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Agriculture

In FY24, India exported 15.7 mt of rice, against 21.8 mt in FY23.

Swelling granaries may prompt India to ease rice export curbs

4 min read . 07:10 AM IST

Depending upon region, farmers kick off plantation of kharif crops with the first showers of the four-month southwest monsoon season that begins in June. (Mint)

Kharif sowing as of 28 June rises 33% year-on-year to 24 million hectares

2 min read . 28 Jun 2024

The latest plan comes ahead of assembly elections in Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir.

Centre in a first may give rice as part of MGNREGS wages

5 min read . 25 Jun 2024

Prices of pulses have been rising for over a year. Image: Pixabay

Centre weighs stock limit on tur, chana to tame prices

3 min read . 22 Jun 2024

Wheat production could be 112.9mt compared to last year’s 110.5mt

Foodgrain output for 2023-24 estimate at 329mt, a tad lower than last year

2 min read . 04 Jun 2024

Farmers harvest wheat crop at a village, near the border, on the outskirts of Jammu, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (PTI)

Our daily bread’s getting hot. Can imports help?

2 min read . 29 May 2024

Onion auction in progress at Lasalgaon Mandi

Mint Primer | The fallout of India’s unpredictable farm trade policy

2 min read . 09 May 2024

In an order issued on 8 April, FSSAI raised the MRL for a pesticide in herbs and spices to 0.1mg/kg from the previous 0.01mg/kg. The regulator cited “various representations” as the reason for this upward revision.

India has stringent standards of maximum residue limits: FSSAI

4 min read . 05 May 2024

On December 8, 2023, the Indian government had banned export of onions. Photo: Mint

India allows onion exports to 6 nations despite ban on shipments

1 min read . 28 Apr 2024

Wheat and paddy procurement by the Food Corporation of India have been stagnant. (PTI)

FCI’s wheat & rice purchase slows on lower arrival, moisture, firm prices

3 min read . 21 Apr 2024

Rains in the June-September monsoon season drives the bulk of India's $3 trillion economy. (Image: Pixabay)

Mint Explainer: Return of La Nina and its impact on Indian monsoon, agriculture

3 min read . 28 Mar 2024

The push for millet cultivation comes at a time when millets are regaining their status as a superfood in urban markets, thanks to their nutritional value and versatility. (Image: Pixabay)

Nagaland wants its vanishing foxtail millets to be part of PSF

2 min read . 21 Mar 2024

Salita, a 22-year-old drone pilot from Kaithal, Haryana, demonstrates the workings of a drone over a field growing wheat crop. (Priyanka Parashar)

Flying tractors can make money. Here’s the math

11 min read . 17 Mar 2024

A pilot agrivoltaics project at Krishi Vigyan Kendra at Ujwa, Delhi. (P. Anima)

Power farming: The onerous task of making agrivoltaics work

10 min read . 05 Mar 2024

Minister of chemicals and fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya. Photo: PTI

India to swap 2.5m tonnes of conventional urea with nano urea in FY24: Minister

2 min read . 01 Mar 2024

A paddy field near the Chandigarh-Ludhiana belt in Punjab. (Mint)

A crisis is brewing in Punjab and farmers know it

8 min read . 29 Feb 2024

India’s fertiliser import bill was ₹2.2 trillion in 2022-23. That year, the government also spent about ₹2.55 trillion, a record high, on fertiliser subsidies. Photo: Mint

Sugar mills can now sell potash derived from molasses to fertiliser firms

2 min read . 23 Feb 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails increase in the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane (Rahul Singh)

'Committed to fulfill every resolution related to farmers’ welfare': PM Modi

2 min read . 22 Feb 2024

Farmer leader and National spokesperson of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) Rakesh Tikait during a BKU protest in Meerut, on Wednesday. (PTI)

MSP linked to crop diversification? Farmers will shift from paddy only when...

5 min read . 21 Feb 2024

Farmers gather beside makeshift tents set up on tractors during a protest to demand legal status for MSPs, near the Haryana-Punjab state border at Shambhu in Patiala district on 18 February. (AFP)

Farmers’ battle for MSP law. Is it a fair ask?

10 min read . 19 Feb 2024

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