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'Bee fences' to ward off elephant attacks Updated: Updated: Kodagu to have ‘bee fences’ to ward off wild elephants Share Article AAA Bee boxes installed across the elephant paths by the KVIC as part of Project Re-Hab in Kodagu. Photo: Special arrangement   Kodagu to have ‘bee fences’ to ward off wild elephants Pitting the largest animal on land against a minute insect. That is how the authorities intend to mitigate human-elephant conflict that seems to continue unabated in Kodagu and other parts of south Karnataka region. A pilot project launched in Kodagu entails installing bee bo...

‘Bee-Fences’ Set Up To Scare Away Elephants And Prevent Human-Animal Conflict In Karnataka by Arun Kumar Das - Mar 16, 2021 06:20 AM The bee boxes (Arun Kumar Das). Snapshot Project RE-HAB uses ‘bee fences’ to dissuade elephants from entering human habitations. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has launched a ‘bee-fences’ project to mitigate human-animal (elephant) conflict in the country. The objective of Project RE-HAB (reducing elephant-human attacks using bees) is to thwart elephant attacks in human habitations using honey bees and thus reducing...

UAHS told to conduct research on ‘Kaarla Kaje’ rice Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Minister for Agriculture B.C. Patil on Monday instructed the University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (UAHS), Shivamogga, to conduct research on “Kaarla Kaje” brand of boiled rice to enable it to get government certification. Addressing a gathering after releasing to the market the particular variety of rice marketed by Parampara Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd. at Karkala, the Minister asked Vice-Chancellor, UAHS, M.K. Naik, to carry out research. If the variety gets certificatio...

Webinar on emerging trends in seed production technologies concludes Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A 10-day national-level online training programme on emerging trends in seed production technology and quality control framework for an effective seed supply chain of horticulture crops organised by College of Horticulture, Bidar, a constituent college of University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, concluded on Wednesday. The programme, which was inaugurated on December 28, 2020 by Vice-Chancellor of University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, Rajendra Prasad, was attended by ove...

Updated: ‘State is one of the front runners in horticultural produce’ Share Article AAA Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and Deputy Chief Minister Govind M. Karjol inaugurating a Horticulture Mela at Bagalkot, virtually in Bengaluru on Saturday.   ‘State is one of the front runners in horticultural produce’ Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Saturday said that the State government had taken a slew of measures for doubling farmers’ income by 2022 as envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking after the virtual inauguration of a Horticulture Mela of the University of Horticul...