According to Coffee Board, exports from India, which accounts for 4.5% of global output, fell 17% in the first half of the year.
India's apex mineral export body, Federation of Indian Mineral Industries, says the imposition of the Rs 300 per tonne export duty on iron ore has severely impacted the industry.
Following the Central government's decision to give sops to sugar sector for exports, the commodity's exports are likely to touch 2 million tonnes this year, twice the initial forecast.
India may be a largely agrarian economy; but the country remains a marginal player in world agricultural trade, says the latest annual report from the ministry of agriculture.
Already under fire from all quarters over special economic zones, an important parliamentary committee has firmed up its strong opposition over acquisition of farm land.
India's cardamom district, Idukki, is reeling under severe drought conditions, leaving farmers in the lurch.
Closure of tea plantations in West Bengal has taken a heavy toll on workers in the gardens.
Crude woes are here again. The price of international crude for India has gone up by nearly $10 a barrel in the last two months.
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Indian companies are set to benefit from carbon credits in a big way.
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.
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