-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: Landlocked Punjab has started feeding shrimps to coastal Dubai! A progressive farmer has started using waterlogged wastelands in the state as Fish farms, unlocking the possibility of more such farms coming up in select pockets of the state. In fact, the first consignment of two tonnes of shrimps from a trial farm in Fazilka was sent to Dubai with the help of the Gujarati farmer only last...
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Good harvests, abundant inventory continue to drive international food prices down – UN
-United Nations Food markets are more stable and prices for most agricultural commodities are sharply lower than they have been in recent years, according to the latest edition of the biannual Food Outlook report released today by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). According to a statement released by the Rome-based FAO, bumper harvests and abundant stockpiles are key factors helping drive down international food prices. World wheat production in 2014...
More »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 »Farmer outfits to rally in Punjab against drug menace
-PTI Moga (Punjab): Farmer outfits in Punjab, including Bharti Kisan Union (BKU-Ekta) and BKU (Ugrahan) will hold a rally in Moga on Wednesday to spread awareness on the drug problem in the state. Disclosing this here today, BKU (Ugrahan) General Secretary Sukhdev Singh said the idea behind holding the rally is to press Punjab police to catch "big Fishes" involved in the drug trade in the state. He alleged that certain big drug...
More »States pitch for separate FCI to ensure fodder security
-PTI NEW DELHI: In order to improve availability of fodder in the country, several state governments today suggested setting up of a Fodder Corporation of India (FCI), ban on export of oilseed cake and disallowing harvesting of wheat and other fodder crop using combine harvestor. Some states also demanded that the Centre should treat animal husbandry, dairying and Fisheries at par with the agriculture sector and ensure benefits such crop loans at...
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