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Agriculture Industry
Country needs new economic, agricultural models: KCRedit
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, who has been making efforts to forge a non-Congress, non-BJP front, said Saturday the country needed new economic and agricultural models as the present system did not work.
Committee to monitor DFI implementation soonedit
The government is in the process of setting up a panel to monitor the implementation of the recommendation of the Doubling Farmers’ Income (DFI) committee, a senior agriculture ministry official said.
Value addition spurred growth in agri sector: Minedit
VAIGA, the international workshop and exhibition on agro-processing and value addition, concluded here on Sunday with a decision to strengthen the existing farmer producer organisations (FPOs) . Agriculture minister V S Sunilkumar said FPOs have been focusing on largely on coconut and to some extent fruits at present . “It will be expanded; Crops like turmeric, pepper and flowers will be included,” he said.
Agriculture Dept organises ‘Exhibition-cum-Kissan Mela’ at Anantnagedit
The Department of Agriculture on Sunday organised a day-long Mega Kissan Mela cum Exhibition at Dak Bungalow Khanabal. The event was inaugurated by Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Nazir Ahmad Laway in presence of Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, Mohammad Younis Malik and Director Agriculture, Kashmir, Syed Altaf Aijaz Andrabi.
Budget
Make enough financial allocations to make crop insurance schemes attractive for farmers: Parliamentary Paneledit
Noting that there were several “problems”, including lack of transparency, in two crop insurance schemes run by the government, a parliamentary panel has suggested making adequate financial allocations so that the schemes attract participation from a greater number of farmers.