In the past month, Indian cotton prices have increased by 5 per cent, following a bullish trend in international prices. However, cotton exports are strong, as Indian cotton is cheaper than foreign varieties. Traders, millers and brokers are up against the fact that the rising trend in...
Agriculture credit is a catalyst for agricultural growth; it helps farmers to use optimum quantity of resources and facilitates the adoption of modern technologies. Credit through formal financial institutions like commercial banks and cooperatives are made available to farmers at...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday that there is a need to bring about a revolution in food processing industry in the country through a public-private partnership (PPP mode). Addressing the Webinar on Budget Provisions for the Agricultural Sector, he highlighted the different...
Pakistan may allow imports of cotton from India through the land route as the prospects for a gradual re-establishment of bilateral trade relationships have brightened after the new ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control (LoC) as per the media report on Sunday. Citing a source in...
Worries about farmers growing unauthorised and illegal genetically modified (GM) cottonseed known as Bollgard-III or ‘Bt-3′ are haunting the seed industry and farmers’ leaders as cottonseed units set up for the Kharif season to begin in month of June. People in the...
