Tag: agriculture
A strategy focused on ‘Farmer First’ required; major policy changes needed in agriculture, including MSP policy: Dr RS Paroda, Chairman TAAS and former DG of ICAR, in an exclusive interview
RuralVoice has completed six months of its journey today. The journey that lies...
Govt should set up “National Rural Prosperity Fund” for improving private capital formation and asset creation in rural areas
The government has to put back agricultural growth on top of the development agenda....
IFFCO launches world’s first Nano Urea Liquid
IFFCO has introduced the world’s first Nano Urea Liquid for farmers across the world....
“We tried to bring in a system where seed quality percentage can be easily assessed.” — Nikhil Das, Agdhi
Nikhil Das is the brain behind Agdhi, an agritech startup based in Bengaluru which...
To be or not to be, that is the question: The millennial farmers in India
We need better regulations and support in the agriculture sector so that the younger...
Hand over agriculture marketing to farm cooperatives and collectives
The government- or corporate-sector-driven institutional arrangements may not be...
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
With UP elections still a year away, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government...
302 lakh tonnes of sugar production estimated during current sugar season
The country is expected to produce 302 lakh tonnes of sugar during the 2020-21 sugar...
Need for a Budget with major changes and steps for agriculture
There are strong chances of it being a normal financial year for the country’s economy...
Budget 2021: Pivotal transformation for agriculture growth in new normal
The forthcoming budget is a window for the policymakers to actively identify and...
Challenges before Indian agricultural sector
For almost a month, thousands of farmers from different parts of the country are...
