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Dairy cooperative in India is unique in the whole world and can be a good business model for poor countries: PM Modi

Dairy cooperative in India is unique in the whole world and can be a good business model for poor countries: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, “The potential of the dairy sector not only...

Bajra with higher micro-nutrients gets global recognition

Bajra with higher micro-nutrients gets global recognition

Research efforts on biofortified crops have got a shot in the arm with the Norman...

How on earth did figures for rice production estimates change within a few hours?

How on earth did figures for rice production estimates change within a few hours?

On Friday morning, the Food Ministry said that as paddy had been sown in an area...

Govt prohibits exports of broken rice

Govt prohibits exports of broken rice

The government has prohibited the exports of broken rice. According to a notification...

Decision to impose 20 per cent export duty on non-Basmati rice to rein in domestic prices

Decision to impose 20 per cent export duty on non-Basmati rice to rein in domestic prices

Two weeks after releasing figures for record rice production and the very next day...

PM Modi to inaugurate IDF WDS 2022 on Sep 12; summit in India 48 years after International Dairy Congress

PM Modi to inaugurate IDF WDS 2022 on Sep 12; summit in India 48 years after International Dairy Congress

The four-day long IDF WDS 22 assumes significance as a dominant majority of over...

India ranks 132 on HDI as global development stalls

India ranks 132 on HDI as global development stalls

Human Development — a measure of a nation’s health, education, and average income...

Shifting to plant-based foods can reverse climate catastrophe

Shifting to plant-based foods can reverse climate catastrophe

A plant-based diet offers several advantages, prominent being lowering the risk...

Vaccination against Lumpy Skin Disease at sluggish pace as only goat pox vaccine allowed

Vaccination against Lumpy Skin Disease at sluggish pace as only goat pox vaccine allowed

Scientists say that the country requires about 200mn doses of vaccine and hence...

Sonjoy Mohanty to be new ISMA DG

Sonjoy Mohanty to be new ISMA DG

The Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), the apex body of private sugar mills...

Established and existing procedure for fertilizer registration followed in approval to nano urea: Govt

Established and existing procedure for fertilizer registration followed in approval to nano urea: Govt

The Union Government has said that the established and existing procedure for the...

12 states affected by Lumpy Skin Disease, about 50,000 cattle dead, but states yet to declare it pandemic

12 states affected by Lumpy Skin Disease, about 50,000 cattle dead, but states yet to declare it pandemic

Cattle farmers in the country are badly affected by Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). According...

World’s scientists discuss India’s efforts to achieve SDGs by 2030

World’s scientists discuss India’s efforts to achieve SDGs by 2030

A two-day National Symposium was organized on ‘Food, Nutrition, and Environmental...

Bayer to scale up Sahbhaagi programme to build evolving ecosystem for micro-entrepreneurs while transforming Indian agriculture

Bayer to scale up Sahbhaagi programme to build evolving ecosystem for micro-entrepreneurs while transforming Indian agriculture

The Bayer Sahbhaagi Program was launched in 2019 and today it has more than 4,000...

GDP for Q1 2022-23 grows by 13.5 per cent, GVA for agriculture by 4.5 per cent

GDP for Q1 2022-23 grows by 13.5 per cent, GVA for agriculture by 4.5 per cent

According to the provisional estimates released by the NSO on August 31, the GDP...

Cheap Edible Oil Imports: A Setback for Farmers Ahead of Kharif Harvest and Rabi Sowing

The Centre’s decision to cut import duties on major edible oils could help moderate prices ahead of the festive season, but it comes...

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Seed Industry Targets 10% Share of Global Seed Trade by 2035, Seeks Faster Approvals and Stronger IP Protection

India’s seed industry has set a target of increasing its share of global seed trade from 1 percent to 10 percent by 2035. FSII has...

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Paddy Procurement Begins in a Week, but Haryana Rice Millers Hold Back CMR Registration

Haryana’s paddy procurement is set to begin on October 1, but only around 350 of nearly 1,400 rice millers have registered for CMR....

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Karnataka Seeks Rs 1,852 Crore Interim Aid as Drought Spreads to 177 Talukas

Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has sought Rs 1,852 crore in interim central assistance as drought has spread to 177 taluks...

States

Govt Cuts Edible Oil Import Duties; Industry Sees Scope for Lower Retail Prices

The government has cut import duties on crude and refined palm, soybean and sunflower oils from September 24. The move is expected...

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Centre Amends Plant Quarantine Rules to Regulate Aquatic Plants and Medicinal Flora Imports

The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare issued two notifications amending the Plant Quarantine Order, 2003. These orders...

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