Building on last year’s strong performance, APEDA’s agri-product exports increased by 44% in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, owing to increased international demand. This is despite challenges such as supply chain issues caused by the covid second-wave induced...
With many people losing their jobs and facing high unemployment as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, some engineers and management graduates in Maharashtra are now looking into options such as poultry and goat farming to supplement their income for livelihood and support their families...
Agri and its Allied sector’s total contribution has increased by 26.8% in terms of value, from ₹ 16,09,198 crore in 2013-14 to ₹ 20,40,079 crore in 2020-21, according to Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, in response to a question in the Lok...
The Gurgaon-based Hi-Tech International, a plastics and packaging technology sourcing provider, has developed a plant-based bio-compostable polymer. The biopolymer, which is derived from corn starch, can be used to replace single and multiple-use plastic products. ‘Corn starch is...
With its competitive offerings, India is likely to maintain its dominance in the global rice market this fiscal year as well. According to trade and industry experts, non-basmati rice exports are likely to increase last fiscal’s record shipments of 13.08 million tonnes (mt), or at...
