-Livemint.com Rabi crops have been planted in 52 million hectares, 6.5% lower than the normal area of 55.6 million hectares Even as the window for Sowing winter crops is set to close by the end of the year, planting of wheat and oilseeds are lower compared with the normal area, farm ministry data showed on Monday. The silver lining is a marginally higher Sowing of pulses compared with last year; rising prices...
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112 distressed farmers commit suicide in a month in drought-hit Marathwada -Manoj Dattatrye More
-The Indian Express Since January 1, this year, every week between 20-30 suicides have been reported in eight districts of Marathwada Pune/Beed/Nanded: EVEN AS the ruling party and the opposition are sparring over granting of loan waiver to drought-hit farmers in Maharashtra, as many as 112 distressed farmers, rattled by mounting debts and withering crop, ended their lives this month in Marathwada region. This brought the toll to 1,109 this year. Compared...
More »Onion prices up on minimum export price exemption -Dilip Kumar Jha
-Business Standard India exports onion largely to Saudi Arabia, Colombo and some other far-east countries with an estimated annual volume of 1.5 million tonnes Onion prices have started firming up, in the wake of the government’s move to abolish minimum export price (MEP) on the vegetable. While most markets in Maharashtra remained closed on account of Christmas and other festivals, prices of onion in Delhi markets moved up by Rs 100 to Rs...
More »Food inflation pulses up -Ravi Krishnan
-Livemint.com As the base effect wears off in some categories and unseasonal rains affect winter Sowing, the prognosis for food inflation doesn’t look good Food inflation, which inched up to 6.08% in November, is the main story in Monday’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. Lentils were the main culprits for the rise. Inflation in pulses and pulses products rose to a high of 46.08% since the new series has been released. Inflation...
More »Will rabi bring a better harvest? -Prerana Desai
-The Hindu Business Line Yes, but it may not wholly make up for the drought-stricken kharif season Agriculture commodity supplies are erratic in India. They are more so now, due to a second consecutive year of below-normal monsoon, which has resulted in big setbacks to the kharif crop. Edelweiss Agri Research recently took up a nation-wide crop survey to estimate the Sowing intentions for the upcoming rabi season. This, along with the...
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