Rural Dialogue

Agenda for Rural India: Participants in Meghalaya flag Rural Connectivity, Agri Marketing, Water, Health and Climate Change

Agenda for Rural India: Participants in Meghalaya flag Rural Connectivity, Agri Marketing, Water, Health and Climate Change

The question as to ‘how should the development agenda for Rural India be framed’...

Kotak Mahindra Bank doing door-step financing of tractors through mobile app: Shripad Jadhav

Kotak Mahindra Bank doing door-step financing of tractors through mobile app: Shripad Jadhav

Shripad Jadhav, President, Tractor Finance and Gold Loan Division, Kotak Mahindra...

Agenda for Rural India: Participants flag Climate Change, Unemployment and Drugs as major concerns at Jodhpur session

Agenda for Rural India: Participants flag Climate Change, Unemployment and Drugs as major concerns at Jodhpur session

A brainstorming event was held in Jodhpur to address the question of ‘how the development...

GCMMF @ 50: Branding, Marketing and Supply Chain Efficiency made Amul India’s largest dairy company: Dr. R.S. Sodhi

GCMMF @ 50: Branding, Marketing and Supply Chain Efficiency made Amul India’s largest dairy company: Dr. R.S. Sodhi

The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the marketing arm of...

Our focus is on modern silos, agritech and consultancy: Sanjay Gupta, MD & CEO, NCML

Our focus is on modern silos, agritech and consultancy: Sanjay Gupta, MD & CEO, NCML

National Commodities Management Services Limited (NCML) provides modern system of...

Farmers put their views in Rural Voice-Socratus budget discussion

Farmers put their views in Rural Voice-Socratus budget discussion

If the nation is the family writ large, the Union Budget of India is household management...

Farmers raise key issues at Rural Voice event, MPs attend session on agriculture

Farmers raise key issues at Rural Voice event, MPs attend session on agriculture

BSP MP Danish Ali, BRS Lok Sabha member Nama Nargeswara Rao and JD(U) national General...

Farmers raise key issues at Rural Voice event

Farmers raise key issues at Rural Voice event

A day-long discussion on focus of Union Budget 2023-24 on agriculture saw farmers...

Genetics expert Prof. KC Bansal speaks on implications of approval to GM mustard

Genetics expert Prof. KC Bansal speaks on implications of approval to GM mustard

The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has approved the environmental...

Taxing agricultural implements and then subsidizing them wrong policy: Sompal Shastri

Taxing agricultural implements and then subsidizing them wrong policy: Sompal Shastri

Former Agriculture Minister Sompal Shastri suggested that farmers should come forward...

Reforms needed in agriculture sector to increase farmers’ income: Prof. Ramesh Chand

Reforms needed in agriculture sector to increase farmers’ income: Prof. Ramesh Chand

Today, the preference of the consumer is undergoing a change. So, the farmers should...

‘Farmers need to intervene in policymaking process to bring about real change’

‘Farmers need to intervene in policymaking process to bring about real change’

In the 4th annual conference of the Kisan Chamber of Commerce (KCC), speakers suggested,...

Agricultural sustainability suffers as farmer not focus of govt policies: Yudhvir Singh

Agricultural sustainability suffers as farmer not focus of govt policies: Yudhvir Singh

Speaking at a Roundtable Discussion of “Fertilizers for Farmers: Impact of Ukraine...

Fertilizer industry doesn’t want to promote organic farming: CPI leader Atul Anjan

Fertilizer industry doesn’t want to promote organic farming: CPI leader Atul Anjan

Senior CPI leader Atul Anjan held both the fertilizer industry and the government...

Farmer leaders favour agriculture-zonal planning to reduce fertilizer dependence

Farmer leaders favour agriculture-zonal planning to reduce fertilizer dependence

In view of the supply crisis arising out of the Russian-Ukraine war and the ever-increasing...

We started world’s first feed e-commerce portal: Amit Saraogi

We started world’s first feed e-commerce portal: Amit Saraogi

Amit Saraogi, MD, Anmol Feeds, believes that feed-based fishery is the most profitable...

From Zira to Tibbi: How Water Scarcity and Pollution in Punjab Shaped Rajasthan’s Ethanol Agitation

The farmers’ protest against a proposed ethanol plant in Rajasthan’s Tibbi region draws inspiration from Punjab’s Zira movement, where...

National

COCERAL Forecasts Lower EU Grain Harvest in 2026; Wheat Output Seen Declining, Corn Production Set to Recover

COCERAL’s first forecast for the 2026 season projects a decline in EU-27 plus UK grain production to 296.7 million tonnes, down from...

International

CoBank Signals Commodity Prices May Have Bottomed Out

CoBank’s outlook suggests agricultural commodity prices may have passed their cyclical lows despite ample global grain and oilseed...

International

US Unveils Major Farm Relief Package to Support Crop and Dairy Producers Amid Market Stress

The US government has announced a major farm relief initiative, including $12 billion in bridge payments for crop producers and a...

International

Cabinet approves Minimum Support Price for Copra for 2026 season

The Union Cabinet has approved the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for copra for the 2026 season, setting it at ₹12,027 per quintal for...

National

Tractor Sales, Production Cross One Million in 11 Months, What’s Fueling the Booming Tractor Market?

India’s tractor industry crossed the one-million-unit mark in production and sales within just 11 months of 2025, a first in the country’s...

National