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Kalanamak rice marches forward with GI tag and nutritional properties
Retail advertisements of Kalanamak are based on its association with religious beliefs...
Will the farmers’ movement last long or the Supreme Court committee report help find a way out?
The possibilities of the 114-day long farmers’ movement, which is going on at the...
Can WTO's first woman chief address inequities in global farm subsidies
The current WTO rules allow rich countries to liberally subsidise their big agri-businesses,...
It’s high time govt promoted cultivation of GM oilseeds: COOIT
India's dependence on imports, only 10 per cent in 1994-95, has gone up to about...
Farm-to-table: UP looking at global branding of ‘kalanamak’ rice
In a classic case of farm-to-table concept, the Uttar Pradesh government is vigorously...
Farmers’ movement brings government’s fertilizer subsidy reforms wagon to a halt
When an extra allocation of Rs 65,000 crore rupees for fertilizer subsidy was sanctioned...
Challenges of Agricultural Marketing Reforms
Policy-making requires wide consultative processes which involve all stakeholders....
Sugar industry and cane farmers are developing a ‘mini-Brazil’ in India through ethanol revolution
The sugar industry and the sugarcane farmers together are flipping the script and...
The plight of women in Bundelkhand
In the Bundelkhand region, the status of women deserves a special look. Women are...
Why Denigrate Them as Subordinate or Lower Judiciary?
Recent landmark judgments show the exemplary role of district courts in dispensing...
NCDC ropes in ICAR institutes and KVKs to set up FPOs
The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), a cooperatives-focused...
Milk prices go up for farmers but consumers remain unaffected
There has been a significant increase in the milk prices that farmers get. The increase...
Cane price arrears may jump very fast to uncomfortable levels
Low sugar prices, much below the cost of production for the last several months,...
No increase in fertilizer prices; IFFCO aims to help farmers
The world’s largest processed fertiliser cooperative, IFFCO, has announced that...
India’s first FPO under Cooperative Societies Act
This FPO in Varanasi will be set up for processing high-value vegetable products....
Potato farmers wait for TOP formula even as they have to suffer losses for another year
The potato farmers may have to face losses in ways more than one: increasing costs,...
