Farmer Welfare: Krishi Vigyan Mela, Krishi Vigyan Kendra Conference launched

The GoI is taking several steps to double farmers income by 2022. In order to help achieve the target, Krishi Vigyan Mela and Krishi Vigyan Kendra Conference were inaugurated by Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar. Krishi Vigyan Kendra Conference The 11th Krishi Vigyan Kendra Conference was held in New Delhi recently. ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

Topics: Agriculture • Conferences • farmer welfare • Farmers Distress • ICAR • Krishi Vigyan Kendra • Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare inaugurates 11th KVK Conference

The Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar recently inaugurated the 11th National Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Conference -2020 in New Delhi. The first KVK was established in 1974 at Puducherry under the administrative control of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore on a pilot basis. At present there are more than 700 ..

Topics: Krishi Vigyan Kendra • Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare • Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

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 reduction in top soil quality as a consequence of heavy rain and floods over the past two years. the formulation is crop specific and can be used ..

Topics: Agriculture in India • Branches of biology • Edaphology • Krishi Vigyan Kendra • Micronutrient • Natural sciences • Nutrient • Nutrition • Plant nutrition

Prime Minister Launches National Animal Disease Control Programme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Animal Disease Control Programme (NACDP) at Mathura of Uttar Pradesh. National Animal Disease Control Programme The National Animal Disease Control Programme is aimed at controlling and eradicating the Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis amongst the livestock in the country. The programme involves a 100 per cent ..

Topics: Agricultural health and safety • Animal diseases • Animal virology • Brucella • Brucellosis • FMD • Food law • Foot-and-mouth disease • Health • Krishi Vigyan Kendra • Rhizobiales • Veterinary medicine

Technological interventions to improve the crop productivity and reduce risk

The following steps have been undertaken by the government to improve the crop productivity, reduce the risk and improve the income of the farmers: Kisan Suvidha Mobile Application Development of Kisan Suvidha mobile application to facilitate dissemination of information to farmers on various  critical parameters such as Weather; Market Prices; Plant Protection; input Dealers (Seed, ..

Topics: Agricultural soil science • Agriculture • Agriculture in India • e-NAM • Economy of India • Indian Council of Agricultural Research • Krishi Vigyan Kendra • National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture • Rural community development • soil health card scheme