Development of robust agri-food value chains (FVC) are extremely important in India to capitalise on the gains made in production in recent years. It is the key to ensuring that our small and marginal farmers also partake in the spin-off benefits from the country.

The government is committed to promote the use of additional farm machinery in the coming years to achieve improvement in awareness about diverse utilization of mechanization and credit support so that access to the latest technologies is not a constraint, Parshottam Rupala.

Amaravati: A delegation from the Netherlands has shown interest in the manufacturing of pulp and panel boards using agro-waste as raw material, on Thursday in its meeting with agriculture minister K Kannababu at the secretariat here.

The Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers, DV Sadananda Gowda, addressed the Valedictory Session of the Fertilizer Association of India (FAI) Annual Seminar on ‘New Approach to Fertilizer Sector’,

In a bid to keep ‘agripreneurs’ updated with government’s various schemes, Punjab Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (Pameti) organized a training program on “Awareness about RKVY and MGNREGA”

Around 100 farmers in Kothey Salehar village in Bishnah participated in the first-ever scientists-farmers interaction to bring a change in their agriculture practices which are being affected by climate change.

Amid growing focus on modernisation of agriculture to make it more sustainable and progressive for farmers, the Punjab government is set to leverage the upcoming Progressive Punjab Investors Summit 2019

Armenia is at the dawn of a new era. The country has recently introduced agricultural insurance to protect poor small farmers against weather and climate risks, thereby helping to make them economically more successful. Farmers in six regions can now take out insurance policies to protect them from hail, frost, and fire. More will follow.

Activists of the Kisan Sangharsh Committee on Sunday started an agitation outside a Sugar Mill at Butar Sevian village belonging to a prominent political leader of the ruling party. They were holding agitation against the mill after its management refused to mill sugarcanes of several farmers belonging to the Hargobindpur area.

National Centre of Organic Farming, Ghaziabad, is organizing 30- day certificate course on organic farming, in collaboration with Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu.

Farm Income is the excess of income from the sale of his sale of produce over his expenditure incurred on producing the same. The equation, therefore, has three components:

VIA Agro & Rural Development Forum and Indo Israel Krishi Vikas Sanstha organized a Session cum discussion on ‘Opportunities in exporting Agri products’ at VIA Auditorium Nagpur recently. Dr. Govind Hande, Ex-Technical Officer Agriculture Department,

National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) coordinated a pilot project on 25 'Climate Smart' Agricultural Techniques in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, States considered vulnerable to the effects of climate change, between 2015 and 2019.

The Punjab Government has framed new rules and regulations for the sale of insecticides and pesticides making it mandatory for the dealers to mention the name of the insect/pest and also the name of the crop for which it has been purchased by the farmer.

Normally, a sector’s credit off-take is a sign of its health. Higher the off-take, the better the sector’s performance. There has been a healthy off-take of ground-level credit (GLC) in agriculture and allied sectors. In the financial year (FY) 2018-19, banks disbursed Rs 12.55 trillion as GLC to agriculture, surpassing the government’s target of Rs 11 trillion.

Almost 22% of the groundwater (assessed units) in the country has either dried up or is in the ‘critical’ and ‘over-exploited’ categories, said Union Jal Shakti (water resources) minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday as he emphasised the need to focus on efficient use of water resources.

A central team, led by director of department of agriculture and farmers’ welfare, Dr RP Singh, visited various villages in the district on Friday for an on-the-spot assessment of crop damage due to unseasonal rain that lashed the region during October and November.

The agriculture department of the Himalayan University (HU) organized a workshop on ‘Modern approaches for nutritional food security and sustainability of agriculture in Northeast India’, here on Thursday.

Potato farmers in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh would soon be able to get solutions for their crop-related challenges through scientific interventions. Besides boosting production, this will also enhance the farmers’ income.

A total area of 27.77 lakh hectares is covered under organic farming in the country under Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) and 3rd party certification.

The government plans on setting up an Agri Entrepreunerial cell to encourage agri startups, said Ashok Dalwai, Chief Executive Officer at National Rainfed Area Authority, in an address at FICCI's Nurturing Agri Innovations 2019.

The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar informed the Lok Sabha that 18,29,469 farmers in the country have been registered under the PM KISAN MAAN DHAN YOJANA, including 61,496 farmers of Gujarat

India will host a four-day global conference on agriculture statistics beginning November 18 in the national capital and billionaire Bill Gates is scheduled to give a keynote address. The agriculture ministry is organising the international conference, held every three years, in partnership with the United Nation's FAO,

The Union Government has launched Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh with the aim of reducing malnutrition in India. The kosh was launched by WCD Minister Smriti Irani along with Bill Gates on November 18, 2019 in New Delhi.

Bayer CropScience, one of the leading crop protection sciences and seeds companies operating in India, has launched Better Life Farming, an initiative to empower 2.5 million Indian smallholder farmers by 2025 through 5,000 agri-entrepreneurs in horticulture, corn and paddy crops.

The past century has seen impressive growth in agricultural productivity in India and across the world, fuelled by systemic and scientific improvements in farming practices — the Green Revolution, and globalization and industrialization of the food sector. Ironically, this growth has not eliminated malnutrition.

Asha’s husband did not believe her initially. Neither did most of her neighbours in Pichompa Kalan, Haryana. An orchard of citrus fruits, mangoes, watermelons, amla, jamun, apricot, pulses and cereals.

Narendra Singh Tomar Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare exhorted that there is a need to address the issues of small and marginal farmers through generation of right knowledge access platforms and provision of basic agricultural inputs at affordable costs as these farmers predominantly comprises (around 86%) the farm sector today and their contribution towards national economy is quite significant.

Traders associated with the Uttar Pradesh Yuva Vyapar Mandal (UPYVM) have opposed to eNAM, an online trading platform for agricultural commodities launched by the central government. UPYVM has written a letter to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman opposing the e-market and urged to figure out other means to increase farmers’ income.

The Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday extended relaxed fumigation norms for imported onions up to December 31, in a bid to improve domestic supply and check prices that have skyrocketed up to Rs 100 per kg.

Issues pertaining to medical devices, agriculture, and restoration of export incentives by America for domestic players would figure in the meeting of trade ministers of India and the US in Washington

A four-member team of Punjab''s Agriculture Department, which has been tasked with taking action against stubble burning incidents, was allegedly gheraoed by angry farmers in Sangrur district, even as officials denied to comment on the issue.

Goa is soon likely to get an 'Organic Agriculture University', which would primarily focus on studying organic crops that could be grown in the state, Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar said on Wednesday.

The Central Agriculture University regional Agri Fair 2019-20 started at the playground of College of Horticulture & Forestry, Pasighat here in East Siang District today with huge turn-up and participation of farmers from Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast states.

The income tax department has raided offices of at least four big onion traders from Lasalgaon, the largest market for wholesale trade of onions in the country. The highest rate of the bulb touched Rs 57/kg on Monday. "The Income Tax department has raided premises of four onion traders from

MAJOR AGRIBUSINESS companies, retail food chains, and horticulture import giants are among the stops on a relationship-building tour being conducted by Hort Innovation in India this week.

Visakhapatnam: Vizianagaram district administration has called for better cooperation between the revenue, banking and agriculture sectors in the district to identify beneficiaries of the Rythu Bharosa scheme.

IFFCO’s organic arm Sikkim IFFCO Organics singed two MoUs with US and Croatian companies to promote Organic and Biodynamic Farming and Demeter Certification in Sikkim, the area of operation of Sikkim IFFCO on Friday.

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), a statutory body under Ministry of Commerce, has said that with the support of new agri export policy the Agri exports from the country are likely to touch export target of US $ 60 billion by the year 2022.

Emphasising the importance of agriculture in the development of the country, Union Minister for Agriculture Mr Narendra Singh Tomar said that government is committed for the betterment of agricultural economy by ensuring increase in agricultural production, farmers’ income and agricultural exports.

Top Union ministers, including Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, besides BJP working president J P Nadda, held long deliberations with RSS affiliates working in the field of agriculture and economy to discuss a variety of issues.

The commerce ministry has asked the agriculture ministry to prepare a road map for India to attain self-sufficiency in edible oil production. The need for a “zero edible oil import” plan was discussed by commerce minister Piyush Goyal at an interministerial meeting on Tuesday.

While it is true that we need to maximise the use of locally available resources in rural areas, application of new technologies can go a long way in improving the quality of life in rural areas. It is a misconception that rural development does not need high technology inputs.

India is about to welcome the fifth generation telecom network “5G” or the fourth industrial revolution, popularly known as “Industry 4.0”, but agriculture is still struggling. It is languishing because the Green Revolution, the White Revolution, the Silver Revolution, and the Blue Revolution and so on, were ages ago.

Back in 1981, when a young Bhaskaran was studying regional development at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, little did he know that one day, he will be recognised for his contributions to the climate-resilient farming discourse in India.

Reinforcing Goa’s status as an innovation-friendly state, Dr Camilla Corsi, Global Head of Crop Protection Research, Syngenta on Tuesday inaugurated the new “RATNA” Research and Technology Centre as an expansion of the current R&D facility of Syngenta Biosciences.

Setting a trend for their contemporaries to adopt again, a handful of farmers of Haryana are opting traditional manual methods of harvesting that is enabling them to protect the environment by minimising burning of crop residue, a major cause of air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region.

PATNA: Bihar’s Hajipur-based progressive farmer Sanjeev Kumar would be among other farmers and agriculture scientists, speaking at India’s International Science Festival-2019, starting from November 5 to 8 in Kolkata.

Fertiliser major IFFCO on Sunday introduced its 'nano-technology' based products - nano nitrogen, nano zinc and nano copper for onfield trials as part of its efforts to cut usage of chemical fertilisers and boost farmers' income.

Rajendranagar: The third memorial lecture of eminent soil scientist Dr B Ramamoorthy was held at seminar hall in PJTSAU auditorium on the campus here on Friday. Dr K S Subramanian, Director of Research, TNAU (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University), delivered the memorial lecture on themed 'Smart Farming for Evergreen Revolution.' Dr V Praveen Rao, the Vice-Chancellor, PJTSAU, presided over the memorial lecture.