Second Advance Estimates of Production of major crops – Update (February, 2023)

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare recently released the second estimate of the production of major crops. In accordance with the released date, the total food grain production in the country in 2022-23 was 3235.54 lakh tonnes. Production was ..

Tags: Agricultural Productivity • Food Production • major crops • Rice production • second advanced estimates

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

GoI targets 17 million tonnes of Mustard Production

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare recently announced that it is to bring nine million tonnes of land under mustard cultivation. This will increase mustard production to 17 million tonnes by 2025-26. Current Scenario The average mustard production in ..

Tags: Agricultural Productivity • Agricutlure • Mustard • Mustard Mission • Productivity

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021

E-NAM completes four years of service

On April 14, 2020, the Electronic-National Agricultural Market completed four years of implementation. It was developed under the concept of “One Nation One Market”. About E-NAM E-NAM is managed by the Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC). It provides single service ..

Tags: Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) • Agricultural Productivity • Doubling Farmers Income • e-NAM • farmer welfare

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020

Agricultural & Processed food products Export Development Authority signs MoU with SFAC

On March 18, 2020, the Agricultural and Processed food product Export Development Authority (APEDA) signed Memorandum of Understanding with Small Farmers Agriculture-Business Consortium. The agreement aims to link the Farmer Producer Organization and farmer cooperatives with the export value chain. ..

Tags: Agricultural and Food export • Agricultural Productivity • Agriculture • APEDA • APEDA act

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

APEDA signs MoU to set up a Liason Office in Guwahati, Assam

On February 3, 2020, APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority) signed MoU with CSIR-CFTRI (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Food Technological Research Institute). According to the agreement, the CSIR-CFTRI will provide technical support to the food ..

Tags: Agricultural Productivity • APEDA • Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) • exports • Food industry

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020

Nepal-Bharat Maitri Irrigation Project: India gives cheque to Nepal

India extended financial aid of Rs. 99 million to Nepal for the construction of 2,700 shallow tube well (STWs) irrigation  systems in 12 districts of southern Terai region to boost agricultural productivity. The assistance was extended as part of final ..

Tags: Agricultural Productivity • India-Nepal • Terai Region

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018