New Delhi, June 9 -- Every morning at 8:30am sharp, Geeta H steps out of her rented home in Kithaganur, a locality tucked away in East Bengaluru's KR Puram suburb. Her husband starts the bike, ready t... Read More
New Delhi, May 23 -- By 2050, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could threaten the food security of two billion people and inflict an economic loss of $100 trillion if urgent action was not taken, accord... Read More
New Delhi, May 15 -- Brazilian scientist Mariangela Hungria has won the 2025 World Food Prize for her pioneering work in reducing the use of chemical fertilisers and developing biological seed and soi... Read More
India, May 12 -- The Union government has approved an additional 2.8 million tonnes of Food Corporation of India (FCI) rice for ethanol production in 2024-25, raising the total allocation to 5.2 milli... Read More
New Delhi, May 7 -- On May 4, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare released two genome-edited rice varieties-DRR Rice 100 (Kamala) and Pusa DST Rice 1-with an aim to increase production,... Read More
New Delhi, April 29 -- The 5th Marine Fisheries Census (MFC), which will document every marine fisher family, fisher village, fishing craft and gear, as well as infrastructure facilities associated wi... Read More
New Delhi, April 28 -- The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare has come up with the guidelines for setting up of bio-input resource centres (BRC) under the National Mission on Natural F... Read More
New Delhi, April 24 -- As global delegates prepare to gather in Geneva, Switzerland for a major chemical safety summit, Indian experts have called for an immediate ban on chlorpyrifos, a toxic pestici... Read More
New Delhi, April 21 -- Genetically modified (GM) crops such as Bt cotton were introduced in India with the promise of reducing pesticide use. But over time, they became part of a farming model that ma... Read More
New Delhi, April 16 -- A new study found that the world's first market for trading in particulate matter emissions, launched in Gujarat's Surat, delivered both environmental and economic benefits. The... Read More