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Climate crisis hits women, rural poor and older people harder, a new  FAO report finds

Climate crisis hits women, rural poor and older people harder, a new FAO report finds

A new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...

Marginal drop in sugar output at 25.53 MT so far this marketing year: ISMA

Marginal drop in sugar output at 25.53 MT so far this marketing year: ISMA

The country's sugar production dropped by 1.19 percent to 25.53 million tonne so...

13th WTO ministerial meeting fails to clinch any key issue, including agriculture

13th WTO ministerial meeting fails to clinch any key issue, including agriculture

The 13th ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ended without...

Food Grain Production In Crop Year 2023-24 To Decrease By 41 Lakh Tonnes

Food Grain Production In Crop Year 2023-24 To Decrease By 41 Lakh Tonnes

The data pertaining to agricultural production and the growth rate of agriculture...

Growth rate of agri, allied sector slips below one pc in 2023-24

Growth rate of agri, allied sector slips below one pc in 2023-24

In the current financial year (2023-24), the growth rate of agriculture and allied...

Govt okays Rs 24,420cr subsidy for P&K fertilisers for '24 kharif season

Govt okays Rs 24,420cr subsidy for P&K fertilisers for '24 kharif season

The Centre on Thursday approved Rs 24,420 crore subsidy on Phosphatic and Potassic...

16th installment of PM-KISAN released, How to check status

16th installment of PM-KISAN released, How to check status

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday released the 16th installment of PM-Kisan...

Meeting with Food Secretary regarding increasing MSP of sugar and buffer stock

Meeting with Food Secretary regarding increasing MSP of sugar and buffer stock

Based on annual sugar consumption of about 285 lakh tonnes, the industry says the...

Bharatiya Kisan Sangh demands to abolish GST on agri inputs, increase in Kisan Samman Nidhi

Bharatiya Kisan Sangh demands to abolish GST on agri inputs, increase in Kisan Samman Nidhi

RSS affiliated Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) has demanded that GST on agricultural...

Farmers observe 'black day' on Samyukta Kisan Morcha's call

Farmers observe 'black day' on Samyukta Kisan Morcha's call

The SKM held a meeting in Chandigarh on Thursday to discuss the situation at Shambhu...

FRP of sugarcane hiked by Rs 25, but due to low recovery farmers may not get benefit

FRP of sugarcane hiked by Rs 25, but due to low recovery farmers may not get benefit

The increase in FRP of sugarcane by the Central Government is being termed as a...

Delhi Chalo' march by protesting farmers put on hold for two days

Delhi Chalo' march by protesting farmers put on hold for two days

Farmer leaders have put their march to the national capital on hold for two days...

What proposal did the Center give to the farmers? Which crops will get at MSP for 5 years?

What proposal did the Center give to the farmers? Which crops will get at MSP for 5 years?

The Central Government has put forward a proposal before the farmers, under which...

Roadmap to increase pulse production ready, India to be self-sufficient by 2027: Agri Minister

Roadmap to increase pulse production ready, India to be self-sufficient by 2027: Agri Minister

Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda and Union Food and Commerce Minister Piyush...

7.8mn farmers can get PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi, e-KYC campaign launched

7.8mn farmers can get PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi, e-KYC campaign launched

Around 7.8 million farmers in the country, who are deprived of PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi,...

Food inflation eases to 6.85pc in Jan

Food inflation eases to 6.85pc in Jan

Inflation in vegetables was 19.71 per cent in January, down from 26.3 per cent in...

Rajasthan FPOs explore agro-processing & export Industries through NABARD initiative

More than 50 representatives from 12 Rajasthan-based FPOs participated in the program with well-known exporters based at Unjha in...

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RBI imposes Rs 8.3 lakh penalty on five co-operative banks in Gujarat and Odisha

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed penalties totaling Rs 8.35 lakh on five co-operative banks—four in Gujarat and one in...

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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...

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