The Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) founder T.T.V. Dhinakaran came down on the DMK government for, what he called, not having carried out any measure to protect the livelihood of farmers and increase the income of agriculturists. Even though crores of rupees were allotted for the missions to promote millets and oilseeds; safeguard soil health … Read more
Chartered accountants V. Bhagyateja and Gopi Devarakonda at a meeting organised on the Union Budget in Tirupati on Sunday. PRSI president K. Srinivasa Rao and Secretary D. Chandramohan are seen. | Photo Credit: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar Speakers at the ‘Discussion on annual budget 2025’ organised by the Tirupati chapter of Public Relations Society of India … Read more
The Agriculture department will roll out projects worth ₹2,375 crore over the next five years to boost the State’s agricultural sector, Agriculture Minister P. Prasad has said. He was inaugurating Irikkur Farmers’ Association’s ‘Agri Fest 25’ at Naduparambil here on Thursday. Highlighting sector-specific initiatives, the Minister said ₹250 crore had been allocated for rubber replanting … Read more
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on December 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Narendra Modi government will purchase all farm produce at minimum support price, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Rajya Sabha on Friday (December 6, 2024). … Read more
Much of the food we eat is grown with synthetic fertilizer, which is a huge source of climate change. But now, a seed with DNA-modified bacteria is reducing the amount of synthetic fertilizer that farmers have to apply to their fields. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains. Source link
Collector V.R. Subbulaxmi at the exhibtion on Friday. | Photo Credit: C. VENKATACHALAPATHY : Collector V.R. Subbulaxmi on Friday said that adapting new technologies in farm activities, cost-effectiveness of such technologies and awareness among farmers on the availability of such advanced technologies for agricultural practices are required to meet the country’s growing needs in food production. … Read more
MK Dhanuka, MD, Dhanuka Agritech, says that in order to make the pesticide available at reasonable prices for the farmers, the government should definitely think of reducing the GST on agrochemicals from 18% to either 5% or at least up to 12% immediately. The industry tried very hard this time for GST reduction but it … Read more
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. File. | Photo Credit: – Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the Litchi Festival and Agriculture exhibition, organised by the Horticulture Department, at Jammu on Sunday and said that the Holistic Agriculture Development Program (HADP) has emerged as the game-changer for J&K’s Agriculture and Allied Sector. … Read more
Women agriculture workers in action at Parasalur Panchayat in Mayiladuthurai district on a hot day. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Until now, working under hot sun was never an issue with 58-year-old S. Kaliammal, an agriculture labourer from Puthagaram village in Pattavarthi panchayat in Mayiladuthurai district. But in the middle of her tilling work on … Read more
Delegates attend the 13th WTO ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The talks at the WTO’s ministerial conference ended with no decision on key issues such as finding a permanent solution to public food stockpile and on curbing fisheries subsidies that lead to over-capacity and over-fishing, sources said. … Read more