Agriculture News, Farming News, Research, Horticulture
These technological advancements enable farmers to make data-driven decisions, monitor and manage crops more effectively, optimise energy usage, reduce waste, and promote biodiversity, Darshan Rana writes…
Technology adoption is key to sustainable regenerative farming Read More
The project interventions will help increase the income and resilience to the effects of climate change of at least 15,000 farm households across seven districts of the state
ADB to fund US$130 million to promote horticulture agribusinesses in Himachal Pradesh Read More
“There are problems that we face as smallholder farmers. Rainfall is reducing, irrigation becomes expensive. Thankfully, finger millets can be grown with less water,” a small farmer says
FAO Initiative: Sustaining smallholder farming with millet cultivation in India Read More
Blockchain technology has every element necessary to become a genuine problem-solver. In contrast, many existing technologies are either inadequate or prohibitively expensive, Sumit Sarabhai writes
How are Blockchain technology and ChatGPT going to impact the agriculture sector? Read More
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Dr Singh said that the Biotech-KISAN scheme has been launched to counsel and to provide solutions to the farmers on their problems
Over 160,000 farmers get benefits from Biotech-KISAN scheme in 2022: Dr Jitendra Singh Read More
With the launch of PMKSY in 2016, 99 prioritised projects were taken up along with their command area development and water management works, for financial assistance under AIBP
Government efforts for extension, renovation and modernisation of irrigation projects Read More
Under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture, Centres of Excellence for horticultural crops are being established in various states through bilateral cooperation or research institutes
Government approves 3 Centres of Excellence for horticultural crops under MIDH Read More
Policymakers must ensure that agri-focused NBFCs and Fintech are included in effective programmes such as the government subsidy schemes, a benefit hitherto available only to the Banks, Prabhat Chaturvedi writes
Agri NBFCs and Fintech play critical role to augment credit requirements for agri innovation Read More
Plasma technology has shown up to 20 per cent increase in agricultural output promising hope for millions of farmers suffering from declining yields across India and sub-Saharan Africa
ICRISAT, Plasma Waters join hands to scale up plasma technology to enhance crop yield in drylands Read More
There’s a need to fortify every segment in the agriculture sector – from pre-sowing to farming operations to post-harvest – as we seek to make our agriculture climate-resilient, Dr Ratna Kumria writes
Agriculture needs to get strengthened for being climate-resilient Read More