Cooperative credit societies are not effective: Ansari
Vice President Hamid Ansari on Friday said the cooperative credit societies had not been effective in providing adequate and affordable credit to the small-scale farming […]
Agriculture
India, Tanzania to broaden ties on agriculture, manufacturing and small scale industries
India and Tanzania on Sunday pledged to broaden cooperation to include areas of potential such as manufacturing, development of small scale industries for rural developmental […]
What it will take to reform agriculture in India, here’s a roadmap
This July marks the silver jubilee of India’s economic reforms, ushered in in 1991. It is time to take stock of our major successes and […]
India’s farming sector has an organic answer
MUMBAI // When a new organic food venture launched in Hyderabad 12 years ago, it had a hard time convincing farmers in India to take […]
TACKLING FOOD WASTAGE IN INDIA
Food wastage is fast assuming serious dimensions. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes of food is being wasted […]
Agricultural implements business has huge scope in India
NEW DELHI: In a market like India, where higher HP tractors are not too popular, John Deere feels that there is a lot of opportunities in […]
As pulses become expensive again, farm experts say Make in India is the only option
The effect of consecutive droughts and crop failure in villages is finally being felt in cities. Last month, food price inflation breached the 7% mark, […]
Agriculture should be declared a public service in India
Veteran journalist P.Sainath on Monday, terming “inequality” the fundamental reason for water and farm crisis in the country, said agriculture should be declared a “public […]
Scientists urged to devise strategies to face drought
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Director-General Trilochan Mohapatra on Friday urged scientists in the field of agriculture, horticulture, fisheries and livestock to come up […]
‘Farm income increase must be priority’
Former Agriculture Secretary Mohan Kanda spent over two decades of his career in government focusing on the agriculture and rural development sector. With a Masters […]