1.87 Cr Kisan Credit Cards with credit limit of Rs 1.76 lakh Cr sanctioned in a year
A special drive to cover farmers under Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) is going on since February 2020
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Agritech start-up, Agdhi introduces vision based intelligence in agriculture
Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Edge Computing and Spectral Imaging Techniques to detect the defects in seeds and crops
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CropLife and Philippines’ Biotechnology Coalition host Pan Asia Farmers Exchange Programme
The Farmers Exchange Programme saw participation of scientists, researchers, farmer representatives, executives from seed industry and science communicators who shared insights, knowledge on the importance of agricultural biotechnology
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While bringing transparency in agri commodity trade, new farm laws will force APMC Mandis to be competitive: Dr Shivendra Bajaj, FSII
There have been big controversies and protests over the new farm laws. Whether these laws will be beneficial or not for the farming community and how would they impact the agriculture sector in the long run, in an interview with Agriculture Post, Dr Shivendra Bajaj, Executive Director, Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) speaks on all these burning issues…
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IFFCO Bazar, SBI YONO tie-up to boost accessibility of farm inputs
The collaboration will help IFFCO Bazar to reach out to over three crore registered customers of YONO, a large part of which happens to be farmers
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New wheat variety doubles farmers’ yield in a Maharashtra village
The newly developed common wheat or bread wheat, also called high yielding Aestivum, matures in 110 days and is resistant to most races of leaf and stem rust
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Gene editing: The next gen plant breeding tool for breeders
Gene editing will increase pace for developing high yielding, stress resilient, sustainable and nutritive varieties in multiple crops in the next decade or so, positively impacting food security in a sustainable manner, writes Dr Ratna Kumria and Dr Shivendra Bajaj
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National Seeds Corporation, Jute Corporation of India sign MoU for providing quality jute seeds to farmers
Purchased from National Seeds Corporation, JCI will distribute 10,000 quintals of jute seeds of JRO-204 variety in the 2021-22 crop year which is expected to benefit 5-6 lakh farm families
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To Bt or not to Bt – does this question persist anymore?
Bt cotton in India and Bt Brinjal in Bangladesh experience that the benefits of “To Bt” choice by far are preferable to the losses of “Not to Bt”, Dr Shivendra Bajaj, Executive Director, Alliance for Agri Innovation (AAI) writes
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Alliance for Agri Innovation urges government to allow Bt Brinjal trials
The current Bt Brinjal which is going for field trials, were approved by Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) in May 2020, was developed by the ICAR-National Institute of Plant Biotechnology
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