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Fears of hunger overwhelm a Central American village as El Nino approachesVillagers in Cunen, Guatemala, confront a severe drought. The looming El Nino weather pattern intensifies fears of widespread hunger. Local...- Lakhs of farmers committed suicide between 2005-14, situation changed under Modi regime: UP CM YogiUttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday highlighted a transformation in agriculture over the past 12 years. He also stated that farme...
- 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...
- India, Oman trade pact to come into force from June 1; Check what's insideIndia and Oman's Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, CEPA, begins on June 1. This pact offers Indian exports 100% duty-free acces...
- Tantrum of a problem child might cool India's economic engineThe IMD has retained its forecast for a below-normal monsoon in 2026, with El Nino expected to dominate the June-September season and rainf...
- Bardhaman’s potato economy in focus as farmers weigh choices amid Bengal pollsIn Purba Bardhaman, potato farmers face price caps, weak markets and migration woes. As elections near, discontent simmers, but TMC still a...
- Bengal polls: Tata exit still shapes Singur, 18 years onSingur's landscape is marked by abandoned factory remnants and damaged farmland. The Tata Motors Nano project's 2008 exit reshaped Bengal p...
- Inside PepsiCo India’s farm-to-shelf overhaul amid shifting consumer demandPepsiCo India says India’s agri supply chains are layered, limiting farmers’ price visibility and direct linkages with organised buyers can...
- Quality and branding: The twin pillars of India’s global horticulture pushA coordinated push involving policy support, private investment, and technology adoption can help India shift from volume-driven to value-l...
- Vegetable prices crash up to 80% since January, deepening farm distressVegetable prices have fallen sharply since January. Potatoes are down 40 percent, onions 50 percent, and tomatoes up to 80 percent. This is...
- HyFarm bets on UP's warming climate to build India's next French fry hubUttar Pradesh is set to become India's next French fry hub due to rising temperatures. HyFarm Foods is expanding its operations, aiming to ...
- PepsiCo-USAID awards 6 women farmers in Bengal for breaking gender stereotypes"Shamima Begum and Anwara Begum from West Bengal's Hooghly district, and Sujata Pramanik, Manisha Alu, Tapasi Pal and Anita Singh from Bank...
- Utkal Tubers to ramp up production of high yielding seed potatoesThe company plans to increase the production by investing in research and development, introducing new high-quality proprietary varieties o...
- Will withdraw case if FC5 potato farming is stopped: PepsiCoThe firm wants Gujarat farmers to stop cultivating the FC5 variety, which is used for Lay's chips.
- Unfortunate to have been dragged in the court by PepsiCo: Gujarat potato farmersPepsiCo has sued the farmers for using the registered crop variety FL-2027 for which it claims to have obtained exclusive PVP rights in Ind...
- PepsiCo to invest $5 million in agricultureThe maker of Lay's, Kurkure and cola brands like Pepsi is meeting companies who are investing to digitally connect 10 million retailers alo...
- Potato will not hurt like onionsFarmer Jang Bahadur Singh Sangha's potato production is almost 0.12 % of total 40 million tonne potato production of India in 2012.
- Organic farming in Bihar village finds a place on global mapRepresentatives of a number of cos will meet state govt officials on Feb 11 where they are likely to place order for sale or export of orga...
- Pepsi helps out potato farmers in KarnatakaPepsico has helped crop agronomy, seed management, chemical treatment and crop supervision. This has ensured that we are well prepared to c...
- UP govt plans to do an Amul in potato farmingSugarcane isn’t the only crop that is sweet for farmers in western UP. By ’08-09, 4,000 acres of farmland, covering over 2,000 farmers, are...
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