In India Kisan Rail benefits Maharashtra the most
Kisan Rail transported 5,98,033 tonnes of agricultural produce last year, according to data from the Ministry of Railways. Maharashtra transported 76%…
A beacon of hope for farmers suffering from post harvest losses: Project Zaraat by Enactus DCAC
A community suffers in silence beneath the apparent tranquillity in parts of rural India. The agricultural sector is the backbone…
ICAR-NRC for Banana licenses and transfers Farmers’-friendly Macro propagation Technology to Gujarat-based Jarvi Nursery
The ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu together with its associate partner – Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat has…
Farmers to benefit from drones equipped with GPS
Farmers no longer need to transport large tanks or risk their health by spraying dangerous chemicals on crops since GPS-equipped…
National Organic Standards Board appoints Dr. Dilip Nandwani as its member
Dr. Dilip Nandwani, an Indian American professor at Tennessee State University in Nashville, has been appointed to the National Organic…
NABARD introduces ‘JIVA’ programme to promote Natural Farming
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) launched the JIVA agroecology-based program on Wednesday, which will promote natural farming through its existing watershed…
Plantation sector demands creation of voluntary carbon trading market
The plantation sector, reeling from the effects of changing climatic patterns and volatile price trends, made a pitch to the…
Urea import dependency expected to increase while P&K fertilizer to decrease
The fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) budget document shows that urea import dependency is expected to increase, while P&K fertilizer import…
ICAR proposes creation of separate Agri-Engineering Unit to boost mechanization
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has proposed the creation of a separate directorate of agriculture engineering at least…
Potassium deficiency may lead to the dullness of lustre of Fruits & Vegetables
Lower imports of critical fertilizers as a result of worldwide price increases for crop nutrients are unlikely to harm crop…