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Agriculture ministry relaxes fumigation norms on onion imports

November 7, 2019November 19, 2019 - by BK Jha - Leave a Comment

Ministry of Agriculture has decided to allow relaxation from the condition of fumigation and endorsement on phytosanitary certificate on onion imports

Agri Marketing / Agribusiness / Policy

Centre announces MSP for Rabi crops of 2019-20

October 23, 2019October 24, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

CCEA has approved the increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all mandated Rabi crops of 2019-20 to be marketed in Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2020-21

Crop Protection / Farm Inputs / Policy / Seeds

Bills to check spurious seeds, pesticide management soon: MoS Agriculture

September 19, 2019September 20, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

We are pursuing both the Bills, on pesticides management and on seeds, says MoS Agriculture

Agribusiness / Food Processing / Policy

Food Processing Minister inaugurates Mega Food Park in Telangana

September 7, 2019September 7, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

The Mega Food Park is expected to benefit the farmers of Nizamabad, Nirmal, Jagtial, Rajanna Sircilla and Kamareddy districts of Telangana along with Nanded district of Maharashtra

Farm Inputs / Policy / Seeds

Centre emphasises to encourage youth for adopting agriculture

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

Minister of State for Agriculture, Kailash Choudhary emphasised on giving prominence to agriculture and redesigning image of farmers to inculcate a sense of self-dependence

Farm Inputs / Farm Machinery

Escorts launches hybrid tractor, rural transport vehicle & backhoe loader

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

This unique ability in the India’s first hybrid tractor brings to the market a product that reduces the emission and increases the efficiency for the customer

Agritech / Farm Inputs / Farm Machinery / International

CNH acquires AgDNA, farm management information system

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

The acquisition will enable CNH Industrial’s customers and third party agricultural machinery, to benefit from AgDNA’s single point data integration, mapping and analytical tools

Allied Sectors / Horticulture

See the horticulture production in India in 2018-19

August 30, 2019September 20, 2019 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

Overall increase in 2018-19 is observed in production of fruits, vegetables, spices, flowers and honey whereas decrease is observed in production of plantation and aromatics & medicinal crops as compared to 2017-18