AgrotechThe US startup's engineered soil microbes switch on nitrogen production around a crop's roots about six weeks after planting; Brazil's biosafety approval opens field trials in a country that imports most of its fertiliser.
CropsFarmers from the Chalan Beel area bring jute by boat, van and truck to Chatmohar's weekly markets, where fibre length and colour set the price; lower prices and demand than before are cutting cultivation.
ICAR-IISWC planted bamboo and kachnar on erosion-prone slopes and guava and amla on field bunds in three villages of Kalsi, Dehradun, to show farmers how trees can stop soil loss and add income.
The cabinet purchase committee approved six proposals to buy 110,000 tonnes of urea from KAFCO, Saudi Arabia and the UAE and 80,000 tonnes of DAP and 70,000 tonnes of TSP from Morocco.
WorldEnset, the 'false banana', survives drought and has fed Ethiopian farmers for centuries as kocho, but strict laws, laborious processing and an unfamiliar taste have kept it inside the country.
On International Coffee Day, FAO describes how washing stations in Rwanda and a reformed cooperative in Kenya's Baringo County are raising the quality of smallholder coffee and the earnings that come with it.
Market ManagementTur, moong, soybean and sunflower will be bought at minimum support price under the Price Support Scheme in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana for kharif 2026-27.
CropsAbout 25 million households, most of them smallholders in developing countries, grow around 80 per cent of the world's coffee; the value chain from picking the cherries to green coffee, export and roasting.
CropsDepartment of Agricultural Extension figures show coffee imports rising from 264 tonnes in 2012 to 1,745 tonnes in 2025, while commercial coffee farming has spread from the three hill districts to Tangail, Rangpur and Nilphamari.
Farmers in water-scarce Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, have dug an estimated 30,000 to 35,000 ponds since 2006, gaining second crops, fish and income, but small farmers struggle to spare the land and groundwater use remains high.
Market ManagementCote d'Ivoire set its 2026/27 main-crop price at 1,200 CFA francs a kilo, about $2.07 and 57% below last season, while Ghana set about $3.65 a kilo.
The Council's negotiating position on the Omnibus X package allows unlimited approval only for low-risk substances and sets 15 years for first approvals and 25 for renewals, ahead of talks with Parliament.
AgrotechNorth Dakota State University engineers built a robot whose three independently controlled sweeps follow the ground by RTK-GPS and force sensors, cutting soil disturbance by 48.7% in field trials.
