Agriculture Trade Mission to Boost US-India Cooperation
By Emily Jones From October 30 through November 3, 2017, a group of 50 US business, trade association, and state government leaders visited India to […]
Agriculture
The International Organisation That Is Preserving and Reviving Native Seeds in India
By M.J. PRABU Biodiversity International’s aim is to create seed banks across the world and encourage farmers to grow crops suited for their region In the […]
Agricultural scientists have big challenges ahead’
Former ICAR director general compliments scientists HYDERABAD: Department of Agriculture Research and Education former secretary R.S. Paroda has termed the contribution of agriculture scientists as enormous […]
Farm plan given ‘Raftaar’, extended for three years
NEW DELHI: Seeking to make farming a remunerative economic activity , the government on Wednesday revved up its farm growth plan with `Raftaar’ (Remunerative approaches […]
Sharp fall in credit growth to agriculture, services sectors
Non-food bank credit increased by 6.1 per cent in September 2017 Mumbai: Credit growth to the agriculture and services segments has seen a fall in […]
Organic World Congress from November 9-11: ‘3,000 expected, large contingent from Punjab & Haryana to attend’
The Organic World Congress, said Alvaries, will play a critical role in strengthening the world organic farming movement and tilting India’s agricultural policy firmly in […]
Three ideas for how jobs can be created for India’s surplus of 50 million workers
By Pranab Bardhan Many people think that one of the major economic failures of the current government is in the area of jobs. It came […]
How tech-enabled agriculture ventures are offering farm related services via mobile phones
By Shailesh Menon Nearly 5,000 farmers in Samastipur, Begusarai and Muzzaffarpur districts of Bihar are reaping benefits of a smart decision taken last season. Instead […]
Climate Smart Agriculture Holds Key To Food Security: World Bank
By Prabodh Krishna Huge growth in population and continuously changing diet are the two major factors behind changing food needs of world. Production is regularly suffering […]
Is Climate Change Killing the Indian Farmer?
By NANDINI MAJUMDAR We have an agrarian crisis today because we have failed to think through what kind of agriculture we need The starkest manifestation of […]