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Indian farmers are increasingly becoming open to new technologies and practices for enhancing productivity. They can be our champions of sustainability at the grassroots level, ASSOCHAM SG said
Artificial intelligence, data analytics and other technologies can scale up India’s agriculture: ASSOCHAM Read More
Its remarkable ability to endure scorching temperatures, prolonged droughts, and nutrient-deprived soils, sets pearl millet apart as a top solution to bolstering global food and nutritional security
ICRISAT-Corteva joint research decodes pearl millet’s climate resilience and nutritional secrets Read More
High-yielding and high oil-producing hybrids like GM mustard will encourage farmers to take up mustard cultivation and further help address the gap between oilseed production and consumption in the country, Dr Ratna Kumria writes…
Why does India need to go with GM mustard? Read More
Decarbonisation process will boost the carbon market in India, allowing rural communities to earn an additional income, while improving their farms and resources, Dr Ratna Kumria writes…
How carbon credit programmes can benefit farmers while combating climate change? Read More
The popularisation of millets is going to increase the incomes of small-landholding farmers in India. And its consumption would help people fulfil their nutritional requirements, Mallika Verma writes
‘Shree anna’ millets to bring prosperity to farmers and people Read More
The collaboration will focus on expanding cultivated areas, deploying scientific technologies, and collaborating at all levels, including providing farmers with quality seeds and strengthening the supply chain of oilseeds
ICRISAT and IOPEPC join hands to boost India’s oilseed production and export Read More
The formulation of signalling molecules helps plants mitigate abiotic stress and become climate-resilient. This is an example of how cutting-edge technologies can transform agriculture in India and globally
BioPrime AgriSolutions receives patent for novel bio-formulation to manage abiotic stress in plants Read More
The research will contribute new, significant knowledge of plant genetics, which are essential for the breeding of future cultivated plants which must form the basis of sustainable production based on increased drought tolerance and improved disease resistance
Carlsberg Foundation grants DKK 19.5 mn to ‘Crops for the Future’ research project Read More
Gene editing will increase pace for developing high yielding, stress resilient, sustainable and nutritive varieties in multiple crops in the next decade or so, positively impacting food security in a sustainable manner, writes Dr Ratna Kumria and Dr Shivendra Bajaj
Gene editing: The next gen plant breeding tool for breeders Read More