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.
Indian Scientists have developed a high-yielding and pest-resistant variety of soybean. This newly developed variety called MACS 1407 is suitable for cultivation in the states of Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and North-Eastern states. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Science and Technology Ministry has said that the new seeds will be made available to […]
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Central Farm Machinery Training & Testing Institute, Budni (MP) has tested the first-ever electric Tractor in the Institute. The institute received the application for an electric tractor under Confidential Test initially. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Accordingly, the institute has tested the tractor & released the Draft Test Report in February, 2021. Central farm Machinery
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Agriculture Infrastructure Fund has crossed the Rs. 8000 crore mark after receiving 8,665 applications worth Rs. 8,216 crores. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The largest share of the pie is contributed by Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) (58%), agri-entrepreneurs (24%) and individual farmers (13%). The Agriculture Infrastructure Fund is a medium – long term debt
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India has recorded 30 percent increase in agricultural export last year in comparison to 2019-20 financial year despite Covid-19 situation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Around 1.3 lakh crore rupees of export business was recorded last year in comparison to 1.1 lakh crore rupees in previous financial year. The pandemic gave an opportunity to India
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Government of India informed Parliament about the initiatives to Promote Farm Mechanization. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A special dedicated scheme ‘Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)’ has been introduced by Government of India in 2014-15. The scheme aims at making farm machines accessible and affordable for the small and marginal farmers (SMFs) through establishment
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The Kalahandi district of Odisha produces Soybean on a very limited scale. The ICAR has established a national level research Institute on Soybean in 1987 namely, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Indore (Madhya Pradesh) to conduct basic and strategic research on the crop. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Besides this, ICAR is also implementing an
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Union Government has announced increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all mandated Rabi crops. The decision was taken in the meeting of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs held under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The MSP of six Rabi crops including Wheat, Chana, Masoor, Mustard,
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India has ranked first in the number of organic farmers and ninth in terms of area under organic farming. Sikkim became the first state to become fully organic and other states including Tripura and Uttarakhand have set similar targets. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points North East India has been traditionally following organic farming and
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Government is taking all possible measures to ensure that farmers get remunerative prices for their produce. With the implementation of the two new ordinances and other legal reforms in agriculture sector, farmers can now sell their produce anywhere in the country at remunerative prices and all restrictions on them have been removed. Daily Current Affairs
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The agritech sector of India has seen sharp growth during the covid-19 crisis. Investments from venture capital firms in agritech startups are expected to exceed $500 million in the next two years as many have come together to help farmers connect with buyers, automate supply chains and build the next layer of data analytics to
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