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
Jasmine and chrysanthemum farmers in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu are contending with a pointy fall in flower costs this season. Farmers say that costs have dropped regardless of it being the marriage and competition season, when demand for flowers is usually at its peak. ARUMUGATHAAI, Farmer: “We’re promoting the flowers at Rs 200-300 per … 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
After the success of UPI within the digital funds house, RBI is now taking a look at a nationwide launch of a know-how platform to allow frictionless credit score throughout numerous sectors, significantly for agriculture and MSME debtors. The platform will facilitate consent-based circulate of digital info, together with land data of varied states, from … Read more
The ₹31,000-crore crop mortgage waiver scheme in Telangana has triggered a political firestorm, with the ruling Congress and opposition events BRS and BJP buying and selling barbs over its implementation. The Congress asserts that the scheme’s rollout efficiently concluded after the third part of disbursals for farmers with loans underneath ₹2 lakh on August 15. … Read more
The Bharatiya Farmer Community, a nationwide collective of farmers, has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to advertise the event and distribution of herbicide-tolerant (HT) non-Basmati rice varieties. Whereas acknowledging the work completed by the Indian Agricultural Analysis Institute (IARI) within the growth of HT Basmati rice, the community desires these advantages to be prolonged … 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
M Vasanthagesan, Government Director of the Rubber Board, has launched biodegradable sanitary socks developed by Secure Rubber Options in session with the Rubber Merchandise Incubation Centre (RPIC) of the Board. Vasanthagesan handed over the product to George Ok Mathai, Deputy Director (Retd), Agricultural Division. Manoj Sebastian, Managing Director of Secure Rubber Options, stated the newly … 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
The Authorities of India has made appreciable progress beneath the Central Sector Scheme (CSS) for the “Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs). “Based on a press launch by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, as of June 30, 2024, a complete of 8,875 FPOs have been registered throughout the nation, marking … Read more