Agriculture
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Farmkart CEO Atul Patidar invited to special programme on 100th episode of PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’
Barwani (Madhya Pradesh) [India]: Atul Patidar, founder of agritech startup Farmkart in Barwani, Madhya Pradesh, has been invited as an esteemed guest in a special programme organised to celebrate the 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’. The week-long programme will be organised in New Delhi. Many achievers, who were mentioned in different episodes of…
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Big Brain & DiAS felicitated farmers (sons of the earth) on Lal Bahadur Shastri’s birthday
The First of its kind in Indian History and a creation of World Record happened on 2nd October 2022. Lal Bahadur Shastri Krushi Ratna Puraskar 2022 has been organised by Big Brain Brilliance Knowledge Hub and DiAS Driving Aspiration in association with Viasha International as associate Marketing Partner on 2nd October on the evening of his 118th birthday. This is…
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BALCO transforming the lives of farmers in the vicinity
The project ‘Mor Jal Mor Maati’ touches the lives of more than 2000 farmers in the vicinity. BALCO is empowering and supporting neighbourhood communities in achieving greater economic and social well-being as the organization firmly believes that the socio-economic development of communities is paramount and an integral part of its business operations. BALCO has a well-established history and commitment to…
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MS Subrahmanyam Raju, a farmer achieves a success in converting Chowdu Bhoomi (Alkaline Soil) into cultivable lands with good yields
April 22 is Earth Day : The Hyderabad based farmer experimented in a 250 acre land at Raichur in Karnataka, and different acreages in Nellore and Vikarabad Districts Hyderabad, Telangana : Good crops are being yielded by converting Chowdu Bhoomi(Alkaline Soil) into fertile lands growing crops with good yields. MS Subrahmanyam Raju, a Hyderabad based farmer has conducted many experiments successfully…
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DGPS based technology to Improve fertilizer application
New Delhi: Geospatial mapping is a buzzword today with the Govt. of India liberalizing the sector. There is another side of mapping that could transform the food security program of India; soil maps, which could be accessed using differential GPS (DGPS), developed by researchers at (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur) IIT, Kharagpur for a variable rate of fertilization application in…
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Union Textiles Minister Inaugurates Certified Jute Seeds Distribution Program And Awareness Workshop For Jute Farmers
Calls Upon Farmers To Use Certified Seeds To Increase Production And Their Income Program To Benefit Over 5 Lakh Farmers New Delhi : Union Minister for Textiles and Women & Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani has called upon the farmers to use certified seeds to increase their income and productivity and contribute to the country in Jute diversified and…
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Researchers identify phenotype to boost ‘nitrogen use efficiency’ in rice
New Delhi : Crops take only about 30% of the nitrogen fertilizer added and the rest gets washed away to cause pollution, ill-health and climate change. Improving this poor ‘nitrogen use efficiency’ (NUE) was a major global challenge for decades, as there were no simple visual cues or genetic means to differentiate between high and low NUE cultivars in any…
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Virtual Agri-hackathon Atmanirbhar Krishi inaugurated
• To make Agriculture profitable and attract youth towards agriculture are challenges of the Agri-hackathon: Shri Narendra Singh Tomar • Agri-Startups can help improve the lot of farmers Agri India Hackathon: Building Smart India with Self-Reliant Agriculture Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the Virtual Agri-hackathon 2020 organised by the Department of Agriculture and…
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PM flags off 100th Kisan Rail
Processing Industry related to value addition to agri products is our priority: PM Private Investment in Agriculture will help farmers: PM The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi flagged off the 100th Kisan Rail from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal today via video conferencing. Union Ministers, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and Shri Piyush Goyal were also present on…
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Parliament has passed the 3 farm bills for improving overall economic condition of farmers,
Parliament has passed the 3 farm bills for improving overall economic condition of farmers, which is congruent to Government’s goal of doubling farmer’s income: Shri Rattan Lal Kataria “Govt to disburse Rs 18,000 Crores directly into the bank accounts of 9 Crore farmers on the occasion of Birth Anniversary of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee” “Government open to discussion on farm…
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