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A bee box changed everything: Zerodha's Nithin Kamath shares the surprising farming technique that boosted yields significantlyIntroducing bee boxes on farms has dramatically boosted coconut yields by 20%, according to 13 years of data from Akshayakalpa, highlighted...- India’s fertiliser subsidy model is broken; direct income support is the only way forward: Ashok GulatiIndia’s fertiliser subsidy regime is facing scrutiny; rising global fertiliser and energy prices and rising fiscal pressures expose its ine...
- BRICS+ agriculture beyond borders: Trade and resilience for a food-secure worldWith India’s leadership and BRICS+ cooperation, agriculture can become not only a source of food, but a foundation for resilience, prosperi...
- Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
- Beyond rice, wheat: Why India must revive native ‘orphan crops’ for protein securityIndia can boost nutrition security, cut import dependence, and build a global smart protein industry by scaling climate-resilient indigenou...
- Govt readies contingency plans to counter El Nino threat to kharif season: Shivraj Singh ChouhanThe Indian government is ready for El Nino's impact on the upcoming kharif crop. Contingency plans are being made for affected districts. T...
- Wilmar International chief says India must target 60% self-sufficiency in edible oilsIndia needs to produce more edible oils domestically. Kuok Khoon Hong, chairman of Wilmar International, suggests aiming for 50-60% self-su...
- Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...
- El Nino threat: Centre rolls out kharif contingency plan to shield cropsAgriculture ministry has directed states to prepare district-wise crop strategies, and promote short-duration crops such as pulses, certain...
- India's farm output hits record 357 million tonnes in 2024-25: J&K Lieutenant GovernorIndia is leading the global fight against climate challenges. Agriculture production reached 357 million tonnes in 2024-25. Jammu and Kashm...
- El Niño and geopolitical tensions cloud India’s rural economy: A somber 2026 outlookIndia’s rural economy faces pressure in 2026 from a likely El Niño-driven weak monsoon and rising input costs due to US-Iran tensions. Lowe...
- 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 ...
- Sitharaman accuses Stalin of creating false narrative over Centre's advisory on paddy bonusUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has responded to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin. She accused him of creating false narrativ...
- No proposal to impose restriction on Malaysian imports currently: Piyush Goyal"At present, there is no proposal to impose a restriction on import of any item from Malaysia," Goyal said in a written reply to the Rajya ...
- Kharif pulses procurement 55% short of targetThe lower procurement by Nafed, however, has resulted in pulses being sold below MSP in the open market.
- Hike unlikely to fuel food inflation: CACPBarring edible oils, the hike in the minimum support price of paddy and other kharif crops is unlikely to fuel food inflation.
- Edible oil imports doubled in four yrs to over 88 LTIndia's edible oil imports have more than doubled in just four years to over 88 lakh tonnes in 2009-10 oil year.
- 'Foodgrain output hike will be a key challenge'Raising non-foodgrain crop output may turn out to be a challenging affair, the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) said i...
- Raising non-foodgrain crop output may be challenging: NCAERThe National Council of Applied Economic Research said that raising non-foodgrain crop output may turn out to be a challenging affair.
- SEA seeks VAT cut for oilseed, related itemsThe Solvent Extractors’ Association (SEA) of India has requested the finance minister, P Chidambaram, not to raise Value Added Tax (VAT) on...
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