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Volume : 1, Article : 1
Agricultural News Updates October 2020
Author : Aiswarya S,Debashis Paul and Subrata Gorain

  Three new farm bill passed in this monsoon session of Parliament The government has passed three important agriculture related bills in this monsoon session of Parliament. These bills include “The Farmers` Produce Trade and C...

Volume : 1, Article : 2
Banana: A Wonder Fruit for Nutritional Security
Author : Kumari Vibha Rani, U.N.Umesh, Suraj Prakash, Jyoti Sinha and Brajendu Kumar

ABSTRACT Banana is one of the important berry fruit that belongs to the genus Musa and family Musaceae. It varies in color from green to yellow and some varieties are red also. It is a rich source of different vitamins and minerals like po...

Volume : 1, Article : 3
Bio-floc Technology (BFT): An Intensive Eco Sustainable and Cost-Effective Tool for Aquaculture
Author : Jaspreet Singh, Kamal Sarma, Tarkeshwar Kumar, S K Ahirwal, S Raut and N R Keer

ABSTRACT The ever-increasing population and to fulfill their nutritional demand, along with sustainable utilization of natural resources is a big challenge for all food-producing sectors. Aquaculture is one of the most promising areas to m...

Volume : 1, Article : 4
Prospects and Challenges of Organic Farming in India
Author : Shrawan Kumar Sahani, Ramnath K. Ray and Buddhisatya Dowarah

ABSTRACT Organic agriculture is found to be superior to conventional farming because of increased human labour employment, lower cost of cultivation, higher profits, better input use efficiency and reduced risk leading to increased income,...

Volume : 1, Article : 5
Once in 70 Years - Bamboo Rice in Great Demand
Author : Bana Sravani and T. K. Narute

ABSTRACT                             India is one of the world’s largest producers and consu...

Volume : 1, Article : 5
Problems Associated with Bt-cotton Hybrids
Author : Kishor Prabhakar Panzade, Sonam S Kale, Manoj M L

ABSTRACT Cotton productivity and area under cultivation was reduced in India due to recurrent bollworm infestation before the adoption of Bt-cotton in 2002. Subsequently, area and productivity both increased one of the reasons for yield st...

Volume : 1, Article : 7
Genome Editing for Improvement of Vegetable Crops
Author : Selvakumar R, Praveen Kumar Singh, Manjunathagowda D C and Gangadhar K

ABSTRACT Vegetables are a rich source of essential elements for human healthy daily diet. Thus, the recent availability of large genomic resources and molecular tools in vegetable species, coupled with new breeding precise editing of DNA t...

Volume : 1, Article : 8
Crime and Pandemic: Hidden face of COVID 19
Author : Sukanya Som, Sangeeta Bhattacharyya* and Pinaki Roy

ABSTRACT The phenomenon of lockdown due to COVID 19 has many ripple effects on society and the psychological system of the citizens. One evident consequence has been the shift in crime rates across the country. The present study used infor...

Volume : 1, Article : 9
Ashwagandha: The Miracle Ginseng
Author : Dhaneswar Moharana, Vijay Bahadur, Sandeep Rout, Ajay Kumar Prusty and Rajesh Kumar Sahoo

ABSTRACT Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal is a plant of the Solanaceae family which is commonly known as Ashwagandha Indian ginseng, poison gooseberry and winter cherry. It is one of the ingredients of many ayurvedic formulations and general ...

Volume : 1, Article : 10
Chronicle of introduction and Evolution to Year Round Production of Cauliflower in India
Author : Anjan Das and Sk Masudul Islam

ABSTRACT Cauliflower is one of the widely grown vegetable crop in India which was introduced by British invaders in 19th century. But researchers were curious about whether introduced seeds were originated from European snowball types or...