Farm Produce

Will a warm winter affect India's agricultural output?

While this could mean some respite from the intense cold of North India, it could also harm the standing rabi crops if the temperature rise is unusual and abnormal.

FY22 agri inflation at six-year high, but did farmers reap full benefit?

Though Indian farmers may have gained from higher than usual inflation in crop prices, they have also had to pay more for their inputs and other items of consumption and service

E-trading, e-auction platforms for farm produce gaining traction

The new farm laws will give further fillip to alternative trading options outside of mandis

Five years of e-NaM: Fair price discovery, crop grading remain key issues

A high powered panel has found instances of manual data being fed into the system after the auction has ended

NCDEX to launch 'options in goods' contract in 3 farm commodities on Monday

Available in rapeseed/mustard seed, maize and wheat, these contracts allow both, farmers and other participants in the value chain to hedge the price risk before actual sowing season begins

Gujarat working on single licence for trading of farm produce across APMCs

Another proposal is to levy a small cess on trades outside APMC or market yard but within the state. The cess may be a quarter of that currently levied when trades are done inside APMC

Centre paves way for licence-free purchase directly from farmers

Any buyer with a PAN can purchase from farmers; no state or central taxes on direct procurement; food items removed from EC Act

Rs 1-trn fund, bee keeping: FM Sitharaman's 11 steps to help farmers

Government sets up Rs 1 trillion Agri-Infrastructure Fund, which will focus on short-term crop loan and investment in long-term agriculture infra

This Y Combinator-backed start-up is playing Farmville in real life

Hyderabad-based agri-tech firm UrbanKisaan uses hydroponics to grow veggies; see 7-fold rise in demand during lockdown

India agriculture output lone bright spot in an economy set to shrink

Farm sector growth will top 3 per cent in the year started April 1, Ramesh Chand, an adviser to PM Narendra Modi, said in an interview.

It is imperative for us to rise above partisan interests: Sonia Gandhi

Following is Sonia Gandhi's letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Cattle fed broccoli, strawberries as lockdown in India hits supply chain

The sudden drop in demand is hurting millions of farmers in the world's second-most populous country

Govt plan to set up 10,000 groups to promote farm produce needs pruning

A farmer-producer organisation is a means to help small farmers maximise their income by offering distribution and marketing support for their produce

How supply chain firm Ninjacart is connecting farmers, retailers using tech

Ninjacart connects through a network of more than 200 collection centres and 1,200 warehouses across the country

India looks for wider Chinese market access to arrest falling farm exports

After peaking in FY14, agro exports saw a sharp fall lead by guar gum, buffalo meat, cotton and oil meal

Growing FPOs provide better market linkages to member-farmers: CRISIL

Around 200 FPOs, with 2.5 lakh farmer-members, trade on the NCDEX today