Tag: agriculture

Opinion
Making technology relevant: Interventions for transforming Indian agriculture sector

Making technology relevant: Interventions for transforming Indian agriculture sector

Today, the adoption and use of technology throughout the agriculture supply chain...

Agribusiness
Kuber from Kalgudi to help farmers, stakeholders

Kuber from Kalgudi to help farmers, stakeholders

Hyderabad-based Kalgudi has developed ‘Kuber’, a social commerce platform for the...

Opinion
Power imbalances in food systems

Power imbalances in food systems

Unfortunately, since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a greater...

Cooperatives
IFFCO launches world’s first Nano Urea Liquid

IFFCO launches world’s first Nano Urea Liquid

IFFCO has introduced the world’s first Nano Urea Liquid for farmers across the world....

Rural Dialogue
“We tried to bring in a system where seed quality percentage can be easily assessed.” — Nikhil Das, Agdhi

“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...

Agritech
To be or not to be, that is the question: The millennial farmers in India

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...

Opinion
Hand over agriculture marketing  to farm cooperatives and collectives

Hand over agriculture marketing to farm cooperatives and collectives

The government- or corporate-sector-driven institutional arrangements may not be...

States
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...

States
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...

Agribusiness
302 lakh tonnes of sugar production estimated during current sugar season

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...

Opinion
Need for a Budget with major changes and steps for agriculture

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...

Opinion
Budget 2021: Pivotal transformation for agriculture growth in new normal

Budget 2021: Pivotal transformation for agriculture growth in new normal

The forthcoming budget is a window for the policymakers to actively identify and...

Opinion
Challenges before Indian agricultural sector

Challenges before Indian agricultural sector

For almost a month, thousands of farmers from different parts of the country are...