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 […]
India’s cabinet announced an increase in the minimum support prices (MSP) of all winter season crops, soon after approving key farm laws that stirred conjecture whether support prices will be discontinued. The highest increase in MSP is for lentils (Rs 300/100 kg), followed by gram, rapeseed and mustard (Rs 225/100 kg) and safflower Rs 112/kgPrices […]
Onion farmers in Maharashtra are facing a severe shortage of summer onion seeds, reports Financial Express. With the monsoons in full swing, sowing has picked up pace and farmers are being forced to purchase seeds at double prices due to the shortage. Packets of onion seed that were priced at Rs 1,500 per kg same […]
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 […]
National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) has procured 95,000 tonnes of onion directly from farmers at prevailing rates for creating a buffer stock on behalf of the government. Onions grown in the Rabi (winter) crop can be stored and have a long shelf life when compared to the one grown in the Kharif […]
Wheat prices have increased about 3 per cent to nearly Rs 1,900 per quintal during April-June quarter from the year-ago period. Similarly, there has been 25 per cent and 15 per cent increase in prices of masur and mustard respectively during the period, while their corresponding arrivals dropped by 3 per cent and 37 per […]
Higher than normal monsoon rainfall across the country – 5% above normal so far – has boosted sowing of kharif crops by 19% this year, brightening the prospects of another year of bumper harvest, as reported here last week. The locust attack has also been brought under control and there are no reports of any […]
At a time when the country is in the throes of a prolonged Covid-19 crisis, rural India seems averting another distress period. Mandi prices of key rabi crops are not only above the respective MSPs, but are significantly higher than the year-ago level. Higher market prices, coupled with robust production, are boosting farmer’s income and […]
Reports that insurers are yet to clear as much as a third of the over Rs 15,000 crore claimed by farmers as crop insurance for the Kharif 2019 season has forced the government to write to state governments urging them to invoke the penalty clause on insurance companies that have defaulted on settling the claims […]
