New Delhi, May 06, 2022: Researchers have developed a wheat variety, with excellent baking quality having soft and sweet chapatis. The wheat variety called ‘PBW1 Chapati’ has been released at state level in Punjab for cultivation under timely sown irrigated conditions. Chapati, a flat baked product prepared from wheat forms a cheap, primary source of protein and calories […]
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Agreement between India and UNWFP to donate wheat to Afghanistan
New Delhi, April 01, 2022: Government of India and the United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP) signed the second ‘In-kind Contribution Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and WFP for the donation of next batch of 10,000 MTs of wheat to the People of Afghanistan’ on March 30, 2022. The Agreement was […]
Cultivation and processing of aromatic plants doubles incomes of farmers in Himachal
New Delhi, March 8, 2021: Aromatic plants are bringing a revolution! Farmers in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, keen for new livelihood options to supplement their income from traditional crops like maize, paddy, and wheat, have found a new lease of life. Cultivation of aromatic plants has given them additional income. They have extracted […]
Coronavirus: India gifts HydroxyChloroquine and wheat to Afghanistan (Pics)
India is trying her best to reach out to its neighbours in the Coronavirus turmoil. 251 containers carrying the first consignment of 5,022 MT of wheat out of the total gift of 75,000 MT from India to Afghanistan set sail from Kandla Port to Chabahar Port yesterday. The remaining consignments are set to follow in […]
Coronavirus: Sowing of Summer Crops continues uninterrupted
Amidst the scare of Coronavirus, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare today gave some great news. It said that the sowing of the Summer Crops has progressed satisfactorily despite the difficulties experienced due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and the 21-day lockdown effective since 24th midnight to fight the COVID-19/ Coronavirus disease. […]
Scientists of ARI, Pune develop biofortified, high protein wheat variety
Scientists from Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, have developed a biofortified durum wheat variety MACS 4028, which shows high protein content. The wheat variety developed by the ARI scientists group on Wheat improvement, shown high protein content of about 14.7%, better nutritional […]