The Central Government told to the Parliament that although the area under cultivation of medicinal plants has declined, the export value of the plants’ products has increased in the last five years. The Union Ministry of AYUSH is implementing the ‘medicinal plants’ component...
Cardamom trade plans to focus more on the Gulf markets, as expected by the revival of export demand during the upcoming Ramadan festival in mid-May. As the fasting for Ramadan begins on 15 April, there are export enquiries for Indian cardamom, particularly from Saudi Arabia. Exporters are...
Swaraj Tractors, a subsidiary of the USD 19.4 billion Mahindra Group and one of the quickest growing brands in the Indian tractor industry, has launched a series of paddy mechanisation projects in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as the company expands its footprint in the state. Swaraj has...
Award winning software engineer-turned-farmer Mavuram Mallikarjun Reddy is talking about his journey from software to agricultural production. If bad loans, crop failures and low yields run like dark clouds over agricultural activities, organic farmers like Mavuram Mallikarjun Reddy are...
The Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), Kozhikode, celebrated International Women’s Day on Monday with the theme ‘Women leadership in agriculture: entrepreneurship, equity and empowerment.’ Focusing on women in the agriculture sector and incubation support...
