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Lal Bahadur Shastri's Legacy: How India's 'Silent Saviour' Shaped The Green Revolution And National Unity
Lal Bahadur Shastri is remembered for his leadership during the 1965 Indo-Pak war, his iconic slogan "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan," and his pivotal role in promoting the Green Revolution in India.
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Fields of Gold: How One Scientist Changed India's Destiny
India, once a nation dependent on food imports and described as a "basket case," today stands tall as a food surplus country.
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Battling Century's Worst Drought, Tamil Nadu Farmers Revive Traditional Grains
THIRUTHURAIPOONDI, TAMIL NADU: For Nel Jayaraman, the realisation that hybrid seeds, chemical fertilisers and pesticides were making farmers more vulnerable to extreme weather came slowly. In fields near the town of Thiruthuraipoondi in Tamil Nadu, Mr Jayaraman saw yields falling and farmers’ debt rising as their reliance on modern seeds and pes...
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Nitin Gadkari Stresses On Need For Agricultural Revolution
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has stressed on the need for agricultural revolution in the country by providing electricity at low rates to farmers from pithead power plants.
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Work Hard for Second Green Revolution: PM Modi Tells Scientists
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged the country's agriculture scientists to work hard for ensuring India's second Green Revolution.
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PM Narendra Modi Urges Farmers to Use Scientific Methods to Enhance Production
Calling for second Green Revolution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the farming community to adopt scientific methods to enhance foodgrain production particularly of pulses which India has to import because of shortages.
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Haryana to Promote Organic Farming: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar
Haryana Government will promote organic farming in the state and 10 per cent of the total cultivable area will be brought under it, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said today.
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India-Born Scientist Named Winner of 2014 World Food Prize
India-born plant scientist Sanjaya Rajaram has been named the winner of the USD 250,000 World Food Prize for his contribution in increasing global wheat production by more than 200 million tonnes in the years following the Green Revolution.
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Digital Green catalyses a quiet revolution in India
Farmers are improving crop yields, using new technologies besides learning video-making skills - thanks to Digital Green which is catalyzing a quiet revolution in the little hamlets of India. Its founder, Rikin Gandhi, has been named as a top young innovator by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).Delhi-based Digital Green focuses on edu...
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Will India adopt China's rice-farm model?
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar came together in Kolkata to initiate a green revolution in the eastern states of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and eastern UP. Their initial budget is Rs 400 core and their model: China.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri's Legacy: How India's 'Silent Saviour' Shaped The Green Revolution And National Unity
Lal Bahadur Shastri is remembered for his leadership during the 1965 Indo-Pak war, his iconic slogan "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan," and his pivotal role in promoting the Green Revolution in India.
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Fields of Gold: How One Scientist Changed India's Destiny
India, once a nation dependent on food imports and described as a "basket case," today stands tall as a food surplus country.
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Battling Century's Worst Drought, Tamil Nadu Farmers Revive Traditional Grains
THIRUTHURAIPOONDI, TAMIL NADU: For Nel Jayaraman, the realisation that hybrid seeds, chemical fertilisers and pesticides were making farmers more vulnerable to extreme weather came slowly. In fields near the town of Thiruthuraipoondi in Tamil Nadu, Mr Jayaraman saw yields falling and farmers’ debt rising as their reliance on modern seeds and pes...
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Nitin Gadkari Stresses On Need For Agricultural Revolution
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has stressed on the need for agricultural revolution in the country by providing electricity at low rates to farmers from pithead power plants.
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Work Hard for Second Green Revolution: PM Modi Tells Scientists
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged the country's agriculture scientists to work hard for ensuring India's second Green Revolution.
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PM Narendra Modi Urges Farmers to Use Scientific Methods to Enhance Production
Calling for second Green Revolution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the farming community to adopt scientific methods to enhance foodgrain production particularly of pulses which India has to import because of shortages.
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Haryana to Promote Organic Farming: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar
Haryana Government will promote organic farming in the state and 10 per cent of the total cultivable area will be brought under it, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said today.
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India-Born Scientist Named Winner of 2014 World Food Prize
India-born plant scientist Sanjaya Rajaram has been named the winner of the USD 250,000 World Food Prize for his contribution in increasing global wheat production by more than 200 million tonnes in the years following the Green Revolution.
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Digital Green catalyses a quiet revolution in India
Farmers are improving crop yields, using new technologies besides learning video-making skills - thanks to Digital Green which is catalyzing a quiet revolution in the little hamlets of India. Its founder, Rikin Gandhi, has been named as a top young innovator by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).Delhi-based Digital Green focuses on edu...
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Will India adopt China's rice-farm model?
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar came together in Kolkata to initiate a green revolution in the eastern states of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and eastern UP. Their initial budget is Rs 400 core and their model: China.
