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Scientist discovers new ’Solitary Bee’ species on Bayer partner farm in Brazil

The new Ceratina fioreseana bee belongs to a group of important pollinators for plants and crops.   The new bee species was first identified by Favizia Freitas de Oliveira, a…

Agritech DeHaat bags $30 mn in Series C funding led by Prosus Ventures  

With the Series C investment, the company plans to strengthen the technology platform and expand geographically to other parts of India.     Based in Gurgaon and Patna, Agritech start up…

ICAR-IIMR, Hyd launches digital platform for FPOs to scale up operations

It will help Farmers’ Producers’ Organisations (FPOs) to connect with the forward and backward linkages. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Millets Research (ICAR-IIMR), HYDERABAD, in association with…

Advanta Seeds, NSP launch two resources on forage sorghum and sugarcane aphid management

This next-level partnership will place greater emphasis on grower education, productivity and profitability while continuing to support National Sorghum Producers (NSP) advocacy efforts   Advanta Seeds US, a global seed…

Indian start ups and unicorns should become global giants: PM Modi

The launch of startup India seed fund intend to provide opportunities for new start-ups to flourish in the country Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently announced the launch of a…

NASSCOM, Telangana AI Mission launch ‘Innovation Factory challenge’  

To identify innovative AI solutions to solve specific used-cases in the field of agriculture. NASCOM, in collaboration with Telangana AI Mission (T-AIM), has launched an Innovation Factory – series of…

USDA picks NIHC Chairman to helm ATAC for trade in Tobacco, Cotton & Peanuts

The ATAC is comprised of senior representatives from across the US agricultural community The Chairman of the Board of the National Industrial Hemp Council Patrick Atagi was recently appointed to…

INSPIRE faculty to develop heat-tolerant, high-yield wheat varieties

Dr Vijay Gahlaut proposes to carry this out through a process called epigenomic mapping Heat stress causes a dramatic reduction in yield and quality loss of wheat, the food crop…

Corteva Agriscience’s upcoming Centre of Seed Applied Technologies to help farmers adapt better

The Center in Aussonne is the first in Europe and the third worldwide. Expected to be operational in the first half of 2022      Corteva Agriscience has begun building…

TNAU releases 11 new crop varieties for 2021  

It includes six varieties of agricultural crops, four horticulture crops and one forestry crop.   Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has released 11 crop varieties which include six varieties of…

BASF’s Axalion-based eco-friendly insecticide to hit Indian shores by 2024

First sales for Axalion-based products expected by 2023 in Asia Pacific and by 2026 in the European Union  BASF has started the global registration for a new insecticide active ingredient.…

Ergos secures $3 Mn from UK based CDC in Series-A round

 Company aims to extend post-harvest support to small and marginal farmers on storage, credit and market linkages at farm-gate.    Agritech start-up Ergos announced that it has received Rs 22.5…

APEDA pushes for value addition of Psyllium products to boost export demand  

There is a need to develop varieties of isabgol sustainable in adverse weather condition with high yield productivity so that industry can get more processed products.   APEDA in association…

ICAR-IIWBR identifies new resistance pattern of leaf rust in wheat

This is the 5th rust resistance gene reported from India In a recent study done by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (ICAR-IIWBR) ,…

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