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Pulses a worry even as kharif grain output may rise 1.5-4%

Pulses a worry even as kharif grain output may rise 1.5-4%

Output of pulses, some coarse cereals and the key oilseed – groundnut could hit a three-year low this kharif season,…
Government imposes minimum export price of $800 per tonne on onion till December 31

Government imposes minimum export price of $800 per tonne on onion till December 31

A vegetable vendor arranging onions and other vegetables at a local market in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil…
India’s smaller rice crop paves way for prolonged export curbs

India’s smaller rice crop paves way for prolonged export curbs

For the first time in eight years, India’s rice output is expected to drop this year, raising the prospect that…
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…