Chambal Fertilisers inks MoU with TERI for sustainable agriculture solutions

20-Dec-2024 - 0 Comments.

Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited (CFCL) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) signed an Agreement for research today, to establish the "CFCL-TERI Centre of Excellence for Advanced and Sustainable Agriculture Solutions."

Combating Food Waste: How Technology is Reducing Losses in the Indian Food Supply Chain

07-Nov-2024 - 0 Comments.

Food waste is a significant issue in India, with millions of tons of food being wasted every year due to inefficiencies in the food supply chain. This not only represents a loss of valuable resources but also exacerbates food insecurity in a country where millions still suffer from hunger and malnutrition.

Water Woes: Sustainable Irrigation Practices for a Water-Scarce Nation

05-Nov-2024 - 0 Comments.

Water scarcity is a growing concern in India, a nation that is home to nearly 1.4 billion people and relies heavily on agriculture, which consumes about 80% of the country’s water resources.

The Plight of the Small Farmer: Ensuring Fair Prices and Market Access

19-Sep-2024 - 0 Comments.

In India, small farmers make up the backbone of the agricultural sector, cultivating a significant portion of the country's crops. However, these small-scale farmers face numerous challenges, including inadequate access to markets, unfair pricing, and limited resources.

NDDB, TERI and SRDI inks MoU to improve rural livelihoods

20-Jun-2024 - 0 Comments.

The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Suzuki R&D Center India Pvt. Ltd (SRDI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collectively advance initiatives in renewable energy, circular economy, rural development and waste management.

CMFRI’s rapid one-day survey reveals rich diversity of marine species along Kerala coast

27-May-2024 - 0 Comments.

In a significant move to celebrate the International Biodiversity Day on May 22, the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) conducted a one-day rapid marine biodiversity assessment survey to understand marine life along Kerala coast.

Fishery experts emphasise exploring potential of untapped mesopelagic fishes

26-May-2024 - 0 Comments.

Marine fishery experts have emphasised the need for exploring the immense potential of the under-utilised mesopelagic resources within the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). 

Four inclusive businesses making a difference for India’s farming communities

22-Feb-2024 - 0 Comments.

Four inclusive businesses making a difference for India’s farming communities In the heart of India's agricultural landscape, smallholder farmers, comprising 70 per cent of the sector, face a significant barrier: limited access to formal financial institutions and resources.

Monsoon trawl ban not detrimental to Karikadi prawn resources, reveals CMFRI study

11-Feb-2024 - 0 Comments.

A new study by the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has found that the monsoon trawl ban is not detrimental to kiddi (karikadi) prawn resources.

Climate hope grows: NABARD and ADB team up to shield Indian farms, rural communities

21-Dec-2023 - 0 Comments.

In a major win for India's climate resilience, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have joined forces to safeguard the country's agriculture, natural resources, and rural development sectors.

Swaraj revs up production of AI-Powered harvester at new Pithampur plant

21-Dec-2023 - 0 Comments.

Building on its rich legacy of introducing India’s first indigenously developed harvester, Swaraj Tractors, a division of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., recently launched its next generation Swaraj 8200 Smart Harvester for the Indian farmer.

Global aquaculture will provide 59% of fish for human consumption by 2030

25-Nov-2023 - 0 Comments.

In view of a range of critical threats posed by climate change and increasing demand for food and nutritional security, Simon Feunge-Smith, Senior Fishery Officer of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO) has called for enhancing blue finance for innovations and developments in the aquaculture sector. 

Mahindra Farm Division flags-off inaugural batch of workmen to Japan under technical intern training program

29-Sep-2023 - 0 Comments.

Mahindra Farm Division, part of Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector and India’s No.1 tractor brand, marked a significant milestone in its commitment to skill development and globalisation, by dispatching its first group of ten skilled workmen to Japan under Japan's Technical Intern Training Program (TITP).

Meghalaya launches Nature Solves Framework to tackle climate change

27-Jul-2023 - 0 Comments.

 The Government of Meghalaya has launched a new framework to tackle climate change, called "Nature Solves." The framework aims to harness the power of nature to restore ecosystems, conserve water resources, and mitigate climate change.

CMFRI to provide technical support for strengthening sustainable harvest of selected trawl fishery of Kerala

25-Jun-2023 - 0 Comments.

In a major attempt to boost seafood export from India, the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) will provide technical backstopping for strengthening the sustainable harvest of 11 selected shrimp and cephalopod trawl fishery resources of Kerala, following a request from the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI).

Bennet and Bernard Group join hands with TERI to promote aquaculture

15-May-2023 - 0 Comments.

Bennet and Bernard Custom Homes Pvt. Ltd and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) have entered an MoU to take up a first-of-its-kind R&D work to encourage and develop projects in the areas of aquaculture in Goa, India.

FSII donates INR 20 lakh to Benefit Sharing Fund of Food and Agriculture Organisation

25-Sep-2022 - 0 Comments.

Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) donated INR 20 lakh (USD 25000) to the Benefit Sharing Fund of Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) showing support for the work of the Benefit Sharing Fund.

India sign joint declaration with Germany on agro-ecology, sustainable management of natural resources

05-May-2022 - 0 Comments.

Initiatives have been taken between India and Germany on agro-ecology and sustainable management of natural resources.

Iris Energy, enters into global strategic collaboration agreement with Finland's Clewer Aquaculture

18-Mar-2022 - 0 Comments.

Iris Energy LLC, USA (Aquatech Division) announce their entrance into a Global Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Clewer Aquaculture OY, Finland. This collaboration is created specifically to focus on the burgeoning business of building land-based Fish Farms globally, using Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) technology, for sustainable sourcing of the highly valued fish protein.

Bayer announces changes in Executive Leadership Team of Crop Science division

04-Mar-2022 - 0 Comments.

Bayer recently announced changes in the leadership team of its Crop Science division, with Kelly Gast assuming the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from Michael A. Schulz, effective 1 April 2022.

ReshaMandi strengthens its leadership team

23-Feb-2022 - 0 Comments.

ReshaMandi, a B2B marketplace digitizing the natural fiber supply chain, strengthens its leadership team by appointing Abhishek Kumar as SVP - Marketing and Subramanya Srikant as Head Of Human Resources.

Heartland bags USDA grant to expand research on regenerative agriculture, carbon sequestration

26-Jan-2022 - 0 Comments.

Heartland Industries is proud to announce that their team has secured a grant from the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Heartland's 'Hemp4Soil' program was selected as the recipient of a $360,000 grant over 3 years to develop their soil innovation program.

Stellapps enters into a partnership with Nutreco, to benefit 2.8 MN farmers

20-Jan-2022 - 0 Comments.

India's leading dairy tech startup, Stellapps has announced a five year partnership with Trouw Nutrition, the animal nutrition division of Nutreco.

Rodrigo Santos named member of the Board of Management, Bayer AG, and President of the Crop Science division

17-Nov-2021 - 0 Comments.

The Supervisory Board of Bayer AG has appointed Rodrigo Santos (48) to the company’s Board of Management and the position of President of the Crop Science division, effective January 1, 2022.

IAAG writes to the Prime Minister for approval of gene-editing guidelines in India

18-Oct-2021 - 0 Comments.

India Agriculture Advancement Group (IAAG) International, founded by the stalwarts of Agricultural sector from India and abroad have written to the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi expressing serious concern on the inordinate delay in the approval of Draft Guidelines for Safety Assessment of Genome/Gene-Edited Plants by Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), the regulatory body under the Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).

Agri Minister inaugurated refurbished gene bank at National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources

19-Aug-2021 - 0 Comments.

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the world's second-largest refurbished state-of-the-art National Gene Bank at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Pusa, New Delhi.

India using modern technology for crop production forecasting, says agri minister

09-Aug-2021 - 0 Comments.

Indian agriculture & farmers’ welfare ministry is funding various projects for Crop Production Forecasting, which includes FASAL Scheme (Forecasting Agricultural output using Space, Agro-meteorology and Land based observations) and CHAMAN (Coordinated Horticulture Assessment and Management using geo-iNformatics).

Corteva Agriscience, 2030 Water Resources Group to transform 40,000 acres to direct seeded rice technique in Uttar Pradesh

25-Jul-2021 - 0 Comments.

Corteva Agriscience, the global agriculture company, and the 2030 Water Resources Group (2030 WRG), hosted by the World Bank Group, signed a project to promote sustainable rice production in Uttar Pradesh.

Apollo Agriculture secures USD 1 million from ABC Fund

22-Jun-2021 - 0 Comments.

Apollo Agriculture (Apollo), a Kenyan agri-tech firm that uses machine learning and automated operations technology to help small-scale farmers access the resources they need to maximise their profitability has secured USD 1 million from Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund).

UPL helps four hospitals achieve self-sufficiency in oxygen for Covid treatment

24-Apr-2021 - 0 Comments.

UPL Ltd., India’s leading crop-protection Company has aligned its resources to produce Oxygen for COVID treatment. This decision by UPL was taken to meet the nationwide shortage caused by the surge in COVID cases.

IPNLF urges Indian Ocean Tuna Commission to take urgent action on yellowfin stock rebuilding

17-Dec-2020 - 0 Comments.

The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) is calling on members of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) to take urgent action, while working in the best interests of the region’s tuna resources and its coastal fisheries, when this regional fisheries management organisation convenes its Special Session in early March 2021 to discuss the rebuilding of the overfished Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stock.

Trouw Nutrition opens animal feed plant in India

16-Dec-2020 - 0 Comments.

Trouw Nutrition, the animal nutrition division of Dutch global company Nutreco has opened its technologically advanced, first-of-a-kind greenfield project in Jadcherla (Hyderabad), India.

Islamic Development Bank, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation hold a webinar on agritech, digital supply chain

27-Oct-2020 - 0 Comments.

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) (Agriculture Division) in collaboration with IsDB Group Business Forum (THIQAH) jointly held a live webinar entitled “The Role of AgriTech in Food Security & Sustainability”to discuss sustainable climate-smart agricultural technologies for achieving food and nutrition security.

Weikfield launches immunity boosting range of herbal infusions and organic green teas

06-Oct-2020 - 0 Comments.

Weikfield announced the launch of Herbal Infusions and Organic Green Teas under the Eco Valley division.

CEAT Specialty enter agriculture sector with farm tyre range Vardhan

29-Sep-2020 - 0 Comments.

CEAT Specialty (a division of CEAT Ltd.) has recently launched its new range of farm tyres 'Vardhan'.

Aquaconnect launches financial risk management service AquaCRED

29-Sep-2020 - 0 Comments.

Aquaculture startup Aquaconnect launches a full-stack technological intervention AquaCRED. This aims to bring a formal financial network to small and medium aquaculture farmers by working on risk assessment based financing strategy.

Fishcopfed eyes 500 fisheries cooperatives in the next 10 years

20-Jul-2020 - 0 Comments.

In order to develop fisheries sector, New Delhi based apex body of fishery cooperatives, Fishcopfed is eyeing to develop 500 FPOs in fisheries vertical in the next ten years.

National Medicinal Plants Board sign MoU with ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources

07-Jul-2020 - 0 Comments.

National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) under Ministry of AYUSH has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) under Department of Agricultural Research and Education on 6 July 2020.

COVID-19 crisis offers opportunities to upgrade agriculture sector, says Dr Shivendra Bajaj

26-Jun-2020 - 0 Comments.

The ongoing lockdown has added new dimensions to the problems faced by the rural sector, particularly, the all-important farm division. At the same time, it has thrown several opportunities to carry out the long-pending reforms the agriculture field has been waiting for.

Bayer partners with ITC e-Choupal 4.0 to sell crop protection products

17-Jun-2020 - 0 Comments.

Bayer CropScience Limited is partnering with ITC Limited’s Agri Business Division to extend the reach of its Crop Protection products through ITC’s e-Choupal 4.0 platform.

Super Cyclonic Storm AMPHAN: Warning issued to West Bengal and north Odisha coasts

19-May-2020 - 0 Comments.

According to the latest release (at 1100 Hrs. IST) by the National Weather Forecasting Centre/Cyclone Warning Division of the India Meteorological Department:

KEENAN showcases the latest innovations at international agricultural machinery trade show, AgriTechnica

10-Nov-2019 - 0 Comments.

Inspired by the growing need to protect the finite resources of our planet, and by Alltech’s Planet of PlentyTM vision, KEENAN has focussed its R&D team on “Green” sustainability-related projects

CMFRI discuss concerns on data gap in shark trade

24-Jul-2019 - 0 Comments.

A four-day global expert meeting on shark trade got underway at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) on Wednesday with a call to address deep knowledge gaps and support managers in management of existing shark and ray fishery across the globe

Telangana chief secretary visits Corteva Agriscience’s Multi-Crop Research Centre

12-Mar-2019 - 0 Comments.

Dr Shailendra Kumar Joshi, Chief Secretary of Telangana, visited the Multi-Crop Research Centre (MCRC) of Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture division of DowDupont, in Hyderabad today.

ICAR launches National Agricultural Higher Education Project

28-Jan-2019 - 0 Comments.

Skilled human resources in agriculture must become the basis of agricultural advancement and in view of this, the Modi government has given special emphasis on the upliftment of agricultural education. This was stated by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh

Close to 50 MN farmers benefited from implementation of modern techniques in agriculture

25-Dec-2018 - 0 Comments.

As per the results of ‘Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households’ conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in 2013, about 63.5 percent of the agricultural households in the rural areas of the country reported cultivation as their principal source of income. Details of the number of farmers still following age old practices are not available in the Survey.

Alltech Crop Science attains organic certification

28-Jun-2018 - 0 Comments.

Alltech Crop Science, the agronomic division of Alltech, has attained organic certification in North America for two of its naturally based products: Grain-Set and Agro-Mos

India approves three year action plan of agricultural education division & ICAR institutes

13-Jun-2018 - 0 Comments.

The Indian cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the continuation of the Three Year Action Plan (2017-2020) of the scheme for Agricultural Education Division and ICAR Institutes with an outlay of Rs.2225.46 crore[Rs. 2197.51 crore + Rs. 27.95 crore (State share)

MSC certification identified for 10 Indian fisheries

14-Apr-2018 - 0 Comments.

Considering their commercial value in overseas markets, 10 marine fisheries from India have been identified as the targeted fishery for securing the eco-labelling certification of the Marine Stewardship Council

Alltech's Grain-Set get registration in India

21-Apr-2017 - 0 Comments.

Alltech Crop Science, the agronomic division of Alltech, has attained its first product registration in the Indian state of Karnataka. The company has registered Grain-Set IN, a micronutrient fertilizer based on amino acid and fermentation technology, for use on grain crops in the region.

First SAARC Epidemiology Networking Forum meeting held in New Delhi

03-Mar-2017 - 0 Comments.

The First SAARC Epidemiology Networking Forum Meeting was jointly organized by the Government of India (Division of Livestock Health, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (DAHDF), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare), the SAARC Secretariat and FAO through CCS National Institute of Animal Health (CCS NIAH) during February 27-28, 2017 at NASC Complex, New Delhi.

Agri ministry sign MoU for organic farming on Ganga banks

In order to increase organic farming in the country, Indian agriculture ministry has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation for promoting organic farming on the banks of river Ganga.

Digital India reaching to small, marginal & women farmers, says Dr Amrit Patel

19-Nov-2016 - 0 Comments.

India has been relatively well endowed with resources for sustainable agricultural development, viz. land, labor, water, livestock, fisheries, forestry, three distinct agricultural seasons, congenial climate, solar radiation, among others.

India to promote organic farming on Ganga river banks

06-Oct-2016 - 0 Comments.

New Delhi: The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare today here signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ministry of Water Resources, Water Development and Ganga Rejuvenation to promote organic farming on the banks of river Ganga.

Uttarakand’s Badri cow gets NBAGR certification

01-Aug-2016 - 0 Comments.

Hill cow or Badri cow, also known as pahadi cow in Uttarakhand has got a certification from National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) in Karnal as state’s first cattle breed

Tripura confirms avian influenza

28-Jan-2016 - 0 Comments.

The Director of Animal Resources Development Department, Government of Tripura has confirmed that the samples that were sent to National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) were found positive in RT-PCR and Real time RT-PCR for H5N1 AIV.