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As if bales of problems weren't enough, pink bollworm hits Northern farmers hardTo support farmers, the government undertakes minimum support price operations through the Cotton Corporation of India. The state-run compa...- Punjab government has not compensated cotton farmers affected by pink bollworm infestation: AAP leader Raghav ChadhaPunjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had nearly a month ago met the affected farmers in Bathinda region and promised them that the ...
- AI-based solution helps India’s cotton farmers fight pink bollworm attackThe solution, which works in eight Indian languages, gives recommendations for use of pesticide based on the intensity of the pink bollworm...
- Natco Pharma forays into pheromone-based technology for integrated pest management"During Kharif 2021, NATCO plans to launch its first green label pheromone product for effective management of Pink Bollworm (PBW) in cotto...
- Cotton seed manufacturers want Government to increase seed priceCotton seed manufacturers want the government to immediately announce the revised price of BT Cotton seed, so that there is no shortage of ...
- Scant rains to dent India's cotton output, exports: Trade bodyThe western state's fibre output is estimated to drop 14.3 percent from a year earlier to 9 million bales in the new marketing season that ...
- Pink bollworm may hit cotton output in Maharashtra, TelanganaAccording to the agriculture departments, the cotton crop that was sown before June 15 has been infested with pink bollworm above the econo...
- Pink bollworms may hurt Maharashtra cotton cropJain said it was difficult to convince farmers to remove the crop from the field earlier.
- Area under cotton may decline by more than 10%: Cotton Association of India"We think that the area under cotton may decline by more than 10%, declining from 123 lakh acres to 120 lakh acres," said Atul Ganatra, pre...
- These two issues could put the brakes on the Bt cotton storyIndia has the fifth largest area under GM crop cultivation, and Bt cotton seeds account for 40% of the Rs 14,000 crore national seeds marke...
- How world's biggest producer of cotton is now threatened by bollwormsMost farmers in Saurashtra, like in other cotton growing states, fear that the pink pest may eventually slash cotton production in India.
- Difficult to say Bt cotton crop yield loss due to pink bollworm attack: FSIIIt is "unfair" and "breach of principles of natural justice" to hold seed companies responsible based on "media reports", alleged the Fed F...
- India's 2017/18 cotton output could rise 9 per cent from last yearCotton production could touch 37.7 million bales in the year that began in October, up from 34.5 million bales produced in 2016/17, Kavita ...
- Cotton prices jump 7% on fear of fall in outputVarious government and trade bodies have undertaken surveys to reassess the crop.
- Non-compliance of guidelines led to resistance of cotton pestBengaluru, May 31 (IANS) India introduced genetically-modified cotton (Bt-cotton) containing Bt-toxins capable of killing the cotton pest w...
- Whitefly fear: Cotton acreage drops to 61-year lowFear of another attack of whitefly pest, which ravaged huge tracts of cotton last year in Punjab, has led to biggest drop in area under cot...
- Govt working on solution to control pink bollworm cotton pestThe second generation Bt cotton variety, Bollgard II, introduced by Monsanto in 2006, is supposed to be resistant to Pink Bollworm pest.
- Government following a policy of case by case approval of genetically modified cropsThe government is following a policy of case by case approval of genetically modified (GM) crops,said Tariq Anwar, minister of state for Ag...
- Farmers income has risen due to Bt cotton cultivation: Sharad PawarFarmers income increased on an average by Rs 10,000 per hectare following reduction in pesticide use & increase in cultivation of Bt cotton
- Bt cotton reduces pesticide usageFarmers can save up to Rs 1,600 per acre on pesticides by using Bt cotton technology says the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry ...
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