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Ministry of Agriculture organised a Digital Agriculture-Stakeholder Consultation meet recently to create a vision for PPP for the delivery of digital and tech-enabled services to the farmers
Centre promotes digital ecosystem in agriculture through PPP mode Read More
Bt cotton is the only GM crop India has approved for commercial cultivation. ICAR has done feeding studies of Bt cotton on various animals which were found to be safe
GEAC clearance mandatory for environmental release of GM crops, Centre reiterates Read More
Drone is also used for variable rate technology for pesticide and liquid fertiliser applications, mapping of water spread area, and water sampling among various uses in agriculture
Things you need to know about Govt initiatives for application of drones in agriculture Read More
A Lancet study projects India will require about 332 million tonnes of foodgrains by 2048. Another study suggests global food demand to increase by 35-56% with increased hunger risk. Dr. Suseelendra Desai writes…
Natural Farming: Preserving nature while answering food security; what is the way forward? Read More
A new paradigm will be introduced at the primary, middle and secondary school levels, with vocational courses at the higher level for the development of students and youth in agriculture and allied sciences
India to include agriculture curriculum in school education Read More
Shomita Biswas also urged various universities and institutes working on judicious use of pesticides through drones to share the data and research findings with all stakeholders
Sensor-based drone application in agriculture is the need of the hour: JS, Agriculture Read More
During the convocation, former Director of CIFE, Dr. Dilip Kumar was awarded the honorary degree of D.Sc. 230 M.F.Sc. and 91 Ph.D. degrees were awarded besides presenting 45 gold medals to meritorious students
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education hosts 15th convocation Read More
Indian Council of Agricultural Research led National Agricultural Research System has developed 1956 high yielding varieties/hybrids of 80 field crops since 2014
ICAR led NARS develop 1956 high yielding varieties/hybrids of field crops since 2014 Read More
Centre is implementing Crop Diversification Programme in original green revolution states to divert the area of water intensive paddy crop to alternative crops like pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals, nutri-cereals and cotton
What measures does Govt take to promote crop diversification? Read here… Read More
Speaking at a FICCI seminar, the minister also said that 10,000 FPOs were being formed countrywide to aid farmer groups jointly undertaking several post-production activities
Every block in India to have one farmer producer organisation: MoS Agriculture Read More