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TOPIC(S): Ag India,

06/16/2026 SOURCE: economictimes.indiatimes.com

Finmin to engage with states over looming El Nino fallout

The Finance Ministry will soon meet with states and central ministries to assess the economic and fiscal impact of El Nino. This review will focus on potential stress on agriculture, food inflation, and increased subsidy outgo

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TOPIC(S): Ag India,

06/16/2026 SOURCE: economictimes.indiatimes.com

El Nino to hit 9-10 states severely; Chouhan calls for district-level contingency plans for Kharif

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed coordinated meetings with district officials and agricultural agencies in 9-10 states likely to face severe El Nino impacts during the Kharif season. The focus is on advance contingency planning for rain-deficient districts, increasing cotton and pulse acreage, and ensuring farmers receive scientific, solution-oriented advice

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TOPIC(S): Ag India,

06/16/2026 SOURCE: economictimes.indiatimes.com

Maharashtra advises farmers to delay sowing as monsoon rains fall short

Maharashtra is experiencing a significant rainfall deficit in early June. The state has received only 26 percent of its normal rainfall

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TOPIC(S): Ag India,

06/16/2026 SOURCE: economictimes.indiatimes.com

India's rice stocks climb to record high; wheat inventories at five-year peak

India's government warehouses hold record rice stocks, up 15% from last year. Wheat inventories are at a five-year peak

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TOPIC(S): Ag India,

06/15/2026 SOURCE: economictimes.indiatimes.com

India eyes biofertilisers after Mideast war stoked supply fears

Under a shed in north India, women scoop cow dung, lumps of unrefined sugar and flour to produce biofertiliser -- part of a growing effort to tackle anxieties over the supply of chemical fertilisers. India is among the world's largest consumers of chemical fertilisers, using roughly 63 million tonnes annually

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TOPIC(S): Ag India,

06/15/2026 SOURCE: economictimes.indiatimes.com

Hormuz may reopen, but fertiliser relief is still months away for India

Fertiliser supplies and prices will take months to return to normal. Natural gas and petroleum derivative supplies need to resume

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TOPIC(S): GMO's, Ag India, Trade (Commodities),

09/25/2025 SOURCE: economictimes.indiatimes.com

India, US trade deal may backfire on EU exports if India opens door to GM feed: GTRI

GTRI cautions that allowing US GM farm products under a trade pact could harm India's agri exports to the EU due to strict GM labeling and consumer resistance. Cross-contamination risks from India's weak agri-logistics could lead to shipment rejections and damage India's GMO-free image. Currently, India only allows Bt cotton cultivation and imports of GM soybean and canola oil.

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TOPIC(S): Beekeeping, Pollinators,

12/14/2023 SOURCE: economictimes.indiatimes.com

From retail to beekeeping, Beckn finds takers in distant shores

Like Indias Open Network for Digital Commerce, or ONDC, Gambias new network Open Gambia is underpinned by the Beckn Protocol – an open specification that creates a common language for interoperability among different digital platforms to facilitate peer-to-peer economic transactions – that is attracting increasing interest from around the world.

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TOPIC(S): Commodities, Ag India, Climate Change, Carbon Farming,

11/25/2023 SOURCE: economictimes.indiatimes.com

Indian farmers rack up carbon credits with climate-conscious ways

A new method of cultivation, called direct seeded rice (DSR), reduces the overall cost of cultivation by using 12-35% less irrigation water and reducing labor, sowing time, and use of chemical herbicides and fertilisers. The cultivation of rice, a staple food for more than 3 billion people worldwide, is responsible for 12% of global methane emissions and 1.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions.

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Topics: Rice, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Economics, Ag India, World Hunger,

India's record rice crop brings problem of plenty for farmers juggling protest

The sit-in against controversial agriculture reforms is taking place in the capital, miles away from the five acres (2 hectares) of lush green rice paddies tended by Sukrampal Beniwal in his village of Munak, in the northern state of Haryana.

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