Agri expert: Test GM crops at univ farms for fair verdict
Swaminathan: Trials Will Help Cultivate Trust Eminent agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan claims to have a solution for states reluctant to allow field-testing of genetically modified (GM) crops.
View ArticleNational Marine Fisheries Census 2016 from Feb 1
The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, a research body under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR-CMFRI), will begin the month-long National Marine Fisheries Census 2016 from...
View ArticleIARI releases 7 new varieties of crops
Resilient To Several Pests & Insects, They Also Have Enhanced Nutritional Quality In a sign of the strength of India's public research institutions, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)...
View ArticleMonsanto urged to compensate farmers by a seed-body group
The bitter war within the Indian seeds sector seems to have escalated further, with a section of the National Seed Association of India (NSAI), led by its executive director Kalyan B Goswami, urging...
View ArticleGM mustard hybrid plagued with technical flaws
Nagpur: Even after Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) of the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change has put the commercialization of genetically modified (GM) mustard, Dhara
View ArticleTo beat drought, ICAR eyes GM sugarcane
Will Join Hands With Pawar-Led Sugar Institute As water-guzzling sugarcane is blamed for worsening the water crisis in parched areas of Maharashtra, the central government's premier research institution
View ArticleClimate change bomb: State India's 2nd most vulnerable
Ahmedabad: "Convenient Action" on climate change doesn't seem to be working in Gujarat, as it has been ranked 2nd among Indian states facing severe environmental threats. As many as 14 districts of the
View ArticleAgriculture dept readies ‘green gram’ for local cultivation
Panaji: In an effort to enhance cultivation of pulses in the state, the department of agriculture will be introducing a new variety of grain in Goa. In its pilot project, the green gram will be planted
View ArticleClimate Change: India plans women-friendly agricultural equipment
Experts have repeatedly said that men are migrating from the rural areas due to climate change Men are migrating to cities, leaving behind women in villages. That's impacting agriculture as women find
View ArticleGM field trials in agri university farms?
NEW DELHI: The central regulator on transgenic organisms has proposed to utilize farms of select agricultural universities for field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops as a nationally-coordinated
View ArticleResearchers join hands to curb enteric methane emission
Annual review meeting of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) sponsored outreach project on “Estimation of Methane Emission under Different Feeding Systems and Development of Mitigation...
View ArticleUS-developed weapon system may cause global warming: Government
A US-developed weapon system that strikes the atmosphere with a focussed electromagnetic beam may cause global warming, the government today said and acknowledged that climate change is likely to reduce
View ArticleAgriculture in 115 Indian districts most at risk from climate change
As floods ravage eastern and northern India, agriculture in 115 districts across 15 states is "highly vulnerable" to climate change, according to a study published in the Indian Academy of Science journal
View ArticleSteady rise in survival rate of saplings
In the Lutyens’ Delhi, survival rate of saplings has shown a steady rise during the last three monsoons, according to the Indian Council of Agriculture Research. By the end of this season, the New Delhi
View ArticleNine new breeds added to `desi' livestock family
The government has identified and registered nine new indigenous breeds of livestock and poultry this year, taking the list of `desi' breeds in the country to 160, including 40 of cows and 13 of...
View ArticleGM mustard may not get nod for rabi season
`Non-GM Seeds Helped Raise Production 5-Fold In 60 Yrs' The debate around genetically modified crops and a recent PIL in the Supreme Court may force the government to delay its final decision on GM...
View ArticleExperts unfold strategies to mitigate soil pollution
The 30th national-level training course on ‘Soil, air, water pollution and mitigation strategies’ organised by the Centre of Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT), Department of Soil Science, PAU was...
View ArticleFish gene bank to help cope with climate change
KOCHI: Experts have recommended setting up of a common gene bank for vulnerable fish species besides setting up fish sanctuaries for improvement of natural stocks in order to mitigate the impacts of...
View ArticlePaddy harvest in Assam expected to be 75 lakh metric tonnes in 2017: Atul Bora
“As Assam is one of the top 10 rice producing States of the country, in 2016 we produced 52 lakh metric ton of rice and this year our expectation is to have paddy harvest of around 75 lakh metric ton as
View ArticleFather of Green Revolution gives call for ‘evergreen revolution’
Chandigarh: Father of the Green Revolution in India and renowned farm scientist M S Swaminathan has given the call for 'evergreen revolution', "which implies productivity improvement in perpetuity without
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