Agriculture News, Farming News, Research, Horticulture
With the technology from NRGene, ICRISAT has chickpea and pigeon pea genomes to a reference level quality, that researchers can use. This would help maximise favourable nutritional properties of these high-protein legumes
ICRISAT, NRGene boost chickpea and pigeon pea research Read More
FAO advocates that antibiotics and other antimicrobials should be only used to cure diseases and alleviate unnecessary suffering. Only under strict circumstances they should be used to prevent an imminent threat of infection
UN agency calls for halting use of antimicrobials on human & animals Read More
AIKSCC has called for marking the first anniversary of the killing of six farmers in Mandsaur in June 2017 as Mandsaur Shaheed Kisan Smriti Diwas
Farmers Bills: AIKSCC meets President for special Parliament session Read More
To strengthen its efforts to create effective market linkages for Farmer Producer Organisations across India, SFAC jointly with FICCI is going to launch an online portal which will enable farmers to connect with potential buyers
SFAC to launch online platform to connect FPOs with buyers Read More
According to an FAO Intergovernmental Group (IGG) on Tea, Global tea consumption and production are projected to keep rising over the next decade, driven by robust demand in developing and emerging countries
India, China to drive Global tea consumption & production Read More
The two institutions will work together using novel crop innovation solutions based on KeyGene’s proprietary technologies and know-how
ICRISAT, KeyGene join hands for crop innovations Read More
The Department of Agriculture has released the second advance estimates of area and production of horticulture crops for the year 2017-18. These estimates are based on the information provided by the states and union territories
Horticulture production estimated to be 307 Mn tonnes Read More
The standalone Q4 PAT was loss of Rs 15.01 crores, standalone FY18 PAT was Rs 41.95 crore while consolidated FY18 PAT was Rs 157.45 crore
Zuari Agro Chemicals posts profit of Rs 157 Cr in FY18 Read More
Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited (MCFL), Karnataka’s largest fertilizer manufacturing unit, has reported the audited financial results for the quarter and year ended on March 31, 2018
Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers’ incomes rises to Rs 2700 cr in FY18 Read More
India houses the highest number of organic producers globally with 835,000 organic farmers. It also ranks 9th in terms of area under organic cultivation with 1.49 million hectare
Organic Farming: India’s organic consumption share Read More