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Agriculture Industry
India will be self-sufficient in pulses in next few years: Radha Mohan Singhedit
Rural India will gain from strong growth in horticulture, poultry, dairies and fisheries, in addition to bumper farm production that is estimated to hit a new record this crop year, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said.
100 million tonnes: Amount of wheat Indians are likely to eat in 2016-17edit
Government taken many initiatives in the budget for the welfare of agriculture & for the prosperity of farmers: Shri Radha Mohan Singhedit
The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh said that despite difficult challenges being faced by ICAR in its working period of 87 years, it has attained many achievements and these achievements are the milestones of progress of agriculture. Increase in production and income, development of institutes, human resources, development of new techniques, agriculture diversification are the areas in which ICAR has established new standards of success.
International agri-research centre coming up in Madhya Pradeshedit
Giving a fillip to agriculture research in the country, the government will set up a Food Legumes Research Platform (FLRP) at Amlaha, Sehore in Madhya Pradesh with its satellite hubs in West Bengal and Rajasthan. The hub in West Bengal will research in pulses while the one in Rajasthan will focus on natural resource management for sustainable agriculture.
The big boost to agriculture sector will help revive investment prospectsedit
In line with the broad GDP numbers on agriculture, which estimates a 4.1% growth in the sector during 2016-17, the second advance estimates of production of major crops indicate food grain production will touch a record level of 272 million tonnes which is around 7 million tonnes more than the previous record achieved in 2013-14 and 20 million tons more than in the previous year.
How this group of educated farmers is tackling rural brain drain with a simple solutionedit
Through their independent consultancy company, these educated farmers are setting an example for rural youth to stay back in their villages, hold their agricultural lands, and still earn a decent living. Self-sufficiency is what they sell.
Technology transfer for rural developmentedit
Extension and research are the cardinal pillars of agricultural development of any country. Agricultural extension as a profession has completed more than five decades of its existence. Substantial contribution has been made by this profession for the development of farmers. In order to get the true potential, the country need to go a long way to meet the challenges to increase the agricultural and animal production from the available resources, keeping in mind the ecological and environmental sustainability.
Technology in Agriculture
Technology, machinery Mela heldedit
A Technology and Machinery Demonstration Mela was organized by All India Coordinated Research Project on Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (PHET) in collaboration with All India Coordinated Research Project on Plasticulture Engineering and Technology (PET), at main campus SKUAST (K), Shalimar, here.