The Pioneer

Agro-entrepreneurs, investors, central organisations, corporate bodies and farmers will be gathering under one roof here for the first time to showcase the potential of the agriculture and allied sector on June 29 and 30.

The Economic Times

The government is likely to soon launch a Rs 500-crore programme that aims to end distress sales by farmers of tomato, onion and potato (TOP) crops.

The Indian Express

Maharashtra has banned the sale of five moderately-to-extremely toxic insecticides and cancelled the licences of six companies for the current kharif season, as part of steps to prevent the recurrence of last year’s pesticide inhalation accidents that caused the deaths of 62 farmers and agricultural labourers across the state.

The Hindu

The German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture has assured the Telangana government of support for the setting up of the Global Seed Valley at Banda Mylaram in Medak district.

The week

A pause in the progress of southwest monsoon and the delay in the announcement of this year’s Minimum Support Price (MSP), despite promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Union budget, have slowed sowing of the 23 Kharif season crops.

News D

Mandsaur, in Madhya Pradesh, which formed the epicentre of farmer’s protests that began last year, is still protesting. Six protesting farmers had died after state police opened a fire on the group. However, justice still eludes their family. To mark the anniversary of the firing angry farmers have planned a 10-day protest in the area. However, after the ten-day strike began, Radha Mohan Singh, Union minister for agriculture and farmer welfare, dismissed it saying ‘organisations with the scant following are resorting to “unusual deeds” to “appear in the media”.

The Hindu Business Line

Hitting back at WTO members that have questioned India’s Minimum Support Price (MSP) programme for food, including the US and the EU, New Delhi has teamed up with Beijing to formulate a step-by-step proposal for rich members to eliminate their farm subsidies where the World Trade Organization (WTO) has allowed them higher amounts beyond de minimis (ceiling) levels.

The Hindu Business Line

Theory and practical classes and periodic evaluation of students on farming are now part of the curriculum of a school in Mangaluru taluk.

Sharada Vidyanikethana Public School, which is affiliated to the CBSE, has introduced agricultural science as a compulsory subject for students from the 5th to the 10th standard.

Business Standard

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was on Wednesday apprised of agreements signed between India and Denmark for cooperation in the fields of animal husbandry and dairying, and on cooperation in the field of science, technology and innovation, an official statement said.

The New Indian Express

Walmart Foundation today said it has granted USD 2 million fund to a two-year agriculture project that would help over 6,000 farmers in Andhra Pradesh in getting better market access.

Tech 2

Crop residue burning in Punjab and Haryana is often blamed for worsening air quality in the Delhi National Capital Region. Now a new study by scientists working in the US and India has found that impact of crop residue burning in the Northwest region can spread as far as central and southern states — Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Chattisgarh and even parts of Odisha. Delhi and surrounding areas experience dense haze, fog and smog every year during the crop residue burning season spanning from mid-October to mid- November, along with worsening air quality. In 2016, when the crop residue burning season coincided with Diwali, the region suffered foggy days for about a week disrupting vehicular traffic and ...