Livestock Census is a regular quinquennial exercise of Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD). The first Livestock Census was conducted in the year 1919 and last census i.e. 20th Livestock Census was conducted in 2019. The 21st Livestock Census exercise has been launched across the country on 25th October, …
This research examines how patent applications and the granting of patents developed at the European Patent Office in 2010. It also examines how the EPO has dealt with other applications for patents on conventionally bred plants following the decision on the broccoli patent. The report shows a steadily increasing number …
The Sourcebook on Sustainable Agrobiodiversity Management is jointly compiled and published by GIZ and the School of Economics and Management of Hainan University, as well as the Institute of Low-Carbon Economy Policy and Industrial Technology of Hainan University. It is an important contribution to the sustainable management of agricultural biodiversity …
Wheat is one of the most important staple food crops of the world, occupying 17% (one-sixth) of crop acreage world wide, feeding about 40% (nearly half) of the world population and providing 20% (one-fifth) of total food calories and protein in human nutrition1. Global wheat production has been under threat …
What is biofortification of crops? Biofortification is a process where plant breeders explore crop genetic diversity in seed banks and create a crop that is rich in specific micronutrients. There are two ways to biofortify crops—conventional plant breeding and transgenic methods.How do you decide the amount of nutrient to be …
THREE months after the country’s top science academies released their controversial report backing genetically modified (GM) crops and hastily withdrew it after it was panned by the scientific community, they are back with an updated report—and the verdict is that it is worse than the original. The Inter-Academy Report on …
Something is stirring in paddy fields across India. New seeds, new crop management techniques and newly minted food security policies are about to hit the countryside. Not all of the changes that are being forged in Krishi Bhawan, headquarters of the Union agriculture ministry, in the top-flight research institutions across …
The present paper reports on establishment of Bambusetum, Germplasm banks and Culm production studies at JK Paper Limited, Jaykaypur, Rayagada (Orissa) and supplying it to the farmers, State Forest Department, Government and Non-Government Organizations etc. These techniques could be beneficially utilized for ex-situ conservation of desirable genotypes in establishment of …
The gregarious flowering nature of bamboos is often a limitation for the availability of bamboo seeds for propagation. Propagation from rhizomes of unknown age is also dangerous as the plants may flower and dry before their economic use starts. In order to have certified rhizome sources with known age from …
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has certified the controversial rice variety PAU-201 as fit for human consumption. The fate of 400,000 tonnes of rice, costing Rs 4,000 crore, was hanging in balance for more than a year; Food Corporation of India (FCI), the Central procurement agency, and the …
IT IS an aphrodisiac. Treats fatigue and bone weakness. Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) occupies a prominent position in traditional health systems like Ayurveda. In India the medicinal plant is cultivated on 4,000 hectares, mainly in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. But when it comes to being the most effective, a group of …
To feed the several billion people living on this planet, the production of high-quality food must increase with reduced inputs, but this accomplishment will be particularly challenging in the face of global environmental change. Plant breeders need to focus on traits with the greatest potential to increase yield. Hence, new …
If one gene is good, more genes are better. That's the mantra of plant biologists working to improve crops. Already, companies have engineered varieties that carry both herbicide and insect resistant genes. Ultimately, researchers have set their sights on tweaking complex multigene processes, such as nitrogen fixation, which might involve …
Agriculture is an area where new technologies are often applied to improve the yield of crops. Nano agriculture involves the involvement of nanoparticles in agriculture with the ambition that these particles will impart some beneficial effect to the crops.
The booklet discusses in detail and in simple language agricultural biotechnology as it compares with conventional breeding, the agricultural biotechnology tools used in crops such as tissue culture and micropropagation, molecular breeding and marker-assisted selection, and genetic engineering and GM crops. A section on Answers to Frequently Asked Questions for …
