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Maharashtra farmers adopt HDPS to boost cotton productivity
07-Nov-2024 - 0 Comments.
Cotton farmers in Maharashtra are transforming their cultivation practices by adopting the High-Density Planting System (HDPS), a method set to significantly enhance productivity while addressing challenges of low yields and labour shortages.
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20 Million Trees to Absorb Over 400 Million Kgs of Carbon Annually in India
16-Sep-2024 - 0 Comments.
Generating more than 1.6 million workdays of employment, social enterprise Grow-Trees.com has reached a significant milestone in 2024 by successfully planting over 20 million trees across 23 Indian States.
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Scope of Organic Farming in India
05-Jun-2023 - 0 Comments.
Organic farming is a type of agriculture that relies on natural processes and materials to maintain soil fertility and productivity.
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Insect biotech startup Loopworm raises $3.4M from Omnivore, WaterBridge
06-Sep-2022 - 0 Comments.
India's leading insect biotech startup, Loopworm, announced today that it has raised a $3.4 million Seed round co-led by Omnivore and WaterBridge Ventures, with participation from Titan Capital and leading angel investors including Nadir Godrej (Godrej Agrovet), Sanjiv Rangrass (ex-ITC), and Akshay Singhal (Log9 Materials).
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Geo Fertilizer launch offers farmers hope of boosting crop yields
01-Apr-2022 - 0 Comments.
Nigerian farmers have every reason to be optimistic about a bumper harvest at the beginning of a new planting season with the launch of a novel crop balance nutrient fertilizer brand into the Nigerian market.
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Parshottam Rupala launches bamboo market page on GeM portal
06-Jun-2021 - 0 Comments.
The National Bamboo Mission and the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) have been working together for having a dedicated window on the GeM portal for marketing of Bamboo Goods (Bamboo based products & Quality Planting Materials).
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Govt focused on providing quality seeds to farmers, states get funding for setting up seed processing-cum-storage godown units
09-Mar-2021 - 0 Comments.
The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare is implementing farmer’s welfare scheme ‘Sub-Mission on Seeds & Planting Materials’ to produce and supply quality seeds to farmers to enhance production and productivity in the country through various components namely Seed Village Programme, Establishment of Seed Processing- cum- Seed Storage Godowns at Gram Panchyat Level, National Seed Reserve, Boosting Seed Production in Private Sector and Strengthening of Quality Control Infrastructure Facilities.
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Mahindra launches precision potato planting machinery for farmers
08-Sep-2020 - 0 Comments.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES has today announced the launch of its new advanced Precision Potato Planting machinery, the new PlantingMaster Potato +.
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Alliance for Agri Innovation celebrates 25 years of growing GM crops
22-Jul-2020 - 0 Comments.
Alliance for Agri Innovation (AAI), a special interest group of Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) celebrates 25 years of planting biotech crops globally.
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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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NDDB issues COVID-19 advisory to dairy cooperatives
21-Mar-2020 - 0 Comments.
In line with the Government of India’s efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 virus, NDDB has disseminated essential advisory materials to dairy federations across the country.
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Feed security is as important for Indian food security, says CLFMA chief
26-Mar-2018 - 0 Comments.
Ensuring feed raw materials are available at affordable prices at consistent quality year-round is absolutely critical for matching the growing feed demand in India
