Coloured teas become a menace in South India, Maharashtra
In the southern regions and Maharashtra, coloured teas or teas combined with colours to give them a rich golden hue…
Assam Manohari Gold tea auctioned for ‘record’ Rs 99,999 per kg
An official said a premium tea from Assam’s Dibrugarh district was auctioned for Rs 99,999 per kg on Tuesday, the…
Government creating unique IDs of farmers enrolled under Agri-schemes : Minister Tomar in LS
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on Tuesday that the government is working on generating a unique identifier (ID)…
Agroforestry : An Integrated System of Land Use
What is Agroforestry? According to International Council for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) “Agroforestry is a system of land use where…
PMFBY : Government Starts Paying Crop Loss Claims, 30 Lakh Farmers to be benefitted
Insurance companies implementing the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) have begun paying crop damage claims in Maharashtra after continuous…
Committee On MSP To Be Set Up ‘Very Soon’, Says Union Agriculture Secretary
Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agrawal said on Monday that a committee on the Minimum support price (MSP) and other farm issues,…
More support needed for pollination services in agriculture
Current estimates put the value of pollination services at around 200 to 400 billion US dollars per year. Smallholder farmers,…
Wasteland Development in India
What is Wasteland? Wasteland is the land that is not used either for agriculture, forestry or pasture or the land…
Government procures paddy worth nearly Rs 64,000 crore at MSP in 2021-22 mkt year so far
The government has procured 326 lakh tonnes of paddy so far in the 2021-22 kharif marketing year at the minimum…
Family Farming
What is Family Farming? Family farming is defined as a means of organizing agricultural, forestry, fisheries, pastoral and aquaculture production…