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Latest estimate shows India's foodgrain production to be record high in 20
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): The production of foodgrains in India during the 2021-22 season is estimated to be at record 315.72 million tonnes, a rise of by 4.98 million tonnes than harvested during 2020-21, as per the fourth advance estimates of production of major agricultural crop
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Indigenous vaccine for lumpy skin disease launched, big relief for livesto
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Providing relief to the livestock of the country, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday launched the indigenous vaccine Lumpi-ProVac to protect livestock from Lumpy skin disease.
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Paddy sowing down 13 pc this kharif season, monsoon played spoilsport
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Farmers in India have sown less paddy this Kharif season. Going by the latest acreage data, the area under paddy cultivation is over 13 per cent lower than the previous Kharif season.
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TEXPROCIL welcomes initiatives taken by the government to increase product
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI/PNN): An interactive meeting with stakeholders of the Cotton Textile Value Chain was held on July 23, 2022, at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi, with representatives from the entire cotton value chain industry, along with Narendra Singh Tomar - Minister of Agricultur
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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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Farmers suffered no losses due to wheat export ban, domestic prices above
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Farmers have not suffered any losses due to the ban imposed on the export of wheat, Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Centre launches e-NAM POP to facilitate farmers to sell produce outside th
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 14 (ANI): The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, launched the Platform of Platforms (POP) under the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) on the sidelines of the State Agriculture and Horticulture Ministers' Conference i
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Andhra Pradesh returns under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, farmers to
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to rejoin the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) following talks between the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Jagan Mohan
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J-K: NHB holds programme in Ramban to boost farmers' income
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ramban (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 10 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare has brought under its purview the National Horticulture Board (NHB) in Ramban and extended various Horticulture schemes under it for the welfare of farmers to multiply their income.
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MoS Agriculture Shobha Karandlaje represents India at 12th Meeting of BRIC
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shobha Karandlaje highlighted the National Mission on Food and Nutrition with the focus on the development of Nutri-cereals and bio-fortified varieties of crops while attending the 12th BRICS Agricu
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Indian banana and baby corn get market access in Canada
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): Fresh baby corn and banana from India will soon be exported to Canada as the Canadian authorities have granted market access for these farm products with immediate effect, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare said on Saturday.
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Seminar at Expo 2020 Dubai showcases India's export potential of millets,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 20 (ANI): As part of ongoing 'Food, Agriculture and Livelihood' fortnight, the India Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai hosted a seminar - 'India: Millets production and upscaling value chain' on Friday.
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