14+ hour, 15+ min ago  (834+ words) Sabarkantha (Gujarat), Mar 1 (PTI) Sitting in a Global GAP-certified village in Gujarat's potato belt, the man steering HyFun Foods' agribusiness arm HyFarm makes an unlikely-sounding wager " rising temperatures in Uttar Pradesh, long seen as a problem for Indian agriculture, will…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (206+ words) New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI) BioPrime AgriSolutions on Monday said that it has received regulatory approval from the Union Agriculture Ministry for its entire range of biostimulant products, covering 20 formulations, spanning humic and fulvic acids, seaweeds, botanicals and amino acids. The…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (508+ words) New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI) The Soybean Processors Association of India (SOPA) has urged Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal to reject demands by the poultry industry to import genetically modified (GM) soybean meal, arguing that domestic availability is sufficient and such imports…...

1+ mon, 15+ hour ago  (399+ words) Bengaluru, Feb 1 (PTI) Hundreds of citizens of different age groups took part in the "AgriWalk" held at Cubbon Park here on Sunday, as the Karnataka Agriculture Department sought to spotlight the need to move agriculture beyond mere production and empower…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (342+ words) A unique variety of brinjal has caught all the eyes at the state-level Republic Day agriculture fair in Uttar Pradesh's Godda. Visitors to the exhibition are stopping in large numbers to see an unusually long brinjal plant grown by a…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (182+ words) Climate resilience emerges as a priority for agriculture Climate-linked risks are no longer theoretical for Indian agriculture. According to Pushan Sharma, Director at Crisil Intelligence, even a 1 degree Celsius rise in temperature can reduce crop yields by 4.59%, potentially causing economy-wide…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (371+ words) Kochi, Jan 29 (PTI) Union Minister of State for Fisheries George Kurian on Thursday said that seaweed production in India has nearly tripled over the last decade, increasing from 18,890 tonnes in 2015 to 74,083 tonnes in 2024. He was delivering the inaugural address at…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (93+ words) Bihar, known for producing rice, maize, wheat, and vegetables, is now on the verge of cultivating the world's most expensive spice: saffron. Traditionally grown only in cold regions like Kashmir, saffron is a high-value crop far more profitable than conventional…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (444+ words) Gumla district in Jharkhand has neither large industries nor major factories, and it lacks an extensive railway network. As a result, nearly 95% of its population resides in villages, with agriculture remaining the backbone of the local economy. For most families…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (559+ words) New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI) The pesticide industry on Wednesday urged the government to tighten the regulation for e-commerce platforms selling crop protection products, warning that basic compliance checks are insufficient and calling for mandatory authorisation certificates to prevent fake products…...