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Achievements of Punjab Govt. in Agriculture
Govt.
has paid special attention for the development of agriculture
because 75% population of Punjab is depending on agriculture.
Similarly, in progress of economic field of Punjab, agriculture has
played a great role.
Kheti Virasat - A voluntary organization of concerned young citizens of Punjab, dedicated to the issues of ecology, environment, sustainable- development, organic farming, conservation of natural resource management in Punjab.
GREEN
REVOLUTION & PUNJAB ECOLOGY: A TEMPORAL-SPATIAL VIEW
There is a general tendency to
associate any ecological damage with the recent development process.
The present study, however, holds a different viewpoint. It believes
that every region has an ecological history and any damage to
ecology has to be interpreted at three levels. First, an area may be
ecologically disadvantaged by reason of its inherent physical
conditions, such as, subsurface salinity of water in Haryana.
Bt cotton fiasco
TEPPING ONTO A BOOBY TRAP
By Devinder Sharma
"Isn't it like sending a soldier to the battle front and then
ask him not to use the latest sophisticated assault rifle," a
British radio journalist asked me the other day. He was obviously
referring to the Indian government's initial decision to burn down
the illegally grown genetically modified cotton on some 10,000 acres
of farmland in the Gujarat State.
Meeting
on Implications of Bt.Cotton & Its Alternatives
8-9 Feb.2003, Bhatinda
Report
Summary -
Even as Monsanto-Mahyco is going to press for their Bt Cotton
varieties to be given approval for commercialization in the northern
states, a two-day meeting held in Bhatinda, Punjab denounced the
lack of support available to other safer and beneficial practices
for tackling problems in cotton cultivation problems.
JAYANTI
NADI ADHIYAN -
PAD YATRA
15-16 March 2003
Alongwith
the river bed of River JAYANTI in District Ropar
The JAYANTI is no more a river now, Its bed is coverted into farming
land and posh farmhouses.
One can call the river now as - The dead river.
Paper
presented at Kheti Virasat's meeting on Bt.Cotton
at Bhatinda on 8-9
Feb.2003
Distinguish Delegates, Persons From the Faculty of Bio-Technology
and the Protectors of Bio-Diversity - "It is my great privilege
to be invited here by Shri Umendra Dutt, Director, Kheti Virasat for
a meeting on BT. Cotton and for this I must thank Shri Umendra Dutt
:
Remember that there is a Chinese saying - 'SEEING IS BELEIVING' -
and that is why, what we had seen on the farmers farm this season on
the Bt-cotton is different than what was told about the Bt. cotton
when it was made ready for the sale.
Letter
from Kheti Virasat, Punjab - 1
Letter
from Kheti Virasat, Punjab - 2
Letter
from Kheti Virasat, Punjab - 3
Concept
paper-Kheti Virasat’s Medicos Workshop
Impact of Pesticides on Health: A critical and in-depth scientific
analysis
Suicides By The
Cotton Farmers In Bhatinda District & Villages Ravaged By Water
And Pesticides
Some Punjab and Delhi newspapers published news of the sorry plight of the debt -ridden
Farmers of village Harkishanpura in Punjab's Bhatinda district. The news item contained information about the heavy debt burden of the farmers, suicides by them and the Gram Panchayat's proposal to the Chief Minister to sell off the village.
KHETI VIRASAT
- Working Group of Medicos on Agro-Chemicals & Health Medicos Workshop On
Impact of Pesticides on Health: A critical and in-depth scientific analysis
27th October 2002, Patiala
Sociology
of Agricultural, Veterinary and Forestry Education in Colonial India
Except towards the close of the Company's rule, the contact of
the state with agriculture consisted primarily in the collection of
revenues. For this purpose Boards of Revenue had been formed under
the presidency and local governments. By about the forties, however,
India had started being looked upon as a potential source of cotton
and other agricultural raw materials and as a market for the
textiles and manufactured goods of Britain.
Environmental
Consequences Of Increasing Food, Fibre And Fuel Supply
Land and water resources are finite. Rising populations,
increasing urbanisation and the spread of democracy, fuelled by
economic growth, education, raised aspirations and lengthened life
expectation, will increase and diversify demands for food, fibre and
other goods and services. The demand for living space,
infrastructure, energy and other land based services will also rise,
so also will the pressure on water-based goods and services.
Globalisation in trade, information, media, tourism and labour is
here to stay. Environmental degradation is of growing public concern
and the subject of a growing number of international agreements.
Agriculture
in Punjab
Punjab
is one of the smallest states of India representing 1.6 per cent of
its geographical area and 2.6 per cent of it's cropped area.
Punjab's geology has a far reaching impact on its economy. The plain
of Punjab was formed by the deposition of alluvium. It has deep and
fertile soils. From geological and physiographic points Punjab is
divisible into two regions: the hill region and the plain region.
Executive Offers Ideas For Meeting World Food Demands
In a recent letter to the editor,
William H. Danforth, Chairman of the Coalition for Plant and Life
Sciences, says dreams of feeding the world should meet the following
criteria:
Gene Identified by Scientists May Lead to Drought-Resistant Plants
U.S. Scientists have identified a gene that controls water retention in plants, raising the hope of making crops more resistant to drought. Professor Alan Jones, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says the discovery could help prevent famine.
Fast-Growing Trees Help Keep Natural Forest Growing
Instead of cutting down decades-old trees for use in paper production, farmers in Thailand are harvesting fast-growing trees that are only five years old.
Wheat procurement from April 1
Punjab will start procurement of wheat from April 1 with
arrangements being made to procure 1.20 crore tonnes of wheat during the
current procurement season.
Farmers to continue stir
Despite Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal having given
assurances to leaders of the Kisan Unions, at a meeting here today, the
unions have decided to continue the agitation till their demands are
fulfilled.
Kisan Mela concludes
The two-day Kisan
Mela, thronged by thousands of farmers from
the state, concluded at PAU here today.
Announce MSP of crops, BKU asks govt
The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) has called upon the government to announce minimum support prices
(MSP) of rabi crops on the basis of price index without any further delay.
A meeting of the state executive of the BKU, held here today, demanded MSP
of Rs 912 per quintal for wheat, Rs 3300 per quintal for cotton and
oilseeds and Rs 132 per quintal for sugarcane.
Farm
experts recommend cost management methods
Farm experts of Punjab
Agriculture University (PAU) have recommended cost management methods to
the farmers among other things at the two-day Kisan Mela which concluded
here today.
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Potato
flood on roads
Six growers booked
JALANDHAR - Hundreds of potato growers of the Doaba region
took to streets and dumped hundreds of truck-loads of potato
on all main roads, making life nightmarish for residents and
hundreds of road users here this afternoon. |
Field
Trial
Of
BT
Cotton
Recommended
For
'Higher
Yield'
The seven-member Karnataka Agriculture Commission, headed by the
agriculture scientist, Prof. R. Dwarkinath, recently adopted a
decision recommending that the Government permit field trials of BT
cotton.
Hybrid rice for
increasing production
The world adds 2,50,000 new people each day, the majority of which
belong to Asia where rice is the major staple food. Presently Asia grows
520 million tonnes of paddy on 135 million hectares, this is 92 per cent
of the world’s total of 568 million tonnes on 149 million hectares.
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