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Indian Council of Agricultural Research signs MoU with Amazon Kisan to emp
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"ICAR will provide technological backstopping to the farmers through Amazon's network. It will improve farmers' livelihood and boost crop yield. This MoU in farmer's partnership with Amazon Kisan program will help ensure access to high-quality fresh produce for consumers across India, includ
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Afghanistan: Farmers fear drop in crop yield in drought-prone areas
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A farmer said that wells have been drying up for the past two years and they have not received any help.
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The Art of Living Social Projects: Paving the way towards making India wat
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 22 (ANI/PRNewswire): Water is necessary for life and vital to meeting daily needs. People rely on rivers, wells, ponds, lakes or other water bodies for much of the daily water demand. Rapid development in the recent past has meant that the increase in dem
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Biodiversity of bee population critical for ecosystems: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Rutgers has conducted the first study showing how many more species of bees are needed to maintain crop yields when a longer-term time frame is considered.
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Sri Lanka registers decline in crop yield, high food inflation rates follo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In order to switch to organic fertilisers, Sri Lanka yet again relied on a Chinese company, only to get deceived in the end as the organic fertilizer supplied could not pass the two rounds of the National Plant Quarantine Services (NPQS) test due to high contamination.
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Use of Modern Technology is essential in agriculture sector for enhancing
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): CropLife India; the leading association of domestic and Multinational R&D driven crop science companies organized a two day National Conference on the occasion of its 42nd AGM, which witnessed the congregation of the Union Minister of State
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Green Revolution made India self-reliant in foodgrain as yields jumped thr
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): India's per hectare yield for foodgrains rose threefold since 1960s, thanks to Green Revolution.
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Nearly half of EU territory 'at risk' of drought: European Commission
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 18 (ANI): Nearly half of the area in Europe is 'at risk' of drought, said the European Commission on Monday as the bloc warned that water and heat stress is driving crop yields down from a previously already negative outlook for cereals and other crops.
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Climate change responsible for disappearance of Tibetan Kingdom?
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], May 17 (ANI): Temperature sensitivity tests on barley distribution, the principal cultivated cereal in Tibet, suggest that climate change or a decline in temperature led to a decreased crop yield that may have factored into the disappearance of the Guge Kingdom in Western Tibe
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PlantMe Agro Solutions partners with cafes and resorts to provide pestici
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI/ATK): The Agriculture Sector in India has taken a severe hit from the shift in the weather cycles. Despite nutrient-rich soil, the heat, unpredictable rainfalls and recurrent floods have caused extensive damage to crop yields over the past few years.
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Nano urea can enhance yields, save up to 50 pc nitrogen: Mansukh Mandaviya
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Trials show that nano urea can enhance farmer's crop yields and save nitrogen to the extent of 50 per cent, Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed Parliament on Friday.
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World's 1st Liquid Nano Urea to be introduced to J-K farmers, will enhance
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 9 (ANI): Taking a giant leap in the agriculture sector and adopting environment-friendly farming practices across the Union Territory, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday flagged off the first consignment of IFFCO's Nano Urea (Liquid) from
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