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Why partnerships will define India’s agricultural transitionIndia's agriculture faces climate challenges. A robust public finance foundation can drive a new phase of growth. Regenerative agriculture ...- 70% decrease in Punjab's stubble burning incidents: Report in NGTPunjab significantly reduced stubble burning incidents in 2024. The state managed almost 20 million tonnes of paddy straw using various met...
- Drone-based agritech startup BharatRohan raises $2 millionBharatRohan, a startup, raised $2.3 million pre-IPO for developing advanced drones for crop monitoring. The fund will expand services natio...
- Indian Biogas Association pitches for Rs 30k cr investment for compressed biogas plantsIndian Biogas Association Chairman Gaurav Kedia pointed out that there are obstacles to procurement, such as unappealing economics, which m...
- Stubble pollution: Centre's stand on Delhi air likely to point at PunjabThe Centre is not in favour of reworking the MSP for paddy or other crops, ET gathers. The agriculture ministry holds that the fixed MSP wh...
- India Inc playing firefighter as stubble burning turns air toxicStubble burning by farmers in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab leads to massive increase in air pollution across North India, and has beco...
- BioPrime Agrisolutions, raises Rs 9 crore in a Pre-Series A round led by Inflexor VenturesThe company aims to utilise the funds for their SNIPR Biologicals registrations, advancing the discovery platform, building a strong IP por...
- Awareness, machines, engaging students, religious places: Punjab plans its stubble-burning fightWith pollution level in Delhi shooting up during the winter months, the issue of stubble burning often led to a blame game between the Delh...
- Contribution of agriculture and allied sectors has increased 26.8% since 2013-14: Narendra Singh Tomar"The total agricultural exports have also shown continuous rise and the total value of the export of agricultural and allied commodities du...
- More to Delhi’s pollution than crop burningCrop residue burning is one part of the problem. A seasonal source of particulate matter pollution, crop residue burning is a demonstration...
- Centre releases Rs 553 cr to states to promote mechanization in agriculture sectorThe Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) was launched in April 2014 with an aim to have inclusive growth of farm mechanization ...
- How to fight air pollution and make animal feed cheaper? Ask Fermentech LabsFarmers in India who are compelled to burn their crop residue often face the brunt of an ill-managed system. IIT-Roorkee supported Fermente...
- Centre to come out with permanent solution to stubble burning: MoS Agriculture"A meeting was chaired by the ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) secretary. A committee has been formed to formulate a new sche...
- Violators of crop residue burning to be penalized: Narendra Singh TomarTomar said that paddy stubble burning is mainly practiced in Indo-gangetic plains of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
- North India stares at pall of smoke as stubble burning kicks offAs Punjab and Haryana begin burning crop stubble, skies will again darken in Delhi and adjacent areas.
- Air quality better in North India, but that may changeThe Centre and northern states have taken measures this year to discourage farmers from a practice that they follow to prepare fields betwe...
- APEDA to seek skilled workers to aid farmers use pesticidesThe authority is likely to seek clearance from the agriculture ministry for scientific use of chemicals on crops, cut overuse dosage and en...
- Fighting Air Pollution: Rs 1,151 crore fund to boost in-situ management of crop residue in Delhi and NCR
- Centre’s big milk production plan may help clean Delhi’s air tooThe Centre’s plan is increasing the cultivatable area for green fodder to 10 million hectares with an aim for additional production of 250 ...
- Punjab failed to fully use crop residue fundPunjab government has not utilised funds to the tune of Rs 97.58 crore allocated by the agriculture ministry for 2016 and 2017 for crop res...
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