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Around 15% of tomatoes go waste at the farm level, 12% at retail: Study

The study conducted by World Resources Institute India (WRI) in the three districts of MP-Dhar, Chhindwara, and Jhabua was released recently

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan holds first meeting with farmers

Delegation raises stray cattle menace, fair price for crops with minister

Talking stock: Will sugar turn sweeter in coming year as supply stabilises?

The sugar supply situation that has turned positive in the last few months will continue to remain comfortable next season as well

India's monsoon begins to retreat after delivering surplus rains: IMD

Country sees rainfall surplus of 5% but there's 13% deficit in east and northeast

Wheat markets not overpriced, say millers; warn against cutting import duty

The millers argue that wheat prices at current levels of around Rs 2,700-2,800 per quintal are well justified, given that the MSP of the crop has been raised

Centre drops private participation in grain procurement from PM-AASHA

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to meet farmers' groups every Tuesday to hear grievances; expects higher kharif output despite surplus rains

Govt relief on PDS wheat quota, to launch Rs 1K cr credit guarantee fund

Secretary Sanjeev Chopra says food prices to remain stable during festivals; mulls lifting curbs on non-basmati rice exports

Tracking the fields: Kharif acreage surpasses 5-year average, shows data

Sowing for most crops is complete, and the final harvest of some is either entering or about to enter the markets in the coming weeks, traders said

Volatile price and polls likely behind rejig of duties, export cap

The Central government in a slew of measures late last week eased some of the export curbs on key commodities

PM Modi to release first instalment of central aid for new rural homes

This would be over and above the almost 26 million houses already built across the country in the last 10 years

Govt removes MEP on basmati rice, onion; tightens stock limit on wheat

The MEP of basmati rice was first imposed last year at $1,200 per tonne before it was lowered to $950 per tonne

Is the drop in MGNREGA work demand a sign of improving rural job markets?

Civil society activists and people working on the ground, however, believe that the decline in work demand is artificially created due to fund shortages for the programme

Soon, artificial cloud chambers to study how to enhance weather events

The cloud chambers could be set up either at the Noida-based National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting or the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune

MP govt nod to hand over ops of state cooperative dairies to NDDB for 5 yrs

CM Yadav says MoU with NDDB to boost milk procurement prices in 11,000 villages across the state

Cabinet okays fourth phase of rural roads scheme with outlay of Rs 70k cr

62,500 km of new roads to be built to connect 25,000 habitations over the next 5 years from FY25

Life sciences major Bayer launches ForwardFarm for first time in India

Worldwide, Bayer has 29 such farms across the globe, and the first one was just launched in India

Centre permits MP, Maharashtra and Karnataka to purchase soybean at MSP

Soybean rates in Madhya Pradesh and also in neighbouring Maharashtra had touched multi-year lows due to bumper supplies and unrestricted imports of cheap edible oils

Urad, moong sowing area rise during week ended Sept 6, shows data

Overall, Kharif crops have so far been planted in 109.23 million hectares of land which is higher than the 106.92 million hectares under cultivation during the same period last year

ICA to hold general assembly in India for first time in 130 years

The mega event will be held at Bharat Mandapam and will be inaugurated by Cooperatives Minister Amit Shah

Vegetable prices shoot up in major cities as rains disrupt supply lines

The price spike might get worse as heavy rains may continue over the next few months