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AgrotechSmart Scout, an AI computer-vision system carried by hand or mounted on sprayers, is one of six projects in the first cohort of the Quad's AI-ENGAGE initiative and involves researchers from all four Quad countries.
CropsThe second phase, backed by the Walmart Foundation, covers five districts of Maharashtra and Karnataka; in phase one, participating farmers' average net crop income rose from ₹1,57,046 to ₹2,37,184 over three years.
OpinionIn a Krishi Jagran column, Elissa Lane argues that corporate cage-free pledges in India and Asia depend on farmers getting training, finance and a clear view of buyer demand.
CropsAfter India's weakest monsoon since 2015, CropLife India has advised farmers on seed treatment, sowing timing, scouting before spraying and buying only genuine inputs for the 2026-27 rabi season.
Citing ICAR's analysis of 242,000 soil samples and a national survey that found 39% of soils short of zinc, the writer argues that fixing soil micronutrients is the start of better nutrition for crops, livestock and people.
OpinionIn a Krishi Jagran column, Tarun Shridhar says Northeast India could feed itself with fish and export ornamental species if cold storage, credit, cage culture and market links were built at district level.
FruitsNihal Singh, a former State Bank of India chief manager, grows about 5,000 pomegranate plants in Jalore and says moving step by step from chemical to biological inputs, with drip irrigation, cut his orchard costs from about Rs 20 lakh to Rs 8-9 lakh this year.
CropsMaa Danteshwari Herbal Group gave free saplings to hundreds of students and about 25 farmers in Kondagaon district and promised more to those whose plants are thriving a year from now.
AgrotechWith 76.3 million Farmer IDs and a voice chatbot answering over 9.3 million questions, the next step is advice farmers can understand, question and hand to a human expert.
CropsDeveloped with Japan's Nippon Soda, the FRAC 52 fungicide is being rolled out in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh at 100 ml an acre.
CropsThe Federation of Seed Industry of India, valuing the sector at $3.6bn, asks for one national regulatory framework, faster approvals and stronger IP protection for oilseeds and pulses.
Indian farmers can choose from about 380 pesticide active ingredients against some 1,200 available worldwide, and the industry body says restricting existing molecules without letting better ones in would be a double blow; it wants science-based curbs and five years of regulatory data protection.
Built with ICAR's Indian Institute of Maize Research and two years of data from Shunya Agritech's own growing centres, the app reads fodder quality from a photo at every stage from grain to mat, answers growers' questions with an AI trained on the company's protocols and recommends pest and fungus t
