Indian Tea Association suggests floor price for hit growers Following a rise in production costs and poor realization, which has caused financial hardship for tea growers in West Bengal, particularly in Darjeeling, the tea industry has proposed to the Ministry of Commerce the...
Despite obstacles, India’s horticultural industry has tremendous potential Horticulture in India has proven to be more profitable and productive than agriculture, and it has emerged as a rapidly growing industry. According to the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export...
Women should be given easy loans, and market access to start dairy: President President Droupadi Murmu urged on Monday that women be given easy loans and market access to start businesses in the dairy sector because this sector has a specific role in empowering women and altering their...
Banned insecticide dimethoate sparked debate over its approval by CIB A debate has erupted in the Indian tea industry over the Central Insecticide Board’s (CIB) approval of the use of dimethoate, which was banned by the CIB in 2020, to combat the tea mosquito bug (Helopeltis...
Experts in fisheries and biotechnology have emphasized the importance of eliminating myths about the use of genetically modified (GM) crops as feed ingredients in India’s aquaculture sector. They believe that GM crop-based products (primarily non-living genetically modified...
