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Reuters 01:47 PM | November 19,2009
Some 5,000 farmers from Uttar Pradesh, India’s biggest cane producing state, marched to the opening of the parliament to demand higher state-set prices for sugarcane
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PTI 06:34 PM | November 18,2009
Announcing the initiative, chief minister Sheila Dikshit said initially 10 kg packets of wheat flour will be made available for Rs139 as against the market rate of Rs180 to Rs200
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Reuters 04:04 PM | November 13,2009
“Our company has sold some wheat in containers to India,” said a Singapore-based trader. “I have done some deals today”
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Himangshu Watts / Reuters 11:34 AM | November 12,2009
A survey showed 40% of Indian farmers would quit farming, if they had a choice -- an alarming revelation for a country where two-thirds of the billion-plus people live in villages
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Reuters 01:24 PM | November 11,2009
Northern Maharashtra and southern Gujarat are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rains due to a cyclonic storm
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Utpal Bhaskar 11:49 PM | November 05,2009
IFFCO is considering the US, Australia and Africa to form farmer cooperatives for long-term pulses imports
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Niladri Bhattacharya / Reuters 06:02 PM | November 04,2009
Social cost is taking the toll on the industry as the plantation owners have to spend a big amount for the welfare of the labourers
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PTI 08:15 PM | October 25,2009
The kharif sowing season ended with a 5.3% decline in acreage. By end-September 2009, area sown was 91.9 million hectares compared to 97.1 million hecares by end September 2008
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Jacob P. Koshy and Padmaparna Ghosh 12:54 AM | October 16,2009
Stakeholders such as the ministries of agriculture, health and environment will have to sign off on it first
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Padmaparna Ghosh 10:35 PM | October 14,2009
The report drawn up by India is to be submitted at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Liz Mathew 08:55 PM | October 11,2009
A prolonged dry spell has left the epicentre of farmer suicides in crisis again
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Svetlana Kovalyova / Reuters 04:59 PM | October 08,2009
$20 bn a year needed to boost crop production alone; additional public investment needed for infrastructure; $29 bn a year must be invested in India and China
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Reuters 11:55 AM | October 07,2009
Large trading houses and mills were importing raws despite higher prices to feed the roaring demand at home, stretching capacities
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Romita Datta 09:25 PM | October 04,2009
Fishermen have abandoned lakes in the area after seawater raised alkaline levels in the wake of Alia
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Padmaparna Ghosh 01:15 AM | October 02,2009
Asia will require the biggest chunk of investment in irrigation efficiency, says an Ifpri report
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PTI 03:46 PM | September 30,2009
Trade experts blamed high domestic prices following a sharp increase in Minimum Support Price (MSP) the main reason for poor export
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PTI 07:37 PM | September 24,2009
Coffee prices have fallen sharply in the international market ahead of the harvest season from October in a number of countries, including India
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Svetlana Kovalyova / Reuters 05:15 PM | September 23,2009
Global cereals demand to rise to 3 billion tonnes by 2050; cereals output will have to rise by 1 billion tonnes by 2050
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PTI 03:10 PM | September 23,2009
Wheat, a major rabi crop, accounts for nearly 35% of the total foodgrains production of India
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Reuters 02:09 PM | September 23,2009
Another increase in the fixed price would encourage farmers to plant more wheat, which could help cover a shortfall in summer crops this year due to deficient monsoon rains
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