Kaveri Seeds announces ₹125.60 crore share buyback at ₹700 per share. In the first half of its fiscal year, which ends on September 30, 2022, Kaveri Seeds made a net profit of ₹243.39 crore, up from ₹213 crore in the same time period the year before. This is an increase of 14.32 percent...
CAI estimates India’s domestic cotton demand drop nearly by 6% in 2022–23 The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has estimated that India’s domestic cotton demand for the 2022–23 season up to September will be lower by about 18 lakh bales (170 kg each) at 300 lakh bales, or...
GM mustard was sown in six field trial plots just days before the SC heard a petition against it. ICAR’s research center, DRMR, has planted the genetically modified (GM) mustard hybrid DMH-11 in six field trial plots to see how well it grows and yields. This was done just days...
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR) have developed paddy varieties that need at least 30% less phosphorous. This is important because the country is having a hard time keeping up with the demand for fertiliser. Some of the seed shipments have already made it to the...
Farmers in north India suffer a fertiliser shortage and must pay extra Shankar Lal Nagar, a farmer from Rajasthan’s Bundi district, had to travel three kilometres from his hamlet last Sunday to buy urea. He waited in line for eight hours before purchasing the urea. ‘First, we...
