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Water management key to sustainable agriculture growth

March 19, 2019August 26, 2019 - by RG Agarwal - 1 Comment

India is facing the worst water crisis in its history attributed to its growing population, lack of adequate government planning, increased corporatisation, industrial and human waste, among other factors. RG Agarwal, Chairman, Dhanuka Agritech Ltd writes on how water management can be the key to sustainable agriculture growth

Agri Research / Farm Inputs / Fertilisers

Mosaic Company Foundation confers young agriculture scientist

March 16, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

Mosaic Company Foundation Annual Awards recognises individuals who demonstrate exceptional ability and originality of thought for contributions to the field of plant nutrition

Agri Research / Policy

FeFA to address malnutrition among adolescents in Telangana

March 15, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

FeFA, an ICRISAT and ICMR-NIN joint initiative will address malnutrition and follow a systematic approach for understanding adolescent girls’ health needs in Telangana

Agritech / Farm Inputs / Farm Machinery

TAFE’s JFarm Services bags Agriculture Initiative of the Year Award

March 14, 2019July 2, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

TAFE’s JFarm Services App connects small and marginal farmers with tractor owners and Custom Hiring Centres (CHCs) directly through its platform, thereby facilitating a fair and transparent rental process while focusing on quality, dependability and timely delivery

Agritech

Agri-tech company wins AI Innovation Challenge 2019

March 14, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

CropIn has been recognised for its innovative AI-based solutions in the agriculture sector. The agri-tech company has won the Artificial Intelligence Challenge conferred by the Government of Maharashtra and NITI Aayog, in association with NASSCOM

Agritech

National campaign to aware 5 lakh rural students

March 13, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

Ritesh Rawal Foundation launches Learning by Doing Movement to achieve equitable quality of education in Rural India

Agritech

CropIn ranks in THRIVE Top 50 Companies in 2019

March 12, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

CropIn has been listed in the 2019 THRIVE Top 50 Report highlighting leading growth stage companies and unicorn predictions in Food and Agri-Tech

Agri Research

ICRISAT scientist wins GD Birla Award for Scientific Research

March 8, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

The award is a recognition of Prof Varshney’s scientific research and pioneering contributions in integrating advanced discoveries in genomics with crop improvement in developing countries

Crop Protection / Farm Inputs

SABC launches Project SAFFAL to combat Fall Armyworm

March 8, 2019March 25, 2022 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

The project aims at developing a suite of techniques, good agricultural practices and control measures along with educational material for various stakeholders to enhance farmers’ preparedness to tackle the menace of Fall Armyworm

Policy

Cabinet nods assistance to sugar mills for ethanol production

March 7, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

The approval of interest subvention will help in improving liquidity of sugar mills by way of value addition to their revenues from supply of ethanol under Ethanol Blended Petrol Programme (EBP)