Cutting input subsidies in agriculture, getting incentive structures right and declaring organised retail as a priority sector will boost private and public investment

Agriculture seed major Mahyco, which has been accused of black marketing its seeds and distributing it without informing the State Government, could well stand to lose its license to sell seeds in

United Phosphorus, Excel Crop Care and Sandhya Organics Chemical have challenged CCI's findings before COMPAT

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) has issued notices to fair trade regulator CCI on the pleas of three companies challenging its order imposing penalty of Rs 317.91 crore on the aluminium phosphide tablet manufacturers. Aluminium phosphide tablets are used as a rodenticide, insecticide and fumigant for stored cereal grains. It is used mainly to kill moles and rodents.

New Delhi’s policies on farm trade have boosted Pakistan’s earnings at the cost of Indian exports

Monsanto will roll out the third generation biotechnology product in cotton next year.

Anand Sharma in hectic parleys with state governments

Ten workers of an agrochemical company were injured in a fire following an explosion at the plant in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district Saturday morning, police said.

The Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) has termed as “most alarming” the current performance of the state’s agriculture sector.

“Over the years, the contribution of agriculture to the State’s GSDP has declined from 16 per cent in 2004-05 to 12 per cent in 2011-12,” FKCCI said in a background paper for the technical session ‘Agenda-Development Karnataka’ of its 95th AGM on Thursday.

The Government has to step in to curb the stranglehold the seed companies have over the choice of seeds, speakers at a round table on ‘Protecting Farmers from Seed Crises' said.

Multinational seed companies like Monsanto are dominating the market and not allowing farmers to retain a portion of their crop for seed, K Nageswara Rao of the All-India Kisan Sabha said here on Friday. He demanded that the Government step in to curb black marketing of seeds.