Protection of Paddy from Brown Plant Hoppers
A remedy to protect paddy from brown plant hopper menace. B S Dinesh from Shimoga the district of Karnataka suggests a remedy to protect paddy from brown plant hopper menace.…
Bamboo Check Dams
Building of small checkdams by using bamboo and soil to store rainwater during monsoon is described. Sr. Biraj sarkar a young farmer has been cultivating 14 bigha of land. He…
Bandur Sheep
Banduru Sheep
This post is information, conservation and development of a rare and very special ethnic Sheep breed of Karnataka that is BANDUR SHEEP in Kannada BANDURU KURI or BANDUR KURI . ಪಶುಪಾಲನೆ…
Govt. of Karnataka Loan / subsidy schemes
The list of the Schemes, pattern of assistance from the Govt. and the objective of the Schemes are detailed as under: S.L No SCHEMES 1 Direction & Administration-125-Modernization 2 Interest…
mKisan Portal
mKisan SMS Portal for farmers enables all Central and State government organizations in agriculture and allied sectors to give information/services/advisories to farmers by SMS in their language, preference of agricultural…
Cabinet approves the Establishment of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Jharkhand
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for the 12th Plan Proposal of the DARE/ICAR Plan Scheme of the 'Establishment of Indian…
Fishery
National Fisheries Development Board
Activities performed by the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB). Intensive Aquaculture in Ponds and Tanks Fisheries Development in Reservoirs Coastal Aquaculture Mariculture Seaweed Cultivation Infrastructure: Fishing Harbours and Landing Centres…
Major Crops and Yields of India
The following table presents the 20 most important agricultural products in India, by economic value, in 2009. Included in the table is the average productivity of India's farms for each…
Sericulture
Sericulture is an agro-based industry. It involves rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk, which is the yarn obtained out of cocoons spun by certain species of insects.…
University of Agricultural Sciences
University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore, (famously known as GKVK)a premier institution of agricultural education and research in the country, began as a small agricultural research farm in 1899 on 30 acres of…