Agribusiness

The shift of agriculture from subsistence agriculture to use of agrochemicals in mid-20thcentury was a mixed-blessing and not a “curse-in-disguise” for humanity. The agrochemicals refer to refer to inorganic fertilizers and pesticides. A…

The year 2018 was a year of hectic consolidation in global agri business. Conclusion of the merger of six global corporations having diverse business interest into three mega corporations was an unprecedented corporate consolidation in…

Pesticides and agro-chemicals are governed by the Insecticides Act, 1968, and Insecticides Rules, 1971, which regulate import, registration, manufacture, sale, transport, distribution and use of insecticides (pesticides). Insecticides are…

Indian farmlands will now need to focus on the adoption of technology to generate the required profits. This was stated by agricultural experts during a panel discussion, titled Indian Agriculture: Overcoming the Challenges for Technology…

India falls within top 10 ranks in the total production of most crops, however, India’s productivity ranking is very poor and is not even in the top 50 in many crops. i Precision Agriculture (PA) is one technique to directly influence crop…

The Report can be downloaded at APEDA_NER Report.pdf In the backdrop of a fall in agricultural export in recent years, the central government has a plan to raise these from the northeast region (NER) to neighbouring countries. The eight…

The long wait for India’s landmark tax reforms, Goods and Services Tax (GST), is over and the industries in various sectors including agrochemicals have geared up for the changes that would be resultant of the GST. The two major segments of…

Samantha Hautea Wednesday, June 28, 2017 The inaugural wheat season for the Seed Systems for Nepal Initiative has successfully concluded, with a total of 14 metric tons of ‘disease-free’ wheat seed produced by 150 farmers using the new seed…

It is sure a wake up call for wheat farmers in India, especially for those cultivating the staple crop in the East and North Eastern parts and the Agriculture Ministry as the deadly ‘wheat blast’ is lurking around in the neighbouring…

Indian public researchers have been deploying investments in genetic engineering of crops over the last 15 years. Beyond countries in the Americas and Northern Europe, Indian public research has the largest number of scientists who are…