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The donation will help ‘BORSCH’ contribute to Ukraine’s food and nutrition security during this crisis and improve the livelihoods of Ukrainian farming communities affected by the war
AGCO Agriculture Foundation donates to farmer-focused initiative ‘BORSCH’ in Ukraine Read More
Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu Monday underlined the importance of soil health and organic farming for sustainable food production and stable development
VP Naidu draws attention to soil health and organic farming for sustainable food production Read More
Centre is implementing Crop Diversification Programme in original green revolution states to divert the area of water intensive paddy crop to alternative crops like pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals, nutri-cereals and cotton
What measures does Govt take to promote crop diversification? Read here… Read More
Russia and Ukraine play a substantial role in the global food production and supply. Russia is the world’s largest exporter of wheat and Ukraine is the fifth largest. FAO DG QU Dongyu writes on new scenarios and makes recommendations
New scenarios on global food security based on Russia-Ukraine war? FAO DG recommends way outs Read More
The primary purpose of India’s participation at Expo2020 is to benefit the small and marginal farmers who need economies of scale, collectivisation, and more forums to come together
India Invites startups and FPOs to capitalise on agri and food processing policies at EXPO2020 Dubai Read More
UN General Assembly designated 10 February as World Pulses Day after the success of the International Year of Pulses in 2016, which was implemented by FAO
World Pulses Day leverages the power of youth to transform agrifood systems Read More
The poverty index broadens existing methods for measuring rural poverty by taking a closer look at rural people’s capabilities: food security, the quality of their nutrition; their education, and living standards
FAO-Oxford University poverty index suggests improved methods of measuring rural poverty Read More
Agriculture grows at 3.9% and 3.6% in 2021-22 and 2020-21 respectively. The share of the agriculture and allied sector in total GVA of the economy has settled at around 18 per cent in the long term
How has been the agri growth and what does Economic Survey 2021-22 say on various areas of agriculture? See in numbers… Read More
The minister assured full support to ensure supply of critical farm inputs and facilitate the adoption of innovative technologies with a view to enhance production and productivity of the crops
Acreage under Zaid crops grown from 29 to 80 lakh hectares in 3 years: Agriculture Minister Read More
Gene editing due to its precision, ease of application and potential can contribute towards increased crop productivity, food and nutritional security and achieving SDGs, Dr Ratna Kumria, Director – Biotechnology, Alliance for Agri Innovation writes
Accessibility of gene editing technology to diversify food basket Read More