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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 ...
Vegetable prices skyrocketed during Modi Govt's tenure: Telanagana CM Revanth ReddyTelangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy inaugurated a new fruit market and sub-registrar office complex. He criticized the central governmen...
Maruti unveils India's first flex-fuel car: What is a flex fuel vehicle? How does it work? Will it cut your fuel bill? Here's allMaruti Suzuki has introduced India's first flex-fuel passenger car. This technology allows vehicles to run on petrol or petrol-ethanol blen...
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...
Before ACs and coolers, India’s oldest cooling hack was a humble grass. It can also keep stress at bayLong before air conditioners, Indians used fragrant khus grass curtains to cool homes, releasing a fresh scent when wet. This indigenous gr...
Rs 10 sugarcane FRP hike: Small raise, big questions for farmers and millsFarmers call the hike inadequate while industry warns of rising cane arrears
Himachal CM unveils Rs 1,500 support for Kinnaur women, geothermal project for PeoHimachal Pradesh celebrated its 79th Day with enthusiasm. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced significant welfare schemes and d...
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...
E20 petrol now the main fuel in India from April 1. What this big shift means, and can your car handle ethanol-blended fuel?India has mandated E20 petrol, a blend of 20% ethanol and 80% petrol, across the nation from April 1, 2025. This initiative aims to reduce ...
Karnataka CM seeks Centre's intervention as maize, green gram prices plungeIn a pressing appeal, Karnataka's Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has brought to the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the alarming dro...
How tribal cuisines benefitted after replacing millets with maizeTribal communities in central India gradually replaced traditional millets with maize, leading to significant changes in their cuisines. Ma...
Punjab announces 50 per cent subsidy on machinery for paddy, maize cultivationPunjab Agriculture Secretary Kahan Singh Pannu said that 50% subsidy would be provided to women, scheduled castes and 40% to other farmers....
Farmers to be permitted to produce ethanol: PMPrime Minister said "Punjab would be immensely benefitted from the GoI's decision likely to be taken shortly to permit the farmers to produ...
Monsanto sets up two hybrid maize museums in BiharSpread over a combined area of eight acres the museums showcases a range of 10 dekalb maize hybrids. It has been established in partnership...
- Punjab gives nod for enacting 'Contract Farming Act and Amendements to APMC Act
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today gave nod for enacting 'Contract Farming Act' to ensure better remunerative prices to the be...
- Karnataka heading for a bumper maize crop
Karnataka is clearly heading for a bumper maize crop in the ongoing kharif season.
- Maize prices zoom on US, China export restrictions
With the rise in demand in the export market because of the US and China cutting their outflow, the maize prices in the domestic market hav...
- Maize row: TN poultries prefer contract farming
The low availability and high prices for maize have led the poultry units in Tamil Nadu to enter into contract farming with maize growers.
- Higher rainfall to benefit rice, cotton & maize crops
Rains seem to have sprinkled life into the kharif crops this week. A low-pressure zone over the Bay of Bengal brought relief to several par...