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‘Bringing animal welfare to companies’: IKC looks to bring in ethical supply chains involving farm animals, along with other cruelty-free practices
4+ hour, 34+ min ago (281+ words) The aim is to have a roadmap towards a cruelty-free and sustainable industry, be it cage-free practices in poultry or better welfare standards for farm animals "Bringing animal welfare to companies: IKC looks to bring in ethical supply chains involving…...
Here’s everything from businessline’s Agri & Commodity Summit 2026
2+ day, 1+ min ago (128+ words) Discover insights from the Agri & Commodity Summit 2026, focusing on empowering women farmers and sustainable agricultural reforms. Here's everything from businessline's Agri & Commodity Summit 2026 At the businessline Agri & Commodity Summit 2026, spotlight was on empowering women farmers through reforms, shifting their roles…...
Stage set for businessline Agri & Commodity Summit on Feb 27
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (348+ words) The'Hindu'businessline'is back with fifth edition of its Agri and Commodity Summit. the'businessline'Agri & Commodity Summit 2026, to'be held on'February 27 at The Leela Palace, New Delhi, will commemorate the Year of the Women Farmer. The presenting sponsor is NABARD, while Associate Sponsors are…...
Soil testing of rhizosphere
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (411+ words) The extractant is based on the understanding that plants absorb nutrients not from the bulk soil as a whole, but from the immediate zone around their roots " called the rhizosphere. Nutrient availability depends more on the chemical conditions in this…...
How the rise of organic grains and pulses in Indian homes is reshaping traditional agriculture
1+ week, 1+ day ago (457+ words) By choosing purity over polish, the consumer is effectively encouraging a return to a more balanced, sustainable, and traditional agricultural system...
Alliance Bioversity, CIAT promoting over 20 native Indian crop varieties
1+ week, 6+ day ago (409+ words) Jai Singh Rana, Country Director for Bioversity in Asia. Rome-based Alliance Bioversity and CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture) are promoting the cultivation and conservation of 20-25 native varieties of Indian crops as part of their efforts to save genetic resources,…...
Why traceability trumps yield in modern farming
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (712+ words) A farmer who knows where his food is going would never poison it. And an eater who knows where their food comes from would never treat it casually. Yield matters. We have to feed people. But judging food only by…...
India’s agri-food processing renaissance: Navigating global headwinds and trade transformation in 2026
2+ week, 1+ day ago (359+ words) As the industry advances toward a projected valuation of approximately $535 billion by 2027, a clear quality pivot is underway ... In the lush fields of the Indian heartland, a quiet revolution has transformed the landscape from traditional farming into a sophisticated global…...
India must rationalise food stocks, adopt local strategic reserves: Pingali
2+ week, 5+ day ago (480+ words) India's shift toward nutritious, non-staple crops is stalled by poor market infrastructure and high transition costs. Reimagining food policy requires urgent investment in cold storage and transport to reduce smallholder transaction costs, according to Prabhu Pingali, Director of the Tata-Cornell…...
Infrastructure deficit, lost value chain holds back sericulture’s full potential in J&K
3+ week, 5+ day ago (238+ words) Sericulture remains a vital but underperforming livelihood sector in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, supporting about 27,000 rural families even as structural gaps prevent the region from fully realising its potential in India's silk economy. Despite its long association with silk production,…...