IIT Kharagpur Innovates DGPS-Enabled Soil Mapping Tech for Effective Fertilization
by Geospatial mapping is a buzzword today with the Govt. of India liberalizing the sector. There is another side of mapping that could transform the food …
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IIT Kharagpur to Incubate Agri-Food Startups to support Food Security
Shiksha Mantri to Flag-off Agri-Food Techathon at IIT Kharagpur to promote Agri and Food Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship IIT Kharagpur in association with NABARD is …
Promotion of Micro-irrigation installation for improving horticultural production
by By Prof. K N Tiwari, Dept. of Agricultural and Food Engineering, IIT Kharagpur Adoption of micro-irrigation system in the country rose from a meagre 1500 …
Automating sugarcane plantation to boost profitability
Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed devices for automating a range of functions for planting sugarcane buds, fitted with an autonomous fungicide application with the …
Ammonia Hotspot Trends in India – First-time observations from India
Indo-Gangetic Plain an atmospheric ammonia hotspot but India’s overall trends look promising Agro fertilizers containing high levels of ammonia have long been designated as a …