Tropical Agro to introduce 16 new farming solutions from kharif season

[ad_1] Chennai-based Tropical Agrosystem (India),  a crop protection and plant nutrition firm, will introduce 16 new farming solutions from seed treatment to post-harvest care during the upcoming kharif cropping season starting June.Also read: Area under summer crops up 8% on...

Digitally unified agri value chain: Revolutionising agriculture for sustainable growth

[ad_1] A digitally empowered ecosystem, enabling the complete cycle of agricultural processes - from sowing to farming to supply chain to post-harvest logistics - is what constitutes the “digitally unified agri value chain”. Comprising different stakeholders, from farmers and aggregators...

Increasing adoption of biofertilisers in India: Problems faced by Indian farmers

[ad_1] India consumes approximately 50 million tonnes (mt) of fertiliser annually, with urea being the most utilised variant, faces severe environmental repercussions- soil hardening, decreased fertility, pollution of air and water and release of greenhouse gases. To address these challenges...

Agri produce traders may have to pay higher farmer welfare cess in Rajasthan from April 1

[ad_1] Agricultural produce traders may have to pay higher farmers welfare cess in Rajasthan from April 1 as the State government is yet to take a decision whether to continue the concessional rates prevalent since March 2021 even as its...

Smart farming: Integrating technology to tackle india’s nutritional crisis

[ad_1] While India has seen some advancements in recent years and is performing well economically, the global giant — with a population of over 1.4 billion people — is still marred by large-scale malnutrition. Some reports posit that nearly 80...

A game-changer, drone revolution poised to transform Indian agriculture

[ad_1] Agriculture serves as the backbone of the Indian economy, underpinning approximately 18 per cent of the nation’s annual GDP and serving as a primary source of livelihood for an estimated 60-70 per cent of its populace. However, this critical...

Walmart Foundation’s $1.5-million grant to support resilient agriculture in UP, Karnataka

[ad_1] SM Sehgal Foundation has announced the extension of its project ‘Bolstering Farmer Producer Organizations’ in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. Initiated in 2023 for two years with a philanthropic grant of $1.5 million from the Walmart Foundation,...

Formal Agriculture credit: Mirage to reality

[ad_1] A lot has been said and written about agriculture credit in the Indian context. But the on-ground situation seems to remain the same. The scenario is changing – albeit slowly and definitely not at a pace that will contribute...