Agriculture
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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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PM to release next instalment under PM-KISAN on 25 December
New Delhi : Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will release the next instalment of financial benefit under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) on 25th December 2020 at 12 noon via video conferencing. With the push of a button, the Prime Minister will enable the transfer of more than Rs. 18,000 crores to more than 9 crores beneficiary farmer families.…
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Vice President interacts with farmers on the occasion of ‘Kisan Diwas’
Dialogue is the way forward to resolve farmers’ issues: VP Food security and progress of nation linked to agriculture: VPNeed to make agriculture sustainable and profitable Farmers share their experiences with the Vice President saying they are getting better and higher yields with organic and natural farming New Delhi : The Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu today…
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Prime Minister Modi appreciates Barwani startup Farmkart
PM appreciates the agritech startup for its innovative solutions and efforts during lockdown Barwani (Madhya Pradesh) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the innovative technology solutions and lockdown initiatives of agritech innovation startup Farmkart in the 70th edition of Mann ki Baat. In his address PM Narendra Modi said, “With the advent of new possibilities in the agriculture sector our…
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