Agriculture

UK promises 45,000 seasonal agricultural worker visas Synopsis The UK government has announced that it will provide 45,000 visas for seasonal workers in the agricultural sector in 2022. Net migration...

Growth dips, public investment stagnant in agriculture sector The survey hailed schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi for helping farmers The Economic Survey noted that the agriculture...

Irrigation Association of India & Agriculture Ministry to Host Conference On Micro Irrigation to Boost Water Productivity & Crop Yield On the occasion of World Water Day, a conference on...

Indian Agriculture: Confronting challenges- reaping harvests, BAL Managing Director Climate change and nature conservation are also affecting both crop yield and the land area suitable for agriculture. It is found...

Importance of the Budget for agriculture sector Agriculture accounts for about 15% of the GDP but employs more than 40% of Indian workers Agriculture accounts for about 15% of the...

India must reform its agriculture policies to minimise the monsoon gamble Revamping crop insurance and farm trade, and building resilience with short-duration substitutes for the types of grain India farmers...

Is India in step to develop a sustainable agricultural future as envisioned in COP27? Synopsis Building sustainable farming practices and farmer resilience remains a highly sought after and yet difficult...

In big push for agriculture digitalisation, govt creates database with 5.5 crore farmers The unified database will have information about benefits of various central and state government schemes, and can...

Union Budget 2023: What did FM Nirmala Sitharaman announce for agriculture? Budget 2023: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Centre will encourage one crore farmers to take up natural...

Budget has little good news for agriculture sector Farm sector announcements has been pushed to next year’s interim Budget In the first Union Budget of Amrit Kaal, the agriculture sector...