Fruit & vegetable exports to Qatar rise 15% in 2 weeks

Mumbai: India's fruit and vegetable exports to Qatar have increased 15 per cent in the previous two weeks, owing to disruption in supply from neighbouring countries.

Seafood exports to grow above 20% in FY18

Bhubaneswar: India's seafood exports reached an all-time high of US$ 5.78 billion in FY 2016-17 and are expected to grow by over 20 per cent in FY 2017-18.

ITC turns aggregator with e-Choupal 4.0 to boost farm income

Kolkata: ITC plans to launch e-Choupal 4.0, an aggregator of agricultural services, which would provide a wide range of services like crop management, farm mechanisation, health ca...

Agri grew at robust 5.2% in March quarter

New Delhi: Total gross value added (GVA) in India's agriculture, forestry and fishing sector increased 5.2 per cent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of FY 2016-17, driven by ...

Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister launch e-Krishi Samvad, an online interface

New Delhi: Mr Radha Mohan Singh, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Government of India, launched e-Krishi Samvad, an online platform that can be used by farmers and o...

India set for record foodgrain output

New Delhi: India is set to record the highest ever foodgrain production at 273.4 million tonnes (MT) in the 2016-17 crop year ending in June 2017 supported by a normal southwest mo...

NAFED procures more than 8.76 Lakh MTs of Pulses in 2016-17

New Delhi: The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) has achieved a record procurement of 0.87 million metric tonnes (MTs) of pulses and more than...

Pulses import to fall by 20% in FY18 on better domestic output

Mumbai: India's pulses import is likely to decline by about 20 per cent in 2017-18, on the back of an improved domestic output at 22.14 million tonnes (MT) in FY 17, as per Mr ...