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Use of technology for informed decision-making in agriculture emphasised
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): Manoj Ahuja, Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare on Saturday chaired a meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee on transforming 'Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC) into a Centre of excellence in geospatial technol
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US donates 3,000 metric tons of food to feed Sri Lankan school children
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 27 (ANI): The United States through the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and in partnership with Save the Children, donated 320 metric tons of split yellow peas as a part of 3,000 metric tons of food to nourish school children across Sri Lanka.
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Jharkhand becomes first state in the country to distribute seed to farmers
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Jharkhand [India], August 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): In a significant development which would revolutionize agriculture in the country, Directorate of Agriculture, Jharkhand and global blockchain technology company, SettleMint, India jointly announced the successful launch of seed distribution to fa
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Govt maintained onion buffer stock of 2.5 LMT in FY 2022-23
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): With the aim to stabilize onion prices, the government maintained a buffer stock of 2.5 Lakh Metric Ton (LMT) in financial year 2022-23, said Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in a written reply
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Wheat production in Ukraine likely to fall 41 pc in 2022-23 season
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Wheat production in Ukraine is expected to decline 41 per cent or 13.5 million tonnes year-on-year in the 2022-23 season to around 19.5 million tonnes, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture in its latest report.
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India celebrates Turkey Lover's Month
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): Nature has provided us ample variety of sources of protein-both from plants and animals- but not all proteins are the same. It is very important to choose the right protein that will serve our body the most. Poultry that are bred on good nutrition ar
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SL urges India to export nano urea after detecting contamination in Chines
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], October 29 (ANI): The Department of Agriculture in Colombo detected the highly contaminated organic fertilizer sent by China and cancelled the fertilizer and requested India to export nano nitrogen liquid fertilizer.
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Punjab govt issues 147 appointment letters to kins of deceased farmers
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 6 (ANI): The Department of Agriculture, Punjab government on Tuesday issued 147 appointment letters to the family members of farmers, who died during the ongoing farmers' agitation.
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Workshop on 'good agricultural practices' organised under Bharat ka Amrut
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 27 (ANI): Under the Bharat ka Amrut Mahotsav, a one-day workshop on the "Safe Use of Pesticides and Adoption of Good Agricultural Practices" for the production of Basmati rice was organised at Dayalachack, Kathua on Thursday by the Department of
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Agricultural secretary Sanjay Agarwal gets additional charge as Secretary
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Sanjay Agarwal has been given the additional charge of the post of Secretary of the newly formed Ministry of Cooperation on Thursday.
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Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra and CropLife India ra
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): CropLife India, an association of 15 R&D driven crop science companies, in collaboration with Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra, today organized a Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program for the Doctors. The P
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J-K: Panchayat in Udhampur helps farmers to double income from agriculture
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 22 (ANI): In line with the clarion call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to double the farmers' income across the country by 2022, the Udhampur administration has helped the farmers in a panchayat in the district to achieve this goal successfully.
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