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El Nino to hit 9-10 states severely; Chouhan calls for district-level contingency plans for KharifAgriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed coordinated meetings with district officials and agricultural agencies in 9-10 stat...- Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
- Centre announces pilot project to boost livelihoods of fish farmers in Kerala's KuttanadUnion Fisheries Minister George Kurian announced a pilot project in Kuttanad to boost local fish farmers' livelihoods. The initiative intro...
- Government to tighten regulations governing seeds, pesticides amid quality-related complaints: Shivraj Singh ChouhanUnion Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that several farmers had raised concerns about the quality of seeds and pesticides du...
- PM Modi unveils 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient crop varietiesPM Narendra Modi launched 109 varieties of high-yielding, climate-resilient crops at the India Agricultural Research Institute. This includ...
- Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog collaborate with ATMAs to promote agri innovationDuring the first phase of the implementation, one KVK under each of the 11 Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes (ATARIs)...
- India exports wheat worth Rs 11,728.36 crore during Apr-Jan of this fiscal: Goverment"The scientists of ICAR have issued the advisory of giving light irrigation to modulate the crop canopy temperature favourably as and when ...
- Contribution of agriculture and allied sectors has increased 26.8% since 2013-14: Narendra Singh Tomar"The total agricultural exports have also shown continuous rise and the total value of the export of agricultural and allied commodities du...
- IMD working at faster pace to issue block-level weather forecast by next yearThe IMD will issue alerts to 6,500 blocks across 660 districts in the country by 2020.
- Budget 2017 brings nine gifts for farmersCoverage under Fasal Bima Yojana scheme will be increased from 30% of cropped area in 2016-17 to 40% in 2017-18 and 50% in 2018-19 for whic...
- IMD plans weather stations in 660 districts for better forecastAs and when district units are made functional at Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) in gradual manner, issue of advisories to those very distric...
- Government rolls out KVK portal for monitoring of farm centresAgriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today launched an online portal designed to monitor functioning of nearly 645 Krishi Vigyan Kendras ...
- Centre gears up to popularise crop insurance scheme, invite pvt insurance companies for bidsThe Centre’s ambitious crop insurance scheme, announced last month, can prove to be attractive to farmers but only if its implementation is...
- Orientation programme on mandated activities of Krishi Vigyan Kendra beginsA three-day orientation programme on Mandated Activities of Krishi Vigyan Kendra for scientists working in KVKs in Tamil Nadu, began today.
- Government finds irregularities in 6 Krishi Vigyan KendrasGovernment has found some irregularities in the functioning of six KVKs in Maharasthra, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
- Government nod for continuation of interest subsidy for crop loansGovernment today approved the continuation of interest subvention for short-term crop loans up to Rs 3 lakh to farmers at 7 per cent per an...
- KVKs in Jharkhand should work for areas facing soil erosion: GovtAgriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today called upon KVKs in the state to work for rehab of areas facing the threat of soil erosion.
- Agriculture Ministry to transfer land for Agriculture University in Andhra PradeshThe Agriculture Minister promptly responded and met Naidu today to convey that the request has been acceded to and the transfer of land app...
- Nabard to offer SMS-based weather and crop dataAfter private companies and state governments, it is now the turn of Nabard to offer SMS-based weather and crop advisory services.
- Private cos get free hand in foodgrain exportsThe Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared a slew of pro-farmer measures including the setting up of a National Commission for Farmers, with its ...
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