Drones for precision farming: govt grants ₹10 lakh to ICAR institutes, KVKs, AUs As part of its goal to encourage precision farming, the government will award grants of up to ₹ 10 lakh to ICAR institutes, Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs), and state agriculture universities for the buying of...
The first box of mango arrived in the market yard and was sold for ₹18,000 On Sunday, Pune residents cheered the arrival of the first box of their favorite summer fruit, mango, at Market Yard. The first box of five dozen Devgad Alphonso mangoes arrived from Sindhudurg and was sold for...
India is now the world’s largest exporter of cucumber, gherkins worth $223 million in the previous fiscal year 2020-21 According to the Commerce Ministry, India has become the world’s largest exporter of gherkins. During the months of April to October, India exported 1,23,846...
Top American senators have asked the Joe Biden administration to file a World Trade Organization (WTO) complaint against India for subsidizing its farmers by more than half the value of wheat production. US Wheat Associates, which has been vigorously lobbying the administration for such a...
‘Doubling farmers income’ is just a slogan, secondary agriculture is unlikely to achieve in Karnataka The establishment of a secondary agriculture department in Karnataka to aid in the value addition of agricultural produce as a means of doubling the farmers’ income is...
