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Ethanol Production

For Prelims: Curb on Sugar Diversion for Ethanol, Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP), Biofuels, Feedstocks, Crude Oil Import, Food Security, Global...

28 Jun 2024 Agriculture

Cotton Cultivation in India

For Prelims: Hybrid cotton, Bt cotton, National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), Kasturi Cotton, Cott-Ally Mobile...

28 Jun 2024 Agriculture

Transforming Indian Agriculture

This editorial is based on “How Shivraj Singh Chouhan can transform Indian agriculture” which was published in Indian Express on...

24 Jun 2024 Agriculture

Direct Seeding of Rice

For Prelims: Direct Seeded Rice (DSR), Water stress, Groundwater For Mains: Benefits and issues of Direct Seeded Rice method of rice...

19 Jun 2024 Agriculture

Reimagining India’s Agriculture Landscape

This editorial is based on “Challenge for farm sector: How to share growth gains” which was published in The Indian Express on...

04 Jun 2024 Agriculture

Need for New Agriculture Export-Import Policy

For Prelims: Agricultural Exports Trends, Cereals, Sugar, Onions, Agricultural Export Policy (AEP), Market Access Agreements, Agricultural Export...

27 May 2024 Agriculture

India's Economic Trajectory: Challenges & Opportunities

This editorial is based on “Five things the next government needs to focus on’ which was published in The Indian Express on 16/05/2024....

16 May 2024 Agriculture

Carbon Farming: A Pathway to Sustainable Agriculture

This editorial is based on “What is carbon farming?’’ which was published in The Hindu on 07/05/2024. The article brings into the...

11 May 2024 Agriculture

Surge in Tobacco Prices

For Prelims: Tobacco, World Health Organization, WHO MPOWER, Indian Tobacco Board, Flue-cured Virginia (FCV), National Tobacco Control...

07 May 2024 Agriculture

Balanced Fertilisation

For Prelims: Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) schemes, urea consumption, Fertiliser Subsidy For Mains: About the balanced fertilisation and its...

04 May 2024 Agriculture

FSSAI Raises Pesticide Limits in Herbs and Spices

For Prelims: Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Pesticide Poisoning, Codex Alimentarius, Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, State...

29 Apr 2024 Agriculture

Curbing Intake of Processed Foods

This editorial is based on “Toss out the junk food, bring back the healthy food plate” which was published in The Hindu on 24/04/2024....

24 Apr 2024 Agriculture

India's Pulses Imports in FY24 Hit 6-Year High

For Prelims: Pulse crops, (PM-AASHA), Minimum Support Price (MSP), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), hidden hunger For Mains:...

22 Apr 2024 Agriculture

Cotton Cultivation in North India

For Prelims: Pink Bollworm (PBW), Cotton, Bt Cotton, Pests of Cotton, kharif, Kasturi cotton For Mains: Significance of Cotton for India, Reason...

19 Apr 2024 Agriculture

Fixing India’s Food Systems

This editorial is based on “Food for Reform” which was published in Indian Express on 15/04/2024. The article highlights the importance...

15 Apr 2024 Agriculture

Onion Export Ban & Associated Challenges

For Prelims: Onion, Export Policy of India, Horticulture, Bodies related to Agriculture For Mains: Export Policy of India, India-UAE Relations,...

08 Apr 2024 Agriculture

Accelerating Crop Diversification in India

For Prelims: Crop diversification, Wheat cultivation, Wheat blast disease, Bananas, Green Revolution in India, Leguminous crops, Biofuel, MSP. For...

05 Apr 2024 Agriculture

India's Basmati Rice Cultivation Dispute and the Direct Seeded Rice

For Prelims: Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Rice, Green Revolution, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Direct Seeded Rice, World...

26 Mar 2024 Agriculture

Initiatives to Promote Sustainable Agriculture

For Prelims: Krishi Sakhi Convergence Programme, School Soil Health Programme, Geographic Information System, Soil Health Card, NABARD, National...

13 Mar 2024 Agriculture

NITI Aayog GROW Report and Portal

For Prelims: GROW Portal, Geographic Information System(GIS), Agroforestry Suitability Index, Agroforestry, Sub-Mission on agroforestry , National...

02 Mar 2024 Agriculture