Tag: Agriculture
Smart Farms to disrupt the farming sector with technology
The company has raised an undisclosed amount from a clutch of angel investors to reshape the agriculture products distribution network...................
Govt encourages farmers to adopt crop residue management technologies
Over 1000 farmers attended the National Conference on Crop Residue Management held in New Delhi on 9th September. A Multilingual Mobile App for the farmers to avail the custom hiring services was also launched at the event..................
Govt, experts brainstorm over technological innovations for farmers’ prosperity
A two day brainstorming Session on Technological Innovations and Strategies for Farmers’ Prosperity in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh was held on 26th and 27th August in New Delhi.................
Agri-experts deliberate on GM crisis, send recommendations to govt
Agriculture-experts deliberated on the genetically modified crop crisis and advancing the technology in India at an event held in Hyderabad which was followed by the penning down of recommendations to be sent to Government of India..............
NABARD calls for coordinated efforts to increase food export & farmers’...
Dr H K Bhanwala, Chairman, NABARD has emphasized on the linkage of exports and enhancement of income of farmers. He also stressed on the need to ensure ecosystem support for enhancing export of agricultural produce and processed food products.............
New mobile app ‘Meghdoot’ launched to assist farmers
The app to be updated twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays will provide forecast relating to temperature, rainfall, humidity, and wind speed and direction, which play critical roles in agricultural operations and advisories to the farmers.....................
An exclusive website on Fall Armyworm to help farmers fight the...
The website www.fallarmyworm.org.in has been developed by South Asia Biotechnology Centre (SABC), New Delhi and supported by the agricultural sciences company FMC Corporation.....................
Boosting Indian agri-tech startup ecosystem
A 2-day high level workshop was conducted in Gujarat with key agriculture sector stakeholders from across the country to dissect the ongoing challenges within the sector and its startup ecosystem, and address them through multi-partisan collaborative efforts....................
Indian agriculture sector needs a fresh outlook
The government needs to address the concerns related to agriculture on an urgent basis to enable the sector to flourish, writes Rajesh Aggarwal, Managing Director, Insecticides (India)........................
NABARD aims to fund 100 agri start-ups, mobilize INR 1,000 crore
While the NABARD has crossed Rs 50,000 crore lending in a year for infra boost, Rs 1,000 crore being mobilized by the top development financial institution for agriculture-based start-ups...............