9.83 Lakh Himachal Farmers Draw Benefit Of Rs 1931.63 Crore From Direct Transfers
byShimla: India being an agrarian economy, farmers play a vital role in economic development of the country and state. Enhancement of income of farmers…
Agriculture
Himachal To Import Trout From Denmark
byShimla: The Himachal Pradesh Fisheries Department will import eight lakh genetically modified species of brown and rainbow trout, the cold-water species introduced by British…
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur Appeals For Providing Shelter To Destitute Cows
byShimla: As more and more farmers stop dairy farming and abandon milch animals, chief minister Jai Ram Thakur has appealed to the people to…
Solan Horticulture University Opens Online Booking For Temperate Fruit Plants
byNauni (Solan): To facilitate the smooth sale of quality planting material, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni has started an…
Natural Farming Brings About Change For Hill Women Farmers
byShimla: Charna Devi, 49, a woman farmer from Chagaon village uphill Tapri in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh has been contributing significantly in agriculture…
Himachal In Collaboration With CSIR-IMTech To Study Natural Farming
byShimla: A collaboration between the State Project Implementing Unit (SPIU) of Prakritik Kheti Khushhal Kisan Yojana of Himachal Pradesh government and the Council of…
Natural Farming Gives A Market Edge To Himachal Apple Growers
byHimachal Pradesh growers get a good price for the naturally produced apples, make efforts to build market linkages across the country Shimla: Shakuntala Sharma,…
IIT Mandi AI App Detects Potato Crop Disease From Scanning Photographs
byMandi: Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, have developed a computational model for automated disease detection in potato crops using photographs…
Himachal Marginal Farmers Show Keen Interest In Bee-keeping To Supplement Incomes
byManali: Springtime in Himachal starting from March with plum, almond, peach, cherry, apricot, apple and other fruit trees blooming, it is also a period…
Farm Scientists Should Make Himachal Self-Reliant For Seeds – Virender Kanwar
byPalampur: Agriculture minister Virender Kanwar exhorted farm scientists to make the state self-reliant on seed requirements for all major crops in Himachal. Presiding over…