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INDIA FERTILISER REVOLUTION
India’s next fertiliser revolution: New-age nutrients to complement conventional fertilisersIndia’s fertiliser strategy must, therefore, evolve from a question of choosing between conventional and new-age fertilisers to one of inte...
Indian agriculture enters new phase as diets, incomes and climate reshape farming: ReportThe first phase, from roughly 1967 to 1995, was dominated by the need to achieve food security, says the paper.
Modinomics at 76: The birthday cake, the candles and the numbersPM Narendra Modi turns 76 as he completes nearly 12 years in office, a period that has reshaped India’s economic landscape through infrastr...
India’s farm policy needs a reset amid concerns over ethanol push, subsidies: Agri expert Devinder SharmaSharma warns that ethanol-led changes in cropping patterns may create an environmental problem over the longer term.
India’s cheap-urea model faces an expensive reckoningIndia faces rising fertilizer costs, prompting a review of its subsidy system. Global supply chain issues and war have doubled procurement ...
India needs income-centric agri policies, greater Centre-state coordination: EAC-PM chairmanIndia must transition agriculture towards income generation, emphasizing crop diversification and market reforms, said S Mahendra Dev, Chai...
Reducing fertiliser import dependence vital: Jat, Secretary DAREJat highlighted that India consumes nearly 33 million tonnes of fertilisers annually, with a substantial portion being imported, making it ...
- Govt aims to make India self-sufficient in urea output: Pratibha Patil
She also said the availability of subsidised fertilisers has been ensured as per the requirement during the year.
M S Swaminathan: The master farm scientist who transformed India into brimming breadbasketSwaminathan played a significant role in changing the trajectory of the agriculture sector when farmers were dependent on archaic farming t...
India needs new green revolution to show path of natural farming to world: Amit ShahUnion Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said India needs a new green revolution under the leadership of Prime Minister Na...
India to usher in revolution in global fertiliser space with nano technology: MandaviyaMandaviya said IFFCO can permit production of nano fertiliser by any private sector company interested in establishing a plant by charging ...
Turn to natural farming as overuse of chemical fertilisers causing ill-effects: Shah tells farmersShah was virtually addressing farmers after launching the logo of the Gujarat government's initiative for natural farming, its mobile appli...
Green Revolution was not successful in rainfed areas: GovtIn 1960s, Green Revolution had allowed India to overcome food deficit by raising foodgrains production by using high yielding varieties of ...
Green revolution wheat, rice varieties not drought resistant: ICARICAR said that from last few years scientists have been developing seeds that are drought and climate resilient to meet these challenges.
Avoid indiscriminate use of chemical fertilisers: Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan SinghSingh urged small farmers' agriculture-business consortium to support farmers and formation of more farmer producer organisations.
Centre asks eastern states to take steps to boost crops yieldThe Centre today asked eastern states including Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal to provide high-quality seeds to farmers for raisin...
- Government plans to reduce subsidy on fertilisers: Sharad Pawar
Government plans to reduce subsidy on it and divert funds to organic manures, bio- fertilisers, green manures and promotion of organic farm...
- Fear on the farm
A special feature in this newspaper on Tuesday points to the terrible mess that Indian farming is headed for, and the ostrich-like attitude...
- Government in dilemma to preserve pro-agriculture and dismantle flawed—fertiliser system
Starting next year, the government will stop its 34-year-old practice of giving the fertiliser subsidy to companies.
- Fertiliser output needs to be enhanced to 35 mln tn: Pawar
Fertiliser production need to be enhanced to 35 million tonne per annum from the current level of 21 million tonne to boost farm production.