Harish Damodaran

Introduction

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

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Articles by Harish Damodaran

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USDA welcomes govt decision to remove import duty on cottonSubscriber Only

Aug 28, 2025 04:20 IST

The Finance Ministry, on August 18, had issued a notification doing away with the 11% tariff on...

Thu, Aug 28, 2025

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India’s unique dairying model, and the challenges it facesSubscriber Only

Aug 25, 2025 07:00 IST

India remains a relatively low-cost milk producer. But that global price competitiveness, based...

Mon, Aug 25, 2025

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Amid monsoon bounty for farmers, lower urea stocks play spoilsportSubscriber Only

Aug 21, 2025 04:20 IST

While shortages of DAP — a fertiliser with 46% P that is essential for root development and early...

Thu, Aug 21, 2025

👁 US China Tariff Strategy

US trade truce with China: What is the agri trump card that Beijing holdsSubscriber Only

Aug 13, 2025 06:45 IST

Trump has extended his trade truce with China. Apart from its control over the rare-earth elements...

Wed, Aug 13, 2025

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How India’s farm exports are faring better than overall goods exportsSubscriber Only

Aug 11, 2025 07:30 IST

The country’s merchandise exports are flat, if not declining, while agri exports are set to touch...

Mon, Aug 11, 2025

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Why PM Modi spoke of farmers, livestock rearers & fisherfolk amid US trade talksSubscriber Only

Aug 08, 2025 10:57 IST

What are the concerns specific to the three primary agricultural producer-stakeholders that have...

Fri, Aug 08, 2025

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Agriculture a stumbling block in talks, but India-US trade in sector sees surgeSubscriber Only

Aug 07, 2025 05:10 IST

During January-June 2025, India’s imports of agricultural products from the US were, at $1,693.2...

Thu, Aug 07, 2025

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How India’s pesticide market is changingSubscriber Only

Aug 04, 2025 06:30 IST

The growth is now coming not from insecticides or fungicides, but herbicides. And the driver for...

Mon, Aug 04, 2025

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Three times the price of other cooking oils: Here’s why coconut oil is on fireSubscriber Only

Jul 25, 2025 18:36 IST

A tight global supply, the result of lower production in the Philippines and Indonesia, plus...

Sat, Jul 26, 2025

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Explained: Why food inflation may remain lowSubscriber Only

Jul 21, 2025 06:30 IST

A second successive good monsoon, combined with the government allowing imports of pulses and...

Mon, Jul 21, 2025

👁 Sanjay Rajaram, the prolific Indian-origin wheat breeder. CIMMYT

New Delhi has chance to repay Green Revolution debt: Why doing so is in India’s interestSubscriber Only

Jul 14, 2025 08:16 IST

The bodies that helped seed India’s Green Revolution are looking at New Delhi for help after...

Mon, Jul 14, 2025

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With USAID shut, Norman Borlaug’s institute knocks on India’s doorsSubscriber Only

Jul 11, 2025 06:56 IST

The Mexico-headquartered centre, responsible for India’s Wheat Revolution, faces acute global...

Fri, Jul 11, 2025

👁 India exports

Explained: ‘Invisible hand’ in India’s foreign tradeSubscriber Only

Jul 07, 2025 07:30 IST

India’s foreign exchange earnings from services and private remittance transfers today exceed...

Mon, Jul 07, 2025

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4 red lines in India-US trade talks: Corn, ethanol, soyabean & dairySubscriber Only

Jul 03, 2025 04:20 IST

India has maintained that agriculture and dairy are its “red lines” in its ongoing negotiations...

Thu, Jul 03, 2025

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Explained: How China has caused a DAP supply squeezeSubscriber Only

Jun 30, 2025 07:30 IST

From being India’s top supplier to stopping exports, China has triggered a shortage of the key...

Mon, Jun 30, 2025

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Why these two agri industries are wary about India-US trade dealSubscriber Only

Jun 23, 2025 07:03 IST

Given the US’s high stakes in corn, ethanol and soyabean and the imperative to find a big...

Mon, Jun 23, 2025

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Explained: The cost of rising importsSubscriber Only

Jun 14, 2025 18:27 IST

Imports of pulses and edible oils have scaled new highs, even as cultivation of these crops have...

Mon, Jun 16, 2025

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How IMF has forced Pakistan to reform its farm sectorSubscriber Only

May 30, 2025 12:03 IST

Pakistan has dispensed with MSP procurement, decided to wind up its FCI-equivalent state agency and...

Sat, May 31, 2025

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How FTAs with US, EU, UK will impact India’s farm tradeSubscriber Only

May 26, 2025 06:33 IST

India’s agriculture exports are currently higher than its imports. But that trade surplus could...

Thu, May 29, 2025

👁 inflation monsoon outlook

The ‘core’ of inflation, and RBI’s rate cutting decisionsSubscriber Only

May 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, 2025

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Explained: Why farmers prefer growing rice and wheatSubscriber Only

May 12, 2025 06:30 IST

The reason isn’t assured MSP procurement alone. It is also because of the two cereal crops...

Mon, May 12, 2025

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Explained: How ethanol from maize has ignited a Fuel vs. Feed debateSubscriber Only

May 05, 2025 06:45 IST

Diversion of maize for biofuel has turned India from a surplus producer and exporter to an importer...

Mon, May 05, 2025

👁 Gir Amritphal Gaushala has pure indigenous breed cattle Gir, Nari, Red Sindhi, Hariana and Punganur. Gajendra Yadav

At a Haryana farmstead, cows, cars and a plea for conserving indigenous breedsSubscriber Only

May 05, 2025 04:20 IST

Haryana Indigenous cattle conservation: Farmers cannot make much money from the sale of milk or...

Mon, May 05, 2025

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ICAR marks a first, develops two genome-edited varieties of riceSubscriber Only

May 05, 2025 04:20 IST

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the two rice...

Mon, May 05, 2025

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How tractor and fertiliser sales data act as a mirror for farm sector growthSubscriber Only

Apr 26, 2025 07:14 IST

By that yardstick, 2024-25 was a good year for Indian agriculture, in which both tractors and...

Sat, Apr 26, 2025

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