The Department of Science and Technology has established a center of excellence on climate change research for plant protection at the Hyderabad-based International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. Its objective will be to help make agriculture more resilient to vagaries of climate change.
Scientists have developed a hydrogel from the gum of guar (cluster bean) that can increase soil moisture and help farmers save their crops in case of water scarcity.
At the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) here, Abdelkarim Dafalla Elfadil from Sudan is working on a new mechanical device which will help to sow of seeds, irrigate fields and apply fertilizer in one go, using technology developed at the institute’s division of agricultural engineering.
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