Indian mango prices rise as early Alphonso supply remains limited.
Hapus or Alphonso mangoes from the Konkan region have been arriving in Pune's Gultekdi market for the past few weeks, but supply remains limited, and prices are elevated. Around 30 boxes are arriving daily, mostly from Devgad taluka, with some supplies from Ratnagiri district. Each box contains between four and six dozen mangoes.
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India seeks greater market access for fruits & vegetables to Brazil.
India has requested greater market access for its exports of pomegranate, garlic, grapes and raisins to Brazil, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Friday after meeting his Brazilian counterpart, Minister for Agrarian Development and Family Farming Luiz Paulo Teixeira Ferreira. 'Talks are ongoing in Brazil regarding the export of Indian pomegranates, garlic, grapes, and raisins. Several issues related to market access and trade facilitation were discussed,' Chouhan said after a meeting with Ferreira.
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Hamburg delegation strengthens port and trade ties with India.
As part of the official delegation visit by the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg to India, representatives of Hamburg's port and maritime industry focused on strengthening cooperation with partners in Chennai and Mumbai. In New Delhi, meetings with representatives of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways and Invest India further reinforced bilateral relations. Against the backdrop of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and India, the delegation highlighted the importance of diversified trade relations and India's growing role as a trading partner.
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Indian mango sector urged to modernise in response to climate variability.
Even in stable seasons, mango is regarded as one of the more complex fruit crops to cultivate, due to its dependence on climate conditions, tree physiology, and management practices. For India, the world's largest mango producer, this has direct implications. The country harvests 23 million tons annually, accounting for almost a fifth of its total fruit output.
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Telangana Horticulture Director Urges Farmers to Focus on Vegetable Cultivation.
Telangana Horticulture Department Director Sheikh Yasmin Bhasha has urged farmers to take up vegetable cultivation to address the state’s acute shortage of over 56 per cent. Speaking at the second day of the 44th Annual Meeting of the All India Coordination Scheme on Vegetable Crops at Sri Konda Laxman Telangana Horticultural University, Rajendranagar, on Saturday, she emphasised that vegetable farming can provide better income and shorter harvest cycles compared to other crops.
Source: thehansindia.com
India’s rose market finds new bloom at home as exports wilt.
With Valentine's Week around the corner, not everything is rosy for India's flower growers. While roses flood markets ahead of February 14, farmers exporting blooms are grappling with soaring air freight costs that have sharply eroded their competitiveness in international markets.
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Brazil seeks to broaden chicken trade with India.
A Brazilian trade delegation in India is seeking opportunities to sell more Brazilian chicken to the Asian country in return for opening up its home market to some Indian fruit and nuts, Brazil's Agriculture Ministry and industry group ABPA said. While it is the world's largest exporter of the poultry, Brazil sells almost no chicken to India due to prohibitive import tariffs.
Source: reuters.com
India, New Zealand hold first joint working group meeting on horticulture cooperation.
India and New Zealand recently convened the inaugural Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on horticultural cooperation, marking a key milestone in bilateral agricultural collaboration under the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) signed on 12 March 2025. The meeting, co-chaired by Priya Ranjan, Joint Secretary (Horticulture), Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), and Steve Ainsworth, Divisional Manager, Bilateral Relations and Trade from New Zealand (joining virtually), brought together senior officials and technical experts from both countries. The discussions focused on strengthening cooperation in the horticulture sector, with priority given to kiwifruit and pip fruits such as apple and pear.
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India strengthens global food security with five-year rice supply deal with World Food Programme.
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) and the World Food Programme (WFP) recently signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to supply rice for global humanitarian operations, reinforcing India’s commitment to combating hunger and supporting international food security efforts. The agreement, inked in New Delhi on 18 February 2026, was signed by Rabindra Kumar Agarwal, chairman and managing director of FCI, and Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the World Food Programme, in the presence of senior officials from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution. Under the pact, the FCI will supply up to 200,000 metric tonnes of rice — including rice with up to 25% broken content — to the WFP over the next five years.
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Odisha flags off Ginger & Kalajeera rice exports from Koraput.
In a major push to strengthen farmer incomes and expand interstate market access, large consignments of dry ginger, fresh ginger and premium Kalajeera rice cultivated by tribal farmers were flagged off from Koraput during the District Level Animal Husbandry and Fishery Mela held at the RTO Ground. The consignments were flagged off by Manoj Satyawan Mahajan, IAS, Collector of Koraput, in the presence of Sudam Chandra Biswal, Deputy Director of Horticulture, representatives of Palladium, and members of Jaivik Sri Farmers Producer Company Limited.
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