India, FAO organise workshop on National Action Plan to combat Antimicrobial Resistance

India, FAO organise workshop on National Action Plan to combat Antimicrobial Resistance

Government of India with support from FAO plans to review and revise the NAP for 2022 to 2025 for livestock sector. The workshop addressed revision of NAP for 2022-2025 with a special focus on Antimicrobial Resistance activities

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HDFC Bank integrates with e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) to reach over 1.71 crore farmers

HDFC Bank integrates with e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) to reach over 1.71 Cr farmers

HDFC Bank has partnered with the SFAC to further improve the ease of doing business on e-NAM platform by offering the collection modes such as Net Banking, Debit Card, NEFT/RTGS, UPI/IMPS through integration with e-NAM

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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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