Indian Agriculture sector — Facts

India will eat more butter and drink more milk. Africa’s sweet tooth will grow bigger. But China’s appetite for pork is on the wane. Each of these trends will reshape global trade flows in agriculture, creating new winners—and forcing companies to adjust their food chains to serve shifting tastes.

Li Tie, a Chinese businessman who has been trading Chinese manufactured agricultural machinery in Africa for almost 20 years, always sees his Indian counterparts as strong competitors in local market.

 Despite a weak monsoon season, India’s Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare is forecasting record production of rice and near record production of wheat in 2018-19.

South Africa’s trade policy is underpinned by an export-led growth strategy. This means the country essentially wants to grow its economy by deepening and expanding its export markets.

South Africa’s trade policy is underpinned by an export-led growth strategy. This means that the country essentially looks to grow its economy by deepening and expanding its export markets.

The year 2019 has passed by in the blink of an eye. While we’re heading into the last month of the year, FreshPlaza will look back at the big events of the year. From protests to trade wars to environmental challenges, let’s take a look at what happened in 2019.

Indian rice traders have stopped signing new export contracts amid the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, as labour shortages and logistics disruptions have hampered the delivery of even existing contracts, industry officials said.

India’s production of wheat has broken records in recent years, while the country remains a major producer and the world’s biggest exporter of rice.

To provide irrigation facilities to areas that are not even able to cultivate one crop annually, India’s Karnataka state has developed the world’s biggest automated single drip irrigation project in the Bagalkot district.

Ayub Amin Jat treats his camels like his children. But then his camels are no ordinary ungulates: they are a unique breed of camels that swim.

India's wild tiger population—by far the largest in the world—has risen above 3,000, according to a census released Sunday, boosting efforts to conserve the endangered species.

Fruit and vegetable growers always earned a living by providing neighbors with healthy foods.

One important development this past week in global agriculture was the news that India is considering a temporary ban on rice exports.

A ban imposed by India on exports of several categories of rice due to rising domestic prices and fears of a shortfall in the next crop yield could drive up global prices of the grain at a time when food insecurity is already a concern, according to experts.

The raw numbers for July beef exports are impressive. Total beef exports of 150,435 tonnes, an increase of 12% on the June record, and 16% on last July. Before 2025, the next closest month for beef exports was 130,048 tonnes in October last year, before that it was 122,456 in October 2014.