Despite being a top cotton producing country, India has faced challenges such as stagnant yields for two decades, pink bollworm infestation, and shortages labour during harvest. Cotton farmers in the country are in a difficult situation because they have been waiting for second and third...
Even as the Centre moves closer to signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU), India’s dairy sector has raised some concerns about the livelihoods of thousands of Indian farmers. They claim that including dairy products in the FTA will harm farmers’...
NASSCOM, the Information Technology (IT) industry body, has said on Thursday that policy and financial support are needed for India to maximize the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) in farming sector, which still faces many challenges. According to the study, AI has the potential...
Farmers are participating in a ‘Bharat Bandh’ today to mark the end of their four-month protest against central govt’s farm laws. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called a bandh that will last until 6 p.m. Except for emergency and other critical services, all roads...
Following concerns expressed by the plantation Industry, the Fertilizer Ministry increased the maximum limit for the purchase of subsidized fertilizers by six times, from 200 bags to 1,200 bags per month per plantation. The Department of Fertiliser (DOF) issued a note on Thursday...
