India has submitted a new paper to the ongoing WTO agricultural negotiations, making demands that special subsidy welfare benefits enjoyed by 32 developed nations be removed before any other country takes on any commitments. According to a Geneva-based trade official, the paper created a...
The Union Fertiliser Ministry will develop a mechanism to compensate the fertilizer industry for the higher production costs that will be incurred in order to produce fertilizers without raising the subsidy factor. According to sources, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh...
The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has called an emergency meeting with the industry this week to address the issue of fertilizer shortages ahead of the Rabi sowing season, which begins early next month. Despite the government’s doubling of subsidies, Fertilizers firms expect...
Gartner‘s principal analyst Apeksha Kaushik, ‘technology adoption in India is still in its nascent stages.’ ‘Limited availability of technology infrastructure, as well as recurring natural phenomena such as floods and droughts, have all worked against the...
Agritech start-up Aqgromalin, based in Chennai, has developed ‘ready to deploy micro-farms’ that can be set up with very little area and capital. Aqgromalin, which recently received ₹ 5.5 crores in early funding from Zephyr Peacock India Growth Fund, a provider of growth...
