Opinion

Breaking the Barriers: Overcoming Challenges to Unlock the Next Blue Revolution

Breaking the Barriers: Overcoming Challenges to Unlock the Next Blue Revolution

Seafood is also a significant contributor to global food security, particularly...

Agri-focused NBFCs and Fintech’s plays critical role to augment credit requirement for agricultural innovation

Agri-focused NBFCs and Fintech’s plays critical role to augment credit requirement for agricultural innovation

It's time the policymakers support such NBFCs who are charged up to bring radical...

Dairy & Food Inflation: Farmer vs Consumer

Dairy & Food Inflation: Farmer vs Consumer

In north India, Mother Dairy and AMUL have increased the prices of liquid milk variants...

Budget 2023-24: How much rural friendly?

Budget 2023-24: How much rural friendly?

If we put allocation for Rural development and Agriculture together, we found that...

Why Sitharaman missed opportunity of putting economy on inclusive growth path in Budget 2023-24

Why Sitharaman missed opportunity of putting economy on inclusive growth path in Budget 2023-24

Past evidence shows that when farm incomes have increased on account of a shift...

No hike in Budget outlays for agriculture in 2 years; reduction in real terms; Irrigation given a bad miss

No hike in Budget outlays for agriculture in 2 years; reduction in real terms; Irrigation given a bad miss

Headlines First . Funds for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare have...

Agriculture has to wait for its Amrit Kaal

Agriculture has to wait for its Amrit Kaal

the bigger question is why farmers and rural India had been made to wait for their...

Union Budget:  FM to walk tightrope to meet demands of all stakeholders

Union Budget: FM to walk tightrope to meet demands of all stakeholders

It's going be a tightrope walk for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman when she...

Wheat weaving a story of farmers shrugging MSP, putting Govt in tight spot

Wheat weaving a story of farmers shrugging MSP, putting Govt in tight spot

The government seems to be desperate for a drop in wheat prices and expects that...

Of Rs 7.50 lakh crore capex, share of agriculture below Rs 140 crore; sector crying for investment in Budget

Of Rs 7.50 lakh crore capex, share of agriculture below Rs 140 crore; sector crying for investment in Budget

Boosting consumption by giving money to the hands of consumers and production by...

From start-ups to exports — time to promote agritech start-ups

From start-ups to exports — time to promote agritech start-ups

Infrastructure, product-specific business groups and a business ecosystem are being...

Food subsidy critical for achieving SDGs

Food subsidy critical for achieving SDGs

The decision to merge PMGKAY, which started 28 months back owing to Covid-19, with...

Rural governance: Top to bottom and bottom to top

Rural governance: Top to bottom and bottom to top

The mess exists not only at the grassroots level but also at the top level which,...

India dairy to the world

India dairy to the world

The nationwide movement led to the elimination of middlemen from the system and...

Agriculture is turning into a formal sector

Agriculture is turning into a formal sector

The agriculture sector of the country is going through a slow change. It is the...

Food system management through cooperatives

Food system management through cooperatives

The concept of Sahakar Grams is to shift the gravitational forces of agriculture...

Cereal And Sugar Prices Decline In March, But Veg Oil Up By 3.7% In Global Market

The FAO Cereal Price Index declined by 2.6 percent in March and was down 1.1 percent from March 2024. Global wheat prices dropped...

International

"Haryana Offers Highest DSR Subsidy," Agri Minister Emphasizes Need for New Technology

Traditional rice cultivation methods require approximately 3000–4000 liters of water per kilogram of rice, making it a water-intensive...

States

Trump Imposes 26% Tariff on India: Key Sectors to Take a Hit

US government has set its reciprocal tariffs at roughly half the rates imposed by other nations, with China facing 34%, Japan 24%,...

International

IFFCO Projects Profit Over Rs 3,000 Crore, 47% Growth in Nano-Fertilizer Sales in FY 2024-25

IFFCO recorded a 47% year-on-year increase in the sales of nano fertilizers, with IFFCO Nano DAP showing the most substantial growth...

Cooperatives

Milky Mist Joins Hands with MilkLane to Ensure Traceable Milk

MilkLane will leverage its robust network of farmers and rigorous quality control to supply premium milk, while Milky Mist will apply...

Agribusiness

Organic Manure from CBG Plants Recognized as New Fertilizer Category; Govt Notifies FOM & LFOM Specifications

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has amended the Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1985, as notified on March 27, 2025, to...

Agribusiness