Agricultural Analyst

The read-out for June quarter was in line with the 20.0 per cent growth forecast of analysts in a Reuters poll, and much higher than 1.6 per cent growth rate for the previous year.

India's economy expanded at its slowest pace in over six years, government data showed on Friday. Growth in the country's gross domestic product (GDP) stood at 5 per cent in the first quarter of current financial year (2019-20), compared with 5.8 per cent in the previous quarter, and 8.0 per cent in the quarter ended June 30, 2018. Decelerating for...

Deficient monsoons hit sales of Rallies India agricultural products such as pesticides, seeds and fertilizers during the quarter. Its international business failed to compensate for the weakness in domestic market, analysts said.

Certain facts about onions warrant attention here. The onions now reaching the market were harvested in the summer, and are the only crop with a long shelf life. Farmers can store these, hoping for better prices in the future.

Moody's sovereign rating analyst Atsi Sheth said the biggest risks to India's rating upgrade could emerge from shocks to agriculture which have increased after the unseasonal rains in India's northern and central grain-growing parts before the harvest.

When analysts ask me what sectors to bet on, now that Modi is in power, I cannot help but smile a little. I then turn to what I know is valid -- Modi's "Gujarat Model", where he was able to transform the infrastructure and agriculture sectors in the state radically and allow the state to flourish for the past 10 years, and explain that we can expec...

"Global food prices have dropped sharply in May due to generally favourable supplies, growing global economic uncertainties and strengthening of the US dollar," Food and Agriculture Organisation said in a statement.

The read-out for June quarter was in line with the 20.0 per cent growth forecast of analysts in a Reuters poll, and much higher than 1.6 per cent growth rate for the previous year.

India's economy expanded at its slowest pace in over six years, government data showed on Friday. Growth in the country's gross domestic product (GDP) stood at 5 per cent in the first quarter of current financial year (2019-20), compared with 5.8 per cent in the previous quarter, and 8.0 per cent in the quarter ended June 30, 2018. Decelerating for...

Deficient monsoons hit sales of Rallies India agricultural products such as pesticides, seeds and fertilizers during the quarter. Its international business failed to compensate for the weakness in domestic market, analysts said.

Certain facts about onions warrant attention here. The onions now reaching the market were harvested in the summer, and are the only crop with a long shelf life. Farmers can store these, hoping for better prices in the future.

Moody's sovereign rating analyst Atsi Sheth said the biggest risks to India's rating upgrade could emerge from shocks to agriculture which have increased after the unseasonal rains in India's northern and central grain-growing parts before the harvest.

When analysts ask me what sectors to bet on, now that Modi is in power, I cannot help but smile a little. I then turn to what I know is valid -- Modi's "Gujarat Model", where he was able to transform the infrastructure and agriculture sectors in the state radically and allow the state to flourish for the past 10 years, and explain that we can expec...

"Global food prices have dropped sharply in May due to generally favourable supplies, growing global economic uncertainties and strengthening of the US dollar," Food and Agriculture Organisation said in a statement.