Collaboration will make available micronutrient-rich varieties, high-quality seed and related technologies to the farming communities and consumers ICRISAT and HarvestPlus signed an agreement for scientific and technical collaboration between the…
Discussions were held on doubling farmers’ income in the country Dr Ashok Kumar Singh, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Extension), ICAR recently inaugurated the administrative building and farmers’ hostel of KVK,…
Panellists discuss ways to uplift the farmer community and urged the ministries for better policies in place The last day of 12th Agrovision had a panel discussion on ‘Enhancing GDP…
With a market size of around Rs 30000 crore, the agrochemicals industry will play a critical role in improving India’s agricultural capability. Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, Insecticide India gives an insight…
The MoU will explore joint research in the areas of crop protection and the use of drones in agriculture Dhanuka Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Professor…
By RATNA KUMRIA, DIRECTOR- BIOTECHNOLOGY, ALLIANCE FOR AGRI INNOVATION All living organisms are the reflection of the genes they are born with and genes evolve over generations. The basis of…
Tilapia are endemic to Africa, and East Africa including Tanzania is a hotspot of natural diversity for tilapia species In a recent study by Earlham Institute, a new genomics marker…
Discussions were held on the development of the North-East specific crop varieties, popularisation of integrated farming system, stemming of decline in the North-East livestock population The 25th Regional Committee Meeting…
The genome sequencing of this medicinal plant provides new insights on the origin of the medicinal properties of this plant A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science…
The collaboration seeks to bring the most recently-developed science and technologies to address key fundamental in agriculture National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and the Tata Institute of Genetics and…
Sets a target by end of 2023 Cargill is committed to removing industrially-produced trans-fatty acids (iTFAs) from its entire global edible oils portfolio. This will help both Cargill and its…
Ranks second position among the country’s top agricultural universities According to the latest rankings released by the ICAR, the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana has been ranked at the second position…
With this acquisition, Crystal Crop Protection is expected to increase its footprints in the Indian seed market Crystal Crop Protection, a leading R&D-focussed crop solutions company, completed the acquisition of…
Discussions were held on to develop the technology for intercropping in garden oil palm The ’Virtual 30th Annual Group Meeting of All India Coordinated Research Project on Palms’ was recently…