Increasing demand for organic food, rising awareness of natural, and new food safety standards for health are the key driving factors for the market growth. According to the latest…
This is a cross border partnership between India and Brazil and five start-ups from each side are participating in the programme. Pusa Krishi Incubator has successfully launched Maitri-Indo Brazil Agri-Tech…
BY Gajendra Singh, Former Deputy Director General (Engineering), ICAR, New Delhi, Founder Vice Chancellor, Doon University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand The first tractor to India was brought in 1914.There were only…
The second edition of Cotton Trailblazers, an International convening held in Nagpur to celebrate organic cotton in India. It has highlighted Maharashtra as a potential hotspot for organic cotton cultivation…
BY Dr R S Deshpande Former Director and National Fellow Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru The Indian economy and agriculture sector picked up from the low of 1965-66…
BY Prof. K C Bansal Sr. Fellow, TERI-Deakin Nano-Biotechnology Centre, The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Ever since the domestication of plants 10,000 years ago, the use of plant genetic…
The adoption rates of farm equipment have increased as indicated by the sale of tractors and the rise in farm power availability (FPA) in the recent past. According…
The MoU will help formalize the working relationship between the two organizations in areas such as honey testing and promotion of ’Honey Mission’ The Council of Scientific & Industrial…
Arize rice has helped rice farmers increase their resilience through higher farm incomes and adoption of sustainable rice farming In 2019, Arize completed 25 successful years of partnering with…
Central government will promote farm machinery to achieve diverse utilisation of mechanisation FICCI, jointly with Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has organized a three day exhibition ‘EIMA AGRIMACH 2019’…
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are conducting pivotal research that will help keep soil healthy now and into the future. As the global…
BY Dr Dhananjay Samant, Chief Economist, Maharashtra Economic Development Council Although agriculture contributes just 17 per cent to the GDP of India, its significance to the national economy remains undiminished.…
By K. R. Kranthi International Cotton Advisory Committee, Washington DC India has enormous potential for cotton farming. Given the ideal climatic conditions and the natural sources, doubling…
Agri-Business Incubation (ABI) Centre on ICAR-National Research Centre on Pig, Rani, and Guwahati was inaugurated by Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR). Dr Trilochan also…