Since June 1, India has received 9 percent less than usual monsoon rains, while the gap in some places is as high as 58 percent.…
View More Insufficient rain raises fear of sowing crops in IndiaCategory: Agro
Foodgrain production to touch new record of 308.65 million tons in 2020-21
Releasing the fourth advance estimate for the 2020-21 crop year, the agriculture ministry said food grain production is projected at a record 308.65 million tonnes,…
View More Foodgrain production to touch new record of 308.65 million tons in 2020-21India to develop storage capacity of 10 million tons of food grains
The Shantaram committee’s plan to develop 10 million tons of silo capacity to save food grains from wastage will take shape in a few months’…
View More India to develop storage capacity of 10 million tons of food grainsDisney’s food products to enter India in association with Keventer Agro
Disney branded food products are coming to India and will enter an association with eastern India’s food and beverage major Keventer Agro. The company has signed an agreement with…
View More Disney’s food products to enter India in association with Keventer AgroPolicy change leaves 15,000 tons of toor dal imports stuck
Traders who have imported about 15,000 tons of pigeon pea (toor dal) are trapped with procedural issues related to “time of export”, after the government…
View More Policy change leaves 15,000 tons of toor dal imports stuckIndia to consider compulsory fortification of rice from 2024
Fortification of rice to be compulsory from 2024 as a significant percentage of the Indian population continues to suffer from malnutrition and anemia. Hence the…
View More India to consider compulsory fortification of rice from 2024Government to bring data policy for the farm sector
The Indian government intends to make a national database of farmers and is also in the process of bringing out a data policy for the…
View More Government to bring data policy for the farm sectorWayCool to invest in SV Agri to boost quality and supply of potato seed
WayCool Foods, an Indian agri-commerce startup, has announced a USD 5 million investment in Siddhi Vinayak Agri Processing Pvt. Ltd (SV Agri), one of the…
View More WayCool to invest in SV Agri to boost quality and supply of potato seedCabinet commends amendment in Coconut Development Board Act
July 9, 2021 The Indian government is going to amend the Coconut Development Board Act, 1979 to make the post of chairman non-executive, as part…
View More Cabinet commends amendment in Coconut Development Board ActGovt launches mobile app ‘Matsya Setu’ to bring latest technologies to aqua farmers
July 8, 2021 To bring the up-to-date freshwater aquaculture technologies to India’s aqua farmers, the Union Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Giriraj has launched…
View More Govt launches mobile app ‘Matsya Setu’ to bring latest technologies to aqua farmers