There are multiple initiatives of the Government of India such as the Animal Husbandry Startup Grand Challenge launched by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy in partnership with the Startup India
Dept of horticulture plans to develop garden on 2,500 acres of land in Mysore district. Senior assistant director of Department of Horticulture M S Raju said in an effort to make the district free from
The state has sought Rs 3,232 crore towards financial assistance for disbursement The Maharashtra government has decided to extend financial assistance to horticulture farmers, who have suffered losses due to rain deficit in various parts of the state, the Assembly was informed today. State Rehabilitation Minister Patangrao Kadam told the House about this, in a reply to Subhash Desai (Sena) and others on the issue of damages to the horticulture crops. Kadam said the government decided on providing aid to affected farmers in a meeting held on May 15 and 17 this year. He, however, did not quantify the losses.
AHMEDABAD: Organized retail provides some hope to see farmers get their share of benefits but the post-harvest issues in horticulture commodities could only solve with joint participation from private and public sector, says a study by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). The working paper 'Organized Retailing of Horticultural Commodities' by Piyush Kumar Sinha, professor at IIM-A and Sujo Thomas, academic associate at IIM-A discusses the changes in horticulture retail, which is mostly referred as the selling of fresh fruits and vegetables.
The impact of climate change on food and nutrition security is exacerbating the existing inequalities in access to resources and contributing to injustice. Those who have done the least to cause the climate
Ministry of Agricultural Development (MOAD), Agri-Business Promotion and Statistics Division (ABPSD), Agri Statistics Section as part of its regular function, has been publishing "Statistical Information
Criticising the State Government for neglecting the farmers and agriculture sector, the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Monday demanded that families of farmers committing suicide should be
A study by the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) has revealed that there are increased prospects for agribusiness and corporates to enter the horticulture sector if contract farming is promoted in the State. The study, carried out by Pramod Kumar, professor and head, Agriculture Development and Rural Transformation Centre, ISEC, assessed the impact of the National Horticultural Mission (NHM) in Karnataka.
PANJIM: As the mining industry is going through crisis, agriculture experts have said that the mined land can be reclaimed and used to cultivate cash crops which can give far decent living to those people
KOLKATA, 17 OCT: West Bengal has the potential to become a global food production centre, say food processing experts, but it will take at least a decade of major infrastructural change in the food industries
Ranchi, Oct. 15: Jharkhand is set to go big on food processing with the industry department today announcing assistance up to Rs 50 lakh for technology upgrade and establishment and modernisation of proposed
