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- Use smart technologies to boost farm output: OfficialBengaluru, March 29 (IANS) Use of smart technologies like IoT, drones and digital devices would boost farm production, with higher yields a...
Desi GM cotton seeds to compete with MonsantoThe long-staple local or desi seeds and short-duration American cotton varieties were developed by the Central Institute for Cotton Researc...- POKE ME: GoI must not interfere between GM technology providers and licenseesAgriculturally advanced countries have been using the technology to improve farm output for their people as well as for exporting purposes.
- Nirmala Sitharaman launches e-governance initiatives for marine sector under 'Digital India'Nirmala Sitharaman launched two programmes - shrimp price information over SMS by a missed call, and m-KRISHI a mobile app for aqua farmers.
- Karnataka bans sale of 2 Bt cotton varieties by Mahyco this year"The sales of Bt cotton hybrids by Mahyco company is banned until further orders in Karnataka state," according to the order issued by the ...
- BJP vows 50pc profits to farmers, careful release of GM cropsThe BJP said it would also link Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to agriculture.
- Bt Cotton seed sales likely to jump 3-5 per centSeed companies expect the sale of Bt cotton seeds to increase 3% to 5% in the kharif season.
- GM crops hit new roadblock: SC panel recommends 10-year moratorium on open field trialsThe panel's recommendations are similar to those of Jairam Ramesh, who had proposed a moratorium on the commercial release of BT Brinjal.
- Government refutes Bt cotton failure as reasons for farmers suicideThe government has denied suicide by cotton farmers was due to failure of the cash crop on account of adoption of genetically modified seed...
- Agriculture Ministry may up cotton estimates to 35.2 mn bales for 2011-12The Agriculture Ministry is likely to revise upwards the country's cotton production estimate by 3.5 per cent to a record 35.2 million bale...
- Neighbours set for a BT harvest, what about India?The seeds fight off pests, diseases, and yield more from the same farm. In short, they reduce the risks and raise the returns - every farme...
- India may harvest record cotton at 35 m bales this yearThe area under cotton may rise by 12% this year at 12.5 mn hect due to record cotton prices. Bt cotton area is expected to reach 90% of the...
- Women farmers are worse off than most hapless maleIf women had the same access to land, technology, financial services, education and markets as men, production could jump 30% and the numbe...
- Agriculture: Secret of Modi's successA recent study suggests the secret of Modi's electoral success lay in agriculture, an area completely neglected by political analysts.
- Bt cotton growers reap rich harvestCotton farmers in Karnataka cultivating Bt cotton have net returns which are thrice the level of what non-Bt cotton farmers earn.
- Mahyco’s cotton hybrid may hit mkts by 2010While approvals have already been granted for field trials which are being done in the south, the company plans to undertake trials in a wi...
- Punjab likely to achieve cotton output targetPunjab, a major cotton producer, is likely to achieve the targeted cotton output of 26.90 lakh bales this year as against 26.78 lakh bales ...
- Groundnut bowl is full no longer
- The silver lining beneathThere’s spring in Vidarbha,where once there was drought and despair. It’s beginning to feel good.
- The hybrid solutionA quiet revolution is sweeping across the cotton fields of Vidarbha, notorious for its farmer suicides.
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