Cardamom growers in Idukki are switching to pepper cultivation as prices fall. A section of cardamom growers in Idukki, one of India’s largest cardamom-growing regions, is apparently moving to black pepper farming. Cardamom prices are currently hovering at ₹800 per kilogram, far...
Suspension of subsidies for fishermen through the WTO agreements will affect millions of fishers. According to sources, the government subsidy provided to Indian fishermen enables the community to engage in fishing activities to support their livelihood, and prohibiting such measures...
WTO fish sops pact draft doesn’t include India’s proposals, cuts exemption from 25 to 7 years. In a setback for India, the draft agreement on fisheries subsidies at the World Trade Organization (WTO) did not include New Delhi’s plans to end non-specific fuel subsidies or...
Noida-based agritech company Leads Connect Services launched a pilot project called ‘SIGMAA’ with the help of 200 farmers in two villages in the Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. If the government is interested, the company plans to expand the project to the...
Monsoon-2022 will break the jinx over Karnataka and extend its reach to West Coast. The monsoon has not moved on from Karwar, Chickamagaluru, Bengaluru, and Dharmapuri, where it was a week ago, and has resulted in a 26% rainfall deficit over parts of the South Peninsula since arriving...
