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World’s First Genetically Modified Rubber: Assam
Why in News Recently, the world's first Genetically Modified (GM) rubber plant developed by Rubber Research Institute was planted in Assam. The...
24 Jun 2021 Agriculture
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Why in News The Ministry of Science and Technology has issued a Special Call for the NorthEast Region as a part of its Mission Programme...
21 Jun 2021 Agriculture
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Why in News Recently, researchers from various institutes under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Bidhan Chandra Krishi...
21 Jun 2021 Agriculture
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42nd Session of FAO Conference
Why in News Recently, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare addressed the 42nd session of Food and Agriculture...
16 Jun 2021 Agriculture
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Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization Scheme
Why in News Recently, the Government of India has released funds for various activities of Farm Mechanization under the Sub-Mission on Agricultural...
12 Jun 2021 Agriculture
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Why in News According to a recent report, as much as 40% of the world’s agricultural crops are lost to pests each year. The United Nations...
04 Jun 2021 Agriculture
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Horticulture Cluster Development Programme
Why in News The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has launched the Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP) in order to promote...
01 Jun 2021 Agriculture
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Whiteflies: Threat to Agriculture
Why in News According to a recent study, exotic invasive whiteflies in India are causing direct and indirect yield losses in agriculture,...
25 May 2021 Agriculture
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Why in News The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has formulated Kharif Strategy 2021 to achieve self-sufficiency in edible...
24 May 2021 Agriculture
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Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
Why in News The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has provided an enhanced allocation of Rs. 2250 Crore for the year 2021-22 for...
13 May 2021 Agriculture
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Why in News The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has designed an ‘oxygen park’ within its premises at Coimbatore with Beema...
12 May 2021 Agriculture
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Why in News Recently, a top agriculture economist has suggested that the best chance of Crop Diversification is through animal agriculture/animal...
27 Apr 2021 Agriculture
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Groundwater Depletion and Cropping Intensity
Why in News In a recent study, it has been found that groundwater depletion in India could reduce winter cropped acreage significantly in years...
26 Apr 2021 Agriculture
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Subsidy Policy for Urea Produced from Coal Gasification
Why in News The Cabinet has approved an exclusive subsidy policy for urea produced through coal gasification by Talcher Fertilizers Limited...
22 Apr 2021 Agriculture
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Direct Payment of Minimum Support Price
Why in News After the recent orders from the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the farm unions warned that the Centre’s insistence on direct...
07 Apr 2021 Agriculture
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Why in News Recently, the first farm-based solar power plant under the Prime Minister’s Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM)...
03 Apr 2021 Agriculture
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Why in News An International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) supported initiative to revive Kodo and Kutki Millets cultivation, started in...
31 Mar 2021 Agriculture
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Why in News Scientists from the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) have developed an on-farm green energy refrigeration system...
20 Mar 2021 Agriculture
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This article is based on “The push small farmers need” which was published in The Indian Express on 11/03/2021. It talks about the...
11 Mar 2021 Agriculture
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King Bhumibol World Soil Day - 2020 Award
Why in News The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) received the prestigious International “King Bhumibol World Soil Day - 2020...
11 Mar 2021 Agriculture
