-PTI NEW DELHI: India's foodgrain production is projected to drop by 7 per cent to about 120 million tonnes in this year due to poor monsoon rains. Foodgrain production stood at 129.24 million tonnes in the kharif season of the 2013-14 crop year (July-June). "... coverage in sowing position is as per average of last five years and is only 3 per cent lower than the situation of last year. With improved rainfall,...
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Finance to 5 Lakh Joint Farming Groups of "Bhoomi Heen Kisan" through Nabard in the Current Financial Year
-Capital Market 14 Crore Soil Health Cards to be Issued in Three Years; Credit Support of Rs. 8 Lakh Crore to Agriculture During 2014-15 Targeted "Finance to 5 lakh joint farming groups of Bhoomi Heen Kisan through NABARD in the current financial year", said Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Agriculture Minister, while inaugurating the National Rabi Conference. Minister said that, a very large number of landless farmers are unable to provide land title...
More »These Gujarat women fought orthodoxy, poverty to cultivate a fresh lease of life -Darshan Desai
-India Today Devgadh Baria, Gujarat: Savita Naik, Navliben, Chandaben and Kamtiben eke out a meagre living in Panchiyasaal village, just about 30 km from the block headquarters of Devgadh Baria in Gujarat's tribal-dominated Dahod district. They have 1 to 1.5 bighas of land and so have been categorised as marginal land holders. It was a huge fight for them to earn even this land - they fought right from the level of...
More »August rain boost for paddy -Piyush Kumar Tripathi
-The Telegraph Bihar: The statewide torrential rain in mid-August caused flood conditions in 16 districts but came as a boon for standing paddy crop. Figures say the overall kharif transplantation coverage went up by nearly 40 per cent during August. It was 54 per cent on August 1 and touched 93 per cent on September 1. It came as a major relief for farmers and the state government, as, till the first week...
More »Govt vows to keep lid on onion prices
-PTI Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said Friday the government will take all measures to ensure that onion prices do not go up to the Rs 80-100 per kg level again, seeking to quell fears of a spike in the festive season ahead. The monsoon was late, so the kharif or summer onion crop would be delayed by a month in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, the main growing areas. This could...
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