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‘India gives me hope’, says Bill Gates ahead of his trip to IndiaBill Gates will make his first trip to India next week since the covid-19 pandemic. His visit will primarily be focused on observing the wo...
India gives hope for future: Bill Gates"India as a whole gives me hope for the future. It's about to become the world's most populous country, which means you can't solve most pr...
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...
India fields technology to boost farmers' crop yieldsBesides mechanisation of farming, technology penetration in Indian agriculture sector is happening at multiple levels: policy interventions...
It's time to get over the obsession with tur and rajma & rediscover the versatility of dalsIt's high time we started savouring locally grown pulses like lobia and horse gram.
- India set to launch drought resistant chickpea developed with genomic assisted breeding
“We are very excited to see the outputs of collaboration of ICAR, UAS-R and ICRISAT in the form of improved varieties,” said Dr Peter Carbe...
No scientific evidence to prove GM crops harmful: GovernmentThe 12 crops ready for field trials include cotton, rice, castor, wheat, maize, groundnut, potato, sorghum, brinjal, mustard, sugarcane and...
- Icrisat identifies climate resilient germplasm to support chickpea breeding
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics has identified 40 germplasm lines of chickpea with resistance to extreme w...
- BGI and ICRISAT signs agreement on applied genomics research
The MoU was signed by Dr William D. Dar, Director General of ICRISAT and Dr Gengyun Zhang, Vice President of BGI.
Stop worrying about veggie prices: Use biotech to increase crop yield, fight food inflationBiotech can increase crop yield dramatically, and fight food inflation. Farmers are ready for reform, research is peaking. Now, govt has to...