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Weather swings, monsoon risks, and the growing threat to mango, apple cropsThe agriculture industry has evolved historically through adaptation and resilience, and now it is time to speed up this transformation, em...
India's wheat production resilient despite setbacks: Agri ministryIndia's wheat output for the 2025-26 crop year is stable. The agriculture ministry assures resilience despite unseasonal rains and hailstor...
Team of scientists from ICAR completes genome sequencing for pomegranateThe team involved in this landmark research comprised Dr. N.V. Singh, Dr. P. Roopa Sowjanya, Dr. Shilpa Parashuram, Dr. P.G. Patil and Dr. ...
Need to step up efforts to tackle climate change impact on agriculture, entire ecosystem: PM ModiPM Modi said, "Not only agriculture, climate change is a big challenge to the entire ecosystem. ...Due to climate change, new types of pest...
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...
KeyGene launches strategic research collaborationKeyGene’s crop innovation platforms will be used for the development of economically important and market relevant traits.
Agri minister for use of modern farm tech to tackle climate changeAgriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Thursday pitched for increased use of cutting-edge technologies including transgenics to address ...
Agriculture Ministry for use of modern farm tech to tackle climate changeSingh was speaking at the meeting of his ministry's consultative committee on 'Emerging biotic is a challenge under changing climate'.
India on course to achieve 4% agriculture growth: Radha Mohan SinghIndia is close to attaining 4% growth in agriculture while grappling with a new set of challenges in the form of stressed natural resources...
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan for using high quality seeds to boost productivityAgriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today said he supports use of high quality seeds for sustainable increase in crop productivity and f...
'Short-duration crop varieties can help fight agriculture stress'Farm scientists need to direct their research towards challenges like water scarcity, soil degradation and bio-diversity loss, say experts.
Fund allocation to NFSM up by 44 per cent at Rs 2,254 crThe government today said it has allocated Rs 2,254 crore as funds towards the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) for the financial year...
- Paddy, wheat productivity lower than China
India produced 3,590 kg paddy in a hectare against 6,686 kg by China in 2011, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industr...
- Four new varieties of pulses developed at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University
Four new varieties of pulses developed at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University have been released for cultivation.
- Government schemes like NFSM, RKVY help improve average productivity
The agriculture ministry has initiated several development schemes and programmes like NFSM, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana and its sub sche...
- Biotech crops helped check 19 bn kg of CO2 last year: Report
A world agriculture body has estimated that biotech plant technology helped in preventing the release of 19 billion kg of carbon dioxide in...
- GM research being conducted on 72 plant species
Research work related to genetic modification (GM) in the agriculture sector is being conducted on 72 crops/plant species, Parliament was i...
- Govt draws up cotton mission to upgrade quality, production
The Centre has asserted the quality of cotton produced in the country is at par with the international standards and said it was making all...
- Govt draws up cotton mission to upgrade quality, production
The Centre has asserted the quality of cotton produced in the country is at par with the international standards and said it was making all...
- Centre to promote genetic engg institute
There are around 300 institutions in the public and private sector working on genetic engineering research programmes relevant to important...