According to one estimate, if all agricultural land in India were used for protective farming, the market would be worth USD 6 billion. The main reason for the low adoption rate, though, is that farmers don't know much about protective farming and how their products might be exposed.
Before this, each pesticide had to be approved by the Central Insecticide Board and Registration Committee which would take 18-24 months.
Replying to a question in the Lower House, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said keeping a separate budget for agriculture would neither benefit the country nor the farmers.
Congress' Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday had asked an unstarred question stating whether govt has assessed the impact of COVID on agricultural households.
NABARD Mains Exam 2021 datesheet has been released on Sunday (October 24) on the official website-- nabard.org.
Addressing the 41st AGM of CroplifeIndia, an apex body of 15 Crop science companies, Tomar said the Centre has launched a digital agriculture mission and focusing on use of drones in the farm sector.
Along with foodgrains, demand for edible oil, milk and milk products, meat, egg, fish, vegetables, fruits and sugar will increase significantly. In comparison, natural resources are limited and there is also challenge of climate change.
AP EAPCET result 2021 has been declared for the agriculture stream on Tuesday.
Even after seven decades of development in India, agriculture remains the critical sector as a source of raw material and key inputs to several other sectors.
Niti Aayog Member Ramesh Chand on Sunday said the target of doubling farmers' income by 2022 will not be fulfilled if the three new farm laws are not implemented immediately.
Modernisation in the agriculture sector is the need of the hour as already a lot of time has been lost, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.
Ahead of the festival of colours (Holi), women of a self-help group in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur have made powders of various colours using different parts of plants.
PM Modi said the government has taken various decisions for the benefit of 12 crore small and marginal farmers. These small and marginal farmers, he said, would become the driving force of the rural economy.
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on February 25 endorsed Rahul Gandhi's remark in which he again called for separate ministry for fisheries.
MoS for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Kailash Choudhary said that farmers’ issue will be resolved if the talks conduct from their perspective and not from perspective of politicians.
BJP leader and Member of State for Agriculture, Kailash Choudhary took a jibe at Congress' farm law protest.
Vehicles move through Shambhu Toll Plaza in Ambala after farmers closed the toll on December 12, making it toll-free, as a part of their protest. The farmers' protest has entered its 17th day today.
MoS Agriculture, Kailash Choudhary on farmers' Delhi Chalo protest said that he doesn't think that 'real' farmers are bothered about it.
People celebrated Kati Bihu festival in Assam's Bongaigaon on October 17.
Haryana BJP leader Shyam Singh Rana on Wednesday quit the party over the recently enacted agriculture laws.
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