According to a senior government official, the government intends to fortify Ganga river sludge for use as fertiliser in order to promote organic farming and prevent chemicals from entering rivers. Treated water, which is high in phosphorus and nutrients, is beneficial to crop growth, and...
According to Victor T. Thomas, president of the Canada India Business Council, Canada and India should draft a common framework on agriculture-related concerns to facilitate trade in agricultural products. Mr. Thomas stated in an exclusive interview that Canada was looking forward to...
Govt may decriminalize the proposed fertiliser law, reduce the severity of the penalties. Following public criticism of the proposed law on fertilizer’s ‘jail term’ clause, which is also perceived as going against the present government’s aim of ‘minimal...
The Maharashtra government is preparing to launch its own crop insurance scheme, arguing that insurance companies engaged in the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) benefit financially while farmers who pay crop insurance are left out in the cold. The union government, on the other...
‘Aatmanirbhar’ India has been importing arecanut from countries UAE, Singapore According to data provided by the Centre in the Lok Sabha, India has been importing arecanut from countries such as the UAE and Singapore. Stakeholders in the arecanut sector have been calling for...
