Tamil Nadu:FSSAI test finds excessive chemical content in broken wheat products
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has initiated a testing of wheat products, specifically Samba broken wheat, produced
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Indian scientists identify rice varieties that can reduce fertiliser use, reaping environmental & financial gains
By Preetha Banerjee Indian scientists have discovered significant natural variations in rice nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) along with associated traits
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Syngeta India introduces 2 crop protection products for crops like rice
By PTI Syngenta India on Monday said it has introduced crop protection products for many crops including rice and tomato.
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Punjab: PPCB to raise paddy straw use by 1 MT at industrial boilers
In a move to curb the burning of paddy crop residue, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) had managed to
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Three held in Hyderabad for selling PDS rice illegally
The city police busted PDS rice accumulation gang in Bhavani Nagar with the arrest of three persons in two places
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After year-long rise, prices of pulses start declining
By Sandip Das After staying elevated more than one year, prices of key pulses varieties — chana, tur and urad
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Andhra Pradesh: 33,000 hectares of paddy crop affected by rains, state assures help to farmers
Agriculture Minister Kinjarapu Atchannaidu has assured farmers who suffered crop losses due to heavy rains that governmental help would be
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India’s kharif crop sowing outpaces previous year figures; paddy, pulses, oilseeds all leading
By ANI Farmers in India have sown Kharif crops across 904.60 lakh hectares so far this year, as against 879.22
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Japan’s rice stocks drop to lowest level in decades amid tourist boom and poor crop yields
By Timothy Hornyak apan’s rice stockpile has fallen to the lowest level this century, with a tourism boom part of
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Paddy production likely to be hit in U.P. as 35 districts face rain deficit
Rice production in Uttar Pradesh may get affected this year as the state has achieved only 88% of the paddy
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