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Indian agrochemical firms in focus after key player ADAMA lowers sales growth

Date：Jul. 17, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview
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Indian agrochemical companies are in focus after ADAMA Ltd, a leading crop protection company, said it expects a decline in sales for the first half of the cale...
Google wants Indian farmers to use AI to find bugs in cotton crop, improve annual yield

Date：Jul. 16, 2019 Category：Science&Research

India is the largest producer and the second largest exporter of cotton in the world. Yet, for the farmers raising cotton crop the year 2017 was horrendous. Rea...
‘Ailing cotton sector in India needs revival measures’

Date：Jul. 16, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

As yields plummet experts emphasis use of New Gen seeds, better farm practices urged
Farmer unions of India demand that GM event developer be made legally liable for illegal GM crop cultivation

Date：Jul. 16, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

PUNE: I a press release issued today, prominent farmer leaders of India have cautioned the government that if it does not take strong action to stop illegal GM ...

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India: ‘Policy Challenged’ agri seed companies cut down R&D spends on hybrids, GM crops

Date：Jul. 15, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

One of the sectors that has seen phenomenal growth in the last few years is the seed industry. Its growth is the main reason why production of crops, including ...

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NABARD to fund India’s five most promising agritech startups

Date：Jul. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

National bank for agriculture and rural development (NABARD) felicitated five Agritech startups for their promising role in agriculture on the occasion of the 3...
Latin America more vital for Indian exports than many traditional trading partners

Date：Jul. 15, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

As India expands its Act East policy and looks to take advantage of the US-China trade war, it’s easy to forget how important Latin America is as a trading zon...
Indian Council of Agricultural Research:How to deal with Fall Armyworm

Date：Jul. 12, 2019 Category：Markets

Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s (ICAR) facility in Meghalaya has prepared a 50-page compendium on Fall Armyworm. It has complete information on the i...
India agriculture minister:need to speed up the pace of organic farming

Date：Jul. 10, 2019 Category：Markets

The farmer should test his soil regularly and there is a need to speed up the pace of organic farming. Stating this at the State Agriculture Ministers’ Confere...
India's first 'high oleic' groundnut varieties ready to go commercial

Date：Jul. 10, 2019 Category：Products

After eight years of collaborative work, two high oleic groundnut lines have been identified by India’s coordinated release program to go commercial. This mean...
India government has approved higher support prices for kharif crops

Date：Jul. 8, 2019 Category：Markets

India government has approved higher support prices for kharif crops or summer crops, a new labour code, which will allow minimum wages to be paid by cheque / b...
India government signs deal with IBM to use AI, weather technology in agriculture

Date：Jul. 8, 2019 Category：Markets

India Centre signed a pact with IBM India for conducting a pilot study to utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and weather technology solutions in agriculture i...
India Budget 2019: Agri sector hopes for a shower of reliefs

Date：Jul. 5, 2019 Category：Markets

As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman raises to present the budget on Friday she will have to carefully consider the impact of deficit rains on the economy thi...
Dhanuka Laboratories Limited to acquire Orchid Pharma Limited

Date：Jul. 5, 2019 Category：Companies

The resolution plan submitted by Dhanuka Laboratories Limited, a group company of Dhanuka Agritech Limited, to acquire Orchid Pharma Limited has been approved b...
Workshop to protect crops from Fall Armyworm held in India

Date：Jul. 5, 2019 Category：Markets

Saying that Fall Armyworm pest infestation will be recurring in the State, India Central Agricultural University, CAU, Imphal Vice Chancellor Professor M Premji...
India government plans to promote multi-layer farming to help increase farmers’ income

Date：Jul. 4, 2019 Category：Markets

India government is planning to promote multi-layer farming as part of its efforts to help increase farmers’ income.
India:Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare talks of application of artificial intelligence in agriculture

Date：Jul. 3, 2019 Category：Markets

Speaking in the Rajya Sabha last week, Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar talked of using Artificial Intelligence in Agricult...
Kerala agriculture varisty develops new seed tech for ginger

Date：Jul. 3, 2019 Category：Science&Research

The Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) has come up with a seed production technology to address the scarcity of quality ginger seed rhizomes.
India government keen on reducing chemical fertilizer use by 10 percent

Date：Jul. 3, 2019 Category：Markets

India government is keen on reducing the use of chemical fertilisers by at least 10 per cent to promote organic fertilizers and has started giving subsidies for...
India: Seed makers want government to soften stand on illegal HT cotton

Date：Jul. 2, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

As farmers' body Shetkari Sangathana continues with its movement of openly planting unapproved herbicide tolerant (HT) cotton seeds

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Corteva Agriscience introduces solution for Fall Armyworm in India

Date：Jul. 2, 2019 Category：Companies

Corteva Agriscience, a New York Stock Exchange-listed company, has launched a new insect-control solution to tackle the Fall Armyworm infestation in India.
New plant of Crystal Crop Protection inaugurated at Butibori India

Date：Jul. 2, 2019 Category：Companies

A new pesticide manufacturing plant of Crystal Crop Protection Limited has recently been inaugurated at Butibori India.
India: Govt right to arrest farmers who plant illegal GM seeds, but what about its own role?

Date：Jul. 1, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Govt wants to arrest farmers planting illegal GM cotton, but it did nothing when 35 lakh illegal seed packs were sold in FY18.

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Excel Industries Ltd to acquire manufacturing unit of NetMatrix Crop Care Limited

Date：Jul. 1, 2019 Category：Companies

At the meeting of the Board of Directors of Excel Industries Ltd held last Thursday, the Board has approved the acquisition of a chemical manufacturing unit of ...
India pushes for tobacco exports to China

Date：Jul. 1, 2019 Category：Markets

India has made a strong pitch for the export of its high quality and organically-cultivated tobacco to China, home to 350 million smokers, the world's largest.
India: Seed technology brings hope for farmers in Odisha's Kalahandi

Date：Jun. 28, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

A technology to reduce dependence on seeds, particularly in non-irrigated areas, has emerged as a ray of hope for farmers in Kalahandi district.
Dhanuka Agritech expects double-digit growth in FY20

Date：Jun. 28, 2019 Category：Companies

Dhanuka Agritech, manufacturer of a wide range of agro-chemicals, is expecting double-digit growth in the financial year 2020.
KPR agrochem’s Rs 283.2 crore initial public offer to open this Friday

Date：Jun. 26, 2019 Category：Companies

KPR Agrochem, an agri-input Company has launched its initial public offer (IPO) with a price band between Rs 59 & Rs 61 to raise Rs 283 crore. The initial publi...
Rains affect sowing of major Kharif crops up to 50% in India

Date：Jun. 25, 2019 Category：Markets

This monsoon deficient rainfall has forced farmers to delay planting in different parts of the country. Thus, leading to 30 to 50 per cent drop in sowing of maj...
India farmers fear loss, not arrest, and seed illegal Bt cotton

Date：Jun. 21, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

As an increasing number of farmers from Marathwada and Vidarbha, under the aegis of Shetkari Sangathana, defy the ban on specific varieties of Bt cotton, Vasant...

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# Underground Pests & Nematicide #

Over 2.5 million hectares of soybean crops treated with bionematicides last season in Brazil

Over 2.5 million hectares of soybean crops in Brazil were treated with bionematicides during the 2018-2019 crop season, revealing an upward trend in the use of biological pesticides.

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# Seed Treatment #

Over 2.5 million hectares of soybean crops treated with bionematicides last season in Brazil

Over 2.5 million hectares of soybean crops in Brazil were treated with bionematicides during the 2018-2019 crop season, revealing an upward trend in the use of biological pesticides.

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# UAV Plant Protection Industry #

Rantizo Expands into Wisconsin For Agricultural Drone Spraying

This week, Rantizo became the first company approved for agricultural drone spraying in the state of Wisconsin, as the company continues to pioneer the path for drone based agricultural applications across the Midwest.

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# Bacterial and Fungal Diseases #

Rantizo Expands into Wisconsin For Agricultural Drone Spraying

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: Asian soybean rust is the most important disease in soybean, the yield loss being from 10% to 90%, dependent on the geographical region where the disease was reported. What are the key points in controlling Asian rust?

The use of an efficient product since the beginning of the soy cycle is one of the most important decisions for growers after the crop impla...All