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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…

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…

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…

Spices Board India, UNDP India ink MoU to develop block chain-powered traceability interface for Indian spices  

The project will be piloted with over 3,000 farmers engaged in chilli and turmeric farming in select Districts of Andhra Pradesh.   Spices Board India, under the Ministry of Commerce…

Rijk Zwaan introduces ‘New Delhi virus’-resistant cucumber varieties

The ‘Delhi Defense’ varieties are part of Rijk Zwaan’s ‘Blueleaf’ line of varieties that have stronger natural resistances against diseases and pests The ‘New Delhi’ virus has been a serious…

BVT grant patent for ‘Computer-controlled honeybee dispenser system’  

 It enables metered, uniform delivery of plant protection products to crops using commercial honeybees.    Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. has announced that the Company has been granted a US…

NASA Harvest, CropX ties up to support ‘Sustainable Ag Initiatives’  

It will provide farmers and industry experts with the data and information they need to improve farming sustainability by conserving resources and improving crop yields.    NASA Harvest (NASA’s Food…

India must take benefit of Genome Editing technology-CRISPR-Cas9 for the welfare of smallholder farmers, consumers and society

Prof. K C Bansal, Board Member of the Global Plant Council and Senior Consultant, Alliance of Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) shares his views on the…

GE Current & WUR collaborates for global horticulture research

Aims to promote science-based industry standards through global research initiative GE Current, a Daintree company, today extended its global horticulture lighting research initiative, launching a new partnership with Wageningen University…

FSII expresses disappointment on not holding trials of GM crops in India  

This is a huge setback for science and technology in agriculture. Most importantly it puts the Indian farmer at the grave risk of becoming uncompetitive in the International markets  Federation…

EverGreening Global Alliance appoints Dr N Parasuraman as member of Technical Advisory Board for the SARR Program

 Dr N Parasuraman  is the Principal Scientist at M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai, Tamil Nadu  The Global EverGreening Alliance has recently announced the appointment of  Dr N Parasuraman…

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