From Farm to Fork: Addressing Inefficiencies in the Agricultural Supply Chain

27-Sep-2024 - 0 Comments.

The agricultural supply chain is a complex network that connects producers, processors, distributors, and consumers. In India, this supply chain is crucial for feeding over 1.4 billion people, yet it faces significant inefficiencies that lead to food wastage, increased costs, and reduced quality.

Deepak Fertilisers optimizes data analysis time by 70% with Agmatix

23-Jun-2024 - 0 Comments.

India's largest fertilizer company, Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation, has successfully reduced their time to collate, verify, and analyze agronomic data by 70%, from six months to under one month using the Agmatix platform.

Time limit slashed for the testing process of tractors used for farming

26-Aug-2022 - 0 Comments.

The Agriculture and Farmers Welfare ministry has reduced the time limit for the testing process of tractors used for Agriculture from nine months to just 75 working days.

Singatalur Lift Irrigation Drip Scheme enables maize farmers to get higher yields with reduced input costs

In India, maize is predominantly a Kharif crop, with almost 85 percent under cultivation, whereas rabi maize corresponds to 15% of the area. Despite having the largest area under maize cultivation, the yield per hectare is still lower than the world average.

NBHC enters into digital auctioning, trading of agri-commodities with Krishi Setu App

09-Aug-2021 - 0 Comments.

National Bulk Handling Corporation (NBHC) has announced the launch of its electronic application ‘Krishi Setu’, a one-stop solution in post-harvest agri value chain offering seamless user-experience & reduced operational inconveniences in trade execution, through end-to-end digitized processes.

Corteva Agriscience introduces technology, sustainability initiatives for corn farmer across five states

13-Oct-2020 - 0 Comments.

Corteva Agriscience (NYSE: CTVA), the global agriculture company today said that it has undertaken several initiatives to enable corn crop mechanization and empower farmers which, in the first year of implementation, helped to improve yield with less water usage, reduced cost of cultivation and, critically, increased farmer incomes.

Need for biotechnology crops in India, writes seeds federation director

23-May-2020 - 0 Comments.

The ongoing pandemic has brought forward our vulnerability to food crisis, especially with our increasing population. In addition, the challenges of future, will be much different than the ones in past because of factors like climate change, reduced availability of land and water, soil degradation and changing food preferences of people.

Farmers should get value for their product, says Indian agri minister

08-Jun-2019 - 0 Comments.

There are new challenges in agriculture, small farmers need to be helped with technology at the ground level so that input costs can be reduced. The farmer should test his soil regularly and there is a need to speed up the pace of organic farming

India announces interest subvention scheme for farmers

09-Jan-2019 - 0 Comments.

With a view to ensuring availability of agriculture credit {including loans taken against Kisan Credit Card (KCC)} at a reasonable cost/at a reduced rate of 7% per annum to farmers, the Government of India, is implementing an interest subvention scheme of 2% for short term crop loans up to INR 300,000.