Harish Damodaran is National Rural Affairs & Agriculture Editor of The Indian Express. A journalist with over 33 years of experience in agri-business and macroeconomic policy reporting and analysis, he has previously worked with the Press Trust of India (1991-94) and The Hindu Business Line (1994-2014)....Read More
Harish Damodaran is National Rural Affairs & Agriculture Editor of The Indian Express. A journalist with over 33 years of experience in agri-business and macroeconomic policy reporting and analysis, he has previously worked with the Press Trust of India (1991-94) and The Hindu Business Line (1994-2014).
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Given the US’s high stakes in corn, ethanol and soyabean and the imperative to find a big...
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Mon, Jun 16, 2025May 30, 2025 12:03 IST
Pakistan has dispensed with MSP procurement, decided to wind up its FCI-equivalent state agency and...
Sat, May 31, 2025May 26, 2025 06:33 IST
India’s agriculture exports are currently higher than its imports. But that trade surplus could...
Thu, May 29, 2025May 19, 2025 06:55 IST
For long, inflation was being driven by food prices. It led to demands for RBI to focus on...
Tue, May 20, 2025May 12, 2025 06:30 IST
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Mon, May 12, 2025May 05, 2025 06:45 IST
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Mon, May 05, 2025May 05, 2025 04:20 IST
Haryana Indigenous cattle conservation: Farmers cannot make much money from the sale of milk or...
Mon, May 05, 2025May 05, 2025 04:20 IST
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the two rice...
Mon, May 05, 2025Apr 26, 2025 07:14 IST
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Sat, Apr 26, 2025Apr 21, 2025 06:30 IST
An agriculture production recovery, plus forecast of an “above normal” monsoon for 2025, should...
Mon, Apr 21, 2025Apr 19, 2025 07:00 IST
Adam Smith balked at restraints on free trade ‘either by high duties, or by absolute...
Sun, Apr 20, 2025Apr 12, 2025 07:00 IST
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Sun, Apr 13, 2025Apr 09, 2025 17:17 IST
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Thu, Apr 10, 2025Apr 07, 2025 07:00 IST
The pink bollworm has brought down India’s cotton production by a quarter in the last decade....
Mon, Apr 07, 2025Apr 01, 2025 07:30 IST
Globally, the market for farm machinery is bigger than that for tractors. That is starting to...
Tue, Apr 01, 2025Mar 29, 2025 07:01 IST
The Indian farmer has been denied access to technology.Will the activists who blocked the field...
Sat, Mar 29, 2025Mar 24, 2025 07:10 IST
Amid the threat of tariffs, the Trump administration is seeking greater market access for American...
Mon, Mar 24, 2025Mar 17, 2025 08:00 IST
The Chinese retaliatory tariffs have not been sweeping and across-the-board. But even while...
Tue, Apr 22, 2025Mar 13, 2025 16:36 IST
American agricultural producers receive much more government financial assistance than their Indian...
Fri, Mar 14, 2025Mar 10, 2025 06:30 IST
Precarious stock levels and production uncertainties have made the last mile of disinflation most...
Mon, Mar 10, 2025Mar 04, 2025 07:10 IST
Farm exports have posted above-average growth, with basmati rice, spices, coffee and tobacco...
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All these three fertilisers are imported, whether directly or as inputs for domestic manufacturing....
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The countries against whom the US President has imposed new import tariffs – China, Canada and...
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