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SAARC Agri Council holds virtual meeting on Water Management for Sustainable Crop Production in South Asia  

Around 14 country experts from 7 member states of SAARC namely – India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Afghanistan participated in the meeting   A Virtual Regional Consultation…

AICIL, Gramcover to jointly ensure better insurance penetration in rural India  

The partnership aims to target 25 million farmers through its products   The Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited has joined hands with Gramcover, a rural insurtech startup to collectively…

EcoGen Biosciences announces ‘Plant Now, Pay Later Hemp Seed Program’

The program enables hemp farmers to have access to affordable, high-cannabidiol (CBD) hemp genetics without the upfront cost of purchasing seeds prior to planting, EcoGen Biosciences, a  leading vertically integrated…

NAFED to launch 200 new ‘Honey Corners Stores’ to boost marketing of honey & beehive products  

It aims to increase the income of farmers, employment generation and increase in honey exports   For marketing support to the honey FPOs, NAFED has developed 14-15 Honey Corners, one…

Unnati launches 11,000 online uStores to extend credit facilities for over 4 Mn farmers 

 uStores allow farmers to get an Unnati account created, enable them to access high quality, branded Agri inputs   Unnati, a fintech-driven agriculture ecosystem, has expanded to more than 11000…

ICAR-IVRI transfers CSF & Sheep Pox Vaccine technology to Hester Biosciences

The two Vaccines are the first to be developed indigenously in the country The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh transferred the…

Ag Ministry launches ‘Madhukranti’ portal for traceability of honey  

The portal enables consumers to know the source of honey and assure quality of the products  Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar launched “Madhukranti’ and Honey…

AYUSH Ministry, DAHD to jointly conduct research seeking quality Ayurvedic drugs for veterinary use

It will identify potential medicinal plant species used in veterinary medicine and provide their standards, training and awareness program on Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs)   A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…

PAU to commercialise Bt cotton variety in partnership with IFSA Seeds 

PAU’s Bt 1 is the first Bt cotton variety of India developed in public sector with inbuilt resistance against bollworms The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) entered into agreement with Sri…

Corteva Agriscience, Ginkgo Bioworks collaborate to harness synthetic biology for sustainable crop protection  

This collaboration aims to provide farmers with new solutions to combat invasive pests and evolving resistance challenges.  Corteva Agriscience, a leading pure-play agriculture company, and Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. the organism…

ICAR-CRIJAF scientist bags International Award for ’Jute Pest Management’

The Award carries a citation and £ 1250 GBP Award money.   For his outstanding contribution in the Jute Pest Management, Dr. B.S. Gotyal, Senior Scientist, ICAR-Central Research Institute for…

NFL clocks record high fertiliser sales of 59.36 LMT in 2020-21

The company produced 37.99 Lakh MT of urea in its plants recording a capacity utilisation of 117.6 per cent despite severe restrictions of Covid-19    National Fertilizers Limited has, once…

NCDEX recognises Findoc Commodities with Krishi Award 2021

NCDEX has acknowledged the outstanding contribution made by the company in the area of Agri Commodities    The National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX), the only commodity exchange in…

NIFA invests $15.5M to retain America’s cutting edge position in food and agricultural production

NIFA awarded 18 Food and Agriculture Cyberinformatics Tools grants totalling $10.4 million to initiate research on big data analytics   The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and…

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