Alliance for Agri Innovation urges GOI to allow Bt Brinjal trials
Alliance for Agri Innovation (AAI), a special interest group of Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) urges the Central and State Governments to allow...
Continue ReadingThe Liquid Oxygen Plant at the COVID care Hosiptal in Jalna A pioneering support from Mahyco Grow
Mahyco Grow is committed to support the Indian agriculture fraternity by not only providing sustainable innovation in agriculture and food value chain, but also by...
Continue ReadingNSAI asks Centre to watch out for Chinese ‘seed terrorism’
Says China’s advanced biotechnology could pose a threat to Indian food security The National Seed Association of India (NSAI) wants the Centre to put its...
Continue ReadingIITA and Bayer launch modern breeding project
Yield improvement of important African food crops will get a boost with the launch of a new project to be implemented by the International Institute...
Continue ReadingThe HT Bt mess needs to be cleaned up swiftly
Regulated use of the technology will benefit the cotton and seed industries, and farmersIt is necessary to set some of the facts straight and address...
Continue ReadingIIMR bagged ICAR’s Devi Lal Award for AICRP-Sorghum
IIMR ICAR and AICRP on Sorghum, Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad great pleasure to inform that our ALL INDIA COORDINATED RESEARCH PROJECT ON SORGHUM...
Continue ReadingCotton sowing crosses 50 lakh acres in Telangana
Maize area cut down by three-fourths With the State recording copious monsoon rains, farmers in Telangana have completed cotton sowing on over 50 lakh acres....
Continue Reading‘R&D is the way forward for a robust agriculture sector’
Indian seed companies need financial support to compete in global markets, policy support to protect IP, and incentives for research investments Stagnant yields, malnutrition, abiotic...
Continue ReadingFlourishing trade in spurious GM seeds adds to farmers’ woes
“The only option to save farmers from bogus seed companies is to permit the cultivation of GM crop”. When Arvind Shinde (name changed), a farmer...
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