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The word agriculture is a late Middle English adaptation of Latin agricultūra, from ager 'field' and cultūra 'cultivation' or 'growing'. While agriculture usually refers to human activities, certain species of ant, termite and beetle have been cultivating crops for up to 60 million years. Agriculture is defined with varying scopes, in its broadest sense using natural resources to More

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  • Will weak monsoons sap rural demand? Rural sector much bigger than just agriculture, says Jefferies March 27, 2023 02:37 PM IST

    Will weak monsoons sap rural demand? Rural sector much bigger than just agriculture, says Jefferies

    Only 40 percent of rural economy is agriculture, and services and manufacturing account for a substantial chunk of rural incomes.

  • Race against time to rescue Argentina wine grapes: See Pics March 24, 2023 12:42 PM IST

    Race against time to rescue Argentina wine grapes: See Pics

    It is a race against time in the fabled Mendoza wine region in the west of the South American country once again in the grip of La Nina, a periodic weather phenomenon that cools surface temperatures and intensifies drought. Monteviejo -- a large vineyard between 1,000 and 1,200 meters above sea level -- expects to have a harvest 50 percent smaller than last year. Some others in the region lost everything.

  • Govt's Rs 10 trillion capex to crowd in private investment in steel, cement in FY24: CRISIL March 20, 2023 08:41 PM IST

    Govt's Rs 10 trillion capex to crowd in private investment in steel, cement in FY24: CRISIL

    The total outlay, including capex of public sector units, is budgeted at 6.2 percent of GDP for FY24 which will cushion the economy through its relatively large multiplier effect, and at the same time is expected to crowd in private investment.

  • Administrative measures can’t curb misuse of fertiliser subsidies March 20, 2023 01:27 PM IST

    Administrative measures can’t curb misuse of fertiliser subsidies

    Routing the subsidy through manufacturers and keeping the selling price of fertilisers artificially low, makes diversion of subsidised fertilisers profitable for dubious players

  • Crop-neutral income support programme can give agriculture a sustainable boost March 17, 2023 01:41 PM IST

    Crop-neutral income support programme can give agriculture a sustainable boost

    It will incentivise farmers to cultivate crops based on market demand and local climatic conditions, leading to optimal use of inputs, irrigation water and chemical fertilisers thereby reducing the subsidy burden for the government

  • Fertiliser Subsidy: Scrap pricing scheme and decontrol urea March 15, 2023 10:25 AM IST

    Fertiliser Subsidy: Scrap pricing scheme and decontrol urea

    Bureaucrats are micro-managing the operations of urea plants through the New Pricing Scheme. This is the surest way to scuttle any initiative to cut costs and improve efficiency

  • Explained: El Nino And Its Impact On The Indian Economy | Agriculture & Commodities March 12, 2023 07:32 AM IST

    Explained: El Nino And Its Impact On The Indian Economy | Agriculture & Commodities

    India’s normal monsoon conditions could get disrupted in 2023 and that’s because of a weather phenomenon known as El Nino. It’s not just the monsoon that will be impacted, we might also have to see rising food and electricity prices this summer. How does El Nino impact the weather and the economy? We explain all about it in this video. Watch!

  • Punjab FM presents Rs 1.96-lakh crore budget for 2023-24; agriculture, education, health key focus areas budget March 10, 2023 12:13 PM IST

    Punjab FM presents Rs 1.96-lakh crore budget for 2023-24; agriculture, education, health key focus areas budget

    Speaking in the Assembly, Harpal Cheema said education, health, and agriculture are among the priority sectors for the government.Total budget size has been increased by 26 per cent to Rs 1,96,462 crore for 2023-24 over the previous year, the state finance minister said.

  • Maharashtra Budget 2023 Highlights: Focus on farmers in Shinde-BJP govt's first fiscal roadmap; 10 things to know March 09, 2023 09:44 PM IST

    Maharashtra Budget 2023 Highlights: Focus on farmers in Shinde-BJP govt's first fiscal roadmap; 10 things to know

    Apart from announcing a spree of measures for the state's cultivators, the government also raised the cap under a state-run health insurance scheme, and announced interest-free loans for persons from the Dhangar community.

  • Govt soon to launch seed traceability system: Tomar March 04, 2023 09:29 PM IST

    Govt soon to launch seed traceability system: Tomar

    "This will curb the pilferage in the seed trade sector," Tomar said addressing a two-day Indian Seed Congress

  • Why investors should not fear heat waves yet March 02, 2023 12:42 PM IST

    Why investors should not fear heat waves yet

    Crops are withstanding moderate change in climatic conditions

  • Almost Rs 2.5 lakh crore transferred to bank accounts under PM KISAN scheme yet: PM Modi February 27, 2023 07:50 PM IST

    Almost Rs 2.5 lakh crore transferred to bank accounts under PM KISAN scheme yet: PM Modi

    Under the scheme, eligible farmer families are provided Rs 6,000 per year in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 each.

  • Agriculture budget rises 5 times in 9 years to over Rs 1.25 lakh crore: PM Modi February 24, 2023 12:26 PM IST

    Agriculture budget rises 5 times in 9 years to over Rs 1.25 lakh crore: PM Modi

    Addressing a post-budget webinar with stakeholders of agriculture and cooperative sectors, the Prime Minister said India's agriculture budget has increased many-folds to Rs 1.25 lakh crore.

  • India must have contingency plan in place as El Niño threat looms: Experts February 22, 2023 11:11 AM IST

    India must have contingency plan in place as El Niño threat looms: Experts

    NITI Aayog believes Indian agriculture is quite resilient now to such shocks and the share of the crop which is affected by rainfall is declining steadily

  • How effective were agriculture development funds announced in Budgets February 22, 2023 10:05 AM IST

    How effective were agriculture development funds announced in Budgets

    The role envisaged for the Union government in these funds is limited to helping the creation of an ecosystem that supports long-term debt financing through priority sector lending

  • Maharashtra sugar production to fall in 2022-23 due to rains: Official February 19, 2023 09:13 AM IST

    Maharashtra sugar production to fall in 2022-23 due to rains: Official

    Continuous rains rendered the ground wet for long periods which impacted sugarcane cultivation, Sugar Commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad told PTI on Saturday.

  • India to harvest record wheat, rapeseed crop in 2023 February 14, 2023 08:19 PM IST

    India to harvest record wheat, rapeseed crop in 2023

    Higher wheat output could help the world's second-biggest producer of the grain in replenishing depleted inventories and bringing down prices from record levels.

  • India appeals to G20 nations to adopt '3S' formula in agriculture for tackling food security concerns February 14, 2023 01:24 PM IST

    India appeals to G20 nations to adopt '3S' formula in agriculture for tackling food security concerns

    Addressing media on the sidelines of the first G20 Agriculture Deputies' Meeting here, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said agriculture for India has always been a priority and for the world it has fully come to the fore now.

  • Horticulture project in Himachal gives new lease of life to farmers February 12, 2023 11:12 AM IST

    Horticulture project in Himachal gives new lease of life to farmers

    About 6,000 hectares of land has been identified in 28 development blocks of seven districts of Sirmaur, Solan, Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra and Mandi, which will benefit more than 25,000 farmer families under the main project.

  • Guidelines for farmers' subsidy to be revised: Minister Shobha Karandlaje February 11, 2023 11:18 AM IST

    Guidelines for farmers' subsidy to be revised: Minister Shobha Karandlaje

    The minister asked youth to explore new methods for producing value added products from coconut as there is huge demand for such products including coconut sugar and coconut milk.

  • Bird flu outbreak is a wake-up call for agriculture February 09, 2023 10:07 AM IST

    Bird flu outbreak is a wake-up call for agriculture

    The H5N1 virus has been rampaging through poultry farms and a Spanish mink facility

  • Budget 2023: Hits and misses in the agriculture sector February 08, 2023 11:30 AM IST

    Budget 2023: Hits and misses in the agriculture sector

    The budget was a mixed bag for agriculture, with emphasis on tech-related proposals and higher credit for farmers, but the absence of some expected tax breaks.

  • Small farmers to benefit from this Budget: Agriculture Minister February 01, 2023 08:19 PM IST

    Small farmers to benefit from this Budget: Agriculture Minister

    Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the overall budgetary allocation for his ministry has been increased to an estimated Rs 1.25 lakh crore for the 2023-24 financial year, which includes Rs 60,000 crore for the government's ambitious scheme PM-KISAN.

  • Budget 2023: New schemes for agri sector notwithstanding, little evidence of doubling of farmers’ income February 01, 2023 06:19 PM IST

    Budget 2023: New schemes for agri sector notwithstanding, little evidence of doubling of farmers’ income

    In fact, farmer incomes have fallen in many states. However, the FM has rolled out some new initiatives with an eye on the long term.

  • Union Budget 2023: FM sows digital public infrastructure plan for agriculture February 01, 2023 12:07 PM IST

    Union Budget 2023: FM sows digital public infrastructure plan for agriculture

    Union Budget 2023: To further boost startups sprouting out of rural areas, Sitharaman also said the government will launch an agriculture accelerator fund for young entrepreneurs.