The move to ban the export of wheat was prompted by rising inflation. Retail inflation hit an eight-year high of 7.79 per cent in April, driven by rising food and fuel prices.

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, while speaking at an Agri-conclave stated that India's agricultural exports have surpassed Rs 4 lakh crore, which is a positive development.

Drones could prove transformative, making farming smart and efficient, although experts say the costs involved are still high and prohibitive for smallholders.

SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) Shirpur, is a Deemed-to-be University with an academic legacy of 41 years. It commenced admission on 16 May 2022, for four years B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons.) undergraduate degree program to impart education in agriculture and allied sectors from a wider perspective.

"The Centre has asked wheat producing states and UTs with procurement closing dates expiring early to continue procurement till 31st May, 2022," the Food Ministry said in a statement.

Stating that the maize crop has multiple benefits as it is used as foodgrain, and animal feed, besides making ethanol, the minister said the government has increased the minimum support price (MSP) for maize significantly to augment production of ...

Tomar, who was in Israel on a four-day official visit from May 8, met his Israeli counterpart Oded Forer at the Knesset (Israel's Parliament). They discussed various issues related to modern agro techniques, capacity building, transfer of knowledg...

The non-availability of genuine and disease-free planting material at the local level has led the farmers to travel long distances to get quality planting materials. To solve the problem, the ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan developed a Model Nursery in an area of 0.02 Hectare at the Village Paldi Ranawatan, Bhopalgarh Tehsil, 80 km from the main City.

According to Agriculture Department officials, many farmers who were not eligible for PM Kisan scheme were taking benefit from it.

A delegation under the leadership of Tomar is going to visit Israel from May 8-11, 2022, on the invitation from Oded Forer, Minister of Agriculture of Israel, for bilateral meetings to discuss various issues related to agriculture between two coun...

The Rajasthan government had announced in its budget to provide mobile phones to women under the Digital India scheme. It is now being embodied. The government is giving free mobiles to women from June 2022.

Andhra Pradesh has good news for the state's farmers that the first tranche of investment assistance under the Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan scheme will be provided in the financial year 2022–23.

Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Kailash Choudhary inaugurated the Conference of Cluster-Based Business Organizations (CBBOs) and Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) under the Scheme of Formation and Promotion of 10,000 FPOs on 06th May 2022 at Birla Auditorium in Jaipur.

Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai said the only means to achieve gram swaraj as well as economic and social freedom was agriculture.

Australian High Commissioner met chief minister Bhagwant Mann and evinced keen interest to forge collaboration, especially in the field of agriculture and skill development with Punjab

India and Germany on Monday agreed to cooperate on agro-ecology and sustainable management of natural resources in the agriculture sector, with the latter intending to provide concessional loans of up to 300 million euros by 2025 for such initiatives.

Kisan drones are being promoted for crop assessment, digitisation of land records, spraying of pesticides and nutrients for which a budget provision has also been made, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar noted.

On Thursday, the Tobacco Institute of India (TII) honored ten exceptional tobacco growers with the best farmer and recognition award for exceptional performance, increased productivity, and adoption of the best agricultural methods.

The Chhattisgarh government announced Wednesday it will celebrate Mati Poojan Diwas on Akshay Tritiya, which will be observed on May 3 this year. According to the government, the aim of organising the first-of-its-kind festival is to promote “the use of cow urine and other organic materials on a large scale in place of chemical fertilisers and pesticides for the rejuvenation of soil fertility.”

Before the nearly 50% surge in global wheat prices, India struggled to export the grain due to annual increases in the MSP to placate the politically powerful farm lobby that made Indian wheat more expensive than world prices.

Kisan Bhagidari Prathmikta Hamari” Campaign under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav has commenced from 25th April and will be organized till 30thApril, 2022 to create the awareness on various schemes and their benefits for the farming community across the country.

Cabinet has approved a subsidy of Rs. 60,939.23 crores for the NBS Kharif-2022 (from 01.04.2022 to 30.09.2022), which includes support for indigenous fertilizer (SSP) through freight subsidy and additional support for indigenous manufacturing and DAP imports.

As part of the campaign, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare will hold farm machinery demonstrations tomorrow at various locations across the country via their FMTTIs (Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute).

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) plans to start a massive campaign across the country to convey Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message encouraging farmers to practise organic farming. On April 28, BJP Kisan Morcha head Rajkumar Chahar will begin the Jan Abhiyan Yatra (people's movement) from Bihar.

Minister Tomar, while addressing a national workshop on innovative agriculture here, said the need of the hour is to do farming that works in harmony with nature, reduces the cost of production, ensures good-quality produce and profits to farmers.

More than 1 crore farmers and stakeholders are expected to participate in the campaign through direct (offline) and virtual (online) medium across the country.

Natural farming is a method in which agricultural practices are guided by natural laws. NITI Aayog will be addressing this topic on 25th April in the workshop.

Driven by good performance compared to other sectors during the pandemic, agriculture has absorbed an additional 11 million workers over the last three years while the rest of the economy lost 15 million jobs, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Econ...

According to the report, in the past two fiscals, the government has paid an additional Rs 1.2 lakh crore and increased the budgeted subsidy.

The Drone Federation of India (DFI) said that in order to fast track agri-drone adoption the Ministry of Agriculture has granted interim approval to 477 pesticides for drone usage.

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday launched two new portals, including one for registration of pesticides. The second portal is for documentation related to imports and exports of agri-products and plants.

"Wheat procurement has recently commenced in Rabi Marketing Season 2022-23 in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan," an official statement said.

Maharashtra is expected to produce the most sugar in its history in the 2021-22 season, with a projected output of 133 lakh tonnes, up 25% from the previous year. For the second year in a row, Maharashtra will be the nation's top sugar producer, surpassing Uttar Pradesh

Mann held the meeting with members of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), the grouping which had led the stir against the Centre's farm laws.

"The total purchase of wheat touched 17 lakh MT on April 13 which was the highest purchase on this date in the last 15 years," said an official spokesperson.

A World Food Program-backed initiative to deliver millet seeds to vulnerable people is taking root in Odisha, India, where it is helping to ward off hunger and improve livelihoods

Bimal Kothari takes over as the third chairman of the association after Pravin Dongre and Jitu Bheda, Kothari was one of the key founding members of the association and has been the Vice-Chairman of IPGA since 2011 when it had been formed.

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“Annual Conference of Vice-Chancellors of State Agricultural Universities - 2022” was organized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in Delhi from 12 to 13 April, 2022. Dr. Mohapatra was speaking at the inaugural session of the “Annual Conference of Vice-Chancellors of State Agricultural Universities - 2022

The 11th installment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana will soon be transferred to the farmers' account.

Recent experiments and demonstrations have helped farmers accept unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) technology, which might pave the way for solving manpower shortages as well as precision fertilizer and pesticide application in farming.

Underlining the strength of farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that when farmers become stronger, the country automatically prospers.

Super-rich farmers will face stricter scrutiny by tax authorities, who will comb through details of agricultural income — tax-free under the law — in jurisdictions where farm income exceeds a threshold of ₹10 lakh a year, the finance ministry said in a response to questions to the parliamentary committee.

According to the ISMA, Indian mills have already signed contracts to send 7.2 million tons of sugar overseas in the 2021/22 marketing year, putting exports at a record high.

India has sufficient wheat available and is ready to meet the global requirement, said Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in an exclusive NDTV interview, replying to a question on the growing demand for Indian wheat in the International market following the Ukraine-Russia War.

Country has captured nearly 50 per cent of the world market for rice, says Commerce and Industry Ministry The exports of agricultural products (including marine and plantation products) crossed $ 50 billion, the “highest level ever achieved for agriculture exports”, in 2021-22, according to the Commerce and Industry Ministry.

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar today inaugurated the online training program for master trainers on natural farming, organized by the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Tomar said that MANAGE has been entrusted with the task of organizing 750 awareness programs for 30 thousand village heads in the country from April to August as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Shri Tomar sa

Ecosystem players are trying to solve the age-old problems associated with productivity & farmers’ income Agriculture in India is experiencing a transformative phase and with the rise of agri-tech, the sector is going through a dual transformation.

In order to identify ineligible beneficiaries who, pay income tax but also receive financial assistance of Rs. 6,000 annually under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, the Centre is using modern technologies like data analytics & artificial intelligence (AI).

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said that the adoption of modern machines and equipment by the farmers depends on various factors like socioeconomic conditions, geographical conditions, irrigation facilities, crop grown etc.