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February 26, 2021 16:42 IST
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February 26, 2021 16:42 IST
A campaign by awakened citizens has halted the work on turning Turahalli forest into a tree park, but the threat still persists. By M.A. Siraj
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A campaign by awakened citizens has halted the work on turning Turahalli forest into a tree park, but the threat still persists. By M.A. Siraj
Turahalli forest, the focus of the city’s green activists, has been spared the fate of a tree park, thanks to the support ‘Save Turahalli’ movement gathered over a fortnight demanding that it be kept in its pristine natural form. But the threat still looms as it is part of the Vision 2022 Programme document announced by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. An on-the-spot announcement by Forest Minister Arvind Limbavali after inspection, in response to people’s resistance, has for the time being halted the work and bulldozers have been withdrawn.
IIHR experts for low-cost pest management to boost farmers income
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Sun, Feb 14 2021 11:39 IST |
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Bengaluru, Feb 14 : Lowering the cost of pest management along with diseases control plays a vital role in not only increasing the farmers income fivefold but also eliminates poison from our food plates to a large extent, experts at Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (IIHR) believe.
Bengaluru-based IIHR s Director M R Dinesh told IANS that the IIHR institute had come up with several technologies to eliminate poison from the food we comsume. However, achieving this requires farmers cooperation, he added.
Saturday, 13 February, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
Nandita Vijay, Bengaluru ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research)-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) has developed a virus-resistant chilli variety. The institute said that it would not release the variant directly in the market but would share it with the Krishi Vignana Kendras (KVKs) across the state and country to check the efficacy of the product.
Based on the results in the location-specific KVKs, the chilli seeds may be released in the market in that particular region. We have developed a chilli variety resistant to the leaf curl virus, which causes maximum damage to the chilli plants, said Dr K Madhavi Reddy, Principal Scientist, Division of Vegetable Crops, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, at the sidelines of the ongoing National Horticulture Fair-2021 being held in the campus from February 8 to 12.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the valedictory ceremony of the five-day National Horticulture Fair here, Dinesh observed that it was tremendous success in terms of reaching out to farmers across the country.