The government has prohibited export of onion seeds with immediate effect responding to its reported shortage in the domestic market and rising prices of onions in the country. Onion traders in Nashik however, continued to boycott auctions for the third successive day despite a meeting with NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Traders in Nashik have been […]
As news about shortage of gunny bags made out of jute creating hinderances in kharif procurement hit the market, the government decided to extend the norms for mandatory packaging of 100 per cent food grains and 20 per cent sugar in diversified jute bags. The decision on the extension of norms for mandatory packaging in […]
Foodgrain production is pegged at record 144.52 million tonnes in the 2020-21 kharif season notwithstanding COVID-19 crisis, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said. Foodgrain production stood at 143.38 million tonnes during the 2019-20 kharif season, as per official data. Currently, harvesting of kharif crops is underway. Rice is the main kharif crop. “Foodgrain production will […]
National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), the apex financing organization of the agriculture ministry, has sanctioned as first instalment, funds amounting to Rs 19,444 crores to the states of Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Telangana for kharif paddy procurement under minimum support price (MSP) operations, according to a government statement. Chhattisgarh gets the highest amount to the tune […]
Following a bumper groundnut crop projection after a record sowing of the oilseeds for kharif 2020-21, the Gujarat government announced to start operations for groundnut procurement at minimum support price from 19 November, 2020 onwards. The state estimates the output of oilseed crop at 54.6 lakh tonnes for Kharif season 2020 Jayesh Radadiya, Minister for […]
Come October-November, onion prices may skyrocket, like they did last year and around the same time in many of the previous years, exposing the absence of a policy paradigm to ensure price stability of India’s staple vegetable, despite it being a political hot potato, Financial Express reports. Already, wholesale onion prices have nearly doubled within […]
India’s area under summer season crop has hit an all-time high with the rapid progress of monsoon rains, putting the country on track for a fourth successive seasonal crop bonanza. However, the final output may come down due to chances of a La Nina, a weather phenomenon that causes warming of the Pacific Ocean that […]
A massive pest attack and a gap in July rains have affected the soybean crop in several districts of Madhya Pradesh this year. According to a preliminary assessment by the Indore-based Soybean Processors Association of India (SOPA), the attack by pests such as stem fly might lead to 10-12 per cent drop in production in the state, […]
Global weather forecasters have issued a La Nina alert, indicating high chances of rainfall in India. This will further increase monsoon rainfall and boost India’s rural economy with a record harvest. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) raised its El Niño-Southern Oscillation Outlook to La Niña ALERT status, meaning the chance of a La Niña occurring this […]
Good monsoon, larger sowing area, bumper crops. As on 30 July, 2020, actual rainfall received in the country is 447.1 mm against normal of 443.3 mm, a 1 per cent rise in two months of this year against the same period last year. As per a report from the Central Water Commission (CWC), the live […]
