Ravi Singh, head of wheat improvement and rust research at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), has received the V S Mathur Memorial Award 2022 for outstanding contribution…
Biome Makers, a global AgTech leader, announces a strategic partnership with DISAGRO®, the largest provider of agriculture solutions in Latin America, based in Guatemala. DISAGRO® is aligning itself with technology…
The study led by a team of researchers from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Fraunhofer Development Center for X-ray Technology (EZRT) demonstrated the…
As per Norfolk Plant Sciences, a tomato was modified to alter its colour and enhance its nutritional quality. They found the plant is unlikely to pose an increased plant pest…
The World Food Prize Foundation has announced that Dr Mahalingam Govindaraj, senior scientist for crop development at Harvest Plus and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, will receive the…
GSP Crop Science, a leader in the agrochemical business and India’s first company to develop the SE formulation in its R&D centre, has received an exclusive patent for its synergistic…
India’s premier research institute IIT-Kanpur has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Niche Agriculture & Pharmaceuticals Limited (NAPL), a company engaged in agricultural activities and formulation of advanced medicines,…
Researchers at IIT Guwahati, led by Prof Vimal Katiyar, Department of Chemical Engineering and Centre for Excellence in Sustainable Polymers (CoE-SusPol), have developed an edible coating to extend the shelf-life…
CropLife India, an association of 16 R&D driven crop science companies, and the leading voice of the plant science industry in India, recently held a farmers’ education drive on Chili…
Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, inaugurated four new facilities at the Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The institute has been rendering excellent…
On August 8, 2022, The ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh (IGFRI) signed an MoU with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. IGFRI and TERI…
Successful registration in Argentina is a major milestone for the global launch in over 100 crops, in more than 60 countries Switzerland based Syngenta’s TYMIRIUM® technology has received regulatory approval…
Xylitol production from sugarcane bagasse using ultrasonic fermentation is a potential opportunity for forward integration of sugarcane industries in India Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Researchers have developed an ultrasound-assisted…
Jharkhand became the first state to implement blockchain in the country which is being used to track seed distribution. In a significant development which would revolutionize agriculture in the country,…