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MSP increase not enough to make farmers shift from paddy and wheat

Wheat and paddy farmers unlikely to shift to water-thrifty crops without better return

Govt aims to bring additional 637,000 hectare under oilseeds this season

The Centre on Thursday said it has chalked out a multi-pronged strategy to bring in additional 6.37 lakh hectare area under oilseeds in the forthcoming kharif (summer) season beginning July this year.

Govt to bring additional 637,000 hectare under oilseeds in kharif season

The Centre on Thursday said it has chalked out a multi-pronged strategy to bring in additional 6.37 lakh hectare area under oilseeds in the forthcoming kharif (summer) season beginning July this year.

Govt MSP purchases chiefly driven by poor market prices the past few years

In other words, it is political compulsion, not political expediency, that has prompted the Centre to lift higher quantities of grain, pulses and other farm commodities

India cuts import tax on crude palm oil to 27.5% as food prices rise

India imports around 9 million tonnes of palm oil annually, mainly from Indonesia and Malaysia.

Brazil president to meet soy farmers amid oilseeds price inflation

Bolsonaro said he will rely on Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias to arrange the meeting with the growers

India's area under kharif crops hits all-time high of over 108 mn hectares

Government confident of bumper harvest; could cool down inflation but experts say excess rains, pest attach could play spoilsport in some crops

Oilseed extractors want GM crop for reducing dependence on imports

India at present imports over 13 million tonnes of edible oils annually and this largely comprises crude palm oil and soybean oil.

Good monsoon has led to more acreage under cultivation: Agri ministry

The area planted with rice, the main food crop of the world's second-most populous country, was 26.7 million hectares, compared with 22.4 million hectares in the year-earlier period

Edible oil firms to buy seeds directly from empanelled farmers and APMCs

Large and mid-sized firms are likelt to save some costs using this mechanism, some of which will be passed on to farmers

Agriculture ministry raises daily purchase limit of oilseeds, pulses

Increases daily limit to 40 quintals per farmer a day, from earlier 25 quintals

Coronavirus: Gujarat govt asks APMCs to resume grain supply operations

APMCs had earlier voluntarily discontinued auctions of grains and pulses at the markets since these were non-perishables

With pain-relieving properties, oil from cannabis seed is the new elixir

CBD oil, found in marijuana, is gaining popularity for its pain-relieving properties. It's also now legally available in India

After onion tears, now brace for edible oils burning a hole in your pocket

The bio-fuel programmes in Malaysia and Indonesia are supporting the soaring prices

FM Sitharaman advises farmers to produce oilseeds, which are high in demand

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday urged farmers to produce oilseeds in place of other crops as India particularly imports edible oil and palm oil."We are telling farmers which crops will give them a better price in the area. We are also telling them what all crops can be irrigated or cannot be irrigated on the rain-fed land," she said while addressing the sixth World Congress on Rural & Agriculture Finance in New Delhi."The support price may be given for other things but please do produce oilseeds because they have a great demand in India. Edible oil consumption is also a matter of great concern, as we still import quite a lot quantity particularly palm oil," she said.The Union Minister also requested National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Chairman Dr Harsh Kumar Bhanwala to visit Jammu and Kashmir to ensure that the farmers get the correct price of their produce in the next season."You are aware that recently we used NAFED to procure apples ...

Govt procured 8.9 mn tonnes of oilseeds, pulses from FY16 to Dec 2018: Min

The agri minister said 89 lakh tonne of oilseeds and pulses were purchased till December 2018 as against eight lakh tonnes purchased between 2010-11 to 2013-14

Why private procurement of oilseeds may not be commercially viable

15% service charge as compensation too little if losses mount, say experts

Oilseeds see sharp increase in prices on restocking by crushing mills

Two major kharif season oilseeds have seen a sharp increase in their prices after the government in mid-November raised the import duty on edible oils, to protect farmers.While soybean has become costlier by 19.4 per cent to Rs 3,303 a quintal, groundnut is up eight per cent since November when the government announced a duty hike, to trade currently at Rs 4,700 a qtl. Quoting at the time below the Minimum Support Price, both leading oilseeds of the kharif harvesting season have since jumped to trade above this benchmark (Rs 3,050 a qtl for soybean and Rs 4,500 a qtl for groundnut). Prices of other oilseeds have also moved up, albeit less. The turnaround has cheered farmers and stockists alike. Oil mills have also started stocking before a further price spike. Both ways, farmers would benefit, presumably encouraging them to bring more area under oilseeds next season.India's hike in import duty has led Malaysia to suspend export taxes on crude palm oil for three months effective ...

Trade measures boost edible oil industry

Seed prices move up after export sops and import duty hikes