Trivandrum: The Thiruvananthapuram based Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI) has developed new technology called Electronic Crop (E-Crop), an electronic crop simulator, which communicates to the farmers directly from the field on behalf of the crop. It informs the farmer about the status of the crop, its input requirements to realize a targeted yield as well as about the forecasts regarding the crop.
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India to chair Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries
Kottayam: India has been unanimously elected as Chairman of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC). Representing Government of India, A Ajith Kumar IAS, Chairman of Kottayam based Rubber Board under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, took charge from Royal Government of Cambodia in the 39th Assembly Session of ANRPC held at Guwahati today.
Read MoreRubber Board shows increase in natural rubber production
Kottayam: The Rubber Board has informed that increasing trend in rubber production in the country continues and the production of natural rubber (NR) during the months of July and August 2016 shows an increase of 10 and 20 percent respectively as compared to the production in the last year during the same period.
Read MoreCEPCI urges Central Government to rescue cashew industry
Trivandrum: The Cashew Export Promotion Council of India (CEPCI) has submitted to the Central Government a five-point remedial plan to reverse the alarming downward trend in cashew exports and help revive a once prosperous industry that provided employment to one million rural workers, mainly women.
Read MoreFACT achieves all-time record in FACTAMFOS production
Kochi: The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT), the Kerala based fertiliser and chemical manufacturing company and a Government of India Enterprise, has achieved an all-time monthly record production of 21,284 tonnes of FACTAMFOS (Ammonium Phosphate Sulphate) at its Udyogamandal complex near Kochi.
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