“The maps which would be made using village-level data across the state would help in policy-making decisions,” she said. In Coimbatore district, officials said, soil samples would be ...

COIMBATORE: Following farmers’ demand, the state agricultural department has allocated a mobile soil testing unit to Coimbatore. V Krishnaveni, joint director of the Agricultural Department, ...

Coimbatore: Two decades ago ... Today, large pits up to 10 feet deep can be seen in the area, where the rich, fertile soil once used for farming has been excavated for brick kilns.

the Special Projects wing of the National Highways Department in Coimbatore has started soil testing works. Officials will be taking samples from about 100 places in the 5-km stretch and will ...

Soil testing is in progress for the 5.4 km elevated ... Vehicles proceeding towards Tirupur, Coimbatore and Kangeyam use the road making it the busiest stretch in the city. There is a long-pending ...

Around 40 students from Isha Samskriti school participated in the awareness programme on the 'Save Soil' movement at the Coimbatore Railway Station on April 6. A release from the Isha Foundation ...

A team of scientists from ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore has developed a small, user-friendly device named ‘Soil Moisture Indicator’ (SMI) to help farmers with efficient ...