Under the MIDH, government had allocated Rs. 31.50 crore to northeast state of Nagaland in 2016-17; Rs. 41.50 crore in 2017-18 & Rs. 32.00 crore in 2018-19. The Department of…
The distillery capacity expansion will increase Dwarikesh Sugar’s ethanol production and strengthen forward integration India’s sugar firm, Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Ltd has commissioned a new 100 kilo litre per…
International conference was organised for a purposeful dialogue for getting the deeper insights into the current dynamics and for drawing the future roadmap for the agricultural extension in the country.…
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,…
The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry has granted a biosafety permit for direct utilization of vitamin A-enriched rice variety – Golden Rice as food & feed or for…
Sonalika Tractors re-launched the specially designed Chhatrapati tractor in Kisan Pune Mela for farmers of Maharashtra. The company also launched tractors from its outperforming Sikander Series, Rx…
The Max-Ace technology gives the rice enhanced tolerance to ’HighCard’ herbicide. The Max-Ace technology takes gives the rice enhanced tolerance to HighCard herbicide. HighCard is a unique and safe…
GRAF can help in bridging the gap between Indian forecasting system & global models. IBM has introduced a global high-resolution atmospheric forecasting system – IBM GRAF (Global…
Under the MoU, the universities will facilitate exchange of scientists and technologists, exchange of research material, scientific literature, methodology and also exchange of scientific equipment. Punjab Agricultural University (PAU)…
SPOWDI smart farming and Jain Irrigation signed a MoU for an innovative & sustainable solution to save water. Swedish Company, SPOWDI (Solar Powered Water distribution) and EMMVEE, a leading…
BY Gajendra Singh, Former Deputy Director General (Engineering), ICAR, New Delhi, Founder Vice Chancellor, Doon University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand The first tractor to India was brought in 1914.There were only…
The second edition of Cotton Trailblazers, an International convening held in Nagpur to celebrate organic cotton in India. It has highlighted Maharashtra as a potential hotspot for organic cotton cultivation…
BY Dr R S Deshpande Former Director and National Fellow Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru The Indian economy and agriculture sector picked up from the low of 1965-66…
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…