El proyecto de 20 millones de dólares ha pasado por negociaciones y ha avanzado en la Agenda de 100 Días del Ministerio de Agricultura.

A groundbreaking wind-operated aerial insect trap designed to revolutionize pest management in agriculture has been developed by a team of scientists at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Potato Research Institute (ICAR-CPRI) in Shimla.

SV Agri organized its Annual Variety and Seed Farm Show from January 8th to 10th, featuring the display of 14 new potato varieties.

Zero tillage not only boosts soil fertility and raises carbon stocks but also prolongs the potato growing season by harnessing the residual moisture after the rice harvest.

After mustard, India will undertake trials of two other genetically modified (GM) food crops, bananas and potatoes, perhaps ushering in a new era of biotech-enhanced farming.

In India processing of fruits and vegetables is very poor around only 3-5% were countries like US has 65%, Phillipines 78% and China 23%. Hence, there is a need to enhance the processing of fruits and vegetables.

Agrinnovate India Ltd., the commercial wing of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi granted the License to the Department of Horticulture & Food Processing, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, have developed a computational model for automated disease detection in potato crops using photographs of its leaves.

Central Potato Research Institute, (CPRI) Ooty in Tamil Nadu has developed two disease resistant potatoes - Kufri Sahyadri and Kufri Karan - hybrid varieties which at present showing promising results in improving yield by 25 per cent to 30 per cent at laboratory level.