Rural Dialogue

Maintaining soil health is the key to environmental balance and enhancing agricultural productivity

Maintaining soil health is the key to environmental balance and enhancing agricultural productivity

The health of the soil of any farm is also linked to the health of the surrounding...

World Milk Day: India can bridge global supply demand gap in dairy sector- IDF President Brazzale

World Milk Day: India can bridge global supply demand gap in dairy sector- IDF President Brazzale

Potential growth in the global dairy market including milk and protein may lead...

Huge investments needed in agri infrastructure & distribution: Unupom Kausik

Huge investments needed in agri infrastructure & distribution: Unupom Kausik

Speaking on ‘Market and Market Places’ as a day-long conference on “Agriculture...

Top experts brainstorm on critical issues before agri sector in Amrit Kaal

Top experts brainstorm on critical issues before agri sector in Amrit Kaal

The country’s top agricultural experts brainstormed on all critical issues facing...

Rural Voice Special: Making Agriculture India's Growth Engine

Rural Voice Special: Making Agriculture India's Growth Engine

To realize the dream of a developed India, it is necessary for the villages and...

Need for creating sovereign fund for farmers, ensuring guarantee of bank loan

Need for creating sovereign fund for farmers, ensuring guarantee of bank loan

National President of Sahakar Bharti, Dr. DN Thakur has advocated the creation of...

Agri sector will prosper only if villages have good connectivity: Dr Harsh Bhanwala

Agri sector will prosper only if villages have good connectivity: Dr Harsh Bhanwala

MCX Chairman and former NABARD Chairman Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala has said that it...

Dairy sector to see Rs 1 lakh cr investment in 8 yrs, 72 lakh new jobs; food market to be worth Rs 170 lakh cr: RS Sodhi

Dairy sector to see Rs 1 lakh cr investment in 8 yrs, 72 lakh new jobs; food market to be worth Rs 170 lakh cr: RS Sodhi

Dr. RS Sodhi, President of the Indian Dairy Association (IDA) and former Managing...

Need to boost three key pillars of agri sector; farmers' bodies must press for MSP

Need to boost three key pillars of agri sector; farmers' bodies must press for MSP

To boost the growth rate of the agriculture sector, there is a need to strengthen...

Need to promote co-operatives in agriculture, as collective farming is profitable

Need to promote co-operatives in agriculture, as collective farming is profitable

Noting that there was a need for promoting cooperatives in agriculture since collective...

Farm income can be raised significantly by ensuring MSP in states not adequately covered: NITI Ayog Member Ramesh Chand

Farm income can be raised significantly by ensuring MSP in states not adequately covered: NITI Ayog Member Ramesh Chand

Farmers' income can be straight away doubled by ensuring Minimum Support Price (MSP)...

To make India a developed country, agriculture needs to grow by 3.5 to 4 pc: Prof Ramesh Chand

To make India a developed country, agriculture needs to grow by 3.5 to 4 pc: Prof Ramesh Chand

Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave and NACOF Awards 2023 function kickstarts in New...

Agenda for Rural India: Clean Water- A Key Aspiration

Agenda for Rural India: Clean Water- A Key Aspiration

Water facilities play an important role in not just agriculture but human flourishing....

Agenda for Rural India: Voices from Rural North-east India

Agenda for Rural India: Voices from Rural North-east India

A convening titled the 'Agenda for Rural India – Meghalaya,' successfully brought...

Agenda for Rural India: Agriculture- Difficult Harvests

Agenda for Rural India: Agriculture- Difficult Harvests

No discussion on rural India would be complete without a conversation on agriculture....

Agenda for Rural India: Unemployed- Choice or Compulsion?

Agenda for Rural India: Unemployed- Choice or Compulsion?

As we traveled through the expanse of the country, the conversation around unemployment...

HAU introduced three new sugarcane varieties, signed MoU with Sugar Mill

The new varieties COH 188, COH 176 and COH 179 developed by Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University will lead future...

States

GM Mustard verdict by SC, Seed industry pitches for a science based approach 

The seed industry welcomed the conditional approval by GEAC for Delhi University's GM crop center. Justice Sanjay Karol supported...

National

A split verdict by Supreme Court on GM mustard approval

The bench, comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Sanjay Karol, issued a divided ruling on the commercial release of GM mustard and...

National

Announcements without money and policy changes, agriculture will not take a big leap?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has placed agricultural productivity and resilience at the top of the nine priorities for developed...

Opinion

Animal Husbandry and Dairy Secretary urged Food Secretary for duty free import of maize

Alka Upadhyay, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy, has written a letter to Sanjeev Chopra, Secretary, Department...

National

Agro industry applauds union budget for boosting productivity, resilience, and digital infrastructure

The Union Budget 2024-25, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has garnered positive reactions from business leaders...

National