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Cooperatives are the solution for hunger, farmers’ woes: Brazil Agriculture Minister

Cooperatives are the solution for hunger, farmers’ woes: Brazil Agriculture Minister

Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje with Brazilian Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro in Delhi. , Photo Credit: Twitter/@PIB_India Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture…
Need for climate-smart agriculture in India

Need for climate-smart agriculture in India

Climate change is increasing the dangers faced by farmers, prompting them to re-evaluate their practices. Photo: elearning.fao.org/ Tthe two most…
Sceptical Nizamabad farmers ask why PM has not laid foundation stone for Turmeric Board

Sceptical Nizamabad farmers ask why PM has not laid foundation stone for Turmeric Board

Turmeric is grown in about 2.5 lakh acres across Telangana, with the old Nizamabad and Karimnagar districts accounting for a…
Centre to provide 15,000 women self help groups with drones that can be rented out for agricultural purposes

Centre to provide 15,000 women self help groups with drones that can be rented out for agricultural purposes

The drones can be rented out to farmers for nano fertilizer and pesticide applications. Special arrangement photo for representation. The…
Centre bans onion export till March; Nashik farmers protest

Centre bans onion export till March; Nashik farmers protest

Workers at Vinchur onion market in Nashik. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Centre has imposed a ban on the…
Centre revises wheat stock limits to rein in prices, hoarding

Centre revises wheat stock limits to rein in prices, hoarding

Workers carry sacks of wheat for sifting at a grain mill on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. File | Photo Credit:…
Poor demand, bountiful output plunge kinnow price, leave farmers of Punjab in distress

Poor demand, bountiful output plunge kinnow price, leave farmers of Punjab in distress

Poor demand, abundant production, and early plucking of the produce this winter have left growers of kinnow, a citrus mandarin…
India aims at $1 billion fresh banana exports in next 5 years

India aims at $1 billion fresh banana exports in next 5 years

Workers packing bananas for export at a packaging unit near Chinnamanur in Theni district, Tamil Nadu. , Photo Credit: KARTHIKEYAN…
Centre hikes copra MSP by ₹250-300 hike per quintal for 2024 season

Centre hikes copra MSP by ₹250-300 hike per quintal for 2024 season

Representational file image. , Photo Credit: Vibhu. H The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), which met here on Wednesday,…
Govt hopeful of ‘bountiful harvest’ amid food inflation headwinds

Govt hopeful of ‘bountiful harvest’ amid food inflation headwinds

With India’s farm sector remaining resilient to erratic weather conditions, the government is hopeful of having bountiful food grain production…