Ravishankar’s predecessor Shilpa Divekar Nirula will hold a senior global leadership position at the parent company, Bayer
Industry
Two-thirds of India’s gold demand comes from rural areas. Demand for gold is likely to surge in the second half of the year thanks to a good outlook for farmers
Walmart Foundation’s USD $2 million grant to improve market access for India’s smallholder farmers and ICRISAT will lead developmental efforts
Alluding to the corporatisation of rural economy, a senior Finance Ministry official did indicate the need for policy measures to be put in place for such a mechanism to increase of farm output including agriculture produce and income
The scheme to create additional milk processing capacity of 126 lakh litre per day, milk drying capacity of 210 MT per day, milk chilling capacity of 140 lakh litre per day
News
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Egypt for cooperation in the field of agriculture and all
In order to promote Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) for livelihood development of tribal people by promoting primary level value addition to MAPs produce from forest area, Tribal Cooperative M
The production of raw cashew nuts in India during 2017-18 has increased to all time high at 8.17 lakh metric tonne (LMT) and registered growth of 4 percent compared to 2016-17 production of 7.79 l
Vice President of India, M.
Agriculture
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Ravishankar’s predecessor Shilpa Divekar Nirula will hold a senior global leadership position at the parent company, Bayer
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Walmart Foundation’s USD $2 million grant to improve market access for India’s smallholder farmers and ICRISAT will lead developmental efforts
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The scheme to create additional milk processing capacity of 126 lakh litre per day, milk drying capacity of 210 MT per day, milk chilling capacity of 140 lakh litre per day
Fortification and reformulation focus is already underway in India, ensuring availability of nutritious food to under nourished population
The government has drafted the Model Contract Farming Act, 2018. The Act emphasises protection of farmers’ interests, includes services contracts, including pre-production, production and post-production. Amit BK Khare writes on the benefits of the Model Act
Policy
The scheme is aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers for their produce as announced in the Union Budget 2018
Both countries will develop bilateral cooperation in the field of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries for the purpose of increasing production and productivity of Indian livestock and fisheries
Mission Kakatiya aims to restore around 46,531 water tanks enumerated by the Telangana irrigation department. Already in Phase 1 and 2 of the project over 15,000 tanks have been restored
The Central government has decided to continue nutrient based subsidy and City Compost Scheme till 2019-20
The revised Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) will be applicable for purchase of sugarcane from the farmers in the sugar season 2018-19, starting with effect from October 1, 2018 by the sugar mills
Interviews
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.
Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM) was organised in Udaipur recently by Rajasthan Government and FICCI to provide a national and international platform to the farmers for knowledge sharing
Dr. Urvashi Sahni, founder of Study Hall Educational Foundation speaks on the status of girls’ education and gender discrimination in India...
International
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Egypt for cooperation in the field of agriculture and all
