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Kharif sowing increases by 14 percent, pulses record 55 percent jump

Kharif sowing increases by 14 percent, pulses record 55 percent jump

The area under paddy cultivation has jumped to 59.99 lakh hectares from 50.26 lakh...

Agribusiness
Experts call for reorientation of agriculture, enhancing R&D to 1% of GDP for Viksit Bharat

Experts call for reorientation of agriculture, enhancing R&D to 1% of GDP for Viksit Bharat

Dr RS Paroda and other experts outlined an agenda that includes increased investment...

Opinion
Kharif Season in India – Changing dynamics and emerging perspectives

Kharif Season in India – Changing dynamics and emerging perspectives

The cultivation of the 4 Ms - Millets, Maize, Mustard and Moong - is crucial for...

Opinion
Unravelling Of Agricultural Export Policy

Unravelling Of Agricultural Export Policy

The challenges that the country faces in establishing itself as a major agriculture...

Opinion
Innovations for Transformation in Agri-Food Systems in the Amrit Kaal

Innovations for Transformation in Agri-Food Systems in the Amrit Kaal

The global agri-food system presently faces multiple challenges. Feeding a growing...

Rural Dialogue
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...

Opinion
Water Crisis: The Major Challenge Facing Farmers in Amrit Kaal

Water Crisis: The Major Challenge Facing Farmers in Amrit Kaal

India is fast moving from being a water-stressed country to a water-scarce country....

Rural Dialogue
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...

National
Financial resources effective in increasing agri output by 24pc, reducing climate risk by 16pc

Financial resources effective in increasing agri output by 24pc, reducing climate risk by 16pc

An important recommendation of the paper is that 40 percent of financial resources...

National
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana enrollment up 27 percent in current fiscal so far

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana enrollment up 27 percent in current fiscal so far

The enrollment under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana PMFBY has increased by 27...

Opinion
Bringing agriculture back to the centre of policy making

Bringing agriculture back to the centre of policy making

The younger generation across states loses faith in agriculture as an attractive...

Opinion
Hailing Bharat Ratna to Dr MS Swaminathan

Hailing Bharat Ratna to Dr MS Swaminathan

Recent announcement by Hon’ble Prime Minster Shri Narendra Modi to confer Bharat...

National
Roadmap to increase pulse production ready, India to be self-sufficient by 2027: Agri Minister

Roadmap to increase pulse production ready, India to be self-sufficient by 2027: Agri Minister

Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda and Union Food and Commerce Minister Piyush...

National
Like Kharif, Rabi pulses trigger concern as sown area falls by 11 lakh hect

Like Kharif, Rabi pulses trigger concern as sown area falls by 11 lakh hect

Efforts to make the country self-reliant in pulses production seem to have gone...

National
Import duty exemption on tur, urad dal extended to Mar 2025

Import duty exemption on tur, urad dal extended to Mar 2025

The development comes at a time when the country is experiencing high food inflation,...