The Indian Express

A canal has given a new lease of life to the dry fields at Takalgaon village, which has a population of 1,869 people, in Pathri taluka of Parbhani district.

The Hindu Business Line

Inaugurating the ‘Nitte Agripreneurs Summit’, organised by the Nitte-based Justice KS Hegde Institute of Management at Nitte in Udupi district on Saturday, P Chandrashekar, Director General of the Jaipur-based National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM), said that agriculture should be treated as a group-led activity than led by an individual farmer.

The Economic Times

Farmers are still unaware of the details of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana (PMFBY) even as the government and insurers are trying to increasing the penetration in the non-loanee segment, said a climate risk management firm WRMS.

The Indian Express

Hardly 23 per cent of the average income of all rural households in India comes from agriculture and animal husbandry activity, reveals a nationwide financial inclusion survey by NABARD. Moreover, even among so-called agricultural households — those with at least one member engaged in farming and whose produce is annually worth Rs 5,000 or more — just over 43 per cent of income on an average comes from cultivation and livestock rearing.

Moneycontrol

The United States has dropped a contentious demand from the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement to impose restrictions on Mexican agricultural exports, Mexico’s top farm lobby said on Sunday.

The Economic Times

Union Minister Suresh Prabhu today reviewed proposed agriculture export and new industrial policies and discussed strategies to boost outward shipments with top officials here.The Commerce and Industry Minister said the government was working on new initiatives to take India’s exports to the next level.