Tag: ICAR

Agritech
ICRISAT and Partners Announce Release of the World’s First Three-way Pearl Millet Hybrid

ICRISAT and Partners Announce Release of the World’s First Three-way Pearl Millet Hybrid

Unlike conventional pearl millet hybrids that involve two parents, a three-way hybrid...

Agritech
Agrinnovate India Facilitates Transfer of ICAR’s FMD Vaccine Technologies to Reliance Life Sciences

Agrinnovate India Facilitates Transfer of ICAR’s FMD Vaccine Technologies to Reliance Life Sciences

The Technology License Agreement aims to boost indigenous vaccine development, strengthen...

Latest News
Shivraj Singh Chouhan released 184 new improved varieties of 25 crops

Shivraj Singh Chouhan released 184 new improved varieties of 25 crops

Many newly released varieties possess special traits such as drought, flood, salinity,...

International
Argentina and India Strengthen Cooperation in Agricultural Research and Technology Exchange

Argentina and India Strengthen Cooperation in Agricultural Research and Technology Exchange

India and Argentina deepen partnerships on oilseeds, pulses, mechanisation, and...

National
India Needs a Unified Farm Policy and Research Focused on Small Farmers: Dr. R.S. Paroda

India Needs a Unified Farm Policy and Research Focused on Small Farmers: Dr. R.S. Paroda

At the Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave and Awards 2025, Dr. R.S. Paroda called...

National
Self-Reliant Agriculture Hinges on Stronger Research Investment- Experts at the Rural Voice Conclave

Self-Reliant Agriculture Hinges on Stronger Research Investment- Experts at the Rural Voice Conclave

Experts at the Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave & Awards 2025 stressed that India...

National
Farmers need to adopt crops without MSP to become self-reliant: Prof. Ramesh Chand

Farmers need to adopt crops without MSP to become self-reliant: Prof. Ramesh Chand

At the Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave 2025, NITI Aayog Member Prof. Ramesh Chand...

National
Amending India’s Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act

Amending India’s Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act

To stay uniquely pro-farmer in times when IP maximalist forces dominate will be...

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ICAR Rejects Allegations of Rigging Gene-Edited Rice Trials, Calls Claims Baseless and Motivated

ICAR Rejects Allegations of Rigging Gene-Edited Rice Trials, Calls Claims Baseless and Motivated

In a statement, ICAR clarified that there was neither premature release of either...

National
Activists Allege ICAR and Agriculture Ministry of Rigging Results to Promote Genome-Edited Rice Varieties

Activists Allege ICAR and Agriculture Ministry of Rigging Results to Promote Genome-Edited Rice Varieties

Citing ICAR’s official trial data, the Coalition for a GM-Free India alleged that...

National
Up to 85 pc Faculty Posts Vacant in Agri Universities, Chouhan Calls for Grading and Filling Posts

Up to 85 pc Faculty Posts Vacant in Agri Universities, Chouhan Calls for Grading and Filling Posts

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed concern that many positions related...

Cooperatives
National Cooperative Policy 2025: Driving Prosperity, Powering a Developed India

National Cooperative Policy 2025: Driving Prosperity, Powering a Developed India

The National Cooperative Policy 2025, launched by the Ministry of Cooperation, aims...

National
BIRC 2025 Targets Rs 25,000 Crore in Rice Export MoUs, Set to Strengthen India’s Global Agri Footprint

BIRC 2025 Targets Rs 25,000 Crore in Rice Export MoUs, Set to Strengthen India’s Global Agri Footprint

The Bharat International Rice Conference (BIRC) 2025, to be held on October 30–31...

Agritech
WEF outlines AI roadmap to modernize India's agriculture

WEF outlines AI roadmap to modernize India's agriculture

To scale AI adoption, the WEF proposes systemic reforms through ecosystems that...

National
Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan: A Milestone in Agricultural Extension

Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan: A Milestone in Agricultural Extension

The nationwide Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan, led by the Ministry of Agriculture...

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Shivraj Singh Chouhan Calls for Strengthening KVKs and Effective Redressal of Farmers’ Complaints

Shivraj Singh Chouhan Calls for Strengthening KVKs and Effective Redressal of Farmers’ Complaints

Shivraj Singh Chouhan highlighted that there are currently 731 KVKs nationwide,...