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A year of extreme weather events has weighed heavy on India’s agricultural sector After the drop in wheat production due to heat waves, extreme weather events have now cast a...

Automated agricultural machinery requires new approaches to ensuring safety, says study From self-driving tractors to weeding robots and AI-powered data collection, automated machinery is revolutionizing agricultural production. While these technological...

Union Budget 2023-24: Digital push, supply-side incentives for agriculture Budget 2023: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government will set up agriculture accelerator fund to nurture start-ups in rural areas...

Australia’s Elders paints rosier agricultural outlook Leading Australian agricultural rural agency Elders sees a rosier outlook in the second half of the 2023 financial year because of a strong winter...

UK promises 45,000 seasonal agricultural worker visas Synopsis The UK government has announced that it will provide 45,000 visas for seasonal workers in the agricultural sector in 2022. Net migration...

Growth dips, public investment stagnant in agriculture sector The survey hailed schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi for helping farmers The Economic Survey noted that the agriculture...

Irrigation Association of India & Agriculture Ministry to Host Conference On Micro Irrigation to Boost Water Productivity & Crop Yield On the occasion of World Water Day, a conference on...

Indian Agriculture: Confronting challenges- reaping harvests, BAL Managing Director Climate change and nature conservation are also affecting both crop yield and the land area suitable for agriculture. It is found...

Importance of the Budget for agriculture sector Agriculture accounts for about 15% of the GDP but employs more than 40% of Indian workers Agriculture accounts for about 15% of the...

India must reform its agriculture policies to minimise the monsoon gamble Revamping crop insurance and farm trade, and building resilience with short-duration substitutes for the types of grain India farmers...