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NRRI submits proposals for identification of 10 new rice varietiesFormer NRRI director and Department of Agricultural Research and Education's ex-secretary Trilochan Mohapatra, who is presently officiating...- Women farmers key for making Indian agriculture self-reliant: GovernmentAddressing a virtual event organised by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to commemorate the International Women's Day on Mond...
- Centre unveils PUSA decontamination, sanitizing tunnelThe sanitization protocol includes hand washing with foot operated soap and water dispenser and fogging in a sanitizing tunnel for 20 secon...
- Farmers should maintain social distancing, take precaution while harvesting crops: ICARAs rabi harvesting likely to pick up in the coming days, the government's agri-research body ICAR on Saturday asked farmers to follow socia...
- India to host 8th global conference on agri-statistics; Bill Gates to addressAgriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and two ministers of state for agriculture will be present at the event, which is expected to see...
- Government working continuously to achieve zero hunger by 2030: Radha Mohan SinghOn agri start-ups, the minister said the government is supporting 150 start-ups out of 200 and supporting entrepreneurs to establish proces...
- Agriculture profit can increase via planning, diversification: ICAR DGMohapatra cited the case of farmers in Gujarat who had shown how better crop planning and diversification have led to increased profits.
- Post-Mars mission, India at next level of tech ladderIndia's Mangalyaan mission was executed with commendable precision and the spacecraft is still healthy orbiting planet Mars and sending dat...
- 2017 can be a bumper year for wheatThe area under cultivation jumped to 31.31 million hectare this year till Jan 20. The normal area under wheat planting (five-year average) ...
- 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...
- IARI needs one-time grant of Rs 500 crore to boost infrastructureIARI is plagued by poor infrastructure and needs at least Rs 500 crore one-time grant to strengthen the country's premier agri-research bod...
- September rains crucial for kharif foodgrain output: IARIOn crop condition of pulses and oilseeds, the IARI chief said these crops do not require much water, but they would suffer from extreme wea...
- Community nurseries likely solution for paddy farmers if rains are delayedMonsoon rains, which started a little late in Kerala on June 5, are yet to arrive in eastern India, the main area for rice cultivation.
- Pre-monsoon showers and sowing preparations predict a good harvest of grainsAgrawal said the current prices of soybean at Rs 3,900 per quintal compared to government rate of Rs 2,700 will persuade farmers to plant m...
- Plantings of rice and other summer-sown crops pick up on heavy rainsTotal crop plantings at 98.66 million hectares for the week ending September 5 were still 3% below the level this time last year, according...
- NDA's BREI programme set to increase rice production in north-eastThough the government is yet to release funds for BGREI but it has earmarked Rs 1,000 crore for the programme.
- Polls not to derail Rs 1K cr for green fund during FY15 to eastern states’ paddy programmeEastern states contribute 55 million tonne of rice to the country's total production of 104.32 million tonne and the bulk of it is produced...
- LT Foods, KRBL, Kohinoor Foods rally on high rice pricesAnalysts are of the view that the companies that sell rice are likely to benefit due to huge mark-to-market gains on inventories.
- Early monsoon brightens prospect of a better kharif paddy this yearWith the southwest monsoon arriving on time, eastern states are hoping for a better kharif paddy crop this year.
- Rice output may slip below 100 million tonne if rain fails to pick up: Central Rice Research InstituteThe country's total rice output may fall below the 100 mn tonne mark in the 2012-13 crop year (July-June) if monsoon fails to pick up in th...
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