Agriculture

APEDA facilitates first sea freight of pomegranates to US

04 Mar 2024

Agricultural Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) on Wednesday flagged off the first commercial trial shipment of pomegranates to the US via sea.

Wheat Acreage Crosses 275 lakh hectare Mark

01 Feb 2008

Bihar to transfer five closed sugar mills to private bidders

28 Jan 2008

India is world's top milk producer for the ninth year in a row

29 Dec 2007

Suguna Poultry hatches two more designer eggs

21 Dec 2007

Coffee sector allocation raised to Rs750 crore in 11th plan

By | 31 Oct 2007

Private sector asked to integrate rural products with urban supply chain

By | 08 Oct 2007

Reuters introduces mobile information service for farmers

By | 01 Oct 2007

Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar announces big sops for sugar sector

By | 21 Sep 2007

Contract farming, modern retail beneficial to farmers, says Sharad Pawar

By | 20 Sep 2007

Government may extend sugar export subsidy to mills by a year

By | 20 Sep 2007

Government may allow production of ethanol from sugarcane, says Pawar

By | 19 Sep 2007

Land under kharif crop cultivation increases

By | 15 Sep 2007

China buys Indian soymeal at record prices

By | 11 Sep 2007

Improvement in yield of major crops

By | 10 Sep 2007

Government for boosting prawn cultivation

By | 25 Aug 2007

President Pratibha Patil calls for agricultural growth

07 Aug 2007

Government weighs take-over of closed tea gardens

15 Jun 2007

Government to roll-out ''big'' farm package

23 May 2007

Incentives for states to raise agro output

15 May 2007

Planning Commission to mull higher budgetary support to agriculture

27 Apr 2007

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