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Agriculture Industry
Changing face of agricultureedit
The NABARD survey estimates the total number of rural households in India for 2016-17 at 21.17 crore. The definition of ‘rural’ is a broad one, covering revenue villages and semi-urban centres with a population of less than 50,000. Out of the 21.17 crore rural households, 10.07 crore, or under 48 per cent, are ‘agricultural’ – those with at least one member self-employed in farming and reporting an annual value of production at more than Rs 5,000. The remaining 11.10 crore households or 52 per cent are ‘non-agricultural’
Agri-biotech cos float new lobby groupedit
The nine members of ABLE-AG, the agri-biotech group within the Association of Biotech-Led Enterprises (ABLE), have formed a new association, breaking away from the pharma-focussed advocacy group.
Workshop on e-auction in Agriculture heldedit
The workshop was attended by National experts Senior Vice President SNEIT Prasad Nagool, Delivery leader SNEIT Ganesh Jayaraman, Special Officer Tea Board of India S.M, Nasrullah Special Officer Tea Board of India, e-auction expert of Tea Board of India Rajnigandha, Deputy director NABL, Vikas K. Jaiswal, Managing Director IFAB Dr. Representative of Spice Board M. Vishwanathan, Roy Joseph and concerned officers of the department, farmers and saffron growers.
Thousands of farmers, workers to march to Parliament against Modi Govt policiesedit
Late Monsoon and the misery of staying in temporary shelters at the Ramlila gorund have not deterred the spirit of workers, peasants and agriculture labours arriving in thousands from across the country to march towards Parliament on September 5 against the Union government and it’s ‘neo-liberal’ policies and ‘communal and divisional agenda’.
Govt needs to address policy ambiguities affecting shifting cultivation: NITI Aayogedit
The “inconsistency and incongruence among policies of various departments” of the Central and state governments regarding shifting cultivation needs to be done away with, says the latest NITI Aayog report on bringing transformative changes to shifting cultivation. “Central as well as State government departments of forests and environment, agriculture and allied departments often have divergent approaches towards shifting cultivation. This creates confusion among grassroots level workers and jhum farmers,” the report observes.
RS 1,407 FROM FARMING, RS 4,976 FROM ALL SOURCESedit
The monthly average income of a farmer family from agriculture source in Odisha increased from Rs 336 in 2002-03 to Rs 1,407 in 2013-14, informed Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment Minister Pradeep Maharathy in the State Assembly on Tuesday.
Government snaps its own Krushi Samruddhi projectedit
The state government has wrapped up its own prestigious Motiram Lahane Krushi Samrudhi Project which was developed to substantiate crisis of the farmers in Yavatmal district. The project was launched two years ago with great fanfare.
Call to focus on farmers, women issuesedit
Speaking at a programme organised for distributing financial assistance to widows of farming community and single women here on Tuesday, he said that compared to other countries, problems being faced by women are more in India and there was an imperative need to address it.
Maharashtra govt working on model to help farmers fetch MSP in open marketedit
The state government is working on a model to enable farmers fetch Minimum Support Price (MSP) for their produce in the open market, for which work on necessary infrastructure and investment is under way, said Maharashtra State Commission for Agriculture Cost and Prices chairman Pasha Patel.
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Aeris, Hello Tractor to provide tractors to farmers on leaseedit
The US-based technology firm Aeris said Tuesday it has tied up with Hello Tractor to provide tractors on lease to Indian farmers.Aeris and Hello Tractor launched this service in India and the ASEAN region at a session on ‘India-Africa- ASEAN: Internet of Things (IoT) in Agriculture’, organised in association with FICCI, the industry body said in a statement.