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During the pandemic, the agriculture sector remained vibrant and inculcated a deeper sense of dependency. However, the measures announced today remain short of expectations for pushing research, innovations, efficiency, creation of a new ecosystem, and sustainable growth of the agriculture sector. BK Jha writes…
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Mahindra & Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES), a part Mahindra Group, Tuesday announced its tractor sales numbers for November 2020
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Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, Narendra Singh Tomar held meeting with key stakeholders of food processing sector through video conference
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Fish production rose from 800,000 tonnes in FY 1950 to 4.1 million tonnes in the early 1990s. From 1990 through 2010, Indian fish industry accelerated, reaching a total marine and freshwater fish production to about 8 million metric tonnes
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Cultivable land area under organic farming has increased from 11.83 lakh hectare in 2014 to 29.17 lakh hectare in 2020 in the country
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PMMSY aims at enhancing fish production by an additional 70 lakh tonne by 2024-25, increasing fisheries export earnings to Rs.100,000 crore by 2024-25, doubling of incomes of fishers and fish farmers with many other programmes
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Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Act was passed by both the houses of parliament on March 5, 2014 and was functioning with a temporary campus at ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi
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Union Agriculture Minister held a detailed discussion with chief ministers and state agriculture ministers on recent agriculture market reforms and the new Central Sector Scheme of financing facility under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
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Dr. Shivendra Bajaj, Executive Director, Federation of Seed Industry of India writes on the regulatory framework and need for GM engineered crops in India
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The objective of intervention is to protect the growers of fruits and vegetables from making distress sale due to COVID-19 lockdown and reduce the post-harvest losses
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