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From Innovation to Impact: How Krishi Mangal is Supporting India’s Smallholder Farmers- What the tomato teaches us about free tradeThe US Department of Commerce imposed a 21% tariff on most Mexican tomatoes, effective July 14. This action highlights the benefits of trad...
- Tomato prices hit Rs 100 again: Here's why prices have skyrocketed in just a weekTomato prices have surged to Rs100-120 per kg in Nagpur due to unseasonal rains and a virus attack in Nashik, reducing supply. Farmers cite...
- Bengaluru techie steals 50 laptops worth Rs 22 lakh after suffering losses in tomato farmingBengaluru police have arrested a 29-year-old system administrator for allegedly stealing around 50 company laptops worth Rs 22 lakh. The su...
- Farmer in Maharashtra installs CCTV camera to keep an eye on his tomato crops as prices continue to soarA farmer from Maharashtra has installed CCTV cameras to protect his tomato crop. The farmer, Sharad Rawte, has 1.5 acres dedicated to tomat...
- Maharashtra farmer earns over Rs 2.8 crore selling tomatoes amid rising prices, expects Rs 3.5 cr moreA farmer from Pune's Junnar taluka, Maharashtra, claimed to have earned more than Rs 2.8 crore through tomato sales this year. Ishwar Gayak...
- Government to launch 'Tomato Grand Challenge' to get ideas to tackle sudden spike/fall in pricesThe Grand Challenge aims to bring innovative, modular, and cost-effective solutions to develop "technologies for pre-production; primary pr...
- Heatwave yet to affect vegetable output, pricesThe country has witnessed the hottest ever February this year and the India Meteorological Department has issued warnings of heatwaves from...
- Pakistan farmers destroy tomatoes imported from IranSeveral farm owners and growers gathered in Mangochar town and blocked the Quetta-Karachi national highway by putting boulders and barricad...
- 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...
- Government okays norms for Rs 500 crore 'Operation Greens' scheme for onion, potato and tomatoThe programme was announced in the Union Budget 2018-19 with an outlay of Rs 500 crore to stabilise the supply and prices of tomato, onion ...
- Government to launch scheme to prevent distress sales by farmers“We are in the process of finalizing the scheme and will be placing it before the Standing Finance Committee. Once approved, it will be lau...
- Will FM Arun Jaitley give a rural touch to Budget 2018 or will he hold on to fiscal prudence?Arun Jaitley is likely to avoid slashing the corporate tax, for example, lest it offer fodder to the Opposition to call the budget pro-rich.
- NITI Aayog finalising model law on contract farmingBringing a model law on contract farming was announced as part of reform measures in the Union Budget.
- Avoid home-grown tomatoes this summer for better ones post monsoonThe real problem is why we pay even this much. Because most Indian tomatoes do not deserve it. Their flavour, is just simple sourness, with...
- Five-stars hotels growing own veggies or sourcing from local growers to save moneyHeirloom tomatoes imported from the Netherlands cost Rs 1,000-1,500 per kg while locally produced ones can be bought for Rs 120-150 a kg.
- Food processing industry to touch $194 billion by 2015: ICAR officialAgricultural marketing needs to be focused on and promoted to match production in order to attain fruitful results.
- The slowdown in GDP can be reversed, but only if Parliament starts to functionThere's no doubt about it any more: the economy is slowing and the brakes have come on harder than policymakers expected.
- Indian tomato traders eye flood-hit Pakistan for profitLarge quantities of Indian tomatoes are headed to flood-hit Pakistan as traders seek to profit from 10 times higher prices across the borde...
- Quality, variety key to cross 'green barrier'The government has identified 40 agri-export zones for horticultural produce. But to cross the 'green barrier', quality and variety are key.
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