India develops new groundnut lines with desirable oil quality
A team of scientists from ICAR, ICRISAT and State Agriculture Universities has developed new groundnut lines that have up to 82% of oleic acid content, which is highly desirable for…
Category: Agriculture
ICRISAT: Genes for producing climate-resistant chickpea varieties identified
An international team led by ICRISAT researchers has identified genes that can help produce chickpea varieties that can tolerate both drought and temperature up to 38 degree C. The time…
Groundwater depletion alarming in northwest, central India
While a majority of districts in India experienced significant depletion in groundwater storage, those in the Indo-Gangetic plain, northwestern, central, and western parts of India showed the most reduction due…
Only 32% of India is resilient to drought
Based on data from 2000 to 2014, only 241 of 634 (about 38%) districts in India were found to be resilient to drought or dry conditions. The remaining 62% districts…
inStem’s skin gel may protect farmers from toxic pesticides
A team led by inStem researchers has developed a gel for topical application to prevent organophosphate-based pesticides from causing any adverse effects including death. The gel hydrolyses ester found in…
Decline in low-intensity rainfall reduces groundwater recharge in north India
Research carried out by IIT Gandhinagar team has found increased groundwater recharge in south India between 1996 and 2016 due to increase in high-intensity rainfall during monsoon. But in the…
ICRISAT researchers make groundnuts free of aflatoxin
Two strategies have been developed by ICRISAT researchers to keep groundnuts nearly free of aflatoxin. In the first strategy, they have prevented fungal infection. And in the second strategy, they…
IIT Gandhinagar develops a system to monitor drought in South Asia
It will now be possible to monitor drought at 5-km resolution on near real-time basis. The dataset and drought indicators for south Asia have been made available from 1980 onwards.…
