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Agriculture budget enhanced by 74.5% to double farmers’ incomeedit
Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Friday said that the budget outlay of the agriculture sector has been enhanced by 74.5% with an aim to double farmers’ income.
Government to procure 44 lakh tonne of oilseeds and pulses under the PM- AAASHA schemeedit
The government has approved proposals from nine states for the procurement of pulses and oilseeds on the basis of minimum support price (MSP) in the kharif marketing year beginning October, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has said.
Climate Change Hits Bihar Farmers Twice This Yearedit
Mahender Rai and Ramchander Yadav, smallholder farmers in India’s eastern province of Bihar, are not aware of the term climate change. But from bitter experience, they know the changes that have affected their harvests in recent years. They blame their fate for the erratic rainfall, extended dry spells during the monsoon and higher temperatures during summer, phenomena that increasingly result in poor spring and autumn harvests.
How to join the dots of growth in Indian agricultureedit
This question is almost always buried in endless polemic about the agriculture in India with its age-old imagery of eternal poverty coupled with the tragedy of farmer suicides. There is no doubt that parts of Indian agriculture are still mired in tremendous challenges and farmer suicides remain one of the foremost humanitarian crises that face the modern Indian state.
Ludhiana: CGST dept steps up campaign against stubble burning, donates happy seeder to farmersedit
Taking ahead the initiative of ensuring a clean environment by combatting stubble burning, Central GST (CGST) commissionerate,Ludhiana donated another happy seeder to the farmers of Ludhiana district. In this campaign, which is being spearheaded by CGST commissioner Ashutosh Baranwal, the department donated a happy seeder earlier as well to farmers.
Stubble burning from Punjab, Haryana contributed to 32% of pollution in Delhi on Saturday: SAFARedit
Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana contributed to 32 per cent of Delhi’s overall pollution on Saturday, according to a report by the Centre-run System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).
World needs to produce 3 times more fruits, vegetables than current levelsedit
If the world continues to produce food crops in a business-as-usual scenario, then nutritional requirements of each individual are unlikely to be met.The world currently overproduces grains, fats and sugars, and not enough fruits, vegetables and protein to meet the nutritional needs of the current population, finds a recent global study conducted by the University of Guelph.
Modi urges scientists to find concrete solution to stubble burningedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged scientists in the country to find a concrete solution to deal with the problem of stubble burning even as he asked farmers to seek out methods to earn money using the agriculture residue.