THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After serving people through its jail kitchens, the department of prisons and correctional services is now looking to do something even grander: feeding jumbos. The department is ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Napier grass has the ability to withstand drought conditions, this coupled with dwindling ...

The department is planning to grow Hybrid Napier CO5 grass, a cross between elephant grass and bajra grass, on 40 acres of land on the Nettukaltheri open prison campus – it is being cultivated ...

KOTA KINABALU: Conservation groups are feeling optimistic about using napier grass to keep elephants out of conflict with humans after some 15 elephants were seen grazing on the plant along the ...

KOTA KINABALU: A herd of elephants seen grazing on Napier grass along the Kinabatangan River has reassured conservationists that the plant is a viable component of a food corridor for the animals ...

and Napier grass that can be commercially taken up for industrial use as farmers do not prefer it in the absence of an ssured market, despite very high yield, an agriculture scientist of IGFRI said.