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Union Agriculture Minister honored Clover Organic
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 25 (ANI/NewsVoir): For helping more than 50 FPCs to adopt organic farming of crops, achieving the target of selling 18 MT of Organic Pineapple and 350 MT of Organic Ginger in the State of Mizoram and for Outstanding Contribution in the Agriculture Sector
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Rabi crop prospects good on excess rainfall post monsoon: Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Rabi crops are mostly sown during October and November and the produce is harvested from January to March depending on the maturity of the commodity.
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Successful Farmer Producer Organisations are those that look beyond the ob
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): A webinar on 'Promoting FPOs for resilient incomes and sustainable farming practices in India' brought together practitioners and experts to discuss emergent challenges and opportunities related to Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)
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Tripura CM inaugurates Post Harvest Management and Rural Collection Center
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday inaugurated the Post Harvest Management Center and Rural Collection Center in Golaghati and aimed at benefitting more than 500 farmers, especially weekly traders.
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Chhattisgarh: Cabinet approves amendments to fisheries policy
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
According to the revised new fisheries policy, ponds and irrigation reservoirs for fish farming will no longer be auctioned but will be given on lease for 10 years.
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Jaishankar points to 3Cs as challenges to food security: Covid, Conflict,
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
While addressing the High Commissioners/Ambassadors based in Delhi during the luncheon hosted jointly by the department of agriculture and farmers welfare and the ministry of external affairs as a pre-launch celebration of the International Year of Millets (IYOM), Jaishankar said, "I see
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Interest subvention on Kisan Credit Card loans for 2022-23, 2023-24 approv
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The interest rate for short-term loans up to Rs 300,000 through Kisan Credit cards (KCC) for farmers will be seven per cent and interest subvention will be 1.5 per cent for the current financial year 2022-23 and the next 2023-24, RBI said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Regularly monitoring price of essential commodities, says Food Secretary
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The market prices of wheat remained continuously higher than the MSP throughout the procurement period across the country and the the farmers could reap higher remuneration for their produce which is the main objective of the government's policy, Union Food Secretary said.
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Rise Hydroponics organizes a 2-day workshop on hydroponics and soilless fa
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], November 23 (ANI/PNN): Rise Hydroponics organized a two-day offline training workshop on basics to advance hydroponics/soilless farming at Rise R & D Hydroponics Farm Ahmedabad.
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Tamil Nadu: Forest officers arrest farmer for burying baby elephant died d
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Forest officers on Tuesday arrested a farmer in the Krishnagiri district, accused of digging a hole and burying a four-year-old baby elephant, who died of electrocution, without informing the forest department, officials said.
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Budget 2023-24: Sitharaman chairs consultation with farm sector experts
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The formal exercise to prepare the annual Budget for the next financial year -- 2023-24 - commenced on October 10.
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Direct benefit transfer scheme PM KISAN is game changer
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Launched on February 24, 2019, the PM KISAN scheme is aimed to supplement the financial needs of land-holding farmers -- the financial benefit of Rs 6,000 per year is transferred into the bank accounts of farmers.
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