Doubling farmers’ income is govt’s top priority, keeping promise by FY23: Goyal. On Friday, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said that doubling farmers’ income is a ‘top priority’ for the government, which is also working on other ways to help farmers. Commerce...
NGO to strengthen Tribal farmers in organic farming with buy back plan. Alswamitra Botanicals LLP, a Bengaluru-based start-up, has started a project in tribal hamlets in South India to improve the yield and quality of organic crops like turmeric and millets by giving seeds from an NGO to...
‘Project Bandhan’ to use mating disruption technique to stop the spread of cotton PBW. As the pink bollworm spreads through cotton plants in North India, the Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR), State agricultural universities, and private players like the South Asia...
Farmers worried about their livelihood as KIADB issued notification for land acquisition. Farmers in the Mulki villages of Kollur and Balkunje are worried about what will happen to their way of life if the land is bought for industrial use. ‘In another year or two, arecanut saplings...
CCEA approved the computerization of 63,000 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies. Computerization will make things clearer and connect all credit unions to a single accounting system. Wednesday, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a plan to turn around 63,000...
