Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: PTI “Traders have begun exporting ​wheat for the ‌first time in four ​years, as a ⁠bumper harvest and a rally in global prices and ‌freight rates make shipments of the staple ‌competitive for ‌buyers ⁠in Asia and ⁠West Asia,” trade sources told Reuters. “Consumer goods conglomerate ITC ​has […]

“India has “ample” stocks of fertilizers to meet demand for the upcoming Kharif sowing season,” the government said on Monday (May 11, 2026), as it appealed to farmers not to engage in panic buying. In an inter-ministerial briefing on recent developments in West Asia, Aparna S. Sharma, Additional Secretary in the Department of Fertilizers, informed […]

First legal consignment of agarwood from Assam is being flagged off from the Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport in Guwahati on May 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Assam marked a significant milestone in its agro-forest economy with the first legally approved export of agarwood chips to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates […]

Till a decade ago, betel leaves grown from Sholavandan in Madurai district were exported to the USA and U.K. and among other countries. However, today, the plight of the farmers’ was miserable that most of them are facing ‘red’ and were unable to stop the rising losses due to multiple factors. Very recently, on a […]

The southwest monsoon deficit nationwide has increased from 35% to 43%; the winds’ northward advance was stalled near Mumbai; and both the U.S. NOAA and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) expect a moderate-to-strong El Niño this year. The El Niño suppresses the vertical air movement needed for rainclouds to form while a warming Pacific is […]

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. | Photo Credit: PTI GUWAHATI The Assam government has included tea and plantation class landholdings in the farmers’ registry portal, which Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said would prove to be a “game-changing” move for small tea growers (STGs) in the State. He said the facility, formalised on June […]

A tea farmerchecking a net over a matcha tea field in Fujieda, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. (FILE PHOTO) (For representational purpose only) | Photo Credit: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU An Assam tea estate on Friday (July 3, 2026) sold India’s first commercially-produced matcha tea, marking a significant shift from conventional teas. Matcha is made after shading Camellia sinensis tea leaves […]

Neighbours Prestina Sangkly, Dilip Rabha, and Mercy Lyngdoh, unknown to each other a decade ago, had something in common. They were farmers who struggled to sell their fruits of labour—the seasonal Khasi Mandarin orange and the Kew and Queen pineapples, and the perennial banana—by the roadside or at weekly markets. Their lives began changing after […]

The story so far: In an advisory issued for Chhattisgarh’s farmers on July 3, 2026, the State government has placed a special emphasis on prioritising Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) over the traditional transplanting method. The advice comes against the backdrop of the uncertainty of rainfall due to El Niño, a climate phenomenon that tends to […]

 Unjha, in the Mehsana district of Gujarat, is known for its spice markets.  | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Unjha cumin and Unjha fennel, two significant agricultural products in Gujarat, have been granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry, providing them with geographical recognition and legal protection while strengthening their export prospects. […]