India’s central government’s National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) is planning to buy 20 lakh tonne of mustard and 15-20 lakh tonne of pulses in the ongoing rabi (winter-sown) harvesting season at the minimum support price (MSP). NAFED will buy pulses and oilseeds on behalf of the government to provide MSP to farmers. The co-operative […]
India’s edible oil industry has reiterated its demand for allowing bulk exports of mustard oil from India as the country expected to harvest the biggest ever crop of mustard this year. As per the second advance estimate put out by the Central Government, rapeseed-mustard output is likely to be 83.97 lakh tonnes, up by about […]
Rapeseed production in India in 2018/19 is expected to rise nearly 19 per cent from a year earlier to a record 8.5 million tonnes due to conducive weather and as higher prices prompted farmers to expand areas under planting, a leading trade body Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) said in a statement. Rapeseed mustard […]
Spurts of heavy unseasonal rainfall coupled with high winds and hailstorms in north India this week, along with a forecast of more showers and storms in the days ahead, have put the rabi crop at risk. Crops such as wheat, maize, mustard and pulses, particularly chana, that are most severely affected are being harvested in […]
Bulk export of edible oil is unviable for Indian traders, as the country relies on imports to meet internal demand, industry officials said. Only a small quantity of groundnut oil can be exported, they added. The government last week removed the decades-old ban on export of bulk edible oils, except mustard oil. Earlier, it had […]
The Indian government has refused to approve the commercial release of a locally developed genetically modified mustard, an Environment Ministry document has revealed. India has faced stiff opposition to lab-altered food from domestic activists and politicians. The mustard variety would have been the first transgenic food crop to be allowed for commercial cultivation. But the environment ministry’s Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee […]
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has forecast that India would produce 6.8 million metric tons of Rapeseed and Mustard during the marketing year (MY) 2016/17 (Oct-Sept). The production of these crops will be spread over from 7.05 million hectares. The USDA forecast marks a 15 percent increase in production for Rapeseed and Mustard […]
India has said that all public health related issues around genetically modified (GM) mustard have been addressed, the environment minister said in a response to a question in parliament. Anil Madhav Dave said the food safety issues around GM mustard have been assessed by all members and sub-committees of the main Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee […]
The Indian cabinet has approved an increase in the minimum support prices (MSPs) for all winter Rabi crops of 2016-17 season, a government statement said. It said to further incentivise cultivation of pulses and oilseeds, in the country, the government has also announced a bonus on these crops, payable over and above the following approved […]