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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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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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The tie-up is expected to empower over 70,000 farmers through 150 farmer producer organisations across five states in the next three years
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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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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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FPOs will benefit small, marginal and smallholder farmers by giving access to technological inputs, finance, and better markets and prices for their crops
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The scheme is expected to generate an investment of Rs 35,000 crore and generate nine lakh skilled and semi-skilled employment and benefit 8 lakh units through access to information, training, better exposure and formalisation
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Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved setting up of Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) worth Rs.15,000 crore
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NCDEX has been able to onboard 258 FPOs which has extended its reach to 523,901 farmer base across the country
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