With the commodities market growing in leaps and bounds, the prospects of agriculture students are very bright.
After authoring a sweet success story by giving the management of its Kannan Devan tea gardens in Munnar, Kerala, to the workers, Tata Tea is planning to replicate the experiment in the North India plantation operations.
In an effort to boost India's tea export, a delegation from the Tea Board is on a tour to Cairo for finalising the opening of a Tea Marketing Centre in the Egyptian capital.
With more and more people opting for gold as an investment option, the yellow metal is on track to set record levels, probably this year.
India is trying to fish in Pakistan's troubled waters as far as marine products are concerned.
India's agriculture sector is heading for doom. And, if the government is not doing anything to change its faulty subsidy policy, the disaster may happen too soon.
The turnover of commodity exchanges in 2006-07 financial year is likely to touch a whopping Rs 37 lakh crore (Rs 37 trillion), according to the data from Forward Markets Commission.
The government's policy of interference has broken the backbone of futures market in India
The diversion of US grain to produce ethanol to fuel cars has led to an increase in world food prices
Prohibition state Gujarat is adding colour to the favourite drink of Bacchus.
In the GenNext world, waste of the past is best of the present. Otherwise, how can one believe that a Punjab-based company will be depending on rice husk to power its new power generation plants.
A sweet war is all set to erupt between India and Pakistan.
India's agriculture ministry has identified a list of around 80 special products that should get tariff treatment as part of the World Trade Organisation's current Doha Round negotiations.
Can disparity in futures prices at two prime commodity exchanges in the country hold pepper trade to ransom?
Got a problem with your Bt Cotton seeds? Dial 1551, and you will get the answer you need to tackle the situation.
India's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food and Consumer Affairs has called for a complete ban on futures trading in essential commodities like wheat, rice and sugar.
A food exhibition in Japan has given hope to cashew exporters in India. The exhibition, 'Foodex Japan 2007', featured Indian cashew products like 'kaju kathli' and 'halwa' which attracted several inquiries at the event.
According to the latest estimates released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), the total investment in agriculture has declined from 2.1 per cent in 2002-03 to 1.9 per cent during 2003-04 to 2005-06.
E-krishi, Kerala State IT Mission's ((KSITM) online agri-business network, is making waves in the state with the pilot project in Malapuram district receiving tremendous response.
After the Bt Cotton boom, Indian farmers are all set to reap rich dividends from a slump in cotton spinning in Britain.
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