Cargill released its 2018 annual report today. The report outlines a year of activating tomorrow’s solutions to nourish the world
Industry
Advertising Standards Council of India has reported 732 complaints of misleading advertisements of herbal medicines from January 20, 2017 to January 19, 2018
Project Shakti is a programme that wholly embraces the Unilever philosophy of doing well by doing good.
The overall revenue of the Group, including Escorts Construction Equipment (ECE) and Railway Products Division (RED) are up by 29.9 percent correspondingly to Rs 1,511.3 crore
Mission Kakatiya aims to restore around 46,531 water tanks enumerated by the Telangana irrigation department. Already in Phase 1 and 2 of the project over 15,000 tanks have been restored
News
In order to promote Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) for livelihood development of tribal people by promoting primary level value addition to MAPs produce from forest area, Tribal Cooperative M
The production of raw cashew nuts in India during 2017-18 has increased to all time high at 8.17 lakh metric tonne (LMT) and registered growth of 4 percent compared to 2016-17 production of 7.79 l
Vice President of India, M.
Millions of small-scale farmers and foresters will be able to better protect their lands from the impacts of climate change, and improve their livelihoods thanks to renewed global efforts announced
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh informed that the production of fish and fish seeds in the state has increased by 10.06 percent and 43.79 percent respectively
Agriculture
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Cargill released its 2018 annual report today. The report outlines a year of activating tomorrow’s solutions to nourish the world
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The overall revenue of the Group, including Escorts Construction Equipment (ECE) and Railway Products Division (RED) are up by 29.9 percent correspondingly to Rs 1,511.3 crore
Domestic sales of Mahindra tractors has registered 21 growth in July 2018. The company has sold 21,574 units in the month, as against 17,804 units during July 2017
The minister interacted with the farmers at the site and appreciated the efforts work of the farmers for practicing organic farming
The improved variety, ICSR 14001, released as ‘Parbhani Shakti’, offers a cost-effective and sustainable solution to address micronutrient deficiency
Policy
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Mission Kakatiya aims to restore around 46,531 water tanks enumerated by the Telangana irrigation department. Already in Phase 1 and 2 of the project over 15,000 tanks have been restored
The Central government has decided to continue nutrient based subsidy and City Compost Scheme till 2019-20
The revised Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) will be applicable for purchase of sugarcane from the farmers in the sugar season 2018-19, starting with effect from October 1, 2018 by the sugar mills
The Vice President said that there is a need to make agriculture remunerative and farmers must be encouraged to take up allied activities like poultry, horticulture, sericulture, beekeeping, dairy and others to improve income
Chemicals and Petrochemical Secretary, P Raghavendra Rao, today said that the period for data protection in the development of pesticides should be no less than 10 years and underlined the need for such a regulation in India
Interviews
LIXIL launched, easy to maintain, water saving and affordable SATO toilets for India’s rural market. Within six months, 35,000 rural households are using them
Narayanan Rajagopalan, President of LaMarca Group, in May 2016 launched a telecom company MarcaTel, which aims at providing India’s first Wi-Fi based Tele Connectivity Network. Narayanan tells BK Jha about the Company’s progress and plans.
In public-private-partnership, vocational training and skill development have been core functions of AISECT since its inception.
Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM) was organised in Udaipur recently by Rajasthan Government and FICCI to provide a national and international platform to the farmers for knowledge sharing
Dr. Urvashi Sahni, founder of Study Hall Educational Foundation speaks on the status of girls’ education and gender discrimination in India...
International
Millions of small-scale farmers and foresters will be able to better protect their lands from the impacts of climate change, and improve their livelihoods thanks to renewed global efforts announced
Global agricultural production is growing steadily across most commodities, reaching record levels in 2017 for most cereals, meat types, dairy products and fish, while cereal stock levels have clim
