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Bengal: Malda mango exports touch 10 tonnes in one week; 100-tonne shipment expected this seasonMalda district in West Bengal has successfully exported 10 tonnes of premium mangoes to West Asia and Italy in the past week, with expectat...
Weather swings, monsoon risks, and the growing threat to mango, apple cropsThe agriculture industry has evolved historically through adaptation and resilience, and now it is time to speed up this transformation, em...
Gujarat govt's 'revolutionary' decision to provide Rs 1,500 cr financial relief to sugar cooperativesGujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel approved sugarcane prices paid by cooperative societies to farmers. This decision benefits over two ...
Assam's migratory beekeepers and their hives follow the flowers to make the honey flowBeekeepers in Assam face challenges from climate change. Extreme weather like floods and heatwaves disrupt honey production. Migratory beek...
India’s early monsoon relief comes with a price tag — and it’s risingIndia's early monsoon, the earliest since 2009, brings both relief and economic concerns. While the rains offer respite from summer heat, t...
Mega nursery in J&K near Pakistan border all set to cater to local fruit growers this monsoonAhead of monsoon, a mega nursery of fruit plants set up by the Jammu and Kashmir horticulture department near the India-Pakistan border fen...
The environmental disaster lurking inside your chocolate barThe African nations, home to most of the world's cocoa, now wants more compensation for their impoverished farmers.
Stopping Indian basmati and mangoes: Countries erect shadowy barriers to tradeNon-tariff measures are acceptable in international trade, but nations use these to make impractical rules that hurt Indian exporters. Smal...
Flipkart, K'taka Mango Board tie up to help farmers sell onlineThe company would further provide training and capacity-building of how to use the app and other user interfaces, the release said, adding ...
Why India should start taking apples seriouslyGovt announced special measures to support Kashmiri apples, but it will still face a challenge in selling them. A regional partnership coul...
Modi has a plan to double farm incomes by 2022. But here's the problemModi govt believes a boost to farm export is a sure-shot way to help double farmers’ income by 2022.
As a horticulture boom pushes up farm incomes, here are two key missing piecesOne major stumbling block in the promotion of horticulture is the lack of cold storage facilities.
Congress geared up for simultaneous polls, says Ashok ChavanThe Maharashtra Congress President shares with ET what steps and alliances his party is considering to get an edge over BJP ahead of the cr...
Bengaluru's Maia Café to follow the farm-to-fork philosophy for all ingredientsRestaurants are making a conscious effort to make sure that what they serve comes from neighbourhood farms.
Jain Irrigation in Fortune's 'Change of the World' listIndia-based micro-irrigation firm Jain Irrigation Systems is the sole company from the country named in Fortune magazine's inaugural 'Chang...
Mumbai’s much-loved mangoes, Alphonso, turning bland and harmful due to artificial ripeningFor many consumers in Mumbai, Alphonsos are all that matter, with other locally available varieties such as Pairis & Badamis being dismisse...
"We have just scratched the surface, as far as rural sales goes," says Maruti Suzuki's Mayank PareekEven as others await sentiment to pick up, Maruti Suzuki is spreading out to in the rural areas with plans to reach out to 2 lakh villages ...
- Rice growers in Satara Belt work without middlemen
Rice growers in the Satara Belt sell their produce directly to consumers in cities, without involving any middlemen.
- Contract farms are flavour of the season
Some days ago, in the otherwise nondescript village of Jhagadiya, Gujarat, hundreds of farmers gathered around a consignment of fruits on i...
- Godrej Agrovet ties up with Malaysia co for palm oil JV
Godrej Agrovet (GAVL), part of the Rs 6,000-crore Godrej Group, signed an MoU with Malaysia’s IJM Plantations to set up a joint venture in ...