Bayer Introduces Mini Seed Packs for Home Garden Segment
Bayer is now entering India’s home garden segment with mini packs of its Seminis® Vegetable Seeds. The home garden segment is massively underserved with limited...
Continue ReadingPink bollworm damage to cotton crop in Gujarat may affect yield by 15 per cent
Gujarat cotton farmers are battling a late attack by pink bollworm, a crop pest, with rainfall towards monsoon end and late-flowering providing conducive conditions. Officers...
Continue ReadingIn agri-inputs, govt should free private sector from unnecessary controls and regulation
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call for an “Atmanirbhar Bharat” (self-reliant India), I take up here how Indian agriculture can be geared towards that...
Continue ReadingFarm Bills – A boon or a bane?
The agricultural marketing reforms brought about by the government through two new laws and an amendment to the existing Essential Commodities Act are in the...
Continue ReadingCGIAR germplasm health units launch phytosanitary seminar series as a part of International year of plant health
The Germplasm Health Units (GHUs) of various CGIAR centers have come together to organize a global seminar series for the GHU’s International Phytosanitary Awareness Week...
Continue ReadingIndia’s indigenous solution to COVID-19 in progress
To fight the Novel coronavirus SARS-COV-2, the virus behind the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 disease, a Nagpur based Indian biotechnology company, GeNext Genomics (GNG), is...
Continue ReadingSUPER BAJRA HYBRID SBH 82 – A BOON TO THE DRY LAND FARMERS
Super Seeds (P) LTD, A leading seed company of Norh India has developed and commercialized a new bajra hybrid SBH -82. This hybrid will be...
Continue ReadingMaharashtra govt tells firms to disclose tech used in production of hybrid seeds on packets
NSAI oppose move, claiming it will result in higher cost and will hinder inter-State movement of seeds The Maharashtra government has ordered companies selling hybrid...
Continue ReadingShort is beautiful: Ultra-high density planting and short stature corn show promise
How will a short stature corn benefit not only farmers in the highest corn-yielding state in Mexico, but also across the world? A recent session...
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