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Agriculture Industry
Wheat import to fall in FY 2017-18 after crop production surgesedit
India’s wheat import is likely to touch 4.5-5 million tonnes this fiscal but inward shipments may fall significantly in 2017-18 as estimates suggest record production next year, according to flour millers’ body. The country had imported about 5,00,000 tonnes of wheat during the previous financial year.
‘Techies expressing interest in farming’edit
An average of two to three software engineers from Bengaluru approach agricultural experts expressing a desire to diversify into farming, former Director-General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research S. Ayyappan has said.
Agriculture sector growth to be around 7%: NITI Aayog’s Ramesh Chandedit
While the Central Statistical Organisation has estimated “agriculture and allied services” to grow 4.1% in FY17, Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand expects the growth rate to be a handsome 7%. Chand spoke to FE’s Prasanta Sahu and Sandip Das on critical factors that need to be addressed to ensure at least 4% annual growth over the next 15 years.
Will UP farmers heave a sigh of relief?edit
All parties seem to have missed the basic problem of UP’s peasantry; if there is one thing about which the farmers are dismayed, it is low prices for their major crops, even though UP is the largest producer of wheat in the country (30 million tonnes) in 2016-17.
Singh participates in ICAR’s 88th AGMedit
The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, 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.
Budget 2017-18: Touted as pro-farmer & pro-rural galore Jumlasedit
Demonetization had a devastating effect on the Indian economy. The informal sector – consisting of small scale manufacturing, almost the entire construction industry, about three quarters of the remainder of the services sector and the agricultural sector – has been sent into a coma. The worst was reserved for the agriculture sector.
University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore Hosts 13th Agri Congressedit
The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), India announced the organization of XIII Agricultural Science Congress at the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bengaluru in collaboration with local ICAR Institutes from February 21-24th 2017. The theme of the Congress is ‘Climate-smart Agriculture’.
Technology in Agriculture
Mahindra Sees a Bumper Harvest in Agri Tech Cosedit
But investment apart, the group is actively working in the agri tech space to harbour its startup dreams. The group has launched MyAgriGuru, an agricultural advisory platform that helps farmers manage their crops by providing information on weather, pricing, etc.