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Decoding of the Pigeonpea (Arhar) Genome by Indian Scientists: Paving the Way for Green Re…
New Delhi 02 November, 2011 A group of thirty-one Indian scientists from ICAR Institutes, State Agricultural Universities and Banaras Hindu University, led by Prof. Nagendra Kumar Singh from ICAR’s National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology at New Delhi have decoded the genome of ‘Arhar’, the second most important pulse crop of India. This is the first plant genome sequenced entirely through a...
Read moreICAR-ICARDA Day for Enhancing Food and Nutritional Security
New Delhi, 31 October, 2011 Dr S Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE and Director General, ICAR, in his remarks as Chief Guest, highlighted the important role of ICAR-ICARDA (International Center for Agriculutural Research in the Dry Areas) partnership in addressing various issues related to dryland farming and farming system research. However, greater collaboration in research activities is desired in view of the impeding...
Read moreRoots To Second Green Revolution Put Up
Shailesh Kumar New Delhi, 05 October 2011 India today signed a memorandum of understanding with CIMMYT to set up three Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA). Three of these landmark institutions will come up at Ludhiana in Punjab, Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh and Pusa in Bihar. Today’s signing of agreement between ICAR DG S. Ayyappan and CIMMYT chairman Thomas A Lumpkin has...
Read moreRoots To Second Green Revolution Put Up
Shailesh Kumar New Delhi, 05 October 2011 India today signed a memorandum of understanding with CIMMYT to set up three Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA). Three of these landmark institutions will come up at Ludhiana in Punjab, Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh and Pusa in Bihar. Today’s signing of agreement between ICAR DG S. Ayyappan and CIMMYT chairman Thomas A Lumpkin has...
Read moreWorld's Biggest GM-free Baingan ka Bharta to Oppose BRAI Bill
Sambhrant Mishra/ Gaurav Aggarwal New Delhi, 06 September 2011 Taking cue from Anna Hazare’s successful corruption campaign, Greenpeace today launched a public campaign with a slogan “Don’t Corrupt Our Food”. Greenpeace activists opposing Government’s upcoming Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India [BRAI] Bill, 2011 today prepared world’s biggest baingan bharta here at Dilli Haat. Greenpeace claimed that this is a part of a...
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Gina Rau, Feed Our Families Blog: I love when I can serve up a colorful meal...
The 'Food, Medicine and Health' column in the March 2011 Food Technology magazine published by...
NEW DELHI: All strains of probiotics being used in India will now have to be...
BANGALORE: Around 5 million stems of roses (individual units) have left the country in...
In time to beat the upcoming summer heat, Mother Dairy has launched 'Tadka Chach'...
Research
Decoding of the Pigeonpea (Arhar) Genome…
New Delhi 02 November, 2011 A group of thirty-one Indian scientists from ICAR Institutes, State Agricultural Universities and Banaras Hindu University, led by Prof. Nagendra Kumar Singh from ICAR’s ...
Technology
World's First Clone And Indian Pride Gar…
Sambhrant Mishra, 21 August 2011In a setback to India's premier research institute, NDRI, world's first clone and India's pride creation, Garima-I aged 2 year and 3 months died of heart enlargement he...
Bio- Energy
Company plans P1.5-b Candaba biofuel pla…
by Othel V. Campos HYDERABAD, India—A Filipino consortium with Korean funding plans to put up a P1.5-billion bioethanol plant in Candaba, Pampanga province, using sweet sorghum from India as feedstoc...
Innovations
Apples from New Zealand now officially l…
New Zealand, a country already known for its pristine environment and fresh foods, has chosen India for the launch of its new apple brand '100% Pure Apples from New Zealand.' The launch, held in ...
Food Security
ICAR-ICARDA Day for Enhancing Food and N…
New Delhi, 31 October, 2011 Dr S Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE and Director General, ICAR, in his remarks as Chief Guest, highlighted the important role of ICAR-ICARDA (International Center for Agriculut...
Weather
National Agriculture Forecast for 17th t…
Dry weather conditions prevailed over most parts of the country and scattered rainfall occurred over Gangetic West Bengal and Kerala during last week. Temperature conditions were near normal. Due to ...
Seeds
Shortage of Bt seeds to affect cotton ou…
The cotton industry is likely to face an acute shortage of seeds this season. The availability of seeds is likely to remain between 34 and 35 million units, against an estimated demand of 45 million u...
Fertilizers
Govt talks of organic farming, but pande…
Gopikrishna S R Ask Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar about government support for organic manures in the context of soil health. You can expect a spontaneous answer, ''Yes, it is already there...
Pesticides
Greenpeace Study Reveals Glyphosate Base…
Sambhrant Mishra New Delhi, 04 August 2011 A new Greenpeace study reveals that use of glyphosate based herbicides can pose risk to human health as well as to environment. Introduction of herbicide t...
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