PAU to promote indigenous varieties to revive cotton crop in Malwa belt
PAU vice-chancellor Satbir Singh Gosal said that the desi cotton is commercially viable in the medical sector, resistant to ...
Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds?
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
Farmers in Telangana face rising threat of counterfeit seeds
The State's gross cropped area expanded from 129.04 lakh acres in 2014-15 to 232.58 lakh acres last year. It resulted in a growing demand for high-quality seeds.
Haryana Assembly proposes up to 2 years in jail for fake seed producers
The Haryana Assembly on Thursday proposed stricter penalties for the production and sale of fake and substandard agricultural ...
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Women entrepreneurs plant the seeds of health
The children are getting fidgety. The suspenseful music blaring from the speakers near a small makeshift stage on the playground of their primary school in Samsa Tarahar village, Bahraich district, ...
No pink bollworm-resistant seeds may derail Punjab’s big cotton push plans
Agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian has asked the department to make efforts for increasing area under the crop and has asked farmers to purchase PAU-certified seeds.
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Neil Sperry column: Give your aloe vera plants room to breathe and grow
My aloe vera plant is looking reddish-brown. When I use my plant app, Picture This, it says the plant looks healthy. What do ...