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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...- 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...
- 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...
- Consumers unlikely to see major impact on food prices over next 2-3 months: Consumer Affairs SecyThe government is closely monitoring the prices of essential food commodities. At present, prices have remained stable and largely range-bo...
- India's edible oil imports rise 3% in FY26 on Nepal duty-free surge, industry body saysIndia's edible oil imports increased by 3 per cent in the last fiscal year owing significant to a boost from duty-free shipments from Nepal...
- e-Vikas is driving behavioural shift towards need-based fertiliser use among farmers: Madhya Pradesh agri secyThe e-Vikas fertiliser system has so far benefitted 1.3 million farmers, reduced queues, and triggered a behavioural shift toward need-base...
- India needs to reduce the strategic importance of fertilisers through a bold agricultural policyGlobal events like the West Asia conflict and El Nino threaten governments. Rising fertilizer prices create a fiscal and political crisis f...
- SC seeks Centre’s response on plea over MSP linked to cost of cultivationThe Supreme Court is currently reviewing an appeal aimed at elevating the significance of state-led assessments of farming costs in the est...
- India eyes higher farm output this year, confident of supporting global food supply amid uncertainty: DARE Secy JatICAR is advancing conservation agriculture and climate-resilient wheat research, focusing on water-use efficiency, farmer incomes, and nutr...
- India's wheat output may touch new record of 114 million tonnes in 2023-24The Agriculture Ministry indicates an increase in cultivated area, and if weather conditions cooperate, the production target could be achi...
- Wheat output likely to rise in India as acreage rises in key statesThe sowing this season has progressed earlier than the last year in most states including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, a t...
- Government coaxes Eastern India to grow pulses, oilseeds"The government will allocate funds to grow these two crops in the eastern Indian states that are covered under BGREI scheme.”
- Area under wheat sowing has more than doubled so far: GovernmentFarmers have planted wheat in 15.19 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing rabi (winter) season, more than double the area covered a year earl...
- Production of major crops likely to fall by 2.8% in FY13: CMIEAs on January 4, 2013, cultivation of wheat was 1.6 per cent higher at 286.4 lakh hectares compared to last year.
- Crop production likely to grow by 2.3% in FY09Crop production is projected to grow at a modest rate of 2.3% in FY 09, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) said in its monthly...
- Rising chana prices cause concernThe lure of higher support price forces farmers to switch to wheat.
- Land under wheat cultivation shrinks in RajasthanEven as the central government has hiked the minimum support price (MSP) on wheat, the Rajasthan government has reduced the land under whea...
- BJP asks govt to revise MSP for paddyArguing that the difference between minimum support price (MSP) for wheat and paddy was leading to discontent among farmers.
- Crop imbalance drives Bengal to diversificationWest Bengal is the largest producer of rice, jute and vegetables in the country. But it is deficient in wheat, pulses, oilseeds and maize a...
- Wheat, corn cultivation upThe area under wheat and maize cultivation has increased to 263.91 lakh hectare during the on-going rabi season compared to 247.25 lakh hec...
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