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Artificial intelligence (AI) is being increasingly used in agriculture to optimize production, reduce costs, and increase efficiency. AI is being used to analyse data collected from sensors, drones, and other devices to provide farmers with real-time information on soil moisture, temperature, and other environmental factors. This helps farmers to optimize their use of resources such as water,…

Agriculture requires technical solutions for increasing production while lessening environmental impact by reducing the application of agrochemicals and increasing the use of environmentally friendly management practices. Both biotic and abiotic stresses lead to a massive loss in crop yield, leading to a decrease in agricultural production worldwide. The loss of agricultural products can be…

Rare-earth elements (REE) are a group of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, the fifteen lanthanides as well as yttrium and scandium as defined by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). Scandium and yttrium are considered REE since they tend to occur in the same ore deposits as the lanthanides and exhibit similar chemical properties. The REE geochemical…

Climate change is threatening farmers’ ability to grow global food needs. Researchers and scientists are tackling this issue by improving soil health by rotating crops between fields and by adding ‘cover crops’ to fields. This prevents soil erosion and boosts soil nutrients that enhance microbial community. These practices also known as regenerative agriculture start with increasing the…

The Simple Answer is No Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox (MPXV), is caused by the monkeypox virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared on August 14, 2024, a public health emergency of international concern over an ongoing outbreak of mpox in Central and West Africa. This is the second time in two years that the disease has spread enough to prompt such a declaration from the WHO. On…

Digital Agriculture in India Digital agriculture is an emerging field that leverages technology to modernize agriculture practices, enhance efficiency and productivity, and improve the overall sustainability of the agriculture sector. The mission has signed five Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with private companies such as Cisco, Ninjacart, Jio Platforms Limited, ITC Limited and NCDEX…

Smart farming is a transformative approach that leverages advanced technologies to optimize and enhance sustainability in agricultural production. By integrating artificial intelligence (AI), automation, drones, robotics, and digital tools, smart farming aims to revolutionize traditional farming practices and address urgent global challenges. With the global population projected to reach 9.7…

Credit: Djiwanti, S.R. The burrowing nematode, Radopholus similis is one of the tropics’ ten most important plant parasitic nematodes, limiting the productivity of banana and black pepper plantations. Nematode-related losses are estimated to range between 20 to 80%. Chemical nematode control is unfavorable and detrimental to both human health and environmental health. Biological nematode control…

BiologicalDarkMatter is the unclassified or poorly understood genetic material. About 20 years ago, scientists celebrated the first draft of sequenced human genomes. At that time, they predicted that humans had 25K to 40K genes that code for proteins, but now it seems to have 19K such genes expressed by a mere 1-2% of the genome. The remaining 98-99% of DNA do not do that, referred to as dark…

India is wasting 20-25 per cent of food from farmer field to consumer plate, including wastage of cooked meals, which can be reduced to 10-15 per cent through use of technologies, said Himanshu Pathak, Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The ICAR would focus on various measures to address the challenges faced by farmers, including the effects of climate change. We…

View of Dr. MS Swaminathan regarding GM Crops were matching RSS, BKS and SJM..

Agricultural scientist Bharat Ratan Dr. MS Swaminathan was instrumental in the founding of the Green Revolution in India. The RSS-inspired organisation Swadeshi Jagaran Manch(SJM) issued an official press statement praising his stand on Genetically Modified (GM) crops. Dr. Swaminathan, SJM, and another RSS-inspired organisation – Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) – were on the same view on the issue of…

A research team led by Dr. Larysa Baraban at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) develops intelligent, miniaturized biosensor devices and systems using nanomaterials to determine biomolecules and cells as well as biochemical reactions or processes as disease markers.The ability to detect diseases at an early stage or even predict their onset would be of tremendous benefit to doctors…

Sensitive, accurate, and comprehensive assessment of the mineral element and metal content of food is important to guide recommendations for nutrition and food safety. However, methods for this purpose currently described in the literature are limited in the range of elements measured, demonstrated application to diverse food matrices, and accessibility of instrumentation. Here, we describe an…