Farmers

The government has been promoting natural farming through a sub-scheme, Bharatiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati (BPKP), under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), since 2019-2020. So far, 4.09 lakh ha area has been brought under BPKP.…
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The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, has said that the Agriculture sector is the backbone of our country and our rural economy and agriculture have such strength that the country can easily…
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APEDA, an export promotion body for agricultural products of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, has made an outreach strategy for the promotion of agro-export to accomplish the export target of USD 23.56 billion for the financial year…
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The Government has adopted several developmental programmes, schemes, reforms and policies that focus on higher incomes for the farmers. All these policies & programmes are being supported by higher budgetary allocations, non-budgetary…
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Government announces Minimum Support Price (MSP) to ensure remunerative prices to the growers for their produce and encourage higher investment and production. The Government in its Union Budget for 2018-19 had announced the pre-determined…
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Entertaining guests and relatives with delicious food made from fragrant rice have been a part of our tradition and rituals from time immemorial. Farmers have been cultivating fragrant rice in the corner of their land or a part of it. The…
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Several farmer groups on Monday staged protests at Food Corporation of India (FCI) offices and godowns across the country as part of the nation-wide protests against recently passed agricultural bills. Farmer groups affiliated with the…
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A team of researchers at the Department of Biotechnology’s Hyderabad-based National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (DBT-NIAB) has developed a new technique to detect the presence of an antibiotic called Oxytetracycline (OTC) in milk…
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Goat husbandry in India is essentially an endeavor of millions of small holders who rear animals on crop-residues and common property resources.Goats play a significant role in providing supplementary income and livelihood to millions of…
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Engineering student Carvey Ehren Maigue has been named the James Dyson Awards first-ever global sustainability winner for his AuReus system, in which waste crops are turned into cladding that can generate clean energy from ultraviolet…
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