Friday, 20 June 2025
An Arctic “doomsday vault” was set to receive 60,000 samples of seeds from around the world as the biggest global crop reserve stocks up for a global catastrophe. …
The participants will be able to test seed samples for moisture content with the ISTA’s special method. International Seed Testing Association (ISTA), an independent organization in seed…
The Joint Venture is expected to be operational within the 1st Quarter of 2020. Appiphany Technologies Holdings Corp., a company focused on the emerging and dynamic Hemp industry,…
The company will showcase a new complete portfolio of varieties, with the goal of delivering reliable and sustainable solutions to the whole value chain. The Syngenta Vegetable Seeds team will…
The consortium, led by Corteva Agriscience and includes Bunge, a leading canola processor, and Botaneco, will invest $14.05 million, with a $13.6 million investment from Protein Industries Canada. Protein Industries…
Increase in seed replacement rate and improved varieties of hybrid seeds for rice are likely to boost the growth of the rice seeds market. However, government regulation on genetic modifications…
The demand for several instant food ingredients including sweet corn, has propelled the demand for sweet corn seeds in the value chain. According to the latest Report of www.seedworld.com, demand…
Funds will be used to expand its presence and take its agriculture-based products to the global level. Agri-tech start up Nu Genes Private Limited has raised $6 million from…
Utkal plans to increase the production by investing in research and development, introducing new high-quality proprietary varieties of seeds Bengaluru-based Utkal Tubers India Pvt Ltd, a potato seed producer,…
Changes includes more scientific definition of transgenic variety, enhanced more farmer rights on seeds and enlisting the services of private firms for evaluating new varieties before seed registration. The National…
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…
BY Dr Ram Kaundinya, Director General, Dr Ratna Kumria, Director of Biotechnology, Federation of Seed Industry of India The challenges of meeting the food security and nutritional security of…
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…
Dr C. D. Mayee Former Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ASRB-ICAR), New Delhi Indian Agriculture is a vital sector of the national economy with nearly…
