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Brown Plant Hopper (BPH) is the most destructive pest in rice growing areas of India and caused huge losses to farmers in the 2017 Kharif season
Read More"Following the conclusion of the 11th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference last month, it’s time for WTO members to reflect, reset, and reinvigorate the agriculture negotiations to tackle the real-world international trade concerns that face agriculture today," Jason Hafemeister, Trade Counsel, USDA
Read More‘Gross Value Added (GVA) from agriculture is more dependent on how other factors will behave’, said Abhijit Sen, former member of planning commission of India (now Niti Aayog) during a pre-budget roundtable on agriculture
Read MoreThe government is working on a strategy on the diversification of India's export basket in a bid to enhance its export presence in the top items of world trade as well as to increase the country’s outbound shipments, both in value and quantity
Read MoreForeign Agriculture Service in its detailed report continues to suggest its exporters with how to deal with Indian customs and etiquette
Read MoreNational Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) launched India’s first Agri-Options on guar seed futures on Sunday in the presence of SEBI, WDRA, Industry Associations, Government Officials and FPO members
Read MoreThe US foreign agriculture service (FAS) further quotes, ‘India is the world’s second most populous country with a total population of 1.3 billion and accounts for 17.3 percent of the global population according to Indian data published by the United States Census Bureau’
Read MoreWe will concentrate on the need of farmer that will give us space to make a concrete stand in the region, said Svein Tore Holsether, President, Yara International ASA (Yara)
Read MoreAgricultural trade between the United States and India was estimated at about USD 5.3 billion in the calendar year (CY) 2016, although the balance of agricultural trade was twisted more than 2 to 1 in India’s favour
Read More"Sound policies, robust institutions, and well-functioning markets complement new discoveries of agricultural science to create dynamic and resilient food systems. The combination of strong agricultural science and good policy is especially important in poor rural areas, where many people depend on farming for their livelihoods," CGIAR
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