Tag: ICAR

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

National
When Scientists Came to the Fields: A Quiet Revolution in Agriculture

When Scientists Came to the Fields: A Quiet Revolution in Agriculture

The Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan (VKSA) 2025 has sparked a grassroots transformation...

Agritech
Zuari Industries Hosts Roundtable on Mechanization & Digitalization in Sugarcane

Zuari Industries Hosts Roundtable on Mechanization & Digitalization in Sugarcane

Zuari Industries (SPE Division) hosted the second edition of its roundtable on “Mechanization...

National
IARI Charts Roadmap to Transform into World-Class Higher Education Institution

IARI Charts Roadmap to Transform into World-Class Higher Education Institution

The seminar brought together around 100 distinguished scientists, policymakers,...

National
National consultation on sugarcane suggests developing new varieties and machines for small farmers

National consultation on sugarcane suggests developing new varieties and machines for small farmers

Several key issues emerged at a national consultation on the country's sugarcane...