Agriculture

Agriculture 4.0 will replace traditional farming, says Roy Digital innovation will transform the Indian agriculture sector and the awareness about the potential of Agri technologies should be promoted by all stakeholders - users, consumers and policymakers. "The real challenge for...

Conditional drone deployment in Hyderabad’s Semi-Arid Tropics Drones are poised to play a big role in the agriculture sector in India especially in areas like precision agriculture, locust control and improvement in crop yield. “The Government is encouraging young entrepreneurs...

NASSCOM recognizes RMSI Cropalytics’ work on Agri-sector PInCER™ (Profiler for Insured Crop Exposure & Risk) by Agri-tech start-up RMSI Cropalytics is going global to provide Agri-sectors, crop acreage and yield estimate faster, more accurately and at higher resolution, using satellite,...

Varanasi exports fruits, veg and paddy Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has launched 16 schemes worth Rs.220 crore and informed that the work has already begun on 14 schemes worth Rs.400 crore in Varanasi on 9 Nov 2020. The projects...

Prospects: $25-30bn investment needed for African healthcare in next decade The soon to be implemented Intra-Africa Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will be of great support to increase India-Africa trade, believes R V Kanoria, Past President, FICCI and CMD, Kanoria Chemicals...

India urged to help develop infrastructure Namibian Minister of Industrialisation and Trade Lucia has Indian Industry to invest in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, agriculture and food processing, healthcare and ICT in her country, which can also be a gateway to...

Export markets: US, Nepal and Sri Lanka The Indian agricultural machinery market is expected to reach Rs.901.41 billion by 2024, expanding at a CAGR of ~10.7% during the 2019-2024 period. It was valued at Rs.498.04 billion in 2018. The industry...

Badal calls for UAE investments India is to explore the possibility of setting up a fund for providing marketing support to launch Indian products in the UAE supermarkets. The proposal came following one-on-one meetings held by Minister of Food Processing...

A report from the Fair Labor Association, Seeds of Change, has called for improved wages in India’s agriculture industry.

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has sanctioned 39 Mega Food Parks and 298 Integrated Cold Chain Projects throughout the country to fill in the gaps across the value chain and establishing the Cold Chain Grid.