Agriculture is multi-functional, producing economic goods including food, feed, fibre, and fuel, as well as providing several intangible or non-tradable services to society free of cost. Non-tradable services,
In a last ditch effort to save India's ailing jute mills, mostly concentrated in West Bengal, the Centre is readying a Rs 400 crore jute technology
Thw Chief Minister, Mr S M Krishna, announced spot payment of Rs 25,000 to the next of kin of farmers who commit suicide. The preliminary inquiry into a farmer's suicide will be headed by an
The Karnataka Government's failure to make credit from organised credit institutions available to most farmers has pushed many of them into the arms of moneylenders. The debt burden is increasingly
The jute industry is set for a makeover like the one that khadi went in for a couple of years ago and leading from the front would be the centre with a Rs 400 crore technology
Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) President Prof Nanjundaswamy, today called for a comprehensive Debt Relief Act to prevent farmers suicides. Addressing press persons here, he demanded that the
Protectionism and subsidies by industrialised nations cost developing countries about $24 billion annually in lost agricultural and agro industrial income, according to a study released by the
The Punjab, Haryana, Delhi Chamber of Commerce and Industry has outlined a multi pronged strategy to woo investors to set up industry in Haryana and prevent existing units from shifting to
A look across the field of rural Gujarat is giving a heady feeling - it is number one in 10 non-food grain crops. Gujarat's farmers have put isabgul, castor, groundnut, tobacco, cotton, fennel,
Evolving a comprehensive policy for promoting organic farming in the country could improve the income of farmers apart from reversing ecological degradation and ensuring food security. Organic
Over 5,000 families in the tribal dominated Malkangiri district of Orissa are in distress as pest attacks on their crops have affected their livelihood overnight. Over 40,000 acres of crop land have
