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Volume : 3, Article : 11
Various approaches for promoting the dietary protein retention in fish
Author : Vijayakumar Sidramappa Mannur, Chetan Kumar Garg1 & Nisha Chuphal

ABSTRACT Fisheries are highly dependent on high-cost protein sources such as a fish meal for attaining high protein retention and growth in fish, the complete replacement of which is unachievable. And the use of such costly feed ingredien...

Volume : 3, Article : 12
Principal Mechanism of Salinity Stress Tolerance in Plants
Author : D.K. Janghel , Vijay Sharma, Ankit Kumar and Neha Rohila

ABSTRACT The growing problem of soil salinization is one of the most devastating and drastic abiotic stress in global agriculture production. The major soluble salt NaCl in soil has the most detrimental effects upon accumulation of Na+ and...

Volume : 3, Article : 13
Breeding Rice Cultivars Suitable for Coastal Regions of India
Author : Sanchika Snehi, Rinchen Nopu Bhutia and Nitish Ranjan Prakash

ABSTRACT Genotypic variations has paved the way for the development of rice varieties specific to coastal agro-ecologies including saline lowland, semi-deep, and deep water conditions. Breeding rice varieties suited to these conditions had...

Volume : 3, Article : 14
Enhancing the income of the marginal and landless farmers: Alternatives and Way Forward
Author : Reshma Gills, Subhashree Sahu and J P Sharma

ABSTRACT The contribution of agriculture to the GDP has been steadily declining since independence (55% in 1950 to 20.19% in 2021). However, the decline in agricultural workers` contribution is not as severe (67.5% in 1950 to 39.4% in 2021...

Volume : 3, Article : 15
Important Diseases of Allium crops
Author : Shubham Singh , Abhilash Singh, Sateesh Pratap Singh, Siddharth Kumar

ABSTRACT Diseases cause significant yield and quality losses on onion crops and could be grouped as seed and seedling diseases, root and bulb diseases, foliage diseases, and non-infectious disorders. The crop is attacked by many pathogens,...

Volume : 3, Article : 1
Agriculture Current Affairs: May 2022
Author : Bhagirath Das

  Highlights:   ü  NABARD to come up with Farmer Distress Index (FDI) ü  India boosts fertiliser imports from Canada and Israel as Russian supply interrupted ü  Cabinet approves Nutrient Based Su...

Volume : 3, Article : 2
Fisheries Current Affairs: May 2022
Author : Rajarshi Bandyopadhyay, Meenatchi.S, Abuthagir Iburahim. S, Chanikya B Naidu and Asha T. Landge

Highlights National NEWS ➔      ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education celebrates 15th convocation ➔      Dr Wazir Singh Lakra awarded M S Johal Award ➔   &nb...

Volume : 3, Article : 3
Regenerative Agriculture as a Boon to Soil Health
Author : Divya Sharma, Ankit Singh, and Divya Chadha

ABSTRACT Regenerative agriculture (RA) has been advocated as a way of achieving sustainable food production systems. The RA is seen differently by various actors, and there is no precise scientific description. We looked at 28 research exp...

Volume : 3, Article : 4
Evolution and Growth of Farmer Producer Organizations in West Bengal: A Critical Analysis
Author : Sudip Kumar Gorai, Sk. Wasaful Quader and Sai Priyanka Pagadala

ABSTRACT Farmers’ Producer Organizations (FPOs) are the new paradigm in Indian farming. Collectivization of agricultural producers through FPOs is essential for small and marginal farmers for harnessing the economies of scale by prov...

Volume : 3, Article : 5
Microplastic Pollution: Consequences to the Aquatic Environment
Author : U. R. Gurjar and K. A. Martin Xavier

ABSTRACT Plastic has wide applications in human endeavours such as packaging, automobiles, cosmetic products, textile industries, agriculture and fisheries sectors, etc. But it has become a menace to our society due to continuous rise in p...