Adopt millets as preferred crop choice: PM Modi to farmers
With India gearing up with a host of activities to bring millets on the global food map, Prime Minister Narendra Modi the other day urged...
Continue ReadingStunted paddy growth stuns Punjab farming community, experts
Farmers from Hoshiarpur, Pathankot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ludhiana and Patiala, have reported stunted growth of paddy. As a result, experts from Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) are...
Continue ReadingCorteva Agriscience Launches ‘Tayyari Pakki Tho Jeet Pakki’ to Share Success Stories of Farmers
Corteva has promised to share the success stories of these progressive farmers with millions of people. “Tayyari Pakki Tho Jeet Pakki” is the name of...
Continue ReadingUPL Opens Farmer Learning Centre in Varanasi to Promote Sustainable Farming
UPL has Secured 3.5 acre land for the state of the art model plots near Raja Talav area in Varanasi, to showcase results and benefits...
Continue ReadingGenetic Technology- A game changer for Indian Agriculture
“America produces 30 quintals of soyabean per acre and it is not above four quintals in our country! What is the benefit of agricultural universities?...
Continue ReadingNallathamby Kalaiselvi becomes first woman director general of CSIR
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) the other day announced senior scientist Nallathamby Kalaiselvi as the first woman director general of the consortium...
Continue ReadingDr. K. Keshavulu, Global Seed Leader and the President of International Seed Testing Association, has been conferred with prestigious Prof. M S Swaminathan Award for the year 2022.
Dr. K. Keshavulu, President, International Seed Testing Association & Managing Director, Telangana State Seed Organisations, has been bestowed with the esteemed Dr. M S Swaminathan...
Continue ReadingRains, falling prices prompt farmers to shift from pulses to soyabean, cotton
A combination of lower realisations and good monsoon rains have led farmers to move away from pulses and plant more commercial crops, especially soyabean and...
Continue ReadingImproved agricultural practices become profitable for Kamalamma
Forty-three-year-old V. Kamalamma lives with her husband. Her four daughters and one son are all married and live elsewhere. Kamalamma was provided with good-quality seeds...
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