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Kharif output to decline, but farm profits set to rise 10-12%: CRISIL Research

Date：Sep. 3, 2019 Category：Markets

Lower production of paddy could be instrumental in a 3-5% decline in kharif crop output, says a new report by CRISIL Research. However, the report adds that far...

Krishi Rasayan Group,Algaenergy announce joint venture 'AgMA Energy'

Date：May. 20, 2019 Category：Companies

AlgaEnergy’s wholly-owned subsidiary in India, MicroAlgae Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. (MASI) and Krishi Rasayan Export Pvt Ltd’s (KREPL) sister concern , Agroli...

India: CICR develops four straight Bt cotton varieties

Date：May. 14, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Nearly 10 years of hard work has finally yielded results with the ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) developing four Bt-based straight varieties ...

Tags:GM crop Cotton

India: Swaminathan Research Foundation signs MoU under the ambit of Neem Project

Date：Feb. 23, 2018 Category：Companies

Swaminathan Research Foundation agriculture scientist, Padma Vibhushan, Dr.M.S.Swaminathan has signed a MoU with GNFC (Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chem...

Tags:Collaboration Application & Technology

Technology is beginning to transform Indian agriculture

Date：Nov. 13, 2017 Category：Markets

Farmers in Devanakonda mandal in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh are dependent on the rains. The area is not irrigated. The farmers are relatively poor, with...

Tags:Application & Technology

India: Drought-resistant rice variety struggles to find any takers

Date：Sep. 26, 2017 Category：Markets

Even as the government remains firm on not allowing paddy to be grown in Karnataka's rice bowl Mandya fearing over-utilization of water from the Cauvery basin, ...

Tags:Rice

India mango crop suffers heavy loss this year

Date：May. 26, 2017 Category：Markets

The most awaited mango crop, including Dussehri, has been 80% damaged because of bad weather and pests.

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

SOPA estimates India’s soybean output rise by 57% in 2016/17

Date：Oct. 12, 2016 Category：Markets

Soybean production in India is expected to increase by 57% than previous year in 2016/17 at 108.789 lakh tones as against 69.288 lakh tonnes, according to the f...

Tags:Soybean AgriData

Cheaper internet data may lead India to digital farming

Date：Sep. 12, 2016 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Prospect of people getting cheaper internet data in India might have taken political overtone when politicians resort to 'atta' (wheat flour) verses 'data' deba...

India: Centre eyes agriculture university farms for trials of GM crops

Date：Jun. 28, 2016 Category：Science&Research

As many states resist scientific field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops apprehending environmental risk to flora and fauna, the central regulator on tr...

Tags:Biotech

India Department of Agriculture launches neem-based insecticide to curb whitefly in cotton

Date：Jun. 28, 2016 Category：Products

On the recommendations of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), the Department of Agriculture team recently launched a neem-based insecticide to curb whitefly a...

Tags:Insecticides Fungicides

UPL acquires 26% stake in Weather Risk Management

Date：Jun. 16, 2016 Category：Companies

Agrochemical company UPL Ltd has acquired 26 per cent stake in Weather Risk Management Services Pvt Ltd (WRMS) for Rs 10 crore. In a BSE filing, UPL said it has...

Tags:Acquisition

Parijat industries eyeing niche in Indian agrochemical market

Date：Jun. 10, 2016 Category：Companies

Parijat Group

Parijat industries, which has raised an undisclosed amount from Rabo Equity Advisors, Investment Advisors for India Agri Business Fund II (the "Fund") for a min...

India to promote native cotton seeds

Date：Apr. 12, 2016 Category：Markets

Concerned that whitefly and bollworm attack could harm Bt cotton crop yields, the central government will henceforth promote native cotton varieties in states l...

Tags:India Biotech Cotton

PAU warns Indian farmers of fungus outbreak in potato, pea crops

Date：Dec. 9, 2015 Category：Markets

Plant pathology experts of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) have warned Punjab-based farmers of an outbreak of crop diseases "late blight fungus" on potato ...

Tags:Pests&Diseases India Potato

South Africa facing worst drought since 1960s

Date：Nov. 5, 2015 Category：Markets

Johannesburg (city in the northeastern part of South Africa) in the past few months has suffered the worst drought since 1960s, minister of water affairs and sa...

India makes effort to develop its own Bt cotton

Date：Jul. 3, 2015 Category：Markets

India Central Institute Research of Cotton Research (CICR) makes a second bid to develop an indigenous Bt cotton seed. By now, the premier government agency alr...

Tags:India Biotech

Maharashtra company challenges ban on Bt cotton seeds

Date：Apr. 7, 2014 Category：Companies

A seed company from Maharashtra has moved the Karnataka high court challenging the order banning Bt cotton seeds marketed by it leading to the company being bla...

Tags:India Seeds

India’s biotech regulator bill delayed further

Date：Sep. 13, 2012 Category：Regulations

The bill to set up a biotech regulator has got further delayed when its introduction in Parliament was put off at the last minute following a technical hitch an...

Tags:India

Indian Government Favouring Fertilizer Companies Not Farmers

Date：Jul. 27, 2012 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Indian Organic farming experts launched a scathing attack on central and state governments for promoting the fertilizer and pesticide companies at the cost of f...