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Innovation ‘Imperative’ for Securing Rice Production
More climate-resilient, nutritious and productive rice varieties are needed considering that rice is a critical commodity in ensuring global food security. Alternatives to burning...
Agri-business
Innovation ‘Imperative’ for Securing Rice Production
Genetic innovations and AI-driven tech can help mitigate climate risks for rice, says the International Rice Research Institute’s incoming chief.
By Neena Bhandari
Innovations in rice...
Agri-technology
Breakthrough Makes Rice Guilt-free for Diabetics
Most white and sticky rice varieties have high GI which poses risks to people with diabetes, but now, researchers found genes in rice key...
Agri-technology
Bangladesh’s rice farmers tap underground ‘reservoirs’
Bangladesh farmers rely on drawing water from a natural underground water storage system that they call ‘Bangladesh water machine’. The pumped groundwater is replenished...
Agri-business
Nutrition Smart Agriculture: Decoding the Myth
Orphan crops – like sorghum, jowar, barley, ragi and sweet potato, cowpea, cassava and moong bean to name a few, are back with a...
Agriculture
Message From New Delhi: Sufficient Foodgrains Stocks Available
The ministry said that sufficient stocks of food grains are available to meet the requirement of National Food Security Act, besides other welfare schemes...
Bio-diversity
Tamil Nadu NGOs Work With University to Restore Heritage Rice Varieties
A majority of small and medium farmers of Tamil Nadu have lost their heritage seeds, once owned traditionally by their community due to the...
Agri-business
Rice Dwarfing Virus Threatens Indian Yields
Southern Rice Black-Streaked Dwarf Virus, which was first discovered in China, has been detected in North India’s main rice-producing states and officials fear that...
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Fine, Sanctions, or Waiver: Iranian Gas Will Come at a Price for Pakistan
The Iranian/Pakistani gas pipeline likely to top agenda for the visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Pakistan. The...
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A Global Village for a Global Plastics Instrument
The apparent convenience that this throw-away society brings has wrought environmental catastrophe on our ecosystems. It floods our drains....
Honeywell India Boosts Innovation by Funding Deep Science Startups Through Partnership with IISc
In last four years of its partnership, Honeywell has supported over 40 start-ups and the group plans to on-board...
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Fine, Sanctions, or Waiver: Iranian Gas Will Come at a Price for Pakistan
The Iranian/Pakistani gas pipeline likely to top agenda for...
A Global Village for a Global Plastics Instrument
The apparent convenience that this throw-away society brings has...
