Dainik Jagran – Online

कृषि मंत्रालय के मुताबिक रबी सीजन की फसलों की बोआई करीब-करीब खत्म होने वाली है। बोआई के आंकड़ों पर गौर करें तो 30 दिसंबर तक गेहूं की बोआई का रकबा साल भर पहले की तुलना में 3.59 प्रतिशत बढ़कर 325.10 लाख हेक्टेयर हो गया है। जबकि पिछले वर्ष इसी अवधि में 313.81 लाख हेक्टेयर बोआई की गई थी। गेहूं बोआई में उत्तर प्रदेश अव्वल मक्का, ज्वार, चना और सरसों अन्य प्रमुख रबी फसलें हैं और इनकी कटाई अगले साल मार्च-अप्रैल में शुरू होगी। राज्यवार गेहूं बोआई के आंकड़ों पर गौर करें तो उत्तर प्रदेश (3.59 लाख हेक्टेयर), राजस्थान (2.52 लाख हेक्टेयर), महाराष्ट्र (1.89 लाख हेक्टेयर), गुजरात (1.10 लाख हेक्टेयर), बिहार (0.87 लाख हेक्टेयर), मध्य प्रदेश ...

Business World – Online

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that 19 per cent of our agriculture finance is done through cooperative societies. 35 per cent of fertiliser distribution, 30 per cent fertiliser production, 40 per cent of sugar production, 13 per cent of procurement of wheat and 20 per cent of paddy procurement is done by cooperatives only. While addressing the Cooperative Beneficiaries Conference in Bengaluru Shah said, “Out of 30 lakh cooperatives in the whole world, 9 lakh cooperatives are in India only. About 91 per cent of India’s population is linked to a cooperative in one way or another, with cooperatives covering 70 per cent of the country’s farmers through PACS.” He ...

The Hindu BusinessLine – Online

Exports of major agriculture and processed products, promoted by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), have jumped by 15.68 per cent to $17.43 billion during April-November of current fiscal from $15.07 billion year-ago. Exceeding the target, APEDA products had registered record $24.76 billion in FY22, still the target for current fiscal has been set at $23.56 billion.

Mint – Online

India’s agricultural and processed food products exports rose by 16 per cent in the first eight months (April-November) of the current financial year 2022-23 on a yearly basis. The agricultural exports has managed to attain 74 per cent of its annual export target, latest data released by Ministry of Commerce and Industry showed. An export target of $23.56 billion has been fixed for the agricultural and processed food products basket for the year 2022-23. According to the provisional data, the overall export of agricultural and processed food products increased to $17.43 billion from $15.07 billion over the same period of the last fiscal.