Agriculture Marketing

Coming soon: Integrated e-platform for agricultural sector in Rajasthan

"If this comes out the way the CM is saying, I feel farmers will benefit a lot as everything related to agriculture would be under one place," said Ajay Meena, a farmer from Shivdaspura area

Odisha govt inks pact with ICRISAT to develop agri marketing network

The MoU was signed between the two organisations in the presence of Cooperation Secretary Sanjeeb Kumar Chadha

Rabi crop prices likely to decide course of ongoing farm protest

With farmers taking to the streets and a bumper crop expected, it is unlikely that there will be any let up in wheat procurement in the 2021-22 marketing season

Fixing farm income is not so simple; govt must take the hard path

The debate must go beyond the binaries spun out by politicians who either condemn the new farm Bills or consider them the agricultural equivalent of the 1991 de-licensing of industry, writes T N Ninan

The biggest reform, or a farce in 3 Acts?

India has one of the world's largest arable landmasses, focused sunshine, and water in 40% of land, and so, if the three laws are implemented, India will be transformed

States fear losing revenue once agriculture market reforms kick in

The first of a two-part series looks at why states such as Punjab, which depend on taxes levied on mandi transactions, are disgruntled

Centre to meet state agri ministers next week to discuss farm reforms

The new draft model APMC Act is expected to figure prominently in the discussions