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Can maize maintain its newfound supremacy in ethanol production?

Some reports say the maize-based industry has demanded immediate imports of 5 million tonnes of duty-free imports to tide over the supply crunch

AI push: Farmers reap better quality and yield, but challenges remain

The Indian govt is also promoting use of AI to help farmers increase their productivity

Punjab sees 12.58% growth in basmati cultivation area during kharif season

The cultivation of long-grain rice has expanded to 6.71 lakh hectares currently, a significant increase from 5.96 lakh hectares during the previous kharif season, the minister said

Centre launches new decision support system for agriculture sector

Krishi-DSS provides seamless access to comprehensive all-India data

Shivraj Singh Chouhan leads agriculture ministry in developed India pledge

Chouhan expressed confidence in his team's abilities, praising their talent, work ethic, and energy

Kharif sowing over in Rajasthan, all eyes on sky as rain may queer pitch

70% of guar comes from Rajasthan, rain may hit the crop

I-Day: Govt invites over 1,000 farmers, their spouses for special prog

The invitees, beneficiaries of central schemes like PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana and PM Fasal Bima Yojana, will interact with Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Kharif sowing keeps lead over 2023 tally in fillip to inflation battle

A good kharif harvest will go a long way in cooling food inflation by increasing supply of staples such as rice. It will also ensure adequate soil moisture for a healthy rabi harvest

Paddy acreage rises 4.28%, cotton area lags in kharif season so far: Govt

The agriculture ministry reported that paddy sowing rose to 33.18 million hectares as of August 12, up from 31.82 million hectares in the same period last year

Odisha CM Majhi talks to Mamata, urges her to improve potatoes supply

During a telephonic conversation, Majhi said the supply of potatoes to Odisha had improved after their meeting in New Delhi, but now the situation deteriorated again

PM Modi to release 109 high yielding, climate resilient varieties of crops

Among the field crops, seeds of various cereals, including millet, forage crops, oilseeds, pulses, sugarcane, cotton, fibre and other potential crops will be released, the statement said

India's imports of pulses likely to decline in FY25 on good monsoon

Experts say imports likely to double in next 5 yrs if policies remain unchanged

India's import of pulses may fall up to 4.5 mn tn in FY25: IPGA chairman

The imports would fall because of expectation of better production of pulses in 2024-25 crop year and also higher imports in the previous fiscal, IPGA Chairman Bimal Kothari said

Govt to retain curbs on sugar exports to ensure adequate domestic supplies

The government wants to make sure there's enough sugar for the local market at reasonable prices, and on using more cane to produce ethanol

Uttar Pradesh govt set to launch Rs 4,000 cr agriculture business project

The project is estimated to benefit a million farmers, including 30 per cent of the rural women associated with agri self help groups (SHGs)

India exported 260,000 tonnes of onion in Apr-July: MoS Verma in Lok Sabha

Government has lifted the onion prohibition from 4th May, 2024 and allowed the export with minimum export price

India exports $122.7 mn worth non-basmati white rice during Apr-May

The exports stood at $852.53 million in 2023-24, $2.2 billion in 2022-23 and $2 billion in 2021-22, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada said in a written reply

Draft policy proposes easier lending, new mandis for FPOs; Is it enough?

India has over 24,000 functional FPOs established under the Companies Act as of March 31, 2023, with many of them being set up in recent years under the Central scheme to promote and form 10,000 FPOs

Centre to unilaterally release its share of crop insurance premium

Replying to a Parliament question, Chouhan said that earlier farmers had to wait for their claims unless both the Centre and states released their share of the premium subsidy

Centre to invest Rs 18,000 crore to build agri-export clusters: Chouhan

Opposition Congress accuses Centre of misleading Parliament on the MSP issue