India’s horticulture sector to get hi-tech boost with Dutch initiative for pesticide-free food production in high-end green houses
This initiative focuses on technologies and practices that help produce food crops in a climate resilient manner
Trouble in ‘soy State’: Madhya Pradesh soybean farmers lose interest over multiple factors
Madhya Pradesh is India’s largest soybean producer, but young farmers are losing interest in farming, facing key issues such as improper implementation of minimum support price, seed quality, input cost and the possibility of the import of soybean and soybean meal from the United States. A.M. Jigeesh reports on a brewing crisis
A green advantage in tractor exports
Emission standards are not a burden but a passport to stronger trade
Why is India not importing corn from the U.S.? | Explained
Has the ethanol blending of petrol increased demand for maize and corn? From which countries has India been importing maize? How different is the U.S.’s farming industry when compared to India? Why has China stopped importing soybeans from the U.S.? What is India’s stance on U.S. corn?
Fatter, more biosecure: Pig mission in Assam’s BTR has European imprint
Model fattener farms and the first nucleus breeding farm in the northeast to produce high-genetic merit gilts and sows are driving the pork self-sufficiency goal in the Bodoland Territorial Region
A tribute to M.S. Swaminathan, ‘the man who fed India’
There is much to learn from one of India’s most successful experiments — the achievement of food self-sufficiency in the 1960s and the scientist who made it possible
Petroleum Ministry says E20 fuel helps better ride quality, refutes impact on insurance
Ministry underlined that blended fuel provides better acceleration and better ride quality; weighted average price of ethanol higher than the cost of refined petrol
Countries must make policies to mitigate crisis from tariff wars: Nigerian farm scientist Ademola Adenle
India can adopt bio-fortified crops technology to achieve nutritional security, says Prof. Adenle; “if you are not investing in R&D, it will be difficult to compete with China, United States, and some European countries”
Try kombucha from tap launched by Vaisakh Gardens in Thiruvananthapuram
The brand introduced their line of kombuchas in 2018, flavoured with red-fleshed dragon fruit cultivated at their farm
Farmer groups to step up campaign against FTA with U.S.
The SKM will observe August 13 as ‘Corporations Quit India Day’; the SKM said that the general body has called for nationwide protests against the deal as it could act against the interests of farmers
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