As Indian farmers shift to complex fertilizers, FY25 sales up 11% till October
Demand for complex fertilizer has increased in recent years Amid farmers shifting to use more of complex fertilizers when they are facing a shortage of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), manufacturers in India have been ramping up domestic production by importing raw materials and getting those made as per requirement. For more information click here.
Cyclone Fengal: IMD issues ‘qualified’ update on Bay of Bengal storm
The depression is expected to continue moving north-northwest, crossing the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts near Karaikal and Mahabalipuram on Saturday The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a ‘qualified’ update about ‘a possibility of marginal intensification of the deep depression into a cyclone,’ to be named Fengal, after assessing the latest environmental conditions around the system. For more […]
New tur crop trickles in key producing States
Millers await new crop arrivals to start operations The new tur crop for the 2024-25 cropping season has started arriving in small quantities in parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Telangana. Full scale harvest is likely to begin over the next couple of weeks as the crop is in various stages of ripening and maturity across […]
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 […]