Dr Bishwajit Dhar


Agribusiness
JFPR grant to enhance market linkages for farmers in Maharashtra

JFPR grant to enhance market linkages for farmers in Maharashtra

JFPR has approved $2-million grant to provide key knowledge and technical support...

Cooperatives
Dairy Sahakar launched to help make dairy sector ‘atmanirbhar’

Dairy Sahakar launched to help make dairy sector ‘atmanirbhar’

Union Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah and Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal...

National
AI, space and GIS technology necessary for agriculture and disaster management

AI, space and GIS technology necessary for agriculture and disaster management

Leads Connect Services, a Noida-based agri-tech company, organized a national seminar-cum-workshop...

National
CASCADE makes a concerted effort to contain the menace of smuggling and counterfeiting

CASCADE makes a concerted effort to contain the menace of smuggling and counterfeiting

Illicit trade is the world’s largest growing industry. Smuggling and counterfeiting...

National
ISMA lowers sugar production estimate to 305 lt for 2021-22

ISMA lowers sugar production estimate to 305 lt for 2021-22

After accounting for the reduction in sugar production due to the diversion of cane...

National
Bhagwanth Khuba dispels rumours about fertilizer shortage in the country

Bhagwanth Khuba dispels rumours about fertilizer shortage in the country

Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Bhagwanth Khuba addressed...

National
Stellapps completes first close of pre-series C round to digitize Indian dairy sector

Stellapps completes first close of pre-series C round to digitize Indian dairy sector

India’s leading dairy-tech start-up Stellapps has completed the first close of its...

International
Food security is increasingly vulnerable to climate-change-induced weather events

Food security is increasingly vulnerable to climate-change-induced weather events

Economist Impact has released the 10th GFSI. The report states a decline in global...

Agritech
Onato raises $2.2 mn in seed round led by Vertex Ventures and Omnivore

Onato raises $2.2 mn in seed round led by Vertex Ventures and Omnivore

Onato, a data-driven B2B platform for fresh produce, has announced a seed financing...

Agritech
In a global first, SLCM launches ‘Made in India’ QC app for food grains

In a global first, SLCM launches ‘Made in India’ QC app for food grains

A global first for food grains, the AgriReach Mobile Quality Check (QC) App allows...

Opinion
Making technology relevant: Interventions for transforming Indian agriculture sector

Making technology relevant: Interventions for transforming Indian agriculture sector

Today, the adoption and use of technology throughout the agriculture supply chain...

Agribusiness
ReshaMandi raises $30 mn in India’s largest Series A funding for a B2B marketplace

ReshaMandi raises $30 mn in India’s largest Series A funding for a B2B marketplace

ReshaMandi, India’s first silk-tech start-up that serves as a B2B (business-to-business)...

National
Roots Foundation to train nearly 50,000 farmers of Punjab and Haryana to tackle stubble burning

Roots Foundation to train nearly 50,000 farmers of Punjab and Haryana to tackle stubble burning

Every winter, the burning of crop residue of over 30 mt in Madhya Pradesh, Punjab...

Cooperatives
IFFCO Chairman BS Nakai passes away

IFFCO Chairman BS Nakai passes away

Balvinder Singh Nakai, the IFFCO Chairman, passed away on October 11. He was 86....

States
UP sugar mills stand in arrears of Rs 4,450 cr to the cane farmers for last crushing season

UP sugar mills stand in arrears of Rs 4,450 cr to the cane farmers for last crushing season

The new sugarcane crushing season (2021-22) has started in UP but the cane farmers’...

National
Rice industry needs a comprehensive strategy: Infomerics

Rice industry needs a comprehensive strategy: Infomerics

The report “Rice Industry — Emerging Contours” by Infomerics is optimistic about...