Dr Bishwajit Dhar
Rice production estimated to be lower by 6.77 million tonnes in 2022-23 Kharif season
Rice production in the Kharif season for 2022-23 is estimated at 104.99 million...
Biovet to manufacture Lumpi-ProVacind vaccine developed by ICAR
Biovet Pvt. Ltd has received a non-exclusive licence for the commercial production...
AatmaNirbhar Bharat in agriculture can provide food for all in the world: Narendra Singh Tomar
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar noted that...
Conservation of plant genetic resources shared responsibility of humanity: Agriculture Minister Tomar at GB9 of ITPGRFA
Tomar said that the aim of the Plant Treaty was to recognize the contribution of...
Session on crop diversity to be held in Delhi Sep 19-24; representatives from 202 countries to attend
There are several stakeholders in crop diversity who work together — farmers, local...
Matix Chairman Nishant Kanodia sees eastern India as country’s fertilizer demand growth engine
Eastern India’s low consumption of fertilizers, at nearly 158.4 kg per ha, is much...
Area sown decreases for paddy and pulses
While the area sown for rice (paddy) has gone down from 417.93 lakh ha in 2021 to...
India to be part of global efforts on curtailing dairying impact on environment: Piyush Goyal
The central government has said that India would very much like to be part of global...
Use cattle waste effectively to avoid any possible environmental problems: Agriculture Minister Tomar
Forewarning at a session on ‘Feed, food and waste’ at IDF WDS 2022, Union Minister...
Lakhs of farmers collectively revolutionizing organized dairy sector; MPCs set to triple revenue to over Rs 18,000cr in 5 years: NDDB Chairman
Ever since the inception of the first farmer’s organization, the number as of now...
Dairying business bigger than Apple and Microsoft together, says an expert at IDF World Dairy Summit
At $800bn the consumer value of the dairying business is “bigger than the combined...
Dairy cooperative in India is unique in the whole world and can be a good business model for poor countries: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, “The potential of the dairy sector not only...
How on earth did figures for rice production estimates change within a few hours?
On Friday morning, the Food Ministry said that as paddy had been sown in an area...
PM Modi to inaugurate IDF WDS 2022 on Sep 12; summit in India 48 years after International Dairy Congress
The four-day long IDF WDS 22 assumes significance as a dominant majority of over...
India ranks 132 on HDI as global development stalls
Human Development — a measure of a nation’s health, education, and average income...
Shifting to plant-based foods can reverse climate catastrophe
A plant-based diet offers several advantages, prominent being lowering the risk...
