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Acts & Schemes – Centre

APEDA sends the first trial shipment of vegetables by sea route from Varanasi to Dubai.  

The shipment contains of 14 metric tonnes of fresh vegetables exported by an export house from Mumbai supported by VAFA and sourced from three FPOs of Ghazipur and Varanasi.  …

Centre to sell 8.47 lakh tonnes pulses to control rising prices  

This will help government procurement agencies offload their existing stocks to make way for fresh procurement    In order to control the rising trend in pulse prices in many States…

Experts demand scrapping GST on agri-inputs in pre- budget meet

Development of agro-medicinal forestry, crop diversification, revisiting of Food Security Act, extending subsidy to producers of green manure, etc. were recommended by experts The government should remove GST on agri-inputs,…

NSAI suggests changes in proposed Seed Bill 2019

Changes includes more scientific definition of transgenic variety, enhanced more farmer rights on seeds and enlisting the services of private firms for evaluating new varieties before seed registration. The National…

IFAD to launch microenterprise project to make farming profitable

This new project aims to respond to these challenges by boosting the agribusiness sector and increasing the overall profitability of farming by integrating food production with selected agriculture value chains.…

CSIR inks MoU with KVIC to promote honey production

The MoU will help formalize the working relationship between the two organizations in areas such as honey testing and promotion of ’Honey Mission’   The Council of Scientific & Industrial…

FSSAI releases action plan for milk safety

Taking into consideration the results of both the surveys and available testing infrastructure, a 12-point action has been drawn up   On the occasion of ‘National Milk Day’, Food Safety…

Dairying plays significant role in enhancing farmers’ income

By Dilip Rath, Chairman, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)  India continues to be world’s largest milk producer with an estimated milk production of about 188 million tonnes in 2018-19, growing…

One stop agri- processing will boost agri-business in rural India

Pashya Patel, chairman of Maharashtra Commission of Agriculture cost and prices shares his views on encouraging processing industry in tribal and rural agriculture area.   How agriculture produce can be…

India inks Joint Declaration of intent with Germany on agriculture market development

The Ministers signed a Joint Declaration of Intent between India & Germany on cooperation in agriculture market development.   Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare recently…

TN becomes first state to enact law on Contract Farming

President Ram Nath Kovind given assent to the Agricultural Produce and Livestock Contract Farming and Services (Promotion and Facilitation) Act. Tamil Nadu becomes the first State in the country to…

ICAR launches online Journal of Sugarcane Research

Dr. S.K. Singh, Director, Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture, ICAR, New Delhi launched the Online Version of “Journal of Sugarcane Research (JSR)” at the ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute in Coimbatore.…

India to conduct Cotton TAP for 5 African countries

India will cover 5 more African nations in the second phase of its cotton Technical Assistance Programme (TAP) for the region. Most importantly, India has implemented a technical assistance programme…

Walmart pilots block chain project to trace seafood from India

Walmart Inc. has recently announced that it is piloting block chain technology for end-to-end traceability of shrimp sourced in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and shipped to select Sam’s…

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