Modern irrigation infrastructure and digital technologies are important, but they must be accompanied by policies that actively promote women’s participation in water governance.
Annam.ai, the agricultural-focused AI Centre of Excellence at IIT Ropar, was established in January 2025 as one of the three main AI Centres of Excellence by the Ministry of Education.
When half of all consumers are trapped in a low-productivity agrarian economy, exposing them further to agricultural price volatility would be criminal.
Survey says India could reach $100 bn in combined exports of agriculture, marine products, food and beverages in 4 yrs, adding that 'export markets once lost are not easily recovered'.
When my now-wife and I were on our first date, she asked me what part of our everyday lives our grandkids would find morally shocking. We agreed, immediately, on what it was: exploiting animals.
In his book, ‘Joint Farming X-rayed’, Chaudhary Charan Singh marshalled facts from the FAO, USDA, and independent newspapers to show that collective farming had failed everywhere.
Agriculture ministry data shows area under rice cultivation in Punjab this season reached a record high of 32.46 lakh hectares. Yet, the produce is lowest ‘since 2016’.
After releasing two gene-edited rice varieties in May this year, scientists are now focusing on developing GE varieties of other crops with enhanced desirable characteristics.
Imagine someone came to pick you up at Bengaluru airport. Spend more than two hours in traffic to see you? And pay for a cab both ways? There’s no bigger confession of love.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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