Consistent effort put up by the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki to make the State a front runner in spheres of development seems to bear fruit.

Representatives of State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) on Tuesday called for developing coordination between the public and the private sector to increase agriculture production.

They were participating in a meeting at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar, which was also attended by representatives of research institutes, agro-industries and entrepreneurs and progressive farmers.

Itanagar: A farmer in Arunachal Pradesh who farms fish scientifically has become a source of inspiration for others. Nokkai Wangjen of Dasathong village in Kanubari circle of insurgency-hit Longding district has studied only up to six standard, but earns about Rs two lakh annually from fish farming which he started with an initial investment of Rs 80,000.

Four new varieties of seeds, two each in wheat and barley, developed by the Agriculture Research Station (ARS) at Durgapura near here, have been approved for country-wide introduction.

The All-India Wheat & Barley Improvement Research Worker’s meet, which concluded here the other day, approved a total of 10 varieties developed by various research stations after rejecting 22 others taken up for consideration.

Almost eight months after a probe was instituted into the use of Monsanto Bt gene in desi Bt cotton variety, passing it off as an original event, there is no word yet on when the report is likely t

In a finding that could help predict drought, farm scientists have noticed that deficit rainfall and drought follow a chronological pattern, repeating every 2.5 years in Telangana and Rayalaseema,

New Delhi Scientists, farmer bodies and industry associations alike have slammed the parliamentary panel on agriculture for suggesting a probe into the go-ahead for commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal, India's first genetically-modified food crop. They have also criticised its recommendation for a ban on the field trials of such crops,terming the report as “unscientific and partisan”.

The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) had approved commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal in 2009, but the then environment minister, Jairam Ramesh, had put an indefinite moratorium on the decision following protests.

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