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Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurates Assam’s Centre of Excellence for VegetablesAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated a state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence for Vegetables at Khetri, a significant step i...
80% of marginal farmers in India affected by adverse climatic events: ReportAccording to the report, nearly 43 per cent of the surveyed farmers lost at least half of their standing crops. Rice, vegetables, and pulse...
Why food prices will remain high in IndiaFood inflation in India, driven by supply-side factors like adverse weather affecting crops, has remained at around 8 per cent year-on-year...
'Electronic soil' that enhances crop growth developed by scientists"The world population is increasing, and we also have climate change. So it's clear that we won't be able to cover the food demands of the ...
Why Indian farmers worry despite 'average' monsoon rainsWhile average monsoon rains are ordinarily good for Indian farmers, uneven distribution this year has created new worries. Vegetables such ...
Telangana bets big on oil palm to cut $19 billion vegetable oil importsTelangana is targeting 2 million additional acres under oil palm cultivation in the next four years, and is going to great lengths to achie...
As India grows its own 'exotic' fruits and vegetables, imports are plummetingThe import of produce such as durians, leeks and other alliaceous bulbs, capsicums, figs, mangosteen and strawberries has dropped 70-100 pe...
High food prices hurting India's poor, pain to persistThe high prices are a particular cause of concern for India's hundreds of millions of poor people, who have already been squeezed by the co...
Crop insurers may not get swarmed with locust claimsHit would be minimal if infestation is controlled before monsoon as rabi harvest’s done.
Experts warn about food inflation as farmers begin reducing area under vegetables"We have to be ready for tremendous inflation for perishable food products in future as farmers would be investing low in such products," s...
- Tupperware containers to help NASA astronauts eat fresh food
Washington, March 31 (IANS) Tupperware, a household name when it comes to keeping food fresh, is now helping NASA improve astronauts' diet ...
How private sector is helping cultivators with technology, buyback and improving their social standardsGodrej Agrovet works with 2 million farmers at 54 production units, in 20 states, in the areas of animal feed, dairy, poultry and oil palm ...
Why prices of tomatoes surged and why we are shedding onion tearsWholesale tomato prices touched Rs 70 per kilo in end-July, on the back of a severe supply shortage in vegetable mandis.
Agricultural ties with Israel helping Indian farmersIsraeli farm technology has helped farmers in about 500 acres to switch to vegetables and floriculture.
Farmers outsourcing seed breeding to commercial nurseriesWith the increasing profitability of vegetable cultivation, enterprising farmers have opted to outsource the nursery raising operations to ...
Dense fog likely to continue in North IndiaChilly conditions to help wheat as well as fruit such as apples and apricots.
- NHM joins hands with Israel to share expertise in vegetable farming
To provide good quality vegetable seedlings throughout the year,NHM has joined hands with Israel to develop expertise in vegetable farming
- Excess rainfall in Maharashtra damages crops
Outputs of cane, cotton, soya, pulses, onion and potato are going to be lower.
Vegetable prices likely to fall by August-end on fresh arrivalsVegetable prices are likely to fall in the next one month with new crops.
- Avesthagen, Limagrain pick stakes in Indian cos
Leading biotech company Avesthagen and French plant breeding major Groupe Limagrain on Wednesday said they have jointly acquired majority s...