-The Financial Express India's grain output has risen substantially in recent years. India's grain output has risen substantially in recent years, taking the country to the league of the world's largest producers of rice, wheat and horticultural crops thanks to the use of diverse seed varieties, among other things. And productivity at Indian farms could increase further in coming years thanks to a centrally managed gene bank that would help multiply seed...
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Global food prices rise in October after falling for 5 months
-PTI NEW DELHI: Global food prices increased in October after declining for last five months, according to the the UN body Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Last month's small rise in prices was largely driven by a surge in sugar prices, although prices of the other commodity groups were also up, it said in a statement. The FAO price index, which measures monthly price changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy, meat...
More »FAO expects more balanced food markets, less price volatility
-FAO Rome: Food commodity markets are becoming more balanced and less price volatile than in recent years thanks to improved supplies and a recovery in global inventories of cereals, according to FAO's Food Outlook report published today. "The prices for most basic food commodities have declined over the past few months. This relates to production increases and the expectation that in the current season, we will have more abundant supplies, more export...
More »Doubling farm growth: Sufficient soil moisture+water=Great winter crop -Dharmakirti Joshi
-The Economic Times That India has had an excellent monsoon is a given, as is the prognosis that it will more than double agricultural growth from the lowly 1.9% seen in the last fiscal year. The happy tidings on the farm front won't end there. The joy could actually multiply by the last quarter of this fiscal year because abundant rains will benefit the increasingly important winter rabi crop more than...
More »India set for bumper winter crops in wake of monsoon rains
-Reuters NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India looks set for bumper harvests of winter crops such as wheat, chickpeas and rapeseed in the wake of a strong monsoon that has left the soil moist and topped up reservoirs. The crops will follow bountiful summer harvests of rice and soybeans due to the rains, with New Delhi looking to boost agricultural growth to cool double-digit food inflation and revive a slowing economy as manufacturing struggles. With next...
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