Hit by falling prices and labour shortage, pineapple farmers begin deserting their crop
With plummeting prices, the smiles on the faces of Kerala’s pineapple farmers have given way to wrinkles of worries even...
Day: May 4, 2021
About 70 Maharashtra sugar mills gear up for oxygen manufacturing
To meet the rising demand for medical oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients, about 70 sugar mills in Maharashtra are gearing...
Organic firm to introduce QR-code to trace product
When you buy your next monthly organic grocery items, you can actually trace the farmer or group of farmers who...
Karnataka growers seen returning to tobacco
Vishwanath Kulkarni Transplantation of tobacco has begun in Karnataka and it is said to gain momentum over next few weeks...
Organic products exports rise over 80 times since 2002-03 to record $1.4 b last fiscal
Export of organic products from India grew 51 per cent to a record $1.04 billion in dollar terms during the...
Tea board fixes ₹18.63/kg for green leaf of small growers in May
Tea Board has announced that the district average price for the green leaf of the small growers in The Nilgiris...
