Employment Avenues in Agriculture
India, with 1.34 billion people which is growing at a rate of 1.8 per cent a year and could make the country the most populous […]
Agriculture
India pushes WTO members to accelerate work on outstanding Doha Round issues
Geneva: India has raised the bar on the need for a permanent solution on public stockholding programmes for food security, safeguard mechanism for curbing unforeseen […]
Agriculture has a poor share in state’s economy
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat ranks down there at the bottom with less than 15% share of agriculture and allied sector in (Gross State Domestic Product) GSDP. The […]
Agriculture university to release new hybrid pig Jharsuk next week
Summary: “By 1990s, we developed TMV, after crossing Tamworth and local variety, taking into account the social acceptance of black coloured pigs,” he said.Singh explained […]
Govts blink as farmers endure severe hardships
Indian agriculture continues to be in troubled waters for the past two-and-a-half decades. The declining state of resources and the decrease of major stakeholders in […]
Penn Vet on a ‘Milk Mission’ in India
India is the world’s leading milk producer, accounting for one-fifth of global dairy output, but most dairy farmers there struggle to make a profit. “Most […]
IIT Alumni network to train underprivileged youth, focus in Agriculture sector
After successfully training over 80,000 youth and getting them placed in various sectors in the skill industry, the alumni network of Indian Institute of Technology […]
In India, farmers can now hail a tractor with an Uber-like app
An Indian company has adopted an Uber-like business plan to solve a problem unique to many Indian farmers: The lack of access to cheap tractors. […]
Government plans to take out contract farming provision from model APMC Act of 2003
The BJP-led NDA government is considering to take out the provisions of contract farming from the model APMC Act of 2003 while including all sources […]
India offers Myanmar’s Suu Kyi help in energy, agriculture
NEW DELHI – India has offered to provide help with energy and agriculture in response to a request from visiting Myanmar leader Aung San Suu […]