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Syngenta India Vande Bharat Park inaugurated in Rajasthan
23-Nov-2024 - 0 Comments.
In a significant move aimed at enhancing community well-being, Syngenta India has completed the development of a piece of land adjacent to the Balotra Railway station into a park with facilities like walking path, children’s play area and an open gym and lush flower-bearing hedges and trees on all sides, at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore.
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The Rise of Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS): Building Sustainable Fish Farms on Land
24-Oct-2024 - 0 Comments.
As the global demand for seafood increases and traditional fishing methods face environmental and sustainability challenges, innovative aquaculture solutions are gaining traction.
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Banning juvenile fishing yields results of 41% increase in threadfin breams: CMFRI study
20-Jul-2024 - 0 Comments.
Implementation of the Minimum Legal Size (MLS) banning juvenile fishing has led to a 41% increase in the yield of threadfin breams in Kerala, indicating a positive output of the regulation.
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CMFRI inks pact with INCOIS for boosting research on oceanography, fisheries management
14-Jun-2024 - 0 Comments.
Strengthening efforts for the sustainable utilisation of India’s marine fisheries, the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) to collaborate on various research initiatives, including improved fishing advisories.
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Urban Farming: Cultivating a Greener Future in Our Cities
22-Apr-2024 - 0 Comments.
The sprawling cityscape, once a symbol of progress, is now facing new challenges. Food security, environmental sustainability, and community engagement are concerns demanding innovative solutions.
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India's Top 5 Milk Cooperatives Curdle Up Success in 2023-24
12-Mar-2024 - 0 Comments.
India's vibrant dairy landscape wouldn't be complete without acknowledging the pivotal role of cooperatives. These farmer-owned entities empower dairy farmers by ensuring fair prices for their milk and fostering a sense of community.
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CMFRI proposes ‘shark hotspots’ to protect endangered species
20-Feb-2024 - 0 Comments.
The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has proposed to demarcate "shark hotspots" in Indian waters to implement spatio-temporal fishing regulations, given the declining trend of shark catches.
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Govt committed to support traditional fishermen for deep-sea fishing: Dr L Murugan
22-Nov-2023 - 0 Comments.
In a significant move to boost India’s fisheries production, Dr L Murugan, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Govt of India, has affirmed the Central government’s unwavering commitment to support traditional fishermen in their transition to deep-sea fishing.
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16th Agricultural Science Congress to address sustainable development goals
14-Sep-2023 - 0 Comments.
The 16th Agricultural Science Congress (ASC) and Expo, to be held in Kochi from October 10-13, is poised to bring together a diverse community of stakeholders to deliberate on sustainable development goals (SDGs).
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Mariculture offers bright business prospect for India’s coastal region: CMFRI study
28-Mar-2023 - 0 Comments.
Mariculture has emerged as a promising business opportunity for India’s coastal regions, offering decent income to the coastal people even as extreme weather events like cyclones are leading to the reduction of fishing days every year, according to a new study by the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI).
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Covestro India joins hands with United Way Mumbai to put ‘Jal Sanjivani’ in Solapur District
26-Feb-2023 - 0 Comments.
Leading producer of innovative polymers and sustainable solutions provider Covestro and its NGO partner United Way Mumbai came together on 17 February 2023 to flag off a unique project- Jal Sanjivani. Jal Sanjivani is an integrated watershed management program aiming to build a climate-resilient agrarian community.
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Farmley drives 35% rise in farmers income
02-Jan-2023 - 0 Comments.
Farmley is a full-stack dry fruits and nut brand that provides high quality, adulteration free products to the end consumers. It drives maximum value to the farmer community by eliminating middlemen.
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Borouge improves livelihood of Indian farming community, builds 900 greenhouse
05-Dec-2022 - 0 Comments.
Borouge PLC (“Borouge” or “the Company”) (ADX symbol: BOROUGE / ISIN: AEE01072B225), a leading petrochemical company that provides innovative and differentiated polyolefin solutions, today announced the completion of 900 greenhouses in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan state in Northern India at a celebration event.
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Various activities organised across the country on the kisan bhagidari prathmikta hamari campaign under azadi ka amrit mahotsav
29-Apr-2022 - 0 Comments.
“Kisan Bhagidari Prathmikta Hamari” Campaign under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav has commenced from 25th April and will be organized till 30thApril, 2022 to create the awareness on various schemes and their benefits for the farming community across the country
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Agri ministry to organise various awareness activities as part of the ongoing kisan bhagidari prathmikta hamari campaign
28-Apr-2022 - 0 Comments.
To commemorate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Agriculture is organizing a week long special campaign on ‘Kisan Bhagidari Prathmikta Hamari’ to create awareness on various schemes and their benefits for the farming community across the country.
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Arya launches first instant loan service for farmers
15-Mar-2022 - 0 Comments.
Arya.ag, India’s leading integrated grain commerce platform, has announced that it has launched a first-of-its-kind single click agri instant loan for the farming community across India.
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Arya partners Bayer Foundation India, to initiate program for women community
10-Mar-2022 - 0 Comments.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Arya.Ag partners with Bayer Foundation India and organized an initiation program for Women Community Value Chain Resource Persons (CVRP).
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Ambuja Cement Foundation’s plantation drive underway in Chandrapur
13-Feb-2022 - 0 Comments.
Ambuja Cement Foundation (ACF), the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Ambuja Cements Limited, has implemented a plantation drive in its Better Cotton project villages at Chandrapur for development of community and enrichment of nature.
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Otipy appoints Amresh Kumar as Chief Product Officer
12-Feb-2022 - 0 Comments.
Otipy, India’s first community group buying platform for fresh produce, today announced the appointment of Amresh Kumar as Chief Product Officer.
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Otipy to procure 10,000 tonnes of fruits and vegetables in 2022 from Haryana based FPOs
15-Dec-2021 - 0 Comments.
Otipy, India’s fastest growing community group buying startup for fresh fruits and vegetables has announced partnership with Haryana government to procure 10,000 tonnes of fresh produce in 2022, from Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs).
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Govt releases funding for APMCs under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund scheme
09-Aug-2021 - 0 Comments.
India government has launched the Central Sector Scheme of financing facility under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) to boost Agriculture Infrastructure relating to Post-Harvest Management (PHM) and Community Farming Assets in the country.
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Otipy appoints Pranit Arora as Senior Vice President - Growth and Marketing
28-Jul-2021 - 0 Comments.
Otipy, India’s first community group buying platform for fresh produce, today announced the appointment of Pranit Arora as Senior Vice President - Growth and Marketing.
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Otipy raises USD $10.2 mn in Series A led by SIG, Omidyar
19-Jul-2021 - 0 Comments.
Otipy, India’s community group buying platform for fresh produce, raised a Series A financing of USD $10.2 million (Rs 76 crores) led by SIG. Omidyar Network India, Innoven Capital and existing investors IPV (Inflection Point Ventures), Pravega, and FactorE also participated in the round.
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Escorts announces Covid-relief measures for its customers
26-May-2021 - 0 Comments.
In order to support the farming community amidst the second wave of Covid-19, Escorts Limited, India’s leading engineering conglomerate, announced Covid-19 relief measures for its customers across India which include Covid support to cover expenses in case of hospitalisation and home treatment expenses.
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Agdhi introduces vision based intelligence in agriculture
11-Jan-2021 - 0 Comments.
Agdhi, an agritech startup based in Bengaluru has introduced vision-enabled AI-based technology in agriculture. It has launched machine learning and computer vision techniques in detecting the defects in the seeds and crops thus enabling the farming community to get quality seeds and crops.
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Farmers organization supports new farm bills, help liberation from trading cartels
30-Sep-2020 - 0 Comments.
Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA), a non-profit organization representing the cause of millions of farmers and farm workers of commercial crops across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Gujarat etc., on behalf of the entire farming community would like to thank the foresight of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government in formulating and successfully passing path breaking Farmer Bills in the Parliament.
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Govt making all efforts for ease of doing business in fertilizer sector, says Sadananda Gowda
29-Jul-2020 - 0 Comments.
Indian minister for chemicals and fertilizers D V Sadananda Gowda has said that government is making all efforts for ease of doing business in fertilizer sector so that it can be made Atmanirbhar in true sense and farmer community cab be served better.
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RCF made available more than 200,000 metric tonnes of imported fertilizers for the kharif season
02-Jul-2020 - 0 Comments.
Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF) even in the most challenging times of COVID-19 ensured the availability of its top brand Fertilizers like ‘Ujjwala’ Urea and ‘Suphala’to the farming community for Kharif sowing season.
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Hindustan Insecticides gearing up locust control pesticide to Iran
25-May-2020 - 0 Comments.
Despite logistics and other challenges posed by Covid 19 lockdown HIL (india) Limited a public sector undertaking under Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertlizers has ensured timely production and supply of pesticides for farming community.
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Nitin Gadkari asks agro, fishing and forest MSMEs to use local raw material
12-May-2020 - 0 Comments.
In order to promote local raw materials, Indian minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Road Transport and Highways has emphasized on exploring agro MSME, fishing MSMEs, and forest MSMEs for manufacturing products using local raw material.
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Indian fertilizer company eyeing big orders from African countries
12-May-2020 - 0 Comments.
Despite enormous logistic and other challenges posed by COVID-19 lockdown, Hindustan Insecticides Limited (India) is making all efforts to ensure adequate supply of insecticides to farmer community in the country and at the same time eyeing big export orders of DDT from African countries.
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Central Institute of Fisheries Technology releases advisories to fisheries sector in 12 languages
07-May-2020 - 0 Comments.
In order to tackle COVID 19 pandemic that has spread all across the globe leading to lockdown, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR-CIFT) has prepared advisories in 12 languages for the benefit of the fishermen and fishing community on a whole.
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Lockdown ease guidelines, no relief to Kerala seafood industry
18-Apr-2020 - 0 Comments.
Tthe All Kerala Fishing Boat Operators Association (AKFBOA) has requested the central government to be lenient on implementing the trawling ban this year. The ban on the East Coast comes into effect from April 15.
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Swaraj offers standby tractor facility to help farmers amid Coronavirus
09-Apr-2020 - 0 Comments.
In the midst of the prevailing CONVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, Swaraj Tractors has come forward to support the farming community with offering a standby tractor during the harvesting season
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Agriculture and allied activities exempted from lockdown, says Indian agri minister
28-Mar-2020 - 0 Comments.
Government has granted relaxation in the nationwide lockdown for activities related to agriculture-farming and allied activities with a view to address problems being faced by the farming community. This will also ensure uninterrupted harvesting of crops.
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Young fisherwomen take empowerment classes from CMFRI
26-Dec-2018 - 0 Comments.
A group of young women from fishing community in Ernakulam district has learnt a plethora of lessons to realise their dreams, including securing a profession matching their tastes.
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CMFRI collaborate with ISRO to spot potential fishing zone
22-Nov-2017 - 0 Comments.
In a major effort greatly beneficial to the fisher folks in the country, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has joined hands with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to identify Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ), an area in sea
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AgraME inks partnership with Aqua NorEnter
09-Oct-2017 - 0 Comments.
With an aim to work in close collaboration towards cross-promoting the development of the aquaculture and fishing industry in both markets, AgraME has inked a partnership with AquaNor, Norway’s largest exhibition dedicated to the burgeoning Aquaculture industry
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India extend crop loan grace period by 60 days more
23-Dec-2016 - 0 Comments.
Indian government is seized of the constraints faced by the farming community in repayment of loan dues within the prescribed time limit.
