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Agriculture

Zahoor Ahmad Reshi with his crop of Mushk Budji rice in Kulgam, Kashmir. (Photo: Irfan Amin Malik)

Can soil-less farming revive a Kashmiri rice variety on the verge of extinction?

4 min read . 02 Oct 2024

Although India has a third more land under cultivation than China, it harvests only a third as much produce by value. (File Photo: Reuters)

The world’s next food superpower

6 min read . 01 Oct 2024

The revised duty structure for parboiled rice will take effect immediately. (Reuters)

Centre cuts export duty on parboiled rice to 10%

2 min read . 27 Sep 2024

Sales of agrochemical companies in FY24 were affected by destocking and increased competition from Chinese firms, Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Is the agrochemical industry on the cusp of a turnaround?

3 min read . 20 Sep 2024

12.36 million hectares were under cotton during the same period last year.

Reduced cotton sowing in kharif season may impact India’s textile export target

4 min read . 20 Sep 2024

When market price of a farm produce falls below MSP, the Centre will cover up to 15% of the price difference.

Govt plans to launch loss compensation scheme for farmers

3 min read . 19 Sep 2024

Micro Amul: Are farmer-run companies the next big idea in Indian agriculture?

10 min read . 17 Sep 2024

June mostly saw deficient rainfall, July and August largely excess, and September a mix of excess and deficient rainfall. Photo: PTI

Data dive: Why abundant rainfall has brought abundant worries

3 min read . 17 Sep 2024

The increased sowing area could lead to a decrease in prices, assuming a good harvest. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Total sowing area swells to 109.23 million hectares. Bumper harvest coming?

2 min read . 09 Sep 2024

People queue up to buy onions from a mobile van as the sale of the kithcen staple at subsidised rates started in New Delhi on Thursday, (PTI Photo) (PTI)

Govt starts selling onions at ₹35/kg to contain rising prices

2 min read . 05 Sep 2024

Currently, basmati rice can be exported only above a floor price, while parboiled rice attracts a 20% export duty, and non-basmati and broken-rice exports are completely prohibited. Photo: Mint

Govt may relax export ban on non-basmati white rice amid surplus: Pralhad Joshi

3 min read . 28 Aug 2024

Paddy sowing increased by 16% to 39 million hectares, and pulses sowing increased by 7% to 12 million hectares as of 23 August. (PTI)

Significant increase in paddy and pulse sowing due to good rains

2 min read . 27 Aug 2024

Grain prices, under pressure since the Covid commodity boom crested, have fallen further in 2024. (Image: Pixabay)

The US corn crop is great. Farmers’ finances, not so much.

3 min read . 27 Aug 2024

India's domestic spice market was valued at $10.44 billion in 2022, according to Zion Market Research.

Nearly 12% of Indian-tested spices fail FSSAI quality and safety standards

1 min read . 18 Aug 2024

Among the field crops, new varieties of barley, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, and finger millet were also released.

PM Modi launches 109 new seed varieties to boost farm productivity

2 min read . 11 Aug 2024

In the past 10 years, the government has introduced around 2,100 climate-resilient varieties of crops to farmers, including varieties of rice that need 25% less water than traditional ones. (HT)

PM Modi to release 109 high-yielding varieties of seeds on 11 August

3 min read . 09 Aug 2024

The census collects information on irrigation sources, dug well, shallow, medium and deep tube wells, surface flow and surface lift schemes, irrigation potential created and utilized, ownership, holding size of land, devices used for lifting water, sources of energy, methods used for water distribution etc. (Mint)

About 23 million minor irrigation schemes counted in census

1 min read . 05 Aug 2024

The tur dal in your sambar may have been grown in distant East Africa or closer home in Myanmar. (Tarun Kumar Sahu/Mint)

Brace yourself, climate crisis is coming for your sambar

9 min read . 04 Aug 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the inauguration ceremony of the 32nd International Association of Agricultural Economists, in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo: ANI

PM Modi asks global economists to develop sustainable agri-food systems

2 min read . 03 Aug 2024

NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand. Photo: Mint

Above-normal rains to support 5% farm output growth this year: Niti Aayog member

3 min read . 31 Jul 2024

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