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Status on Indian Coffee report released

The Status of Indian Coffee report was released in early December highlighting one of the biggest crisis situation faced by the Karnataka coffee belt. The Karnataka Growers’ Federation reported that the state production has dropped by 40%. Karnataka accounts for 70% of the total national production of coffee which stands at about 3.2 lakh tonnes. ..

Topics: Chemistry • Coffee • Crops • Fertilizer • Food and drink • Physical sciences • Rice • Urea

Negative impact of palm oil use in developing countries

The use of palm oil is widespread in developing countries because of its cheap availability. It is extracted from the fruits of the African Oil Palm tree. It is used in different forms: refined, blended or in the form of vanaspati. Studies have highlighted the negative impact of the oil’s use in India. India is ..

Topics: Arecaceae • Cholesterol • Cooking oils • Crops • Health • Lipids • Nutrition • Palm oil • Plants • Saturated fat • Tropical agriculture

WTO is hosting first-ever World Cotton Day (WCD) in Geneva

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is hosting the first-ever World Cotton Day (WCD) in Geneva on 7th October 2019. Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani is representing India in the 5-day event of WCD. The WCD will celebrate the many advantages of cotton, from its qualities as a natural fibre, to the benefits people obtain from ..

Topics: Abortifacients • Cellulose • Cotton • Crops • Economy • International Relations • WCD • World economy • World Trade Organization

Addressing India’s Water Crisis

Most of the efforts to tackle the water crisis are concentrated in desperately and endlessly trying to increase the supply of water. But not enough attention is paid towards solutions on the demand side. Water Consumption in Farming Agriculture is the largest consumer of water in India. About 90 per cent of is consumed in ..

Topics: Agricultural diversification • Agriculture • Agronomy • Crops • Food and drink • Food security • Irrigation • Land management • malnutrition • Obesity • Rice • Water Consumption in Farming • Wheat

Seed Balls

A seed ball (or plant seed bomb) is a plant seed which has been pre-planted in a small round lump of soil materials, mainly a mixture of clay and compost along with other necessary nutrients, and the entire ball containing the seed is then dried. What happens in a seed ball? The seed-ball is a ..

Topics: Crops • Cultivation • Seed Balls • Tree Plantation

Switzerland declares Coffee not vital for Human survival

According to a plan released for the public, coffee stockpiling requirements will expire by 2022 – with companies then being able to freely use what they have in their warehouse. The government said that coffee is not an essential for life. Switzerland’s coffee drinkers are fighting back against the decision saying the vitamins and antioxidants ..

Topics: Coffee • Crops • Food and drink