Farm Reforms

India Firms Stance on Agriculture, GM Crops in US Trade Deal Talks to Protect Farmers. (Image Source: Canva)

Farm, animal husbandry ministries warn against duty reliefs to US

During ongoing India-US interim trade deal negotiations in Washington, India’s agricultural, animal husbandry, and fisheries ministries have taken a resolute…

July 1, 2025 21:03 IST

Demand-responsive approaches to agri needs, both crucial & timely, says ITC’s S Sivakumar

Sitharaman in her speech says, the government, in partnership with the states, is to facilitate the implementation of the Digital…

July 23, 2024 17:39 IST

farmer producer organisations, FPOs, NAFED,

Capital still out of reach for most FPOs: Report

“The median size of paid up capital in the majority of the FPOs is Rs 1 lakh and 75% of…

June 28, 2023 05:15 IST

Livestock insurance scheme to get a facelift

At present, out of the 540 million livestock population in the country, cattle account for around 190 million.

April 15, 2023 00:30 IST

Double-speak on farm subsidies Premium Story

The UK’s choice of exchange rate for WTO-permitted farm subsidies highlights the hypocrisy of rich countries that want others to…

Updated: March 4, 2023 10:15 IST

Over the past couple of years, we have witnessed the severe damage caused by climate change to agriculture; the hit to farms has been to such an extent that global prices of many crops have shot up, putting them out of range for many.

Green Harvest: Towards climate-smart farming

ITC, Mahindra and a clutch of other companies show how the private sector can push this

July 9, 2022 03:30 IST

According to Gurvinder Singh, director, agriculture department, the state government will also provide incentives to farmers for shifting around 10% of wheat area to alternative crops such as oilseeds and pulses.

Punjab plans crop diversification scheme, to cut a third of paddy area in 5 years

“We are working out a detailed programme on crop diversification soon and we will provide financial support to the programme…

June 18, 2022 04:30 IST

From plate to plough: Make India’s agri-exports more sustainable

Substantial environmental and fiscal costs mark the production of rice and sugar, two of India’s top agri-export items. This must…

May 23, 2022 03:45 IST

Steeper MSP hikes likely as farm input costs soar

Any such move could inflate procurement costs for welfare programmes and potentially add to price pressure, putting both the government…

May 16, 2022 05:00 IST

Monsoon, lower rural demand impact July retail sales

Addressing farm distress: Nabard’s index seeks to identify farmers in need of assistance

Nabard’s FDI index seeks to integrate high frequency data on weather conditions, climatic conditions, debt burden on farmers, agricultural commodities…

May 4, 2022 04:00 IST

Explainer: Who is a distressed farmer?

The National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) will create a Farmer Distress Index (FDI) to identify the farmers,…

April 30, 2022 04:30 IST

The study, ‘Farm loan waivers in India: assess the impact and looking ahead’, was released on Friday.

Promote healthy credit culture rather than waiving farm loans: Study

“The production cycle coupled with other factors, makes it impossible for farmers not to be indebted, and the income instability…

April 23, 2022 06:00 IST

Decarbonising Indian agriculture: Chunk of capital needed for sustainable agri-pathways can come from repurposing existing subsidies

Apart from livestock, the major constituents of agriculture GHG emissions are rice cultivation (17.5%), fertiliser application (19.1%), and field burning…

March 30, 2022 02:09 IST

From Plate to Plough: How to ensure farm & food atmanirbharta

Our research also shows that every rupee spent on agri-R&D yields much better returns (11.2), compared to returns on every…

March 28, 2022 03:45 IST

Besides procuring crops under government schemes, the farmer producer organisations also undertakes commercial operations for the benefit of its members.

Farmer producer organisations proliferate but most lack economies of scale

According to officials, FPOs, who have farmers as the share- holders, would leverage economies of scale which would lead to…

March 14, 2022 01:45 IST

Govt promoting setting up FPOs to boost income of small farmers, says Farm Minister Narendra Tomar

Tomar said the government is making efforts to make Indian agriculture profitable and bring prosperity to farmers.

February 28, 2022 15:13 IST

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