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Probing through the thick, green leaves of a 15-foot-tall tree, 63-year-old Safiya Sulaiman plucked a reddish orb with a prickly rind. As she cut around its equator, what popped out was a snow-white segment that is highly coveted for its sweetness. “This fruit is making quite a splash,” she said, savouring the succulence that has…
The decrease in cultivation of kharif crops is in about nine lakh hectares so far. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA India’s rice production during the kharif season is likely to fall short of the target of 112 million tonnes (MT) and will reach only 104.99 MT, said the first advance estimate for 2022-23 released by…
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September 21, 2022 08:50 pm | Updated September 22, 2022 12:39 am IST – New Delhi: Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar at the inauguration of the 9th Session of Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, in New Delhi, on September 19, 2022….
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The story so far: On September 9, the Centre instituted a ban on the export of broken rice. Additionally, it mandated an export duty of 20% on rice in husk (paddy or rough), husked (brown rice) and semi-milled or wholly-milled rice. The measures do not affect export of basmati or parboiled rice. The Secretary at…
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Representational image. | Photo Credit: Kommuri Srinivas A Finance Ministry report on September 17 underlined the need for deft management of stocks of agriculture commodities in view of lower crop-sowing for the Kharif Season, stressing there should be no room for complacency on the inflation front. Overall, inflationary pressures in India appear to be on…
India’s domestic sugar consumption is estimated at around 27.5 million tonnes India is poised to allow 5 million tonnes of sugar exports in the first tranche for the new marketing year beginning October, two government sources said on Wednesday. “The permission to export 5 million tonnes of sugar is expected in the coming weeks and…
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India’s rice exports could fall 16.2 mn tonne from 21.2 million tone India’s rice exports could fall by around a quarter this year as New Delhi’s restrictions force buyers to switch to rival suppliers which are offering the grain at a cheaper price, trade and industry officials said. Late last week, the world’s biggest exporter…
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According to a notification by the Revenue Department, an export duty of 20% has been imposed on ‘rice in husk (paddy or rough)‘ and ‘husked (brown) rice’. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena The Centre on Thursday imposed an export duty of 20% on rice, brown rice, and semi-milled as well as wholly milled rice except…
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As of now, paddy has been cultivated in 383.99 lakh hectares of area and in the corresponding period of 2021 it was 406.89 lakh hectares. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The trend of decrease in paddy sowing has continued even as the monsoon season in northern India is in its last legs. According to…
South Asian countries may see fertilizers scarcity in the next crop cycle as a result of the conflict situation in Ukraine and Russia, cautioned Bram Govaerts, Director General of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) and the Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA). Dr. Govaerts, who is here to address a two-day high-level conference…
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