Participatory Water Resource Development in Attal Village under Tribal-Sub Plan – A Success Story
A remote tribal village viz., Attal situated in Tuni block of Dehradun district was selected by Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Dehradun for implementing TSP. There are about 300 numbers of households in the village and more than half of them are engaged in agriculture. Mostly cereals, pulses, vegetables and fruit […]
Registration under ABI
The applicants and startups, has to mandatorily register as incubatee at ABI Centre ICAR- IISR, Indore for incubation with registration fee on Rs. 2000/- only (Click here for Registration). Initially, the duration of incubation will be 1 month which may be extended for 3 months or more in the specific case depending on requirement and in […]
Sugarcane Inter Cropping A Success Story
Average size of land hodings of Indian farmers is decreasing day by dayowing to constant increase in human population. Presently, the proportions of marginal, small and big farmers in the country is 58.0, 18.0 and 24.0 per cent, respectively. Therefore, to meet the demand of food viz; cereals, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables, sugar, etc. for the […]
Sugarcane Cutter Planter: A success story
Sugarcane, among sweeteners, is the only cash crop occupying about 4.0 million hectares in the country. Of this, about fifty per cent is under ratoon. The planting of this crop is conventionally done through country plough or ridger requiring 30-35 laborers/ha for undertaking various planting operations. These include sett cutting, furrow opening, application of fertilizers […]
National Training Programme Sugarcane Management & Development
10 days National Training Programme A large number of sugar complexes are coming up due to the liberalization and introduction of new sugar policy by the Government. Therefore, sugarcane acreage per sugar mill is declining. For producing a large quantity of sugarcane to run the mills to their full capacity, there are two options, either […]
Okra Variety Kashi Chaman Developed at ICAR- Indian Institute of Vegetable Research Fetched Bumper Yield at Farmer’s Field
Okra is one of the most important vegetables cultivated and consumed allover India. It is rich in many nutrients and particularly high in vitamin C and K. Okra is rich source of antioxidants which reduce risk of serious diseases, prevent inflammation and contribute to overall health. It contains polyphenols which is beneficial to heart and […]
Success Stories of Biological Control
G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology has been pioneer in research and popularization of biological control of plant diseases in India. In 2006,Government of India declared Biocontrol Lab, Pantnagar as ‘Central Insecticide Lab’ in respect of biopesticides (The Gazette of India G.S.R. 756(E); No. 17-6/2006-PP.I). Four formulations of biocontrol agents have been developed for […]
University Farm of Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
Activities University Farm produces large quantity of breeder, foundation and certified seed of major food grain, pulses and oilseed crops such as wheat, paddy, urd, moong, lahi and soybean and orchards besides that of commercial sugarcane. The seed is supplied to U.K. Seeds and TDC, NSC. The University Farm is primarily engaged in the production […]
Weather Based Technology for Production of Winter Maize in Bihar
Maize, popularly known as”Corn”,which is also called,”Queen of Cereals”is very important crop.Bihar is a prominent state for maize production in India.Being a C4 plant,it has high potential of converting solar energy into food energy.It is an important crop for a large population around the world.Millions of people use maize as food, feed and industrial raw […]
A way of Nitrogen Management to Reduce Nitrate Contamination in Subsurface Waters
Recharge from precipitation and irrigation Pumping of large volumes of water from aquifers has occurs each year. If the groundwater is not recharged periodically, the water table fall. Recharge occurs when precipitation is more than required in root zone. The water which enters the soil surface, passes via the root zone, and slowly percolates to […]