MAYA to attract youth in agriculture
India presently has the largest population of youth (356 million between 10-24 years) in the world (UN Report, 2014), even larger than China (269 million)
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Organic agriculture and aquaculture in hilly area
ICAR runs ‘Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav’ programme to promote direct interface of scientists with the farmers to accelerate the transfer of information from lab to land. The objective is to provide farmers with required information, knowledge and advisories on regular basis on region-specific farming
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India Millet Mission campaign to begin in September
The Union Agriculture Minister will formally flag off the campaign for the National Year of Millets, in Pune which will be followed by a number of activities over the next few months
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VP asks scientists to make agriculture nutrition-rich
Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that government, civil society, scientists and researchers must share knowledge and expertise with farmers to make agriculture sustainable and nutrition-rich
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NFDB honours Odisha’s shrimp farmer
National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) has honoured Odisha’s shrimp farmer, Anjan Dandapat for successfully implementing scientific practices in shrimp farming
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CIFTest: Fish adulterant detection kit gets commercialised
CIFtest, the rapid detection kit developed by the ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Cochin to detect contamination of chemical preservatives formalin and ammonia in fish is set for commercial production
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India gets first biofortified sorghum
Developed by ICRISAT, India’s first biofortified sorghum (jowar), with significantly higher iron and zinc than regular sorghum, was formally launched today
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Walmart invests $2M in ‘Farmer Market Readiness Program’
The project will set up community-based millet and legume processing facilities, provide access to training and more productive plant varieties and educate buyers in the market about the nutritional value of grain legumes to help boost demand
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Here is how you can become an agribusiness entrepreneur
Agri-Business Incubator (ABI) of ICRISAT in association with The Entrepreneur Zone has invited applications for its 2nd batch of trainings for a 20-day Agribusiness Start-up Programme
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Cabinet approves action plan for agricultural education
The action plan aims to generate quality human resources from the institutions of higher agricultural education. It encompasses several new initiatives including, steps to attract talented students, reducing academic inbreeding and addressing faculty shortage
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