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BRICS+ agriculture beyond borders: Trade and resilience for a food-secure worldWith India’s leadership and BRICS+ cooperation, agriculture can become not only a source of food, but a foundation for resilience, prosperi...
Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
India released nearly 3,000 climate-resilient crop varieties during 2014-25: GovtIndia has released 2,996 climate-resilient crop varieties from 2014 to 2025. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research led this effort. C...
India eyes higher farm output this year, confident of supporting global food supply amid uncertainty: DARE Secy JatICAR is advancing conservation agriculture and climate-resilient wheat research, focusing on water-use efficiency, farmer incomes, and nutr...
Wheat output likely to exceed last year's record 117.94 mn tonne: Agriculture MinisterIndia's wheat output is poised to break last year's record, with Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan anticipating a bumper harvest. ...
60% wheat area sown under climate-resilient varieties: Govt in Rajya SabhaMore than 60 per cent of wheat area planted during the rabi season is under climate-resilient varieties, according to the government. The I...
No reports of impact of rains on wheat, other crops: Agriculture ministry officialsRecent rains have not impacted wheat and other rabi crops, with harvesting progressing smoothly. The IMD predicts continued rain and hailst...
Wheat quality, not output, hit by untimely rainsThe rains caused a lack of lustre in the new crop, although there has not been a significant loss of yield, said S Pramod Kumar, CEO, Sunil...
India exports wheat worth Rs 11,728.36 crore during Apr-Jan of this fiscal: Goverment"The scientists of ICAR have issued the advisory of giving light irrigation to modulate the crop canopy temperature favourably as and when ...
Heat to damage wheat crop, warns Indian Institute of Wheat & Barley ResearchIt said in case of a sudden rise in temperature, farmers should use light irrigation and spray potassium on the wheat plant to reduce the d...
ICAR running 2 special programmes for nutritional security: GovtAccording to the minister, the ICAR is also implementing projects like 'Sustainable Approaches for Nutritional Security' and 'Nutritional S...
ICAR seeks doubling of R&D budget in FY18 from present Rs 800 croreICAR has made plans to develop varieties of fruits and vegetables that can be easily processed by the industry and reduce wastage.
Wheat output may be hit if temperature rises: ICARHe also said the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is hastening research on developing new wheat varieties to cope with high t...
India aims full genome sequencing of wheat in 3 years"All other partners of the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium including India target to complete the sequencing in the next t...
Green revolution wheat, rice varieties not drought resistant: ICARICAR said that from last few years scientists have been developing seeds that are drought and climate resilient to meet these challenges.
NDTV science editor Pallava Bagla bags ICAR award for agriculture reportingNDTV Science Editor Pallava Bagla received 'ICAR Chaudhary Charan Singh Award' for excellence in agriculture reporting for 2013 from PM
Recent dip in temperature and unseasonal rains leave standing crops vulnerable“If farmers don’t go for quick drainage of water from their farms it can lead to drying of crops and reduce production drastically,” said a...
- Wheat yields may fall by 6-18% by 2020 on climate change
The productivity of staple grain wheat could decline by upto 18% by 2020 due to adverse impact of climate change which is causing rise in t...
- India takes steps to protect wheat from global warming
Although no major impact has been observed on wheat production due to global warming in India in the recent past, the government has taken ...
- ICAR signs MOU with SKF for research, seed development
Indian Council for Agricultural Research has signed an MoU with Sipani Agricultural (Krishi) Research Farm, a Mandsaur-based private compan...