Agriculture Current Affairs articles and news. India’s agriculture is composed of many crops, with the foremost food staples being rice and wheat. Indian farmers also grow pulses, potatoes, sugarcane, oilseeds, and such non-food items as cotton, tea, coffee, rubber, and jute, fisheries. We are composing various news and articles on agriculture for the aspirants of UPSC, bank, ssc exam etc.
Pineapple-based agroforestry, traditionally practiced by ethnic “Hmar” tribe in southern Assam, can be a sustainable alternative to jhum cultivation for the North East India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This traditional practice can provide twin solutions for climate change and biodiversity loss, according to a new study. Jhum cultivation, also called swidden agriculture, the dominant […]
Government of India recently took some steps for awareness about the new low-cost capsule which can convert the paddy stubble into bio-manure. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 IARI has licensed this technology to 12 companies for mass multiplication and marketing of the Pusa Decomposer. In addition, ICAR – IARI, New Delhi has produced about 20000
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Government is encouraging the production of Nano fertilizers in the country. Nano Urea (Liquid) is a source of nitrogen which is a major essential nutrient required for proper growth and development of a plant. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 IFFCO has developed nanotechnology based Nano Urea (Liquid) fertilizer that aims to address the imbalanced and
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Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar and Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw jointly launched the digital platform namely ‘KisanSarathi’ in order to facilitate farmers to get ‘right information at right time’ in their desired language. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 With the digital platform, the farmers can interact and
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APEDA in collaboration with Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), traders, exporters, agricultural scientists, Uttar Pradesh government & other institutions organized a meet at Varanasi to promote agricultural crops exports and adherence to global practices. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It is worth noting that Bangladesh is one of the largest markets for India’s agriculture products. A
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Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare of India Narendra Singh Tomar and Member of the European Commission, Agriculture Mr. Janusz Wojciechowski met virtually on 7th July, 2021 to Cooperation in Agriculture. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The strong momentum of the India-EU relations especially since the last India-EU Summit in July, 2020 was acknowledged.
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Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Kailash Choudhary said to be formed Ten Thousand Farmers Producer Organizations across the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Kailash Choudhary also announced that his Ministry will declare 5000 hectares of Ladakh agriculture land as Organic Zone. Hilly areas can form FPOs with just 100 farmers
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Gujarat state government launched Agricultural Diversification Scheme-2021 benefiting vanbandhu- farmers in tribal areas. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The scheme will benefit more than 1.26 lakh farmers from 14 tribal districts of the state. The state government is working to make agriculture sustainable and profitable in the tribal areas. Under this scheme tribal farmers will
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In the auspicious context of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launched the project of setting up of a honey testing laboratory at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It has been setup for quality testing of honey and
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has formulated a special Kharif strategy for implementation in the ensuing Kharif 2021 season with an aim to attain self-sufficiency in the production of pulses. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Through consultations with the state governments, a detailed plan for both area expansion and productivity enhancement for Tur,
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