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Indo-Dutch agri-tech pact: AI to transform farming and market access
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
According to Van Schaik, the collaboration is moving beyond traditional methods through integrated data. By combining satellite imagery with real-time field data, AI systems can now predict localised threats before they devastate yields.
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Gujarat issues over 2.19 crore Soil Health Cards to farmers
Updated : 3 weeks, 3 days ago IST
Agriculture has always remained central to Gujarat's holistic development. When cultivable land is not managed with care, it risks turning unproductive due to pollution, increasing soil salinity, and excessive use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides, as per the release.
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Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath lauds Vikas Khand block development
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday extended gratitude to the Vikas Khand Jungle Kaudiya chief for the development work carried out in the block, enabling the commute from Jungle Kaudiya to Lucknow at the inauguration program of the renovated Block Development Officer
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J-K: 140 new Kisan Khidmat Ghars in Rajouri district to bring government s
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
The Kisan Khidmat Ghars function as one-stop service centres for farmers. They provide digital access to platforms such as the Daksh Kisan Portal for skill development and the Kisan Sathi Portal, through which farmers can apply for more than 120 government schemes. The centres also facili
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India, Israel sign agreement to boost sustainable agricultural technologi
Updated : 3 months ago IST
The announcement was made at the valedictory session of the First International Science & Technology Clusters Conference held in New Delhi, where ATGC Biotech Pvt. Ltd. (India) and Luxembourg Industries Ltd. (Israel) formally exchanged licensing agreements to set up Semiophore Ltd., a 50-50
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Sustainable Wealth Creation through Poverty Alleviation in India
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27: India's colonial history involved systematic planned wealth extraction, and with years it led to manipulation of natural resources, disrupting-harming steadily the traditional agricultural systems. Post-independence, rapid population growth further intensified
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Lakhs of farmers across India have joined National Mission on Natural Farm
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Addressing the gathering at the South India Natural Farming Summit, PM Modi said that expansion of natural farming is the demand of the 21st century in the farming sector.
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Pakistan's agriculture sliding into crisis amid soaring production costs a
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Over recent years, the prices of fertilisers, pesticides, diesel, electricity, and farm machinery have skyrocketed, while global crop prices have steadily declined, a combination that has made cultivation unviable for many growers across the country.
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan directs immediate investigation into the outbreak of
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Union Minister has instructed the Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to deploy a special team of scientists to visit the affected areas at the earliest and assess the situation on the ground.
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GST cut on farm equipment to boost farmer profits: Agriculture Minister
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Chouhan said that GST on bio-pesticides and micro-nutrients has been reduced, which will benefit farmers. Additionally, the trend of farmers shifting towards bio-fertilisers will likely increase. In the dairy sector, there will now be no GST on milk and cheese. This will not only benefit the
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Union Minister Shivraj Singh says India won't compromise farmers' interest
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Chouhan said, "Bharat decided in national interest first. No agreement will be against the country's interest. We won't compromise with the interest of farmers, fishermen and people of other farming sectors".
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UP government bans the use of 11 pesticides damaging India's rice quality
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
India's basmati rice exports have received a major push with the Uttar Pradesh government enforcing a fresh ban on the use of eleven pesticides that damage the crop's quality and block its entry into key foreign markets.
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