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India-Taiwan Agreement Boosts Organic Product Trade

The India-Taiwan Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) for Organic Products will go into action on July 8, 2024. It is a plan to boost trade between India and Taiwan...

July 12, 2024

What is ‘Senna spectabilis’?

Environmental groups in Wayanad have asked the Forest Department to be more clear about their plan to get rid of Senna spectabilis from the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. It...

July 4, 2024

Denmark Imposes the World’s First Carbon Tax on Livestock Emissions

In a historic move, Denmark’s coalition government approved a plan to put in place the world’s first carbon emissions tax that targets farms. This is a big step...

June 29, 2024

Haryana Removes Age Cap on Farmer Aid Scheme

The government of Haryana recently made a major change to the “Mukhyamantri Kisan Evam Khetihar Mazdoor Jeevan Suraksha Yojana,” a program that helps farmers and farm workers get...

June 7, 2024

Caterpillars Sense Electric Fields to Detect Predators

British scientists have found something very interesting about caterpillars: they have a sixth sense that most land animals don’t have. Through special hairs on their bodies called setae,...

May 28, 2024

National Cooperative Database

Union Home Minister and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the National Cooperative Database and released the ‘National Cooperative Database 2023: A Report’ in New Delhi on March 8,...

March 11, 2024

Integrated Command and Control Center for Agriculture

Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Tribal Affairs, Arjun Munda, inaugurated the Agriculture Integrated Command and Control Center at Krishi Bhawan, Delhi, on March 8, 2024....

March 9, 2024

National Horticulture Fair 2024

The Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (IIHR) is hosting a three-day National Horticulture Fair at its Hessarghatta premises on the outskirts of Bengaluru from March 5 to 7,...

March 6, 2024

7th Session of Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) held in Kochi

The 7th Session of Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) was recently held in Kochi. During this session, the committee finalised and recommended quality standards for...

February 4, 2024

The Punganur Cow – India’s Shortest Humped Cattle Breed

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently fed Punganur cows from Andhra Pradesh at his Delhi residence on the Pongal/Makar Sankranti festival. These indigenous cattle have unique characteristics. Origins and...

January 18, 2024

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