Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Commercial Agriculture: Exploring the Business of Commercial Farmingedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Commercial agriculture refers to the practice of growing crops and raising livestock for profit rather than for subsistence or personal consumption. It entails utilising advanced technologies and methods to maximise output, reduce costs, and increase profits. Commercial agriculture is the backbone of the world’s food supply, supplying the vast majority of the food consumed by people worldwide.
Paddy in India
Centre Provides No Grant, Aid or Loan For Paddy: Chhattisgarh Ministeredit
Free Press Journal – Online
Chhattisgarh Forest and Transport Minister Mohammad Akbar has stated that the central government does not provide any grants, aid, or loans for paddy purchases. In an interaction with the media, he explained that the state government has a system for procuring paddy directly from farmers, which is then custom milled and deposited in the central pool. The central government makes payments based on the fixed rate for the deposited rice.
State plans to procure paddy by finger print verification from Novedit
Millennium Post – Online
The state Food and Supplies department is planning to introduce procurement of paddy by finger print verification through E pos machines from November in the same fashion as delivery of food grains is carried out to the beneficiaries by the ration shops across the state. The procurement begins from November and continues till August but the maximum procurement takes place during November till March.