Solan Farm Varsity Showcases High-density Apple Plantation Fruit Yields
bySolan: To acquaint apple growers about the latest techniques of orchard management, especially for farmers with smaller land holdings, Dr YS Parmar University of…
Agriculture
Why It Is Important To Count India’s Chickens (and Cows)
byIt was in 1919 that the importance of a livestock census was first recognised, a good 47 years after human counting was started in 1872.
To Or Not To Legalize Medical Marijuana Cultivation – Himachal Govt In A Fix
byGlobally the views about medical marijuana are changing and many countries, including many states in USA, have changed their laws to permit cultivation of…
An Unusually Warm Winter Spells Doom For Himachal Orchards
byManali: Long dry spell in orchard country has apple plantation growers worried for not only is the valley yet to receive its first good…
Himachal Farm Varsity Scientists Decode Hosegram Genome
byDharamshala: Vice-Chancellor of Himachal Agriculture University Prof Ashok Kumar Sarial declared that the university had been able to unravel horsegram genome sequence paving the way…
No Takers For Himalayan Wool
byHighly prized by the older generations of hill people, wool from the highlands of Kinnaur and Spiti have few takers at Lavi, the traditional…
World Bank Funded Project To Raise 18000 Hectares Of High Density Apple Orchards In Himachal
byShimla: About 18,200 hectares of high density orchards will be raised on private land in Himachal Pradesh at an outlay of Rs 1,134 crore…
Kangra Tea And The Ailing Tea Gardens
byWhere there is tea there’s hope.” – Sir Arthur Pinero My heart swelled with pride when Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently gifted the American…
Gharats A Vanishing Heritage Of Kullu Valley
byManali: There was a time when a Water Mill locally known as ‘Gharat’ (watermill) was an essential feature of the village landscape of Kullu…
Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare: Mr S.S.Ahluwalia in HP Agriculture University Dharamshala
byMr S.S.Ahluwalia, Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs, has asked the farming community to make use of new…