Topic: Agriculture in India
Agriculture Accelerator Fund
There are more than two thousand agriculture startups in the country. The Government of India is trying to increase this number to ten thousand. Agriculture is the Backbone...
Food Barons 2022 report
The Food Barons 2022 report released ahead of the Committee on World Food Security. About Food Barons 2022 report The report titled “Food Barons 2022 — Crisis Profiteering,...
Area under kharif crops decreases – Agriculture Ministry
According to the data released by Agriculture Ministry on August 22, 2021 Area under kharif crops such as paddy witnessed a marginal decline of 1.55 per cent at...
India’s Agri Exports during 2020-21 grew 17.34%
India’s export of agricultural and allied products in 2020-21 have increased by 17.34 percent. It now equals to USD 41.25 billion. Highlights As per commerce secretary Anup Wadhawan,...
India-Fiji: Union Cabinet Approves pact for Co-operation in Agriculture
The Union Cabinet Chaired by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has approved an agreement between India and Fiji for their cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sectors....
PM-KISAN: Government initiated the process to identify illegal beneficiaries
The government’s concern over illegal beneficiaries of the PM-KISAN scheme is going to cease very soon as it has decided to identify farmers who are illegally receiving benefits....
What is the function of NABARD? What is its Credit guarantee scheme for NBFC-MFIs?
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) announced the introduction of a dedicated debt and credit guarantee scheme for non-banking financial companies and microfinance institutions to...
India topped the list of number of organic farmers and at ninth place in area under organic farming
India topped the list of the number of organic farmers and in terms of the total area under organic farming, it ranked 9th. North Eastern state Sikkim set...
Micronutrient formulation from KAU
The Kerala Agriculture University has developed a micronutrient formulation to deal with micronutrient deficiencies among the crops. The Sampoorna KAU Multimix was developed in light of the recent...
Smriti Zubin Irani launches Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh
On 18 Nov, Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) and Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, along with Bill Gates, co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched...
