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September 3, 2024 10:47 PM

Government launches AgriSure scheme to transform agricultural sector

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the Agrisure Scheme, Tuesday. This initiative aims to advance the agricultural and rural start-up ecosystem in India, marking a crucial step towards improving the nation's agricultural landscape. The Agrisure Fund, established with a mixed c...

August 28, 2024 4:53 PM

Cabinet approves expansion of Agriculture Infrastructure Fund

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the expansion of Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), a financing facility under the Central Sector Scheme. The move is aimed at boosting agricultural infrastructure across India, making the scheme more impactful, in...

August 28, 2024 11:51 AM

Heat stroke risk won’t stop Japan’s ageing farmers as temperatures soar

The record high temperatures and sweltering weather that suffocated Japan this summer did not stop 77-year-old farmer Yasuyuki Kurosawa from tending his crops. Kurosawa, who grows rice, cabbage, wheat and corn in Meiwa, a town in the eastern Gunma prefecture, is one of nearly a million predominantl...

August 27, 2024 8:16 PM

Kharif sowing exceeds last year’s figures

Kharif crop sowing is at its advanced stage with farmers in India having sown crops across 1,065.08 lakh hectares so far this year as against 1,044.85 lakh hectares in the same period last year. On a yearly basis, the sowing is about 1.93 per cent higher, according to the latest data from Agricultu...

August 12, 2024 12:19 PM

PM Modi unveils 109 new crop varieties to boost agriculture

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient, and biofortified crop varieties at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. The event marked a major step forward in boosting India's agricultural productivity and sustainability. During the ceremo...

August 2, 2024 4:58 PM

PM Modi to inaugurate 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists in Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) at the National Agricultural Science Centre (NASC) Complex in New Delhi on August 3rd. Organized by the International Association of Agricultural Economists, the triennial conference wil...

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