With a goal of doubling Indian farmers’ income by 2022, agriculture needs land reforms. This will require an increase in productivity and a move away from the Minimum Support Price (MSP)/subsidy-driven system. India Becomes Largest Two-Wheeler Market; No Way to Control Air Pollution India became the largest market for two-wheelers in 2016, bypassing China by a thin margin with sales of 17.7 million units versus that country’s 16.8 million units. With upgraded technology such as the introduction of automatic transmission, the two-wheelers have become gender neural, especially scooters. They are now appealing to urban consumers, particularly to women who want to be independent and avoid the hassle of finding a parking place for a four-wheel...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
In agriculture and food processing, we think a lot about infrastructure: transportation and storage, processing and packaging, distribution and delivery. It is a physical system of roads, railroads, and rivers; concrete and steel storage; processing plants, warehouses, and machinery; and, event...
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