Here’s an opportunity for coffee farmers to earn extra money from their plants all year. The CFTRI (Central Food Technological Research Institute), based in Mysuru, has developed a technology for producing a value-added product from coffee leaves that also has medicinal health...
The humble chickpea or chana, one of the first few crops introduced into agriculture around 10,000 years ago, has recently gained a genomic advantage. A global research team traced its origins to the Fertile Crescent region (the Middle East) and sequenced 29,870 genes from 3,366 chickpea...
The central government has approved a rise in ethanol prices on Wednesday, as well as the restoration and continuation of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) and a support package of ₹17,408.85 crores for Cotton Corporation of India’s minimum support...
According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), India will likely import 8.6 million tonnes (mt) of palm oil during the November 2021-October 2022 season, a 3,00,000-tonne increase from previous estimates. In its November “Oilseeds: World Market and Trade”...
Basmati rice shipments to Iran, the largest buyer of Indian aromatic rice, are expected to increase as the West Asian country lifts its seasonal ban on rice imports. ‘Although no official information has been released, it has been learned that Iran has lifted seasonal restrictions...
