India permits export of 3.5 lakh tonnes of broken rice to Gambia and Senegal As a special case, the government has given permission to send 3.5 lakh tonnes (lt) of broken rice to Gambia and Senegal. Shipments of this type of rice were banned on September 8, 2022. According to a letter...
NITK, National Jute Board inked agreement to develop geo-cell products The National Institute of Technology Karnataka, (NITK) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Jute Board (NJB) under the Union Ministry of Textiles to develop and standardise geo-cell products...
Telangana CM KCR promises ₹10,000 compensation for crops loss. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has promised a compensation of ₹10,000 per acre for farmers whose crops were lost or damaged by the hailstorm and torrential rains that hit the state last week. He set aside ₹228...
Agri university professor develops irrigation, fertigation software. A former Gujarat Agricultural University professor has developed software that can lower water and energy requirements for certain crops by over 50%. The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has undertaken research on...
Domestic tractor sales would fall by half to 4-6 percent this fiscal year, compared to a compound average growth rate of 10% since fiscal 2020, owing to repeated normal monsoons. Nonetheless, falling input prices for steel and pig iron will deliver a 100-200 basis point boost to tractor...
