In view of the demand for Talgur (palm sugar) rising in some foreign countries, the Odisha Rajya Talgur Samabaya Sangha Limited (ORTSSL) has taken an initiative to export Talgur to Russia. The ORTSSL has sent samples to Russia for approval…
Tilapia Fish seems to be a big hit in Odisha market, farmers are raking in lakhs of rupees through it
The farmers in various parts of the State are raking in lakhs of rupees through fishery which is helping the State Government to speedily achieve the target of doubling the farmers’ income. In fisheries and aquaculture sector, the Department of…
Japan’s top egg producer ISE Foods keen to invest $275 million in Odisha
Odisha’s food processing sector, one of the six focus sectors listed in its industrial policy statement of 2015, has got a major boost with a Japanese investment in the offing. ISE Foods Inc, Japan’s leading egg producer, is in talks…
Over years we have lost over a lakh varieties of native rice, One district in Odisha is rediscovering some of them
It is a balmy winter morning when I meet Kamli Bataraa, an ebullient Adivasi farmer, at her home in Belugan, in southern Odisha’s Koraput district. There is a hum across the village from the threshing of just-harvested paddy. When I…
How the incomes of Odisha’s women mango cultivators increased four times in less than a year
32-year-old Puse Minyaka lives in a tiny tribal village in the Koraput district of Odisha, situated on the east coast of India. A mango farmer, she has been tilling her small farm for over a decade. She is the only…
Jindal Stainless and a Japanese firm tie up to incubate agriculture technology start-ups in bhubaneswar and Gurugram
The country’s largest stainless steel maker Jindal Stainless Ltd will establish an incubation centre for agriculture technology (agri-tech) startups in collaboration with the Japanese company Future Venture Capital Company Ltd. “The co-working space for the incubation centre will be located…
Have time this sunday? How about checking Mango Festival going on in bhubaneswar now
If you are in bhubaneswar, here is your opportunity to celebrate mango and its wide variety of fragrance and taste at the four-day state level mango festival started here on Saturday. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has…
First Mega Food Park in Odisha M/s MITS Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. at Rayagada has been inaugurated
The first Mega Food Park in the state of Odisha M/s MITS Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. at Rayagada has been inaugurated today the 1st June, 2017 by Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Honble Minister of Food Processing Industries. This is…
With Air Asia to Malaysia operating, Odisha the 6th largest producer of mangoes plans export to SE Asia
After Bangladesh, Odisha’s mangoes are soon expected to find a market in Southeast Asia — thanks to a new flight from Biju Patnaik International Airport here. Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia started its first international flight from the city airport to…
Tamil Nadu based Agrocrops Exim Limited, a leading groundnut exporter, setting up processing Unit in Odisha
Tamil Nadu based Agrocrops Exim Limited, a leading groundnut exporter, is currently expanding its processing capacity by setting up new processing units across producing states such as Gujarat, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. After this expansion, the…