Page 13 - Agriculture Sector

When Iron Man backed agri start-up ClimateAi to fight climate change

ClimateAi was co-founded in 2015 by Himanshu Gupta, a former climate and energy expert with the Niti Aayog, along with Max Evans, a machine learning expert with a farming lineage

Farmers' hard work made agri, allied sectors resilient to Covid: Tomar

The agriculture and allied sectors remained strong during the pandemic, registering a growth of 3.5 per cent in 2020-21

Tech to drive $30-35 bn in e-sales, farm inputs by 2025: Report

With an increasing investors' interest for the agri-tech and agri-ecosystem sectors, a report has estimated that over USD 30-35 billion of the value pool will be created across agricultural value chain by 2025. The Indian agricultural sector is at the cusp of a disruption based on technology, regulation, investment and stakeholder, and estimates indicate that approximately USD 30-35 billion of the value pool will be created in agri-logistics, offtake and agri-input delivery by 2025, according to global consultancy Bain & Company's "Indian Agriculture: Ripe for Disruption" report. "We are at a key moment when we can leapfrog from the traditional methods to a new, technology-friendly way of growing, processing and selling food. The traditional form of agriculture will be disrupted and overhauled over time, and USD 30-35 billion value will be created in new value pools across the agricultural value chain, over the next few years," Bain & Company, India, partner and leader of the .

Ripe for disruption: Here's a look at seeds of growth in agritech sector

Close to 55 per cent of the population still depends on agriculture for their livelihood.

CACP vacancy: Centre to soon fill two farmer representative posts

The commission does an elaborate exercise every year of meeting farmer groups and other stakeholders before announcing the kharif and rabi MSPs

India's agriculture exports jump 17.34% to $41.25 billion in FY21

India is seeing growth in the export of cereals, non-basmati rice, wheat, millets, maize, and other coarse grains.

The farm factor

Agri sector did quite well in a pandemic year

Statsguru: Commodity supercycle may hurt India amid Covid-19 pandemic

After a year of limited activity, several economies are expecting a faster-than-usual bounce back to normal. This has led to an increase in commodity prices across the board

Sebi issues guidelines for warehousing norms for agri, non-agri goods

Markets regulator Sebi on Friday came out with guidelines for preparing warehousing norms by clearning corporations for agricultural, agri-processed, base and industrial metals goods.

Clean slate: Govt clears FCI's liabilities to National Small Savings Fund

The government made the cash infusion before the financial year 2020-21 ended, letting FCI begin FY22 on a clean slate in terms of unsecured loans

Climate change cut global farming productivity 21% since 1960s

A new study shows that global farming productivity is 21 per cent lower than it could have been without climate change.

Govts should think beyond loan waivers, says VP Venkaiah Naidu

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday underlined the need for "much-needed" reforms in agriculture sector to improve the status of farmers and asked the governments to think beyond loan waivers

Haryana govt presents Rs 1.55-trillion Budget; focus on agri, health

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who also holds the finance department portfolio, presented his second Budget in the State Assembly

Men at Delhi's border, women take charge of Punjab's farmlands

With harvest season round the corner and farm protests continuing, their responsibilities have multiplied

Sops, promises flow as states look to pacify disgruntled farmers

On offer: Separate agri Budgets, free water, hike in direct transfers and a whole lot more

Govt promoting agriculture sector by reforming laws: Narendra Tomar

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said the government is promoting the agriculture sector through reforms in the laws which seeks to bring revolutionary changes. The government is focusing on the growth and strengthening of India's farming and rural sector, the minister said at an event organised by Asia Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association and NABARD. Tomar also highlighted various steps taken by his government during the last six-and-half years to boost the agriculture sector and enhance farmers' income, according to a release issued by his ministry. He said the government transferred Rs 1.15 lakh crore directly into the bank accounts of nearly 10.75 crore farmers under the flagship PM KISAN programme. He said that the government was setting up 10,000 farmer producer organisations (FPO) with an outlay of Rs 6,865 crore. "Agriculture sector is being promoted through reforms in-laws. This is expected to bring revolutionary changes," Tomar said. He

Focused approach

Targeting specific products will help the agri sector

Cabinet nod to pact between India, Fiji for co-operation in agri sector

This MoU will come into effect on the date of its signing and will remain in force for a period of five years

PM Modi says farmers should get more avenues to sell their harvest

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday emphasised on farmers getting more avenues to sell crops and said a food processing revolution was needed in the country for value addition to farm produce and to realise better prices. Addressing a webinar on effective implementation of Budget provisions regarding the Agriculture Ministry, he underlined the need for increased participation of private players in the farm sector, including in research and development (R&D) work. Without making any direct reference to the three new farm reform laws or to the three-month-old agitation by farmers, Modi said there is a need for expanding options for the country's farming community to sell agri produce. "Today the need of the hour is that farmers of the country get more and more options to sell their produce," he said. Restrictions had a negative impact on the sector, he added. While the Modi government says the three laws give farmers alternate options to sell their produce, thousands of farmers .

Road to recovery

Hopeful signs in data, but medium-term outlook uncertain