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Strengthening Cooperatives in India: Key Reforms, Governance Changes, and the Road Ahead

Strengthening Cooperatives in India: Key Reforms, Governance Changes, and the Road Ahead

India’s cooperative sector is undergoing historic reforms to strengthen governance,...

Talks on US Tariffs Begin Again, Will Tariffs Upend Indian Agriculture?

Talks on US Tariffs Begin Again, Will Tariffs Upend Indian Agriculture?

With US tariffs threatening their key markets, Indian farmers face falling prices...

Bioenergy and Net-Zero: Policy Momentum and Future Pathways

Bioenergy and Net-Zero: Policy Momentum and Future Pathways

India’s bioenergy journey, from cow dung gas units in the 1980s to ethanol blending,...

India’s Potato Power Play: Why It’s Time for a Processors Association

India’s Potato Power Play: Why It’s Time for a Processors Association

India has the potatoes. It has the plants. It has the markets. What it lacks is...

How a Six-Year Low Inflation Rate Is Hurting Indian Farmers

How a Six-Year Low Inflation Rate Is Hurting Indian Farmers

The strategy of reducing food inflation through cheap imports is turning out to...

Unlocking India’s Dairy Potential: What It Takes to Lead the Global Market

Unlocking India’s Dairy Potential: What It Takes to Lead the Global Market

India, the world’s top milk producer, now contributes 24% of global output and is...

Performance, Challenges, and Future Prospects in India's Agricultural Exports

Performance, Challenges, and Future Prospects in India's Agricultural Exports

India, despite being the world’s second-largest agricultural producer, holds just...

Reimagining India’s Cotton Agri-Future with G. W. Carver’s Wisdom

Reimagining India’s Cotton Agri-Future with G. W. Carver’s Wisdom

George Washington Carver’s legacy of soil regeneration and crop diversification...

The Challenges before India’s Emergence as an Agricultural Export Hub

The Challenges before India’s Emergence as an Agricultural Export Hub

Increase in exports of agricultural commodities since 2018 was not only far less...

Fast-Tracking India’s Agri Exports

Fast-Tracking India’s Agri Exports

With manufacturing becoming capital-intensive and services no longer generating...

Making Indian Agriculture Globally Competitive

Making Indian Agriculture Globally Competitive

Over the years, India has been heavily dependent on imports of edible oils and pulses,...

Inflation Tamed by Imports, But at Farmers’ Expense

Inflation Tamed by Imports, But at Farmers’ Expense

While inflation might seem like good news for consumers, it paints a troubling picture...

Farm Mechanization Holds the Key for Agricultural Transformation Under Emerging Challenges

Farm Mechanization Holds the Key for Agricultural Transformation Under Emerging Challenges

The article emphasizes the transformative role of farm mechanization in addressing...

Where Panchayats Stand after 30 years of Implementation of 73rd Amendment Act?

Where Panchayats Stand after 30 years of Implementation of 73rd Amendment Act?

Despite 30 years since the 73rd Constitutional Amendment, Panchayats remain weak...

Beginning of the End of Invisibility of Women in Mavai Hasngari Gram Panchayat

Beginning of the End of Invisibility of Women in Mavai Hasngari Gram Panchayat

People of several castes and religions have been living here since the establishment...

How India's Agricultural Sector Factors into the U.S. Reciprocal Tariff Policy

How India's Agricultural Sector Factors into the U.S. Reciprocal Tariff Policy

India must now move swiftly to identify and exploit opportunities in both the U.S....

High Gas and Sulphur Prices Could Push Fertiliser Subsidy to Rs 3 Lakh Crore

India’s fertiliser subsidy could reach Rs 3 lakh crore in the current financial year as high gas, DAP and sulphur prices raise production...

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Uttar Pradesh Approves Four New Sugarcane Varieties, Offering Alternatives To Co.0238

Uttar Pradesh has approved four new sugarcane varieties, including three developed by the state sugarcane research council and one...

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NABKISAN Lists India's First WASH-Focused Social Bonds, Raises Rs 180 Crore

The Social Bond issue witnessed robust investor participation and was oversubscribed 1.8 times, enabling NABKISAN to raise Rs180 crore....

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India explores oilseed imports from Mozambique, SEA signs agreement

India is exploring Mozambique as a new source of oilseeds and vegetable oils, with SEA and Nampula Province signing a three-year Statement...

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Sugar Stockholding Limit Cut to 15 Days for Dealers, To Be Implemented From October 15

The government has revised stockholding limit for sugar dealers to 15 days from October 15, capping stocks at 1,000 quintals, with...

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CCFI Urges Government to Reject Extended Data Protection for Agrochemicals

The Crop Care Federation of India has opposed extending agrochemical data protection beyond the 20-year patent period, warning it...

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