1. Private forecaster Skymet has stuck to its earlier forecast of a normal monsoon this year, unruffled by the weather office's prediction that rainfall in the crucial June-September period would be below par.
2. Already bearing the brunt of freak weather and heaps of wheat lying in mandis, farmers are also being forced to sell their crop below MSP rate of Rs 1,450 a quintal.
3. NMCE launches auction-based forward trading in rubber.
4. Hyderabad-headquartered International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and an Ethiopian institute will jointly work towards new approaches in the field of agricultural research and development in the drylands of the African country of Ethiopia.
5. Poor output of mangosteen fruit in 2015 due to erroneous weather and a bumper crop last year is likely to push up its prices in the domestic market this year.
6. Production of pearl millets has improved significantly over the years despite a 22 per cent decline in area, noted Food and Fodder Crop, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, hailing the private sector seed companies for their effort.
7. Funds inadequate for agricultural research as per TamilNadu Agriculture University VC.
2. Already bearing the brunt of freak weather and heaps of wheat lying in mandis, farmers are also being forced to sell their crop below MSP rate of Rs 1,450 a quintal.
3. NMCE launches auction-based forward trading in rubber.
4. Hyderabad-headquartered International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and an Ethiopian institute will jointly work towards new approaches in the field of agricultural research and development in the drylands of the African country of Ethiopia.
5. Poor output of mangosteen fruit in 2015 due to erroneous weather and a bumper crop last year is likely to push up its prices in the domestic market this year.
6. Production of pearl millets has improved significantly over the years despite a 22 per cent decline in area, noted Food and Fodder Crop, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, hailing the private sector seed companies for their effort.
7. Funds inadequate for agricultural research as per TamilNadu Agriculture University VC.
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