Agriculture
Nauni Varsity signs MoU with Canadian Varsity for improving blueberry cultivation...
Nauni: To improve blueberry cultivation Technology in Himachal Pradesh, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan has signed a memorandum...
Govt endeavoring to make H.P. Self-reliant in Agriculture
Agriculture being the mainstay of the people of Himachal Pradesh has an important role in the economy of the farmers. Efforts are afoot to...
ICAR grants 37.86-lac for AICRP regular centre on honey bees to...
Palampur: The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has sanctioned Rs.37.86 lac for All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) regular centre on honey...
Agri Dept launching special campaign for soil testing and seed treatment
To make crops free from disease and encouraging soil health management, the Agriculture Department, Government of Himachal Pradesh, has decided to launch a special...
HPMC and HIMFED procured 7956 MT apples
The HPMC and HIMFED have procured 7955.6 metric tonne apples under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) so far. Horticulture Department official said that 4380.200 metric tonne...
Safe and Judicious use of Pesticides
Agriculture is practiced in India from earliest mankind. India even non is an agrarian country. Its economy mainly dependants on agriculture and it contributes...
Chief Minister lays foundation stone of vegetable market at Bandrol
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh laid foundation stone of the vegetable market to be constructed at a cost of Rs 7.17 crore at...
Palampur Agri Univ to develop model village in each constituency
In the inaugural ceremony of State level Agriculture Officers’ Workshop on Rabi crops, Dr. K.K Katoch, Vice-Chancellor, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University exhorted...
2084 MT apples procured under MIS
The Horticulture Department has procured 2084 metric tonne apples under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) upto 7th September, 2014. An official with the Horticulture Department said...
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,...
Soil Testing – A tool for better productivity
Farming as an activity contributes nearly 1/6th of our Gross Domestic Product and a majority of our population is dependent on it for their...
Govt’s faulty policies responsible for apple market crash: Bragta
Shimla: Former Horticulture Minister Narinder Bragta has blamed the state government’s faulty policies towards the apple growers for the steep crash of the apple...
