Tag: Agriculture
India’s quest to become a global biotech hub by 2025!
The BioVoice News takes you through the opinions of top policymakers on the preparations to transform Indian biotech industry into a giant hub in next crucial eight years..........
PM releases Dr M S Swaminathan’s book series, ‘The Quest for...
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi recalled how the Soil Health Card initiative had been started in consultation with Prof Swaminathan, during his tenure as Gujarat Chief Minister.......
Govt to set up Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Assam
The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (lARI) would be a post-graduate institution of higher learning in agricultural education......
Indian scientists develop transgenic rice that can withstand drought
The transgenic rice maintained high chlorophyll content even under water-deficit and therefore performed better.........
Agriculture cooperatives can help women strengthen their economic status
As per the union agriculture minister, women can strengthen their economic status through cooperatives in the small industry sector such as forestry, vegetable and fruit farming and solar energy.......
Agriculture stakeholders can now directly approach ICAR via e-Krishi Samvad
Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry has launched e-Krishi Samvad, an online interface for farmers and stakeholders where they can directly approach the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) with their problems............
BioVoice eMag May 2017 Issue-12 Volume-1
BioVoice eMag May 2017 Issue-12 Volume-1:
The startup special ‘May 2017’ edition of BioVoice eMagazine includes the cover story, ‘THE STARTUP FACTOR’, that looks at...
Don’t blame N-fertilizer for global warming: Indian scientists
Contrary to the global view, the scientists from Indian Agricultural Research Institute have reported that net global temperature change potential (GTP) of nitrogen is substantially lower...........
Grey water irrigation more profitable
While the freshwater-irrigated plot is expected to give returns of Rs 54 lakh by the end of the experiment after five years, the greywater-irrigated plot is expected to fetch Rs 68 lakh after five years.......
Now states can spend 25% of central funds on farmers during...
Union agriculture minister, Mr Radha Mohan Singh has written letters to all the chief ministers of the states and union territories to review all the measures before time to handle the situation arising out of any monsoon failure......