Agriculture

Technology support is extremely vital for success of land based programme, specially in the development of Wastelands. Proper area specific strategy has to be developed keeping in view the Agro-Climatic conditions and capability of land. Realizing this, a Central Sector Scheme of TDET was launched during 1993-94 to develop suitable ...

Mumbai: Amidst demands of farm loan waiver in Maharashtra, the State government has announced ‘Advanced Farming – Enriched Farmer’ scheme, with an aim to increase farmers’ income by cutting production cost and increasing the output. The scheme will be launched in the upcoming kharif season. Under the initiative, the government ...

The Telangana government has completed the final round of a loan waiver scheme to the farmers in the state. The total quantum of loans waived now stands at `16,374 crore, benefiting over 35 lakh farmers. The loan waiver was one of the main poll promises of the ruling Telangana Rashtra ...

Farmers in Karnataka are going to see a big transformation in their livelihoods and agricultural productivity. Recognizing the potential for a strong collaboration in dryland agriculture long-term partners the Government of Karnataka and International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) along with consortium partners, launched a scheme called ...

PM inaugurated International Conference and Exhibition on Sugarcane Value Chain – Vision 2025 Sugar – at Pune. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, inaugurated the International Conference and Exhibition on Sugarcane Value Chain – Vision 2025 Sugar – at Pune. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said that we ...

National Project for Cattle and Buffalo Breeding (NPCBB) by Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries envisages genetic upgradation and development of indigenous breeds on priority basis.   Objectives To arrange delivery of vastly improved artificial insemination service at the farmers doorstep. To progressively bring under organized breeding through artificial ...

Ministry of Agriculture, GoI, has formulated this scheme to develop marketing infrastructure in the country to cater to the post-harvest requirement of production and marketable surplus of various farm products. Objectives To provide additional agricultural marketing infrastructure to cope up with the large marketable surpluses of agricultural and allied commodities. ...

As a part of the Government’s focus on the development of programmes that aim to directly and positively impact people’s lives rapidly, the Ministry of Science and Technology has been at the forefront in many of these initiatives. The Farmer-Centric initiative of this Ministry is Biotech-KISAN The Minister for Science and ...

The Government of Rajasthan is committed to developing agriculture and allied ecosystem to increase farm income in the state. The state has conceived Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet 2016 (GRAM 2016), an agri-technology and business event as a platform to transform and catalyse the process of improving the sustainability and economic ...

Government of India is committed to accord high priority to water conservation and its management. To this effect Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) has been formulated with the vision of extending the coverage of irrigation ‘Har Khet ko pani’ and improving water use efficiency ‘More crop per drop’. Objective: Restore the ecological ...