While the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a normal monsoon this year, the farming community is worried due to prolonged lockdowns in many states. The pandemic’s rise in rural regions is particularly concerning, but whether it will affect Kharif sowing will be...
Karnataka Vegetables and flowers farmers cite a drop in demand and interruption in transportation networks. When the lockdown was imposed in the last week of April, Chandrakanth Rama, a small farmer in Kalaburagi district, still had two acres of onion and ladies finger to harvest. As a...
This year, AgriBazaar, an online marketplace for agricultural products, will expand its physical presence in roughly 75 villages throughout Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan. To bring the agri-market to the farmer’s doorstep, the startup will open fulfilment centres in 25...
A final government approval is needed before commercialising a vaccine for Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) in cattle and buffalos. Hester Biosciences Limited, the only company based in India with an LSD vaccine, has already completed clinical trials. The disease, caused by the pox virus and...
Tobacco growing farmers are anxious and crossing their fingers as the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a correction in the prices of different grades of tobacco at a time when they are hoping to cover their input cost suffered last year due to sluggish markets caused by...
