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Aug 12, 2025 News Image With 90% of normal area covered, India’s kharif crops sowing up 4% year-on-year.
Helped by continuous surplus rains in most parts of the country after mid-June, farmers have covered over 90 per cent of the normal area of about 1,097 lakh hectares (lh) so far in the ongoing kharif season, the Agriculture Ministry said. Experts are hoping for a normal yield, despite some reports of crop damage in some States. However, if there is excess rain during pre-harvest period in September, standing crops may face the risk of disease.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Aug 12, 2025 News Image Kerala Agri varsity to flag off exports from its new common incubation centre.
In a significant stride towards fostering agripreneurship and food innovation, Kerala Agricultural University has established the Common Incubation Centre at the KAU Raftaar Agri Business Incubator in Vellanikkara, Thrissur. The facility, which is to be inaugurated on August 12, has been set up under the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries in which the Ministry has given Rs.2.75 crore.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Aug 12, 2025 News Image India can't cross certain red lines: Top officials to Parliamentary panel on trade negotiations with US.
Top officials of the central government, involved in tariff negotiations with the US, suggested that it is a tough phase in trade relations and there are some red lines which India cannot cross, while asserting that India is committed to engage constructively to resolve all outstanding issues with the US through dialogue and mutual respect.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Aug 12, 2025 News Image Govt focusing on 50 countries to boost exports.
The government is working on measures to boost India's exports, including targeting 50 countries in regions such as the Middle East and Africa, amid the heavy tariffs imposed by the US on Indian goods, an official said on Monday. These 50 countries account for about 90 per cent of India's exports.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Aug 11, 2025 News Image India-US agri trade at all-time high despite Trump’s tariff threats.
Agriculture has been a key roadblock in trade talks between India and the US. But what many may not know is that the trade in the same sector between the two countries, is actually growing fast and could hit a new record this year, as per a report by The Indian Express. From a period of January to June in 2025, India imported $1,693.2 million worth of agricultural products from the US, which is approximately 49.1% more than what it bought during the same period in 2024 ($1,135.8 million). At the same time, India’s agricultural exports to the US also rose by 24.1%, from $2,798.9 million in early 2024 to $3,472.7 million in early 2025.
 Source:  financialexpress.com
Aug 11, 2025 News Image APEDA flags off first-ever export of fresh Halman Apricots from Ladakh to Gulf countries.
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), in collaboration with the Union Territory Administration of Ladakh and Fair Exports (India) Pvt. Ltd., has successfully flagged off the maiden export consignment of fresh Halman Apricots from Ladakh to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar.
 Source:  foodtechbiz.com
Aug 11, 2025 News Image MoFPI approves 1,601 projects under PMKSY; Rs 6,411 crore grant-in-aid disbursed.
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), is implementing a Central Sector Umbrella scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY). As on 30.06.2025, under the various component schemes of PMKSY, 1601 projects have been approved and grant-in-aid of Rs 6411.61 crore has been disbursed/released to these projects.
 Source:  fnbnews.com
Aug 11, 2025 News Image FAO Food Price Index edges up in July.
The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark for world food commodity prices, averaged 130.1 points in July 2025, up 1.6 percent from June, driven primarily by rising international prices of meat and vegetable oils. Despite this monthly increase, the index remains 18.8 percent below its peak in March 2022, although 7.6 percent higher than its level in July 2024. The index tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a set of globally traded food commodities. In July, price increases in the meat and vegetable oil indices more than offset declines in the cereal, dairy and sugar indices.
 Source:  fnbnews.com
Aug 11, 2025 News Image Commercialization of CoEs for fruits and vegetables.
The Union Government, under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), provides support for setting up of Centres of Excellence (CoEs) for fruits and vegetables in collaboration with various stakeholders including bilateral partners. The Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in horticulture are established with the aim of serving as hubs for demonstration, training, and dissemination of the latest technologies in horticultural production by promoting capacity building, production and supply of planting material to potential farmers and adoption of new technologies in horticulture sector.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
Aug 11, 2025 News Image Total area under Kharif crops.
The sowing operations for Kharif 2025-26 are still underway, and the first advance estimates for all major Kharif crops in the 2025-26 agricultural year (July–June) have not yet been released. The details of year-on-year percentage increase/decrease in the total area sown under kharif crops and percentage gain/loss in crop production, crop-wise; for the last three years is provided in the Annexure.
 Source:  pib.gov.in