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CSRTI & CFTRI join forces to develop food products from silkworm pupae for human consumption.

India aims to export $1 billion worth of bananas in 5 years, opening doors to global markets through sea route.

Some farmers are concerned campaigners do not fully understand how the countryside works

Karnataka High Court orders restoration of khata of Tungabhadra Sugar Factory land, leaving many farmers worried. State government urged to ensure farmers continue to possess land.

N Uttam Kumar Reddy criticises "distorted" policy of BRS government, exploring sale of rice to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and taking steps to rescue Civil Supplies Corporation.

He said at the convention, “Due to drought, the Chief Minister has distributed seeds and fertilisers free of cost. Now farmers wish for repeated droughts so that they can get their loans waived. But that is not right. Because climatic conditions are such, there will be a drought once every…

The Remission of Duties and Taxes on Export Products (RoDTEP) scheme, launched in January 2021, is aimed at ensuring that no domestic taxes are added on to goods’ shipments meant for export. Authorities had denied benefits under the scheme to sugar exporters after the sweetener was removed from the ‘free’…

According to the most recent census, Texas has fewer than 26,000 Hispanic farmers compared to 236,000 white farmers

Poor demand, abundant production, and early plucking of the produce this winter have left growers of kinnow, a citrus mandarin fruit in Punjab, grappling for a fair price for their season’s harvest.

The State-run Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd. (KSDL), which is facing a shortage of sandalwood oil essential for its flagship brand “Mysore Sandal” soap, has tied up with 670 farmers for commercial cultivation of 3,586 acres, largely in dry regions of north Karnataka, including Dharwad, Haveri, Gadag, to reduce its…

“Nothing has been banned after the 2017 poisoning cases. We are selling it,” a pesticide seller said.