Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Novel New Technique Uses CRISPR to Increase Multi-Disease Resistance Using Native Genes Corteva Agriscience announced a game-changing gene editing technology that will bring added protection to elite corn hybrids that…
7.5 metric tons of organic bird’s eye chilli will be flagged off from the state Mizoram will export bird’s eye chilli a typical organic chilli from the state to the…
Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) introduced lavender farming under the CSIR-Aroma Mission in 2018 In Jammu and Kashmir, around 2500 farmers have adopted lavender farming under the Union government’s…
Tomar called for more efforts towards adequate availability of water and fodder in the country Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the seed processing and storage…
If the state can grow poppies, people will get them at Rs 100 (per kg), instead of Rs 1,000. Mamata Banerjee Chief Minister of West Bengal has urged the Centre…
The Mushroom Institute, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh had provided blocks of mushrooms grown under different conditions. Jammu and Kashmir will start commercial cultivation of shiitake mushrooms in September. Shiitake mushrooms (Lentinus…
Garuda and Ninjacart will also provide training and business opportunities to rural entrepreneurs in India’s villages. Garuda Aerospace has partnered with Flipkart-backed agri-commerce start-up Ninjacart to bring disruptive tech innovation…
The National Workshop of Bamboo Sector Development and Bamboo Exhibition aims to bring together key stakeholders from the bamboo industry, including policymakers, researchers, industry experts Dr Abhilaksh Likhi, Additional Secretary,…
The programme aims to improve food security and nutrition in the least Developed Countries The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the UN Industrial Development Organisation…
Important outcomes included identifying the critical need for aligning the centres’ research activities with the country’s priorities and planning for a similar meeting every year At the invitation of the…
The collaboration will promote resilient agriculture beginning with smallholder farms in India and commercial farms in Brazil Agmatix, a start-up AgTech business specialising in turning agronomic big data into powerful models and insights,…
Internationally renowned science-based organisation and pioneering TechBio platform expected to deliver innovative nature-based solutions through exciting public-private relationship A new cooperation framework was signed between the International Crops Research Institute…
Both organisations will work together to develop cutting-edge technologies to address the value-chain problems in agriculture The Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI) and Digital University Kerala (DUK) have signed…
Intervention to give immediate relief to the farmers National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd, (Nafed), on the direction of the Government of India, will initiate procurement of Kharif…
