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Fuel shortages from Iran war threaten Asia’s biggest food stapleIran War: Farmers across Southeast Asia face a crisis as missiles flew in th Middle East. Soaring fuel and fertilizer prices, driven by the...- TRA Tocklai launches decaffeinated green tea powder with 75% less caffeineTea Research Association (TRA) Tocklai launched Decaffeinated Green Tea Powder, developed from Assam's elite clones, containing 75% less ca...
- VisionSpring’s launches ‘Livelihoods in Focus’ to unlock over Rs 300 cr in income-earning potentialThe organisation has announced its partnerships with the Indian Tea Association, five tea gardens and two eye hospitals in India.
- Union budget disappoints apple growers in HimachalThe apple economy in Himachal is worth Rs 5000 crores and 2.5 lakh families are directly dependent on it, says apple growers associations.
- Proposal is mooted to prepare plantation level plans on child rights, emphasize on responsible sourcingProposal is mooted to prepare plantation level plans on child rights, emphasize on responsible sourcing
- Karnataka farmer bodies to observe Bharat Bandh todayThe farmer organisations have also decided to take out massive rallies and observe complete bandh. However, many organisations have only ex...
- A missed beeline to sting apple output in IndiaUsually beekeepers pay a cost for stay in flowering fields in other states, including Jammu & Kashmir. The rent has soared to Rs 900-1,000 ...
- Heat in Rajya Sabha over 'discrimination' against Dalits in GujaratRaising the issue during Zero Hour, P L Punia (Cong) said dalits in many Gujarat villages were being discriminated against and not allowed ...
- India's rubber output slides to 12-year low in 2014-15India's natural rubber production plummeted to a 12-year low in 2014-15, when the prices of the commodity also paradoxically sunk to the lo...
- Coffee Board makes progress in its effort to tackle the white stem borer pestIn one of its experiments, the Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI) has found that the adult beetles of stem borer could be killed befo...
- Rains drive up vegetable, fruit prices by 15-50%According to official data, pulses and vegetables became costlier by about 15 per cent in a year and onions by 26.6 per cent, while fruit p...
- Tea gardens in Assam fear huge escalation in social costAssam has around 800 big tea estates and around one lakh small tea growers producing roughly 550 million kgs of tea annually.
- Retail fruit, vegetable prices stay high despite good rainsThough there is an improvement in the availability of fruits and vegetables in wholesale markets, prices continue to rule high at the retai...
- Coffee output may decline to 2.95 lakh tonne in 2011-12India's coffee production is expected to decline to around 2.95 lakh tonne in the current coffee year on account of lower robusta output.
- Rubber takes root in new regions on record pricesSupply shortage and record prices have prodded planters to expand rubber acreage this year. Farmers in regions where rubber trees are not n...
- Punjab farmers to ship 5K tonne potato to RussiaPotato growers in Jalandhar have inked deal with Russian businessmen to export the tuber. The first consignment is expected to leave Jaland...
- Planning Commission likely to review SPTFPlanning Commission is likely to review SPTF which commerce ministry thinks is under-performing.
- Sikkim in talks with foreign players for floriculture hubThe state government is in talks with the Orchid Growers’ Society of Thailand to sign an MoU, under which training will be imparted for var...
- Ground frost blights farmers in PunjabPotato growers in Punjab have been hit by late blight coupled with ground frost condition which has damaged 40% crop in the region.
- Time warp: Rural India still info-starvedAny decision is only as good as information used to arrive at it. By that count, the Indian farmer’s fate is rather unfortunate.
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