Hundreds of women farmers adopted climate-resilient farming Uma Karad, a marginal farmer in Maharashtra’s drought-prone Osmanabad area, has only one acre of land. However, with a one-acre climate-resilient agricultural plan, she not only earns ₹50,000 per month but also provides...
Govt allows the sale of agro-chemicals through online platforms With the Centre approving sales of pesticides through an e-commerce business, the country’s online trade in agro-chemicals is set to take off. The latest action by the Centre is expected to assist agrochemical...
Farmer leaders seek PM’s intervention to withdraw Govt approval of GM-Mustard Even as the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case concerning the ‘environmental release’ of the country’s first genetically modified (GM) food crop, several farmer leaders have asked the...
Creating customized agronomic packages for groundnut farmers-ICRISAT One size does not fit all, and a single seed may not meet the needs of all farmers. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU)...
NDDB promotes its executive director Meenesh C Shah to managing director The current acting chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Meenesh C Shah, whose term ends on November 30, has been appointed from executive director to managing director by the Board of Directors...
