The latest research report on the Agricultural Fumigants market covering in-depth analysis of size, segmentation market growth, market share, competitive Landscape, Detailed List of Key Buyers and End-Users, Market Attractiveness Analysis, and Key Investment Opportunity Analysis, product launches, area marketplace expanding, and technological innovations. Leading market research company Facts & Factors (FnF) published a market […]
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Aatmanirbhar in agriculture will require incentives for export of high-value agri-produce
On the agri-imports front, the biggest item is edible oils — worth about $10 billion (more than 15 mt). This is where there is a need to create “aatma nirbharta”, not by levying high import duties, but by creating a competitive advantage through augmenting productivity and increasing the recovery ratio of oil from oilseeds. With […]
Aatmanirbhar in agriculture will require incentives for export of high-value agri-produce
On the agri-imports front, the biggest item is edible oils — worth about $10 billion (more than 15 mt). This is where there is a need to create “aatma nirbharta”, not by levying high import duties, but by creating a competitive advantage through augmenting productivity and increasing the recovery ratio of oil from oilseeds. With […]
India-Israel project seeks to help farmers use water and energy more efficiently
According to experts, subsidised electricity in the agricultural sector has often led to over utilisation of groundwater as farmers avoid metering their pumps. In a bid to prevent depletion of the water table during agriculture, the governments of Israel and India, along with Pune-based BAIF Development and Research Foundation (BDRF) and other educational and research […]
RCF ensures availability of top brand fertilizers to farming community
Even in the most challenging times of COVID-19, RCF has ensured the availability of its top brand Fertilizers like ‘Ujjwala’ Urea and ‘Suphala’to the farming community for Kharif sowing season. Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF), a CPSE under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, is committed to the well being of India’s farming sector. […]
Narendra Modi Speech Highlights: Farmers, Taxpayers Behind COVID Welfare Schemes’ Success, Says PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gave credit to the farmers and taxpayers for enabling the Centre to provide free foodgrains during the COVID-19 phase to the poor and needy in the country. “If the government today is able to provide free grains to the poor and needy today then the credit goes to […]
Tractor sales in June may see double-digit growth
MUMBAI: Domestic tractor sales will likely clock double-digit year-on-year growth in June given the strong recovery in demand following dismal performance in April because of the lockdown, said three people aware of the development. The surge in sales has been attributed to a robust rabi harvest, timely arrival of the monsoon to aid kharif sowing, […]
Coconut growers to now earn more as govt hikes MSP in relief to farmers
The MSP for the dehusked coconut has been increased from Rs 2,571 per quintal during the last season to Rs 2,700 per quintal in the current season. In a major relief to the coconut farmers, the Narendra Modi government increased the minimum support price for mature dehusked coconut by 5.02 per cent. The MSP for the dehusked […]
Will India’s Contract Farming Ordinance Be a Corporate Lifeline for Agriculture?
Even though India has had a few relatively successful models, contract farming has failed to take off in a meaningful manner. Of the three agriculture-related ordinances promulgated on June 5, 2020, the most predictable was ‘The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020’. Put simply, it provides a legal […]
Punjab looks at crop diversification, mechanisation to boost agriculture
NEW DELHI: Amid labour shortage caused by the coronavirus-related curbs, Punjab plans to focus on crop diversification and have more mechanisation options including use of technology as sowing of kharif crops has started in the northern state . The state’s push for crop diversification – not only to deal with labour shortage but to improve […]