Additional Chief Secretary of the Agriculture Production Department (APD) Atal Dulloo on Wednesday chaired the maiden meeting of Technical Working Groups (TWGs) and deliberated on developing a suitable policy regime for the promotion of agricultural commodities from J-K.
Assistant Professor Khurshid Ahmed Dar of Sher e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKAUST) has been nominated as the signature consultant for silk production in the deserts of Egypt.
India is the world's largest producer of millets, producing 17 million tonnes annually of nine different varieties of millets, which is about 20 per cent of the global production. Millets offer unique nutritional benefits and can grow on arid land with minimal rainfall and relatively resilie
According to the official statement, the ACS in detail discussed the targets, achievements, pendency and recoveries, seeding of bank accounts with Aadhaar of the beneficiaries, their linking with revenue records and e-KYC from every district with regard to PM KISAN.
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI/SRV): Tamil Nadu's Food and Civil Supplies Minister R.Sakkarapani and his team have set out to create a new Elite World Records by planting 6 Lakh trees in just 4 hours, in a bid to honour a pledge and mission "Green Tamil Nadu" Initiated by Chief Minister
Gurgaon (Haryana) [India], December 9 (ANI/PRNewswire): Mamaearth, the flagship brand of Honasa Consumer Ltd. and the fastest-growing toxin-free personal care brand, celebrated 6 years of goodness on the 5th of December 2022. Becoming the fastest to 1000 Cr., profitable FMCG brand with an om
New research in Science is showing how the rise of modern agriculture has turned a North American native plant, the common water hemp, into a problematic agricultural weed.
Singapore, December 5 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Six innovative regional businesses, which champion social change, received funding of up to S$20,000 each to help them scale up their businesses.
Organised by the ministry of commerce and industry through its apex agricultural export promotion body -- Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda) -- the conclave will have the objective of promoting the export of millets, according to a statement from th
An apex committee headed by the former Director General, of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Dr Mangala Rai, presented ideas for a farmer-friendly ecosystem that will boost the economy.
Protected cultivation, drip irrigation and fertigation, canopy management, nursery production, and Integrated Pest Management technologies are demonstrated at the centres and later adopted by the farmers to increase their yields and income.