1. The Small Enterprise Assistance Fund (SEAF), the impact investment fund manager with investments in over 33 countries, is gearing up to launch a new $100m India-focused agri fund.
2. With onion prices continuing to be a worry for consumers, Govt hikes onion minimum export price to $700/tonne to check prices.
3. Pink onions, which are considered as one of the best, today sold at Rs 6,326 per quintal at the Lasalgaon market, Asia's largest wholesale onion market.
4. Drought-hit Andhra Pradesh farmers spray crops with banned animal hormone 'oxytocin'. Widely used by farmers to artificially promote growth in fruits and vegetables, oxytocin is banned for use in agriculture.
5. Skymet, the nation's sole private weather forecaster, has started a social media campaign called #HelpTheFarmer, asking social media users to spread monsoon forecast to farmers who may not have access to the internet.
6. The staple kitchen item Onion's prices threaten to cross Rs 100 a kg in Delhi as stockists make a killing.
7. Coconut industry opting dwarf palms due to shortage of climbers & rising demand for packaged water.
8. The Reserve Bank today gave the farming community much to cheer about when it said banks can extend loan repayment period up to 5 years in case 50 per cent crop is damaged due to natural calamities like drought and flood. If crop damage is 33 per cent, the loan repayment period can be extended up to 2 years, including one year of moratorium.
2. With onion prices continuing to be a worry for consumers, Govt hikes onion minimum export price to $700/tonne to check prices.
3. Pink onions, which are considered as one of the best, today sold at Rs 6,326 per quintal at the Lasalgaon market, Asia's largest wholesale onion market.
4. Drought-hit Andhra Pradesh farmers spray crops with banned animal hormone 'oxytocin'. Widely used by farmers to artificially promote growth in fruits and vegetables, oxytocin is banned for use in agriculture.
5. Skymet, the nation's sole private weather forecaster, has started a social media campaign called #HelpTheFarmer, asking social media users to spread monsoon forecast to farmers who may not have access to the internet.
6. The staple kitchen item Onion's prices threaten to cross Rs 100 a kg in Delhi as stockists make a killing.
7. Coconut industry opting dwarf palms due to shortage of climbers & rising demand for packaged water.
8. The Reserve Bank today gave the farming community much to cheer about when it said banks can extend loan repayment period up to 5 years in case 50 per cent crop is damaged due to natural calamities like drought and flood. If crop damage is 33 per cent, the loan repayment period can be extended up to 2 years, including one year of moratorium.
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