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Latest Articles in Agriculture
"Improving Livelihoods For Smallholder Farming Households" Punit Gupta, Country Director, TechnoServe India
India has approximately 126 million smallholder farmers, accounting for ~86% of total operational holdings in the country.
Read MoreVietnam Appeals To India To Open Its Market For Dragon Fruit Among Other Agricultural Products
According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, dragon fruit accounts for about a third of Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exports. Revenue from dragon fruit exports is nearly four times higher than longan and mango.
Read MoreIndia's Rice Exports Could Jump To Record On Thai Drought Effects
India was offering 5% broken parboiled rice at $380 per tonne on a free-on-board basis, while Thailand was offering the same grade at $490 per tonne
Read MoreHorticulture 4.0: The Plant Factories For Agricultural Exports
Marginal farmers with less than two hectares of land account for 86.2% of all farmers, but own just 47.3% of the arable land, not enough to farm marketable surplus as well as contribute to exports.
Read MoreGovt Buys 5.73 lac tons Of Paddy At MSP In Last 8 days
For the current year, the government has fixed the MSP of paddy (common grade) at Rs 1,868 per quintal, while that of A grade variety has been fixed at Rs 1,888 per quintal.
Read MoreAgricultural GVA Growth Of 3 Pc Likely In Q2 FY21: ICRA
Pan-India rainfall stood at 109 per cent of long period average (LPA) in the monsoon months (June to September), well above the 102 per cent level projected by the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Read MoreAgri Bills Are Death Sentence For Farmers: Rahul
Gandhi and his Congress party have been demanding that the farm bills be withdrawn as they are not beneficial for farmers, who will be enslaved at the hands of private players and big businesses.
Read MoreNCDC Sanctions Rs 19,444 Cr To 3 States For Paddy Procurement At MSP
The timely step will help the state agencies start procurement operations immediately, an official statement said.
Read MoreFarmers begin protest in Punjab, Haryana over farm bills
As many as 31 farmer organisations, under ageis of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) have joined hands for the complete shutdown of Punjab.
Read MoreSend Pesticides Management Bill, 2020 To Select Committee: Agri Experts
Experts from leading agriculture and the Agri-Chemical businesses have called upon the central government to initiate wider deliberations on key gaps in the proposed Pesticides Management Bill, 2020 (PMB) which was introduced in the Rajya Sabha just two days before the March 25 lockdown
Read MoreBlueprint To Revive The Agriculture Sector To Accelerate The Growth
According to an economic survey by Indian government, climate change could hurt farmers’ income by up to 20-25% in the medium term.
Read MoreIndia's Sugar Crop Faces Delays With COVID-19 Raging Throughout Nation
India produces 370 million tonnes of cane annually, second-most worldwide behind Brazil. But mechanization accounts only for about 5% of the work in a nation that employs nearly 50 million sugarcane farmers and 700 factories
Read MoreIndian Farmers Driven To Debt As Banks Turn Risk-averse During Pandemic
Amid India's worst economic slowdown in decades due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, millions of farmers like Siddhanth are being shunned by banks as lenders turn cautious due to rising bad loans.
Read MoreWell-spread Monsoon To Result In Bumper Kharif Output: Report
Crisil Research expects an overall 5-6 per cent growth in farm output, including a 2-3 per cent rise in the sowing area at 109 million hectares for kharif season 2020.
Read MorePM’s New Finance Initiative Under Rs 1 Lakh Cr Agriculture Infrastructure Fund Catalytic For Agri-infra Development: FAIFA
This fund will be crucial for farmers, agri-entrepreneurs, startups, agri-tech players and farmer groups looking to boost the country’s agriculture infrastructure.
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