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Decoding of the Pigeonpea (Arhar) Genome by Indian Scientists: Paving the Way for Green Re…

Decoding of the Pigeonpea (Arhar) Genome by Indian Scientists: Paving the Way for Green Revolution in Pulses

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...

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ICAR-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...

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Roots 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...

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Roots 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...

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World's Biggest GM-free Baingan ka Bharta to Oppose BRAI Bill

World'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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When Food Dyes Color Our Child’s Behavior

Gina Rau, Feed Our Families Blog: I love when I can serve up a colorful meal...

Kids' Breakfasts Around The World Lack Adequate Nutrients

The 'Food, Medicine and Health' column in the March 2011 Food Technology magazine published by...

Probiotic strains to be tested for side-effects

NEW DELHI: All strains of probiotics being used in India will now have to be...

3 million Bangalore roses reach the world for Valentine's Day

BANGALORE: Around 5 million stems of roses (individual units) have left the country in...

Mother Dairy ready with 'Tadka' for the summer

In time to beat the upcoming summer heat, Mother Dairy has launched 'Tadka Chach'...

Research

Decoding of the Pigeonpea (Arhar) Genome…

Decoding of the Pigeonpea (Arhar) Genome by Indian Scientists: Paving the Way for Green Revolution in Pulses

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…

Company plans P1.5-b Candaba biofuel plant

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…

Apples from New Zealand now officially launched in India

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…

National Agriculture Forecast for 17th to 21st March, 2011

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…

Shortage of Bt seeds to affect cotton output

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…

Govt talks of organic farming, but panders to fertiliser lobby

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…

Greenpeace Study Reveals Glyphosate Based Herbicides Responsible For Birth Defects And Cancer

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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