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GM mustard: SC concerned over risks involved, to resume hearing next week
The apex court voiced the concern about risk factors while hearing separate pleas...
India elected Vice-Chair at FAO’s ITWG on Animal Genetic Resources
Dr BN Tripathi, Deputy Director General (Animal Science), Indian Council of Agricultural...
Technology can boost farm output, say experts
The topic for the fourth session of the Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave and NACOF...
Importance of technology in new-age agriculture marketing
Issues pertaining to new-age agricultural marketing came up for threadbare discussion...
Robot-assisted tech platform to help a million farmers
The University of Hyderabad (UoH) has got a grant of Rs 1 crore from the Union Ministry...
Cropfit — An app of the farmers, for the farmers, by the farmers; bidding below MSP not possible
While other apps mainly focus on the traders and how they can benefit them and the...
ICAR-IISR Lucknow MoU with NamFarmers.com for faster dissemination of technologies in digital mode
ICAR-IISR, Lucknow, is an apex organization involved in the research and development...
Bayer commences commercial usage of drone services for farmers
Drone services will be made available for crop protection purposes across paddy,...
The way fruits ripen: Role of genes
In the collaborative research, a team of plant scientists jointly led by Dr Rahul...
SOPs notified for research of genome-edited plants; duration for developing new crop varieties to reduce
After a phase of years of reviews and meetings, the government has cleared the way...
Cropin launches Cropin Cloud, world's first purpose-built industry cloud for agriculture
Cropin Cloud brings together a suite of agriculture digitization applications, access...
Rural Voice Special: How Solar Dehydrator and Slicer benefits the farmers
Farmers who grow spices and vegetables often have to suffer losses even after good...
Edible coating developed to prolong life of vegetables and fruits
A bio-degradable, edible coating has been developed and tested by scientists from...
Sugar substitute Xylitol produced from bagasse by IIT Guwahati researchers
A sugar substitute called Xylitol can now be produced from bagasse, the wastes from...
Rural Voice Special: Virtual fencing is modern technology for managing cattle in the open; a primer on how it works
Earlier, farmers used bamboo, wood and wire for fencing as per their convenience....
Version 2 of Crop Darpan app developed
Prof. P. Krishna Reddy and his team at IIIT Hyderabad and scientists at PJTSAU conducted...
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