Cotton growers in Punjab are elated over the Pakistan government's decision to permit import of cotton from India through the Wagah border.
Demand for silk products has declined as cheaper polyester products have replaced silk goods the world over.
India's largest agri commodity bourse - the National Commodities and Derivatives Exchange - plans to launch futures trading in coal soon.
The credit flow to agricultural sector in India has exceeded the target in the third consecutive year and has reached Rs. 203,297 crore by the end of March, 2007.
Coffee output in India is set to rise by at least 4 percent this year, thanks to early rains.
One of India's leading industry bodies - the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry - on Friday urged the government to bring sugar, textiles and tobacco products under value added tax.
Soon, tea produced and packed in India will be tested by an 'electronic nose' developed indigenously by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing.
YES Bank has launched a $100-million private equity fund called the Food and Agribusiness India Fund.
The Madhya Pradesh government had signed as many as 20 Memorandums of Understanding worth billions of rupees in the just concluded agri-business meet.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said rising inflation and slow response to rising demand for wheat, pulses, rice and edible oil have caused a sense of urgency for food security in the country.
ITC plans to teach farmers in four states the best agricultural practices.
Gujarat is all set to produce 15 per cent of the power India hopes to generate in the 11th Five Year Plan, chief minister Narendra Modi has said.
Here is the story of a humble farmer who developed a unique cardamom variety called 'Njallani', but did not know how to apply for a patent.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday expressed concern over the slow rate of progress in power sector as compared to manufacturing and service sectors, which have logged double digit growth rates in the lest few year.
Now, it is the silk industry sector that India and China plan to jointly tap the global market.
India has emerged as the largest exporter of black pepper to the United States during January-March 2007.
The Supreme Court lifted an eight-month ban on field trials of genetically-modified food crops on May 8 subject to certain well-meaning provisos.
Latest statistics from the International Copper Study Group, the apex copper body in the world, say global copper use in 2008 is projected to grow by 3.6 per cent.
Farmers in India are getting obsessed with Bt cotton.
Apple farming - one of the major sources of revenue in the strife-torn Jammu and Kashmir - is in a grave crisis these days.
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