States

Amid Covid-19 curbs, UP ropes in farm entrepreneurs to procure wheat

Amid Covid-19 curbs, UP ropes in farm entrepreneurs to procure wheat

Amid rising Covid-19 cases and stiffening curbs, including night curfew and containment...

Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh: Where are we heading?

Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh: Where are we heading?

In this article, an attempt has been made to list out the issues to be asked by...

Mushroom cultivation gaining traction in Lucknow region

Mushroom cultivation gaining traction in Lucknow region

Amid the clarion call from the government and agricultural experts to diversify...

Trade plastic trash with cash, blockchain-secured tokens in Varanasi

Trade plastic trash with cash, blockchain-secured tokens in Varanasi

The Uttar Pradesh government has facilitated the setting up of a novel Plastic Bank...

Farm-to-table: UP looking at global branding of ‘kalanamak’ rice

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...

IIM Lucknow to help in Modernisation of UP Farm Mandis

IIM Lucknow to help in Modernisation of UP Farm Mandis

The UP Agricultural Marketing Board (Mandi Parishad) meeting here chaired by state...

Amid farm stir, Yogi takes the gamble of not hiking sugarcane price

Amid farm stir, Yogi takes the gamble of not hiking sugarcane price

With UP elections still a year away, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government...

Delay in sugarcane SAP and pending dues anger farmers, movement against farm laws intensifies in UP

Delay in sugarcane SAP and pending dues anger farmers, movement against farm laws intensifies in UP

The delay in announcing the State-Advised Price (SAP) for sugarcane by the BJP government...

Sustainable food system requires innovation, investment and right policies: WRI

The World Resources Institute has said in a report that all countries need to take four steps for a sustainable food system. These...

International

Urea Stock crosses 100LT, highest in 10 years

In the last Kharif season, there has been a decline in the sales of urea in the country due to many reasons, including weak monsoon....

National

Voting underway for phase 2 of LS polls in 88 constituencies across 13 states amid searing heat

Overall the 88 seats recorded 9.3 percent voter turnout in first two hours till 9 am.

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Boost to sugar mills after govt's nod to use B-heavy molasses stock to make ethanol

In a relief to sugar distilleries for ethanol production, the Union Food Ministry has allowed them to convert their existing stocks...

Agribusiness

Global Report on Food Crises is a wake-up call

Global Report on Food Crises: Acute hunger remains persistently high in 59 countries with 1 in 5 people assessed in need of critical...

International