Agriculture

Ambrosia Organic Farm Announces Significant Partnership With TATA Organic

Ambrosia Organic Farm Announces Significant Partnership With TATA Organic

Panaji, (Goa) [India]: Ambrosia Organic Farm (AOF), a leading organic company of India, has announced a prestigious collaboration with TATA Organic, a reputed leader in the Indian organic food industry. Both the companies have joined hands in this significant partnership so that they can bring the best premium organic products to the Indian consumers. This collaboration marks TATA Organic’s entry into the premium organic food market in India, allowing the two brands to join hands to revolutionize the way Indian consumers look at this sector. TATA Organic brings its organisational heft to the partnership while Ambrosia, India’s first organic company,…
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UNDP India partners with Absolute to further sustainable agriculture practices under the government’s (PMYBY) scheme

UNDP India partners with Absolute to further sustainable agriculture practices under the government’s (PMYBY) scheme

The partnership will promote innovation and digitalization of PMFBY and strengthen risk financing for a resilient farm sector in India. New Delhi: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Absolute®, a leading bioscience company, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the government of India’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and enhance the resilience of the farmers. India faces challenges such as weather fluctuations, pest attacks, erratic rainfall, and humidity affecting agricultural produce. These factors lead to lower yields and income for farmers each year. From 2015 to 2021, India lost 33.9 million hectares of cropped area…
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Farmkart CEO Atul Patidar invited to special programme on 100th episode of PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’

Farmkart CEO Atul Patidar invited to special programme on 100th episode of PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’

Barwani (Madhya Pradesh) [India]: Atul Patidar, founder of agritech startup Farmkart in Barwani, Madhya Pradesh, has been invited as an esteemed guest in a special programme organised to celebrate the 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat'. The week-long programme will be organised in New Delhi. Many achievers, who were mentioned in different episodes of Mann Ki Baat, have received an invitation for this special programme.  Atul Patidar and Farmkart team were praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 70th edition of Mann ki Baat for its agritech solutions and exemplary contribution during the…
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BALCO transforming the lives of farmers in the vicinity

BALCO transforming the lives of farmers in the vicinity

The project ‘Mor Jal Mor Maati’ touches the lives of more than 2000 farmers in the vicinity. BALCO is empowering and supporting neighbourhood communities in achieving greater economic and social well-being as the organization firmly believes that the socio-economic development of communities is paramount and an integral part of its business operations. BALCO has a well-established history and commitment to reinvest in the social good of its neighbourhood and nation at large. The organization is positively impacting and contributing to the realization of integrated and inclusive development of the region through focused interventions in different domains of growth. One such…
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Scientists identify genes to improve fertilizer nitrogen use efficiency in rice

Scientists identify genes to improve fertilizer nitrogen use efficiency in rice

New Delhi: In a major boost to the scientific efforts for crop improvement to save nitrogenous pollution and fertilizers worth billions, Indian biotechnologists identified candidate genes for nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in rice. This was accomplished by Prof. Nandula Raghuram, Dr. Supriya Kumari and Dr. Narendra Sharma from the School of Biotechnology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi. Their findings have just been published in the premier international journal, Frontiers in Plant Science. The article is titled “Meta-Analysis of Yield-Related and N-Responsive Genes Reveals Chromosomal Hotspots, Key Processes, and Candidate Genes for Nitrogen-Use Efficiency in Rice “.  Analysing over…
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Prime Minister Modi appreciates Barwani startup Farmkart

Farmkart Team PM appreciates the agritech startup for its innovative solutions and efforts during lockdown   Barwani (Madhya Pradesh) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the innovative technology solutions and lockdown initiatives of agritech innovation startup Farmkart in the 70th edition of Mann ki Baat. In his address PM Narendra Modi said, “With the advent of new possibilities in the agriculture sector our youth is also associating with it in large numbers. In Barwani Madhya Pradesh, Atul Patidar has digitally connected 4,000 farmers of his area. Through e-platform Farmkart of Atul Patidar, these farmers are getting home delivery of many…
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