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- 5,500 litre of Deltamethrin for locust control in Rajasthan and Punjab

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Our Bureau, Mumbai

India is facing its worst-ever invasion of desert locusts in three decades. States across Northern and Western India are at a high risk. If locust swarms are not contained on time, they can move rapidly into farm lands and devour standing food crops.

- ICAR-CPCRI for value-added processing for coconut; looks for tech-transfer

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Nandita Vijay, Bengaluru

ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute is now working to attract entrepreneurs to develop value-added products using coconut. The institute, ready for technology transfer, is scouting for promising entrepreneurs.

- Demand for performance-boosting components & impact on specialty chemicals

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Our Bureau, Mumbai

Amid the rising prevalence of industrialisation on a global scale, numerous industrial sectors are on the lookout for efficient components to help boost not only their production processes

- Agri dept taking measures to facilitate farming activities during pandemic

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Our Bureau, New Delhi

The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, is taking several measures to facilitate the farmers and farming activities at field level during Covid-19 pandemic.

- Researchers identify 4,200 years cooling event as key in rice evolution

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Abu Dhabi, UAE

An international team of researchers, including some from NYU Abu Dhabi, have identified a global cooling event 4,200 years ago, as a key factor in the evolution of rice.

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