Eco-friendly farming in India: Strategies to reduce agriculture’s carbon impact India, a country with a rich agricultural heritage, faces the dual challenge of feeding its massive 1.4 billion population while also reducing the environmental impact of farming. Agriculture, forestry...
Ali Mohamed Reshi, 60, gazes over his saffron farm in Pulwama’s Lethpora area, about 22 kilometers south of Srinagar. Climate change and a prolonged dry spell threaten the crop of saffron, a highly valued spice in the world. Since the beginning of June, the Valley has been...
The government will buy all Masur, Urad, and Tur dal produced by farmers The government will buy the entire production of tur, urad, and masur dal from farmers, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced in Rajya Sabha on Friday. The government will make the procurement through...
CTC dust prices rise at Kochi auctions due to demand from packeteers This week, strong demand, particularly from packeteers, drove up CTC dust prices at Kochi auctions. Of the total 7,90,904 kg on offer, 96% were sold. The market in sale 30 increased by ₹1 to ₹2 as the sale progressed and...
Varanasi farmer approaches PM, offers to donate wheat ‘varieties’ developed by him On July 23, Prakash Singh Raghuvanshi, a farmer from village Tadiya in Varanasi district, received a surprise call from a scientist from the Karnal-based Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley...
