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Soybean Production Drops 16 pc, Yet Farmers Struggle to Get MSP

Soybean Production Drops 16 pc, Yet Farmers Struggle to Get MSP

Despite the fall in production, soybean prices remain much below the Minimum Support...

PM Modi Launches ₹947 Crore Projects to Boost India’s Livestock and Dairy Sector

PM Modi Launches ₹947 Crore Projects to Boost India’s Livestock and Dairy Sector

North East gets First Livestock IVF Lab; Foundation stone laid for Integrated Dairy...

APEDA Suspends Accreditation and Imposes Penalties on 6 Organic Certification Bodies

APEDA Suspends Accreditation and Imposes Penalties on 6 Organic Certification Bodies

Earlier, in March 2025, penalties and restrictions were imposed on 12 certification...

PM Modi Unveils Rs 35,440 Crore Agriculture Push with Two Flagship Schemes for Self-Reliant, Prosperous Farmers

PM Modi Unveils Rs 35,440 Crore Agriculture Push with Two Flagship Schemes for Self-Reliant, Prosperous Farmers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched two major schemes - the Rs 24,000-crore PM...

FPO Conclave 2025 Charts Roadmap for Sustainable, Future-Ready Farmer  Producer Organisations

FPO Conclave 2025 Charts Roadmap for Sustainable, Future-Ready Farmer Producer Organisations

The 5th FPO Conclave 2025, co-hosted by NABARD and Samunnati, convened over 2,500...

91% of Microfinance Loans Driving Livelihood Growth, Says Sa-Dhan Bharat Microfinance Report 2025

91% of Microfinance Loans Driving Livelihood Growth, Says Sa-Dhan Bharat Microfinance Report 2025

There were 13.99 crore loan accounts as on 31 March 2025, according to CRIF Highmark....

Complex Fertiliser Growth Seen Slowing to 2–4% Amid Import Woes, Geopolitical Tensions: Crisil

Complex Fertiliser Growth Seen Slowing to 2–4% Amid Import Woes, Geopolitical Tensions: Crisil

Crisil said overall volume growth will hinge on the easing of supply constraints...

ICRISAT’s Groundnut Breeding Program Delivers Strong Yield Gains, Study Confirms

ICRISAT’s Groundnut Breeding Program Delivers Strong Yield Gains, Study Confirms

ICRISAT has set a new benchmark in crop improvement by measuring Realized Genetic...

Credit on UPI Can Transform Farm Lending, Says SBI Chairman C.S. Setty at GFF 2025

Credit on UPI Can Transform Farm Lending, Says SBI Chairman C.S. Setty at GFF 2025

State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman C.S. Setty said SBI is actively exploring ways...

IARI Charts Roadmap to Transform into World-Class Higher Education Institution

IARI Charts Roadmap to Transform into World-Class Higher Education Institution

The seminar brought together around 100 distinguished scientists, policymakers,...

Isabgol Industry Warns of Procurement Halt from October 6 Amid GST Uncertainty; Export Concerns Deepen

Isabgol Industry Warns of Procurement Halt from October 6 Amid GST Uncertainty; Export Concerns Deepen

India’s isabgol (psyllium) processors have threatened to stop buying seeds from...

The Lie of Free Trade: How Rich Nations Use 'Green' Rules to Condemn Global South Farmers

The Lie of Free Trade: How Rich Nations Use 'Green' Rules to Condemn Global South Farmers

A new RIS report exposes how rich nations manipulate “free trade” to protect their...

From Lab to Field: Four High-Yielding Wheat Varieties with Superior Heat and Disease Resistance

From Lab to Field: Four High-Yielding Wheat Varieties with Superior Heat and Disease Resistance

New wheat varieties such as HD 3385, HD 3410, HD 3388, and HD 3390 offer high yields,...

Union Cabinet Approves Rs 11,440 Crore Mission for Self-Reliance in Pulses

Union Cabinet Approves Rs 11,440 Crore Mission for Self-Reliance in Pulses

Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan assured...

National consultation on sugarcane suggests developing new varieties and machines for small farmers

National consultation on sugarcane suggests developing new varieties and machines for small farmers

Several key issues emerged at a national consultation on the country's sugarcane...

A Separate Team to Be Formed within ICAR for Sugarcane Research: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

A Separate Team to Be Formed within ICAR for Sugarcane Research: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh...

Seeds Bill 2025: Sowing Hopes, Raising Concerns

Why the draft Seeds Bill 2025 has triggered debate among scientists, policymakers and farmers

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Fasal Unveils ‘FasalJet’ and ‘FasalJet Pro’ for On-Farm Tech Solutions

FasalJet and FasalJet Pro were designed to address this need for irrigation and fertigation automation, extending the platform from...

Agritech

Economic Survey Calls for Agri Reforms, Urea Price Hike to Fix Fertilizer Imbalance

The Economic Survey 2025–26 calls for agricultural reforms, warning that fertilizer imbalance has reached alarming levels and is damaging...

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Agritech Startup KhetiBuddy Launches SaaS Platform for Agri-Food Businesses

Verdnt functions as an enterprise data backbone that unifies agronomy, operations, and sustainability workflows. By bringing farm...

Agri Start-Ups

Economic Survey Flags Agriculture-Led Stability, Warns Rural Incomes Vulnerable to Global Shocks and State Fiscal Choices

The Survey said agriculture continued to play a crucial counter-cyclical role, cushioning the economy amid geopolitical shocks and...

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Digit Insurance Pays Moisture Index-Based Parametric Insurance Claims to Rajasthan Farmers

The claim has been paid to farmers in over 30 villages in Tonk, as the moisture-based parametric cover based on Water Balance Index...

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