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Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural & Horticultural Sciences conferred its first honorary doctorate to Bharat Biotech International Limited Founder Krishnamurty Ella for his service in an affordable-vaccine production sector in India including Covaxin, the vaccine against against Covid-19. He was conferred at the 6th annual convocation at Navule campus, here on

University of Illinois Scientists growing hybrid corn strains dating back to 1934 found planting them at high density boosted yield by 2.85 tons per acre. Modern hybrids also had increased crate yields.

Students protest against even semester exams The protestors said that they are expected to appear for the practical examinations in the next three days, and demanded that it be postponed.  Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Students, under the banner of AIDSO, protest near the office of the Department of Technical Education in Bengaluru on Friday | Express Express News Service BENGALURU: Polytechnic students gathered in front of their colleges across the state, and also at the Department of Tec...

Thanks to a combination of a gradual onset to February’s cold spell and timely rains in late spring, this year’s peach crop looks promising.

Bee fences to ward off elephant attacks Updated: Updated: Kodagu to have ‘bee fences’ to ward off wild elephants Share Article AAA Bee boxes installed across the elephant paths by the KVIC as part of Project Re-Hab in Kodagu. Photo: Special arrangement   Kodagu to have ‘bee fences’ to ward off wild elephants Pitting the largest animal on land against a minute insect. That is how the authorities intend to mitigate human-elephant conflict that seems to continue unabated in Kodagu and ot...

‘Bee-Fences’ Set Up To Scare Away Elephants And Prevent Human-Animal Conflict In Karnataka by Arun Kumar Das - Mar 16, 2021 06:20 AM The bee boxes (Arun Kumar Das). Snapshot Project RE-HAB uses ‘bee fences’ to dissuade elephants from entering human habitations. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has launched a ‘bee-fences’ project to mitigate human-animal (elephant) conflict in the country. The objective of Project RE-HAB (reducing elephant-human attac...

UAHS told to conduct research on ‘Kaarla Kaje’ rice Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Minister for Agriculture B.C. Patil on Monday instructed the University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (UAHS), Shivamogga, to conduct research on “Kaarla Kaje” brand of boiled rice to enable it to get government certification. Addressing a gathering after releasing to the market the particular variety of rice marketed by Parampara Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd. at Karkala, the Mini...

Webinar on emerging trends in seed production technologies concludes Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A 10-day national-level online training programme on emerging trends in seed production technology and quality control framework for an effective seed supply chain of horticulture crops organised by College of Horticulture, Bidar, a constituent college of University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, concluded on Wednesday. The programme, which was inaugurated on December 28, 2020 by Vic...

Updated: ‘State is one of the front runners in horticultural produce’ Share Article AAA Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and Deputy Chief Minister Govind M. Karjol inaugurating a Horticulture Mela at Bagalkot, virtually in Bengaluru on Saturday.   ‘State is one of the front runners in horticultural produce’ Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Saturday said that the State government had taken a slew of measures for doubling farmers’ income by 2022 as envisaged by Prime Minister Narendr...