
- Telangana
Drone Academy for farmers likely to come up in Telangana
Hyderabad: Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) which operates from Hyderabad is likely to set up a ‘Drone Academy’ in order to train farmers in Telangana in operating drones. Drones have…
- Kashmir
Meet Kashmir’s trend-setter farmers whose innovative practices is changing agricultural practices
Srinagar: At a time when farmers in Kashmir are shifting to high density apple orchards, two elderly farmers have shown an innovative agricultural practice to grow cash crops. Agriculture experts say such…
- India
4 electrocuted after live wire falls on tractor in AP
Amaravati: Four agriculture labourers were electrocuted and as many injured after a high-tension wire fell on their tractor in Ananthapuramu district on Wednesday. According to police, a live wire snapped and fell…
- Telangana
Telangana: New policies required to help farmers, says Gov Tamilisai
Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan participated “Agri Varsities VC’s meet”, Organised by Indian Council for Agriculture Research – ICAR, New Delhi at Kanha Shantivanam, Rangareddy District on Friday. The Governor while…
- Pakistan
Pakistan’s catastrophic floods ravage agriculture sector, jeopardize food security
Islamabad: Pakistan‘s agriculture sector, which contributes 24 per cent to the country’s gross domestic product and is the largest source of foreign exchange earnings, has been damaged as the recent climate change-induced…
- Telangana
Increase cultivation of pulses, millets, oilseeds: Telangana agri minister
Hyderabad: Telangana agriculture minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy said on Friday that farmers in the state should give preference to small grains and millets. He added that the Telangana government has been appealing…
- Telangana
Telangana: CPI slams Centre’s push for new power bills
Hyderabad: The Communist Party of India’s (CPI) Telangana unit on Friday said that the announcement to allow power delivery through private businesses’ discoms was part of the Centre’s game plan to use…
- World
EU ministers discuss food security, sustainable agriculture
Prague: The European Union (EU) must strengthen food security, improve the sustainability of agriculture and promote the use of modern techniques, the member states’ Agriculture Ministers agreed in Czech capital Prague. “Ministers…
- Telangana
Farmers’ forum may be KCR’s launchpad for national politics
Hyderabad: The proposed joint forum of farmers at the national level to replicate Telangana’s success in agriculture is likely to be the launchpad for Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s foray into national…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Agricultural startups, need of the hour
Hyderabad: The secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture, Manoj Ahuja, examined the drone spraying application in maize crops as part of the crop protection management here on Saturday. Interacting with various scientists…