The Supreme Court of India has raised a very pertinent observation seeking compelling reasons for the release of GM mustard in its hearing held on Dec 2, 2022. In response,…
By Devleena Bhattacharjee, Chair, FICCI Committee on Fishtech and Founder & CEO, Numer8 Analytics The COVID pandemic significantly slowed down India’s seafood export in the last two years. The country…
By Dr R A Marathe, Director, ICAR-National Research Centre on Pomegranate (NRCP), Solapur, Maharashtra Pomegranate is one of the most remunerative fruit crops of semi-arid tropics and India is the…
By Ankit Alok Bagaria, Co-Founder, Loopworm The conversion of agri-waste and by-products to new valuable commodities undoubtedly requires novel technologies, also including biological technologies, which must be at the same…
By Suhas Baxi, Co-Founder and CEO, BiofuelCircle The government of India has announced to reach net zero emissions by 2070 and to meet 50 per cent of its electricity requirements…
By Amit Sinha, Co-Founder, Unnati Agriculture, as we all know, is crucial to our sustenance, as it forms the foundation of our lives. Today, we cannot fathom an existence without…
By Suraj Nair, Lead (TechSprouts), Ankur Capital How do we feed 10 billion people worldwide by 2050? Sounds simple enough? Produce more food, right? Sadly, it isn’t as straightforward as…
By Tarun Arora, Director, Single Family Office, IG International Business-to-Business (B2B) is a business model in which the agritech sector obtains goods and/or services from another company. More than any…
By Rituparna Majumder, Senior Manager – Life Science Advisory, Sathguru Management India is home to the largest number of beehives (12.2 million) and is the eighth largest producer in the…
By Dr Krishna Sahoo, Global Product Manager, Proteon Pharmaceuticals Given the high prevalence of disease in poultry due to intensive farming, innovative solutions such as bacteriophages are the need of…
By Mahesh Girdhar President – Crop Nutrition, Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Limited Agriculture being backbone of the country, and economic development being directly impacted by growth in agriculture sector,…
By Anil Kumar SG, Founder and CEO, Samunnati Indian agriculture is cruising on the IT superhighway fueled by increasing digitisation, leading to low cost of acquiring data on everything from…
By S.K. Chaudhary, Founder & Director, Safex Chemicals India’s population stands at a whopping 140 crores, with trends aggressively pointing to a rise. In such a scenario, it is pivotal…
By Girish Deshpande, Senior Manager, Netafim India In India, maize is predominantly a Kharif crop, with almost 85 per cent under cultivation, whereas rabi maize corresponds to 15 per cent…