Agriculture: Agri-technology

Yantradoot: A farm mechanisation initiative in Madhya Pradesh: The Yantradoot Village Scheme seeks to increase agricultural productivity in Madhya Pradesh through dissemination of information and know-how on improved agricultural technologies among farmers in the state.
Research on dryland cereals to boost food security: Strategic, high-quality international agriculture research partnerships on grain legumes and dryland cereals will help to reduce poverty and improve food and nutrition security in marginal environments.
Climate change challenge offers opportunities: Renu Swarup, Biotechnologist: Renu Swarup, Advisor, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India, talks to Ashok Kumar of OneWorld South Asia on the sidelines of a global conference held in New Delhi recently.
India set for public-private partnership in agri-research: Addressing the annual general meeting of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research today, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar unveiled a strategy to rope private players in the area of agricultural research.
Timely weather info to improve farm incomes: In India, where agriculture is still largely dependent on the vagaries of nature, agromet advisories can aid in raising a farmer’s income, say experts at a TERI-organised conference on agriculture and climate change.
For the first time, 90 chickpea genomes decoded: Decoding of chickpea genomes, a leading grain legume, will help in improving livelihoods of small farmers and provide nutritional security to the poor.
Scientists harness nature to fight hunger, poverty: Scientists at ICRISAT have developed resistant varieties of food crops by incorporating traits of traditional varieties.
Pakistan tops South Asia in protein intake: The Global Food Security Index points out that much more remains to be done to ensure food security and quality in India as also in the rest of South Asia.