Imports of Urad, from Myanmar (formerly Burma), used in food items such as idli, dosa and pappad, are crucial to bridge the demand-supply gap between pulses in...
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Sugar mills in Maharashtra have paid sugarcane farmers 86% Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP). Out of the 187 mills that have started crushing the cane season...
Central Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday emphasised the need to boost private sector investment in...
The first shipment of red rice from Assam was shipped from India to the United States on Thursday. Increased demand in exports of iron rich ‘red...
Saudi Arabia’s SALIC (Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company), which has a 29 per cent minority stake in LT Foods subsidiary Daawat Foods...
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...
Agriculture credit is a catalyst for agricultural growth; it helps farmers to use optimum quantity of resources and facilitates the adoption of modern...
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...
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...
Worries about farmers growing unauthorised and illegal genetically modified (GM) cottonseed known as Bollgard-III or ‘Bt-3′ are haunting the seed...