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Cabinet approves price MSP support of Rs17,408.85 Cr for cotton seasons from 2014-15 to 2020-21

Cabinet approves price MSP support of Rs 17,408.85 Cr for cotton seasons from 2014-15 to 2020-21

Cotton is one of the most important cash crops and plays a major role in sustaining livelihood of around 58 lakh cotton farmers and 400 to 500 lakh people engaged in related activities such as cotton processing and trade

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Largest plant genome sequencing effort yields a pan-genome for chickpea, sets it up for a breeding revolution

Largest plant genome sequencing effort yields a pan-genome for chickpea, sets it up for a breeding revolution

Led by ICRISAT, the research team identified 29,870 genes that includes 1,582 previously unreported novel genes. The research is the largest effort of its kind for any plant, putting chickpea in a small group of crops with such an extensive genome map

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Vice President calls for harnessing artificial intelligence for agricultural development

Vice President calls for harnessing artificial intelligence for agricultural development

Observing that Indian agriculture is characterised by marginal and small farmers with fewer resources, Naidu highlighted the need for increasing the farmers’ income through various sources, including improved resource use efficiency

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Space-Tech Startup, SatSure raises funding from Baring Private Equity India

Space-Tech Startup, SatSure raises funding from Baring Private Equity India

SatSure has three key offerings – SatSure Sparta platform for agriculture and climate insights in a freemium model; SatSure SAGE which is a life cycle risk monitoring and business intelligence product offering for the agriculture financial services; and SatSure SKIES

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Primary BioAg Innovations to commercialise its products in India in partnership with Agastya Agro

Primary BioAg Innovations to commercialise its products in India in partnership with Agastya Agro

Under the partnership, Primary BioAg Innovations will commercialise its product portfolio in India. In the future, PBI also intends to transfer and adapt the technology to India at Agastya’s and other Indian partners’ facilities in Telangana

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