ITC's Sivakumar Suggests Strategy for Sustainable Improvement in Farmers' Incomes
The government’s target of doubling inflated-adjusted farmers’ incomes by 2022 will not happen…
IAS Official Turns Sabziwala with App and Offbeat Ideas
Pre-packed, pre-weighed, fixed price vegetables. Photo by Vivian Fernandes
It does not pretend to be…
A Good Monsoon Should Not Make Us Complacent About Drought-tolerant Crop Technologies: ABLE-AG's ED
An above average monsoon will go some way in replenishing depleted reservoirs and aquifers. Farm…
India Must Focus on R&D in Specialty Molecules to be an Agro-chemical Hub: CropLife India
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India must concentrate on research and development of specialty formulations…
Promote Millets to Improve India's Nutrition Score, Make Rain-fed Agriculture Profitable
Of late, I have gone retro in my choice of cereal, preferring sorghum and a variety of millets over…
115 Districts Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change, says Study
As floods ravage eastern and northern India, agriculture in 115 districts across 15 states is…
India Must Learn From China; Use Its 25 M Neem Trees to Control Pests, Says Unido Adviser
India has 25 million neem trees but uses just five percent of their potential to kill pests.
ICAR's K K Sharma Says Fear About High Levels of Pesticide Residues in Fruits, Vegetables is Over Done
During Onam festival last year, political parties in Kerala competed to provide pesticide-free…
IARI's 'Arise' Agri-Biz Incubation Programme Expects 400 Applications by August
The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) says it has received 250 applications for…
Cytozyme's Eric Baughman Talks of Biostimulants that Help Plants Cope with Stresses Naturally
When we started no one understood about microbial fermentation and biotech concepts in commercial…