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…
10th National Seed Congress -2019 held at ICAR Pusa in New Delhi. The theme of the congress was “Quality Seed for farmers’ Prosperity” Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation…
Founder Flagship Pioneering was joined in the current round by Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) and global Asian-based investor EDBI, among others Inari, the next-generation seed company, announced the closing…
The biological seed treatment stimulates strength in the treated crops and results in enhanced yields. Yielding such crops could push the market to grow over the forecast period The global biological…