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Packaged sugarcane juice to hit the shelves

Packaged sugarcane juice to hit the shelves

Kanpur-based National Sugar Institute (NSI) is working on a novel technology to...

National
War room of DoF working for right amount of fertilizer in right place at right time

War room of DoF working for right amount of fertilizer in right place at right time

This is the first time in the country when the DoF of the Ministry of Chemicals...

States
Targeting Rs 38,000 crore payments, UP sugar mills likely to start crushing this week

Targeting Rs 38,000 crore payments, UP sugar mills likely to start crushing this week

The cane crushing season 2021-22 is likely to start in UP this week. With a hike...

International
Food security is increasingly vulnerable to climate-change-induced weather events

Food security is increasingly vulnerable to climate-change-induced weather events

Economist Impact has released the 10th GFSI. The report states a decline in global...

Agritech
Onato raises $2.2 mn in seed round led by Vertex Ventures and Omnivore

Onato raises $2.2 mn in seed round led by Vertex Ventures and Omnivore

Onato, a data-driven B2B platform for fresh produce, has announced a seed financing...

Agritech
Advancement in agriculture through AI

Advancement in agriculture through AI

Worldwide, agriculture is a $5-trillion industry, and now the industry is turning...

States
Political economy of sugarcane, paddy crucial for 2022 UP polls

Political economy of sugarcane, paddy crucial for 2022 UP polls

While the political firmament is abuzz with pre-poll activities, the farmer leaders,...

Agritech
In a global first, SLCM launches ‘Made in India’ QC app for food grains

In a global first, SLCM launches ‘Made in India’ QC app for food grains

A global first for food grains, the AgriReach Mobile Quality Check (QC) App allows...

Opinion
Making technology relevant: Interventions for transforming Indian agriculture sector

Making technology relevant: Interventions for transforming Indian agriculture sector

Today, the adoption and use of technology throughout the agriculture supply chain...

Agribusiness
ReshaMandi raises $30 mn in India’s largest Series A funding for a B2B marketplace

ReshaMandi raises $30 mn in India’s largest Series A funding for a B2B marketplace

ReshaMandi, India’s first silk-tech start-up that serves as a B2B (business-to-business)...

National
Roots Foundation to train nearly 50,000 farmers of Punjab and Haryana to tackle stubble burning

Roots Foundation to train nearly 50,000 farmers of Punjab and Haryana to tackle stubble burning

Every winter, the burning of crop residue of over 30 mt in Madhya Pradesh, Punjab...

Cooperatives
IFFCO Chairman BS Nakai passes away

IFFCO Chairman BS Nakai passes away

Balvinder Singh Nakai, the IFFCO Chairman, passed away on October 11. He was 86....

National
Companies raise complex fertilizer prices; NPK bag dearer than DAP by Rs 500

Companies raise complex fertilizer prices; NPK bag dearer than DAP by Rs 500

Giving a jolt to the farmers when Rabi season sowing is about to start, fertilizer...

States
Rataul mango gets GI tag, joins league of Dussehri

Rataul mango gets GI tag, joins league of Dussehri

The famous Rataul mango brand of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has been awarded the prestigious...

States
UP sugar mills stand in arrears of Rs 4,450 cr to the cane farmers for last crushing season

UP sugar mills stand in arrears of Rs 4,450 cr to the cane farmers for last crushing season

The new sugarcane crushing season (2021-22) has started in UP but the cane farmers’...