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PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana: Empowering Farmers Across India in 2023
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 5: Farmers are critical to a country's economy, lifestyle, and general development. They are the backbone of any nation, maintaining food security by producing crops and cattle that sustain the population. Aside from its economic importance, farming is profoundly
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Romanian Agricultural Minister discusses trade, farming with Israeli Ambas
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Romanian Agriculture Minister Florin Barbu on Wednesday met with Israel’s ambassador in Bucharest Reuven Azar to discuss the access of Romanian meat and agri-food products to the Israeli market and solutions for the agricultural sector to stave off climate change, the Ministry of Agriculture
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Kauvery Hospital Trichy Celebrates Organ Donation Day with a Heartfelt Tri
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Trichy (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 31: Dominic Prabakaran, hailing from Thuvakudi, retired from the army in 2016 and pursued a life of farming on his land. He was a devoted husband to his wife, Sangeetha, a school teacher at Kuppaachipatti Government School, and a loving father to his two s
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Spowdi collaborates with SEWA to scale smart farming
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30: Constituting around 85% of all farms worldwide, small-scale farmers produce approximately one-third of the world's food1. However, they rely heavily on rain-fed agriculture and are most vulnerable to climate change and depleting water tables. This affects their
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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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In search of greener future: Bhutan's journey towards organic sustainabili
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhutan made a brave decision in 2019 to start an ambitious project to become the first totally organic country in the world by 2020. The goal was to strengthen robust organic farming techniques, promote a sustainable agricultural system, and protect the environment for future generations.
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Israel helping Palestinians develop fish farming industry
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Israeli Ministry of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Civil Administration, is helping edible fish farmers in the Palestinian Authority to increase the volume the fish they breed. The program includes two main projects in Tulkarm and Jenin where the aid includes financing, procurement
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Second Edition of Cisco and Social Alpha-led Krishi Mangal Program to supp
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 21: After the success of the first edition of Krishi Mangal, a scale-up accelerator program launched in 2021, to propel agritech start-ups supporting smallholder farmers, global tech leader Cisco and Social Alpha, an innovation curation and venture development platf
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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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J-K: Mushroom grower, Gowhar Lone, to receive Progressive Mushroom Award 2
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Gowhar's revolutionary efforts have earned him a place among the six distinguished awardees who will be felicitated at the upcoming Mushroom Mela 2023. The award ceremony is scheduled to take place on September 10 at the ICAR-Directorate of Mushroom Research (DMR) in Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
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Hedonova's Co-Investment in Carbon Credits Yields 18.04 Percent Profits
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], August 16: Hedonova, an innovative hedge fund with a focus on alternative investments, has successfully concluded a co-investment initiative in the realm of carbon credits, reaping an impressive profit margin of 18.04%.
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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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