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DAP stock at October-end reaches one-third of that last year

DAP stock at October-end reaches one-third of that last year

According to the figures from the Department of Fertilizers, the stocks of DAP and...

Amid farm stir, Centre ramping up fertilizer supply to UP

Amid farm stir, Centre ramping up fertilizer supply to UP

Amid the farm stir and Rabi sowing season, the Centre is ramping up fertilizer supply...

AI, space and GIS technology necessary for agriculture and disaster management

AI, space and GIS technology necessary for agriculture and disaster management

Leads Connect Services, a Noida-based agri-tech company, organized a national seminar-cum-workshop...

CASCADE makes a concerted effort to contain the menace of smuggling and counterfeiting

CASCADE makes a concerted effort to contain the menace of smuggling and counterfeiting

Illicit trade is the world’s largest growing industry. Smuggling and counterfeiting...

ISMA lowers sugar production estimate to 305 lt for 2021-22

ISMA lowers sugar production estimate to 305 lt for 2021-22

After accounting for the reduction in sugar production due to the diversion of cane...

Bhagwanth Khuba dispels rumours about fertilizer shortage in the country

Bhagwanth Khuba dispels rumours about fertilizer shortage in the country

Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Bhagwanth Khuba addressed...

Top sugar companies recruit from National Sugar Institute

Top sugar companies recruit from National Sugar Institute

About 50 per cent of the current batch students have already been placed in the...

Strategy for increasing indigenous DAP production capacity and long-term import deals in the wake of Rabi season crisis

Strategy for increasing indigenous DAP production capacity and long-term import deals in the wake of Rabi season crisis

Taking a lesson from the availability crisis of DAP and other complex fertilizers...

Stellapps completes first close of pre-series C round to digitize Indian dairy sector

Stellapps completes first close of pre-series C round to digitize Indian dairy sector

India’s leading dairy-tech start-up Stellapps has completed the first close of its...

Packaged sugarcane juice to hit the shelves

Packaged sugarcane juice to hit the shelves

Kanpur-based National Sugar Institute (NSI) is working on a novel technology to...

War room of DoF working for right amount of fertilizer in right place at right time

War room of DoF working for right amount of fertilizer in right place at right time

This is the first time in the country when the DoF of the Ministry of Chemicals...

Stocks of DAP and MOP even less than half of those earlier; NPK prices not to be rolled back fully despite increase in subsidy

Stocks of DAP and MOP even less than half of those earlier; NPK prices not to be rolled back fully despite increase in subsidy

According to government data, as of September 30, 2021, the stocks of DAP and MoP...

Roots Foundation to train nearly 50,000 farmers of Punjab and Haryana to tackle stubble burning

Roots Foundation to train nearly 50,000 farmers of Punjab and Haryana to tackle stubble burning

Every winter, the burning of crop residue of over 30 mt in Madhya Pradesh, Punjab...

Companies raise complex fertilizer prices; NPK bag dearer than DAP by Rs 500

Companies raise complex fertilizer prices; NPK bag dearer than DAP by Rs 500

Giving a jolt to the farmers when Rabi season sowing is about to start, fertilizer...

Alia Bhatt invests in IIT Kanpur incubated bio-leather start-up

Alia Bhatt invests in IIT Kanpur incubated bio-leather start-up

Phool.co, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) wellness start-up incubated by the Indian Institute...

Rice industry needs a comprehensive strategy: Infomerics

Rice industry needs a comprehensive strategy: Infomerics

The report “Rice Industry — Emerging Contours” by Infomerics is optimistic about...

New Cane Variety Creates a Buzz Among UP Farmers, 2 Lakh Single Buds Booked in 5 Minutes

Uttar Pradesh’s new early-maturing sugarcane variety CoS.23232 has received an overwhelming response from farmers, with all 200,000...

States

NABVENTURES Announces First Close of Fund II at Rs 450 Crore; Target Corpus Set at Rs 1,500 Crore

As the anchor investor in Fund II, NABARD continues to reaffirm its commitment to fostering innovation-led growth in India's agriculture...

National

India Sugar Production Forecast Cut 14% to 29.5 Million Tonnes as El Niño Threatens Cane Crop: USDA Report

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cut its forecast for India’s sugar production in the 2026–27 marketing year by 14% to...

Agribusiness

CSIR-CCMB’s Third Annex Campus at Bommaipalli Focuses on Farmers

CSIR-CCMB’s new Bommaipalli campus in Telangana hosted a scientist-farmer meet, distributing improved rice seeds to over 150 farmers....

National

KisaanSay Targets 2 Lakh Farmers by FY27, Expands Sourcing Presence to 15 States  

The expansion positions KisaanSay to build one of India’s largest farmer-to-consumer food networks, with more than 50% of consumer...

Agribusiness

WMO Warns of Record-Strength El Niño, Global Heat and Shifting Rainfall Patterns

The World Meteorological Organization says El Niño is strengthening rapidly and could become one of the strongest events since 1950....

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