THANJAVUR: Farmers in the district are disappointed as the price of paddy straw has steeply fallen during the current samba harvest season. Even as many farmers complain of reduced crop yield, they ...

Like every year, North India is grappling with the problem of hazardous air quality. For this crop residue burning is cited as one of the most important cause. More than 20 million tonnes of paddy ...

Chandigarh: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has identified the ex-situ management of paddy straw as one of the key focus areas for 2024 and asked Punjab to prepare in advance with ...

In November 2021, India’s megacity of Delhi introduced lockdown-like measures for something other than the pandemic: air pollution. The toxic haze that covered the country’s capital came mostly from ...

“We gheraoed the team that had come to discuss the stubble-burning ban as the police and administration officials have been taking pictures of our fields for the last few days without offering any ...

The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) introduced a new low-cost machine for paddy straw incorporation in soil. The ‘Mitter Seeder’ offers an alternative for farmers who prefer soil incorporation of ...

According to the report, more than 6.2 million tonne of paddy straw was managed through ex-situ methods in 2024 A farmer burns straw and stubble in a pady field on the outskirts of Amritsar, Monday, ...

Chandigarh: Even people who noticed a dip in the count of Punjab’s field fires must have missed how the state’s farmers are trying out the mulching technique of sowing wheat with in-situ straw ...

BALASORE: A calamitous fire wreaked havoc on the lives of more than 25 farmers from Bannida, Alalpur, and Nampo villages under the Jaleswar block in the district. The incident occurred on Sunday, ...