agricultural research and technology

TNAU to conduct offline counselling to fill vacant seats in self-financed affiliated colleges on September 22

The spot admission will be confined to the vacant seats in 28 self-financed affiliated colleges and not for the 18 government constituent colleges where all the seats have been filled

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Geography graduate in Bihar uses innovate methods to successfully grow capsicums, coriander, mushrooms

A GM crop decision that cuts the mustard

Subhra Chakraborty,Ashwani Pareek ,K.C. Bansal

NITI Aayog Member calls for debate on agri market reforms at level of individual States

The Hindu Bureau

More research into dryland agriculture needed: Siddaramaiah

The Hindu Bureau

Seeds distributed to cotton farmers in Coimbatore

Morning Digest | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury declines to join ‘one nation, one election’ panel; No Question Hour, private members business during September 18-22 special session of Parliament, and more

Marigold farmers strike gold with natural additive made from petals

Bharatiya Kisan Sangh office-bearers at the ‘Akhil Bharatiya Prabandh Samiti Baithak’ in Hubbali recently

Scrap PPP model in ICAR, says Bharatiya Kisan Sangh

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M.S. Viraraghavan (left) and Girija Viraraghavan in Belgium, June 2023.

Roses for a warming world: this book by the Viraraghavans, eminent rosarians, is an encyclopaedia on rose breeding and growing

Joida women cooking with city chefs at The Courtyard, in Bengaluru

Karnataka’s Kunbi women farmers hope to bring climate-resilient tubers to urban dining tables

Shrimp farmers’ conclave held

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A participant of the Carbon Zero Challenge 3.0, organised by the IIT, Madras, receives the recognition certificate from Pawandeep Kaur, Direction of Communications, Thales at a function in Chennai on Friday. Others looking on are, from left, Parasuram Balasubramanian, Board Member, Aquamap, Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Institute Professor, Department of electrical Engineering, IIT, Madras and R.Velraj, Vice Chancellor, Anna University.

Academicians and innovators address concerns over sustainabaility at carbon zero challenge contest

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A project to promote alternatives to tobacco cultivation like sandalwood and horticulture crops has been launched by Antardhwani.

An experiment to switch from tobacco to sandalwood farming

A light and sound being organised at Qutub Minar during the launch of the Pan-India initiative ‘Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar’ as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, in New Delhi on Thursday.

Virtual platform of cultural asset mapping of villages launched

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Karnataka’s Minister for Agriculture N. Cheluvarayaswamy

Number of farmer suicides less compared to 2022, says Karnataka Agriculture Minister

The Hindu Bureau

‘Given the overwhelming political and technical consensus, the government needs to approach the issue of HT crops transparently and robustly with an emphasis on precaution’

A push for GM mustard disregarding science, the law

‘Agri Intex 2023’, an agricultural fair, organised by the Coimbatore District Small Industries Association at Codissia Trade Fair Complex in Coimbatore on Friday.

TNAU develops procedures for use of drones in agriculture

The Hindu Bureau

Experts say while drone applications occupy an important place in the Agriculture 4.0 vision, the innovations work best when allied with policy-level interventions to sustain the agricultural sector.

IoTechWorld bags order from IFFCO for supply of 500 agri-drones

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Sugar mills association signs agreement with research institute to develop new varieties, increase yield

M. Soundariya Preetha

Gurmukh Roopra, CEO, Namdhari’s Group, with his team.

‘Making tangible investments in farming is extremely critical for our country’

The Central government’s Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has approved to test a new kind of transgenic cotton seed. File

RSS’s farmer’s body asks Haryana government to immediately withdraw permission for testing of GM crops

Transgenic cotton is the only GM crop which has been approved and is currently being cultivated in farmer’s fields in India. File

Three States rebuff GM regulator’s directive to test transgenic cotton

A view of a cotton field.

Satellite images and AI to help detect organic-cotton fields

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