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October 11, 2026 12:51 PM
The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has disbursed ₹2.02 crore in Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) funds to 27 states and three Union Territories to support biodiversity conservation, sustainable resource use and local community livelihoods. The funds represent the beneficiaries’ shares of...
October 11, 2026 12:48 PM
The second meeting of the UN Global Initiative on AI for Agri-Food Systems (GI-AI4FS) was held alongside India Mobile Congress 2026 in New Delhi, bringing together international organisations, researchers, government representatives and industry to discuss the responsible use of artificial intellige...
October 8, 2026 12:02 AM
India and Ghana on Wednesday strengthened their agricultural partnership with the signing of a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, and the Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI), Accra, to advance agricultural research, educ...
October 1, 2026 10:57 PM
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Thursday said countries of the Global South are among those most adversely affected by the food, fuel and fertiliser crises triggered by global conflicts, warning that today’s fertiliser shortage could become tomorrow’s food crisis. Partic...
October 1, 2026 7:13 PM
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the Food Corporation of India (FCI) have signed an MoU to develop safer and sustainable alternatives to conventional chemical fumigation for managing storage pests in wheat and rice. The two-year Phase-I project, supported by the Department of ...
September 30, 2026 4:10 PM
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved an increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all mandated Rabi crops for the 2027-28 Marketing Season, with the government saying the move will ensure remunerative prices for farm...
September 30, 2026 4:02 PM
Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has approved procurement worth ₹5,547.99 crore at Minimum Support Price (MSP) under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for the Kharif Marketing Season 2026-27 in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana. T...
September 29, 2026 4:05 PM
The Centre has sanctioned more than ₹1,200 crore to 10 states under the Prime Minister Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (PM-RKVY), Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday, calling for stronger Centre-State coordination and a "Team Agriculture" approach to improve farmers' liv...
September 28, 2026 5:27 PM
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday called on states to adopt a scientific and region-specific approach for the upcoming rabi season, saying changing weather patterns and uneven rainfall during the kharif crop cycle have highlighted the need for better planning of water resour...
September 24, 2026 12:55 PM
A 35-year-old teacher-turned-farmer from a remote village in Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district will receive a United Nations award in Rome for her contribution to agriculture and rural development, after turning strawberry cultivation into a profitable livelihood. Z T Lalrithangi, popularly known as P...
