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Agriculture, fisheries take spotlight at WTO meet in Abu Dhabi

India, Feb. 28 -- India backs permanent solution for public stockholding of food grains even as developing nations attack it Agriculture and fisheries took centre stage on the second day of the World... Read More


Undue detainments, confiscations & restrictions: Shut out of normal participation at WTO, civil societies claim

India, Feb. 28 -- Write to director general about WTO's failure to ensure safety and rights of participants Civil society organisations (CSO) have complained that they have been shut out of normal pa... Read More


India's richest 5% spent 8-10 times its poorest; agri household expenditure lower than rural avg for 1st time: NSSO

India, Feb. 26 -- Household spending increased since 1999-2000; disadvantaged sections in rural, urban India spent lowest After a gap of 11 years, the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) under the U... Read More


An index for monitoring effectiveness of climate-smart agriculture practices: How it can help

India, Feb. 22 -- Awareness and training was the highest weighted dimension among the five that were used to develop the index What is the impact of different climate-smart interventions in the farme... Read More


Mustard prices continue to stay below MSP; industry body urges government intervention

India, Feb. 21 -- Farmers fear that prices will slip further with arrival of new mustard crop by next month, as they expect record harvest Even as farmers' protest asking for a legal guarantee of min... Read More


Farmers reject Centre's new MSP proposal; demand guarantee for all 23 crops

India, Feb. 20 -- Offer limited to pulses, maize and cotton crops, key demand on MSP calculation left out Farmer leaders rejected the government's proposal to purchase pulses, maize and cotton crops ... Read More