Farmers

What is Hybrid Agricultural Intelligence?

December 5, 2024

Moravec’s paradox illustrates how AI excels at complex tasks but struggles with simple, interactive ones. This opens the door for combining human intelligence with AI, especially in agriculture. By Integrating traditional farming knowledge with AI, this Hybrid Agricultural Intelligence (HAI) ..

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Ashraya: New Farmer Service Centres Launched in Kerala

December 3, 2024

The Agriculture Department has introduced ‘Ashraya’ farmer service centres, which aim to provide digital services to farmers across the Kerala. They are an extension of the recently launched ‘Kathir’ app (short for ‘Kerala Agriculture Technology Hub and Information Repository’), which ..

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Mission Arun Himveer

December 2, 2024

The government of Arunachal Pradesh has launched ‘Mission Arun Himveer’, which aims to improve market access for agricultural and horticultural products. It was announced in Itanagar with the signing of an agreement between the Arunachal Pradesh Agriculture Marketing Board (APAMB) ..

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India’s Oilseed Production and GMO Adoption

November 23, 2024

The Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) advocates for genetically modified (GMO) crops to boost oilseed production. President Sanjeev Asthana brought into light the potential increase in production from 35 million tonnes to 45-50 million tonnes by 2029-30. This would ..

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9th Session of Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

September 19, 2022

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar recently inaugurated the 9th Session of Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which is being held in New Delhi from September 19 ..

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NABARD Farmer Distress Index

April 30, 2022

With the marginal and small farmers of the country getting a raw deal regarding the waivers of farm loans, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is planning to create a farmer distress index (FDI) with the aim ..

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Robo Plant: Technology to interact with plants

April 8, 2021

The scientists from Singapore have developed a technology to interact with plants. The technology has been named as “Robo Plant”. About the Robo Plant Technology The technology helps to control the plants using smart phone applications. In future, this technology ..

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Rs 90000 Cr Sanctioned under Kisan Credit Card Scheme to the Farmers

July 27, 2020

As per the information provided by the Finance Minister, banks have sanctioned total amount of Rs 89810 Cr to about 11 million Kisan Credit Cardholders to help the farmers meet finances for Kharif sowing and allied activities. This is part ..

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