Category: Agriculture

Farmers are expressing dissatisfaction with the Union government’s decision to allow private entities into the production and processing of opium.

Centre plans to incentivise small and marginal farmers under a scheme likely to be named PM-KISAN Bhai (Bhandaran Incentive) scheme.

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) released State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Report 2023 recently.

Ministry of Food Processing Industries organised WFI 2023 to celebrate 2023 as International Year of Millets, and showcase India as ‘food basket of the world’.

Centre to extend Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (free ration scheme) for over 80 crore people for next five years.

Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) imposed a minimum export price (MEP) of $ 800 per tonne on onion exports till December 31 2023.

Symposium on Production of Improved and Traditional Seed through Cooperative Sector was organized by Bharatiya Beej Sahkari Samiti Limited (BBSSL).

Union government plans to cover an area larger than the entire state of Sikkim with palm oil plantations in six north-eastern states as part of National Mission on Edible Oil – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP).

Centre recently notified the constitution of the National Turmeric Board, a long-standing demand of turmeric farmers across the country.

Farmers of Punjab started a three-day ‘rail roko’ agitation to enact a Minimum Support Price (MSP) law for all crops based on the Swaminathan Commission report.

M.S. Swaminathan, the agricultural scientist known as the father of the Green Revolution in India passed away.

Context: Swati Nayak (scientist, International Rice Research Institute South Asia Regional Centre), known for her research on climate-resilient and nutritious…