Since 2010, Monsanto has worked to develop the agronomic skills of small-scale farmers in India, as well as improve their access to up-to-date information on weather and market prices.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said a new agriculture export policy will be unveiled soon to boost farm income as the government is on track to achieve the target of doubling farmers' income by 2022.

The complex milk procurement model (perfected by Amul and other cooperatives such as Nandhini) had psyched most multinationals, who are used to corporate farming.

The report says despite all its achievements, Indian agriculture is still grappling with challenges like high monsoon dependency, unpredictable weather patterns, reduction in arable land, low per hectare yield, lower farmer incomes, etc.

Delhi HC denying Monsanto's patent right over a gm cotton seed has triggered a debate on the path ahead for innovation-led seed companies.

The act lays special emphasis on protecting the interests of the farmers, considering them as weaker of the two parties entering into a contract.

Artificial intelligence could add at least a trillion dollars to our economy by 2035.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a great orator. He also makes grand announcements about ambitious targets, leaving hapless officials and others to work out the details.

How badly India needs to fix its employment (and unemployment) and jobs data problem can be seen from the furious debates that break out each time a new study on job creation comes out, writes Business Today Editor Prosenjit Datta.

RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has criticised Ramesh Chand, the agriculture expert member in Niti Aayog, for suggesting that the government's plan to expand the scope of MSP to more crops is inflationary.

\"So far, the US hasn't damaged the agreement at all. You may even argue to the contrary because it galvanised every other nation into immediate action. Remember PM Modi said the same day that it will be a crime against future generations if you don't act on climate and if you don't act now\"

Ambitious healthcare, insurance plans but implementation still not clear.

A lot of farmers' distress in 2017 also occurred because they were not able to sell their produce at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) assured by the government.

Appropriate initiatives must be taken for processing \"timely\" input tax refunds to exporters.