The Economic Times

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said his government is committed to improvements in agriculture which could help farmers of the state in raising their incomes and ensure that there was at least one dish made from products from the state on every Indian’s plate.

The Indian Express

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said that he has asked agriculture universities in the state to prepare a “earn while you learn” stipend scheme for students to carry out field work. Fadnavis said that, as part of the plan, students of agriculture colleges would be required to send agro advisories to farmers, collect data and ensure that a proper mechanism was created to disseminate information to farmers at the ground-level.

The Telegraph

The capital city will host a global agriculture and food summit in November.Chief minister Raghubar Das made the announcement on Friday while directing officials to start the groundwork for the event at a meeting with the industry and agriculture department officials.

The Hindu

Paddy and sugarcane are India’s most water-guzzling crops — using up over half of the country’s total irrigation water resources — but procurement policies and water and power subsidies are skewing profitability and distorting crop decisions, says a recent study done by agricultural economist Ashok Gulati, and Gayathri Mohan