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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 ...
Government fully prepared to tackle El Nino impact on kharif crop: ChouhanThe government is ready for El Nino's impact on the upcoming kharif crop. Contingency plans are being made for affected areas.
New paddy variety gives hope to deal with the problem of stubble burningThe Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) has introduced Pusa-2090, a high-yielding, short-duration rice variety, aiming to reduce ...
Newly-launched 'Pusa Gaurav' wheat variety suitable for making chapatis and pastaIndia's newly-launched Durum wheat variety, Pusa Gehun Gaurav, offers versatile benefits, from making soft chapatis to high-quality pasta. ...
Delhi govt begins preparations for spraying bio-decomposer in farms to prevent stubble burning"Along with this, a training programme will also be organised in the Delhi Secretariat on Friday regarding the spraying of the free bio-dec...
Stubble burning: Delhi government plans third-party audit of Pusa bio-decomposer techFormer Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar had last year said Pusa bio-decomposer will be tried out in some areas of Punjab, Harya...
Air quality management commission should consider use of bio-decomposer for stubble: Gopal RaiDuring a press conference here, Rai said that a 15-member impact assessment committee has ascertained the effectiveness of the Pusa bio-dec...
Hold Punjab, Haryana CMs liable for Delhi pollution: Atishi to air quality panel"The commission can file FIR and imprison anyone for up to 5 years for causing pollution in Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) so we have ...
Stubble burning: Delhi govt forms a 15-member panel to ascertain impact of Pusa bio-decomposerEnvironment Minister Gopal Rai said the panel will have five MLAs, and officials from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, and Agr...
Need to promote use of face masks to check spread of COVID: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal"Till there is a medicine for corona, face masks are the medicine. These are the biggest protection against COVID-19 infection. We need to ...
Stubble burning: Pusa bio-decomposer successful; will tell SC, says KejriwalPusa bio-decomposer is a solution developed by the scientists at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, which can turn crop resi...
Delhi is hit by third wave of Covid cases: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal"There has been a rise in COVID-19 cases. We can call this the third wave of COVID cases here. From September-October, the cases began to d...
- India set to launch drought resistant chickpea developed with genomic assisted breeding
“We are very excited to see the outputs of collaboration of ICAR, UAS-R and ICRISAT in the form of improved varieties,” said Dr Peter Carbe...
How a British researcher helped lay principles for organic farming movement in 1930sA British researcher at the Institute for Plant Industry in Indore laid organic farming principles in 1930s.
IARI releases seven new varieties of cropsIn a sign of the strength of India's public research institutions, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) released seven new varieti...
India must not have 'irrational fears' for GM crops: ExpertThe country needs to develop more GM crops to cut down on the large imports of pulses, vegetables and edible oils and should not be swayed ...
- Indian Agriculture Research Institute develops mango hybrids, promise 3-4 times higher yield
Indian Agriculture Research Institute has developed four hybrid mango varieties which promise a yield three-four times higher than the exis...
- Basmati rice 'Pusa 1121' is safe for human consumption
Indian basmati rice variety Pusa 1121 is safe for human consumption and does not contain any heavy metals, the state-run Indian Council of ...
- Long wait for Pusa 1121 before it gets basmati tag
Rice exporters, demanding basmati status for the evolved variety Pusa 1121, may have to wait for a year as the government is still conducti...
- Basmati family may soon turn extended, include distant cousin
Lab-produced Pusa 1121 variety to get coveted tag as Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's men prevail over the commerce ministry.