Agriculture/Energy
'Agriculture project helped farmers' income reach Rs.200,000'
The National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) has led to an increase in the annual income of farmers in 500 villages in India from Rs.15,000 to Rs.200,000, an official said here Tuesday. |
'Renewable energy could address India's energy needs'
Harnessing of renewable energy like wind, solar and biomass could address India's energy needs, a senior Indian official averred here Monday. |
An experiment proves that small farming is economically feasibleBy M. J. PRABU/ The Hindu
Thottiankulam village on the Sevaiyur-Tuticorin highway in Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu in south India is bone dry all through the year. Farmers, mostly small and marginal, have either left the place seeking work in towns or have moved to other vocations. |
A new online software disburses farm loan detailsBy M. J. PRABU/ The Hindu
Getting a crop loan from a bank and after repaying the entire amount getting back the land or house papers submitted as collateral security for availing the loan are not easy tasks. |
Indian farmers` seed saving movement holds promiseBy M. J. PRABU/ The Hindu
Jardhar village comprises of nearly 26 small hamlets in Uttarakhand, a north Indian state. Like hundreds of villages in the country agriculture is a major occupation here. |
Dry spell could mar Darjeeling teaBy Ishita Ayan Dutt/ Business Standard
If rain gods don't intervene in the next couple of weeks, many tea lovers won't get to sip the Darjeeling first flush, the region's first tea crop after a period of dormancy. |
World's first solar-powered toilet set for India launchThe Economic Times/PTI
A revolutionary waterless toilet powered by the Sun, developed to help some of the 2.5 billion people lacking safe and sustainable sanitation around the world, will be unveiled in India this month. |
Mix of crop and animals in farms helps increase incomeBy M. J. PRABU/ The Hindu
The ability to extract maximum returns from a small area and making use of the available resources and technologies are key factors in improving income for farmers. |
Zimbabwe invites Indian companies to partner in agriculture
Zimbabwe Tuesday invited Indian companies to partner it in "kick-starting" its agricultural development after a series of setbacks to the sector. |
India, Saudi Arabia to deepen energy partnership
With the strengthening of strategic ties, India and Saudi Arabia seek to transform the "buyer-seller" relationship in the oil sector to one of deeper partnership focussing on investments and joint ventures in third countries. |