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Telangana mulls new rules for farmers to regulate crop cultivation

In a meeting with Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday, agriculture experts suggested regulating what is being grownThe suggestions were based on the observation that many farmers cultivate the same crop every year, and thus, do not get good prices

2 min read11 May 2020
Market

What slow rabi crop sowing tells us about Agriculture in India

Rabi crop sowing is worryingly lagging in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

1 min read21 Dec 2018
Industry

How farmers in India are adapting to climate change

Farmers in India are using both intra-crop and inter-crop adaptations to tide over the grave impact of climate change on agriculture in India

1 min read28 Nov 2018
Politics

Did opium hold back UP and Bihar’s growth?

Parts of Bihar, Jharkhand and UP, where opium was produced under British rule, lag behind on income and literacy, study finds

1 min read22 Nov 2018
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How the millets stack up

Home-grown retailers are seeing the potential of millets and joining the bandwagon

3 min read13 Oct 2018
Industry

BJP sees political gains in rural Gujarat from MSP hike

According to Gujarat's agriculture department, sowing of kharif crops has trebled since the announcement of MSP hike to reach 2.37 million hectares as on 9 July from 871,000 hectares on 2 July

2 min read16 Jul 2018
Politics

CMs’ panel explores ways to use rural jobs scheme to cut cultivation costs

A panel of CMs, which met in the capital on Thursday, explores ways of using the MGNREG scheme to cut farming costs and improving efficiency in agriculture

1 min read12 Jul 2018
Market

Implications of a steep hike in cotton MSP

Given the recent pest attacks and reduction in crop acreage, MSP hike will work well to keep farmers committed to cotton cultivation, in spite of adversities

1 min read9 Jul 2018
Industry

India wins in cotton market as US-China trade dispute escalates

India will benefit as China plans to issue additional import quotas because adverse weather damaged domestic crop

1 min read20 Jun 2018
Politics

Delhi HC blow to Monsanto on patent for Bt cotton seed technology

Plant varieties and seeds cannot be patented under Indian law by companies like Monsanto, and any royalties on GM crops will be decided by the agriculture ministry, says Delhi high court

1 min read12 Apr 2018
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