Indusfood will be held in Greater Noida on January 08-10, 2020 and will showcase India’s best line-up of food processing technologies, beverages and agriculture products to global buyers
Industry
Ananda, a leading dairy products manufacturing company has joined a movement for responsible milk sourcing and providing a better life for approximately 400,000 dairy animals in its supply chain
SBI to address farmer customers, resolve their grievances and educate them about their rights and various initiatives by the bank
Dhanuka Agritech would be reaching out to the entire agricultural community including farmers, agri-input dealers, influencer groups and the policy makers through various awareness campaigns
Weather based crop insurance scheme can be implemented for some crops in some states. Integration of farmer database by 2020 to weed out cases of multiple insurance on same plots
News
Emphasising the relevance of sustainable food value chains and the international standards enacted through the Food Safety and Security Act, 2006, Dr.
Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India has released the the 4th Advance Estimates of production of major crops for 2018-19, in New Delhi Monday evening.
Allcargo Logistics, end-to-end logistics solutions provider, has planted 102,500 trees this monsoon with 2,300 farmers in Jawahar, Mokada and Karjat – the tribal belt in Maharashtra, as a part of i
Survey of India ,the national mapping agency of the country under the Ministry of Science & Technology has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Department of Revenue & Land Recor
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, DV Sadananda Gowda launched the Phase-II of Direct Benefit Transfer of Fertilizer Subsidy (DBT 2.0) in New Delhi today.
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Agriculture
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Indusfood will be held in Greater Noida on January 08-10, 2020 and will showcase India’s best line-up of food processing technologies, beverages and agriculture products to global buyers
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Ananda, a leading dairy products manufacturing company has joined a movement for responsible milk sourcing and providing a better life for approximately 400,000 dairy animals in its supply chain
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Dhanuka Agritech would be reaching out to the entire agricultural community including farmers, agri-input dealers, influencer groups and the policy makers through various awareness campaigns
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Weather based crop insurance scheme can be implemented for some crops in some states. Integration of farmer database by 2020 to weed out cases of multiple insurance on same plots
The water conservation programme sees the adoption of four lakes measuring one hectare each in the vicinity of the New Holland Agriculture plant in Greater Noida
Policy
The expected expenditure for release of subsidy on P&K fertilisers during 2019-20 is estimated to be Rs. 22,875 crore
The number of branchless mode / business correspondents (BCs) of scheduled commercial banks in rural areas has also increased from 3.37 lakh in March, 2014 to 5.15 lakh in March, 2018
The official said that all stakeholders in the food business from farmers to industry and government would have to dwell on the challenges and make concerted efforts to address the issues like depleting water table, degradation of land and productivity
Under the PMGSY-III scheme, it is proposed to consolidate 125,000 Km road length in the states. The roads constructed under PMGSY would also be maintained properly
The ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) addresses specific components of geo-tagging of assets created by MGNREGA and creation of database for online recording and monitoring
Interviews
Dr. RC Srivastava, Vice Chancellor, DRPCAU talks on bringing transformational reforms and technological disruptions in agriculture sector
NH Shivashankara Reddy, Minister for Agriculture, Government of Karnataka talks on state’s millets programme, nutrition security, combating climate change and droughts to various programmes and policies with regards to agriculture in the state
LIXIL launched, easy to maintain, water saving and affordable SATO toilets for India’s rural market. Within six months, 35,000 rural households are using them
Narayanan Rajagopalan, President of LaMarca Group, in May 2016 launched a telecom company MarcaTel, which aims at providing India’s first Wi-Fi based Tele Connectivity Network. Narayanan tells BK Jha about the Company’s progress and plans.
In public-private-partnership, vocational training and skill development have been core functions of AISECT since its inception.
International
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Italian innovation global platform Seeds and Chips have joined forces to promote food innovation and education, with a stro
Case IH is going to launch its Coffee Express 200 Multi self-propelled coffee harvester onto the African markets, in a move designed to further extend the brand’s harvest product offering and bring
