Cotton Current Affairs, GK & News
Kharif Food Grain Production to touch 150.50 mn tonne in 2021
According to Agriculture Ministry, India’s food grain production is expected to touch a record of 150.50 million tonne in the Kharif season of 2021 with a better rice output. Highlights In the Kharif season of 2020-21 crop year, food grain output consisting of rice, pulses & coarse cereals were at 149.56 million tonnes. Record production ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture Ministry • Cotton • Indian monsoon • Kharif Crops • Kharif Food Grain Production • Maize
Study: Benefits in Punjab due to BT Cotton adoption
As per recent study in Punjab, adoption of BT cotton in Punjab has resulted in net economic and environmental benefits. About BT Cotton BT cotton is a genetically modified organism (GMO) or genetically modified pest resistant plant cotton variety. It produces an insecticide to combat bollworm. BT toxins are insecticidal to larvae of moths, butterflies, ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Bacillus thuringiensis cotton • Bt cotton • Cotton • Cotton bollworm • Success of BT in Punjab
AI-based Pest Management
Recently, professor Jayashankar from Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) inked a memorandum with Mumbai based Wadhwani Institute of Artificial Learning to provide an AI-Based Pest Management system to the farmers. Objective of the memorandum Memorandum was signed in a bid to provide information regarding any possible infestation of pink bollworm in cotton field which in ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: AI-based Pest Management • Cotton • Cotton bollworm • Cotton Farmers • Integrated pest management • Krishi Vigyan Kendras • Pink bollworm
Plant-Insect Gene Transfer reported for the first time
The Chinese scientists have recently identified the transfer of genes from plants to insects. Usually transfer of genes happen among the same family. For instance, the genes of a human parent get transferred to his or her child. However, this is not the case in the recent discovery. Here the insect called whiteflies has incorporated ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Agricultural pest insects • Cotton • DNA • Gene Technology • whiteflies
October 7: World Cotton Day
On October 7, 2020, the second World Cotton Day was celebrated. The initiative was first hosted by Cotton-4, World Trade Organization, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and International Trade Centre. The event is led by WTO on the request of C4 countries World Trade Organization Cotton is ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: C4 • cott-ally • Cotton • Cotton TAP programme • cotton-4 • world cotton day • World Trade Organization