Posts

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’...

National
Alia Bhatt invests in IIT Kanpur incubated bio-leather start-up

Alia Bhatt invests in IIT Kanpur incubated bio-leather start-up

Phool.co, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) wellness start-up incubated by the Indian Institute...

National
Rice industry needs a comprehensive strategy: Infomerics

Rice industry needs a comprehensive strategy: Infomerics

The report “Rice Industry — Emerging Contours” by Infomerics is optimistic about...

Opinion
Gap between farmers’ movement and politics narrowing

Gap between farmers’ movement and politics narrowing

The sequence of events over the last month has been one that has brought the ongoing...

Cooperatives
Big support for MSP paddy procurement in Haryana by NCDC: Rs 6836 crore sanctioned

Big support for MSP paddy procurement in Haryana by NCDC: Rs 6836 crore sanctioned

The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), an apex financing institution...

Agribusiness
Karat Farms raises pre-seed funding from Vriksh Impact Partners

Karat Farms raises pre-seed funding from Vriksh Impact Partners

Karat Farms, a Bengaluru-based smart kitchen garden company, has raised undisclosed...

States
Amid farmers’ agitation, UP to invest Rs 722 crore in agri start-ups

Amid farmers’ agitation, UP to invest Rs 722 crore in agri start-ups

Amid the ongoing farmers’ agitation, the UP govt has planned to invest more than...

Agribusiness
Samunnati launches Annadata Suraksha Abhiyaan to crowdsource funds and insure India’s smallholder farmers

Samunnati launches Annadata Suraksha Abhiyaan to crowdsource funds and insure India’s smallholder farmers

Samunnati, a specialized agri value chain enabler, launched the Annadata Suraksha...

International
Walnuts from Chile launched in India

Walnuts from Chile launched in India

ChileNut, the grower and exporter association of Chilean walnuts, with the support...

Cooperatives
Successful field trial of drone spraying of Nano Urea

Successful field trial of drone spraying of Nano Urea

In the presence of the Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Health & Family...

National
IAAG expresses serious concern on the delay in draft guidelines for genome-edited plants

IAAG expresses serious concern on the delay in draft guidelines for genome-edited plants

In an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the IAAG International has expressed...

National
Walmart, Flipkart mentor 2,500 MSMEs for digital retail foray

Walmart, Flipkart mentor 2,500 MSMEs for digital retail foray

Modern retail majors Walmart and Flipkart have empowered about 2,500 micro, small...

National
Seeking consent from states for trials of genome-edited plants may create hurdles in benefiting from new technology

Seeking consent from states for trials of genome-edited plants may create hurdles in benefiting from new technology

The process of seeking consent from the states for crop field trials may be implemented...