Assam is embracing organic farming in a big way with the help of central government.
India has a long history of commodity futures trading, dating back to more than 125 years.
If things go according to the plans of the Indian government, Mumbai may rob Belgium's Antwerp, currently the world's top diamond destination, of its priced position.
Chance of an accord in global trade talks suffered another setback following India's Union minister Kamal Nath terated that the country will not compromise on its stand on agriculture market access in the WTO's Doha round of talks.
The field trials of GM crops, which was on the agenda for the discussion included six Bt rice hybrids, three Bt okra hybrids, two GM corn crops, eight Bt eggplant hybrids.
The Ahmedabad-based maxEEma Biotech has announced the launch of a herbal insecticide that effectively combats Mealybug attacks on crops.
In an effort to boost agri sector, the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore has released 10 new crops for 2007.
Hedging means reducing or controlling risk.
Sugar sector has welcomed the central government's decision to hike the buffer stock to 5 million tonnes.
Are post-harvest Bt Cotton fields death traps for sheep? If reports from Andhra Pradesh are any indication, Bt Cotton is set to embrace another controversy soon.
Hereon, grapes exported from India will be tracked and traced by a new software called 'GrapeNet.'
The performance of Indian cotton exports to China is better than the United States, according to a latest report of the United States Department of Agriculture.
With government's wheat procurement operations coming to an end, flour mill owners have stepped up their buying from the market, causing a rise in prices of the commodity.
This is for the second time that Tata Steel is getting into a take-over battle. It acquired the Anglo-Dutch steel company Corus Group after beating rival suitor, CSN of Brazil, through auction.
A group of Indian scientists have developed an exotic health drink and pill from tea extract, which they claim will help quench thirst and can replace traditional bottles of water canes.
Forward Market Commission's recent introduction of two rules to rein in highly volatile pepper market has come in for serious criticism from traders and farmers alike.
India's largest agri commodity exchange -- the National Commodities and Derivatives Exchange says is chalking out several projects to connect farmers with online futures trading in commodities.
Economists V Shunmugam and D G Prasad working with India's largest commodity bourse -- the Multi Commodity Exchange -- have come out with a research paper arguing that the government urgently needs to shift the method of calculating inflation.
Declining volumes in agriculture commodities are prompting the commodity bourses to aggressively focus on futures trading in bullion, metals and energy products.
India's exporters may be hard hit by the appreciation of rupee against dollar. But the rising value of rupee has cheered the diamond industry in the country.
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