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Agricultural research, new crop varieties, sustainability, and credible studies — newest first (page 1 of 3).
ICA 2026 runs 1–4 November at IIT Ropar, hosted by ANNAM.AI: 47 papers, 10 invited talks, 2 panels and workshops on AI for agriculture. Fees, the four-day schedule, speakers, travel, and what ANNAM.AI actually is.
IndianAgri Desk · 21 October 2026 · 9 min read
Drone seeding beat manual broadcasting by 13% and AI-guided spraying cut herbicide use by up to 45% — but missing protocols remain the risk.
IndianAgri Desk · 17 September 2026 · 5 min read
Papaya leaf for fever, turmeric leaf as a wrapper, tulsi by the door — and Laxmi Taru, which reached India in the 1960s. What each is used for, where that is written down, and what the published work actually says.
IndianAgri Desk · 17 September 2026 · 7 min read
Drip-irrigated rice needs 779 litres of water per kg of paddy vs. 2,024 conventionally — a radical shift away from flooded cultivation.
IndianAgri Desk · 16 September 2026 · 5 min read
IMI-resistant weedy rice has already emerged from overuse. The real risks of herbicide-tolerant rice, and how integrated management contains them.
IndianAgri Desk · 11 September 2026 · 5 min read
Patna field trials found pendimethalin cut DSR crop stand by 45% under wet soil, while oxadiargyl and pretilachlor stayed safe — a herbicide playbook.
IndianAgri Desk · 6 September 2026 · 5 min read
Vattar DSR delayed irrigation by 15-20 days, cut weeds 50%, and lifted yields 22% over unmulched DSR — across 1,208 farmers in UP and Bihar.
IndianAgri Desk · 1 September 2026 · 5 min read
Priming rice seed in potassium nitrate or gibberellic acid before sowing lifted DSR yields 7-11% — no machinery or new variety required.
IndianAgri Desk · 27 August 2026 · 5 min read
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