To conduct Crop Cutting Experiments on pilot basis across 100 districts In India Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture has appointed Leads Connect Services Private Limited…
Granted conditional exemption is for conducting the trials to evaluate drone spraying solution for controlling pest and diseases of sugarcane crop using drones. Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and…
Out of 38 private markets, 18 markets have been developed in Maharashtra, 6 in Gujarat, 12 in Rajasthan and 2 markets in Karnataka Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said…
The MoU aims to incentivise the farmers to take up sericulture based Agroforestry models The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with…
The topics discussed were Bamboo for AtmaNirbhar Bharat, Promoting Exports and Global Branding, Availability of Feedstock & Plantations, Innovations, Research & Development, Skill Development, etc. The National Bamboo Mission…
The products have been identified from agricultural, horticultural, animal, poultry, milk, fisheries and aquaculture, marine sectors for 728 districts across the country. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare…
Awareness of water issues and mobilization of community in addressing them is the need of the hour Pankaj Kumar, Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation…
Information about real seeds will be available through the mobile app and farmers will be able to avoid fraud. Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development, Panchayat Raj and…
Investments in Research in agriculture are not addressed, especially, since research & innovation is one of the 6 pillars of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat and there is a need to scale…
Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget 2021 speech stated that the MSP for paddy has been doubled in FY 2021-22. Around1.54 crore farmers have benefited from MSP in paddy…
The MSP for Fair Average Quality (FAQ) of milling copra has been increased, by Rs.375 to Rs. 10335 per quintal for 2021 season The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs,…
Post Operation Surveillance Plan (POSP) has been issued for 1 epicenter for Kerala, 3 epicenters for Madhya Pradesh and 5 epicenters for Maharashtra. As on January 24, 2021…
Central teams deployed to visit the affected states of Kerala, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh for monitoring and for epidemiological investigation After confirmation of Avian Influenza positive samples from…
Action Plan on Avian Influenza include strengthening the biosecurity of poultry farms, disinfection of affected areas, proper disposal of dead birds/carcasse Avian Influenza (AI) viruses have been circulating worldwide for…