Tag: oilseeds
85% of Kharif Sowing Completed: Decline in Oilseeds, Farmers Shift Towards Maize
Despite the government's efforts to promote self-reliance in edible oil production,...
India’s Kharif Sowing Up 4% Y-o-Y, Covers 76% of Normal Area
The early and favourable progress of the southwest monsoon, which delivered 440...
How a Six-Year Low Inflation Rate Is Hurting Indian Farmers
The strategy of reducing food inflation through cheap imports is turning out to...
India’s Cotton Area Set to Decline in 2025-26 Amid Crop Shift: USDA Report
Despite the decline in planted area, India’s cotton production is projected at 25...
The central government has approved the purchase of gram, lentil and mustard at MSP
central government has decided that whatever tur, lentil, urad the farmer produces,...
Hybrid technology is significant for inclusive growth and increasing farmers' income: PK Mishra
Speaking at a national symposium organized by the Trust for Advancement of Agricultural...
Rabi sowing: Farmers prefer wheat as pulses and oilseeds suffer price setbacks
The area under wheat increased by 2.46 percent to 312.28 lakh hectares, while the...
Wheat gains momentum, oilseeds lag behind; over 77% of Rabi sowing completed
As of December 6, Rabi crops have been sown over 493.62 lakh hectares, which is...
GM Crop Technology is Crucial for Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Indian Agriculture
While conventional crop breeding is pivotal for developing improved crop varieties...
Kharif Crops Sown in 64% area; Significant Progress in Pulses and Oilseeds but Area of Coarse Grains Decline
As of July 19, sixty four percent of the sowing of Kharif crops has been completed...
Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked ICAR to send scientists to farmers' fields
Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated...
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...
Kharif Season in India – Changing dynamics and emerging perspectives
The cultivation of the 4 Ms - Millets, Maize, Mustard and Moong - is crucial for...
India's April palm oil imports increased 34 pc on lower global prices
India imported 70.69 lakh metric tons of edible oils during the first half of the...
Oilseed farmers deprived of MSP, though sunflower oil import at record high
In March, the import of sunflower oil increased by 50 percent to a record level...
Gujarat edible oils Industry demands urgent measures to curb edible oil imports
Gujarat Edible Oils and Oilseed Association has demanded urgent measures to curb...
