Population growth and Agriculture in India
The below article is written by Mr. S S Sangra, retired Chief General Manager of NABARD. Mr. S S Sangra holds an M.Sc. in...
Harnessing Agricultural Potential in North Eastern Region of India
The North East Region constitutes eight states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura. Its population of 39 million constitutes...
Agriculture Warehousing in India – Data, Statistics and Opportunities
Credit Analysis & Research Ltd. (CARE Ratings) recently released a report analyzing the problems and opportunities existing in Agri-Warehousing in India. The full report...
Say no to GM food, for it’s poison: Bhatt
In the below picture, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt talking about nature’s bounty, before the screening of his documentary film “Poison on the platter” at Bangalore...
Coarse cereals should be called Nutri cereals
What is there in a name, you would say. Well, a lot, would be my reply. I agree that a rose is a rose...
Get loan for setting up warehousing infrastructure under NABARD scheme 2012
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has invited request letters from private-sector agencies for availing loan assistance from Banks / NABARD to...
NABARD looking to invest in Venture Capital Fund
NABARD’s Venture Capital Fund Investment
To give a fillip to sustainable and equitable growth in agriculture, agro-processing, industry, and services sectors in rural areas, NABARD...
How to get Shettale subsidy for farm pond in 2016
Get subsidy under Shet tale Yojana for construction of farm pond in Maharashtra. Shet tale means “pond” in the Marathi language.
The government of Maharashtra...
Coffee Plantations in Kerala, India
How to Enhance their Productivity and Profitability?
The caffeine content in coffee makes coffee an exciting drink that energizes people having it. The production of...
Bangalore Techies start Rural Dairy – News Digest
Techies quit a job to ‘milk’ dairy
Four software engineers, former employees of Wipro in Bangalore quit their jobs four months ago and made a...
Organic farming in India to touch Rs 10,000 Crore by 2015
Organic farming in India is likely to be worth Rs 10,000 crore by 2015 from the current levels of about Rs 2,500 crore, apex...
RBI divests 71.5% stake in NABARD to Government of India
The RBI has divested its stake amounting to Rs 1430 crore (Rupees one thousand four hundred and thirty crore) in National Bank for Agriculture...