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Paddy worth Rs 47,644 cr bought at MSP benefitting 13.5 lakh farmers
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
For the Kharif crop of the current marketing season 2022-23, a quantity of 771 lakh tonne Paddy (518 lakh tonne in terms of Rice) has been estimated to be procured as against 759 LMT paddy (510 lakh tonne in terms of Rice) actually procured during 2021-22 (Kharif Crop).
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Workshop on Increasing Cultivation and Consumption of Biofortified Crops t
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 11 (ANI/NewsVoir): Grameen Foundation India (GFI), together with Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), and HarvestPlus hosted a one-day workshop on the "Scaling up Biofortified Crop through System Integration" in Lucknow on Wednes
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Healthy plant-based meals are better for environment: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital, healthier plant-based dietary habits were associated with better environmental health, whereas less healthy plant-based dietary patterns, which are higher in foods like
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Research: Fertilisers affect how bees see flowers
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new paper in PNAS Nexus, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that chemicals used in agriculture, like fertilizers and pesticides, can change the way bees 'see' a flower, and that this reduces the number of bees visiting a flower.
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Commercial floriculture emerging as new form of employment across J-K
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Commercial Floriculture, a specialized form of Horticulture aimed at augmenting the income of Growers and generating employment opportunities involves setting up of ornamental nurseries, aromatic oil crop farming like lavender, cut flower production of rose, carnation, gerbera, lilium, among
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Early planetary migration can explain missing planets: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new model that accounts for the interplay of forces acting on newborn planets can explain two puzzling observations that have cropped up repeatedly among the more than 3,800 planetary systems cataloged to date.
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Congress against not just national security, but also nation's development
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Addressing the first election rally in Himachal's Mandi, the Prime Minister cropped up the issue of defence deals during the Congress regime at the Centre and said that the party always "wanted a commission" in every deal which led to the delay in the procurement of weapons for the forces
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Afghanistan opium cultivation in 2022 up by 32 per cent: UN survey
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Opium cultivation in Afghanistan - latest findings and emerging threats is the first report on the illicit opium economy since the Taliban, which assumed power in August 2021, banned cultivation of opium poppy and all narcotics in April 2022.
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Promote crop diversification to save water, says Indian NGO at UN Conferen
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 31 (ANI/NewsVoir): Established in 2005 with an objective to Incubate Civil Society, CNRI, India's leading non-governmental organisation has made a strong case for promoting crop diversification to save water and address issues concerning climate change at the UN Co
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Unseasonal rains affecting Kharif crops, to impact food inflation: SBI Res
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Kharif crops are mostly sown during monsoon -June and July, and the produce is harvested during October and November.
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Pakistan needs USD 16 Bn to build back as losses due to flash floods cross
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Losses due to devastating floods in Pakistan have surpassed USD 30 Billion in the country as the monsoon rains have washed away roads, crops, infrastructure and bridges, killing over 1,000 people and affecting more than 33 million
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Flood-affected farmers warn of protest in Islamabad next week if demands n
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Farmers have warned of protests in Pakistan as agricultural land and standing crops in Balochistan and Sindh had been destroyed due to devastating floods in the country which have added to the economic miseries of the people.
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