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"We focus on generating technologies that benefit farmers," says ARRI chie
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Assam Rice Research Institute of Titabar, nestled in the heart of Jorhat district in the state, continues to make contributions to rice cultivation. Over the years, the institute has developed more than 45 rice varieties tailored for diverse environmental conditions, ensuring the resilie
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UAE: Al Wathba Dates Festival to kick off January 10
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The festival will feature 12 competitions for date packaging (both with and without additives) across six varieties: Khalas, Fard, Dabbas Boumaan, Shishi, and Zamli.
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Saving Southeast Asian vegetable biodiversity
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], December 3: Vegetables are hugely important for human nutrition, and for diverse and resilient farming systems that generate income for smallholder producers, processors and traders. But, due to changes in the climate, diets and land use, we see a loss in crop diversity, wil
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Fresh from France: Sustainable French Apple Varieties Set to Delight Mumba
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 2: INTERFEL, the Interbranch Association for Fresh French Fruit and Vegetables, is bringing a unique range of French apples to Mumbai, offering Indian fruit lovers a taste of exceptional flavor and sustainable cultivation. This season, Indian consumers
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Union Min Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurates 13th National Seed Congress in
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the 13th National Seed Congress in Varanasi virtually on Thursday and said Seed Conference is an important platform for making the newly developed 109 new varieties of seeds by Indian Council of Agricultur
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Karnataka has become India's second-largest milk producer: CM Siddaramaiah
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Chief Minister was speaking at the launch of new varieties of Nandini milk, organized by the Karnataka Milk Producers' Federation (KMF) and Mandya District Cooperative Milk Union. He credited the state's success to the strong support given to the dairy sector.
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Haryana Leads the Way with Direct Sown Rice (DSR) Using Herbicide-Tolerant
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], November 16: In a significant achievement for the agricultural sector of Haryana, the state has successfully implemented Direct Sown Rice (DSR) cultivation across 1015 acres using herbicide-tolerant (HT) Basmati rice varieties. This initiative, developed by the Indian Agr
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GeM introduces 170 new seed categories on its portal, featuring nearly 8,0
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Launched ahead of the upcoming cropping season, these expanded categories are designed for procurement by Central and State Public Sector Units (PSUs) and other government agencies to distribute seeds more effectively across India.
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J-K: Annual stocking of fish seeds into Ranjit Sagar Dam Reservoir kicked
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Joint Director Fisheries, Manjoor Ahmed, on Saturday kicked off the annual stocking of fish seeds of different varieties into Ranjit Sagar Dam Reservoir at Reservoir Fisheries Development Project (RFDP) Satwain.
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APEDA, IRRI unveil high-quality non-basmati rice varieties and value-added
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The event highlighted the findings from two key research projects: "Comprehensive Grain and Nutritional Quality Profiling of Non-Basmati Rice," which aimed to identify high-quality, nutrient-rich, low glycemic index (GI) rice varieties with geographical indication (GI) tags from various Indi
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Significant milestones expected as farmers adopt natural farming: PM Modi
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Among the field crops, seeds of various cereals including millets, forage crops, oilseeds, pulses, sugarcane, cotton, fibre and other potential crops were released. Among the horticultural crops, different varieties of fruits, vegetable crops, plantation crops, tuber crops, spices, flower
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Delhi: PM Modi releases 109 varieties of seeds; interacts with farmers and
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday released 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient and biofortified varieties of crops at the India Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He also interacted with the farmers and scientists on the occasion.
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