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Mike Frank brings deep industry knowledge and extraordinary ‘end-to-end’ expertise, gleaned from his years at Monsanto and most recently at Nutrien, where he served as Executive Vice President and CEO
UPL appoints Mike Frank as President and COO, to advance ‘OpenAg: Reimagining Sustainability’ goal Read More
FAO’s preliminary estimates indicate that 60-70 percent of livestock-raising households have had their livestock affected in some way. The expected impact on fisheries is also a cause for concern
Tonga volcanic eruption: What do FAO estimates say on impact on agriculture and fisheries? Read More
Cultivated meat, produced by ‘farming animal cells’ rather than the tremendously inefficient process of raising and slaughtering animals, is considered better for human and planetary health
India can lead the upcoming $25b ‘cultivated meat’ sunrise industry: Study Read More
The forthcoming budget offers an opportunity to fix an array of ancillary problems and fast run the wheels of reforms to accelerate the growth engine of the Indian agriculture sector, Randhir Chauhan, MD, Netafim India writes
Union Budget 2022-23: 9 Steps that can bring in decisive transformation and win back India’s farmers Read More
Rural India is showing the way with the establishment of over 78 lakh Agri Nutri Gardens towards ensuring food and nutritional security. A total of 76,664 ‘Agri Nuti Gardens’ were established in this week
DAY-NRLM observes ‘Agri Nutri Garden Week’ to support rural households Read More
Agrochemical industry is slated to witness a major boost in 2022 through the diversity of implementation practices in the sector towards safety and the challenges encountered in maintaining effective management of food safety processes
Agrochemical Industry: Outlook 2022 Read More
Recent FAO-led research found that more than 90 per cent of the world’s 608 million farms are family farms, occupying around 70 to 80 per cent of farmland and producing 80 per cent of the world’s food in value terms
FAO launches new Technical Platform for Family Farming Read More
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
Vice President calls for harnessing artificial intelligence for agricultural development Read More
The initiative intends to impart training to the women farmers to grow crops with high nutritive value in their kitchen gardens and provide training on cooking simple nutritive recipes using minimal ingredients in the second phase
Tanager to digitise Anganwadi centres and conduct nutrition awareness amongst villagers in AP Read More
GFSI measures the underlying drivers of food security in 113 countries, based on the factors of affordability, availability, quality and safety, and natural resources and resilience
Food security is increasingly vulnerable to climate-change-induced weather events: GFSI Read More