The board of directors of LT Foods took note of and approved the proposed investment of up to Rs 140 crore (Indian rupees one hundred forty crores) by India Agri Business Fund II Limited in the share capital of Nature Bio Foods Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, in…
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The 15th Indian Census noted a 24% increase in the number of women as agricultural labourers in the decade from 2001-2011. At 61.6 million, it is more than half (58%) of the 98 million women who are employed in agriculture in the country. …
A 23-year old civil engineer by profession and a resident of Meerut, Rohan Prakash always wanted to do something big in the agriculture sector and has even succeeded in doing it. Rohan is the lone certified organic mango cultivator in Uttar Pradesh and in the past three years, his…
If you ever visit Pennagaram village in Tamil Nadu border, you may come across forty-something Hari Nath toiling in his fields. You are most likely to brush him off as just another farmer unless you google Dr Hari Nath Kasiganesan. A drug researcher of global repute, he left his…
Today’s consumers are conscious not only of what they eat but also how it has been grown. With reports that most produce contains impurities because of the way it is grown, there has never been an opportune time to practice organic farming. While most farmers desire to go organic,…
In 2008, 38-year-old Aiyanna Gowda took over his father’s farmland in Yeddaldoddi (Sindhnur taluk), Raichur—about 470km from Bengaluru. Though his family had cultivated paddy for decades, Gowda had new ideas after he met award winning agriculturist Subhash Palekar, who has…
In the presence of five Cabinet ministers, top government officials and Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur Monday gave nod to the innovative ‘zero budget’ farming initiative. Explaining the benefits of ‘zero budget’ farming, Thakur said that income of farmers…
Punjab’s drug problem is an open secret. Growing up in Jalandhar, Anurag Arora knew that he wanted to help children and youth in his state escape the drug vice. His aim was one: to tap agriculture and academics – two seemingly unrelated sectors – and contribute to nation building.…
The Collector suggested the farmers to create a whatsapp group along with the members of Farmers Coordination Committees and agriculture officials to know update on various details regarding agriculture sector and to seek solutions to several problems from experts that…
Supermarket sales of organic food and drink in the UK have risen by 4% this year, new figures reveal, marking seven consecutive years of growth.