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Climate Smart Wheat Variety of ICAR

In recent times, India has been facing several issues with the wheat crop. Production of wheat was affected...

📅 February 23, 2023

Icaria: new catfish species

A new catfish species has been discovered by ICAR-NBFGR. Key facts The new species of catfish belongs to...

📅 September 30, 2022

KRITAGYA 3.0

KRITAGYA 3.0 was launched by ICAR to promote “speed breeding” for crop improvement. Key facts The Indian Council...

📅 September 17, 2022

Government launched Aqua Bazaar feature of Matsya Setu App

To protect the interests of fish farmers and to benefit them from new technologies Union Minister for Fisheries,...

📅 August 20, 2022

India: Promotion of Drone Use in Agriculture

The Government of India is to promote the use of drones in agriculture. For this, the Ministry of...

📅 January 25, 2022

IIT Kharagpur to Train Students from Other Institutes in Agri-Tech

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur has announced that it is going to launch a course in order...

📅 July 16, 2020

National Medicinal Plants Board and ICAR sign MoU

On July 6, 2020, the National Medicinal Plants Board operating under Ministry of AYUSH and ICAR (Indian Council...

📅 July 7, 2020

Central Panel recommends to ban use of TB drugs on crops

The Registration Committee that was set up under the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIBRC) has recommended...

📅 May 11, 2020

ICAR prepared fisheries guidelines become part of FAO

On May 7, 2020, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) released advisories to fisheries sector in 12...

📅 May 8, 2020

PUSA: Decontamination Tunnel developed by ICAR

The Indian Agricultural Research Institute has developed PUSA decontamination tunnel. It was inaugurated on April 16, 2020 by...

📅 April 17, 2020

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