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April 3, 2020
Lockdown hits paddy seed growers across Odisha. Unless permission is granted for movement of labourers, it would not be possible to operate the seeds processing units.
Sources in the Agriculture department said the seed processing units and testing labs find it difficult to [...]
Read moreApril 1, 2020
Australia to subsidise air freight for agri exports to offset virus freeze
Australia’s government said on Wednesday it will spend A$110 million ($67.40 million) to subsidise air [...]
Read moreApril 1, 2020
Govt urged to ease ammonia supply, maintenance work for cold storages
“Ammonia is urgently required in many cold storages as the temperature is rising and any delay would cause [...]
Read moreMarch 31, 2020
India needs 250 Lac quintals of quality seed to have A successful Kharif 2020 and lockdown can cause more damage to Seed Industry – An Interview with Indra Shekhar Singh, Director of the policy and outreach
In an interview with News X Channel on March 29,2020 Indra Shekhar Singh, Director of the Policy and [...]
Read moreMarch 27, 2020
Amid Covid19 outbreak, Vietnam will stockpile 270,000 Tons of rice to ensure food safety.
Vietnam said it will stockpile 270,000 tonnes of rice, including 80,000 tonnes of unhusked rice, to ensure [...]
Read moreMarch 27, 2020
FSII urged both central and state governments to support the uninterrupted movements of seeds & agricultural produce
Amid lockdown in several states due to coronavirus, seed industry associations on Monday appealed both [...]
Read moreMarch 26, 2020
U.S. food and agriculture was included among 16 critical industries in the DHS guidance. What should India learn from this? – Mr. Indra Singh, Program Director for Policy and Outreach, NSAI.
With the world grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security on March 19 [...]
Read moreMarch 23, 2020
Getting your workplace ready for COVID-19
In December 2019 the outbreak of coronavirus disease started in Hubei Province, China. The outbreak was [...]
Read moreMarch 23, 2020
New Brevant brand seed to rice farmers in India – Corteva Agriscience
Managing Director of South Asia, KV Subbarao said, “I am pleased to announce the introduction of Brevant [...]
Read moreMarch 13, 2020
UK Government appoints Nicholas Saphir- Chairman of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)
The UK Government has appointed Nicholas Saphir as the new Chair of the Agriculture and Horticulture [...]
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