Evaluating management factor contributions to reduce corn yield gaps
The need to intensify agricultural production due to a growing human population requires yield gaps to be closed. In 2009 and 2010, five management factors were assessed for their individual and...
View ArticleOrder of the Delhi High Court regarding the government’s decision to fix the...
Order of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Fertiliser Association Of India Vs Union Of India & Ors dated 18/03/2015 regarding the government’s decision to fix the maximum retail price (MRP) of...
View ArticleGujarat aims to improve organic farm area by 10 times over five years
Allocates Rs 10 crore for organic farming under the organic farming policy released in April Gujarat government will spend about Rs 10 crore in a year to promote organic farming in the state under the
View ArticleClosing yield gaps: How sustainable can we be?
Global food production needs to be increased by 60–110% between 2005 and 2050 to meet growing food and feed demand. Intensification and/or expansion of agriculture are the two main options available to
View ArticleAgriculture intensifies soil moisture decline in Northern China
Northern China is one of the most densely populated regions in the world. Agricultural activities have intensified since the 1980s to provide food security to the country. However, this intensification
View ArticleMitigating N2O emissions from soil: from patching leaks to transformative action
Further progress in understanding and mitigating N2O emissions from soil lies within transdisciplinary research that reaches across spatial scales and takes an ambitious look into the future.
View ArticleSoil properties and not inputs control carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus ratios in...
Stoichiometric approaches have been applied to understand the relationship between soil organic matter dynamics and biological nutrient transformations. However, very few studies explicitly considered
View ArticleThe State of Food and Agriculture 2015: social protection and agriculture-...
This new FAO report finds that in poor countries, social protection schemes - such as cash transfers, school feeding and public works - offer an economical way to provide vulnerable people with...
View ArticleLocal and social facets of planetary boundaries: right to nutrients
Anthropogenic nutrient flows exceed the planetary boundaries. The boundaries and the current excesses vary spatially. Such variations have both an ecological and a social facet. We explored the spatial
View ArticleTwenty years of failure: why GM crops have failed to deliver on their promises
Twenty years ago, the first genetically modified (GM) crops were planted in the USA, alongside dazzling promises about this new technology. Two decades on, the promises are getting bigger and bigger,
View ArticleGrassland biodiversity bounces back from long-term nitrogen addition
The negative effect of increasing atmospheric nitrogen (N) pollution on grassland biodiversity is now incontrovertible. However, the recent introduction of cleaner technologies in the UK has led to...
View ArticleEffect of biochar and liming on soil nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate...
Biochar, a carbon-rich, porous pyrolysis product of organic residues may positively affect plant yield and can, owing to its inherent stability, promote soil carbon sequestration when amended to...
View ArticleStrengthening value chains for fruits and vegetables in Punjab: Alternative...
The paddy-wheat monoculture induced a decelerating agricultural trend in Punjab which has been felt in the form of stagnation in output, deteriorating productivity, environmental degradation, declining
View Article1-Naphthaleneacetic acid in rice cultivation
Rice is consumed by half of the world’s population. It is a model monocotyledonous crop. In this communication, the effect of 1-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) on the growth, yield attributes and
View ArticleEnabling the business of agriculture 2016: comparing regulatory good practices
Countries where agriculture is a major economic activity have greater room for improving key regulations that govern the agribusiness sector, a new World Bank report finds. In contrast, countries where
View ArticleChanging climate and nutrient transfers: Evidence from high temporal...
We hypothesise that climate change, together with intensive agricultural systems, will increase the transfer of pollutants from land to water and impact on stream health. This study builds, for the
View ArticleHorticultural Statistics at a Glance 2015
Horticultural Statistics at a Glance 2015 is the premier publication of the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, which serves as an authentic source of data on various aspects of...
View ArticleSome Aspects of Farming in India: NSS 70th Round (January– December 2013)
This report is based on the Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of Agricultural Households conducted in the 70th round of NSS during January 2013 to December 2013. The survey, conducted in the rural areas
View ArticleWorld's soils are under threat
The Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils has completed the first State of the World's Soil Resources Report. Globally soil erosion was identified as the gravest threat, leading to deteriorating
View ArticleAtmospheric N and P deposition in the Ganges Basin
The atmosphere–land–water connectivity of nutrients is not altogether accounted for in the Ganges Basin despite recent studies highlighting its importance. Together with surface inputs,
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