Agriculture
HDFC ERGO to provide weather insurance for Himachal Pradesh farmers
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government has authorized HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Ltd to implement Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) for Loanee farmers....
Address apple growers’ concern or face stir: Seb Utpadak Sangh
The Himachal Kisan Sabha and the Himachal Seb Utpadak Sangh to organize protest Rallies at the Block Headquarter of the apple growing area of...
CM to inaugurate Apple Packing/Grading Lines at Oddi
The HPMC has commissioned imported computerised Apple Packing/Grading lines at Oddi (Kumarsain) and Jarol-Tikkar and Controlled Atmosphre Store at Jarol-Tikkar (Kotgarh) in district Shimla...
Union Govt set to introduce Farm Income Insurance Scheme
To lessen the price risks affect the income of farmers, which has adverse effect on their capacity to invest in advance crop varieties,...
Heeng cultivation introduces in Lahaul valley
CSIR-IHBT brought in seeds of asafoetida and developed its agro-technology Lahaul: Due to efforts of CSIR constituent laboratory, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Palampur,...
Growers can contact HPMC for availing cold storage facility
Managing Director HPMC, Madan Chauhan, said here today that Controlled Atmosphere Stores had been set up at Gumma and Jarol Tikkar of Shimla district...
CM launches domestic liquid boronated calcium nitrate fertilizer to boost crop...
Shimla: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched the domestic liquid boronated calcium nitrate fertilizer, a joint venture of HIMFED and Gujarat State Fertilizers and...
Making Apple Industry Enliven in International Trade Regime
The development of horticulture has always been the priority sector of the State Government. The Horticulture industry of the State is presently contributing more...
Amity scientists claim to develop fungus that increases crop productivity
Director General, Amity Institute of Training and Development (AITD) K. S. Bains claimed that scientists from Amity University Noida have discovered a cultivable mycorrhiza...
Bragta to stage protest, Rohit accuses him for misleading horticulturists
Shimla: Former Horticulture Minister Narinder Bragta has blamed the state government for failing to fulfil its promises made to apple and other fruit growers....
CII workshop on apples at Kotgarh
A two-day-long Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) workshop on apples, which began at Thanedhar, Kotgarh focussed on adopting new techniques, water conservation and using...
How to make Compost for Button Mushroom ?
Nauni/Solan: Button Mushroom cultivation has proved a boon for the marginal farmers of the state. With government initiatives, thousands of marginal farmers are now...
