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Government to direct FMC and NCDEX to curb excessive speculation on agricultural commodity prices in commodity exchanges fuelling the food inflation. Black pepper prices have risen by a whopping 33 per cent from Rs 22,980 to Rs 30,500 during March-July without much local and international demand except artificial future demand created by speculators and trader cartels on NCDEX, said a [...]
Has the Bt gene-driven cotton revolution, which transformed India from a net importer of cotton into the world’s second-largest producer and exporter of this natural fibre, run out of steam? Some analysts tend to believe so, given that the overall production and productivity of cotton have stagnated in the past five years. However, their analysis and the conclusions being drawn [...]
The embarrassment of riches in grain stocks confronting the government is a problem of its own making. It is the product of ill-conceived policies on grain procurement, storage and distribution and mistimed decisions on opening and shutting of foodgrain exports. The grain stocks that have piled up as a consequence are far more than needed for any rational inventory and [...]
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation has issued state-wise estimates of area and production of cotton for the year 2010-11. According to data released by the Department, Bt. cotton constitutes nearly 90% of total area under cotton cultivation. Out of total area of 111.42 lakh hectares under cotton cultivation, 98.54 lakh hectares are under Bt. Cotton. Maharashtra, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh [...]
National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) has covered 17.14 crore farmers over an area of 2,627 lakh hectares insuring a sum amounting to Rs. 2,10,523 crore till Kharif 2010. The scheme is being implemented in the country from Rabi 1999-2000 season. Claims to the tune of about Rs. 21,031 crore have become payable against the premium income of about Rs. 6,303 [...]
Agriculture export zones (AEZs) deserve a boost by policy makers and the private sector as India ranks dismally low in global trade despite being a major producer of agriculture products. With food and agriculture exports totalling 15.6 billion dollars, India’s share is a meager 1.6 per cent of the total global trade. The trade index by Food and Agriculture Organisations [...]
The Government released the 4th advance estimates of foodgrain production for 2010-11. As per the latest estimates, India has produced 241.56 million tonnes of foodgrains during 2010-11 compared to 218.11 million tonnes in the previous year. This is highest ever foodgrainsproduction, surpassing the earlier record of 234.47 million tonnes achieved in 2008-09. It may also be noted that the production of wheat, estimated at 85.93 million tonnes, [...]
The production of major crops has been at record levels in the year that has just been over. An estimated production of 236 million tonnes, or 241 million tonnes, which was given out by the honourable agricultural ministers, was achieved because of record production of wheat, maize and pulses. Oilseeds production also set a new record. salute to all our [...]
Agriculture sector supports about 60% of the workforce but contributes only about 15 per cent to national output which is a pointer towards the low income levels among the people engaged in agriculture. This can only be reversed (a) by increasing productivity in agriculture and (b) providing income enhancing opportunities in areas other than crop development. The first requires higher investments, infusion [...]
Clocking 10.97 per cent of decadal growth rate between 2000-01 and 2009-10, Gujarat has recorded highest agricultural growth in real terms (at compound annual growth rate) among 15 non-special category states, says an independent research and analysis of industry body ASSOCHAM. Maharashtra has closely followed Gujarat registering almost 10.50 per cent of agri growth during the last decade, leaving behind many front running [...]
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution has taken a number of initiatives to create additional food grain storage capacity which include 152.97 lakh ton capacity in 19 states through private entrepreneurs and central and state ware housing corporations. Steps have also been taken for construction ofgodowns in North eastern region with a cost of Rs 568.17 crores to stock food grains in [...]
Twenty eight years old Prakash Dhamala has successfully taken the baton of farming from his parents at Sauney, Singtam under West Pandem constituency and today is one of the progressive farmers in Sikkim. In his earlier days, Dhamala used to assist his family members to cultivate ladyfinger, beans and ginger on a small scale at their 1.5 acres farmland. Adding a new chapter to his assistance, he took over the [...]
As per preliminary reports received from different States, sowing of kharif pulses has begun in different parts of the country. In Uttar Pradesh, moong has been sown in 1.12 lakh hectare and urad in 37,000 hectare. Moong has been sown in 31,000 hectare in Gujarat and in 40,000 hectares in Bihar. Sugarcane has been planted in 48.96 lakh hectare so [...]
Organic farming is a holistic production management system which promotes and enhances health of agro-ecosystem related to bio-diversity, nutrient bio-cycle and soil biological and microbial activities. It is normally defined as a system of farming without use of chemical inputs (fertilizers/insecticides etc.) and is primarily based on principal of use of natural on farm organic inputs (like farm yard manure, green manure, oil cakes, [...]
India’s agricultural sector is in grave need of a development path involving greater productivity growth across the entire agribusiness value chain, thereby providing a solid foundation for rapid, inclusive economic growth and reduction in poverty, apex industry body ASSOCHAM said. India’s population is estimated to touch 1.4 billion by 2020 and thus agricultural sector must grow by 4 per cent [...]
Farm credit flow has registered a quantum jump during 2010-11. Credit institutions disbursed Rs. 4,26,531 crore during the year against the target of Rs.3,75,000 crore. Agency-wise, Commercial Banks with disbursal of Rs. 3.14 lakh crore are on the top followed by Cooperative Banks with 69 thousand crore and Regional Rural Banks with 43 thousand crore. Break up of credit financed by different [...]
Land being the means of economic sustenance as well as emotional bedrock of the peasant, the moral dimension of its acquisition must not be ignored. Rabindranath Tagore’s poem “Dui bigha jomi” (no connection with Bimal Roy’s classic film Do Bigha Zameen) poignantly expresses the anguish of a marginal farmer at losing his small farm of two bighas to an extortionist landlord. Having [...]
Aided by higher wheat output, Punjab has set a new record in wheat procurement for the central pool, with crop purchases touching 107.43 lakh metric tonnes (MT) in the ongoing rabi marketing season. Punjab had previously recorded an all-time high in wheat procurement for the central pool at 107.36 lakh MT in 2009-10. The total crop procurement in Punjab has [...]
Wheat procurement during the Rabi marketing season of 2011-12 has reached to 244 Lakh tonne as on 20.5.2011, surpassing total wheat procurement of 225 lakh tonne during previous Rabi season. Total procurement is 2,44, 43,301 tonne till today. Punjab has led the States by making record procurement of 108,47,828 tonne wheat followed by Haryana with 67,84,124 tonne. Madhya Pradesh have [...]
As per the latest firm data available on use of bio-fertilizers, Tamil Nadu has overtaken Karnataka. In 2009-10, Tamil Nadu produced 3733 tonnes of bio-fertilizers followed by Karnataka, 3696 tonnes. The other major producers of bio-fertilizers are Kerala (1937 tonnes), Maharashtra (1861 tonnes) and Madhya Pradesh (1588 tonnes). Studies on benefits and usefulness of bio-fertilizers on agriculture production reveal that [...]
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