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Government of India And World Bank Sign Agreement for Rajasthan Agricultural Competitiveness Project
The Government of India, the Government of Rajasthan and the World Bank have signed an agreement for an IDA credit of $109 million for the Rajasthan Agricultural Competitiveness Project to increase agricultural productivity through sustainable and efficient...
Slow Food USA Joins Forces with Slow Food International to Build A Thousand Gardens in Africa
Slow Food USA, a national non-profit dedicated to creating a world where the food we eat is good for us, good for farmers and workers, and good for the planet, has announced that it is joining forces with Slow Food International to build a thousand gardens...
Egypt Threatens Retaliatory Measures Against Russia Over the Restriction of Potato Imports
Egypt, one of the world’s biggest exporter of potato Tuesday threatened to take retaliatory measures against Russia if it keeps a ban on Egyptian imports of the produce, APA can confirm from Moscow.
Union Minister of Commerce Industry And Textiles, Shri Anand Sharma Envisages a Ten-fold Increase in Tea Production in Himachal Pradesh
The Union Minister of Commerce Industry and Textiles, Shri Anand Sharma has envisaged a ten-fold increase in tea production in Himachal Pradesh. He has also outlined various steps to revive famous Kangra Tea. How People Arrived Here: non governmental...
Smoking Gun Proves Increased Fertilizer Use Over the Past 50 Years is Responsible for a Dramatic Rise in Atmospheric Nitrous Oxide
University of California, Berkeley, chemists have found a smoking gun proving that increased fertilizer use over the past 50 years is responsible for a dramatic rise in atmospheric nitrous oxide, which is a major greenhouse gas contributing to global...
European Food Safety Authority Publishes Second Report on the Schmallenberg Virus
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published its second report on the Schmallenberg virus (SBV). The virus that to date has been identified in eight EU Member States can affect domestic[1] and wild ruminants, leading in some cases to severe...
Indian Government Pushing for Considered Use of Fertilizer
With average fertilizer consumption at 144.14 kg per hectare India is using much less quantities of chemical fertilizers compared to other developing countries. But imbalanced use of chemical fertilizers coupled with low addition of organic matter and...
Fungal Analysis Reveals Clues for Targeted Biomass Deconstruction
Massive-scale genome sequencing projects supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and being carried out at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) highlight the importance of learning how the cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin that serve as a plant’s...
