Sugar body ISMA adds bio-energy to title, names new President thehindubusinessline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindubusinessline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An immediate solution could come in the form of assured MSPs for basmati or organic varieties of rice such as PR126, Pusa Basmati-1509, Pusa Basmati-1692, instead of the current widely used PUSA-44 variety, farm expert Indra Shekhar Singh says.
Unseasonal rains, the resulting disruption in transportation and supply chains have affected the prices of a number of vegetables. Tomato prices are expected to touch Rs 300 a kg, but the government’s July 12 directive might provide some respite.
Cottonseed prices shoot up as shortage of top-brand seeds hits farmers ahead of kharif sowings thehindubusinessline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindubusinessline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A parliamentary panel on agriculture in a report tabled in Parliament on March 23 this year noted that the government is far from its 2022 goal of doubling the income of farmers.