Agriculture in India thrives on the dedication and onerous work of ladies, who represent roughly 75 per cent of the full-time farm workforce. Nonetheless, regardless of their vital contributions to farming, girls have been notably underrepresented in FPOs, perpetuating gender inequalities. Additionally learn:‘ Farmer producer organisations carry out higher below Ladies’ Earlier than we ponder … Read more
The Centre on Thursday launched a portal ‘SARATHI’ that goals to assist insurance coverage firms attain out to farmers and rural inhabitants with tailor-made merchandise in addition to the federal government’s subsidised insurance coverage merchandise together with Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda additionally launched a helpline quantity 14447 to allow … Read more
Yara India, a subsidiary of world crop vitamin agency Yara Worldwide, has signed an MoU with the Uttar Pradesh authorities’s division of horticulture and meals processing to assist potato farmers improve crop productiveness and high quality. The MoU was signed by Vinaya Kumar Sharma, Head Business, Yara India, on the 2nd worldwide convention and buyer-seller … Read more
The Indian Authorities on Tuesday knowledgeable the Parliament that the variety of beneficiaries underneath the flagship Direct Profit switch (DBT) scheme, PM-Kisan has fallen 14 per cent to 9.21 crore in 2023-24 from 10.73 crore final yr. If the ultimate variety of beneficiaries is contained inside 9.5 crore, the annual outgo could possibly be round … Read more
Ram Kaundinya VIEWSROOM. Agriculture urgently requires elevated analysis investments to fight local weather change, preserve pure assets via modern seed and agronomic practices, increase yields of cotton and oilseed crops, and introduce nutrition-enhanced crop varieties. Supporting micro-irrigation and agricultural mechanisation is essential for water conservation and enhancing farmers’ profitability. Funding is required in strengthening farmgate … Read more
An industrial group seeking to both domestically purchase or import coconut oil needed to know from the place it may supply the edible oil. Specifically, the group needed to know the state of affairs in nations equivalent to Sri Lanka and Myanmar apart from India itself earlier than it may decide. That is the place … Read more
The federal government has no plans to import wheat and sugar as there may be sufficient availability domestically, Commerce & Business Minister Piyush Goyal has mentioned. The Minister additionally mentioned that the Centre was not contemplating any proposal, as of now, to take away the export ban on wheat, rice and sugar. “Wheat manufacturing is … Read more
Ending apprehension of a subsidy reduce after six months of saying a brand new sulphur coated urea “Urea Gold”, the federal government determined to repair its value by lowering the load of the bag whereas maintaining the identical value as typical urea of ₹266.5 per bag. Nonetheless, the web weight per bag Urea Gold … Read more
There’s an pressing want to reinforce the information concerning climate-resilient practices amongst farmers whereas personal sector ought to play a serious position in growing inexperienced applied sciences within the farm sector, in keeping with specialists who spoke at an agriculture occasion. Addressing the one-day occasion on December 19, organised by Arya.ag, an built-in grain commerce … Read more