Horticulture Success Story: How a Young Farmer Turned His Orchard into a ₹12 Lakh Annual Enterprise
Horticulture Success Story: How a Young Farmer Turned His Orchard into a ₹12 Lakh Annual Enterprise Location: Nainital District, UttarakhandFarmer: Rahul Joshi, 32 yearsEnterprise: High-density apple, off-season vegetables, and value-added productsAnnual Income: ₹12–14 lakhStart Year: 2017 From Traditional Farming to Horticulture Innovation Rahul Joshi, a young farmer from a remote village in Nainital district, grew…
Agri-Innovation in Fisheries: Transforming Aquaculture for a Sustainable Future
The fisheries sector is undergoing a silent but powerful transformation. With rising demand for protein-rich food, climate change pressures, declining natural fish stocks, and increasing production costs, traditional fishing and aquaculture practices are no longer sufficient. This is where agri-innovation in fisheries plays a crucial role. Agri-innovation refers to the integration of technology, scientific research,…
INDIA’S LATENT FOOD LOSS: A CRISIS
Indian agriculture had shown tremendous evolution since independence and converted India as exporting country from importer even after fourfold increase in population. Ever-increasing population however poses serious challenge to prolong this scenario and ways has to be thought of to provide safe and quality food to the masses. Increasing agricultural production is one aspect of fulfilling food demand. Delivering…
Harnessing the Power of Microbes for Sustainable Crop Production
Abstract The modern agriculture faces twin challenge; feeding a growing population while conserving soil health, water and biodiversity. Excessive reliance on chemical fertilizers and pesticides has degraded soils, polluted water bodies and increased input costs for farmers. This results in residual effect, soil pollution and affect the overall soil productivity. Soil and plant-associated microbes such as diazotrophs, phosphate solubilizers, potassium mobilizers, mycorrhizal fungi,…
Climate Change: A Growing Challenge for Modern Agriculture
Climate change is creating serious challenges for the agricultural sector in many parts of the world. The agricultural sector requires conducive climatic conditions, such as temperature, rainfall, humidity and availability of water resources. Any changes in these conditions will make it difficult for the farmers to plan their farming activities. Climate change can affect the…
Plant-Open CRISPR-1
Plant-OpenCRISPR-1 (POC1) is the world’s first AI based genome editing platform developed by ICAR-CRRI which was led by Dr. Qutubuddin Ali Molla (other members include Priya Das, Romio Saha, Debasmita Panda, Chandana Ghosh, S P Avinash, Sonali Panda, Mirza Baig). This is an advanced technology which surpasses the limitations and challenges of traditional CRISPR techniques…
HOW IS CLIMATE CHANGE INFLUENCING INDIA’S FARMING SCENARIO?
Agriculture in India is the largest livelihood provider with approximately 50% of the population dependent on it and 70% of the rural population still dependent upon it for survival. With such a huge population dependent upon agriculture, it roughly generates 17%-18% to India’s total gross domestic product. However, India’s climate is fluctuating heavily mainly due…
Unpaid, Uncounted, Unbroken: The Invisible Empire of India’s Female Farmers
India, a nation whose heart still beats in soil even after years of technological advancement, agriculture is its spine holding upright the weight of 1.48 billion dreams. It fills the nation’s plate and fuels its workforce, each crop planted carries two promises: a harvest to feed a family and a wage to sustain a household….
Speed Breeding: From Faster Generations to Better Varieties
Megha M S¹, Akhil S². ¹Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India ²Department of Agricultural Microbiology, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Gujarat- 388110, India Introduction Developing a new crop variety is rarely a quick job. A breeder…
Agriculture: Backbone of Our Life and Economy
Agriculture is the most important industry in our life and is considered the backbone of an economy. Agriculture is an industry that is not only related to cultivation but also to the other activities such as animal husbandry, dairy, fishery and horticulture. Agriculture plays a very important role in sustenance of life, earning livelihood and…
Japan’s Mango Ban: A Wake-Up Call for India’s Premium Fruit Exports
Quarantine Concerns Halt Indian Mango Shipments to Japan After Two Decades Indian mangoes are famous worldwide for their great taste, smell, and the many kinds available. People especially like Alphonso from Maharashtra, Kesar from Gujarat, and popular varieties like Langra and Banganapalli. These mangoes usually do very well in international markets. But now, this good…
From Groundnuts to Growth: Yadgir’s Women Lead a New Agricultural Revolution
India’s First Women-Led Agro-Processing Centre in the Region Opens New Horizons for Rural Entrepreneurship “When women lead, communities prosper.” In Yadgir, Karnataka, something important just happened for rural development. Women there are now running a new agro-processing center and a training facility for farmers. Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman opened it. People often say…
