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Agriculture

This initiative gains importance as the government recently launched the ₹2,481-crore National Mission on Natural Farming.

Govt focuses on traditional crops to enhance climate-resilient agriculture

1 min read . 26 Dec 2024

India ranked the world's eighth-largest agricultural exporter in 2023 despite a decline in exports from $51.12 billion in FY23 to $48.77 billion in FY24.

Govt plans to introduce new agriculture export policy

4 min read . 25 Dec 2024

The Netherlands is the world’s biggest exporter of agricultural products after America, a country more than 250 times its size. (Image: Pixabay)

The cucumber Saudis: how the Dutch got too good at farming

5 min read . 12 Dec 2024

Agriculture Ministry’s production data shows India recorded a total wheat production of 1,132 lakh metric tonnes in Rabi 2024.

Govt reduces wheat stock limits for traders and retailers

2 min read . 11 Dec 2024

The centre is considering easing repayment norms for farmers by allowing them to settle the entire loan interest at the end of the tenure.

Centre may boost agri with loan reforms and credit limit hike in budget

3 min read . 11 Dec 2024

In natural farming, growers can decide on the pace to transition away from chemical fertilizers and pesticides, ensuring no sudden drop in yields.

Natural farming: Ambitious plan, but will it work?

2 min read . 29 Nov 2024

Farmers throw tomatoes on the road during a protest in Meerut in 2018. Photo: PTI

Wine from tomatoes? Govt to fund 28 projects to cut waste and stabilise prices

2 min read . 22 Nov 2024

Women form a significant proportion of farm labour but the scheme, under which eligible women receive ₹1,500 per month in financial assistance, has drawn rural women away from farm work. (AP)

Women stay off cotton farms in Maharashtra, govt scheme blamed

3 min read . 27 Oct 2024

In September, the government had cut the duty from 20% to 10% and approved the resumption of non-basmati white rice exports. Photo: Reuters

With granaries full, India axes export duty on parboiled rice

2 min read . 23 Oct 2024

A file photo of a sugar factory in Bhilai, India. (Bloomberg)

Ethanol blending: The good, the bad and the googlies

9 min read . 17 Oct 2024

Drought in Brazil and Vietnam, the world's largest coffee-growers, has disrupted global supply but helped India increase its export revenues. (Bloomberg)

Why India’s coffee exports are a hit despite supply woes

3 min read . 13 Oct 2024

According to the National Family Health Survey conducted between 2019 and 2021, anaemia remains prevalent across India.

Cabinet clears extension of fortified rice scheme until 2028 to combat anaemia

2 min read . 09 Oct 2024

Data shows that the share of rural women working in agriculture rose from 71% of all rural female workers in 2018-19 to 77% in 2023-24.

Workers flocking to farms: what’s behind the data?

2 min read . 09 Oct 2024

Zahoor Ahmad Reshi with his crop of Mushk Budji rice in Kulgam, Kashmir. (Photo: Irfan Amin Malik)

Can soil-less farming revive a Kashmiri rice variety on the verge of extinction?

4 min read . 02 Oct 2024

Although India has a third more land under cultivation than China, it harvests only a third as much produce by value. (File Photo: Reuters)

The world’s next food superpower

6 min read . 01 Oct 2024

The revised duty structure for parboiled rice will take effect immediately. (Reuters)

Centre cuts export duty on parboiled rice to 10%

2 min read . 27 Sep 2024

Sales of agrochemical companies in FY24 were affected by destocking and increased competition from Chinese firms, Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Is the agrochemical industry on the cusp of a turnaround?

3 min read . 20 Sep 2024

12.36 million hectares were under cotton during the same period last year.

Reduced cotton sowing in kharif season may impact India’s textile export target

4 min read . 20 Sep 2024

When market price of a farm produce falls below MSP, the Centre will cover up to 15% of the price difference.

Govt plans to launch loss compensation scheme for farmers

3 min read . 19 Sep 2024

Micro Amul: Are farmer-run companies the next big idea in Indian agriculture?

10 min read . 17 Sep 2024

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