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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 ...
- 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. ...
- How biofortified foods could transform India’s nutrition landscape by 2030This approach aims to naturally nourish the population, improving health outcomes and potentially transforming India's food system by 2030.
- Govt aims for farm sector modernisation, self-reliance: President MurmuPresident Droupadi Murmu highlights government's efforts towards modernisation and self-reliance in agriculture, aiming at better returns a...
- India bets on climate-resilient seeds for food security. But farmers see little valueCrops that can withstand climate disruptions and give high yield are necessary for food security and to improve farmers’ income. But there ...
- PM Modi holds umbrella for farmers amid rain, launches 109 climate-resilient crop varietiesDuring the event, PM Modi released 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient, and biofortified crop varieties, marking a significant milestone i...
- PM Modi unveils 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient crop varietiesPM Narendra Modi launched 109 varieties of high-yielding, climate-resilient crops at the India Agricultural Research Institute. This includ...
- PM Modi releases climate-resilient seed varieties to increase productivity, farmers incomePrime Minister Narendra Modi introduced 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient, and biofortified seed varieties developed by the Indian Counc...
- West Bengal agriculture minister outlines impact on climate change on rice productionWest Bengal Agriculture Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay noted the state's significant rice production, accounting for 14% of India's total...
- PV Sindhu invests in biofortified staples brand Better NutritionPV Sindhu, Indian badminton player, has injected an undisclosed amount in Better Nutrition, a biofortified staples brand from Greenday that...
- Biofortified seeds with focus on nutrition, food security in worksAccording to the official, the effort is also to improve India's ranking on the Global Hunger Index where the low ranking for India is not ...
- Govt aims 60% of wheat area under climate resilient varieties in rabi season amid El Nino fearThe Indian government aims to bring 60% of the total wheat area under climate-resistant varieties for the upcoming rabi sowing season, due ...
- Indian scientist Swati Nayak named World Food Prize's Norman E Borlaug Award winnerBased in Delhi, the scientist from Odisha, Nayak will formally receive the Borlaug Field Award during a ceremony at the 2023 Norman E. Borl...
- PM Modi launches 35 crop varieties with special traits to address climate change, malnutritionThe new crop varieties were dedicated to the nation through a video conference organised at all ICAR institutes, state and central agricult...
- APMC act should be fully utilised to bring maximum benefit to the rice producers: Joint Secretary, ministry of agricultureThe e-conference focused on enhancing the productivity of quality rice and paddy Seed with adaptation of integrated farm practices, high qu...
- How wheat can help in fight against ‘hidden hunger’Fortified with zinc, iron the staple cereal can tackle issue of food lacking in nutrients, which causes stunting, wasting among children ac...
- 'Magic millet' gets an enrichment boost to cure anaemiaA global clinical trial has proved that use of 'magic millet' reduces the incidence of iron deficiency or anaemia dramatically in children.
- Scientists develop high-zinc rice to fight malnutritionScientists here have developed a high zinc-enriched variety of rice that is expected to play a crucial role in fighting malnutrition in tri...
- Scientists develop high-zinc rice to fight malnutrition in Chhattisgarh'Chhattisgarh Zinc Rice-1', the first zinc bio-fortified rice variety in India, was launched by State Variety Release Committee.
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