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Govt extends 20pc export duty on parboiled rice till Mar 31 next year
To maintain adequate local stock and keep domestic prices under check, the government...
Tea industry passing through acute financial crisis
The country's tea industry is passing through a phase of acute financial crisis...
Revitalizing India's agriculture: IDH, Better Cotton promote regenerative farming for sustainable future
IDH and Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, brought...
Set up task force to address feed and fodder issues: Centre to states
The Centre on has directed state governments to constitute a task force in order...
Tur Dal sells at 2015 price level, breaches Rs 200/kg mark
Despite all efforts to control the prices of arhar dal, the price in the retail...
Lower food prices eases retail inflation to 3-month low of 5.02pc in Sep
Retail inflation eased to a three-month low of 5.02 in September, mainly due to...
Centre requests mills to halt raw jute import
The Centre has advised mills to stop importing raw jute because of its oversupply...
Sugar production estimated at 317 lakh tonnes in 2023-24, prices to remain high
In several major sugarcane producing states of the country, low monsoon rainfall...
Need for innovations to foster sustainable agri-food systems: Parshottam Rupala
Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala believes...
Huge demand for Indian chicken, dairy, basmati rice, wheat products in Middle East
There is a huge demand in the Middle East countries for chicken, dairy, basmati...
Rubber-producing nations share common concerns at annual meet
The annual meeting of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)...
Price of new soybean crop less than MSP by up to Rs 1,000; farmers waiting for price rise
The arrival of new soybean crop in the market is very less. Due to very less rainfall...
High cotton prices may impact exports in 2022-23
Cotton exports are estimated to decline 64 per cent in 2022-23 marketing year ended...
Women's contribution in agri-food systems not recognised: Prez Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday said women's contribution in agri-food systems...
Heifer India-CIRG MoU to transform India's Goat Value Chain, empower farmers
In a groundbreaking development, Heifer India and the ICAR - Central Institute for...
Productivity of DMH-11 variety GM mustard same as hybrid varieties, better oil quantity
The Supreme Court is expected to hear this week the issue of genetically modified...
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