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09 Nov 2018 Agricultural Resources
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Last Updated: September 2022 For Prelims: Soil Health Card, Soil Testing Norms. For Mains: Government Policies & Interventions Related to...
09 Nov 2018 Agricultural Resources
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Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has approved the strategy for operationalization of OPERATION GREENS. Operation Greens was...
06 Nov 2018 Agricultural Resources
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India’s Neglected Groundwater Crisis
(The editorial is based on the article “India’s neglected groundwater crisis” which appeared in Livemint on 31st October 2018. It...
01 Nov 2018 Agricultural Resources
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IARI Breeds Nutrient-Rich Hybrid Maize
Recently Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) scientists have bred world’s first quality protein and pro-vitamin A-rich bio-fortified...
18 Oct 2018 Agricultural Resources
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First Soil Moisture Forecast in India
For the first time, IIT Gandhinagar and the India Meteorological Department (IMD), have come out with a country-wide soil moisture forecast at seven...
05 Oct 2018 Agricultural Resources
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Fall Armyworm: Fighting the Pest in India
Fall Armyworm (FAW), or Spodoptera frugiperda, is an insect that is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. In its larva stage,...
22 Sep 2018 Agricultural Resources
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Greening India by Planting Bamboo
Recently World Bamboo Day (September 18) was celebrated to create awareness about the importance of bamboo as a versatile material for sustainable...
22 Sep 2018 Agricultural Resources
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In a major scientific breakthrough, a team of international researchers, including 18 from India decoded the wheat genome. The DNA sequence has...
20 Aug 2018 Agricultural Resources
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Emergency Measures to Tackle Pink Bollworm
The state Government of Maharashtra has announced emergency measures to check the menace of pink bollworm (PBW) infestation in parts of the...
16 Aug 2018 Agricultural Resources
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Invasive Agricultural Pest: Fall Armyworm
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has raised an alarm after the invasive agricultural pest Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) was...
09 Aug 2018 Agricultural Resources
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Women Rice Farmers to be Trained in the Philippines
Eight women farmers have been selected to visit the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines to learn about new rice farming...
31 Jul 2018 Agricultural Resources
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Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
The centre has agreed to fund 25% of the Rs. 15,325 crore irrigation projects planned for Maharashtra under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee...
19 Jul 2018 Agricultural Resources
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Rural Growth & Farm Loan Waivers
According to a recent report by Nielsen, demand growth visible in some rural pockets of India is driven by farm loan waivers and not likely due to...
16 Jul 2018 Agricultural Resources
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Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Coordination Between MGNREGA and Agriculture
The First Meeting of Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on coordination between MGNREGA and Agriculture was recently held at NITI Aayog. The regional...
13 Jul 2018 Agricultural Resources
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India’s Genetically Modified Crop Area Fifth largest in the World
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications’(ISAAA) latest ‘Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM...
12 Jul 2018 Agricultural Resources
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Action Plan for Biomass Management
Introduction The farm burning, specific to the paddy-wheat cultivation cycle in the rural regions of Northern and North-Westerns states of India,...
09 Jul 2018 Agricultural Resources
