Agri Business

BusinessLine Agri Summit on Feb 27-28 in Delhi

An Arctic “doomsday vault” was set to receive on Tuesday 60,000 samples of seeds from around the world as the biggest global crop reserve stocks up ...

₹1,574 cr disbursed to sugar mills under assistance schemes

But second advance estimate indicates production will remain 18% lower than last year

Industry body ISMA on Tuesday revised the country’s sugar production upward by two per cent to 26.5 million tonnes for the ongoing 2019-20 marketing ...

Lower production and higher prices may come in the way of India grabbing a significant chunk of the global ginger market, especially when the ...

Farm inputs such as chemical fertilisers, hybrid seeds and insecticides have played a key role in increasing the country’s food production over the ...

Growers can contact Rubber Board Call Centre to know about the services rendered by Board-owned companies. Syriac Sebastian, Managing Director, ...

The government has reallocated unused export quota of 6,50,000 tonnes of sugar in the ongoing 2019-20 marketing year under the Maximum Admissible ...

Country’s total imports from the neighbour totalled 6 mt last year

India’s target of 10 per cent ethanol blending with petrol is achievable provided there is a price parity between sugar and ethanol, global ethanol ...

The Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday asked the West Bengal government to join the ambitious central scheme, PM-Kisan, which ...

Som Parkash emphasises need to double farm income via increased production

The loans were extended to small and marginal farmers during a recent two-week campaign

The jute industry in West Bengal is facing difficulties due to the dearth of working capital, as banks have allegedly tightened the lending standards ...

Organic food production is not economically sustainable at present in the state, and even middle-class consumers are not able to afford it. However, ...

Isolated hailstorm is forecast today and tomorrow over Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand

Dichlorvos, which is also known as DDVP is a potent insecticide. It can kill locusts with a single squirt

The Centre on Saturday said it has disbursed Rs 50,850 crore to farmers so far under its landmark scheme PM-KISAN, enabling them to meet farm input ...

In the beginning of 2020, India’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT) released the much-awaited draft guidelines on regulation and risk assessment of ...

Govt urged to review decision

Press Trust of IndiaIndia’s organic food market is growing at 17 per cent annually and has the potential to grow at a faster pace on rising demand for ...

Produce has to be processed for farmer to benefit, says Sahakar Bharati’s Satish Marathe

China has allocated 1.4 billion yuan ($200 million) for the prevention and control of pests, including fall armyworms and locusts to protect the ...