GM animus dooms Indian farmers: Innovation is the answer to affordable Bt...
The only GM product allowed for commercial cultivation in the country, Bt cotton has made India the largest cotton producer in the world.
View ArticleDespite adverse weather condition, Bengal mango belt expecting high level of...
ango farmers are finding it as highly favouravble and expecting high output in 2016, the year earlier expected to be a low yielding one.
View ArticleIndia needs a new green revolution: Anand Mahindra
A majority of Indian population is dependent on agriculture for livelihood, Mahindra said.
View ArticleRain and hailstorm forecast over Northern wheat belt
Traders said that they were watching the situation and expected price increases in case the weather turns bad.
View ArticleSugar mills clinch exports deals, first in 2 months: Report
Sugar mills signed export deals this week, the first in nearly two months, as an incentive by the top producing state Maharashtra.
View ArticleBt cotton row: Monsanto threatens to re-evaluate India business
The Centre had last December issued an order to control cotton seed prices including trait or royalty value effective from 2016-17 crop year.
View ArticleMonsanto threatens to exit India over GM royalty row
Monsanto Co, the world's biggest seed company, threatened to pull out of India on Friday if the government imposed a big cut in royalties that local firms pay for its genetically modified cotton seeds.
View ArticleTraders and companies look to the sky with arrival of rains during harvesting...
The weather office has forecast rains accompanied with thundersquall with hail over the wheat, corn and mustard belt of north west and central India in the next 24 hours.
View ArticleSeeds of trouble: Monsanto threatens to pull out of India
Monsanto has threatened to pull its genetically modified crop technology from India if the government goes ahead with its plan to cut the company's royalty fees.
View ArticleBudget proposal to lower ownership cost of water pumps to boost Shakti Pumps
The measures are likely to play a pivotal role in arresting the decline in volumes that the company is facing in the local market.
View ArticleGovernment to procure one lakh tonnes pulses
The government agencies will procure one lakh tonnes of pulses ,including masoor and gram in the coming days.
View ArticleIndia's oilmeals exports down 74% in February: Solvent Extractors Association
The overall export of oilmeals during the April-February period of this fiscal fell 52 per cent to 10.92 lakh tonnes, against 22.56 lakh tonnes in the previous year.
View ArticleGovernment contracts 8,500 tonne pulse imports, shipments on the way
It also said pulse procurement for buffer stock has touched 51,000 tonnes, surpassing the target set for this kharif season.
View ArticleUntimely rains hit winter-sown crops, delay harvest
The rainfall could also trim the earning of millions of farmers already hit the previous two years by the first back-to-back drought in nearly three decades.
View ArticleWhile rain, hailstorm affect wheat growers, it may also benefit farmers by...
The weather office had earlier issued warnings to farmers, particularly in Maharashtra, advising them to use hail nets and mechanical support.
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