India still highly dependent on edible oil imports: ICRA
By Sutanuka Ghosal Despite steady improvement in oilseeds production, India has to go long way as import dependence for edible oils remain high, feels ICRABSE […]
Agriculture
Agriculture must attract youth, loan waivers no remedy, says MS Swaminathan
Indian agriculture must become profitable to boost farmers’ income and attract youth to the farm sector as loan waivers cannot be sustained, according to eminent […]
Policy to boost farm exports
New Delhi: The government plans to come out with a policy to boost the exports of agricultural produce so that farmers get the best price and […]
Maharashtra farm panel seeks CBI probe into sale of HT cotton seeds
Nagpur: A Maharashtra government Special Task Force on Friday urged the Centre to institute a CBI enquiry into reports that around 3.50 million packets of illegal […]
Indian agrarian crisis and impact on banking
By Riyaz A Bhat This crisis has been attributed to growing burden of credit on farming community and their inability of making repayment as a result […]
Global Food Initiative grants support agriculture in several nations
The most recent grants from the Global Food Initiative (GFI) bolster agriculture in several nations including Burundi, Ecuador, India, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. Burundi […]
Agrarian distress persisting as farmers are not getting the right advice: Shyam Khadka
By Sayantan Bera In India, 9 million people left farming between 2001 and 2011 largely due to distress, not because industry invited them, says Shyam Khadka, […]
Integrated Farming Finds Success in India with Help of Nuclear Science
By Mohammad Zaman Farmers have teamed up with scientists to find new ways to produce more food, improve the quality of their farmland and earn more […]
Retrench India’s farm economy to sustain it
Our agriculture policy needs to focus on improving productivity instead of price support Here is a cautionary tale. In 2007-08, Madhya Pradesh’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan […]
Agricultural development in India – breaks & trials
By T ANAND Agricultural development is a must for the economic development of a country. “Agricultural progress is essential to provide food for growing non-agricultural […]