The action plan includes production clusters, capacity building, infrastructure and logistics and research & development The government has recently stated that eight states, including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Karnataka,…
Testing kits and devices will be provided to field officers through the State governments. FSSAI ( Food Safety & Standards Authority of India) will invest over Rs 20 crore to…
PM Narendra Modi was speaking after inaugurating the 107th Indian Science Congress at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore in Karnataka Bangalore, January 3, 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday…
Sikkim IFFCO Organics is formed to promote & market the organic produce of Sikkim and other North-Eastern states of the country. Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang laid the foundation…
The sheep have been imported at a cost of Rs 8.5 crore. The Uttarakhand government has imported 240 Merino sheep from Australia under the National Livestock Mission to improve…
The first tripartite Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the department of Fisheries Government of India, NARBARD and the Government of Tamil Nadu for the implementation of Fisheries and Aquaculture…
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. …
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…
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,…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…