Agricultural Region Based
Rice: There are seven regions in India where rice is the ‘first ranking crop’: 1.Rice…
Agricultural
Agricultural Seasons and Major Crops in India
India is predominantly an agricultural country. Agriculture is the mainstay of our economy, provides employment…
Minimum Support Price
Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a form of market intervention by the Government of India…
Centre pushes for eNAM in states without APMCs
The Centre is pushing the online agri-trading platform eNAM in states that do not have…
What is the Essential Commodities Act, and how will amending it help?
By declaring a commodity as essential, the government can control the production, supply, and distribution…
Tropical Forest Alliance
Protecting forests is critical to averting the most dangerous climate change and achieving the Sustainable…
Biodiversity Heritage Sites
“Biodiversity Heritage Sites” (BHS) are well defined areas that are unique, ecologically fragile ecosystems –…
What is food inflation, its causes and impacts?
Food inflation refers to the condition where by there exist increase in wholesale price index…
Thiourea
Thiourea Market size will register a significant growth in the forecast time period. The compound is a…
The Brahmaputra River Basin
The Brahmaputra River Basin consists of the Ganges and Brahmaputra, which originates in Tibet and…
Crop of ironies
Food security and farmer welfare are intertwined It is ironic that it took a devastating…
Vertical Farming
What Is Vertical Farming? Vertical farming is the practice of producing food on vertically inclined…
MACS 4028: Wheat variety
Features of MACS 4028: The wheat variety has a high protein content of about 14.7%. It has better…
The ‘pandemic’ destroying the world’s favourite fruit
The banana equivalent to Covid-19 is spreading to new countries, forcing the industry to change…
GM seeds: the debate, and a sowing agitation
In the current kharif season, farmers would undertake mass sowing of GM seeds for maize,…