Focus on helping farm labourers' cope with the heat
In a bid to reduce health risks and even death, FAO has published two papers mapping ways to improve worker health and safety
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Livestock sector in buoyant mood upon another normal monsoon
According to CLFMA, forecast of yet another normal monsoon year is indeed a good news and will help Indian livestock sector in multiple ways
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Two women scientists to get ICRISAT’s highest award
ICRISAT today announced its highest award for research. Dr Mamta Sharma and Dr Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur are joint recipients of the Doreen Margaret Mashler Award for 2018, for significant work in their respective research fields of plant pathology and biotechnology at the organisation
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IMD predicts normal monsoon for 2018
According to IMD forecast, in 2018, there is a maximum probability for normal monsoon rainfall (96-104 percent of LPA) and low probability for deficient rainfall during the season
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ICRISAT, DowDuPont to share advance breeding technologies
ICRISAT and Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, today inked a multi-year partnership to strengthen food security by improving crops that feed millions through sharing of high-tech and modern breeding technologies
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ICRISAT to implement Bhoochetana initiative in Odisha
Government of Odisha and ICRISAT signed an MoA to potentially benefit 4.35 million farmers in the state. The 3-year agreement is set to reach 6.1 million hectare of farmland in 30 districts of Odisha through a science-led development approach
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Second mega food park launched in Uttarakhand
The mega food park has been set up at a cost of Rs 99.96 crore and expected to benefit around 25,000 farmers in the district as well as neighbouring districts
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World Bank to fund $420 mn for climate resilient farming in Maharashtra
Government of India, Government of Maharashtra and the World Bank signed new project to benefit over 25 million small and marginal farmers in Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra
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Family farmers must remain central to agroecology scale-up: FAO
Family farmers must remain central to bringing agroecology to scale, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva stressed in his closing remarks to the 2nd International Agroecology Symposium at FAO
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Agroecology can help change the world’s food production
FAO calls for transformative change at 2nd International Agroecology Symposium in Rome
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