Agri reforms: Misjudged yet a step in right direction
Agri reforms have broken the APMC monopoly and since June 2020, out-of-mandi farmer sales have grown sharply while mandi transactions have plunged 40 percent, Jasmohan Singh writes
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Industry underlines serious impact of farmers’ protests on the economy: FICCI-CMSME
As per the FICCI estimates, economies from the northern region may be losing around Rs 3,000 crore daily and unless the situation is addressed soon, these losses may only mount
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ASSOCHAM calls for resolution, says farmers’ protest result in a daily loss of Rs 3500 crore
A daily loss of Rs 3,000-3500 crore is resulting in the economies of the region from the value chain and transport disruption because of the farmers’ protests, according to ASSOCHAM rough estimates
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10 Measures India needs to take for ensuring food security
Food security has to be examined in terms of availability, accessibility, utilisation and vulnerability. Therefore, apart from production programmes relating to bufferstocking and distribution, monitoring prices become important
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APEDA, IIMR make action plan for promotion of millets and millet products
Considering highly climate resilient, less water intensive, can be grown on dry-lands with high nutrition value, millets are also termed ‘smart food’ in various regions of the world
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All you need to know about Formation & Promotion of 10,000 FPOs scheme
In the Union Budget 2019-20, the Government had announced formation of 10,000 new farmer producer organisations to ensure economies of scale for farmers over the next five years
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Need to set up forum for information dissemination on invasive pests: Parshottam Rupala
There is an urgent need to set up a forum to disseminate information on invasive pests that harm India’s food security, MoS Agriculture, Parshottam Rupala said
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All you need to know about the scheme pushing solar energy in agricultural irrigation
Government of India has amended the implementation guidelines for its existing scheme for pushing solar energy in agricultural irrigation
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How new farm laws offer more markets and benefits to farmers?
Over the past few weeks, much has been written on the newly enacted farm bills, which have been termed “historic” by the proponents while “death warrant” for farmers by the opposition groups. Dr Shivendra Bajaj, Executive Director, FSII, writes how these laws are going to benefit the farmers
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AIC and India Post Payments Bank tie-up for distribution of crop insurance
This strategic tie-up will be a win-win for both AIC and IPPB and will be beneficial mainly to the small and marginal farmers of the country at large
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