Malda: In a first-of-its-kind,mangoes, generally enjoyed during the hot summers, will alsobe available in the off season, with farmers in West Bengalplanting new varieties which will bear fruit in winter also.Mango growers in Malda district, famous for the fruit,usually plant trees which yield fruit in summer and often gowithout much earning in winter, officials said."Varieties such as Baramasia, Dofala,...
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a first-of-its-kind, mangoes, generally enjoyed during the hot summers, will also be available in the off season, with farmers in West Bengal planting new varieties which will bear fruit in winter also.Mango growers in Malda district, famous for the fruit, usually plant trees which yield fruit in summer and often go without much earning in winter, officials said."Varieties such as Baramasia, Dofala,...
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Malda, Nov 18 /--/ In a first-of-its-kind, mangoes, generally enjoyed during the hot summers, will also be available in the off season, with farmers in West Bengal planting new varieties which will bear fruit in winter also. Mango growers in Malda district, famous for the fruit, usually plant trees which yield fruit in summer and often go without much earning in winter, officials said. "Varieties such...
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a first-of-its-kind,mangoes, generally enjoyed during the hot summers, will alsobe available in the off season, with farmers in West Bengalplanting new varieties which will bear fruit in winter also.Mango growers in Malda district, famous for the fruit,usually plant trees which yield fruit in summer and often gowithout much earning in winter, officials said."Varieties such as Baramasia, Dofala, Topala,...
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Himachal Pradesh government has decided to provide insurance cover to mango and apple growers of the state.Horticulture activities are playing dominant role in the transformation of rural economy by contributing significantly in the State Gross Domestic Product. The state government has taken special steps in order to boost fruit production. Official figures avaliable here today confirmed a recorded...
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mangoes can attain a cost competitive edge in the US market having successfully shipped 14.3 tonnes of the radiation processed fruit to the country by sea route, a top scientist said."For the first time India has successfully transshipped 14.3 tonnes of radiation processed mangoes to US by sea route and this will make them more cost competitive in the US market," Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC),...
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Thiruvananthapuram: The Department of Agriculture has launched a State-wide campaign to promote cultivation of fruit trees. Named Phalasree, the project involves the planting of one lakh saplings all over the State.Minister for Agriculture Mullakkara Ratnakaran inaugurated the campaign here on Friday by planting a mango sapling on the premises of the Karshaka Bhavan coming up near the World Market...
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Cricketers Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh munch on a banana during a training campWe manage to eat our daily requirement of vegetables. But fruits? If you are like me, you would average just a single serving of fruits, that is, one serving a week! All that changed recently when I happened to meet a still supple and sharp-sighted 85-year-old woman, who beamed with health like a Kashmir apple.Some...
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Using a combination of radiation technology developed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and low temperature, Mango exporters can make the fruit more cost competitive in the US market.A trial, conducted by the BARC, of transhipping 14.3 tonnes of radiated mango kept in low temperature to the US by sea route this year had proved to be successful, Dr Srikumar Banerjee, Director of BARC, said...
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Using a combination of radiation technology developed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and low temperature, Mango exporters can make the fruit more cost competitive in the US market.A trial, conducted by the BARC, of transhipping 14.3 tonnes of radiated mango kept in low temperature to the US by sea route this year had proved to be successful, Dr Srikumar Banerjee, Director of BARC, said...
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