GENETICALLY MODIFIED MUSTARD
Growing in more than 70 countries covering an estimated area of 190 million hectares around the globe, genetically modified crops have become an important component in the global food chain. Genetically modified crops are...
An Overview of India’s fisheries sector
With a coastline of 8,118 Km India is surrounded by three prominent water bodies around its southern periphery and bestowed with large natural lakes and reservoirs making fisheries and aquaculture a prominent source of...
The cataclysmic cattle disease: Lumpy skin disease
First reported in Kenya in 1921, Lumpy skin disease (LSD) spread like a wildfire across the globe. It was first reported in India in September 2020 in Maharashtra. According to the data available from...
Export Potential of MSMEs
India has various sectors which contribute to our GDP and MSME is one of the major sectors which contributes 27% of the overall GDP. Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises is promoting MSMEs...
Zero Budget Natural Farming
The concept of Zero Budget Natural Farming was first promulgated by Padma Shri awardee Subhash Palekar, in the mid-1990s as an alternative to the green revolution practices which are spearheaded by chemical fertilizers, pesticides,...
Hard time for Champagne of Tea, Darjeeling Tea!
Darjeeling, regarded as one of the finest & costliest tea producer estates in the world, is 150 years old and has had the honor of becoming the first Indian product to get a GI...
Ways to Improve the Agricultural Value Chain in India
An agricultural value chain is defined as the process or activities by which a company adds value to agricultural produce and supplies the product from farmgate to the end consumers (farm to fork). The...