Himachal's Kharif onion initiative: Can it help check annual price rise?

The project focusses on Dalit and tribal women farmers in Chamba growing onion with the help of Solan University

Go for inclusive growth

As much as the government works to formalise the Indian economy, conditions force people into illegal and informal business

Butchers up in arms

Onion export ban lifted

Minimum export price fixed at US $475 a tonne. Will it profit farmers?

SAVING FALCONS

Make Free Trade Agreement negotiations transparent: MPs, trade experts, activists write to Centre

Letter comes amid ongoing India’s ongoing trade negotiations with the European Union in Brussels

China to adopt genetically modified maize and soy: Why it matters for South Africa

If China becomes a consistent net exporter of maize, South Africa would have to explore markets elsewhere

Will India’s new agricultural export policy work?

Food grain buffers exceed need, global prices remain depressed

Basmati rice exporters demand government support to improve exports

International prices of basmati have been declining over the last two years

Drug wars

Why an American farmer commits suicide

Like their India counterparts, American farmers are losing income, piling up debt and nobody listens to them  

Spinning industry seeks government help

Industry association recently published advertisements in newspapers, seeking govt attention

India claims to be self-sufficient in food production but facts say otherwise

If the government decides to feed all its hungry people, India's tag of a net exporting country will be easliy lost

Explained: How is ‘below normal’ monsoon 2023 impacting India’s economy

Deficit of 6% in the country overall; about 31% of India received less than normal rainfall

I, onion: An authorised biography of the humble vegetable

Onions are so ubiquitous on people’s plates that fluctuations in the tuber’s prices can make or break electoral fortunes; cultivators …

Red sanders is now free of export restrictions

Earlier 3,000 Indian farmers involved in cultivating the red-coloured wood couldn’t find any takers in domestic market

Maharashtra onion crisis: Farmers bearing the brunt of low demand, poor export

Produce rates may remain low until export-worthy summer harvest arrives in the market

Extreme weather events, Russia-Ukriane war escalating onion prices globally

Countries banning exports to stabilise prices; posing threat to food security and nutrition

Rush for rare earths

Countries explore sources of the metals to counter China

No traders, onion farmers in Maharashtra to directly sell produce in markets

After years of losses, farmers angry at government interventions to drop prices after the allium saw 20% hike compared with last year

Tourism industry faced losses worth $2.6 trillion in 2020-2022

While tourism has rebounded, both tourist numbers and export revenues in 2022 remained 34% below 2019 levels

Here's how government is encouraging illegal trade in red sanders

A contradictory policy towards export of red sanders is fuelling illegality and hurting farmers

Wheat Crisis: Centre to procure half of what it procured last year; stops procurement in Punjab

Current circumstances could lead to a reddux of 2006-07, when wheat had to be imported

Pesticide makers file plea for exporting endosulfan formulations

Is it a ploy to expand export business?

INDONESIA