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Oct 22, 2025 News Image India’s pulses import value halves in H1FY26 to $1.03 billion.
India’s pulses import value has more than halved in the first half of current financial year on fall in global prices and lower import volumes. The April-September 2025 import value of pulses stood at $1.03 billion over same period last year’s $2.18 billion, per the recently released quick estimates released by the Commerce Ministry. In rupee value terms, pulses imports fell 51 per cent to Rs. 8,908 crore from Rs.18,282 crore in the same period last year.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Oct 22, 2025 News Image RBI governor highlights India’s growth prospects amid tariff concerns.
The Reserve Bank of India governor said there will be an 'upside' to growth if India is able to have an 'early resolution to the tariffs', but also adding that higher tariff is 'not a matter of huge concern'. Speaking at the International Monetary Fund's 'Governor Talks' session in Washington DC, Sanjay Malhotra said the 6.8% economic growth that RBI forecasts for this fiscal year is below its aspirational levels, the growth projection factors higher tariffs as the baseline.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Oct 21, 2025 News Image Myanmar targets new avocado export markets in India and Russia.
The Myanmar Avocado Producers and Exporters Association (MAVO) expects to exceed 10,000 tons of avocado exports during the 2025–2026 financial year, with plans to expand into new markets, including India and Russia. In the 2023–2024 season, Myanmar exported about 7,600 tons of avocados, increasing to over 8,000 tons in 2024–2025. Thailand remains the main destination for exports, though discussions are underway to diversify trade partners.
 Source:  freshplaza.com
Oct 21, 2025 News Image Farmers in Kashmir replace almond orchards with apples.
The Kareva lands of south and central Kashmir, once covered with almond orchards, are rapidly losing their traditional landscape as farmers remove trees to make space for construction and apple plantations. The trend is threatening one of the region's oldest horticultural crops.
 Source:  freshplaza.com
Oct 21, 2025 News Image India’s exports to Nepal slump in Sept amid political turmoil; Spain, China, Brazil see an upswing.
India’s exports to Nepal recorded one of the steepest declines among its major trading partners in September, as youth-led protests and a political transition in the Himalayan nation disrupted cross-border trade. Shipments to Nepal fell 16.6% year-on-year (y-o-y) to $516.62 million, even as exports to other key markets such as Spain, China, and Brazil surged, reflecting India’s ongoing push to diversify its trade base.
 Source:  livemint.com
Oct 21, 2025 News Image Malaysia records large improvement in palm oil exports; exports to India highest in 11 months.
Malaysia’s palm oil exports have risen by 102,000 tonnes (+7.7% month-on-month) to 1.42mn tonnes in September. The largest improvement came from South Asia, where exports to India reached the highest in 11 months. Shipments to Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the Americas and Central Asia have also registered increases during September 2025.
 Source:  humanresourcesonline.net
Oct 21, 2025 News Image With 25% of worldwide milk output, India top producer.
India's dairy sector has a remarkable, transformative history. The government imported milk due to a milk shortage in the decades after Independence. With a CAGR of 1.64% in the 1950s and 1.15% in the 1960s, milk production expanded slowly. India had the world's highest cattle population yet produced less than 21 million tonnes of milk. The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was founded in 1965, with Dr. Verghese Kurien as its first chairman—known as the 'Father of the White Revolution.' Operation Flood was undertaken by the NDDB to replicate the Anand Pattern of dairy cooperatives nationwide. The dairy industry grew and became self-sufficient thanks to this strategy.
 Source:  fnbnews.com
Oct 21, 2025 News Image The Union Minister urged farmers to adopt animal husbandry, fisheries, and beekeeping along with farming.
Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, and Rural Development, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan today interacted with our rural brothers and sisters during a ‘Gram Chaupal’ organised at Dumri Khurd village in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. A large number of locals, farmers, Self Help Group (SHG) members, and Panchayat representatives participated on the occasion.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
Oct 21, 2025 News Image Indian rice procurement tops 48 lakh tonnes on early harvest.
Rice procurement in the first fortnight of October has more than doubled to over 48 lakh tonnes (lt) worth Rs. 17,240 crore, which officials said was mainly due to early harvesting in Punjab and Haryana. The daily procurement was about 5 lt until October 16, which may jump substantially next month when purchases start picking up in other States.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Oct 21, 2025 News Image Reviving Gujarat’s potato belt: Science, stewardship and shared responsibility.
For decades, the fertile plains of Mehsana, Palanpur and Himmat Nagar have powered India’s processing-grade potato revolution. These soils enabled the country to become a global player in frozen potato products, creating rural jobs, fuelling industrial growth and boosting exports. But today, the very resource that underpins this success is showing signs of distress.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com