Thursday, 16 July 2026
To promote the consumption of Millets and in view of their health benefits, the Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) has directed all its offices to introduce and promote millets in…
Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Agriculture Minister, inaugurated the National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign 2022-23 on September 7 at National Agricultural Science Complex (NASC), Pusa, New Delhi. Addressing the…
The Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) has received an overwhelming response towards the technical bids of Design, Build, Fund, Own & Operate (DBFOT) tender under the Hub and…
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets, with 72 countries supporting India’s proposal at the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. To…
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for amendment of policy of exemption for Wheat or Meslin Flour (HS Code…
Recently, the Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi (ISABU) released eleven new and improved rice varieties that are resilient to climate change, disease-tolerant, high yielding with great nutritional value, and…
Food grain production estimated to be record 315.72 million tonnes in the country, up by 4.98 MT in 2020-21 The fourth advance estimates of production of major agricultural crops for…
The action plan of International Year of Millets -2023 focuses on strategies to enhance production, consumption, export, branding, etc. Government plans to hold several programmes in the country and abroad…
Aggregation of demand through GeM to bring down the cost of procurement for the government. On the directions of Prime Minister, a review meeting of GeM (Government E-Marketplace) was held…
NITI Aayog and WFP have prepared a compendium of good practices for scaling up the production and consumption of millets in India and abroad. NITI Aayog and the World Food…
By Dr C D Mayee, President, South Asia Biotechnology Centre, New Delhi and Advisor, Agrovision Foundation & Bhagirath Choudhary, Director, South Asia Biotechnology Centre. The surge in agri-export is the…
India is among the world’s leading producers of sugar, spices, cereals, milk, fruits and vegetables, red meat, and seafood products. India’s export basket is a diversified mix led by rice…
By R Sabarinathan, Global Rice Agronomist, Netafim Ltd. Scented (Basmati) rice, a unique product of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, is known for its aromatic quality and high economic value. It generates…
The facility is slated to be operational in the fall of 2023 and will help CHS expand operational capabilities and increase efficiency across its footprint CHS has announced that it…
