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Surat APMC market to remain closed as over 25 vegetable traders test COVID
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], May 8 (ANI): More than 25 vegetable traders in Surat have tested positive for COVID-19 following which the the Municipal Commissioner has decided to close Agricultural produce market committee (APMCs) here from May 9 to May 14.
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RKPVS opposes 'farmer welfare fees' in Rajasthan
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 7 (ANI): Rajasthan Khadya Padarth Vyapar Sangh (RKPVS) has strongly opposed the 'farmer welfare fees' on agricultural commodities.
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Global food commodity prices drop further due to COVID-19: FAO
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], May 7 (ANI): World food commodity prices declined for the third month in a row during April as the economic and logistical impacts of COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant contractions in demand for many commodities, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United
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Combating COVID-19: ICAR releases advisory for fisheries in 12 languages
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Thursday issued advisories in 10 regional languages besides English and Hindi for the stakeholders involved in fisheries and aquaculture sectors, on how to tackle the issues arising out of the coronaviru
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Maha Dy CM urges Paswan to increase online purchase limit for NAFED to 50,
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has written a letter to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan requesting him to increase the limit for online purchase for National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) in Maharash
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Group of Ministers hold meeting to discuss COVID-19 current situation in A
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 6 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Group of Ministers held a meeting to discuss the latest situation about the COVID 19 spread and containment measures. Health minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas (Alla Nani) and agriculture minister Kurasala Kannababu informed ab
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Chhattisgarh: Narayanpur tribals successfully deliver 35,000 brooms worth
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 6 (ANI): As forest produce has been a major source of income here in remote areas for several years, Chhattisgarh Small Forest Produce Association has assisted tribal villagers of Narayanpur in completing an order of 35,000 brooms placed by the National Agr
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Andhra CM launches app to monitor agriculture needs of farmers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 5 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday launched an app 'CMAPP (Comprehensive Monitoring of Agriculture, Price, and Procurement)', a mobile application to monitor the agriculture needs of farmers.
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Uttarakhand forms 5-member sub-committee for agriculture sector
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 5 (ANI): To accelerate the pace of agriculture and allied activities and protect the interests of those engaged in these areas, who have been hit hard by the negative impact of COVID-19, the Uttarakhand government has formed a ministerial sub-committee, wh
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Train from Andhra Pradesh carrying 1,212 migrants leaves for Maharashtra
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 5 (ANI): A Shramik special train, carrying 1,212 migrant agriculture labourers stranded in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, left for Maharashtra from Rayanapadu Railway Station on the outskirts of Vijayawada in the wee hours of Tuesday.
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Haryana govt arranges transportation to send stranded migrant labourers ba
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 4 (ANI): The Haryana government is making transportation arrangements for the safe return of all the stranded agricultural and migrant labourers in the state to their respective states at the earliest, as per the Chief Minister's Office (CMO).
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PM Modi discusses ways to boost agriculture sector, bats for rapid reforms
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday deliberated on reforms required in the agriculture sector and stressed the need for making strategic interventions in the existing marketing eco-system.
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