Innoterra appoints India CFO Amit Chamaria as global operations CFO
Innoterra’s integrated value chains ensure the highest levels of process efficiency, consistent high quality and end-to-end traceability of its branded food products
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MoFPI hosts Food Tech Summit 2021 on World Food Day
The Food Tech Summit aimed at setting the stage for all food-tech stakeholders to impart, discuss and acquaint micro enterprises on the new emerging trends in food processing and technological innovation
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New climate-resilient, disease-resistant chickpea varieties coming farmers’ way
The new chickpea varieties, IPC L4-14, BGM 4005 and IPCMB 19-3, are a result of ICRISAT’s collaborations with ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur and ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
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WFP, ICRISAT to partner on climate-resilient food security, nutrition and livelihoods in India
This partnership strengthens efforts to bring together science, knowledge and implementation frameworks to bolster food security, nutrition and livelihoods that are resilient to climate change
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Enabling policy environment can realise full benefits of gene editing for Indian agriculture
The efficient genome engineering tools for precise editing would greatly help Indian agriculture in developing crop varieties for climate resilience and nutritional security, Professor KC Bansal and Dr Shivendra Bajaj write
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Centre issues uniform specifications for Fortified Rice Kernels for grade A & common rice
These specifications as per standard practice have been issued in respect of paddy, rice and other coarse grains namely jowar, bajra, maize and ragi
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Charting the roadmap to food security
Environmental challenges to food security include rising temperature and soil erosion, among others. Soil erosion is one of the biggest threats but an invisible threat to food security goals in India and the world, Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, Insecticides India Limited writes
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FAO launches tools to encourage soil organic carbon sequestration
Carbon sequestration involves the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the form of soil organic carbon (SOC), with the capture of CO2 in the soil seen as an effective way of reducing greenhouse gases
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India hosts 8th meeting of agricultural experts from BIMSTEC countries
BIMSTEC provides a link between South and South-East Asia with five countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka from South Asia and two countries – Myanmar and Thailand from South-East Asia
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Severe drought threatens livelihoods of 7 million farmers in Afghanistan, FAO calls for urgent humanitarian assistance
The combination of severe drought, Covid-19 related economic impacts and widespread displacement have hit Afghanistan’s rural communities hard, particularly its farmers and herders, who are the backbone of its economy
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