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TOPIC(S): Coffee/Tea, Ag India,

02/19/2024 SOURCE: www.worldcoffeeportal.com

All rise for India’s fast-growing coffee industry

With India rapidly transforming into a major coffee consuming nation, coffee shops, roasters and producers are primed for extraordinary growth

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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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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, Ag India,

10/15/2023 SOURCE: www.thehindu.com

‘Women cementing their place in agriculture’

Women are increasingly formalizing and cementing their place in agriculture, with more enrolling in formal agricultural education and owning enterprises. They bring a different perspective and set of skills, which are needed to create a more diverse and innovative business environment. Women can also help mitigate climate change challenges by being equipped with better access to education and technology.

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TOPIC(S): Beekeeping, Ag India,

09/01/2023 SOURCE: www.thehindu.com

First beekeeping equipment making unit in public sector gets ready in Alappuzha

Kerala's Horticorp is set to open a beekeeping equipment manufacturing unit at Kalavamkodam, offering high-quality apparatus at reasonable rates. The unit, funded by the Union govt and Horticorp, will produce beehives, smokers, comb honey cutters, hive stands, etc. Bee farmers will get a 40% subsidy on equipment. The unit will also expand to produce honey-processing machines, storing drums, collection traps, vending machines, and more. A bee-breeding unit will also be set up with 25 bee colonies.

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TOPIC(S): Ag India, Carbon Farming,

07/22/2023 SOURCE: indianexpress.com

Kerala seed farm declared as first carbon neutral farm in the country

A significant reduction in carbon emission has helped the seed farm, under the Agricultural Department, achieve carbon neutral status, CM Pinarayi Vijayan said making the announcement.

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TOPIC(S): Ag India, Food Security/Shortage,

07/11/2023 SOURCE: www.livemint.com

El Nino, India, and the risk of food shortage

With India being a large producer and top exporter of several key crops, it could emerge as a supplier of food to several countries amid shortages, should it have its own sufficient buffer stocks in place.