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Bayer announces key leadership changes
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], August 30: Bayer today announced that after more than 25 years of service, D Narain (D), the current President of Bayer South Asia; Vice Chairman, Managing Director & CEO of Bayer CropScience Limited (BCSL); and the Global Head of Smallholder Farming for Baye
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Paddy planting continues to lead India's Kharif crops sowing
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Commodity-wise, paddy sowing is at 384.05 lakh hectares, as against 367.83 lakh hectares same period last year.
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Discarded aloe vera peels could be a sustainable resource: Study
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Scientists believe that discarded aloe vera peels can work as a natural pesticide, repelling bugs. They discovered a number of bioactive chemicals in peel extracts that keep insects away from crops. Aloe barbadensis, often known as aloe vera, has been used for thousands of years to treat sk
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Paddy planting leads overall 2023 kharif crops sowing in India
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Farmers in India have sown kharif crops across 1022.51 lakh hectares so far this year, as against 1021.48 lakh hectares in the same period of last year, according to the latest data from the Agriculture Ministry.
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Aloe vera peels that have been discarded could be sustainable resource: St
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Scientists believe that these peels, or rinds, can deter bugs by acting as a natural insecticide. They discovered several bioactive compounds in peel extracts that deter insects from feasting on crops.
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India’s kharif crop planting area rises; paddy leading year-on-year
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Commodity-wise, paddy sowing is at 328.22 lakh hectares, as against 312.80 lakh hectares same period last year. Notably, India in July amended the rice export norms by putting non-basmati white rice, a major export item, in the "prohibited" category.
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Oncologists demand law to decrease use of pesticides in crops
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Radiation Oncologists and alumina of IGMC gathered in the north Indian hill town Shimla to make a roadmap for the future treatment of cancer patients in Himachal Pradesh. Nearly 100 doctors practising across the country gathered in Shimla for a two-day conference and have shown concern o
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VST Tillers Tractors Ltd. Introduces Series 9
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 9: VST Tillers Tractors Ltd., one of India’s leading farm equipment manufacturers, today announced the launch of the Series 9 Range of Compact Tractors, 18 HP upwards. The company, with the aim of further establishing its leadership position in the 4WD C
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Four years after Article-370 revocation, J-K flourishes in agricultural de
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
From quality seeds to on-spot help, the UT administration ensured to make agriculture a sustainable and remunerative economic activity for farmers at affordable prices. Their efforts yielded results as the quality of the crops has improved and farmers are getting a good price for their yield
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Farmers get fair prices for crop due to proper agricultural produce market
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
“Due to the excellent arrangement of agricultural produce markets in the state, farmers are getting fair prices for their crops. All this is the result of the continuous efforts of all of you that the market committees have achieved the highest ever increase in the arrival of commod
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Bhutan: Second phase of the one million fruit tree plantation project comp
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The focus was on planting 13 high-value fruit crops such as almonds, pecan nuts, walnut, kiwis, avocados, dragon fruit, Miyazaki mango, dekopon citrus, Macadamia nut, seedless lime, sour sop, agarwood, and coconut.
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Cyclone Biparjoy costs Gujarat economic loss of Rs 1212.50 cr
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Wednesday said that Cyclone 'Biparjoy' has affected 1.33 lakh hectare area and projected a total economic loss of Rs 1212.50 crore in agriculture and horticulture crops in Gujarat.
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