A top Tata Chemicals executive has stated that rising crude oil prices in the international market will raise the raw material costs of the agro-chemical sector because the majority of them are petrochemical byproducts. ‘Farmers will be obliged to spend more, which will have a...
India’s most ambitious efforts to eliminate stubble burning issue through a bio-enzyme sprayer that breaks down the rice straw and converts it into fertilizer. A gig working woman is on a mission. She has been traveling from village to village for weeks, asking farmers in the...
With the recent acquisition of seed brands from Bayer CropScience, Crystal Crop Protection Ltd expects to be among the top ten seed companies in the country. Crystal Crop recently acquired Bayer’s cotton, mustard, pearl millet, and sorghum hybrid seed brands for an undisclosed sum...
PM Modi will transfer over ₹22,000cr government equity to FPOs as a new year gift On January 1, the government plans to transfer over ₹22,000 crores to the bank accounts of nearly 11 crore farmers in the country under the flagship PM-Kisan scheme. In addition, as part of the government...
Union Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar stated that the government intends to achieve Aatmanirbhar (self-sufficiency) in edible oil by increasing the area under oil palm cultivation to 28 lakh hectares from the current 3 lakh hectares. ‘Research findings have shown that...
