With the establishment of new farms law by the Center, Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) in Maharashtra have set up an alternative marketing channel where farmers receive comparative prices on their WhatsApp groups or via SMS, helping them to make a decision whether they’d like to...
Farmer from Hyderabad, Telangana, Shri Chintala Venkat Reddy, the Winner of the Padma Shri Award in February 2020 for its natural innovations in agriculture, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) won the patent on Vitamin D-enriched rice and wheat varieties on 11 February...
Paddy’s purchasing has so far increased by 16% this Kharif marketing year to 638,57 lakh tons, valued at Rs 1,20,562 crore, in the midst of ongoing farmers’ protests at the borders of the national capital. The marketing year of Kharif starts in October. ‘In the ongoing...
India is the world’s largest producer and consumer of pulses, contributing nearly 24% to global production, Union Minister for Agriculture Shri Narendra Singh Tomar has said. He also said that the country’s pulse production in the last five-six years has risen to 24 million...
Maharashtra Farmers Producer Company (MahaFPC), a conglomerate of some 400 FPCs in the state, is trying to explore strategic alliances and joint ventures with major corporations as debates and discussions on new Agricultre laws keep going. The MahaFPC has already started up India’s...
