Tag: Ministry of Agriculture
Organic Manure from CBG Plants Recognized as New Fertilizer Category; Govt Notifies FOM & LFOM Specifications
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has amended the Fertilizer (Control)...
Rabi sowing crosses 632 lakh ha, wheat sowing up, oilseeds coverage drops
Wheat, the primary Rabi crop, recorded a 1.38% year-on-year increase, with 320 lakh...
IIT Madras to collaborate with Agriculture Ministry on Project VISTAAR
The partnership aims to enrich the VISTAAR network with information about start-ups...
India’s Food Security Needs Policy Consensus on Punjab
Inadequate capacity and increased rice procurement by consuming states has led to...
Drafting Committee on Agri-Marketing suggests ‘Price Insurance Scheme’ to insure the farmers' income
One of the major suggestions is to roll out a ‘Price Insurance Scheme’ to insure...
India's Cold Chain Sector Poised for Robust Growth
NCCD is revising technical standards and minimum guidelines to implement cold-chain...
Horticulture crops output to stay flat at 355 MT in 2023-24
ndia's horticulture crops production is estimated to remain flat at 355.25 million...
Union Budget must focus on innovation in the seed sector: FSII
Some industry stalwarts, who shared their views with Rural Voice, underlined the...
Horticulture output in 2022-23 to be 2.32pc more, but tomato output lower
The total horticulture production in the year 2022-23 is estimated to be 355.25...
MoAFW launches Wadhwani AI’s Krishi 24/7 to automate news monitoring
The AI tool developed by Wadhwani AI addresses the need for an efficient mechanism...
Ex-VC JAU, Junagarh, to head NASF panel of which DG-ICAR is member
The government has constituted an empowered committee to run the National Agricultural...
Food losses and wastage contribute to food insecurity
Despite high economic growth since the reforms of 1991, a large percentage of Indians...
Withdrawal of GST exemption on fumigation of agri produce in warehouses be reconsidered: NBHC
NBHC has talked about the importance of fumigation in agri produce and how infestation...
Agriculture gets what it already had; no major scheme or allocation
There were expectations that the Budget would come up with some major provisions...
302 lakh tonnes of sugar production estimated during current sugar season
The country is expected to produce 302 lakh tonnes of sugar during the 2020-21 sugar...
