Agribusiness

ITALMOPA forays into Indian market by launching EU co-funded "Pure Flour from Europe" campaign

ITALMOPA forays into Indian market by launching EU co-funded "Pure Flour from Europe" campaign

The PPFE campaign is co-funded by the EC and is devoted to creating awareness of...

WayCool completes investment into SV Agri, India’s leading potato value chain player

WayCool completes investment into SV Agri, India’s leading potato value chain player

WayCool Foods, India's fastest growing agri-commerce company, has announced the...

JFPR grant to enhance market linkages for farmers in Maharashtra

JFPR grant to enhance market linkages for farmers in Maharashtra

JFPR has approved $2-million grant to provide key knowledge and technical support...

ReshaMandi raises $30 mn in India’s largest Series A funding for a B2B marketplace

ReshaMandi raises $30 mn in India’s largest Series A funding for a B2B marketplace

ReshaMandi, India’s first silk-tech start-up that serves as a B2B (business-to-business)...

Karat Farms raises pre-seed funding from Vriksh Impact Partners

Karat Farms raises pre-seed funding from Vriksh Impact Partners

Karat Farms, a Bengaluru-based smart kitchen garden company, has raised undisclosed...

Samunnati launches Annadata Suraksha Abhiyaan to crowdsource funds and insure India’s smallholder farmers

Samunnati launches Annadata Suraksha Abhiyaan to crowdsource funds and insure India’s smallholder farmers

Samunnati, a specialized agri value chain enabler, launched the Annadata Suraksha...

ACFI urges Govt to look into agrochem industry’s concern on Pesticide Management Bill

ACFI urges Govt to look into agrochem industry’s concern on Pesticide Management Bill

The Agro Chem Federation of India (ACFI), the apex body of the agrochem industry,...

Agritech startup BharatAgri raises $6.5mn in Series A round from Omnivore, India Quotient and 021 Capital

Agritech startup BharatAgri raises $6.5mn in Series A round from Omnivore, India Quotient and 021 Capital

Digital farm advisory startup BharatAgri has raised USD 6.5 million in a Series...

Welspun’s WelKrishi initiative unlocks sustainable farming opportunities for India’s cotton growers

Welspun’s WelKrishi initiative unlocks sustainable farming opportunities for India’s cotton growers

Since 2017, the WelKrishi project has empowered over 15,000 farmers and 75,000 farm...

Kuber from Kalgudi to help farmers, stakeholders

Kuber from Kalgudi to help farmers, stakeholders

Hyderabad-based Kalgudi has developed ‘Kuber’, a social commerce platform for the...

Farmkart forays into agri-equipment rental business via rent4farm

Farmkart forays into agri-equipment rental business via rent4farm

Agritech innovation start-up Farmkart has announced its foray into the agriculture-equipment...

Agritech start-up Agdhi awarded BIRAC’s Biotechnology Ignition Grant

Agritech start-up Agdhi awarded BIRAC’s Biotechnology Ignition Grant

Agdhi, an agritech start-up, has been awarded the Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG),...

MONIN announces doubling of its direct investment in India

MONIN announces doubling of its direct investment in India

French gourmet flavour business and global beverage solutions leader MONIN has announced...

ReshaMandi eyes expansion of silk portfolio in Delhi

ReshaMandi eyes expansion of silk portfolio in Delhi

ReshaMandi, India’s first silk agritech startup, has planned its expansion to work...

IFFCO Kisan registers 30% jump in cattle feed business in Q1

IFFCO Kisan registers 30% jump in cattle feed business in Q1

IFFCO Kisan sold cattle feed amounting to Rs 49.13 crore in Q1 FY22, thus registering...

BASF Venture Capital invests in Indian hydroponics pioneer UrbanKisaan

BASF Venture Capital invests in Indian hydroponics pioneer UrbanKisaan

BVC is investing in the Indian start-up UrbanKisaan, which specializes in hydroponic...

PM Modi to announce UN International Year of Cooperatives at ICA conference in New Delhi

For the first time in the 130-year-long history of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), the premier body for the Global Cooperative...

Cooperatives

Paddy procurement begins in Odisha at Rs 3,100 per quintal

The Odisha government has begun paddy procurement for the 2024-25 Kharif season, offering Rs 3,100 per quintal, including an Rs 800...

States

BKS condemns bar association for not defending farmers in stubble-burning cases

The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) has condemned the Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association's decision not to represent farmers in...

States

Global soil conference 2024 highlights need to boost soil fertility for food security

The Global Soil Conference 2024, held in Delhi from November 19-22, focuses on soil health amidst food security, climate change, and...

National

ICRA Projects Agricultural GVA Growth at 3.5 percent in Q2 FY2025

ICRA projects India's GDP growth to dip to 6.5 percent in Q2 FY2025 from 6.7 percent, with GVA growth easing to 6.6 percent. Agriculture...

National

ISB launches centre of excellence for aerial and water robotics 

The Indian School of Business (ISB), IIIT-Delhi, and DRIIV have launched the Centre of Excellence for Aerial and Water Robotics (CoE-AWRDS)....

Agritech