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September 17, 2026 1:08 PM
India has moved its agricultural carbon market from policy to the farm level, with more than 2,500 smallholder farmers in Punjab and Haryana set to receive over ₹2.9 crore in digital payments for adopting regenerative farming practices. The first payments were released at a programme held at Punj...
September 14, 2026 11:02 AM
A bamboo bag displayed at a city marketplace may appear to be a simple handcrafted product, but its journey can represent a much larger transformation - from traditional livelihoods and village-level enterprises to modern businesses, technology-driven manufacturing and new markets. At the SARAS Aaj...
September 14, 2026 10:31 AM
For millions of small and marginal farmers, securing a stable income in old age can be as important as sustaining livelihoods during their working years. The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana (PM-KMY), launched on September 12, 2019, seeks to address this need by providing eligible farmers with a...
September 10, 2026 11:14 PM
Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has called for an integrated approach combining science, policy and market support to transform dryland agriculture, strengthen food and nutritional security and improve farmers’ livelihoods. Addressing ...
September 10, 2026 11:10 PM
Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has stepped up consultations with farmer organisations on a proposed new Seed Act aimed at strengthening regulation, curbing the sale of fake and substandard seeds and ensuring greater accountability across the seed supply chain...
September 10, 2026 10:18 AM
More than 800 scientists, policymakers, farmer representatives and development partners from across Asia, Africa and the Americas will converge in New Delhi for the three-day Global Dryland Congress 2026, beginning Thursday. The Congress, themed ‘Transforming Dryland Agriculture with South-South ...
September 9, 2026 10:16 PM
Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said India’s farmers could emerge as both “Annadatas” and “Urjadatas” by producing food and clean energy from the same piece of land through agrivoltaics. Addressing a curtain-raiser event for the 7th Agrivoltaics Worl...
September 9, 2026 6:12 PM
The Centre is preparing to introduce a stringent new Seed Act aimed at curbing the sale of fake and substandard seeds and protecting farmers from financial losses. Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will hold a nationwide consultation with repr...
September 8, 2026 11:19 PM
Researchers at the ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun (ICAR-NRC on Mithun) in Nagaland have developed an artificial intelligence-based system that can detect and track the behaviour of Mithun in real time, a development that could transform livestock monitoring and help farmers manage animal he...
September 8, 2026 11:09 AM
A five-day hands-on training programme on nursery management and grafting techniques in vegetable crops began at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (ICAR-IIVR) in Varanasi, with 30 farmers from 10 states participating in the programme. Programme coordinator Dr Anant Bahadur, in his wel...
