Covid-19: Govt issues new lockdown guidelines
The government exempts essential services, the farm sector, and industry from the lockdown as it tries to open the economy in a staggered manner.
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Cargill to ramp up investment in India
The agri-products maker had committed to an investment of $240 million in three to five years in India. Currently, the country accounts for less than 1% of Cargill’s gross investment.
Budget 2019: Innovation and new age farming is the future
The government needs to focus on promoting entrepreneurship, developing and incubating startups, and look at new business models to bring about a transformation in the sector.
AgroStar raises $27 million
With this capital infusion, the agritech startup plans to expand its digital footprint across the country.
Last-ditch effort to woo rural voters
A key thrust of interim finance minister Piyush Goyal’s Interim Budget was sops for farmers. But has the government played into the opposition’s hands?
Trends in agriculture in 2019
Government and the private sector are likely to invest in infrastructure and technology enablement of areas such as quality, traceability, logistics and distribution.
Who wants economic freedom in India?
Results of the latest state elections show how free market arguments are lost in the world’s largest democracy
Agribusiness: Embracing digital technology
Adopting tech tools will help farmers make better choices.
Reimagining agriculture
The Indian agriculture sector can easily become a $1 trillion economy with a little help from new technology.
Seeds of change
Farming will go back to basics with the help of tomorrow’s technology.
