India is predominantly an agrarian economy, ranking second in farm production in the world. While keeping pace with the increasing population, the growing agricultural production over the past several decades has thrown up major challenges in marketing, as well as supply, storage, and distribution. With highly fragmented markets and volatile…
As per the 2010 FAO world agriculture statistics, India is the world's largest producer of many fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, major spices, select fibrous crops such as jute, staples such as millets and castor oil seed. India is the second largest producer of wheat and rice, the world's major…
Inspired by mushrooms, Sebastian Cox is making furniture from fungus. Eighteen months after first finding two sticks held together by fungus, Cox stood holding a fully formed, fungus-made lamp and stool in his workshop in southeast London. A furniture maker by profession, Cox has focused on making wooden goods with…
After the recent cyclone ravaged many farms in Tamil Nadu, farmers are still suffering the after effects. Farmers in Muthalamada are reporting that their mangoes are falling much earlier than normal and are rushing to harvest the early bloomers. ‘‘Though there is no expert confirmation on the role of Vardah…
Drones are the vehicles known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Drone technology will give the agriculture industry a high-technology makeover, with planning and strategy based on real-time data gathering and processing. Following are the ways aerial and ground-based drones can be used throughout the crop cycle: Soil and field analysis:…