Agriculture
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IGNOU introduces diploma in agricultural cost management
Hyderabad: With a view to increase farmers’ income and reduce input costs, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has come up with a diploma in agricultural cost management program, for which…
- News
Syngenta sets up seed testing lab in Hyderabad with Rs 20 cr investment
Hyderabad: Global agriculture firm Syngenta has started a new seed testing lab here with an investment of around Rs 20 crore. This will further strengthen the company’s continued investment in quality control…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Chilkur Balaji temple gifts bull to Muslim farmer
Hyderabad: The Chilkur Balaji temple authorities on Tuesday, March 19, gifted a bull to Mohammad Ghouse, a farmer of Chilkuru village who lost his farm bull due to electric shock recently. After…
- Featured News
Does a legally binding MSP benefit farmers, agriculture, and the economy?
The ‘Delhi Chalo’ protests by farmers revolve around the primary demand for a legally binding Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all 23 major agriculture crops, with the added condition that the MSP…
- Middle East
First Iran-India joint working group meeting on agriculture held in Delhi
New Delhi: The first joint working group meeting on agriculture took place between Iran and India on Tuesday. During the meeting, the officials of the ministries of agriculture of both countries emphasised…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Venkaiah Naidu calls for agricultural innovation
Hyderabad: Former Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu has called for agricultural innovation for global leadership. He commended the Union Government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for its commitment to the agricultural sector…
- India
Karnataka: Arecanut cultivation surges transforming agricultural landscape
Bengaluru: In a significant shift in traditional horticultural practices, arecanut cultivation is witnessing a remarkable surge in Karnataka, filling the pockets of farmers and reshaping the state’s agricultural landscape. The state’s Horticulture Department…
- India
Karnataka: VSD seedless grapes find market in US, gulf countries
Belagavi: Sachin Shivappa Doddamala, a progressive farmer from Basaragi village in Jatta taluk, Belagavi district, has emerged as an agricultural innovator, independently cultivating a unique grape variety known as VSD grapes. Breaking…
- Telangana
ACB arrests agriculture officer in Kamareddy for bribery
Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials caught a mandal agriculture officer working at Bichukunda mandal in Kamareddy while accepting a bribe of Rs. 10,000. The officer, Pochaiah, had demanded the amount from…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia enters Guinness World Records for world’s largest sustainable farm
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has set a new milestone in the field of agriculture by achieving Guinness World Records for the largest sustainable farm in the world, the Saudi Press…
- Telangana
Telangana saw 81.6% increase in cultivation area in 10 yrs: Agri min
Hyderabad: Telangana agriculture minister S Niranjan Reddy on Friday said that the area under cultivation has increased from 1.31 crore acres in 2014 to 2.38 crore acres by 2022-23, which means an…
- Featured News
Swaminathan, the genius who sowed it right
Chennai: “As I was working on agriculture, my family wanted me to take over the management of our plantations. But my aim was to master the art of developing new varieties, that…
- Middle East
UAE to create 20,000 jobs in agriculture in the next 5 years
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) aims to increase food and agriculture’s economic contribution by 10 billion dollars (Rs 8,31,05,00,00,000) and create 20,000 jobs within the next five years, its Minister of Economy…
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Jewels of Wular lake: See how water chestnuts are extracted
Bandipora: A farmer harvests water chestnuts from Wular Lake, in Bandipora district, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. More than ten thousand families from Bandipora district of North Kashmir depend on Wular Lake for…
- India
Gujarat govt alters agri power plan, expands 10-hour supply to all districts
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has undergone a change in strategy concerning power supply to the agricultural sector by opting to provide 10 hours of electricity across all districts in the state, which…
