APEDA Current Affairs, GK & News
Floriculture Mission to be implemented in 21 states
The Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, has asked the scientists of CSIR laboratories in India to develop land available at each laboratory to set up as a model under the “CSIR Floriculture Mission”. In the earlier move, the CSIR Floriculture Mission was given approval for the implementation across the 21 States and Union Territories ..
Month: current affairs - march, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: APEDA • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) • CSIR Floriculture Mission • Honey Bee Rearing • KVIC • TRIFED
Initiatives to prevent disruption of farming activity during lockdown
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare has launched several initiatives to promote farming during lock down. Highlights The Ministry had allowed imports of more than 1.25 lakh metric tonnes of chemicals used in farming. The Agricultural and Processed Food products Export Development Authority (APEDA) focused specially on the transport of major exports in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture • APEDA • farming • Horticulture • Indian Railway • Kharif Crops • lock down • National Conference
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. Highlights The SFAC will share the clusters of farmers and grouping distributed in various states ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Agricultural and Food export • Agricultural Productivity • Agriculture • APEDA • APEDA act • Farmer Cooperatives • farmer welfare • small farmers • Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium
Poultry Culling ordered by Kerala Government to control Bird Flu
On March 14, 2020, the Kerala Government ordered poultry culling. Parappanagadi has been identified as the Epicenter of bird flu. The Government of Kerala is to cull poultry within one-kilometer radius. What is poultry culling? Poultry Culling is the process by which unwanted chicks or male embryo are disposed. This is done in industrial egg ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: APEDA • Bird Flu • Egg • exports • Karanataka • Kerala • poultry
Nagpur Oranges Exported to Dubai first Time
On February 13, 2020, the first Consignment of Nagpur Oranges were sent to Dubai from Navi Mumbai. The oranges were sent in refrigerated containers. Highlights In the state of Maharashtra, around 40 hectares of land is under cultivation of Nagpur oranges. The APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority) selected Nagpur district as ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture • Agriculture Export Policy • APEDA • Crop Production • Fruits • Maharashtra government