Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday called for complete self-sufficiency in food production, urging farmers to scale up cultivation of pulses and oilseeds…
View More India Must End Import Dependence on Pulses, Edible Oils: Shivraj Singh Chouhan Urges Farmers
India’s summer crop sowing for the 2026 season has reached 36.22 lakh hectares, according to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.…
View More Pulses and Ragi Gain Ground as Summer Crop Sowing Reaches 36.22 Lakh Hectares
DeHaat has rolled out a grape cluster development programme in Nashik in collaboration with the National Horticulture Board (NHB), under the Ministry of Agriculture &…
View More DeHaat Launches NHB-Backed Grape Cluster Programme in Nashik to Boost Exports
The CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute has developed a Mobile Processing Unit (MPU) for the North Eastern region to enable on-site processing of fruits and…
View More CSIR develops Mobile Fruit & Vegetable Processing Unit for Northeast to Cut Post-Harvest Losses
India’s agricultural export sector is facing fresh uncertainty as escalating tensions in West Asia threaten trade flows worth nearly $11.8 billion, according to the Global…
View More West Asia Turmoil Puts $11.8-Billion Indian Agri Export Market at Risk, Warns GTRI
The rapid growth of the functional food industry is giving a new economic and technological boost to mushroom farming, transforming what was once a small…
View More Functional Mushroom Boom: Precision Farming Fuels Growth of Wellness Foods
Domestic prices of Basmati rice have declined by 5–6% in recent weeks after disruptions in shipments to the Middle East, a region that accounts for…
View More Middle East Conflict Pushes Down Basmati Prices in India as Exports Stall
A panel of senior Union ministers is set to review the future of a genetically modified (GM) variety of rapeseed — locally known as mustard…
View More Ministerial Panel to Review GM Mustard as India Reconsiders Stance on Engineered Food Crops
India has taken another step towards strengthening global food security with the signing of a long-term rice supply agreement between the Food Corporation of India…
View More FCI signs five-year rice supply pact with World Food Programme to support global food security
In a significant move to enhance farmer incomes and expand interstate market access, the Odisha government flagged off large consignments of dry ginger, fresh ginger…
View More Odisha Flags Off Ginger and Kalajeera Rice Exports from Koraput, Boosting Tribal Farmer Incomes