Rural Dvpt.Ministry and Tata Trusts Supported Non-Profit Tie up with Tech Firm to Promote Chemical Free and Low-Emissions Agriculture
FDRVC and a 10-year-old Indian technology start-up called Innoterra have signed an MoU to promote…
Cisco and Tata Trusts Provide Rs 2 cr to Five Agri-Startups to Digitally Enable Smallholder Farmers
Five agri-tech startups will get Rs 42.5 lakh each for one year under a programme called Krishi…
At Karnataka's Model Ramthal Project, Farmers Struggle To Make The Mindset Switch from Flood to Micro Irrigation
Last month the non-bank finance company (NBFC) of Netafim Irrigation India got about Rs 420 cr in…
Even Palm Oil Has Risen by Half to Rs 133 a Kg; Why are Cooking Oil Prices So High?
The rise in cooking oil prices has jolted the government. The Department of Food and Public…
Crop Care Federation Issues Ad Charging MNCs With Sitting on Ag Chem Patents to Choke Competition
Crop Care Federation of India is at it again. After taking on anti-GM activists in a full-page…
Yuan Longping, Father of Hybrid Rice, Dies; Mourners Throng to Pay Tributes
Mourners at the Mingyangshan Funeral Home in Changsha. Photo Courtesy of Global Times.
Yuan Longping…
Pune-based Farm ERP Firm Ties Up With State Bank of India For an App to Enable Smallholder Farmers Keep Tab on Cost and Profit
It is said that if you can measure it you can manage it. Most farmers are unable to manage cost of…
Poly House Cultivation is Not Profitable without Subsidy, HP University Researchers Find
Is protected cultivation in poly houses profitable? Indervir Singh, Faculty Member of the Central…
Shetkari Sanghatana President Writes to SEBI Chairman Asking Him Not to Give in to Traders' Lobby and Ban Futures Trading in Soybean
This is an email which the Shetkari Sanghatana, a union of farmers based in Maharashtra, sent…
There're Fewer Farmers Than the Official Count; They Need a Safety Net, says IE Editor
When I spoke to Jagtar Brar, a farmer of Mehma Sarja village, near Goniana Mandi in Bathinda for his…