The Hans India

If there is anything called a divine coincidence, it is this. Prime Minister Modi’s visionary zeal to infuse life into agriculture, South Asia emerging as the fastest growing market for ‘impact investing’ and 63% of Impact Investors from around the world looking to put their dollars into food-related businesses!

The Hindu Business Line

Agriculture Flying: Operations involving the carriage and/or spreading of chemicals, seed, fertiliser or other substances for agricultural purposes, including operations for the purpose of pest and disease control.

Timesnownews.com

Accusing the BJP of ignoring the agriculture sector, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress president Sachin Pilot on Monday alleged that hundreds of farmers have committed suicide in the state because of the Raje government’s policies. The pilot said Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje should tell people that how farmers’ suicides have increased the pride of the state as she is taking out the ‘Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra.’ Raje began her Yatra on Saturday. She will cover 165 out of total 200 assembly constituencies during the yatra which will culminate in Ajmer’s Pushkar town on September 30.

The Economic Times

Over 1.11 crore farmers spread over 16 states and union territories have registered on e-NAM platform, which promotes better marketing opportunities for farmers to sell their produce online, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said today.

The New Indian Express

Studies have begun at the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell at the Kerala Agriculture University (KAU), Mannuthy, to present the case of Attukombu Amara (Lablab Bean) and Attappadi Thuvara (red gram/pigeon pea) for the Geographical Indication tag.“Since there aren’t much area of millet cultivation in Kerala, we propose to compare the origin and specialities of the Attukombu Amara and Attappadi Thuvara with similar varieties in the neighbouring states. There is no need to go into molecular techniques like gene mapping as the specific features of the crop produce attached to the region’s topography will suffice,” said KAU IPR cell professor and co-ordinator C R Elsy.