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Robust kharif harvest, fresh crop arrivals, government interventions helpe
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The central bank said there were upward pressures from an early onset of summer, heat waves and unseasonal rains on food prices in the first half of the year
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India's summer crops sowing marginally lower at 70.3 lakh hectare
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The ministry's data showed that the sowing area under pulses and coarse cereals is higher year-on-year, while the acreage of rice and oilseeds is lower.
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Record 330.5 million tonne foodgrain estimated for 2022-23 crop year: Govt
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Third advance estimates of production of major crops for the agricultural year 2022-23 have been released by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Total foodgrain production in the country is estimated at a record 330.5 million tonnes which is higher by about 15 million tonn
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Study discovers new method that lowers crop damage from mice, during plagu
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Scientists at the University of Sydney found that a non-toxic technique can significantly reduce seed loss by keeping mice away from wheat crops. The study was published in the journal 'Nature Sustainability'.
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Normal monsoon, adequate seeds and fertilizer augur well for India's khari
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
India has three cropping seasons -- summer, kharif, and rabi. Crops sown during June-July and harvested in October-November are kharif. Crops that are sown during October-November and the produce harvested from January-March depending on maturity is Rabi. Crops produced after rabi but ahe
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India's summer crops sowing marginally lower at 70 lakh hectare; gap reduc
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The ministry's data showed that the sowing area under pulses and coarse cereals is higher year-on-year, while the acreage of rice and oilseeds is lower.
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From crops to fuel: Praj Industries demonstrates it can use India's feedst
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The CEO and MD exuded confidence while saying the company could achieve the target of using 1 per cent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by all aircraft by mid-2025.
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Ravi Shastri reveals uncapped IPL players he wants in India's 2023 World C
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
While India already boasts a number of strong top-order performers in the ilk of skipper Rohit Sharma, former captain Virat Kohli and the emerging Shubman Gill, Shastri believes the next crop of young batters is ready to take the next step and could replicate their form at the 50-over showca
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Crops evolved by swapping genetic modules between cells: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The findings, published in Nature, bring researchers closer to pinpointing which genes control important agricultural traits such as drought tolerance, which will help scientists faced with a changing climate adapt crops to drier environments.
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J-K: Udhampur wheat farmers opt for modern technology to thresh crops
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Earlier, due to the non-availability of thresher machines in rural areas, farmers used to manually thresh the wheat crop and it used to take 9-10 days depending on the quantity of the crop. But now with the help of modern thrashers, it takes two or three hours to thresh wheat crops, farmers
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Area under summer crops in India down marginally at 69.2 lakh hectare
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
India has three cropping seasons -- summer, kharif, and rabi. Crops that are sown during October and November and the produce harvested from January-March depending on maturity is Rabi. Crops sown during June-July and harvested in October-November are kharif. Crops produced between rabi and
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The Art of Living JalTara: A Scientific, Systematic & Scalable Solutio
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 11 (ANI/PRNewswire): India is suffering from a dire water crisis, especially in the rural areas. Being an agriculture-dominant economy, most of the rural population relies on water for irrigation and the growth of crops. Groundwater levels are in a critical
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