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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
APEDA is interacting with ICAR-Indian Institute of Millet Research and other stakeholders like National Institute Nutrition, CFTRI and FPOs for perspective planning of five years for promotion of millets and millet products
APEDA hosts buyer-seller meet to promote millet products Read More
Considering highly climate resilient, less water intensive, can be grown on dry-lands with high nutrition value, millets are also termed ‘smart food’ in various regions of the world
APEDA, IIMR make action plan for promotion of millets and millet products Read More
The “Millet Finder”, launched today, discovered a surge in the use of millets, with over a thousand modern convenient products in a very wide range, across all the inhabited continents
Newly launched millet food finder shows a revolution is underway Read More
New partnership with global agriculture research giant to focus on tackling challenge of health, environmental and social sustainability in food
ICRISAT, University of Reading join hands to grow high nutrition food Read More
MSP of paddy increased by Rs 65 per quintal, jowar by Rs 120 per quintal, ragi by Rs 253 per quintal. MSP of tur, moong and urad pulses raised by Rs 125, Rs 75 and Rs 100 respectively
Cabinet approves MSP of all Kharif crops for 2019-20 Read More
Over the years, Karnataka has been taking progressive steps in agriculture sector. In the past, one such initiative, Rashtriya eMarket Services (ReMS), an online platform for agriculture commodity trade has been the core idea behind launching the e-National Agriculture Market (eNAM) in 2015 by the Central government. With the threats looming from climate change and frequent droughts, the state is promoting millets as smart food. In an exclusive interview with Agriculture Post, NH Shivashankara Reddy, Minister for Agriculture, Government of Karnataka discussed issues ranging from its millets programme to various agricultural policies of the state.
Karnataka bets big on millets to combat climate change and providing nutrition security Read More
The Grand Finale of Smart Food Culinary Challenge will be held during ‘Organics & Millets 2019 – International Trade Fair’, in Bengaluru
Who will be the Smart Food student chef of India? Read More