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…
Shetkari Sanghatana Opposes Legally-Guaranteed MSP; Urges Centre Not to Compromise at Any Cost
Opposing the demand of the farmers protesting on the borders of Delhi for legally-guaranteed minimum…
Chief Justice Sharad Bobde's Association with the Shetkari Sanghatana is No Secret; He Himself has Acknowledged It
The Supreme Court Committee on Farm Laws today heard representatives from the Shetkari Sanghatana…
Budget 2021-22 Disappoints by Not Making Allocation for Diversification from Wheat and Rice in Punjab, Haryana
There hasn’t been a big increase in the share of wheat or rice procured by the previous or present…