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Glasgow to Varanasi: Modi’s constituency to deploy ‘green’ boats in Ganga
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, representing India at the Glasgow summit,...
Urea prices reach $900; fertilizer prices are constantly going up in global market
The c.i.f. (cost, insurance and freight) price of imported urea has reached $900...
DAP stock at October-end reaches one-third of that last year
According to the figures from the Department of Fertilizers, the stocks of DAP and...
Amid farm stir, Centre ramping up fertilizer supply to UP
Amid the farm stir and Rabi sowing season, the Centre is ramping up fertilizer supply...
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...
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...
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...
Bhagwanth Khuba dispels rumours about fertilizer shortage in the country
Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Bhagwanth Khuba addressed...
Top sugar companies recruit from National Sugar Institute
About 50 per cent of the current batch students have already been placed in the...
Strategy for increasing indigenous DAP production capacity and long-term import deals in the wake of Rabi season crisis
Taking a lesson from the availability crisis of DAP and other complex fertilizers...
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...
Packaged sugarcane juice to hit the shelves
Kanpur-based National Sugar Institute (NSI) is working on a novel technology to...
War room of DoF working for right amount of fertilizer in right place at right time
This is the first time in the country when the DoF of the Ministry of Chemicals...
Stocks of DAP and MOP even less than half of those earlier; NPK prices not to be rolled back fully despite increase in subsidy
According to government data, as of September 30, 2021, the stocks of DAP and MoP...
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...
Companies raise complex fertilizer prices; NPK bag dearer than DAP by Rs 500
Giving a jolt to the farmers when Rabi season sowing is about to start, fertilizer...
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