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...
10 Feb, 2026, 09.20 AM IST
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...
28 May, 2025, 01.13 PM IST
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...
04 Jun, 2023, 03.36 PM IST
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.
03 Mar, 2023, 09.31 AM IST
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...
29 Aug, 2021, 10.37 AM IST
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 ...
26 May, 2020, 05.08 PM IST
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...
25 Oct, 2019, 11.38 PM IST
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.
11 Aug, 2019, 10.24 AM IST
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.
16 Sep, 2018, 10.02 AM IST
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...
28 Jun, 2018, 09.58 PM IST
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.
24 Aug, 2017, 02.37 PM IST
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...
21 Aug, 2015, 03.13 PM IST
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...
07 Jun, 2014, 03.07 PM IST
"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 ...
22 May, 2014, 09.14 PM IST
- 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.
28 Jun, 2010, 02.08 AM IST
- 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...
21 May, 2008, 02.10 AM IST
- 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 ...
25 Sep, 2006, 03.01 AM IST