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BioVoice eMag November 2017 Issue-6 Volume-2
BioVoice eMag November 2017 Issue-6 Volume-2: In this issue of the BioVoice magazine, the ‘Cover Story’ focuses on the serious issue of anti-microbial resistance that is reaching dangerous proportions...
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Govt keen on popularizing the tissue culture raised plants
New Delhi: Recently the tissue culture industries, farmers and mission directors of state horticulture mission, senior officials of horticulture department in the various states dealing with tissue...
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Centre promulgates ordinance to encourage bamboo cultivation in non-forest areas
New Delhi: The Union Government, in a landmark initiative, has promulgated the Indian Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 to exempt bamboo grown in non-forest areas from definition of tree, thereby...
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Govt sends a proposal to UN for declaring 2018 as International Year of Millets
New Delhi: Radha Mohan Singh, the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has sent a proposal to United Nations for declaring the year 2018 as ‘International Year of Millets’. The proposal,...
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India’s dairy sector offers numerous possibilities for entrepreneurs
New Delhi: Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Mr Radha Mohan Singh on the occasion of National Milk Day said that India is the ‘Oyster’ of the global dairy industry with opportunities...
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Peri-urban agriculture can contribute in price stabilization: R M Singh
New Delhi: The Indian agriculture has made rapid growth in food, fruits, vegetables, dairy and fishery production, remarked the Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Mr Radha Mohan Singh...
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Govt increases agricultural education budget to attract youth
New Delhi: The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare, Mr Radha Mohan Singh has said that his ministry intends to attract youth including school children towards agricultural education. He...
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BIRAC invites applications from startups for its AcE Fund
New Delhi: The Accelerating Entrepreneurs (AcE) Fund launched by the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) will operate as “Fund of Funds” to foster R&D and innovation in...
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100 million ‘Soil Health Cards’ distributed to farmers in the first phase...
New Delhi: Recently on the occasion of World Soil Day, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Mr Radha Mohan Singh while addressing farmers in Jhajjar, Haryana spoke about the objectives of...
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EIMA AGRIMACH INDIA 2017: Need to build a future ready agriculture by...
New Delhi: The Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Mr Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated three-days event, ‘EIMA AGRIMACH INDIA 2017’ on 7th December at New Delhi. Speaking...
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Vice President confers ‘Yeraringan’ Award to Prof M S Swaminathan
Chennai: While addressing the gathering after conferring ‘Yeraringan’ Award to Prof M.S. Swaminathan in Chennai, the Vice President of India, Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu called him a transformative leader...
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India to contribute to Nigerian govt’s priorities in the field of agriculture
New Delhi: Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Mr Radha Mohan Singh said that India has noted with great interest the new initiatives of the Federal Government of Nigeria, particularly the...
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India & Colombia to partner on agriculture & fisheries
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Colombia in the field of agriculture and...
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India 2nd largest producer of horticultural crops & fruits in the world
New Delhi: Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Mr Radha Mohan Singh said research and development projects in horticulture crops have yielded encouraging results, as a result, the...
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ICRISAT celebrates decade of genomic advances in agriculture
Hyderabad: The time taken to develop improved crop varieties has almost halved with the rapid strides made in genomics research and the last decade has seen the genomes of eight crops sequenced. This...
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Working on the agriculture reforms suggested by Niti Aayog, says govt
New Delhi: The Government is aware of the roadmap outlined by NITI Aayog for reforms in the agriculture sector and doubling farmers income by 2022, stated the Minister of State for Agriculture and...
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India to utilize advances in space technology for agriculture & allied sectors
New Delhi: The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare is proposing a new integrated programme, called National Programme on use of Space Technology for Agriculture (NPSTA),...
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FSII terms Maharashtra govt’s raids on its members over cotton seed issue as...
Mumbai: Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII), a seed industry body representing research-based seed companies in India has appealed to authorities in the state of Maharashtra to resolve the...
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World Bank sanctions $318 million loan for climate resilient agriculture in...
New Delhi: The Government of India, the Government of Tamil Nadu and the World Bank on 26th December signed a $318 million loan agreement for the Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project...
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Pink Bollworm threat looms large over Bt cotton industry
New Delhi: Despite the arrival of season’s festivities, the Bt cotton farmers of India’s western and central agriculture belt have too little to smile about. Having witnessed happier times in the past,...
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