-Frontline.in The women-led climate-resilient farming model created by Swayam Shikshan Prayog in drought-hit Marathwada has yielded encouraging results and is worthy of emulation across the country. “LOOK at our quinoa. It has grown so well,” says a beaming Shailaja Narwade from Masia village near Solapur in interior Maharashtra. Shailaja has planted the traditional South American plant not for consumption but in order to harvest its seeds. “Quinoa seeds are very valuable...
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54 lakh ha covered as kharif sowing picks pace; cane area up
-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: Sowing in the current kharif season has commenced in right earnest with an area of 54 lakh hectares (lh) brought under cultivation till Friday, according to data released by the Agriculture Ministry. A total of 55 lh was covered during the same period last year. This is despite the fact that the total live storage capacity in 76 reservoirs used for irrigation stood at 22.66 billion...
More »Many Sugar mills may not qualify for Centre's cane price assistance -TV Jayan
-The Hindu Business Line Did not meet stockholding conditions in February, March New Delhi: Nearly 40 per cent of the Sugar mills in the country may not be able to take advantage of the recently-announced financial assistance package by the Centre. This is because many in the sector, which is reeling under a supply glut, may not fulfil an important eligibility condition. Sop with a rider Acting upon a recommendation made by a Group of...
More »Meet Bakshi Ram, the man behind Uttar Pradesh's brimming Sugar mills -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard From occupying 3% of all Sugarcane area in the state in 2012-13, the variety that now covers 52% New Delhi: India’s Sugar sector is staring at an unprecedented glut, with production topping 31 million tonnes. Sugar is suddenly tasting bitter as mills are finding it difficult to pay Sugarcane farmers in the politically sensitive state of Uttar Pradesh. At the heart of the surplus lies a new variety of Sugarcane called CO-0238,...
More »New norms for labelling packaged GM food ready -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu This is the first time that the Central government has laid down guidelines for labelling genetically modified food All packaged food with at least 5% content from genetically engineered sources need to be labelled so. Moreover, foods that exceed norms of Sugar and fat should carry ‘red’ and ‘green’ labels specifying the extent to which they do so, according to draft regulations by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of...
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