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Change Management for safety in manufacturing supply chains will boost Ind
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, (Delhi) [India], August 26 (ANI/NewsVoir): CropLife India and FICCI jointly organized a Webinar on "The Importance of Safety in Manufacturing: Indian Crop Protection Industry"; Operation and Execution of Production Change Management. The Chief Guest on this occasion was Samir Kuma
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Tokyo Paralympics: Indian archers set to aim for gold at their maiden Game
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 25 (ANI): A five-member para archery contingent looks set for their best possible show at their debut Paralympics. The Indian crop is relatively young and born in the 90s, with Rakesh Kumar being the only slightly elder one -- born in 1985. The likes of Harvinder Singh,
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Bihar: Floods leave people displaced in Hajipur, damage crops in Saran
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hajipur/Saran (Bihar) [India], August 22 (ANI): People in flood-affected areas of Bihar's Hajipur and Saran are facing a lot of problems as their houses and agricultural fields have been inundated by the floodwaters.
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UPL wins IP awards for innovative agricultural solutions
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Agricultural solutions provider UPL said on Friday it has bagged two intellectual property awards for its continual focus on innovation.
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Apple prices down in Himachal on weak demand, high supply
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], August 19 (ANI): Due to a slump in prices of apples in the fruit markets of Himachal Pradesh, farmers are not receiving an adequate amount for their crop. The fear of an impending third COVID-19 wave is also adding to the panic forcing farmers to sell even
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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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Best Agrolife gets patent for first-of-its-kind insecticide combination, b
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI/NewsVoir): Best Agrolife Limited announced that it has received a patent valid for 20 years for the first-of-its-kind of three-way insecticidal combination in India that will effectively control the entire sucking pest complex, including whitefly, jassids, ap
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Study identifies gene that regulates root growth angle in corn
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], July 31 (ANI): The discovery of a gene that regulates the angle of root growth in corn is a new tool to enable the breeding of deeper-rooting crops with enhanced ability to take up nitrogen, according to an international team of researchers, led Penn State.
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Rahul urges Sitharaman to extend moratorium on repayment of short-term cro
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday wrote to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urging the Centre to extend the moratorium on repayment of short-term crop loans of farmers to December 31.
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Study finds gene that regulates angle of root growth in corn
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], July 29 (ANI): During a recent study, an international team of Penn State researchers discovered a gene that regulates the angle of root growth in corn. This finding can serve as a new tool to enable the breeding of deeper-rooting crops with enhanced ability to take up nit
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Blushing plants reveal when fungi are growing in their roots: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 23 (ANI): Almost all crop plants form associations with a particular type of fungi- called arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi- in the soil, which greatly expand their root surface area. This mutually beneficial interaction boosts the plant's ability to take up nutrients that a
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Samhitha, India's first precision farming advisory, clocks 30 percent high
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): Naviz Analytics, a leading US-based Data Science firm, announced on July 23, the official launch of Samhitha Crop Care Clinics, a unique, precision farming advisory aimed at increasing the bottom line of Indian farmers. Samhitha leverage
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