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Record fertilizer sales during lockdown period
Delhi, 28 APR 2020 Amid National level covid -19 lockdown, Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has had a record sale of Fertilizers to farmer community. During 1 - 22 April 2020 POS sale of fertilizers to farmers was 10.63 lakh MT which is 32 percent higher than the last year sale of 8.02 lakh MT during the...
Wheat harvesting across the country continues briskly amidst the lockd...
Procurement of Pulses & Oilseeds in Rabi 2020-21 season also in progress
Delhi, 28 APR 2020
Wheat harvesting across the country is continuing at a brisk pace amidst the lockdown. SOP related to crop harvesting & threshing during Kharif 2020 are being adhered to by the farmers and workers. The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Far...
69,000 ha forest land approved for non-forest use in 5 yrs
A total of 3,616 projects involving 69,414.32 hectares of forest land have been approved for non-forest use under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, in the last five years, said environment minister Prakash Javadekar in the Lok Sabha on March 20, 2020. During the same period, compensatory afforestation (CA) was stipulated over more than 126,000 hecta...
Saffron mango arrives at Junagadh Marketing Yard amid Corona epidemic ...
Saffron mangoes have arrived in Junagadh marketing yard due to the corona epidemic and lock down. With the commencement of transport of essential commodities in Junagadh district, saffron mangoes from Talala and Gir areas are coming to the box marketing yard. The trader said that 170 boxes had come for sale on the first day. Due to the lockdown,...
Procurement operations of Pulses and Oilseeds directly from Farmers at...
Government of India through Central Nodal Agencies like NAFED and FCI has been striving to assure better returns for the farmers. Procurement of notified commodities at Minimum Support Price (MSP) from the farmers in several States in the Rabi 2020-21 season has started. Farmers are being given timely marketing support in the time of lockdown. Maxi...
Biomass was made from cheese-making extracted water bacteria
Gandhinagar: New discoveries for the dairy industry and home industry have been made by the Dairy Chemistry Department. So instead of throwing shredded and cheese-drained water out, biomass can now be produced. This new invention for the livestock and dairy industry can make a big difference. Methods for making biomass production of lactic acid ...
Gujarat states major origins producing export quality 16 products
Major origins , states producing export quality products India has a large production base and diverse agriculture commodities in the categories such as fruits and vegetables. Based on secondary research we have enlisted major agricultural commodities and their major centers of production. The data highlights the potential of various states in p...
Fishermen are allowed to go to sea in Corona but where is the business...
Corona Virus - The state government has lifted the earlier ban on fishermen from going to sea in the wake of the lock-down announced due to the epidemic of Covid-19. Government also begun to issue tokens to fishermen. They will be able to catch Fish, shrimp, processing & packaging, cold chain maintenance and transportation.
Production and e...
DST supported startup to make natural, alcohol-free sanitizer to comba...
DELHI, 10 APR 2020
Green Pyramid Biotech (GPB), a company working on Food, Agriculture, and Bio-Technology, located in Pune, Maharashtra, is being funded by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), for manufacturing natural, alcohol-free sanitizer for hands and surfaces with long-lasting antibacterial and antiviral effect. It can be ve...
Wheat harvesting 26-33% against total sown area
During Rabi season 2020 over 1 LMT Pulses and Oilseeds procured worth Rs. 526.84 crore, benefitting 75,984 farmers Direct purchase from farmers by Bulk Buyers facilitated; uberisation of logistics aggregator launched on e-NAM Delhi, 10 APR 2020
In order to facilitate the farmers and farming activities at field level during the lockdown perio...
The goods of the farmers are falling in the fields, nobody is ready to...
Gujarat Kisan Congress Chairman Palbhai Ambaliya wrote a letter to all the district collectors of the state including the Chief Minister, Agriculture Minister, Leader of the Opposition and requested for some kindness to the farmers in the middle of the corona. You have already acknowledged that the Chief Minister and Agriculture Minister has not...
Poor grain chana dal scam of Rupani government
A large quantity of empty bags of Chana Dal pulses have been found on the Vijay Rupani government ration of Gujarat on the Morbi Highway in Rajkot. Lockdown, the government supply ration. Those bags are likely to be a scam found here. Empty bags of one kilo have been found. This has led to many scandalous, questions. Lockdown does not provide enoug...
Biofortified carrot variety developed by farmer scientist benefits loc...
Delhi, 08 APR 2020
Madhuban Gajar, a biofortified carrot variety with high β-carotene and iron content developed by Shri Vallabhhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya, a farmer scientist from Junagadh district, Gujarat is benefitting more than 150 local farmers in the area. It is being planted in an area of over 200 hectares in Junagadh, and the average yield, ...
Rupani’s decision to provide free food to 30 million middle clas...
At the video conferencing cabinet meeting, more than 60 lakh APL-1 ration card holder families of the state ie 2.50 to 3 crore middle class people will be given free food grains. All the holders who did not get food grains under NFSA under the National Food Security Act will be given free of cost to middle class people at 10 kg wheat, 3 kg rice, 1 ...
Rs.800 crore deposited in 40 lakh farmer’s account, assistance o...
Gandhinagar: The state government has given details of the situation within 14 days of the lockdown. If the duty-free government dies due to coronet-19 being affected by corona, the state government will provide Rs.25 lakh assistance to the family of its 9 lakh employees. However, there is no provision to provide assistance to such companies if suc...