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Biopesticide for Cardamom Thrips

Source: PIB  Why in News?  The ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research (ICAR-IISR), Kozhikode, has developed an eco-friendly...

30 Jun 2025 Cropping Patterns

Tea Board of India

Source: BL  The Tea Board of India has amended the pan-India auction rules under the Bharat Auction model, based on key recommendations of the...

18 Jun 2025 Cropping Patterns

Snail Infestation in Cardamom

Source: TH  The cardamom-growing regions of Idukki, Kerala, are facing threat from small snail infestations following heavy summer rains....

14 Jun 2025 Cropping Patterns

World Food Prize 2025

Source: DTE  Brazilian microbiologist Mariangela Hungria has been awarded the World Food Prize 2025 for her pioneering work in Biological...

20 May 2025 Cropping Patterns

MSP for Jute

Source: TH  The Jute Corporation of India (JCI) has increased the minimum selling price (MSP) of jute for crop year 2025-26 to discourage...

16 May 2025 Cropping Patterns

Millets for Sustainable Agriculture

This editorial is based on "The paddy pivot: Rethinking subsidies to drive sustainable farming", published in Financial Express on 05/05/2025. The...

10 May 2025 Cropping Patterns

Balancing Ethanol Production with Sustainability

For Prelims: Ethanol, Ethanol blends, Photochemical smog, Methane, Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana, Carbon credits  For Mains: Ethanol Blending...

19 Apr 2025 Cropping Patterns

Decline in India’s Cotton Production

For Prelims: Cotton, Bt cotton, Genetically modified (GM) crop, whitefly, Pink bollworm, Kasturi Cotton  For Mains: Challenges in...

01 Apr 2025 Cropping Patterns

Transforming Northeast India into a Saffron Hub

Source: PIB  India has identified the Northeast as India’s next saffron cultivation hub, following Jammu & Kashmir’s Pampore....

17 Mar 2025 Cropping Patterns

Strengthening India's Spice Industry

Source: TH  Why in News? The World Spice Organisation (WSO) highlights that despite being the largest spice producer, India holds just 0.7% of...

10 Mar 2025 Cropping Patterns

Tea industry and Jhumoir Dance

For Prelims: Jhumoir dance, Tea, Geographical Indication, Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana  For Mains: Tea Industry in India –...

03 Mar 2025 Cropping Patterns

Farmers' Earning in Agri Produce: RBI

Source: IE  Why in News? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted a pan-India survey on farmers’s share in consumer prices in rabi...

01 Mar 2025 Cropping Patterns

Boosting India's Rubber Industry

For Prelims: Rubber Board, Rubber,  National Rubber Policy (NRP) 2019, European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), EU, European...

20 Jan 2025 Cropping Patterns

National Turmeric Board

Source: PIB  Why in News?  The Ministry of Commerce & Industry launched the National Turmeric Board (NTB) with its headquarters at...

16 Jan 2025 Cropping Patterns

Changing Trends in Fertilizer Use

For Prelims: Fertiliser, Fertilizer Subsidy, Urea, DAP, Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme  For Mains: Issues Related with Fertiliser...

13 Dec 2024 Cropping Patterns

Sustainability Concerns in India’s Agricultural Export Growth

For Prelims: Tea, Sugar,  Cropping patterns, National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture, Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), Sub-mission...

15 Nov 2024 Cropping Patterns

First Advance Estimates for Kharif Crop Production

For Prelims: Kharif crop, Digital Crop Survey, Digital Agriculture Mission (DAM), Girdawari method, Gross Domestic Product, Digital Public...

07 Nov 2024 Cropping Patterns

Sustainable Agriculture to Recover Groundwater

For Prelims: Groundwater, Rice cultivation, Cropping patterns, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Global Warming, sustainable...

12 Oct 2024 Cropping Patterns

Weed-Induced Crop Losses

For Prelims: kharif crops, rabi crops, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, herbicides, mechanization, weed management, organic and sustainable farming...

11 Oct 2024 Cropping Patterns

World Cotton Day 2024

Source: PIB On the occasion of World Cotton Day (7th October 2024) the Ministry of Textiles jointly hosted the conference with Cotton Corporation of...

09 Oct 2024 Cropping Patterns