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ICRISAT will undertake capacity building initiatives, water harvesting, recording of hydrological parameters and crop productivity in addition to monitor land-use as well as land-cover through remote sensing and GIS in 12 districts of the state
Odisha, ICRISAT ink agriculture partnership for vulnerable tribal groups Read More
The permission allows drones deployment by the MoAFW for remote sensing data collection in agricultural areas of 100 districts in India for gram panchayat level yield estimation
Civil Aviation Ministry grants use of drones for farm data collection Read More
The finance minister has proposed to increase the agricultural credit to Rs 16.5 lakh crore which can be used by smallholder farmers for CapEx, may it be their vehicles or cold storage and other facilities that they require, Santosh Shinde writes…
Agricultural advancements vs Union Budget 2021-22 Read More
National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGPA) aims to achieve rapid development of agriculture through use of ICT for timely access to agriculture related information to the farmers
National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture digitalising farming practices Read More
The main objective of National Beekeeping & Honey Mission is to promote holistic growth of beekeeping industry for income and employment generation for farm and non-farm households
All things you need to know about National Beekeeping & Honey Mission and its implementation Read More
The grant-in-aid of Rs. 100 crore to Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation will restore the urea production capacity of 3.90 lakh MT per annum and ensure timely availability of urea to tea plantations and agriculture sector in the entire North Eastern region, especially Assam
Cabinet approves grant-in-aid of Rs.100 crore to Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation Read More
Government of Karnataka has constituted a committee to formulate a policy framework on agritech start-ups and operational guidelines
Karnataka to bring in new policies for agritech start-ups soon: Minister Read More
A special drive to cover farmers under Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) is going on since February 2020
1.87 Cr Kisan Credit Cards with credit limit of Rs 1.76 lakh Cr sanctioned in a year Read More
The crop insurance scheme extends coverage for the entire cropping cycle from pre-sowing to post-harvest including coverage for losses arising out of prevented sowing and mid-season adversities
Centre allocates Rs 16,000 Cr for crop insurance scheme, PMFBY for 2021-22 Read More
Initiated in 2015, it took five years to integrate 1,000 APMC mandis with e-NAM. The announcement of integrating additional 1,000 mandis has created a big question, how many years it would take to integrate these additional 1,000 mandis
e-NAM: 1,000 mandis in 5 years, how many years for next 1,000 mandis announced in the budget? Read More