Big plans for farms: What is in the Rs 2,800-crore Digital Agriculture Mission?
The Mission, which seeks to create robust Digital Public Infrastructure in the agriculture sector, will bring together data and information about farm lands, crops, and yields, and is expected to benefit both individual cultivators and the farm economyThe Union Cabinet on Monday (September 2) approved the Rs 2,817-crore Digital Agriculture Mission for the creation of Digital Public […]
Nabard, Spices Board organise two day training programme for Rajasthan FPOs
More than 50 representatives from 12 Rajasthan based FPOs participated in the program Nabard funded Agri Export Facilitation Centre (AEFC), Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), the Spices Board of India, Federation of Indian Spice Stakeholders (FISS) and APMC Unjha & implemented by South Asia Biotechnology Centre (SABC) jointly organised a two-day […]
Legal guarantee of MSP only way to help Punjab farmers shift from paddy
Pandher said that some misinformation has been spread about the demand on MSP saying that why farmers of Punjab were demanding for it when the Centre has already buying the entire paddy and wheat The demand for legal guarantee of the minimum support price (MSP) will help achieve the government’s decades-old target of shifting paddy farmers of […]
Indian growers expect coffee prices to stay firm in near-term
Say stable prices over 4-5 year period will help overcome losses incurred over the past one-and-half decades Indian coffee growers expect prices to be firm in the near term on tight global supplies. They feel that prices need to be stable for about 4-5 years for them to repay their debts, overcome the losses suffered […]
Retail tomato prices decline 22.4% on improved supplies: Govt
The all-India average retail price of tomatoes stood at ₹52.35 per kg on November 14, 2024. New DelhiRetail tomato prices declined 22.4 per cent month-on-month on improved supplies across the country, the Consumer Affairs Ministry said on Sunday. The all-India average retail price of tomatoes stood at ₹52.35 per kg on November 14, 2024, down from ₹67.50 […]
Onion exports resume after 2 months gap
Malaysia buys Gujarat onions as an alternative to pricey shallots Onion exports have resumed after a gap of two months with Malaysia buying the bulb from Gujarat. The export volume is expected to pick up once kharif onions’ arrival peaks in a couple of weeks time, exporters said. “We have got orders to export onions from Gujarat. These are pickle onions […]
Onion prices expected to cool down with arrival of kharif crop: Govt officials
Govt disposing of buffer stock in retail markets at lower prices, says Consumer Affairs Ministry Onion prices are expected to cool down in the coming weeks as the arrival of the fresh kharif crop has begun, senior officials at the Consumer Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday. Currently, the average all-India retail price of onion is at ₹54 […]
Insecticides India records ₹61 cr net profit in Q2
The company completed a buyback of 500,000 fully paid-up equity shares at ₹1,000 each, amounting to ₹50 crore, through internal accrual Insecticides (India) Ltd, a crop protection and nutrition company, recorded a profit after tax of ₹61 crore in the second quarter of 2024-25, compared to a profit of ₹53 crore in the corresponding period […]
Two-day NAARM meet on sustainable agri start-ups from November 12
A-Idea is a technology business incubator promoted by the NAARM The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), in association with a-IDEA, is set to host a two-day national conference on ‘Building Sustainable Agricultural Startups in India’ beginning November 12. For more information click here.
Government considering sweet sorghum as additional feedstock for ethanol, sources say
Top official sources say Prime Minister’s Office is keen to see the use of sweet sorghum as an additional feedstock for ethanol amid the issue with availability of sugarcane, rice and maize in some years Sweet sorghum, considered an alternative to sugarcane in production of ethanol, may get a push after PMO stepped in to help scientists popularise […]