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AgroPolicy

India witnesses 132% growth of Non-Basmati Rice export during 2020-21

India is capturing new markets namely, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Brazil, Chile, and Puerto Rico for export of rice.    India has witnessed significant growth of 132 per cent in…

Agri commodities export hits 18.49% growth during 2020-21

 Exports of commodities such as wheat, other Cereals, Rice (other than Basmati), Soya meal, Spices, Sugar, Raw Cotton, Fresh Vegetable, Processed Vegetables recorded significant growth   India has consistently maintained…

Cabinet approves subsidy policy for TFL’s coal gasified urea

It will save transport subsidy for supply of urea in eastern part of the country and also help in reducing Urea imports to the tune of 12.7 LMT per annum leading…

Ag Ministry hold interface meeting for Kharif 2021 season

The meeting emphasised on reducing the cost of cultivation by using appropriate pest and disease resistant varieties of crops along with cultivation of bio-fortified varieties; enhancement of productivity of Kharif…

IIT KGP, NCDC collaborate to promote sustainable development in Agri sector  

It will involve the advancement of training, action research, studies, policy analysis, policy advice, consultancy, monitoring, evaluation, system development and technology development.   IIT Kharagpur and the National Cooperative Development…

Centre transfers Rs 202.69 Cr to Punjab farmers for Rabi crops

Till 18th April 2021, about Rs 202.69 crore in Punjab and about Rs 1417 crore in Haryana has been transferred directly into farmers’ account. For the first time, farmers of…

Ag minister inaugurates web education channel Agri-diksha

The Union Minister stressed on the quality research and advanced agricultural education Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has virtually inaugurated the “Virtual Classroom” & “Agri-Diksha Web…

Maize cultivation key to doubling farmers’ income: Agri Minister

Maize is a cereal crop of versatile use and must be promoted as intercrop. Parshottambhai Rupala, Minister of State (Agri & Farmers Welfare), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government…

SGT University, ABI and CIAT jointly hold ‘Workshop on Genome Editing’

The workshop covered the worldwide regulatory status of genome edited crops with special emphasis to India    A 5-day Hands-on Laboratory Course on CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing was organized by the…

Private investment in agriculture key to boost farmers’ income: Parshottam Rupala

Maize Farmers need good germplasm, agronomic interventions, enabling infrastructure & minimizing of post-harvest waste.    Parshottambhai Rupala, Minister of State (Agri & Farmers Welfare), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare,…

PAU unveils nutrient-rich crop and vegetable varieties

Punjab Agricultural University has also identified wild rice accession with high grain protein and genetic stocks with high iron content Punjab, the granary of India, has come up with offerings…

Over 6 lakh farmers from 11 states receive payments for wheat crop sold at MSP

Government procures 64.7 LMT of wheat worth Rs 12,800 Cr against target of 427 LMT Shudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution, has recently addressed the media virtually on…

India holds national dialogue on UN Food Systems Summit 2021

Several game changing ideas for reimagining India’s Agriculture like agro- climate based farming, agro-ecology based farming, farmers owned and managed value chain systems were discussed.  The United Nations Secretary-General has…

Centre, Microsoft India announce pilot project in India to boost farmers’ income, reduce input costs

PM Modi has laid great emphasis on the use of modern technologies in the farming sector Union Ministry of Agriculture and Microsoft India has recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding…

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