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New organic cotton varieties are now available to Indian farmers

After over a decade of research, the Swiss organic agricultural research institute FiBL, has released two new varieties of organic…

2 years ago

Farmers are free to grow the genetically engineered cotton plants, but they will require the green light

Texas A&M’s Keerti Rathore and colleagues inserted DNA into the cotton plant to turn off the gene responsible for producing…

6 years ago

Farmers to take up cotton as substitute to toor according to the Agriculture Department

Mr. Manjunath said that currently cotton is cultivated on around 18,000 hectares in the district and the department plans to…

6 years ago

The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University issues guidelines for farmers who grow cotton crop in summer

It asked the farmers not to store the stalks of the cotton plant in the filed after harvest. It said…

6 years ago

Farmers have no alternative to the cost-intensive Bt cotton seeds

So far, licences for supply equal to 1.25 crore bags have been granted, with that of another 50 crore in…

6 years ago

Providing approved varieties of cotton seed up to 50% subsidized rate and also providing subsidy voucher @Rs 700 per cotton bag to core area of cotton growers

Punjab Agriculture Secretary Muhammad Mahmood disclosed that provincial government is also devising “2025 Cotton Mission plan”. For immediate relief of…

6 years ago

Telangana online payments to cotton farmers has made a mark

Telangana Governmen’s introduction to online payment mechanism for cotton farmers this season has made a mark. So far, the Cotton…

6 years ago

Nigerian FG urged to encourage cotton farmers

Federal government urged to encourage cotton farming as a major crop among all categories of farmers in Nigeria. The Secretary…

7 years ago

Vidarbha farmers gets good result for higher GP cotton variety

Farmers in Wardha district, cultivating Surpass (Firstclass) a high lint cotton variety obtained good results in an experimental project conducted…

7 years ago

Jharkhand to promote silk and handicrafts at Global Fair 2018 in Dubai

Jharkhand entrepreneurs to partake at the Global Fair 2018 to be held in Dubai where they will be promoting silk,…

7 years ago