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Plea for pulses institute in state

Edit The Times of India 17 Apr 2016
... International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to develop suitable location specific pulses....

Mission Kakatiya starting to bear fruit

Edit The Hindu 17 Apr 2016
When local farmers used silt lifted from the water bodies in their respective fields, it was noticed that moisture retention went up by four to seven days, according to a pilot study by ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics), recently ... An increase in clay was noticed from 20 to 40 per cent in the root zone ... Also read. Bringing five lakh hectares under micro irrigation a distant dream ... 2,500 to Rs....

Naveen demands national level pulses research institute in Odisha

Edit The Times of India 16 Apr 2016
BHUBANESWAR ... Naveen said there is a need for research on pulses in the state for development of suitable varieties. The chief minister also said the state government has decided to partner with international level agencies like International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to develop suitable location specific pulses. ....

How a simple SIM card makes farmers more efficient—and possibly saves lives

Edit Ars Technica 30 Mar 2016
Farmers harvest peanuts in the village of Addakal, India. (credit. ICRISAT). A handful of years ago, Chandrakala Kongala, a farmer in the rural village of Kommireddipalli in the southern Indian state of Telangana, faced a devastating problem ... Comments ....

Rural to urban migration in India: Why labour mobility bucks global trend

Edit Yahoo Daily News 26 Mar 2016
We begin the assessment of our theory by showing that there is substantial redistribution of income within castes, using data from the Indian ICRISAT panel surveys and from the most recent (2006) round of the Rural Economic Development Survey (REDS), a nationally representative survey of rural Indian households that has been administered by the ......

Why labour mobility bucks global trend

Edit Indian Express 26 Mar 2016
We begin the assessment of our theory by showing that there is substantial redistribution of income within castes, using data from the Indian ICRISAT panel surveys and from the most recent (2006) round of the Rural Economic Development Survey (REDS), a nationally representative survey of rural Indian households that has been administered by the ......

Zimbabwean 'wizard' bewitches a bumper crop amid drought

Edit Yahoo Daily News 23 Mar 2016
Bringing together the Ministry of Agriculture's Department of Agricultural Technical and Extension Services (AGRITEX), the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), and local telecommunications services provider ECONET, the project teaches farmers to use weather-monitoring techniques and climate-smart agriculture practices to maintain food security in rain-scarce parts of the country....

How a simple SIM card makes farmers more efficient—and possibly saves lives [US]

Edit Ars Technica 20 Mar 2016
Farmers harvest peanuts in the village of Addakal, India. (credit. ICRISAT). A handful of years ago, Chandrakala Kongala, a farmer in the rural village of Kommireddipalli in the southern Indian state of Telangana, faced a devastating problem ... Comments ....

The importance of environmental practices in poverty alleviation

Edit The Oklahoman 17 Mar 2016
Alleviating poverty is a worthy endeavor pursued by many organizations. However, studies show that in some cases there are unintended negative impacts upon the environment ... International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has four main areas of focus ... ICRISAT has had many successes, including directing $14.85 million to 23 agribusiness ventures so far ... ....

South African youth trained to be future agri-preneurs

Edit The Hindu 08 Mar 2016
Mabonela is among the first group of six South African youths to have successfully completed a four-month agricultural training programme at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) ... Sam Motsuenyane Rural Development Foundation and support of the South African government through its human resource initiative, was coordinated by the Learning Systems Unit (LSU) of ICRISAT....

Details of CSR Projects sanctioned during the FY 2013-14, 2014-15 & 2015-16, status as on 15th February 2016 (REC - Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Mar 2016
(Source. REC - Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd) 3cba48d5-0f1e-42ba-b7c0-f0c38dc45ef1.pdf. S.No. Details of the Project. Implementing Agency Name. Locations. Amount Sanctioned (in Rs.). Amount Disbursed up to 15.02.2016. (in Rs.) ... 1 ... International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT) , Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh ... - ... International Crop Research Institute for the semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT) , Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh....

GM mustard hybrid plagued with technical flaws

Edit The Times of India 02 Mar 2016
Nagpur ... The biggest being that Pental used EH-2 (Early Hira mutant) as one of parents in the experiment to develop one of his hybrids without giving any recognition to the fact that it was developed at Nagpur University ... NDDB has specially been pouring in crores of rupees in DU since 1992 ... This is perjury ... This has failed in other field crops like pigeon pea (ICRISAT Hyderabad experiment) but no lessons have been learnt from it. RELATED....

Man stabs lover for 'ignoring' him

Edit The Times of India 25 Feb 2016
A man stabbed his lover for ignoring him, near Icrisat colony in Bowenpally on Thursday morning ... At 9.30 am, Shravan intercepted Sujatha when she was on her way to office at Icrisat and asked her why she was ignoring ......
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