Page 20 - Agriculture Sector

Govt plans to set up dedicated platform to promote agriculture start-ups

Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium Managing Director Neelkamal Darbari said the role of agri startups comes at the pre-harvest stage

Fadnavis asks govt to ease insurance norms for rain-hit Maharashtra farmers

Fadnavis met Amit Shah in New Delhi and discussed the issue of farmers suffering losses due to untimely showers in various parts of the state in the last few weeks.

Of farm loans and waivers: Are they helping the Indian farmer?

In this podcast, Business Standard's farm editor helps us understand RBI's report on agri credit review

Misuse of agriculture credit

RBI report provides damning evidence

Reforming agriculture

Farming needs to be made profitable

Tepid credit offtake, dipping tractor sales hint at farm sector slowdown

Delayed monsoon arrival in parts of the country compounds farmers' woes; overall kharif sowing down by 12%

PDS and the decline of farming

Education and the consequent rise in aspirations has also resulted in many veering away from agriculture

Govt buys 29.26 mn tonnes wheat, set to achieve target of helping farmers

According to FCI, it has procured 29.26 mn tonnes of wheat from farmers at an MSP of Rs 1840 per quintal

Outlook for India-focused agri input firms worsens post monsoon forecast

After a weak rabi season and high inventories impacting March quarter, below normal monsoon means the June quarter too will be weak

India's agriculture growth seen slipping to 2.7% versus 5% in FY18

The country had produced 284.83 million tonne in the 2017-18 crop year

Centre for dedicated power feeders for farm but not all states on board

The issue had so far not been pushed with much enthusiasm, for reasons ranging from it being more capital-intensive, to power supply for farms being mostly free or subsidised

Modi govt's 144% hike in agri spend not enough to quell India's farm unrest

The farming community is still struggling to cover the cost of cultivation leave aside make any income or profits

Pest attacks to deliver sales boost to agri input companies in FY19

However, there are some headwinds in terms of lower rabi acreage which has stoked fears of a marginal drop in sales during the remianing part of the current financial year

Govt fast-tracks inter-state trade via e-NaM platform ahead of 2019 polls

Not only will inter-state trade be facilitated among more mandis, but also special price tickers will be installed in e-NaM mandis for effective price dissemination

Strengthen agriculture by bringing in long-term structural changes: Naidu

We must adopt organic farming and promote judicious use of inputs and irrigation, says Naidu

Rewind 2018: Problem of plenty leads to price concerns in agri sector

The government increased budgetary allocation for the sector, and launched several schemes to reduce input costs

Centre eyes $60 billion in agriculture exports by 2022 with new policy

Aiming to push India into the list of the top 10 agri export nations, the policy has been backed by the Prime Minister's Office

Innovation in agriculture sector key for boosting production: Suresh Prabhu

He also informed that the ministry will be holding a meeting of global funds and startups here on December 7

Agriculture woes: Loans against warehouse receipts decline sharply

Experts, however, also say many large farmers and stockists have borrowed from two or three banks for one stack of underlying commodity

Indian farm size shrank further by 6% in 5 years to 2015-16, census shows

With land holding getting smaller, the share of small and marginal holdings in the country, has risen to 86.21 per cent of total operational holding in 2015-16