Govt to rev up farm growth plan with ‘Raftaar’
NEW DELHI: Turning its focus on post-harvest infrastructure, the Centre has planned to completely revamp the existing 10-year-old Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana to take farming […]
Agriculture
Recycled India: Towards a green existence
A decade into Bamboo House India, their initiative of promoting green livelihood through the construction of bamboo houses across the country, entrepreneur couple Prashant and […]
Alberta sets trade sights on opportunities in India
Alberta’s agriculture minister went to India to open doors for trade deals and ended up on a celebrity chef’s cooking show. The February trade mission […]
Govt mulls imposing 25 per cent import duty on chana to save farmers
New Delhi: The Centre is considering slapping import duty of not less than 25 per cent on chana (gram) to curb shipments and protect local […]
GDP Grows But Job Security Falls: Only 16% Indians Earn Regular Wage
At 19, Dinesh Manjhi is the breadwinner for his family–three siblings and a 55-year-old mother. But his tryst with adulthood actually began at age 12, […]
Role of farmer fairs for rural development
Agriculture is the backbone of India which contributes approximately 14 per cent of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The diverse agro-ecosystem and varying climate of […]
What Stops India From Making Technological Progress In Agriculture
In last few years, people from newly set-up industries have come up with the idea of using aerial/autonomous vehicles for precision agriculture in India. Precision […]
How plastics are lowering input costs, boosting yields and profits
Bharat Patel, a science graduate and a chilli farmer from Kheda district, has reason to cheer. His earnings from the chili crop on three acres […]
Agriculture to be sunrise sector of 21st century: Rajnath
Faridabad, March 18 (IANS) Union Minister for Home Affairs Rajnath Singh said here on Saturday that agriculture is going to be a sunrise sector of […]
IAN invests in India’s agri-machinery renting platform farMart
farMart, an agriculture machinery renting platform for the farmers and by the farmers, has received an undisclosed sum in funding from Indian Angel Network (IAN). […]