The ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR), Varanasi, on Wednesday organised FPO Sangam-2025 under the Agri-Business Incubation (ABI) project, highlighting the transformative potential of vegetable cultivation in driving rural income growth and economic prosperity.
Speaking at the YSRCP Central Office in Tadepalli, Nagi Reddy said the decline in cultivation and government negligence have pushed lakhs of farmers and agricultural labourers into distress.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a series of transformative initiatives for India's agriculture and allied sectors at an event held at Pusa, Delhi, on Saturday. He interacted directly with groups of farmers engaged in pulses cultivation, the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), ani
Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal has said that India's coffee exports have doubled in recent years and called for efforts to further boost productivity.
A delegation from New Zealand, led by High Commissioner Patrick John Rata, called on Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, here on Tuesday. The Chief Minister said that Himachal Pradesh and New Zealand share many similarities and collaboration in the horticulture sector, p
Under the first phase of the policy, 22,750 hectares of land will be brought under aromatic crops through 91,000 beneficiaries. Farmers will be provided subsidies of up to 80 per cent on cultivation costs for one hectare and 50 per cent on costs beyond one hectare.
The Himachal Pradesh Government's sustained push for natural farming is showing significant results on the ground. Across 3,584 panchayats in the state, more than 2,22,893 farmers are cultivating a variety of crops naturally on 38,437 hectares of land, earning a sustainable livelihood.
Recognising Tripura as one of the most promising states in the country's potato industry, the delegation praised the remarkable innovations and research that strengthened potato cultivation in the region.
According to a release from the Ministry of Finance, as per the general conditions enshrined in the policy, nearly 1.21 lakh farmers are estimated to be eligible for the grant of licenses for opium cultivation in these states.
The Union Government, on Friday, announced the annual licensing policy for crop year 2025-26 during the Opium Crop Year from 1st October, 2025 to 30th September, 2026, of license for cultivation of opium poppy, for the farmers in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.