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South Asia can generate millions of jobs through agriculture sector: World Bank GroupWith agriculture sector employing around 43 per cent of the South Asian workforce, the region has strong potential to emerge as a global le...- Over 100-year-old cooperative society transforming lives of farmers in PunjabA century-old cooperative in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district is empowering farmers with loans, equipment rentals, and ultra-low-cost biogas. T...
- Open MSP procurement, storage to private sector: StarAgri CEOStarAgri CEO Amith Agarwal advocates a bigger private-sector role in MSP procurement and storage to boost efficiency, warehousing capacity,...
- 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...
- Hantavirus scare a wake-up call: Why India must build its disease X defencesA recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship echoes past pandemic scares. Experts warn Disease X, a future unknown pathogen, is a near cer...
- 'Am I out?' Drought and rising costs from Iran war deepen pain for US farmersAmerican farmers in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Nebraska face immense challenges. Rising fuel and fertilizer prices, linked ...
- How Did People Preserve Food Before Modern Kitchens?Before refrigerators, people used clever methods like salting and fermentation to keep food fresh. These ancient techniques focused on cont...
- Agrochem co Safex Chemicals acquires Shogun LifesciencesDelhi-based agrochemical company Safex Chemicals has acquired Gujarat-based Shogun Lifesciences, to complete its agri to home care portfoli...
- National Commodities Management Services Limited (NCML) sets up public silo storage facility at SonipatThe four flat-bottom silos have a storage capacity of 12,500 MT each. It includes a flat bottom silo of 4000 MT capacity, two hopper bottom...
- Adani Group says does not buy food grains from farmers; only manages storage for FCIFCI buys food grains from farmers and stores them in silos built through a public-private partnership. While private players are paid a fee...
- Narain Karthikeyan’s agri-logistics firm raises $10 million from Neev fundLeap India has already obtained long-term contracts from certain state governments for setting up such facilities on a public-private partn...
- US based Blumberg Grain plans to invest $250 million in India"We want to be part of Indian agriculture story. There is lot of opportunity because of post-harvest losses," David Blumberg told.
- Centre to build storage for steady flow of foodgrains under Food Security ActThe government has proposed to set up intermediate grain storage facilities at block level in each state, a move aimed at ensuring steady f...
- Create 50 grain storage facilities for food law: MS SwaminathanSwaminathan said the government will require 64 million tonne foodgrain every year to fulfil the commitment under Food Security Law.
- Food Act will raise a bill of $2.5 billion in storage build-upImplementation of the Food Security Act will require an investment of $0.5-2.5 bn as capacity addition of about 22-32 million tonne (mt) wi...
- Ready storage for food: Centre to tell statesThe UPA government will write to chief ministers soon, urging them to be ready with enhanced grain storage facilities.
- Private players to help government stem rot in godowns soonGovt is ready with a blueprint to build grain silos through public-private partnerships to meet the procurement and storage requirement
- Sen Panel to report on feasibility of silos under PPP modelAn expert panel, headed by Abhijit Sen, will soon come up with a comprehensive study on the economics of building modern silos for food gra...
- Enhance pvt role in grain storage: PanelA parliamentary committee has asked the government to consider incentivising private players to set up grain storage facilities as it prepa...
- India to take grain storage lessons from ChinaTechnical experts and engineers from India’s leading agriculture warehousing and storage agencies including FCI will visit China to study m...
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