Rising jowar and small-millet prices, combined with weaker sowing, could push up the cost of cereals, snacks and other millet-based foods India’s growing appetite for…
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Category: Agro
Centre Steps Up Push to Cut India’s Dependence on Oilseed and Pulse Imports
The Centre is intensifying efforts to increase domestic production of oilseeds and pulses as part of a broader strategy to strengthen food security and reduce…
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Bharat Rice Conference Targets 30,000 Delegates as India Strengthens Global Trade Connect
The Bharat International Rice Conference (BIRC) 2026 is expected to bring together more than 30,000 participants from over 120 countries in New Delhi from October…
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India Offers Agri-Tech Support to Strengthen Nigeria’s Food Production
India has expressed its readiness to expand agricultural cooperation with Nigeria through technology transfer, technical expertise, training and investment, with a focus on improving farm…
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India to Receive 28,000 Potato Seeds from Vietnam for Crop Research
Vietnam has approved the export of nearly 28,000 potato seeds to India for scientific research, opening the way for researchers to evaluate new breeding lines…
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Centre Steps Up Push to Preserve and Commercialize Traditional Crops Through Research, Value Addition
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,…
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NITI Aayog Drafts Farm-to-Fork Food Safety Roadmap
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…
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Experts Call for Faster, Science-Based Approval of GM and Genome-Edited Crops
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…
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Record Harvest, Bigger Challenges: India’s Agriculture Enters a New Phase
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…
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‘Farmers Must Think like Entrepreneurs’: NITI Aayog’s Ashok Lahiri Calls for Market-Led Shift in Indian Agriculture
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…
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