India Post Payments Bank is all set to take banking to Bharat’s doorstep
By Anil Padmanabhan The ecosystem for Bharat is poised for a fundamental makeover—at least, once the objective of universal financial inclusion is achieved Little over a […]
Agriculture
Transforming agriculture
By Jirlyne Katharpi & Konda Reddy The Green Agriculture project synergises biodiversity conservation, agriculture production, and development India is signatory to the Convention on Biological Diversity. As […]
Saving the seed: A bank that secures the future of agriculture
The ICRISAT Genebank in Telangana serves as a global repository for the collection of germplasm of six mandate crops (crops assigned to ICRISAT for research): […]
Five digital maps – to transform Indian agriculture
By Hemendra Mathur The number of variables impacting the viability of Indian agriculture, as well as the volatility in the magnitude of these variables is increasing. […]
Himachal Pradesh To Be First In India To Get Climate-Smart Agriculture
Himachal Pradesh is going to be the first state in India to get its climate-smart agriculture (CSA) profile done. Regional program leader of the Climate […]
Andhra Pradesh Govt Launches ‘e-Rythu’ App To Create Cashless Agricultural Ecosystem
By Kashika Bajaj e-Rythu app connects small-scale farmers looking to sell their produce with the right buyers It aims to digitise marketplaces, payments, and workflows in […]
India, Russia hold discussions on saving the tiger, water cooperation
Suresh Prabhu is in Vladivostok, Russia, to attend the Far Eastern Economic Forum being held from September 11-13, 2018. India’s Union Minister of Commerce and […]
At 176.35 mn tonnes, milk production up 6.6% in 2017-18: MoS Agriculture
India is the largest milk producer in the world India’s milk production is estimated to have increased by 6.6 per cent to 176.35 million tonnes during the […]
Rice farming up to twice as bad for climate change as previously thought, study reveals
By Josh Gabbatiss Levels of overlooked greenhouse gas are up to 45 times higher in fields that are only flooded intermittently Rice farming is known to […]
‘Nutrition Farming’ Gaining Attention In India
By Abha Toppo An Australian agronomist, Steve Capeness along with his Queensland-based firm Nutri-Tech Solutions has introduced a method of ‘nutrition farming’ for agriculture sector in India. It […]