According to Himanshu Pathak, director general of ICAR and secretary to the government of India’s Department of Agricultural Research and Education, for India to become…
View More Secretary: India needs to improve its agriculture to become a developed nation
GRM Overseas, a leading exporter of basmati rice from India, is now seeking to establish a strong presence in the domestic market as a consumer…
View More Leading basmati rice exporter GRM seeks to establish a strong presence in domestic market
In Ghana, CABI works with entomologists to teach vegetable growers how to make neem seed-based biopesticides locally. 44 vegetable farmers have received training from PlantwisePlus…
View More Farmers in Ghana produce and apply a biopesticide based on neem seed
FMCG players have decided to double down on the retail shelves with a range of items made of millets, which are being advertised as the…
View More FMCG companies keep on at millets
As per the data from the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS), India exported basmati rice worth about Rs. 38,524 crore (nearly $4.79…
View More India’s basmati rice exports are up by ₹12k crores in 2022-23
Punjab’s four state procurement agencies were to acquire 5,000 wooden crates to store food grains. Instead, just 625 were purchased. Officials blame the Ukraine war,…
View More In Punjab, a trial initiative to store food grain is failingThe Union Government opted to keep using 24 pesticides following a detailed evaluation of 27 pesticides by a constituted expert committee, based on considerable evidence…
View More Farmers applaud the government’s choice to keep using 24 critical pesticidesAccording to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s (MoSPI) Second Advance Estimates of National Income, 2022-23, the growth rate of Gross Value Added in…
View More Agri growth is slowing; the rate is expected to be 3.3% in 2022-23Several people are unsure whether mangoes would still be available in the nation given the present season. Farmers have lamented the scarcity of high-quality fruit…
View More Mango exporters from India prioritize US & Central AsiaTo address labour shortages in the agricultural sector, a fresh fruit exporting firm in the central province of Chantaburi employed 30 inmates as factory workers.…
View More Prisoners at work. Thai fruit exporter combats labour shortage