UN food chief: Ukrainian farmers fighting war’s food crisis is the worst since World War II Because many of the Ukrainian farmers who produce a significant amount of the world’s wheat are now fighting Russians, the UN food chief warned Tuesday that the war in Ukraine has...
Agri-startup developed CLASS analytical tool to assist settle crop loss claims in 7 days Agrotech India has developed the Crop Loss Assessment Support System (CLASS), an analytical software platform that can be used to assess a crop’s yield or loss using remote sensing technology...
No farm loan waivers initiatives by govt in last five years: Bhagwat Karad Parliament was informed on Monday that the government has not given farmers any farm loan waivers in the last five years or this year. Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad said in a written reply to the Lok...
A parliamentary panel said on Thursday that the Union Agriculture Ministry is far from doubling farmers’ incomes and that incomes have actually fallen in some states such as Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, and Odisha between 2015-16 and 2018-19. The committee has recommended...
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stressed on Saturday the importance of ensuring the quality of agricultural produce in order for farmers to receive fair prices. According to an official statement, the minister was speaking at the ICAR Society’s 93rd Annual General Meeting...
