Rajesh Mohan Ghadge, a small wheat farmer from Phaltan, Satara in Maharashtra, stands on the frontlines of a rising disaster that’s threatening his livelihood and future. Yr after 12 months, his once-thriving crop yields have dropped by over 11.51 per cent, as local weather change tightens its grip. Hotter winters and erratic rainfall patterns have … Read more
India has made important strides within the final 20 years within the manufacturing and companies sector. However for the nation to clock that elusive 10 per cent GDP progress, the agriculture sector has to additionally come out of the stagnant charge of 2-3 per cent vary. The problem is compounded by the finite acreage of … Read more
Chief Financial Advisor to the Centre, V Anantha Nageswaran has stated banks ought to adapt to altering buyer preferences and market dynamics as a way to stay aggressive. He highlighted the essential position of agriculture in driving financial development at an occasion organised by public sector Indian Financial institution right here on Saturday. In his … Read more
The Kerala Co-operative Milk Advertising Federation (KCMMF), popularly generally known as Milma, has garnered a turnover of ₹4346.67 crore in FY24, posting a 5.52 per cent improve towards final 12 months. The turnover final 12 months was ₹4119.25 crore. The corporate’s 51st AGM additionally authorised a income price range of ₹589.53 crore and a capital … Read more
India is forecast to obtain above-normal rains within the final month of the June-September monsoon season, brightening prospects for a bumper harvest for crops similar to rice and soybeans. Precipitation is anticipated to be greater than 109 per cent of the long-term common of 167.9 millimetres (6.6 inches), Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director normal of the India … Read more
Mastercard on Wednesday introduced a collaboration with Gramophone, a number one agritech platform, to allow 2 million smallholder farmers on the Mastercard Group Go platform in India with entry to agri inputs. The 2 entities will work in the direction of powering offline funds for farmers in rural and distant areas by means of the … Read more
In creating nations, the Meals and Agriculture Group of the United Nations (FAO), estimates that 30-40 per cent of whole manufacturing will be misplaced earlier than it reaches the market. If we speak about India particularly then a 2022 government-backed examine confirmed that roughly 5-13 per cent of vegetables and fruit had been misplaced between harvesting … Read more
With the goal to boost farm productiveness in addition to farmers’ revenue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient and bio-fortified crop kinds of 34 agricultural and 27 horticultural crops. In contrast to different events, PM Modi additionally sought suggestions and recommendation from the farmers who had gathered for the occasion at … Read more
Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday instructed sugar mills within the cooperative sector to repair a goal of elevating their turnover by 25 per cent in two years and in addition take initiatives in group to arrange sugar mills in different states in order that the revenue is shared with extra farmers. Addressing the “Sugar … Read more
13 excessive yielding, local weather resilient and nutrient wealthy kinds of fruit, vegetable, flower and medicinal crops developed by ICAR-Indian Insititute of Horticulture Analysis (IIHR) can be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout the programme of launch of “109 climate-resilient varieties of various area and horticulture crops” at New Delhi on eleventh August, 2024. … Read more