Agriculture Expert
Founder, Agpro Consulting
Devendra Kumar Jha is an agricultural engineer and founder of Agpro Consulting, with over 25 years bridging corporate strategy and the Indian agri-sector.
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Published operating costs for the same class of machine range from ₹250 to ₹8,000 a hectare. None of them is wrong — they count different things. Here is the arithmetic instead.
IndianAgri Desk · 21 August 2026 · 7 min read
Puddling deliberately creates a dense layer that keeps water in a flooded rice field. The same layer costs the following wheat crop about 8% — and decides whether direct-seeded rice works at all.
IndianAgri Desk · 20 August 2026 · 7 min read
Under a tonne of Khasi Mandarin reached Dubai in November 2024, and it counted as a milestone. The eight North Eastern states grew 11.5 million tonnes of fruit and vegetables that same year.
IndianAgri Desk · 19 August 2026 · 8 min read
Indian agriculture has more technology in it than at any point in its history, and food inflation is at an 18-month high. Both are true — and the second is not evidence that the first failed. Five places the gain leaks away.
IndianAgri Desk · 17 August 2026 · 5 min read
North East India holds about 72.8% of the country's orchid species. India's entire commercial orchid area is 2,439 hectares, 86.6% of it in one state — and just over 80% of the orchid blooms India imports come from Thailand.
IndianAgri Desk · 17 August 2026 · 5 min read
Agriculture evolves faster than university research cycles. The gap is leaving farmers without independent guidance on technologies already reshaping their deci
IndianAgri Desk · 17 July 2026 · 3 min read
MSc and PhD agri graduates are being pushed into input sales roles and facing abuse. A professional council could change that.
IndianAgri Desk · 17 July 2026 · 3 min read
India's farm-machinery makers must treat the dealer network as the core business — not a side channel. Here is the operating playbook.
IndianAgri Desk · 16 July 2026 · 4 min read
The 9 HP machine is about 40% heavier and cuts around 135 cm wide. Whether that helps or hurts depends on two things buyers rarely measure — and neither of them is horsepower.
IndianAgri Desk · 11 July 2026 · 6 min read
Carbon credits offer Indian farms a new income stream — but only if they can prove measurable, verifiable, and durable climate outcomes with strong data.
IndianAgri Desk · 8 July 2026 · 4 min read