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Agriculture Today is India's premier agriculture magazine which provides the updates of news and analysis on topical issues of national and international importance in agriculture. The magazine also analyses sectoral issues involving biotechnology, farm mechanization, crop protection, horticulture, animal husbandry, food processing, agribusiness, research and extention, high-tech agriculture etc. Agriculture Today is content rich and information driven magazine with its unique style of presentation.
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Rice that needs no cooking, only soaking
Indian scientists claim to have developed a rice variety that requires no cooking, only soaking in water. The rice variety developed at Cuttack based Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI). It is characterised by low amylase content and becomes soft on soaking in water, institute director TK Adhya s Bengal likely to amend APMC Act
The West Bengal government is likely to amend the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act of 1972 to guarantee better price realisation to farmers. “Our mandi system is different from Punjab and we have to keep farmers’ interest in mind. We are looking into it” said Naren Chatterjee, chai Bangalore to have world class research institute o
Through a set of new initiatives India will demonstrate the world that “we are serious about climate change, the first of its kind world class institute being setting up of a Bangalore to carry out research on climate, global warming and its impact on the economy and environment. Union Minister for |
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 What are your projections of the current draught scenario with respect to rice cultivation in India? I anticipate a drop in about 20% in the production of Rice this year. The production last year was close to 99 million tons. I expect that we will it around 80 million tons this year. |
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