"The long term gain would accrue only when modern retailers and processors set up back-end infrastructure and supply chain facilities."

Consumer Price Inflation is likely to ease on the back of an expected drop in food prices in coming months, Chairperson of Commission for A...

Dr Gulati told that Bihar doesn't have any issue in production but procurement is the major issue

There is a need to create more non -farm opportunities to facilitate farmers' migration to those jobs so as to ensure income security.

It suggested focusing on cultivation of maize and soyabean in Punjab and pitched for stable trade policy for agricultural crops to ensure a...

On wheat, the CACP chief said India is expected to double exports to 7-8 million tonnes in 2013, as against an estimated 4 million tonnes l...

FM met representatives from the agriculture sector, kicking off consultations his ministry holds with stakeholders before the annual budget.

The Union cabinet is likely to decide on Thursday the minimum support price for crops planted during this year's kharif season.

CACP chairman feels that the hike in MSP is not inflationary & will encourage farmers to cultivate more oilseeds & pulses where the hike is...

If MSP is increased, it will put further pressure on inflation. In such a condition, we won't be able to control inflation.

The government should raise the MSP by 10% immediately after it imposes ban on the export of agricultural commodities, says the CACP.

"Any ban on export is an implicit tax on farmers and should be immediately offset by a bonus on the minimum support price (MSP)," said Asho...

Barring edible oils, the hike in the minimum support price of paddy and other kharif crops is unlikely to fuel food inflation.

The government had banned wheat exports in early 2007 and rice shipments in April 2008.

A higher support price for farmers' produce cannot ensure agriculture growth unless non-price factors like irrigation and storage facilitie...

In short, it has demanded that sugar price be the pre-dominant factor in fixing cane SMP.

The sugar industry in the private and the cooperative sectors have united to pressure the government to announce high support prices for th...