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    Farm matters

    Apple belt of Kashmir-Himachal-Uttarakhand braces for cheap US imports

    Ubeer Naqushbandi
    11 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST

    Growers fear imports under India-US trade deal will hurt livelihoods and fragile rural hill economies, with politics limiting a collective call for redress

    Why apple growers in Kashmir, Himachal fear India–US trade deal
    Farm matters
    India-US interim trade agreement
    Farm matters

    Cheap US imports will help dairy sector, but hit Indian soybean farmers

    9 Feb 2026 9:46 AM IST
    Kerala’s paddy farming at risk as Centre targets additional bonus
    The Federal Focus

    Centre push to scrap Kerala paddy bonus triggers federal backlash

    9 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    India US, Donald Trump
    Farm matters

    India-US trade deal | Dumping, GM crops, other fears: Expert explains

    4 Feb 2026 7:20 AM IST
    India shrimp export to US

    Budget relief for shrimp exports, but Andhra farmers left under strain

    3 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    India, economy, poverty, reforms, liberalisation, farmers, agriculture

    Budget 2026-27 works on continuity, not course correction, for agriculture

    1 Feb 2026 4:51 PM IST
    FTA with EU: Will the deal open up Indian agrifood sector to EU?

    Why India-EU FTA is unlikely to hurt Indian farmers despite apprehensions

    28 Jan 2026 6:10 PM IST
    The Budget should take up soil carbon credits to help farmers: Grow Indigo

    What Budget 2026 can do to unlock agriculture carbon credits for farmers

    27 Jan 2026 4:43 PM IST
    Ebrahimali Abubacker Siddiq

    EA Siddiq obituary: A man whose arduous basmati rice research turbocharged exports

    26 Jan 2026 8:06 PM IST
    Coconut shell boom in coastal Karnataka.

    How coconut shells have sparked trade boom in coastal Karnataka

    6 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Falling yields, rising oil imports crush Anantapur’s groundnut farmers

    Falling yields, rising oil imports crush Anantapur’s groundnut farmers

    31 Dec 2025 3:46 PM IST
    raw jute - bangladesh-india trade dispute hits Bengal jute mills

    India-Bangladesh trade row hits Bengal jute mills, mill workers hard

    24 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

    Farmers’ stir: Rate fixed by Centre, will seek to meet PM, says Siddaramaiah

    6 Nov 2025 8:17 PM IST
    When promises run dry: Maharashtra’s farmers and the post-Diwali uprising

    When promises run dry: Maharashtra’s farmers and the post-Diwali uprising

    5 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Gujarat’s farmers erupt in protest after suicide over crop loss, debt

    Gujarat’s farmers erupt in protest after suicide over crop loss, debt

    Damayantee Dhar
    3 Nov 2025 9:14 PM IST

    Successive crop failures, mounting debts, and stalled relief disbursement fuel outrage across Gujarat’s rain-hit farming belt, pushing cultivators to...

    Priyambada Jayakumar with Kamal Haasan at the launch of her book

    How Ramana Maharshi’s philosophy kept the Father of Green Revolution grounded

    3 Nov 2025 3:58 PM IST
    Fertiliser

    China suspends urea, fertiliser exports; rabi season prices to rise

    21 Oct 2025 1:38 PM IST
    RBI, digital rupee wholesale pilot, CBDC

    Shirish Chandra Murmu appointed new RBI deputy governor

    29 Sept 2025 2:21 PM IST
    Gujarat floods leave farmers struggling

    Severe rains, lack of compensation prove double-whammy for Gujarat farmers

    11 Sept 2025 5:14 PM IST
    Gujarat: FIR against 1,000 over clash with police outside Sabar Dairy, 47 held

    North Gujarat's spice, dairy sectors eye boost from regional summit

    7 Sept 2025 5:04 PM IST
    GST 2.0 is a correction, not a reform; earlier model was exploitative

    'GST 2.0 is a correction, not a reform; earlier model was exploitative'

    5 Sept 2025 4:53 PM IST
    Sabar Dairy protest: Why Gujarat farmers are dumping milk on the streets

    Sabar Dairy protest: Why Gujarat farmers are dumping milk on the streets

    17 July 2025 5:34 PM IST
    Genetically Modified corn, GM crop

    Should India placate Trump administration by allowing imports of GM crops?

    7 July 2025 11:20 PM IST
    Genome-edited rice varieties

    Is genome editing the key to sustainable crop cultivation? | Interview

    5 July 2025 6:32 PM IST
    Shubanshu Shukla sprout experiment. File Photo

    Why Indian scientists sent moong and methi seeds to space for research

    27 Jun 2025 4:19 PM IST
    Young farmer is spreading fertiliser in his wheat plant field

    Farmers feel the pinch after China halts specialty fertilisers export to India

    26 Jun 2025 5:47 PM IST
    mango orchard

    CM Stalin urges PM Modi to aid TN mango farmers in distress

    24 Jun 2025 6:01 PM IST
    Served fresh: Karnataka jamuns now available in London

    Served fresh: Karnataka jamuns now available in London

    24 Jun 2025 5:45 PM IST
    TNs mango farmers in crisis as Iran-Israel war hit exports

    TN's mango farmers in crisis as Iran-Israel conflict hit exports

    24 Jun 2025 9:33 AM IST
    areca nut betel nut leaf bowls plates foodware US ban

    Why India, like US, should consider ban on areca leaf plates and cups

    17 Jun 2025 2:55 PM IST
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