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Raisen (Madhya Pradesh), April 11 – The three-day ‘Unnat Krishi Mela’ (Advanced Agriculture Festival), a Central government initiative aimed at promoting technology-driven farming and long-term agricultural planning, began in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.Defence Minister...

New Delhi, March 27 Two leading institutions of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have, for the first time, been included in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, a significant achievement that places India's agricultural research universities on the global academic...

New Delhi, March 27 Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced the establishment of six new Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) in Manipur on Friday after a meeting with the state Deputy Chief Minister Nemcha Kipgen here in the national capital.Acting on her request, Chouhan directed...

Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir, in collaboration with Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kathua, organized a farmers' awareness and training program under the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, focusing on potato cultivation...

Chandigarh, March 21 Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) M L Jat has said that India's milk production increased from 17 million tonnes in 1950 to 247 MT in 2025.Jat, a distinguished...

New Delhi, March 20 – The government clarified in Parliament on Friday that there is no proposal to increase the price of urea. The reduction in the size of urea bags has been undertaken as a policy measure to promote balanced fertilizer usage and improve soil health.The reduction in bag size...

The three-day Global Conference on Women in Agri-Food Systems, which concluded yesterday in New Delhi, has laid the groundwork for developing gender-sensitive policies and inclusive innovations in agriculture. The conference, inaugurated by President Droupadi Murmu, focused on promoting...

March 12th, Aizawl: Today, the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) of Lunglei District, Hnahthial, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), Hyderabad, jointly organized an awareness program on the newly introduced, highly...

March 12, New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate the three-day Global Conference on Women in Agri-Food Systems 2026 in New Delhi on Thursday.Organized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and its partners, the conference, GCWAS–2026, will bring together over 700 global...

New Delhi, February 19 Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday stressed the need to make tree plantation a mass movement to protect the environment and address the challenge of climate change.He was speaking at an event to mark the completion of five years of his pledge to...