Bharat Express

Indian Agriculture

The Spices Board of India has unveiled a new initiative titled SPICED to promote sustainable, value-added spice exports.

India achieved a significant milestone in agricultural biotechnology by releasing two genome-edited rice varieties Kamal and Pusa DST Rice.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal has lauded the APEDA for facilitating the first commercial sea shipment of Indian pomegranates to the US.

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan called for global strategies that prioritize the welfare of small and marginal farmers during BRICS.

Bill Gates praised India’s growing role in global innovation, highlighting its progress in vaccines, digital infrastructure, and AI.

The secretary said that areas like the ready-to-eat food segment have huge potential to grow.  He also urged the industry to focus on the technical standard requirements of importing countries. 

Academically brilliant, he could have chosen any career but he was so impacted by the Bengal famine of 1943 that he was clear that if there is one thing he would do, it would be to study agriculture.