India’s spice trade set to create bigger footprints in the global spice market
India is the world’s leading producer and exporter of spices. The spice industry has played a significant role in the last seven decades. Spice growing, processing, manufacturing, grading, marketing, and other associated industries have long been a key source of income for people in India. Due to their incomparable aroma, flavor, and medicinal potential, Indian […]
Agritech Opportunities Can Bring Youth in Agriculture
Post India’s economic liberalization in 1990s, a decline in agricultural incomes led to an exodus of rural youth towards other sectors like construction and allied sectors. Conventionally, agriculture has not been seen as a career choice and till date the agrarian economy is failing to attract youth due to the age old practices that are […]
Importance of Drone Technology in India
Recently, the Government of India launched 100 Indian made agricultural drones during one of the largest collective drone exercises in the country. Earlier, the Drone Shakti initiative was announced in the Union Budget 2002 to commercialise drone applications through drones-as-a-service (DRaaS) model. This is further to India already taking several steps to encourage drone usage […]
Deregulation and Harmonization of Genome – Edited Crops in India
CRISPR-Cas gene-editing tool has proven to be a powerful technology that can accurately and precisely alter the genomes of a plant. Gene editing can modify a plant’s genes without introducing any foreign genes. As a result of this technology, plant species for agriculture, food, and nutrition can be improved using a simple, precise and efficient […]
Youth is more accepting of GMOs in Agriculture
GM crops are gaining popularity due to its positive role in reducing carbon emissions, using less crop inputs and saving natural resources in agriculture. Unpublished results from a recent survey by the Center for Food Integrity suggest that millennials and Gen Z perceive agricultural technology as offering powerful solutions to humanity’s problems. They are more […]
IPR, Innovation & Agriculture
Globalization has led to a knowledge-based economy, and intellectual property rights protection has become an important motivator for innovation. Agribusiness was not historically concerned with IPR, as farming was based on sharing knowledge. Yet, the last few decades have witnessed remarkable advances in agriculture. The development of genetically modified plant varieties and specialized insecticides for […]
Digital Agriculture in India
Increasing farmer income has been the focus of Indian Agriculture. India is a world leader in production of milk, pulses and jute, and ranks as the second largest producer of rice, wheat, sugarcane, groundnut, vegetables, fruit and cotton. Increasing income through digital technologies has been realized as an opportunity for farmers, industry and the government. It […]
Agricultural practices and innovations that help famers Save Water
The farmer’s livelihood is dependent on the timely arrival of monsoon rains. A shift in climate patterns resulting in floods, drought and other climate disasters has led to the decline in crop productivity. In this scenario, it is extremely important that farmers make provisions to conserve resources especially soil and water. Here are few ways […]
GM Crops can Curb Food Waste
Feeding the world while minimizing our impact on the planet is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Reducing food loss and waste remains critical and needs a solution. Half of the population around the world do not have enough food. As per a report by the United Nations, one third of food produced […]
Fading of Anti-GMO Evident with Consumer Acceptance globally
The anti-GMO movement is characterized by overwhelming fallacies. The most common of these fallacies is the assumption that crops enhanced using biotechnology is an unnatural deviation from an otherwise pure state of nature. This idea is fundamentally flawed on a number of levels, yet it continues to be parroted by naysayers alike. For many years, […]
