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India's vegetable oil imports surged by 17 per cent crossing 10 million tonnes mark in the 2011-12 marketing year that ended last mont...

Prime Minister had set up a committee under the chairmanship of Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister...

According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), rice exports estimated for India are revised upward by two million tonnes to a record ...

Though rice, wheat and sugar production is expected to be at comfortable levels, production of pulses and edible oils may fall short of requ...

Agriculture Minister, Shri Sharad Pawar yesterday sought to highlight India’s role in stabilising global food supplies and moderating price ...

The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has recommended to the Government a hike in minimum support price for winter-sown pu...

As per the First Advance Estimates of production of Kharif crops, 117.18 million tonnes (MT) food grains is likely to be produced in the cur...

The country’s sugar production is set to exceed domestic consumption for the third consecutive year in 2012-13 season starting October. This...

According to the latest data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, rice has been sown in 356.07 lakh hectares, as compared to 347.10 lakh...

Foodgrains production in India is estimated to have reached a record 250.42 million tonnes in 2011-12, up 18.35 million tonnes compared to 2...

MSP for pulses has been raised substantially over the MSP for the last season. This is expected to encourage farmers to invest in pulses pro...

Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Minister, Shri Sharad Pawar, has expressed the hope that with record production in kharif and rab...

Minister of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Shri Sharad Pawar has called for reforms in agricultural marketing. He said, the prev...

The total sowing acreage of rabi crop in Madhya Pradesh is set gather strong gains in the current season due to heavy rainfall in the state ...

The Solvent Extractors’ Association of India has just compiled the export data for export of oilmeals for the month of September 2011 and re...

Chana spot market crashed in the last few days due to weak market sentiments caused by the imposition of stock holding limit on Chana. Simil...

As per the latest data releaseds by the Minstry of Agriculture, rice has been sown in 383.69 lakh hectares as on 30 September 2011. It repre...

The lastest data released by the Agriculture Ministry shows that area under rice and oilseeds have increased as compared to last year. Howev...

The First Advance Estimates of production of major crops grown in the country (India) in kharif season has been released and the total foodg...

Allaying fears that the recent rains may damage wheat crop, the government today said the recent downpours in North India will not affect pr...