Continue to focus creating infra, clusters with state govts: APEDA
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) on Friday said it is focusing on creating infrastructure and…
PM Modi to release Rs 20K cr to more than 10 cr beneficiaries under PM-KISAN
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 10th installment of financial benefits under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), transferring…
Dragon Fruit, a Boon for Farmers in Kachchh
Kachchh is located in the semi-arid zone of Gujarat and is known for its harsh weather conditions, with summer temperature…
Record foodgrains production likely in 2022;farm laws repeal, price rise bitter pills for agri sector
Despite the pandemic blues, India’s robust agriculture industry produced record foodgrains this year, but the repeal of three agri-reform laws…
FSSAI draft norms on GM food unacceptable: Activists
Farmers’ activists led by Kavitha Kuruganti have condemned the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) draught regulations on…
Healthy soils are life-giving black gold
The number of microscopic organisms that live in a shovelful of rich garden soil exceeds the number of plants and…
Government’s paddy procurement reaches 443.49 lakh tonnes in October-December
The government’s paddy procurement at MSP reached 443.49 lakh tonnes so far in the ongoing marketing year that commenced from…
Scientists take step to improve crops’ photosynthesis, yields
Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) are known to photosynthesize more efficiently than most crops, so researchers are working to put elements from…
Govt imposes stock limits on soyameal till June 2022 to check price rise
The Centre on Friday imposed stock holding limits on soyameal, which is used as a raw material in the poultry…
Pest attack-order changes plant defenses
A piercing-sucking, virus-carrying aphid has long worried pea plant farmers, but a more innocuous-seeming weevil that only takes tiny bites…