The Centre has intensified efforts to conserve, promote and commercialize India’s traditional agricultural produce and indigenous crop varieties through a combination of research, financial support,…
View More Centre Steps Up Push to Preserve and Commercialize Traditional Crops Through Research, Value Addition
The Centre is preparing a comprehensive overhaul of India’s food safety ecosystem, with NITI Aayog developing a policy framework to strengthen food safety from the…
View More NITI Aayog Drafts Farm-to-Fork Food Safety Roadmap
Agricultural scientists and industry representatives have called for a more efficient, transparent and science-based regulatory system to accelerate the safe approval of genetically modified and…
View More Experts Call for Faster, Science-Based Approval of GM and Genome-Edited Crops
India has once again achieved record foodgrain production, but the latest estimates from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare show that the country’s agricultural…
View More Record Harvest, Bigger Challenges: India’s Agriculture Enters a New Phase
India must move beyond a food security-driven agricultural model and transform farming into a market-oriented, technology-led enterprise, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Ashok Lahiri said, calling…
View More ‘Farmers Must Think like Entrepreneurs’: NITI Aayog’s Ashok Lahiri Calls for Market-Led Shift in Indian Agriculture
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has dismissed reports alleging the diversion of ₹1,160 crore worth of FCI rice for ethanol production in Madhya Pradesh,…
View More FCI Refutes ₹1,160-Crore Ethanol Rice Diversion Claims, Says Probe Limited to ₹5.6-Lakh Consignment
Delayed soybean sowing across major oilseed-producing states has triggered concerns over tightening domestic supplies, with industry stakeholders warning that the situation could lead to higher…
View More Delayed Soyabean Sowing Raises Concerns Over Edible Oil Prices
India has achieved a significant milestone in horticultural exports with the successful commercial shipment of premium Banganapalle mangoes to Singapore through sea freight, marking a…
View More India Ships First Commercial Sea Consignment of Banganapalle Mangoes to Singapore
Kudumbashree, the women empowerment programme implemented by the Government of Kerala, has developed a range of value-added sweet potato products under the ‘Punarjeevana Madhuram’ project.…
View More Attappady Women Farmers Power Kudumbashree’s New Sweet Potato Value-Addition Project
The Indian government is increasing its focus on the food processing sector through major schemes aimed at improving infrastructure, reducing post-harvest losses and helping farmers…
View More Govt Pushes Food Processing Growth Through PMKSY and Other Schemes