2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (602+ words) The proposed cooperation plan spans low-emission rice, soil health, bio-inputs, artificial intelligence, post-harvest systems and agricultural trade. Senior officials have been asked to convert it into a work programme with lead agencies, timelines, expected outputs and possible funding sources SDG…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (671+ words) Policy support is increasingly combining assured demand and farmer protection with product diversification, digital monitoring, and new industrial uses to make jute more commercially competitive SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth | SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production Ministry of Textiles MoT…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (476+ words) Rakesh Arrawatia is a Professor at the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), “Tribhuvan” Sahkari University. Lakshmi Padmakumari is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), “Tribhuvan” Sahkari University. Soham Bhatt is a Cement Decarbonization Intern…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1050+ words) The report recommends dedicated ramping and stabilisation blocks, revised ramp-rate targets and greater use of storage, hydro and gas for fine grid balancing to prevent renewable integration from imposing excessive stress on coal-fired units SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | SDG…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (461+ words) The new complex at the National Agri-Food and Biomanufacturing Institute in Mohali can vary light, humidity and temperature to study how genetically modified crops respond to different environments before researchers move to location-specific testing SDG 2: Zero Hunger | SDG 9: Industry, Innovation…...

2+ week, 5+ min ago   (281+ words) India has strengthened fertilizer supply, but its growing vulnerability lies in unmanaged global commodity and currency price risks Praveen KV is a Senior Scientist at the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR). Grishma Singh is a Postgraduate Researcher in Agricultural…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1090+ words) By linking MGNREGS labour with common land and community maintenance, Tamil Nadu’s Block Nurseries turn plantation work into a longer-term rural asset SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth | SDG 13: Climate Action | SDG 15: Life on Land Ministry of Rural Development MoRD…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (696+ words) SDG 2: Zero Hunger | SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth | SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production Department of Commerce DoC | Food Safety and Standards Authority of India FSSAI Premium demand is widening: Rising incomes and exposure to international brands are expanding the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (508+ words) The greatest economic cost of climate change lies in eroding the productivity on which India's future growth depends Naveen Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the Delhi School of Economics. Dibyendu Maiti is a Senior…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (638+ words) An OECD study finds that integrating trees into farms can improve soil, water management, biodiversity and resilience, but poorly designed incentives can encourage unsuitable planting or fail to protect trees over the long term. The lessons are relevant to India’s…...