The Indian Sugar Mill Association (ISMA) objects the Central Government’s claim that its assistance to the industry through various schemes, including the ethanol program, is assisting the industry in compensating for lower sugar price realization. ISMA raised objections in a letter...
According to a government order issued on Friday, India allowed imports of genetically modified (GM) soy meal through three additional ports, facilitating large-scale purchases of the animal feed from abroad. Last month, New Delhi allowed for the first time the import of genetically...
While India exports excess sugar and wheat to nations in the Indian Ocean region, Pakistan, its neighbor, spends vast sums to import them from other regions of the world. The Pakistan Cabinet’s Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) authorized the import of 1.1 lakh tonnes (lt) of...
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the ICAR-Indian Institute of Millet Research, Hyderbad to promote commercial cultivation and exports of processable millets (ICAR-IIMR). According to an...
Despite the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declining during the pandemic, the agricultural sector grew by 3% as the country’s lockdowns exempted the primary sector. Agriculture expansion proved to be a silver lining. According to S Siva Kumar, Group Head (Agri and IT...
