Tag: Maharashtra
Swades Foundation & Maharashtra govt sign LoI towards 1000 dream villages
A ‘Swades Dream Village’ will be opened to the world using appropriate technologies and will be environmentally and socially conscious and driven towards equitable and sustainable growth......…….
Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis by 2020: Maharashtra govt steps up efforts
Government of Maharashtra’s Public Health department associates with Actor Swwapnil Joshi for elimination of 'Lymphatic Filariasis' in Maharashtra..............
9th international conference on micro-irrigation to be held at Aurangabad
The conference will provide a forum for discussions and deliberation through seminars, exhibitions and sessions and will serve to build awareness regarding large-scale use of micro-irrigation.................
Maharashtra to vaccinate 3.37 crore kids against measles, rubella
The state government's campaign that begins on 27th November, is part of a pledge by India and 10 other South East Asia region-member countries of the World Health Organization, to eliminate measles and control rubella/congenital rubella syndrome by 2020...……...
India gets its first-ever biofortified sorghum
This improved sorghum variety was developed by ICRISAT under HarvestPlus – sorghum biofortification project and was tested as PVK 1009 in Maharashtra state and in All India Co-ordinated Sorghum Improvement Project (AICSIP) trials...………..
Maharashtra govt to educate cotton farmers over bollworm attack, duplicate seeds
The state officials will meet farmers and ensure that the safety methods and right practices are explained through village committees during the kharif season..............
Maharashtra gets its first mega food park in Satara
The Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, Mrs Harsimrat Kaur Badal who cut the ribbon along with other prominent dignitaries said that her ministry is focusing on doubling farmer’s income...................
55k farmers expected to benefit from joint agri project by ICRISAT...
The project will target drought-prone farming communities of Vidarbha region through science-led, multi-stakeholder and market-oriented agriculture development..................
Pink Bollworm threat looms large over Bt cotton industry
While the section of seeds industry are declaring an all out war on pink bollworm to save Bt Cotton in the current season, both the farmers and companies fear huge losses. The BioVoice tries to analyze the current situation and possible way out..........
FSII terms Maharashtra govt’s raids on its members over cotton seed...
The Federation of seed Industry of India has called the raids on the premises of its members by authorities in Maharashtra as unilateral and unfair actions that will result in hurting the interests of the responsible industry.....