Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment: The environmental impact assessment in India was started in 1976-77, when the planning commission asked the Department of Science and Technology to examine the river valley projects from environmental angel. This was subsequently extended to cover those projects, which required approval of the Public Investment Board. Then the Govt. of India enacted the Environment (Protection) [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Introduction to Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research 2. Mandate of DOGR 3. Breeding Projects 4. Germplasm Strength 5. Important Varieties. Introduction to Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research (DOGR): Onion and garlic are the world famous spice commodities, used for flavouring the dishes. Besides culinary purposes, these are considered as valuable [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the Current Status of vegetable seed industry in India. India produces about 90 million tons of vegetables (excluding potato, sweet potato, tapioca and including chilli) from about 6.72 million hectares and retains second position after China. With this production and our current population of about 1.10 billion, the availability of vegetables/capita/day comes [...]