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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 ...
- Govt readies contingency plans to counter El Nino threat to kharif season: Shivraj Singh ChouhanThe Indian government is ready for El Nino's impact on the upcoming kharif crop. Contingency plans are being made for affected districts. T...
- How did an engineer from Surat turn natural farming into a six-figure success?Vikas Gamit, an engineer, left his IT job to start a natural farm in Gujarat. He grows fruits and vegetables without chemicals. This approa...
- How this 'smart' Maharashtra woman is turning orange peels into cashNagpur is seeing a surge in sustainable innovation. Young minds are turning discarded orange peels into useful eco-friendly products. This ...
- India’s big cotton bet: Can Rs 5,659 cr revive the sector's global leadership?India’s Rs 5,659-crore Mission for Cotton Productivity aims to tackle falling yields, poor seed quality, and rising import dependence throu...
- Mission for Cotton Productivity to boost cotton production and exports, says industryThe Mission for Cotton Productivity aims to boost cotton production and export by introducing new technologies to counter declining yields ...
- Govt weighs herbicide-tolerant BT cotton, glyphosate use as industry pushesThe government is evaluating complex policy decisions on Herbicide-tolerant BT cotton and the widespread application of glyphosate amidst i...
- India's farmers wrestle with shift to eco-friendly agricultureAgriculture is India's biggest employer, supporting the livelihoods of 250 million farmers and informal labourers - but their work is getti...
- India’s cotton cultivation consumes too much, produces too little. That’s changingThe largely water intensive nature of the cotton crop, extensive use of fertilisers and pesticides and genetic modification has posed a sig...
- Robot harvester: This precision farm machine can shape the future of India's agricultureGRoboMac is focused on bringing high precision farming to India. Intelligent and autonomous, the robot will de-weed, prune plants, carry ou...
- FSII raises concern over challenges and risks of illegal selling of unapproved GM cotton seeds
- Maharashtra government plans to set up 9 textile parksThere is ample cotton growing in northern Maharashtra and there is no value addition. We are planning to set up nine textile parks there, s...
- India is moving away from food security to nutrition security: Satish Kagliwal of Nath Bio-Genes"We want to achieve a sustained year-on-year growth of 20 per cent to 25 per cent in the top line and a corresponding increase in the botto...
- Export interest subvention for spinning sector needed: CrisilCredit rating agency Crisil has suggested the need for export interest subvention for spinning textile sector.
- Chennai tech firm spins a solution for farmers in VidarbhaAn interesting Chennai connection to cotton farming in regions across the country is bringing cheer to farmers.
- India missing on development by disallowing Bt crops: ExpertsOver 30 countries who have adopted Bt technology have increased productivity of key crops like wheat, corn and cotton manifold, said Rashmi...
- Promote liberalisation, but not price control: Hugh Grant, Chairman, Monsanto CompanyGlobal food and agriculture system faces the daunting task of trying to feed a larger and more prosperous population by using the same or e...
- State Cotton Council to be set up in PunjabPunjab Govt would soon set up a State Cotton Council for the promotion of textile industry in a big way.
- States team up to take on US co on Bt cotton priceUS Biotech seed major Monsanto is in for big trouble on the Bt cotton trait fee front. Nine top cotton-growing states of the country have d...
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