NITI Aayog working group suggests government re-visit rice and wheat procurement policy at MSPThe 23-member working group on crop husbandry, agriculture inputs, demand and supply, set up by the Aayog in 2022 under PS Birthal, directo...
29 Feb, 2024, 08.22 PM IST
The real culprit, cereal shortages, may further add to Indians' price painsThe widespread cereal shortages in India could drive inflation higher in India, even as the vegetable price shock is set to ease in the com...
25 Jul, 2023, 02.45 PM IST
Foodgrain prices up 5-15% as delayed monsoon hits sowingAnalysts expect prices of kitchen staples to increase further. Paddy and pulses like tur, moong, urad, oilseeds like soyabean and groundnut...
19 Jun, 2023, 11.44 PM IST
Cereal prices unlikely to surge but will remain elevated: CrisilThe weighted average crop price index for cereal crops logged 3-4% CAGR over fiscals 2017-2022. Even this fiscal, prices of cereals have ri...
20 Feb, 2023, 03.41 PM IST
Essentials get costlier as local output dipsA fall in domestic production, strong export demand, lag time in offloading the central pool of wheat stocks and supply constraints have le...
16 Feb, 2023, 12.03 AM IST
Samunnati Agro Solutions links up with Germany-based company to develop crop strandardsThe GLOBALG.A.P. protocols are used as benchmarks for enabling international trade in agri commodities and are widely used by many of the b...
06 Feb, 2023, 11.27 AM IST
India has sufficient stocks of grains, could sell wheat in open marketFood inflation, which accounts for nearly 40% of the consumer price index basket, rose 8.60% in September, compared to 7.62% in August. Ret...
17 Oct, 2022, 07.36 PM IST
Maize exports rise 28.5% to $816.31 million in April-January FY22In addition to staple food for human beings and quality feed for animals, maize serves as a basic raw material/ingredient to many industria...
20 Mar, 2022, 03.06 PM IST
Agricultural reforms reek of parochial thinking, promote lazy farming: SBI economistsWelcoming the legislation that claim to enhance production and farmers' income, the economists at SBI Research on Monday said, "These measu...
12 Oct, 2020, 09.39 PM IST
Government hikes paddy MSP by Rs 53/qtl for 2020-21The decision, taken by the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will give respite to farmers and also help them take a call on w...
01 Jun, 2020, 07.58 PM IST
Agriculture minister proposes to FAO to declare the year 2019 as International Year of MilletsOfficials said that the matters has received support of the member countries when placed in the bureau meeting of the Committee on Agricult...
15 Aug, 2018, 10.38 AM IST
Modi govt may announce MSP hike this week: Here is a list of likely changesPrime Minister Narendra Modi had last week announced that the Cabinet will approve the hike in MSP to at least 1.5 times of the production ...
02 Jul, 2018, 07.33 PM IST
- First Saharan farming started over 10,000 years ago
It is desert now, but in the Holocene age, some 10,000 years ago, it was part of the "green Sahara" and wild cereals grew there.
18 Mar, 2018, 12.09 PM IST
Gene map reveals how bajra survives extreme heat, droughtThe discovery published in the journal Nature Biotechnology may help develop climate adaptation strategies in other important food crops.
19 Sep, 2017, 02.19 PM IST
From potatoes to apples, one third of what we eat today is foreignYou may be surprised to know that profusion of foreign veggies & fruits in local market is not a recent phenomenon.
26 Jun, 2016, 01.19 PM IST
- Absence of speculative play keeps potato prices steady
Potato prices globally have not hardened as much as the rates of other food items like cereals.
17 Jun, 2008, 12.40 AM IST
- 'Food shortage looms in flood-hit S Asia'
South Asian nations, including India, face "serious" threats of food shortage, says UN.
18 Aug, 2007, 09.30 AM IST