Maharashtra has completed 95.1% of its kharif sowing target, covering 1.36 crore hectares. While cotton and soybean acreage remained largely stable, maize...
India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative is promoting domestic production of pulses and maize through NAFED and NCCF, offering farmers assured MSP-linked procurement while...
Tamil Nadu launched a ₹203.64 crore five-year Mission for Self-Sufficiency in Pulses and Oilseeds to reduce import dependence. The programme aims to...
India’s retail prices for pulses and cereals remained largely stable due to record foodgrain production and adequate government stocks, the Centre said....
Ukraine exported 2.601 million tonnes of grain and pulses by July 31 in the 2026/27 marketing year, up from 1.679 million tonnes...
Nashik district has completed 71.66% of its Kharif sowing, a sharp rise from 32.47% in nine days following improved rainfall. While soybean,...
Ukraine exported 2.089 million tonnes of grains and pulses as of 22 July in the 2026/27 marketing year, more than double last...
India’s kharif sowing reached 658.19 lakh hectares by July 17, down 6.04% year-on-year. Rice acreage fell marginally, while pulses, coarse cereals, oilseeds...
Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan called for boosting domestic pulse and oilseed productivity to reduce India’s dependence on imports of 6–7 million...