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