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Third Advance Estimates for Production of Major Crops 2021-22
The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has released the third advance estimate of the production of major agricultural crops for 2021-22. What do the advance estimates say? The food grains production in the country has been estimated at 314.51 million tonnes which is a record high and is higher by 3.77 million tonnes ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: Agriculture Current Affairs • Economy & Banking Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Cereals • Food Grains • Gram • Groundnut • Maize • Mustard • oilseeds • Production of Major Crops • pulses • Rapeseed • Rice • Soyabean • Sugracane • Third Advance Estimates for Production of Major Crops 2021-22 • Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare • Wheat
India’s Agriculture Exports in 2021-22
For FY 2021-22, the exports of agricultural products, including plantation and marine products of India have touched a record USD 50 billion. This is a 20 per cent increase from last year. Overview: This growth in export has been achieved due to a surge in shipments of marine products, rice, buffalo meat, sugar, wheat, and ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority • agricultural products • Agriculture exports • buffalo meat • India's Agriculture Exports in 2021-22 • marine products • Marine Products Export Development Authority • raw cotton • Rice • Sugar • Wheat
IARI Research on Resilient Crops
Scientists at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), in collaboration with several other research institutions, have identified about 15,000 selected germplasms of rice and wheat for developing varieties that are tolerant to floods, droughts, heatwaves, and diseases to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change on food production. Overview: Agricultural scientists have sourced rice and ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Department of Biotechnology (DBT) • Indian Agricultural Research Institute • Maize • National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources • Resilient Crops • Rice • Wheat
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 1,043.87 lakh hectares in the ongoing monsoon season. Highlights Ministry has highlighted that, kharif crops decreased due to “deficient, scattered or erratic rainfall at the beginning of ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Category: Agriculture Current Affairs • Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture in India • Erratic Monsoon Rainfall • Kharif • Kharif Crops • monsoon in India • Monsoon rainfall • Rice • UPSC
India’s Rice Exports to Vietnam
Vietnam recently started to buy food grains, especially rice, from India due to its attractive prices. Vietnam has started to import rice from India in spite of the fact that the country (Vietnam) is the third biggest exporter of rice in the world. Why did Vietnam begin to import rice from India? Vietnam has begun ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: agricultural exports • exports • India exports • India-Vietnam • Paddy • Rice • Vietnam